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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 449 462
Rank change year-on-year +87 +13 +200
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 18 8
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.066% 0.092% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.35% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 7
10th Percentile £57,000 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £45,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £56,375 £63,125
90th Percentile - £58,000 £75,250
UK median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.44% -30.77% +8.33%

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 5,243 5,211 5,796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.55% 26.77% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,653 4,322
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,863 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% +0.75%

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 30 November 2025.

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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) AWS
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) IBM Cloud
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Nutanix
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Principal Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (30.00%) PKI
1 3 (30.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) CentOS
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Security Management
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 3 (30.00%) Zero Trust
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (30.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (30.00%) MCP
2 3 (30.00%) MCSE
2 3 (30.00%) VCAP
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) LPIC
3 1 (10.00%) RHCSA
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (40.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Nessus
1 3 (30.00%) Proxmox
2 2 (20.00%) Terraform
3 1 (10.00%) Ansible
3 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (10.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) IBM
3 3 (30.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto