I like statistics so it’s neat when VMware releases the amount of certification achievers. The most recent numbers are from June 2023. I wrote an article on the numbers from May 2020 that covers VCAPs and VCPs.

There are 4,783 VCAPs in the United States and 20,847 worldwide. That’s an increase of 24% and 54% respectfully over the past 3 years. Great to see an increase, but those are much smaller increases than in the past. From 2017 to 2020, the amount nearly tripled in the United States. I see a lot of value in getting to the VCAP level and hope to see these numbers increase more rapidly. The deploy exam is not as difficult as it use to be and the design exam is significantly better than it was in the v6 and prior days.

Check out the link below to see VMware official article on this topic and another for the numbers from 2021. I also have the PDF from VMware linked here.

https://blogs.vmware.com/learning/2023/06/20/get-certified-and-join-the-thousands-of-global-vmware-certified-advanced-professionals-vcaps/
https://blogs.vmware.com/learning/2021/02/01/vcps-and-vcaps-around-the-world-are-you-on-the-map/