The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
13,879
8,814
17,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
19.10%
24.61%
19.09%
Number of daily rates quoted
9,000
5,804
10,932
10th Percentile
£313
£283
£263
25th Percentile
£405
£392
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£588
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£675
£638
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£470
£460
£450
% change year-on-year
+2.17%
+2.22%
+9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted
681
332
767
10th Percentile
£12.30
£15.75
£12.94
25th Percentile
£16.13
£19.86
£17.50
Median hourly rate
£29.00
£31.61
£35.07
Median % change year-on-year
-8.26%
-9.85%
+63.09%
75th Percentile
£52.00
£48.75
£47.50
90th Percentile
£64.50
£60.00
£55.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£27.50
£31.39
£36.00
% change year-on-year
-12.39%
-12.81%
+63.64%
VCAP Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VCAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VCAP Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VCAP.
VCAP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VCAP.
VCAP Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 4 August 2021, IT contractor jobs citing VCAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for VCAP.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
