VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Job Trends in the South West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 184 217
Rank change year-on-year +12 +33 +57
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.098% 0.12% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.31% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 -
90th Percentile £62,250 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £42,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +58.82% -34.62% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,682 1,631 1,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.10% 39.33% 38.98%
Number of salaries quoted 887 833 1,265
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,850 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £71,625 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in the South West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the South West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bristol - 4 £42,500 -
Gloucestershire +19 1 £67,500 +80.00% 1
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (80.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (80.00%) DHCP
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) IPsec
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior IT Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior IT Support
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) CentOS
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (80.00%) Server Building
2 4 (80.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ACMT
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (80.00%) Autotask
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Ansible
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Apple
2 4 (80.00%) Datto
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) Sophos
2 4 (80.00%) Veeam
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto