VMware Certified Design Experts (VCDX) is an elite group of VMware Experts. VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has called it the “PhD” of VMware. As of February 6. 2021 there are 292 VCDX in the world. To put that number in perspective, there are fewer Representatives in the US House Of Representatives. According to this post from VMware, there are 350,793 VMware Certified Professionals (VCP) in the world. By that number, only 0.08% of all certified VMware Professionals are VCDX.
Disclaimer: I do not guarantee accuracy of the numbers presented. These numbers were collected from public available data. The data was collected on February 6. 2021.
There are four VCDX certification paths
- Data Center Virtualization (VCDX-DCV)
- Cloud Management & Automation (VCDX-CMA)
- Desktop and Mobility (VCDX-DTM)
- Network Virtualization (VCDX-NV)
- There are 42 VCDX that hold two VCDX certifications.
- There are 6 VCDX that hold three VCDX certifications.
- There is only 1 VCDX that holds all four VCDX certification.
If you would like to know more about each VCDX, the effort it takes to become a VCDX or more information about VCDX in general, go to https://vcdx.vmware.com
VCDX around the globe

VCDX distribution globally
Other are all countries together that have less than 5 VCDX.

VCDX in each country

VCDX in the United States

VCDX distribution in the United States
Other are all states combined that have less than five VCDX.

VCDX in each state of the United State of America

VCDX by company
VCDX distribution by company
Companies that have less than three VCDX were combined.

VCDX in each company
