VCAP Job Trends in the South West

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.013% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.047% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £76,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £91,750 £57,500 £51,364
% change year-on-year +59.57% +11.95% +0.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

VCAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,130 1,076 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 28.68% 40.45% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 994 691 2,152
10th Percentile £30,075 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VCAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

VCAP job vacancy trend in the South West

VCAP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VCAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VCAP

VCAP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 1 £72,500 - 1
VCAP
England

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware