VCDX Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 369 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VCDX 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.037% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,360 6,183 7,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.96% 34.61% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,235 3,666 4,588
10th Percentile £219 £288 £300
25th Percentile £395 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £711 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 669 581 589
10th Percentile £17.87 £16.30 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.77%
75th Percentile £41.55 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VCDX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VCDX in the UK excluding London

VCDX
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX

VCDX
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the UK excluding London 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
South East - 2 £550 - 3
VCDX
UK

VCDX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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