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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 421 566
Rank change year-on-year +37 +145 +36
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 33 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.10% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.30% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 13
10th Percentile £65,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £31,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% +2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,886 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 - £82,750
UK median annual salary £82,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +65.00% -13.04% -

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 4,256 5,012 8,990
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.19% 33.76% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,308 5,903
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,451 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,092 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
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 3 June 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (69.70%) Nutanix
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
3 6 (18.18%) AWS
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.03%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 18 (54.55%) VSAN
2 3 (9.09%) DNS
2 3 (9.09%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) LAN
2 3 (9.09%) WAN
3 2 (6.06%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) SMTP
4 1 (3.03%) WLAN
General
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
1 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.03%) Mandarin Language
2 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Consultant
2 14 (42.42%) VMware Consultant
3 13 (39.39%) Cloud Consultant
4 12 (36.36%) Senior
5 10 (30.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
5 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 10 (30.30%) Technical Consultant
6 9 (27.27%) Architect
6 9 (27.27%) Cloud Architect
6 9 (27.27%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 9 (27.27%) Presales Solution Architect
6 9 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
6 9 (27.27%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 9 (27.27%) Senior VMware Consultant
6 9 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (27.27%) VMware Architect
6 9 (27.27%) VMware Technical Consultant
7 6 (18.18%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
7 6 (18.18%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
8 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 25 (75.76%) Data Centre
2 6 (18.18%) Private Cloud
3 4 (12.12%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Linux
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) CentOS
4 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Presales
2 13 (39.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (36.36%) Customer Engagement
4 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.21%) Requirements Workshops
5 7 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (21.21%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (18.18%) Migration
7 5 (15.15%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (12.12%) Cloud Operations
8 4 (12.12%) DevOps
8 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (12.12%) Line Management
8 4 (12.12%) SOA
9 3 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
10 2 (6.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) VCAP
2 18 (54.55%) VCDX
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (18.18%) MCSE
5 5 (15.15%) Azure Certification
5 5 (15.15%) CCNP
5 5 (15.15%) RHCSA
6 4 (12.12%) CCNA
6 4 (12.12%) LPIC
7 2 (6.06%) Degree
8 1 (3.03%) CCDA
8 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) PMO
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (93.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (72.73%) vSphere
3 23 (69.70%) VMware NSX
4 16 (48.48%) vCloud
5 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
5 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.03%) KVM
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Terraform
1 4 (12.12%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) PowerCLI
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (54.55%) Broadcom
2 18 (54.55%) Dell
3 17 (51.52%) NetApp
4 16 (48.48%) Nimble Storage
5 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
5 7 (21.21%) Red Hat
6 5 (15.15%) Cisco
7 2 (6.06%) Citrix
8 1 (3.03%) EMC
8 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.03%) Veeam