VCAP Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 136 155
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -
Contract jobs citing VCAP 4 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.41% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 1.19% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 10
10th Percentile - £410 £359
25th Percentile £416 £410 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £455 £455
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -
75th Percentile £500 £455 £459
90th Percentile - £457 £460
South East median daily rate £466 £455 £455
% change year-on-year +2.33% - +30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

VCAP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,095 1,011 995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.80% 34.84% 28.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 684 675
10th Percentile £213 £320 £260
25th Percentile £413 £411 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 45 30
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.10 £16.75
25th Percentile £41.63 £27.00 £19.20
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.61% -0.12%
75th Percentile £70.47 £74.79 £43.31
90th Percentile £87.23 £80.25 £80.54
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.86
% change year-on-year -0.71% +28.75% +12.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VCAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VCAP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VCAP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VCAP in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +17 4 £466 +2.33%
VCAP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (100.00%) VSAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft