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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 613 624
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 +223
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 24 58 72
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.046% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.32% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 14 31 70
10th Percentile - - £39,588
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £42,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -34.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £53,750 £79,375
90th Percentile £82,750 £64,010 £83,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £43,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +65.71% -32.69% +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 17,255 17,975 14,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.02% 37.23% 29.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,984 7,086 9,970
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +52 10 £75,000 -31.82% 6
South West +5 5 £42,500 +13.33% 1
South East +20 4 £60,000 +50.00% 5
East of England +16 4 - -
West Midlands +26 1 £35,000 -26.70% 2
Midlands +6 1 £35,000 -22.22% 3
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 (20.83%) IIS
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) Azure
2 10 (41.67%) AWS
3 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) GCP
5 1 (4.17%) IaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
5 1 (4.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) Firewall
2 11 (45.83%) VPN
3 10 (41.67%) VLAN
4 8 (33.33%) DNS
5 7 (29.17%) DHCP
6 6 (25.00%) SAN
7 5 (20.83%) VoIP
7 5 (20.83%) Wireless
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (16.67%) IPsec
9 2 (8.33%) LAN
9 2 (8.33%) NAS
9 2 (8.33%) Network Security
9 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
9 2 (8.33%) VSAN
9 2 (8.33%) WAN
10 1 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
10 1 (4.17%) PBX
10 1 (4.17%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) MSI
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Marketing
3 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 4 (16.67%) Electronics
4 4 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Manager
1 7 (29.17%) Senior
2 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Senior IT Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (29.17%) Data Centre
3 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
4 4 (16.67%) Clustering
4 4 (16.67%) PKI
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Windows
2 17 (70.83%) Windows Server
3 12 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (20.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (8.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.17%) Android
6 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.17%) CentOS
6 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (4.17%) Unix
6 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (45.83%) ITIL
3 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (29.17%) Business Continuity
6 6 (25.00%) Migration
6 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Containerisation
7 5 (20.83%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (20.83%) High Availability
7 5 (20.83%) Information Security
7 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
7 5 (20.83%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (20.83%) Server Management
8 4 (16.67%) Coaching
8 4 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.50%) Bash
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) ACMT
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (16.67%) MCSE
6 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
6 3 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (12.50%) CCNA
6 3 (12.50%) MCP
6 3 (12.50%) MCSA
7 2 (8.33%) CCNP
8 1 (4.17%) CCDA
8 1 (4.17%) CCSP
8 1 (4.17%) CISA
8 1 (4.17%) CISM
8 1 (4.17%) CISSP
8 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (16.67%) GDPR
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (41.67%) Hyper-V
3 10 (41.67%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (33.33%) vSphere
5 5 (20.83%) Docker
6 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) vCenter Server
2 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (16.67%) Autotask
4 3 (12.50%) Nessus
4 3 (12.50%) Proxmox
5 2 (8.33%) SCCM
5 2 (8.33%) Terraform
5 2 (8.33%) vRealize
6 1 (4.17%) AirWatch
6 1 (4.17%) Ansible
6 1 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (4.17%) SCOM
6 1 (4.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (41.67%) Veeam
4 9 (37.50%) Cisco
5 7 (29.17%) Fortinet
6 6 (25.00%) Dell
6 6 (25.00%) Palo Alto
7 4 (16.67%) Apple
7 4 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (16.67%) Datto
7 4 (16.67%) Oracle
7 4 (16.67%) SAP
7 4 (16.67%) Sophos
8 3 (12.50%) IBM
9 2 (8.33%) Commvault
9 2 (8.33%) Red Hat
10 1 (4.17%) Citrix
10 1 (4.17%) Mitel
10 1 (4.17%) NetApp
10 1 (4.17%) Veritas