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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 600 701
Rank change year-on-year -72 +101 +28
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 56 58 59
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.059% 0.13% 0.081%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.37% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 39 45 43
10th Percentile £51,250 £32,250 £34,950
25th Percentile £66,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +5.26% -18.80%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £54,875
90th Percentile £112,500 £63,400 £57,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% +5.26% -18.80%

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 17,499 15,745 19,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.58% 35.99% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 7,089 10,613
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -36 26 £90,000 +80.00% 12
South East -38 19 £67,500 +17.39% 5
North West -5 6 £47,500 -11.63% 3
North of England -43 6 £47,500 -11.63% 4
South West -64 4 £72,500 +70.59% 5
East of England -21 1 £55,000 - 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 10 (17.86%) Apache
1 10 (17.86%) nginx
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (44.64%) Azure
2 13 (23.21%) AWS
3 11 (19.64%) Nutanix
4 4 (7.14%) GCP
4 4 (7.14%) WeChat
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.36%) Firewall
2 14 (25.00%) VSAN
3 12 (21.43%) LAN
4 9 (16.07%) WAN
5 8 (14.29%) DNS
5 8 (14.29%) SAN
5 8 (14.29%) VPN
6 7 (12.50%) Network Security
7 6 (10.71%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (8.93%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (8.93%) NGFW
8 5 (8.93%) SD-WAN
9 4 (7.14%) VXLAN
9 4 (7.14%) WLAN
10 3 (5.36%) NAS
10 3 (5.36%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (3.57%) NGN
11 2 (3.57%) VLAN
12 1 (1.79%) iSCSI
12 1 (1.79%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (17.86%) Manufacturing
3 10 (17.86%) Retail
4 5 (8.93%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.57%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Architect
2 13 (23.21%) Presales Solution Architect
2 13 (23.21%) Senior
2 13 (23.21%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Cloud Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (19.64%) VMware Architect
4 10 (17.86%) NOC Manager
4 10 (17.86%) Operations Manager
5 7 (12.50%) Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Cloud Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 5 (8.93%) Network Architect
7 5 (8.93%) Senior Architect
7 5 (8.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.93%) Senior Network Architect
8 4 (7.14%) Solutions Consultant
9 3 (5.36%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (46.43%) Data Centre
2 9 (16.07%) Driving Licence
2 9 (16.07%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (16.07%) Private Cloud
3 8 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (8.93%) Clustering
4 5 (8.93%) Public Cloud
5 4 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.57%) Replication
8 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (44.64%) Windows
2 20 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 16 (28.57%) Linux
4 7 (12.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.79%) CentOS
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (1.79%) SUSE
5 1 (1.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Presales
2 20 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (32.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (26.79%) Systems Engineering
5 13 (23.21%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (17.86%) High Availability
6 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (14.29%) ITIL
7 8 (14.29%) Project Management
7 8 (14.29%) Zero Trust
8 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 7 (12.50%) Storage Management
9 6 (10.71%) Cloud Security
9 6 (10.71%) Customer Engagement
9 6 (10.71%) Customer Service
9 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (10.71%) Requirements Workshops
9 6 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.79%) Bash
3 1 (1.79%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 24 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (37.50%) CCNP
3 20 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 20 (35.71%) VCAP
4 15 (26.79%) Azure Certification
5 13 (23.21%) VCDX
6 12 (21.43%) Degree
7 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
8 8 (14.29%) MCSE
8 8 (14.29%) RHCSA
9 7 (12.50%) CCNA
10 6 (10.71%) DV Cleared
11 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (7.14%) LPIC
12 4 (7.14%) MCSA
12 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (5.36%) CCDA
13 3 (5.36%) CCIE
14 1 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) NCSC
2 3 (5.36%) COBIT
2 3 (5.36%) SLA
3 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.57%) PMO
4 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (80.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (42.86%) VMware NSX
3 22 (39.29%) vSphere
4 11 (19.64%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (16.07%) Active Directory
6 8 (14.29%) vCloud
7 5 (8.93%) Squid
8 3 (5.36%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.79%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (1.79%) Firmware
9 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Terraform
1 7 (12.50%) vCenter Server
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.93%) HAProxy
4 4 (7.14%) Ansible
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.79%) SCCM
5 1 (1.79%) vRealize
5 1 (1.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (41.07%) Microsoft
3 17 (30.36%) Cisco
4 14 (25.00%) Broadcom
4 14 (25.00%) Dell
4 14 (25.00%) NetApp
5 13 (23.21%) Veeam
6 8 (14.29%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (8.93%) Citrix
7 5 (8.93%) Palo Alto
8 4 (7.14%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.36%) HP
10 2 (3.57%) Zerto
11 1 (1.79%) Commvault
11 1 (1.79%) EMC
11 1 (1.79%) Oracle
11 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow