VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Job Trends

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 591 767
Rank change year-on-year -74 +176 +88
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 51 61 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.35% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 41 51 110
10th Percentile £65,000 £33,750 £38,063
25th Percentile £70,000 £36,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £58,750 £73,125
90th Percentile £92,500 £67,500 £80,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £46,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +62.16% -7.50% +3.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,094 17,327 26,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.34% 39.62% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,020 7,691 17,234
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,688 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% +4.00% -2.63%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in the UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend

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

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in the UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 10 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Work from Home +33 31 £85,000 +54.55% 7
England -78 31 £82,500 +65.00% 24
London -4 18 £82,500 +65.00% 8
UK excluding London -72 17 £75,000 +62.16% 17
South East -26 5 £85,000 +100.00% 6
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
North of England -47 4 £47,500 +26.67% 7
North West -14 3 £47,500 -23.64% 7
South West -45 3 £72,500 +34.88% 1
Yorkshire -55 1 - -

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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 32 (62.75%) Nutanix
2 16 (31.37%) Azure
3 8 (15.69%) AWS
4 5 (9.80%) IaaS
5 4 (7.84%) GCP
6 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (27.45%) VSAN
2 5 (9.80%) Firewall
2 5 (9.80%) WAN
3 4 (7.84%) DNS
3 4 (7.84%) LAN
3 4 (7.84%) SAN
4 3 (5.88%) VLAN
4 3 (5.88%) VPN
4 3 (5.88%) VXLAN
5 2 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.92%) NAS
5 2 (3.92%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.96%) DHCP
6 1 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.96%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.96%) Network Security
6 1 (1.96%) SMTP
6 1 (1.96%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (19.61%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.80%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.92%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) Consultant
2 21 (41.18%) Senior
3 16 (31.37%) VMware Consultant
4 14 (27.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (23.53%) Cloud Consultant
6 11 (21.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (19.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
7 10 (19.61%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 9 (17.65%) Architect
8 9 (17.65%) Presales Solution Architect
8 9 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
8 9 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (17.65%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (15.69%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 8 (15.69%) Senior VMware Consultant
9 8 (15.69%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 6 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (11.76%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 6 (11.76%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
10 6 (11.76%) VMware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 31 (60.78%) Data Centre
2 8 (15.69%) Private Cloud
3 6 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 6 (11.76%) Replication
4 5 (9.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (5.88%) Clustering
6 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
3 6 (11.76%) Linux
4 1 (1.96%) CentOS
4 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Presales
2 23 (45.10%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (31.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (29.41%) Customer Engagement
4 15 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (27.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.65%) Migration
7 9 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (15.69%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (11.76%) Cloud Security
10 6 (11.76%) Requirements Workshops
10 6 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (9.80%) Customer Service
11 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (9.80%) Performance Monitoring
12 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
12 4 (7.84%) DevOps
12 4 (7.84%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 3 (5.88%) Python
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (54.90%) VCAP
2 20 (39.22%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (31.37%) CCNP
5 14 (27.45%) MCSE
5 14 (27.45%) VCDX
6 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
7 8 (15.69%) Degree
8 7 (13.73%) Azure Certification
8 7 (13.73%) CCNA
9 4 (7.84%) CCDA
9 4 (7.84%) LPIC
9 4 (7.84%) RHCSA
10 3 (5.88%) CCIE
10 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.88%) MCSA
10 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
11 2 (3.92%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
12 1 (1.96%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.92%) COBIT
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
2 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.96%) NIST
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (84.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (50.98%) VMware NSX
3 24 (47.06%) vSphere
4 14 (27.45%) vCloud
5 6 (11.76%) KVM
6 5 (9.80%) Active Directory
7 3 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (3.92%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Terraform
2 5 (9.80%) vCenter Server
3 4 (7.84%) Ansible
4 3 (5.88%) vRealize
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.96%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) VMware
2 20 (39.22%) Dell
2 20 (39.22%) NetApp
3 14 (27.45%) Broadcom
3 14 (27.45%) Nimble Storage
4 13 (25.49%) Red Hat
5 12 (23.53%) Cisco
6 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
7 7 (13.73%) Veeam
8 6 (11.76%) Zerto
9 2 (3.92%) HP
10 1 (1.96%) Citrix
10 1 (1.96%) Commvault
10 1 (1.96%) EMC
10 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow