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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 706 580 667
Rank change year-on-year -126 +87 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 52 54 65
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.050% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.34% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 34 38 33
10th Percentile £48,125 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% +13.16% -19.83%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £70,500 £59,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £53,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +34.88% +13.16% -19.83%

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 17,859 15,665 18,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.25% 36.18% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,532 6,685 8,087
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.95%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.38%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -57 19 £90,000 +50.00% 13
South East -59 16 £67,500 +17.39% 4
North West -20 7 £47,500 -11.63% 5
North of England -64 7 £47,500 -11.63% 8
South West -71 6 £68,750 +61.76% 4
East of England -31 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 (19.23%) Apache
1 10 (19.23%) nginx
2 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 22 (42.31%) Azure
2 11 (21.15%) AWS
3 6 (11.54%) Nutanix
4 4 (7.69%) GCP
4 4 (7.69%) WeChat
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.85%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (34.62%) Firewall
2 12 (23.08%) LAN
2 12 (23.08%) VSAN
3 9 (17.31%) DNS
3 9 (17.31%) Network Security
4 8 (15.38%) VPN
4 8 (15.38%) WAN
5 7 (13.46%) SAN
6 6 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (9.62%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (9.62%) NGFW
7 5 (9.62%) SD-WAN
7 5 (9.62%) VXLAN
8 4 (7.69%) DHCP
8 4 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (7.69%) WLAN
9 3 (5.77%) NGN
10 2 (3.85%) NAS
10 2 (3.85%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.77%) Finance
3 10 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 10 (19.23%) Retail
4 5 (9.62%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.77%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.77%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (34.62%) Architect
2 14 (26.92%) Senior
3 11 (21.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Cloud Architect
4 10 (19.23%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 10 (19.23%) NOC Manager
4 10 (19.23%) Operations Manager
4 10 (19.23%) Presales Solution Architect
4 10 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (19.23%) VMware Architect
5 8 (15.38%) Senior Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Network Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Network Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Network Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Network Manager
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) Web Services
2 4 (7.69%) Terraform
3 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (48.08%) Data Centre
2 9 (17.31%) Driving Licence
2 9 (17.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (17.31%) Private Cloud
3 6 (11.54%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (7.69%) Clustering
4 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.85%) CSOC
5 2 (3.85%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.85%) Replication
5 2 (3.85%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (44.23%) Windows
2 20 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 14 (26.92%) Linux
4 9 (17.31%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.85%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.92%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.92%) SUSE
6 1 (1.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (32.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (32.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (28.85%) Presales
3 15 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (28.85%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (19.23%) High Availability
6 9 (17.31%) ITIL
6 9 (17.31%) Zero Trust
7 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (13.46%) Business Continuity
8 7 (13.46%) Customer Service
8 7 (13.46%) Load Balancing
8 7 (13.46%) Project Management
8 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
8 7 (13.46%) Storage Management
9 6 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 5 (9.62%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.92%) Bash
3 1 (1.92%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 19 (36.54%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (34.62%) CCNP
5 14 (26.92%) VCAP
6 12 (23.08%) Degree
7 11 (21.15%) VCDX
8 10 (19.23%) Azure Certification
8 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
9 6 (11.54%) DV Cleared
10 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (9.62%) MCSE
11 4 (7.69%) CCIE
11 4 (7.69%) CCNA
11 4 (7.69%) MCSA
11 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (7.69%) RHCSA
12 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) NCSC
1 5 (9.62%) SLA
2 3 (5.77%) COBIT
3 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (82.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (50.00%) VMware NSX
3 19 (36.54%) vSphere
4 11 (21.15%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (19.23%) Active Directory
6 6 (11.54%) vCloud
7 5 (9.62%) Squid
8 3 (5.77%) VMware Server
9 2 (3.85%) Firmware
9 2 (3.85%) UAG
9 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.92%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
10 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) vCenter Server
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.62%) Ansible
3 5 (9.62%) HAProxy
4 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (3.85%) AirWatch
5 2 (3.85%) SCCM
6 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.92%) vRealize
6 1 (1.92%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (1.92%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (40.38%) Microsoft
3 12 (23.08%) Broadcom
3 12 (23.08%) Cisco
3 12 (23.08%) Veeam
4 8 (15.38%) NetApp
5 7 (13.46%) Dell
6 6 (11.54%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto
8 4 (7.69%) Citrix
9 3 (5.77%) HP
10 2 (3.85%) F5
10 2 (3.85%) Google
10 2 (3.85%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.85%) Thales
11 1 (1.92%) Murex
11 1 (1.92%) Refinitiv
11 1 (1.92%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.92%) Splunk
11 1 (1.92%) Zerto