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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 570 701
Rank change year-on-year -72 +131 +149
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 27 53 113
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.036% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.36% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15 43 104
10th Percentile £62,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £36,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% +1.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,125 £77,125
90th Percentile £91,500 £73,886 £81,250
UK median annual salary £81,250 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +62.50% -20.00% +5.49%

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 20,091 14,880 22,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.50% 40.47% 28.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,068 7,035 15,563
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,165
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,661 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +0.28% +5.50% -5.22%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -7 15 £80,000 +60.00% 10
South East -46 6 £85,000 +112.50% 10
South West -51 2 - - 4
North of England -87 2 - - 6
West Midlands -21 1 £35,000 -24.32% 2
North West -35 1 - - 6
Midlands -43 1 £35,000 -24.32% 2
Yorkshire -64 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 1 (3.70%) IIS
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) AWS
2 9 (33.33%) Nutanix
3 4 (14.81%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
2 5 (18.52%) WAN
3 4 (14.81%) LAN
3 4 (14.81%) VPN
3 4 (14.81%) VSAN
4 3 (11.11%) VLAN
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (7.41%) DHCP
5 2 (7.41%) NAS
5 2 (7.41%) Network Security
5 2 (7.41%) SAN
5 2 (7.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (7.41%) VXLAN
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (3.70%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (3.70%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.70%) MSI
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Banking
2 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Consultant
2 8 (29.63%) Senior
3 7 (25.93%) Cloud Consultant
3 7 (25.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
3 7 (25.93%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Architect
5 5 (18.52%) Presales Solution Architect
5 5 (18.52%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (18.52%) Solutions Consultant
6 4 (14.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) Storage Engineer
8 2 (7.41%) VMware Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 7 (25.93%) Public Cloud
3 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Clustering
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Replication
5 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Linux
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.70%) Android
5 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.70%) CentOS
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Presales
2 8 (29.63%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (25.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
5 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (18.52%) Line Management
5 5 (18.52%) SOA
5 5 (18.52%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (14.81%) Cloud Operations
6 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (11.11%) Agile
7 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (11.11%) ITIL
7 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (7.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (33.33%) CCNP
3 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) VCAP
4 8 (29.63%) MCSE
5 7 (25.93%) CCNA
6 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
7 5 (18.52%) Degree
7 5 (18.52%) LPIC
7 5 (18.52%) RHCSA
8 4 (14.81%) CCDA
8 4 (14.81%) VCDX
9 3 (11.11%) CCIE
9 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
10 2 (7.41%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
11 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (74.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (51.85%) vSphere
3 7 (25.93%) VMware NSX
4 4 (14.81%) vCloud
5 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
7 1 (3.70%) KVM
7 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Terraform
2 5 (18.52%) vCenter Server
3 4 (14.81%) Ansible
4 3 (11.11%) SCCM
4 3 (11.11%) vRealize
5 1 (3.70%) AirWatch
5 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (3.70%) PowerCLI
5 1 (3.70%) SCOM
5 1 (3.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (51.85%) Cisco
3 11 (40.74%) Dell
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
5 9 (33.33%) NetApp
6 6 (22.22%) Red Hat
7 4 (14.81%) Broadcom
7 4 (14.81%) Nimble Storage
8 3 (11.11%) Fortinet
8 3 (11.11%) Veeam
9 2 (7.41%) Citrix
9 2 (7.41%) Commvault
9 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
10 1 (3.70%) Aruba
10 1 (3.70%) EMC
10 1 (3.70%) Juniper
10 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
10 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds
10 1 (3.70%) Veritas
10 1 (3.70%) Zerto