VCDX Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for VCDX qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VCDX 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.050% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £550 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 789 819 1,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 39.79% 38.41% 41.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 487 684
10th Percentile £241 £253 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -2.63% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £623
90th Percentile £624 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 48 68
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.98 £24.43
25th Percentile £20.79 £45.31 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -0.24% +193.55%
75th Percentile £68.50 £70.98 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £98.25 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.88% -5.00% +33.33%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VCDX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

VCDX job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VCDX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VCDX

VCDX
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 VCDX within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
VCDX
South East

VCDX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) VMware