Hybrid/Remote VCDX Job Trends

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 386 398 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing VCDX 4 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.023% 0.045% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.085% 0.15% -
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 median annual salary £90,000 £76,500 -
% change year-on-year +17.65% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,710 3,933 8,116
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.55% 29.31% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,635 2,457 5,886
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £59,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.72% +8.00% -4.35%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VCDX and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VCDX job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VCDX
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VCDX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VCDX

VCDX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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