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 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 409 498
Rank change year-on-year +4 +89 +60
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 49 10 20
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.061% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.18% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 40 9 14
10th Percentile £65,000 - £45,900
25th Percentile £66,250 £31,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £32,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +161.54% -38.10% -12.50%
75th Percentile £92,500 £53,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £112,500 £57,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year +50.00% -2.66% -10.67%

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 4,563 5,559 7,136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.77% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,048 2,466 4,303
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,469 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 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 11 (22.45%) Apache
1 11 (22.45%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.90%) Nutanix
2 13 (26.53%) Azure
3 6 (12.24%) AWS
4 4 (8.16%) WeChat
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.86%) VSAN
2 12 (24.49%) Firewall
3 9 (18.37%) DNS
4 6 (12.24%) LAN
5 4 (8.16%) WLAN
6 3 (6.12%) WAN
7 2 (4.08%) VPN
8 1 (2.04%) SMTP
General
1 15 (30.61%) Finance
2 11 (22.45%) Manufacturing
2 11 (22.45%) Retail
3 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Mandarin Language
4 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Consultant
2 13 (26.53%) Cloud Consultant
2 13 (26.53%) VMware Consultant
3 12 (24.49%) Architect
3 12 (24.49%) Cloud Architect
3 12 (24.49%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 12 (24.49%) Presales Solution Architect
3 12 (24.49%) Senior
3 12 (24.49%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (24.49%) VMware Architect
4 11 (22.45%) NOC Manager
4 11 (22.45%) Operations Manager
5 10 (20.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
5 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 10 (20.41%) Technical Consultant
6 9 (18.37%) Senior Consultant
6 9 (18.37%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 9 (18.37%) Senior VMware Consultant
6 9 (18.37%) VMware Technical Consultant
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (55.10%) Data Centre
2 8 (16.33%) Private Cloud
3 6 (12.24%) Driving Licence
4 4 (8.16%) Public Cloud
4 4 (8.16%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.73%) Windows
2 16 (32.65%) Linux
3 13 (26.53%) Windows Server
4 8 (16.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.04%) CentOS
5 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (59.18%) Presales
2 19 (38.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (34.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.49%) High Availability
6 11 (22.45%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (22.45%) Systems Engineering
7 9 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
9 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (12.24%) Load Balancing
10 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
11 5 (10.20%) Migration
11 5 (10.20%) Project Management
12 4 (8.16%) Cloud Operations
12 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
12 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (59.18%) VCAP
2 21 (42.86%) VCDX
3 18 (36.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (22.45%) Azure Certification
5 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (16.33%) CCNP
6 8 (16.33%) RHCSA
7 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
8 6 (12.24%) MCSE
8 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
9 5 (10.20%) Degree
10 4 (8.16%) CCNA
10 4 (8.16%) LPIC
10 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (2.04%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) PMO
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) NIST
System Software
1 47 (95.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (55.10%) vSphere
3 25 (51.02%) VMware NSX
4 16 (32.65%) vCloud
5 12 (24.49%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (12.24%) Squid
7 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
7 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.04%) KVM
7 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) vCenter Server
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.20%) HAProxy
4 4 (8.16%) Terraform
5 1 (2.04%) Ansible
5 1 (2.04%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (42.86%) Broadcom
3 18 (36.73%) Dell
3 18 (36.73%) Microsoft
4 17 (34.69%) NetApp
5 16 (32.65%) Nimble Storage
6 12 (24.49%) Veeam
7 6 (12.24%) Red Hat
8 5 (10.20%) Cisco
8 5 (10.20%) Citrix
9 1 (2.04%) EMC
9 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow