VCAP Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 206 253
Rank change year-on-year +15 +47 -
Contract jobs citing VCAP 9 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.16% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.44% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile - £410 £398
25th Percentile £416 £453 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £455
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% - -
75th Percentile - £455 -
90th Percentile £613 £458 £460
England median daily rate £500 £455 £455
% change year-on-year +9.89% - -4.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

VCAP 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 in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,569 2,055 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.65% 36.29% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 1,316 1,570
10th Percentile £350 £300 £312
25th Percentile £450 £418 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 130 92
10th Percentile £17.80 £21.99 £17.00
25th Percentile £38.54 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £62.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +37.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.59 £60.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £77.21 £69.88
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VCAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VCAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VCAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VCAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VCAP in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VCAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VCAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VCAP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 5 £675 - 1
Buckinghamshire +22 4 £466 +2.33%
Thames Valley +5 4 £466 +2.33%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (33.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (44.44%) VSAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior VMware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) ITSM
3 4 (44.44%) Release Management
3 4 (44.44%) Virtual Environments
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
1 5 (55.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 9 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) vRealize
1 5 (55.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP