VCP5 Contracts

VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP5)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VCP5 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 - 676
Rank change year-on-year - - +186
Contract jobs citing VCP5 13 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% - 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.39%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +53.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

VCP5 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 10,155 11,985 14,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.96% 29.86% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,268 7,605 9,520
10th Percentile £281 £313 £340
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 765 911 702
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.25 £15.52
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.19 £26.12
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -23.88% +25.53%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £54.98
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.79% +24.95%

VCP5
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VCP5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VCP5 in the UK

VCP5
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VCP5.

Daily rate trend for VCP5 in the UK

VCP5
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VCP5.

Hourly rate trend for VCP5 in the UK

VCP5
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCP5 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 July 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 - 13 £650 - 3
England - 13 £650 - 3
UK excluding London - 13 £650 - 3

VCP5
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:

Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
1 13 (100.00%) iSCSI
General
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Architect
1 13 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Architect
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Edge Virtualization
1 12 (92.31%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (7.69%) Coaching
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
2 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) MCSE
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) VCP6
1 13 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 12 (92.31%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) NFS
1 13 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 13 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) NetApp
1 13 (100.00%) Splunk
1 13 (100.00%) Veeam
1 13 (100.00%) VMware