VCDX Job Trends

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
UK

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 694 642 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Permanent jobs citing VCDX 4 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.014% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.019% 0.036% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £75,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £76,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,250 -
90th Percentile - £77,700 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,005 16,593 23,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.47% 39.13% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,422 7,538 16,402
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,629 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £59,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.72% +8.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,384 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VCDX job vacancy trend in the UK

VCDX
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VCDX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VCDX

VCDX
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the UK over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Work from Home +12 4 £90,000 +17.65% 2
England -21 2 £90,000 +17.65% 3
South East - 2 £90,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £90,000 -

VCDX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VSAN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior VMware Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Architect
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Presales
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) VCAP
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) vCloud
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
1 4 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 4 (100.00%) VMware