VCDX Contract Job Trends in the South East

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VCDX qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VCDX 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.058% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

VCDX falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,349 1,992 2,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 38.91% 43.13% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 1,252 1,340
10th Percentile £222 £335 £270
25th Percentile £413 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £716 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 159 136
10th Percentile - £22.37 £25.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.15 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £69.08 £72.11 £73.72
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.46 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -54.27% - +22.22%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VCDX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VCDX in the South East

VCDX
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCDX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCDX

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCDX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCDX

VCDX
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 2 £550 - 3
VCDX
England

VCDX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VSAN
1 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) VCAP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware