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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 590 718
Rank change year-on-year -91 +128 +43
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 58 58 68
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.064% 0.13% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.37% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 39 44 53
10th Percentile £52,250 £32,000 £36,900
25th Percentile £66,250 £40,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,250 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -0.22% -10.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £63,800 £62,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +50.00% -2.66% -10.67%

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 17,171 15,690 20,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.91% 36.12% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,391 7,119 11,687
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,662 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,950 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 30 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 -25 26 £90,000 +80.00% 3
South East -38 20 £67,500 +17.39% 2
North of England -35 7 £47,500 -11.63% 5
North West -2 6 £47,500 -11.63% 4
South West -66 4 £72,500 +70.59% 1
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 10 (17.24%) Apache
1 10 (17.24%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.10%) Azure
2 14 (24.14%) AWS
3 12 (20.69%) Nutanix
4 5 (8.62%) GCP
5 4 (6.90%) WeChat
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) Firewall
2 14 (24.14%) VSAN
3 13 (22.41%) LAN
4 10 (17.24%) WAN
5 9 (15.52%) DNS
6 8 (13.79%) VPN
7 7 (12.07%) Network Security
7 7 (12.07%) SAN
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (10.34%) SD-WAN
9 5 (8.62%) NGFW
9 5 (8.62%) WLAN
10 4 (6.90%) VXLAN
11 3 (5.17%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (5.17%) VLAN
12 2 (3.45%) NAS
12 2 (3.45%) NGN
13 1 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.72%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Manufacturing
3 10 (17.24%) Retail
4 5 (8.62%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Architect
2 16 (27.59%) Senior
3 13 (22.41%) Presales Solution Architect
3 13 (22.41%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (18.97%) Cloud Architect
5 11 (18.97%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 11 (18.97%) VMware Architect
6 10 (17.24%) NOC Manager
6 10 (17.24%) Operations Manager
7 8 (13.79%) Consultant
8 7 (12.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (10.34%) Cloud Consultant
9 6 (10.34%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
9 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 5 (8.62%) Network Architect
10 5 (8.62%) Senior Architect
10 5 (8.62%) Senior Network Architect
11 4 (6.90%) Network Engineer
11 4 (6.90%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (46.55%) Data Centre
2 9 (15.52%) Driving Licence
2 9 (15.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (15.52%) Private Cloud
3 7 (12.07%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (8.62%) Clustering
4 5 (8.62%) Public Cloud
5 4 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.45%) Replication
8 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (46.55%) Windows
2 20 (34.48%) Windows Server
3 17 (29.31%) Linux
4 7 (12.07%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.72%) CentOS
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (1.72%) SUSE
5 1 (1.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Presales
2 20 (34.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (32.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (25.86%) Systems Engineering
6 13 (22.41%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (18.97%) High Availability
8 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (13.79%) Project Management
9 8 (13.79%) Zero Trust
10 7 (12.07%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (12.07%) Storage Management
11 6 (10.34%) Cloud Security
11 6 (10.34%) ITIL
11 6 (10.34%) Requirements Workshops
11 6 (10.34%) Risk Management
11 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
12 5 (8.62%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) SQL
2 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) Bash
4 1 (1.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Cisco Certification
1 24 (41.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (36.21%) CCNP
3 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
3 20 (34.48%) VCAP
4 14 (24.14%) Azure Certification
5 13 (22.41%) VCDX
6 11 (18.97%) Degree
7 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
8 9 (15.52%) MCSE
9 8 (13.79%) RHCSA
10 7 (12.07%) CCNA
11 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
12 4 (6.90%) CCIE
12 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (6.90%) LPIC
12 4 (6.90%) MCSA
12 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (5.17%) CCDA
14 1 (1.72%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) NCSC
2 3 (5.17%) COBIT
3 2 (3.45%) PMO
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.72%) NIST
4 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (79.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (41.38%) VMware NSX
2 24 (41.38%) vSphere
3 13 (22.41%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
4 8 (13.79%) vCloud
5 5 (8.62%) Squid
6 3 (5.17%) VMware Server
7 2 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.72%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (1.72%) Firmware
8 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.72%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) vCenter Server
2 8 (13.79%) Terraform
3 6 (10.34%) Ansible
4 5 (8.62%) HAProxy
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.72%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.72%) SCCM
6 1 (1.72%) vRealize
6 1 (1.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (39.66%) Microsoft
3 17 (29.31%) Cisco
4 14 (24.14%) Broadcom
4 14 (24.14%) Dell
5 13 (22.41%) NetApp
5 13 (22.41%) Veeam
6 8 (13.79%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (10.34%) Palo Alto
8 5 (8.62%) Citrix
9 4 (6.90%) Red Hat
10 3 (5.17%) HP
11 2 (3.45%) Zerto
12 1 (1.72%) Commvault
12 1 (1.72%) EMC
12 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
12 1 (1.72%) Oracle
12 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow