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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 593 734
Rank change year-on-year -69 +141 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 54 62 82
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.061% 0.14% 0.098%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.39% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 35 48 68
10th Percentile £52,750 £33,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £42,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £53,125 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.59% +1.19% -8.70%
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £60,625
90th Percentile £112,500 £65,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% - -8.70%

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 16,807 15,874 22,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.98% 36.51% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,255 7,132 13,750
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £38,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,563 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
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 20 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 20 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 -15 26 £90,000 +80.00% 1
South East -32 17 £67,500 +17.39% 3
North of England -27 6 £47,500 -11.63% 5
North West -10 5 £47,500 -11.63% 4
South West -61 4 £72,500 +70.59%
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 7 (12.96%) Apache
1 7 (12.96%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) Azure
2 14 (25.93%) AWS
3 12 (22.22%) Nutanix
4 5 (9.26%) GCP
5 4 (7.41%) WeChat
6 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) Firewall
2 13 (24.07%) LAN
2 13 (24.07%) VSAN
3 10 (18.52%) WAN
4 8 (14.81%) VPN
5 7 (12.96%) DNS
5 7 (12.96%) Network Security
6 6 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (11.11%) SAN
6 6 (11.11%) SD-WAN
7 5 (9.26%) NGFW
7 5 (9.26%) WLAN
8 4 (7.41%) VXLAN
9 3 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (5.56%) VLAN
10 2 (3.70%) NAS
10 2 (3.70%) NGN
11 1 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (1.85%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Finance
3 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
3 7 (12.96%) Retail
4 5 (9.26%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.70%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Architect
2 16 (29.63%) Senior
3 13 (24.07%) Presales Solution Architect
3 13 (24.07%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (20.37%) Cloud Architect
5 11 (20.37%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 11 (20.37%) VMware Architect
6 8 (14.81%) Consultant
7 7 (12.96%) NOC Manager
7 7 (12.96%) Operations Manager
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (11.11%) Cloud Consultant
8 6 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
8 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 5 (9.26%) Network Architect
9 5 (9.26%) Senior Architect
9 5 (9.26%) Senior Network Architect
10 4 (7.41%) Network Engineer
10 4 (7.41%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 8 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (12.96%) Driving Licence
4 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (9.26%) Clustering
5 5 (9.26%) Public Cloud
6 4 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.85%) Replication
8 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) Windows
2 16 (29.63%) Windows Server
3 13 (24.07%) Linux
4 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.85%) CentOS
5 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Presales
2 18 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
6 12 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (14.81%) High Availability
7 8 (14.81%) Project Management
7 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (14.81%) Zero Trust
8 7 (12.96%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (12.96%) Storage Management
9 6 (11.11%) Cloud Security
9 6 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
9 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (9.26%) ITIL
10 5 (9.26%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (38.89%) CCNP
2 21 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (35.19%) VCAP
4 18 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 13 (24.07%) VCDX
6 12 (22.22%) Azure Certification
7 11 (20.37%) Degree
8 9 (16.67%) MCSE
9 8 (14.81%) RHCSA
9 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
10 7 (12.96%) CCNA
11 6 (11.11%) DV Cleared
12 4 (7.41%) CCIE
12 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (7.41%) LPIC
12 4 (7.41%) MCSA
12 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (5.56%) CCDA
14 1 (1.85%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) NCSC
2 3 (5.56%) COBIT
3 2 (3.70%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
4 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (42.59%) VMware NSX
2 23 (42.59%) vSphere
3 10 (18.52%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
4 8 (14.81%) vCloud
5 3 (5.56%) Squid
5 3 (5.56%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.85%) KVM
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (18.52%) vCenter Server
2 8 (14.81%) Terraform
3 5 (9.26%) Ansible
4 4 (7.41%) HAProxy
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.85%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.85%) SCCM
6 1 (1.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 17 (31.48%) Cisco
4 13 (24.07%) Broadcom
4 13 (24.07%) Dell
4 13 (24.07%) NetApp
5 9 (16.67%) Veeam
6 8 (14.81%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (11.11%) Palo Alto
8 5 (9.26%) Citrix
9 4 (7.41%) Red Hat
10 3 (5.56%) HP
11 1 (1.85%) Commvault
11 1 (1.85%) EMC
11 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.85%) Zerto