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 10 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 650 641
Rank change year-on-year +74 -9 +237
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 46 60 46
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.099% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.33% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 29 29 41
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £47,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -25.78% -1.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £60,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year +13.16% -23.39% -1.59%

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 14,828 17,986 15,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.37% 29.79% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,969 7,315 10,171
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +2.68%

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 2025. 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
South East +48 18 £60,000 +41.18% 18
London +65 11 £75,000 -11.76% 13
South West +28 7 £42,500 -5.56% 3
North West +26 5 £53,750 +2.38% 2
North of England +25 5 £53,750 +2.38% 3
East of England +23 4 - -
West Midlands +24 1 £35,000 -32.04% 3
Midlands +23 1 £35,000 -26.32% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (15.22%) IIS
3 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (60.87%) Azure
2 24 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (32.61%) AWS
4 5 (10.87%) IaaS
5 4 (8.70%) GCP
6 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.52%) IBM Cloud
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (43.48%) Firewall
2 15 (32.61%) VPN
3 12 (26.09%) DNS
3 12 (26.09%) VLAN
4 10 (21.74%) DHCP
5 9 (19.57%) SAN
6 8 (17.39%) LAN
6 8 (17.39%) WAN
7 7 (15.22%) VoIP
7 7 (15.22%) Wireless
8 6 (13.04%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (13.04%) IPsec
9 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
10 3 (6.52%) NAS
11 2 (4.35%) Network Security
11 2 (4.35%) Unified Communications
11 2 (4.35%) VSAN
12 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (2.17%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) GitLab
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
1 1 (2.17%) MSI
General
1 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Telecoms
3 6 (13.04%) Marketing
3 6 (13.04%) Military
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Aerospace
4 5 (10.87%) Electronics
4 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) IT Support
1 14 (30.43%) Senior
2 13 (28.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (23.91%) Support Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure Support
5 8 (17.39%) Administrator
5 8 (17.39%) IT Administrator
5 8 (17.39%) IT Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Manager
6 7 (15.22%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (13.04%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (13.04%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) IT Systems Administrator
8 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) SAML
2 1 (2.17%) LAMP
2 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Driving Licence
1 8 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (15.22%) Data Centre
3 6 (13.04%) Clustering
3 6 (13.04%) PKI
4 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (86.96%) Windows
2 30 (65.22%) Windows Server
3 28 (60.87%) Linux
4 9 (19.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (19.57%) Windows 10
5 7 (15.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (4.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.17%) Android
8 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.17%) CentOS
8 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 19 (41.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (36.96%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (36.96%) ITIL
3 17 (36.96%) Mentoring
4 13 (28.26%) Migration
5 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.39%) Inventory Management
6 8 (17.39%) Patch Management
6 8 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
7 7 (15.22%) Business Continuity
7 7 (15.22%) Containerisation
7 7 (15.22%) Server Management
8 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (13.04%) Coaching
8 6 (13.04%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (13.04%) IT Strategy
8 6 (13.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 6 (13.04%) Server Building
8 6 (13.04%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (39.13%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) Bash
3 3 (6.52%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (67.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (43.48%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (41.30%) CCNA
4 17 (36.96%) MCSE
5 12 (26.09%) Degree
6 6 (13.04%) ACMT
6 6 (13.04%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (10.87%) CCNP
7 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
8 4 (8.70%) Azure Certification
8 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
9 3 (6.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (6.52%) MCP
9 3 (6.52%) MCSA
10 1 (2.17%) CCSP
10 1 (2.17%) CISSP
10 1 (2.17%) LPIC
10 1 (2.17%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (10.87%) GDPR
2 5 (10.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.52%) SLA
4 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (58.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (45.65%) vSphere
3 19 (41.30%) Active Directory
3 19 (41.30%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (32.61%) Hyper-V
5 8 (17.39%) Docker
6 5 (10.87%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (2.17%) Firmware
7 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (32.61%) vCenter Server
2 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (15.22%) Kubernetes
4 6 (13.04%) Autotask
5 4 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (6.52%) Nessus
6 3 (6.52%) Proxmox
6 3 (6.52%) SCCM
7 2 (4.35%) Ansible
7 2 (4.35%) SCOM
7 2 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (4.35%) Terraform
8 1 (2.17%) AirWatch
8 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (2.17%) NetBackup
8 1 (2.17%) Podman
8 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (2.17%) vRealize
8 1 (2.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) VMware
2 41 (89.13%) Microsoft
3 24 (52.17%) Cisco
4 15 (32.61%) Veeam
5 7 (15.22%) Fortinet
6 6 (13.04%) Apple
6 6 (13.04%) Datto
6 6 (13.04%) Oracle
6 6 (13.04%) Palo Alto
6 6 (13.04%) Sophos
7 5 (10.87%) Dell
7 5 (10.87%) SAP
8 4 (8.70%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (6.52%) IBM
10 2 (4.35%) Commvault
10 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
10 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
11 1 (2.17%) Aruba
11 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
11 1 (2.17%) Splunk