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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 584 716
Rank change year-on-year -82 +132 +97
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 38 54 105
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.046% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.34% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 27 45 95
10th Percentile £46,250 £32,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £69,375 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £71,331 £80,750
UK median annual salary £82,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +65.00% -13.04% -

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 18,922 15,931 23,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.85% 41.57% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,548 6,580 15,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,896 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,046
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.92%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -26 22 £85,000 +70.00% 6
North of England -43 6 £47,500 -23.64% 5
North West -5 5 £47,500 -29.21% 4
South East -45 5 £85,000 +112.50% 7
South West -60 4 £72,500 +34.88% 2
Yorkshire -45 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 13 (34.21%) Nutanix
3 9 (23.68%) AWS
4 5 (13.16%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.63%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.63%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) VSAN
2 6 (15.79%) Firewall
2 6 (15.79%) SAN
3 5 (13.16%) LAN
3 5 (13.16%) WAN
4 4 (10.53%) DNS
4 4 (10.53%) VXLAN
5 3 (7.89%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (7.89%) VLAN
5 3 (7.89%) VPN
6 2 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (5.26%) NAS
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security
6 2 (5.26%) WLAN
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (2.63%) DHCP
7 1 (2.63%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.63%) SMTP
7 1 (2.63%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Banking
2 3 (7.89%) Finance
3 2 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.26%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (28.95%) Architect
2 11 (28.95%) Presales Solution Architect
2 11 (28.95%) Senior
2 11 (28.95%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Cloud Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Consultant
3 8 (21.05%) VMware Architect
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) Cloud Consultant
5 6 (15.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
5 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (10.53%) Network Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Solutions Consultant
7 3 (7.89%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (7.89%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (55.26%) Data Centre
2 7 (18.42%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (15.79%) Public Cloud
4 5 (13.16%) Clustering
5 4 (10.53%) Driving Licence
6 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
7 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
8 1 (2.63%) Replication
8 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Linux
4 1 (2.63%) CentOS
4 1 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Presales
2 15 (39.47%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (34.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.42%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (18.42%) Storage Management
5 7 (18.42%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (15.79%) Requirements Workshops
6 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
6 6 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (13.16%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (13.16%) ITIL
7 5 (13.16%) Project Management
8 4 (10.53%) BCP
8 4 (10.53%) Business Continuity
8 4 (10.53%) Information Security
8 4 (10.53%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (42.11%) VCAP
3 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (36.84%) CCNP
5 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
6 10 (26.32%) Degree
6 10 (26.32%) MCSE
6 10 (26.32%) VCDX
7 9 (23.68%) Azure Certification
8 8 (21.05%) CCNA
9 5 (13.16%) MCSA
9 5 (13.16%) RHCSA
9 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
10 4 (10.53%) CCDA
10 4 (10.53%) CCIE
10 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (10.53%) LPIC
11 2 (5.26%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
12 1 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) COBIT
2 2 (5.26%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (78.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (52.63%) vSphere
3 15 (39.47%) VMware NSX
4 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
4 8 (21.05%) vCloud
5 3 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (7.89%) VMware Server
6 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.63%) KVM
6 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) Terraform
2 7 (18.42%) vCenter Server
3 5 (13.16%) Ansible
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (5.26%) vRealize
6 1 (2.63%) PowerCLI
6 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (36.84%) Dell
2 14 (36.84%) NetApp
3 13 (34.21%) Cisco
4 10 (26.32%) Broadcom
5 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
5 8 (21.05%) Nimble Storage
6 5 (13.16%) Red Hat
7 3 (7.89%) HP
8 2 (5.26%) Citrix
8 2 (5.26%) Veeam
9 1 (2.63%) Commvault
9 1 (2.63%) EMC
9 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.63%) Zerto