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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 602 655
Rank change year-on-year -1 +53 +180
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 22 66 98
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.039% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.37% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11 37 94
10th Percentile £36,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -30.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £83,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -30.77% +8.33%

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 17,731 17,711 18,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.17% 38.50% 28.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,196 6,928 13,482
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +48 10 £75,000 -31.82% 4
South East +8 4 £60,000 +50.00% 4
East of England +16 3 - - 1
South West +1 3 £55,000 +46.67%
West Midlands +21 1 £35,000 -26.70% 1
Midlands -5 1 £35,000 -26.70% 1
Yorkshire -18 1 - -
North of England -20 1 - - 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 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.09%) IIS
4 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) Azure
2 10 (45.45%) AWS
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.64%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (9.09%) GCP
5 2 (9.09%) Nutanix
5 2 (9.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 8 (36.36%) VPN
3 6 (27.27%) VLAN
4 4 (18.18%) DNS
4 4 (18.18%) SAN
5 3 (13.64%) DHCP
6 2 (9.09%) LAN
6 2 (9.09%) Network Security
6 2 (9.09%) VoIP
6 2 (9.09%) VSAN
6 2 (9.09%) WAN
6 2 (9.09%) Wireless
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (4.55%) NAS
7 1 (4.55%) NetScaler
7 1 (4.55%) PCoIP
7 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (4.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
1 1 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (22.73%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Network Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Network Security Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Security Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 7 (31.82%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (18.18%) PKI
4 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
6 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (4.55%) Clustering
6 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (36.36%) Linux
4 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 2 (9.09%) Ubuntu
5 1 (4.55%) Android
5 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.55%) CentOS
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Unix
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) ITIL
4 5 (22.73%) High Availability
4 5 (22.73%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (18.18%) Data Centre Operations
5 4 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (18.18%) Information Security
5 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Security Management
5 4 (18.18%) SIEM
5 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust
6 3 (13.64%) Business Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) Cost Control
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 4 (18.18%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) Bash
4 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) MCSE
5 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
5 3 (13.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (13.64%) CCNA
5 3 (13.64%) CCNP
5 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (9.09%) MCSA
7 1 (4.55%) CCDA
7 1 (4.55%) CCIE
7 1 (4.55%) CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) LPIC
7 1 (4.55%) MCITP
7 1 (4.55%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
3 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (77.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
3 8 (36.36%) vSphere
4 7 (31.82%) Hyper-V
4 7 (31.82%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (13.64%) VMware NSX
6 2 (9.09%) Docker
7 1 (4.55%) KVM
7 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) vCenter Server
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (13.64%) Ansible
2 3 (13.64%) Nessus
2 3 (13.64%) Proxmox
2 3 (13.64%) Terraform
2 3 (13.64%) vRealize
3 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.09%) SCCM
4 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
4 1 (4.55%) Autotask
4 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.55%) PowerCLI
4 1 (4.55%) SCOM
4 1 (4.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco
4 6 (27.27%) Fortinet
5 5 (22.73%) Dell
5 5 (22.73%) Palo Alto
5 5 (22.73%) Veeam
6 3 (13.64%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (13.64%) IBM
7 2 (9.09%) Red Hat
8 1 (4.55%) Apple
8 1 (4.55%) Citrix
8 1 (4.55%) Commvault
8 1 (4.55%) Juniper
8 1 (4.55%) Mitel
8 1 (4.55%) NetApp
8 1 (4.55%) Oracle
8 1 (4.55%) SAP
8 1 (4.55%) Sophos
8 1 (4.55%) Veritas