VCDX Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VCDX qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VCDX 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.019% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £90,000 - -
90th Percentile £93,000 - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

VCDX 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,658 12,552 18,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.43% 44.02% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,114 4,960 12,149
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,532 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.73% +3.06% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VCDX relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VCDX job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VCDX
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VCDX

VCDX
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East - 3 £85,000 -
VCDX
UK

VCDX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VSAN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior VMware Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Presales Solution Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) VCAP
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) vCloud
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) NetApp
1 3 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 3 (100.00%) VMware