Thursday, 11 February 2010

Exclusive - VCP Numbers

I'm proud to be able to be able to share an exclusive set of figures with you, I've just been told how many VCPs there are, and also how many VCP4 holders there already are - and the numbers are much greater than I think most people would expect!

I've been in contact with Jon Hall from VMware over recent weeks, he agreed to share the figures with me, and has just given me the go-ahead to release them here! Thanks Jon!

So, here goes:

  • More than 53,000 individuals hold at least one VCP certification!
  • There are more than 15,000 VCP4 holders worldwide!

The most amazing of the two figures is how many people already hold the VCP4 - it's already over 15,000 and rising! Considering the exam has only been available for less than 6 months I find that incredible - it certainly explains why Pearson Vue testing centres have been so busy!

Update on Feb 16th:
Confirmed with Jon Hall that 53,000 is the number of individuals who hold the VCP, rather than the number of certifications issued.
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18 comments:

  1. Jean Araujo12 February 2010 at 22:43

    It's really amazing where virtualization is going. The most we use the most it is usefull.

    I'm glad to be one of those VCP.

    Regards,

    Jean Araujo

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  2. kevio13 February 2010 at 01:12

    I'm sure the majority of those 15,000 are upgrading from VI3. I have done the same to pass before the deadline at the end of Jan; although I had already done a first teach of the 'whats new' so it wasn't essential.

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  3. Anonymous14 February 2010 at 15:20

    Unfortunately it takes too long (months) to get the certification kits...

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  4. Heath Jones14 February 2010 at 15:40

    Not to diminish VMware or virtualization, as the technology is really taking hold. However, given there's a $3,000 incentive to take the test and renew your cert before the end of the year I'm sure that's why the numbers are up! There's a VCP discussion on LINKEDIN where I saw daily people in Aug, Sept, Nov, Dec, and Jan (deadline extended) engineers posting questions or results about completing their VCP befoe the end of the deadline.

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  5. Unknown15 February 2010 at 05:33

    Mmmm $3000 x 15000 = $45,000,000 !!!

    Not bad... :)

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  6. Unknown16 February 2010 at 10:36

    Yes but lets see how fast the number of VCP4 grow once the free upgrade offer is off the table...

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  7. Shawn Conaway27 July 2010 at 15:06

    How many VCDXs are there?

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  8. Scott Vessey27 July 2010 at 15:16

    Hi Shawn, according to this there are 41 VDCXs:
    http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=15652&ui=www_cert

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  9. SHIVA28 December 2010 at 07:48

    Hi Scott,

    could u pls update this number with latest info,,,??

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  10. Scott Vessey28 December 2010 at 08:15

    Hi SHIVA, I don't have any updated numbers. Sorry.

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  11. adekunle ajayi18 October 2011 at 12:10

    Hello, please can you post into my mail box (adekunle.ajayi@dimensiondata.com) the updated version of the VCP4 we have in Nigeria, West Africa. Looking forward to your positive response.
    Thanks.

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  12. Scott Vessey18 October 2011 at 12:33

    @Adekunle, VMware don't publish any regional numbers.

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  13. Arun11 November 2013 at 21:19

    How many VCAPs do we have as of today (both DCA and DCD streams)?

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    1. Scott Vessey20 November 2013 at 12:24

      I've not seen any numbers published by VMware.

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  14. Madhav29 November 2013 at 08:24

    Check this

    http://blogs.vmware.com/education/2013/08/where-in-the-world-are-vcps.html

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  15. Anonymous11 April 2015 at 18:12

    Now into 2015, Individuals who hold VCP(s)? I'm guessing no more than 100,000 - 130,000

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    1. Scott Vessey22 May 2015 at 13:27

      There have been no numbers shared outside of VMware for a while now.

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    2. Anonymous27 October 2018 at 08:07

      I'm guessing a lot less now because VMWare started expiring their certs. I had a VCP3, VCP4 and VCP5... all expired now, and expired at the same time basically, with plenty of buy new training and certs emails. I'm not playing that game. Why would anyone renew their older (previous product version) certs, and why would they not be certified still when the product version is no longer being developed? Those kind of tactics are despicable in my book.

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