VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Job Trends in England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 575 704
Rank change year-on-year -81 +129 +109
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 34 57 110
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.041% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.35% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24 48 100
10th Percentile £51,125 £33,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £69,688 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £75,500
90th Percentile - £69,416 £80,125
UK median annual salary £83,750 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +67.50% -13.04% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,910 16,252 23,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.01% 41.39% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8,428 6,952 15,679
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
London -20 19 £85,000 +70.00% 5
South East -39 5 £85,000 +112.50% 7
North of England -45 5 £47,500 -9.52% 6
North West -2 4 £47,500 -23.64% 5
South West -54 4 £72,500 +34.88% 2
Yorkshire -40 1 - - 1
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Azure
1 13 (38.24%) Nutanix
2 9 (26.47%) AWS
3 5 (14.71%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) VSAN
2 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 5 (14.71%) SAN
2 5 (14.71%) WAN
3 4 (11.76%) DNS
3 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (11.76%) VXLAN
4 3 (8.82%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (8.82%) VLAN
4 3 (8.82%) VPN
5 2 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (5.88%) NAS
5 2 (5.88%) Network Security
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.94%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.94%) NGN
6 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Architect
1 10 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (29.41%) Presales Solution Architect
1 10 (29.41%) Senior
1 10 (29.41%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Consultant
3 7 (20.59%) Cloud Architect
3 7 (20.59%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 7 (20.59%) VMware Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Cloud Consultant
4 6 (17.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 6 (17.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Solutions Consultant
6 3 (8.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Storage
2 6 (17.65%) Public Cloud
3 4 (11.76%) Clustering
4 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.94%) Replication
6 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (17.65%) Linux
4 1 (2.94%) CentOS
4 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Presales
2 13 (38.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (20.59%) Customer Engagement
4 7 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Requirements Workshops
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (14.71%) Storage Management
6 5 (14.71%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (11.76%) Cloud Operations
7 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 4 (11.76%) DevOps
7 4 (11.76%) ITIL
7 4 (11.76%) Line Management
7 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (11.76%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (44.12%) VCAP
3 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (35.29%) CCNP
5 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
6 9 (26.47%) MCSE
6 9 (26.47%) VCDX
7 8 (23.53%) Azure Certification
7 8 (23.53%) Degree
8 7 (20.59%) CCNA
9 4 (11.76%) CCDA
9 4 (11.76%) CCIE
9 4 (11.76%) LPIC
9 4 (11.76%) MCSA
9 4 (11.76%) RHCSA
9 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
10 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.88%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
12 1 (2.94%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) COBIT
1 2 (5.88%) GDPR
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (79.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (55.88%) vSphere
3 14 (41.18%) VMware NSX
4 8 (23.53%) vCloud
5 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
6 3 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (5.88%) VMware Server
8 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
8 1 (2.94%) KVM
8 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Terraform
2 6 (17.65%) vCenter Server
3 5 (14.71%) Ansible
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (5.88%) vRealize
6 1 (2.94%) PowerCLI
6 1 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (41.18%) Dell
2 14 (41.18%) NetApp
3 13 (38.24%) Cisco
4 9 (26.47%) Broadcom
5 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 8 (23.53%) Nimble Storage
6 5 (14.71%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.88%) HP
7 2 (5.88%) Veeam
8 1 (2.94%) Citrix
8 1 (2.94%) Commvault
8 1 (2.94%) EMC
8 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.94%) Zerto