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 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 690 593 694
Rank change year-on-year -97 +101 +6
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 55 53 67
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.055% 0.12% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.35% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 38
10th Percentile £49,375 £31,250 £35,725
25th Percentile £66,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% +5.26% -18.80%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £65,000 £58,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +60.00% +5.26% -18.80%

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 17,869 15,334 18,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.85% 35.34% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10,092 6,813 9,024
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £37,000 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -5.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -37 21 £90,000 +80.00% 15
South East -46 18 £67,500 +17.39% 3
North West -12 7 £47,500 -11.63%
North of England -53 7 £47,500 -11.63% 3
South West -71 5 £72,500 +70.59% 6
East of England -30 4 £55,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (18.18%) Apache
1 10 (18.18%) nginx
2 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 24 (43.64%) Azure
2 12 (21.82%) AWS
3 8 (14.55%) Nutanix
4 4 (7.27%) GCP
4 4 (7.27%) WeChat
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.91%) Firewall
2 14 (25.45%) VSAN
3 12 (21.82%) LAN
4 10 (18.18%) DNS
5 9 (16.36%) WAN
6 8 (14.55%) Network Security
7 7 (12.73%) SAN
7 7 (12.73%) VPN
8 6 (10.91%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (9.09%) NGFW
9 5 (9.09%) SD-WAN
9 5 (9.09%) VXLAN
10 4 (7.27%) DHCP
10 4 (7.27%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (7.27%) WLAN
11 3 (5.45%) NGN
12 2 (3.64%) NAS
12 2 (3.64%) NetScaler
13 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (29.09%) Finance
1 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 10 (18.18%) Retail
3 5 (9.09%) Mandarin Language
4 4 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.45%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Architect
2 16 (29.09%) Senior
3 12 (21.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
4 11 (20.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 11 (20.00%) Presales Solution Architect
4 11 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (20.00%) VMware Architect
5 10 (18.18%) NOC Manager
5 10 (18.18%) Operations Manager
6 8 (14.55%) Senior Architect
7 6 (10.91%) Consultant
8 5 (9.09%) Network Architect
8 5 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (9.09%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (7.27%) Network Engineer
9 4 (7.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) Terraform
1 5 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (1.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 28 (50.91%) Data Centre
2 10 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (16.36%) Driving Licence
3 9 (16.36%) Private Cloud
4 6 (10.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (7.27%) Clustering
5 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
5 4 (7.27%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.64%) CSOC
6 2 (3.64%) Fat Client
6 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 2 (3.64%) Replication
6 2 (3.64%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (43.64%) Windows
2 19 (34.55%) Windows Server
3 16 (29.09%) Linux
4 9 (16.36%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.82%) CentOS
6 1 (1.82%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.82%) SUSE
6 1 (1.82%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (32.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (32.73%) Presales
3 17 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.27%) Systems Engineering
5 11 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (18.18%) High Availability
6 10 (18.18%) ITIL
7 9 (16.36%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (16.36%) Zero Trust
8 8 (14.55%) Project Management
9 7 (12.73%) Load Balancing
9 7 (12.73%) Risk Management
9 7 (12.73%) Storage Management
10 6 (10.91%) Business Continuity
10 6 (10.91%) Computer Science
10 6 (10.91%) Customer Engagement
10 6 (10.91%) Requirements Workshops
10 6 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.82%) Bash
3 1 (1.82%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 19 (34.55%) CCNP
4 17 (30.91%) VCAP
5 13 (23.64%) VCDX
6 12 (21.82%) Azure Certification
6 12 (21.82%) Degree
7 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 6 (10.91%) DV Cleared
8 6 (10.91%) MCSE
9 5 (9.09%) CCNA
9 5 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (9.09%) RHCSA
10 4 (7.27%) CCIE
10 4 (7.27%) MCSA
10 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (3.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (1.82%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) NCSC
1 5 (9.09%) SLA
2 3 (5.45%) COBIT
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.64%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.64%) PMO
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.82%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (83.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (50.91%) VMware NSX
3 22 (40.00%) vSphere
4 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 10 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (14.55%) vCloud
6 5 (9.09%) Squid
7 3 (5.45%) VMware Server
8 2 (3.64%) UAG
9 1 (1.82%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (1.82%) Firmware
9 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (14.55%) vCenter Server
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.09%) Ansible
3 5 (9.09%) HAProxy
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (5.45%) SCCM
6 2 (3.64%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.82%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.82%) vRealize
7 1 (1.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (1.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) VMware
2 22 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (25.45%) Broadcom
4 13 (23.64%) Cisco
4 13 (23.64%) Veeam
5 10 (18.18%) Dell
5 10 (18.18%) NetApp
6 8 (14.55%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (9.09%) Citrix
7 5 (9.09%) Palo Alto
8 3 (5.45%) HP
9 2 (3.64%) F5
9 2 (3.64%) Google
9 2 (3.64%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.64%) Thales
10 1 (1.82%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.82%) Refinitiv
10 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.82%) Splunk
10 1 (1.82%) Zerto