VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 413 461
Rank change year-on-year +72 +48 -81
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 54 39 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.48% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 35 38
10th Percentile £320 £409 £189
25th Percentile £363 £455 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £488
90th Percentile £638 £655 £614
UK median daily rate £513 £469 £455
% change year-on-year +9.33% +3.02% +2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49.55
25th Percentile - - £50.00
Median hourly rate - - £52.00
75th Percentile - - £54.00
90th Percentile - - £54.45
UK median hourly rate - - £52.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,729 8,082 8,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.19% 33.38% 26.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,463 5,423 5,305
10th Percentile £263 £273 £250
25th Percentile £425 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £594
90th Percentile £720 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 915 689 551
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.45 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £16.37
Median hourly rate £40.25 £50.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.50% +61.29% -10.25%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.29 £78.00 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.94% +6.31%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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 VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
South East +14 20 £500 +9.89% 12
South West +20 17 £538 -6.52% 2
North of England +54 15 £340 -22.29% 3
North West +25 7 £409 -6.57% 2
Yorkshire - 7 £340 -
Midlands +38 2 £713 +56.44% 3
North East - 1 £625 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £713 - 1
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (37.04%) Confluence
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (9.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.56%) AWS
2 3 (5.56%) PaaS
2 3 (5.56%) SaaS
3 2 (3.70%) IaaS
3 2 (3.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 26 (48.15%) DNS
2 25 (46.30%) DHCP
3 10 (18.52%) VSAN
4 7 (12.96%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (12.96%) VoIP
4 7 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (11.11%) Firewall
5 6 (11.11%) SAN
6 4 (7.41%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (7.41%) iSCSI
6 4 (7.41%) NAS
6 4 (7.41%) SSL
6 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
6 4 (7.41%) VLAN
6 4 (7.41%) VPN
7 3 (5.56%) PBX
8 2 (3.70%) LAN
8 2 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (37.04%) JIRA
2 3 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 26 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Military
4 11 (20.37%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.96%) Banking
6 4 (7.41%) Finance
6 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.56%) Digital Economy
8 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) Integration Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) Test Engineer
3 9 (16.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Senior
5 6 (11.11%) Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) IT Technician
7 3 (5.56%) Data Centre Technician
7 3 (5.56%) Data Technician
7 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.63%) PKI
2 9 (16.67%) Clustering
2 9 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.56%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.70%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (59.26%) Windows
2 23 (42.59%) Windows Server
3 20 (37.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (20.37%) Windows 10
5 7 (12.96%) Windows 7
6 4 (7.41%) Linux
6 4 (7.41%) Unix
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Agile
2 21 (38.89%) Critical Thinking
3 19 (35.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) Computer Science
4 15 (27.78%) Regression Testing
4 15 (27.78%) Test Scripting
5 11 (20.37%) ITIL
6 9 (16.67%) Validation
7 7 (12.96%) High Availability
7 7 (12.96%) Migration
7 7 (12.96%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (12.96%) Runbook
8 6 (11.11%) Project Management
9 5 (9.26%) Change Management
9 5 (9.26%) Network Virtualisation
9 5 (9.26%) NsoIT
9 5 (9.26%) Power Management
9 5 (9.26%) Service Management
9 5 (9.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (31.48%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (62.96%) Security Cleared
2 27 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 24 (44.44%) Degree
3 24 (44.44%) MCSE
4 20 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (31.48%) CCNA
6 15 (27.78%) MCSA
7 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
7 8 (14.81%) VCAP
8 6 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (9.26%) Master's Degree
10 4 (7.41%) A+ Certification
10 4 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (5.56%) CCNP
11 3 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (5.56%) HND
11 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (94.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (53.70%) Active Directory
3 18 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (29.63%) VMware NSX
5 14 (25.93%) vSphere
6 8 (14.81%) VMware Workstation
7 7 (12.96%) Hyper-V
7 7 (12.96%) KVM
7 7 (12.96%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (7.41%) Firmware
9 2 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (3.70%) vRealize
3 2 (3.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (3.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) VMware
2 42 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.22%) Cisco
4 5 (9.26%) Atlassian
5 4 (7.41%) Dell
6 3 (5.56%) Avaya
6 3 (5.56%) Ericsson
6 3 (5.56%) Google
6 3 (5.56%) IBM
6 3 (5.56%) Juniper
6 3 (5.56%) Nokia
6 3 (5.56%) Ribbon
7 2 (3.70%) 3PAR
7 2 (3.70%) Dell Compellent
7 2 (3.70%) EMC
7 2 (3.70%) HP
7 2 (3.70%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (3.70%) Veeam
8 1 (1.85%) Adobe