Hybrid/Remote VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Job Trends

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 407 549
Rank change year-on-year +17 +142 +22
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 42 15 21
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.091% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 34 14 16
10th Percentile £65,000 - £46,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £31,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% +2.38% +8.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 £71,664 £63,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £73,886 £75,625
UK median annual salary £80,000 £53,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year +48.84% +1.42% -3.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,430 5,554 8,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 33.65% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,497 5,510
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.90%) Apache
1 5 (11.90%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (52.38%) Nutanix
2 10 (23.81%) Azure
3 6 (14.29%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) WeChat
5 2 (4.76%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (50.00%) VSAN
2 8 (19.05%) Firewall
3 6 (14.29%) DNS
4 5 (11.90%) LAN
5 3 (7.14%) WAN
5 3 (7.14%) WLAN
6 2 (4.76%) VPN
7 1 (2.38%) SMTP
General
1 9 (21.43%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
3 5 (11.90%) Retail
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
5 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Consultant
2 13 (30.95%) Cloud Consultant
2 13 (30.95%) VMware Consultant
3 12 (28.57%) Architect
3 12 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
3 12 (28.57%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 12 (28.57%) Presales Solution Architect
3 12 (28.57%) Senior
3 12 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (28.57%) VMware Architect
4 10 (23.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
4 10 (23.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 10 (23.81%) Technical Consultant
5 9 (21.43%) Senior Consultant
5 9 (21.43%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 9 (21.43%) Senior VMware Consultant
5 9 (21.43%) VMware Technical Consultant
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
6 6 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
7 5 (11.90%) NOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (64.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Linux
3 7 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.38%) CentOS
5 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (66.67%) Presales
2 16 (38.10%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (26.19%) Customer Engagement
3 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
5 7 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (14.29%) High Availability
6 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (11.90%) Migration
7 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (9.52%) Cloud Operations
8 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (9.52%) DevOps
8 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (9.52%) Line Management
8 4 (9.52%) Project Management
8 4 (9.52%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (69.05%) VCAP
2 21 (50.00%) VCDX
3 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (19.05%) Azure Certification
4 8 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (16.67%) CCNP
5 7 (16.67%) RHCSA
6 6 (14.29%) MCSE
7 4 (9.52%) CCNA
7 4 (9.52%) Degree
7 4 (9.52%) LPIC
7 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
8 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.38%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 40 (95.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (64.29%) vSphere
3 25 (59.52%) VMware NSX
4 16 (38.10%) vCloud
5 6 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (7.14%) Squid
7 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
7 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.38%) KVM
7 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 4 (9.52%) Terraform
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.76%) HAProxy
5 1 (2.38%) Ansible
5 1 (2.38%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (50.00%) Broadcom
3 18 (42.86%) Dell
4 17 (40.48%) NetApp
5 16 (38.10%) Nimble Storage
6 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 6 (14.29%) Red Hat
7 6 (14.29%) Veeam
8 5 (11.90%) Cisco
9 4 (9.52%) Citrix
10 1 (2.38%) EMC
10 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow