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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 590 755
Rank change year-on-year -92 +165 +20
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 49 63 88
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.056% 0.15% 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.40% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32 49 74
10th Percentile £47,875 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £53,750 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £64,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £68,777 £79,100
UK median annual salary £80,000 £53,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year +48.84% +1.42% -3.64%

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 16,776 15,938 23,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.15% 36.79% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,156 7,121 14,733
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -24 25 £90,000 +80.00% 1
South East -27 13 £67,500 +17.39% 6
North of England -36 6 £47,500 -11.63% 7
North West -7 5 £47,500 -18.07% 6
South West -56 4 £72,500 +56.76%
Yorkshire - 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 4 (8.16%) Apache
1 4 (8.16%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.82%) Azure
2 13 (26.53%) AWS
3 12 (24.49%) Nutanix
4 5 (10.20%) GCP
5 3 (6.12%) WeChat
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.53%) Firewall
1 13 (26.53%) VSAN
2 11 (22.45%) LAN
3 9 (18.37%) WAN
4 7 (14.29%) VPN
5 6 (12.24%) DNS
5 6 (12.24%) Network Security
5 6 (12.24%) SAN
6 5 (10.20%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (10.20%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (10.20%) SD-WAN
7 4 (8.16%) NGFW
7 4 (8.16%) VXLAN
7 4 (8.16%) WLAN
8 3 (6.12%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (6.12%) VLAN
9 2 (4.08%) NAS
9 2 (4.08%) NGN
10 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (2.04%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (8.16%) Mandarin Language
3 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.16%) Retail
4 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Architect
2 15 (30.61%) Senior
3 13 (26.53%) Presales Solution Architect
3 13 (26.53%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (22.45%) Cloud Architect
5 11 (22.45%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 11 (22.45%) VMware Architect
6 8 (16.33%) Consultant
7 7 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (12.24%) Cloud Consultant
8 6 (12.24%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
8 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 4 (8.16%) Network Architect
9 4 (8.16%) Network Engineer
9 4 (8.16%) NOC Manager
9 4 (8.16%) Operations Manager
9 4 (8.16%) Senior Architect
9 4 (8.16%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (8.16%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (53.06%) Data Centre
2 7 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
2 7 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (14.29%) Private Cloud
3 6 (12.24%) Driving Licence
4 5 (10.20%) Clustering
4 5 (10.20%) Public Cloud
5 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.04%) Replication
6 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (40.82%) Windows
2 13 (26.53%) Windows Server
3 10 (20.41%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.04%) CentOS
5 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Presales
2 17 (34.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 15 (30.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (22.45%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (18.37%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (14.29%) Project Management
6 7 (14.29%) Storage Management
6 7 (14.29%) Zero Trust
7 6 (12.24%) Requirements Workshops
7 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (10.20%) Cloud Security
8 5 (10.20%) High Availability
8 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (10.20%) ITIL
8 5 (10.20%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (44.90%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (38.78%) CCNP
2 19 (38.78%) VCAP
3 18 (36.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (32.65%) Security Cleared
5 13 (26.53%) VCDX
6 11 (22.45%) Azure Certification
7 10 (20.41%) Degree
8 9 (18.37%) MCSE
9 7 (14.29%) CCNA
9 7 (14.29%) RHCSA
9 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
11 4 (8.16%) CCIE
11 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (8.16%) LPIC
11 4 (8.16%) MCSA
12 3 (6.12%) CCDA
12 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (2.04%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) NCSC
2 3 (6.12%) COBIT
3 2 (4.08%) PMO
4 1 (2.04%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) NIST
4 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (77.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (46.94%) vSphere
3 22 (44.90%) VMware NSX
4 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (16.33%) vCloud
5 7 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (6.12%) VMware Server
7 2 (4.08%) Squid
8 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
8 1 (2.04%) KVM
8 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) vCenter Server
2 8 (16.33%) Terraform
3 5 (10.20%) Ansible
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (4.08%) HAProxy
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.04%) PowerCLI
6 1 (2.04%) SCCM
6 1 (2.04%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (32.65%) Cisco
3 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
4 13 (26.53%) Broadcom
4 13 (26.53%) Dell
4 13 (26.53%) NetApp
5 8 (16.33%) Nimble Storage
6 6 (12.24%) Veeam
7 5 (10.20%) Palo Alto
8 4 (8.16%) Citrix
8 4 (8.16%) Red Hat
9 3 (6.12%) HP
10 1 (2.04%) Commvault
10 1 (2.04%) EMC
10 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.04%) Zerto