Hybrid/Remote VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contract Job Trends

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 308 353
Rank change year-on-year +22 +45 +172
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 22 17 20
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.56% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 11
10th Percentile £345 £493 £456
25th Percentile £441 £560 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% +6.48%
75th Percentile £596 £630 £606
90th Percentile £606 - £625
UK median daily rate £575 £563 £488
% change year-on-year +2.22% +15.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,469 3,022 4,785
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.13% 25.66% 27.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,368 1,913 3,070
10th Percentile £350 £329 £350
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 90 194
10th Percentile £29.61 £18.40 £19.99
25th Percentile £35.21 £22.00 £33.77
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.50 £57.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% -33.33% -11.16%
75th Percentile £65.19 £66.77 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.75 £75.00 £84.81
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £52.50
% change year-on-year -39.99% -20.17% +16.67%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.64%) Nutanix
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) DHCP
1 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (9.09%) SAN
3 2 (9.09%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) PCoIP
4 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.55%) VSAN
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) VMware Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) PowerShell Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Azure Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Migration Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Data Centre Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Data Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Data Migration Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Exchange Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Exchange Migration Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) PowerShell Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) VMware Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 2 (9.09%) Information Security
3 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (9.09%) Runbook
3 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.55%) DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (4.55%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (4.55%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (4.55%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 13 (59.09%) Python
3 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.09%) SQL
5 1 (4.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.09%) CCNA
4 2 (9.09%) CCNP
4 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.09%) HP ASE
4 2 (9.09%) VCAP
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (27.27%) vSphere
3 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 3 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (4.55%) Docker
6 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (50.00%) vRealize
2 4 (18.18%) Ansible
3 3 (13.64%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) Terraform
4 2 (9.09%) FortiGate
4 2 (9.09%) vCenter Server
5 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.55%) PowerCLI
5 1 (4.55%) SCOM
5 1 (4.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (4.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) 3PAR
3 2 (9.09%) Citrix
3 2 (9.09%) Dell
3 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 2 (9.09%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (9.09%) ProCurve
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) Isilon
4 1 (4.55%) Pure Storage
4 1 (4.55%) Veeam