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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 611 641
Rank change year-on-year +7 +30 +191
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 22 64 101
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.037% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.37% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11 36 97
10th Percentile £57,500 - £41,250
25th Percentile £63,125 £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £59,127 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £82,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +57.89% -26.92% +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 17,887 17,270 19,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.24% 38.61% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,346 6,891 13,657
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 £76,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,125 £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 14 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 14 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 +39 10 £75,000 -31.82% 4
South East +3 5 £62,500 +56.25% 2
East of England +14 2 - - 1
South West -19 2 £67,500 +50.00%
West Midlands +11 1 £35,000 -26.70%
Midlands -5 1 £35,000 -26.70%
North of England -16 1 - - 3
Yorkshire -31 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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
3 1 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 10 (45.45%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.64%) GCP
4 3 (13.64%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (9.09%) Nutanix
5 2 (9.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) Firewall
2 8 (36.36%) VPN
3 6 (27.27%) VLAN
4 5 (22.73%) DNS
5 4 (18.18%) LAN
5 4 (18.18%) WAN
6 3 (13.64%) DHCP
6 3 (13.64%) SAN
7 2 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (9.09%) Network Security
7 2 (9.09%) VSAN
8 1 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (4.55%) NAS
8 1 (4.55%) NetScaler
8 1 (4.55%) PCoIP
8 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (4.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
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
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
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%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Security Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 6 (27.27%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (18.18%) PKI
4 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
6 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
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 11 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (27.27%) Linux
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%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Unix
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
5 4 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (18.18%) High Availability
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
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%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Data Centre Operations
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (22.73%) 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 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (22.73%) MCSE
4 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
5 4 (18.18%) CCNP
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
6 3 (13.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (13.64%) CCNA
6 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (9.09%) CCIE
7 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 2 (9.09%) MCSA
8 1 (4.55%) CCSP
8 1 (4.55%) CISSP
8 1 (4.55%) LPIC
8 1 (4.55%) MCITP
8 1 (4.55%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (36.36%) vSphere
3 7 (31.82%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
5 3 (13.64%) VMware NSX
6 1 (4.55%) Docker
6 1 (4.55%) KVM
6 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) vCenter Server
2 4 (18.18%) Ansible
2 4 (18.18%) Terraform
3 3 (13.64%) Nessus
3 3 (13.64%) Proxmox
3 3 (13.64%) vRealize
4 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (9.09%) SCCM
5 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
5 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (4.55%) PowerCLI
5 1 (4.55%) SCOM
5 1 (4.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco
4 6 (27.27%) Fortinet
5 5 (22.73%) Palo Alto
6 4 (18.18%) Dell
7 3 (13.64%) IBM
7 3 (13.64%) Veeam
8 2 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (9.09%) Red Hat
9 1 (4.55%) Aruba
9 1 (4.55%) Citrix
9 1 (4.55%) Commvault
9 1 (4.55%) Juniper
9 1 (4.55%) Mitel
9 1 (4.55%) NetApp
9 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
9 1 (4.55%) Veritas