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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 447 498
Rank change year-on-year +41 +51 +181
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 21 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.061% 0.10% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.40% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 4
10th Percentile - £45,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,750 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -19.15% -9.62%
75th Percentile £75,938 £53,750 £74,688
90th Percentile £77,500 - £76,375
UK median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.16% -17.39% -8.37%

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 6,114 5,293 6,284
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 26.45% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,348 2,607 4,601
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 October 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 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (60.00%) AWS
4 4 (40.00%) IaaS
5 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (30.00%) IBM Cloud
6 2 (20.00%) GCP
7 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (10.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 4 (40.00%) SAN
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
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
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%) Security Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) PKI
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) CentOS
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (40.00%) Presales
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Security Management
4 3 (30.00%) SIEM
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (30.00%) Zero Trust
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (40.00%) CCNA
2 4 (40.00%) CCNP
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (30.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) MCP
4 2 (20.00%) MCSE
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
2 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (80.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Docker
3 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (30.00%) Nessus
2 3 (30.00%) Proxmox
3 1 (10.00%) Ansible
3 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Veeam
4 3 (30.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto