VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 984 1209
Rank change year-on-year +103 +225 -301
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 7 11 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.011% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.025% 0.033% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 26
10th Percentile - - £44,500
25th Percentile £51,364 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £53,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -15.69% +15.91%
75th Percentile £62,557 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £59,250 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,364 £53,750 £56,750
% change year-on-year -4.44% -5.29% -5.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VCAP in the UK

VCAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VCAP.

Salary trend for VCAP in the UK

VCAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VCAP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VCAP in the UK

VCAP
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
England +76 7 £51,364 -2.16% 2
UK excluding London -14 5 £51,364 -4.44% 2
North of England - 5 £51,364 - 1
North West - 5 £51,364 - 1
London +125 2 £72,500 -

VCAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) NAS
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
1 5 (71.43%) SSL
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Base SAS
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) SAS Administrator
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Application Virtualisation
1 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) SAS Macro
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CCNP
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (71.43%) JNCIA
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) Veeam
2 5 (71.43%) VMware