VCDX Contract Job Trends

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 547 561 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs citing VCDX 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.005% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.058% 0.018% -
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 excluding London median daily rate £550 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,259 11,275 14,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 29.36% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,388 6,977 9,124
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £732 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 666 727
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.83 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.77%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VCDX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VCDX in the UK

VCDX
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

VCDX
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England +13 5 £550 - 3
UK excluding London - 2 £550 - 3
South East - 2 £550 - 3
London +16 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 2

VCDX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VSAN
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) French Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Architect
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) ICT Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) BPMN
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) VCAP
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware NSX
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) NetApp
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow