VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 95 126
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 -65
Permanent jobs citing VMware 3,452 3,750 4,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.52% 3.58% 3.04%
As % of the Vendors category 9.45% 8.55% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,884 2,878 3,624
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,575 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +5.36% +5.49%
75th Percentile £58,075 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,057
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.14% +3.66%

All Vendors
UK

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware.

Salary trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +24 3,165 £47,000 -6.00% 660
UK excluding London +15 2,692 £42,500 -5.56% 534
Work from Home +11 1,164 £50,000 -5.66% 203
South East +26 688 £45,000 - 155
London +9 683 £62,500 +4.17% 140
North of England +28 594 £42,500 -5.56% 126
Midlands +28 473 £43,227 -9.00% 98
South West +15 413 £49,000 +12.00% 83
East of England +19 305 £37,500 -25.00% 54
West Midlands +23 299 £44,114 -1.97% 60
Yorkshire +43 260 £40,000 -11.11% 33
North West -6 245 £42,500 -9.57% 81
East Midlands +25 174 £42,500 -19.05% 38
Scotland -55 143 £46,750 -11.79% 15
North East +26 90 £38,000 -17.84% 14
Wales +7 53 £40,500 +1.25% 7
Northern Ireland +12 17 £40,000 +10.34% 7
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 756 (21.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 436 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 149 (4.32%) IIS
4 59 (1.71%) Apache
5 40 (1.16%) Confluence
6 22 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
7 20 (0.58%) OpenStack
8 17 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
8 17 (0.49%) nginx
9 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
9 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.29%) WordPress
11 9 (0.26%) SAS
12 8 (0.23%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.17%) IBM Notes
13 6 (0.17%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.12%) CloudStack
15 3 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
16 2 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 251 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.087%) SPSS
7 2 (0.058%) CATIA
7 2 (0.058%) NASTRAN
7 2 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.12%) Epicor Tropos
1 4 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.087%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.058%) Eikon
3 2 (0.058%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.058%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.029%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.029%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.029%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.029%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.029%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,735 (50.26%) Azure
2 1,615 (46.78%) Microsoft 365
3 539 (15.61%) AWS
4 412 (11.94%) Entra ID
5 150 (4.35%) GCP
6 148 (4.29%) OneDrive
7 140 (4.06%) SaaS
8 137 (3.97%) IaaS
9 87 (2.52%) PaaS
10 78 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
11 72 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
12 68 (1.97%) Nutanix
13 61 (1.77%) Amazon S3
14 56 (1.62%) OpenShift
15 43 (1.25%) Power Platform
16 36 (1.04%) Mimecast
17 35 (1.01%) Google Workspace
18 26 (0.75%) OCI
19 23 (0.67%) Power Automate
20 22 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,132 (32.79%) Firewall
2 696 (20.16%) DNS
3 595 (17.24%) WAN
4 565 (16.37%) DHCP
5 506 (14.66%) SAN
6 484 (14.02%) LAN
7 458 (13.27%) VPN
8 346 (10.02%) TCP/IP
9 232 (6.72%) VLAN
10 202 (5.85%) Wireless
11 201 (5.82%) Wi-Fi
12 177 (5.13%) NAS
13 158 (4.58%) Internet
14 138 (4.00%) VoIP
15 116 (3.36%) SD-WAN
16 97 (2.81%) WLAN
17 87 (2.52%) SNMP
18 85 (2.46%) Remote Desktop
19 82 (2.38%) Network Security
20 69 (2.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 368 (10.66%) SQL Server
2 81 (2.35%) MySQL
3 69 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
4 65 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
5 58 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 41 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 26 (0.75%) Power BI
9 25 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 19 (0.55%) RDBMS
11 18 (0.52%) Big Data
12 13 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.29%) Ingres
14 9 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.23%) DB2
15 8 (0.23%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.17%) InfluxDB
16 6 (0.17%) Redis
17 4 (0.12%) Metabase
17 4 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 88 (2.55%) JIRA
2 70 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 35 (1.01%) GitLab
4 34 (0.98%) Git
5 26 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.29%) Trac
8 9 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.26%) MSI
9 8 (0.23%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.20%) Snyk
11 6 (0.17%) Selenium
12 5 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.12%) AdminStudio
13 4 (0.12%) InstallShield
13 4 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
13 4 (0.12%) Postman
13 4 (0.12%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 916 (26.54%) Social Skills
2 465 (13.47%) Finance
3 283 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (3.27%) Public Sector
5 107 (3.10%) Law
6 102 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 101 (2.93%) Manufacturing
8 92 (2.67%) Legal
9 90 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 86 (2.49%) Aerospace
11 85 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
13 70 (2.03%) Retail
14 60 (1.74%) Banking
15 30 (0.87%) Marketing
16 29 (0.84%) Advertising
17 24 (0.70%) Games
18 22 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
19 18 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
20 17 (0.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 870 (25.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 557 (16.14%) Senior
3 457 (13.24%) Support Engineer
4 409 (11.85%) IT Engineer
5 337 (9.76%) IT Support
6 257 (7.44%) Analyst
7 231 (6.69%) Systems Engineer
8 203 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 195 (5.65%) IT Support Engineer
10 186 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support
11 171 (4.95%) Lead
12 170 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
13 167 (4.84%) Network Engineer
14 157 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 151 (4.37%) Administrator
16 148 (4.29%) Consultant
17 130 (3.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 119 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 106 (3.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 106 (3.07%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (2.03%) YAML
2 59 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
3 47 (1.36%) ARM Templates
4 42 (1.22%) JSON
5 34 (0.98%) REST
6 31 (0.90%) .NET
7 27 (0.78%) WebRTC
8 25 (0.72%) HTML
9 19 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
10 18 (0.52%) Web Services
11 15 (0.43%) LAMP
12 14 (0.41%) EDI
13 13 (0.38%) LDAP
14 10 (0.29%) XML
15 8 (0.23%) WebSphere MQ
16 5 (0.14%) 802.1X
16 5 (0.14%) ASP.NET
16 5 (0.14%) CSS
16 5 (0.14%) jQuery
17 4 (0.12%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 507 (14.69%) Data Centre
2 185 (5.36%) Replication
3 174 (5.04%) Public Cloud
4 167 (4.84%) Clustering
5 143 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 139 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
7 122 (3.53%) Driving Licence
8 88 (2.55%) PKI
9 69 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 57 (1.65%) Private Cloud
11 36 (1.04%) CCTV
12 35 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 35 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
13 34 (0.98%) Client/Server
13 34 (0.98%) IoT
14 32 (0.93%) PMI
15 31 (0.90%) Security Posture
16 26 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
16 26 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
17 25 (0.72%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2,362 (68.42%) Windows
2 1,566 (45.37%) Windows Server
3 881 (25.52%) Linux
4 467 (13.53%) Windows 10
5 313 (9.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 275 (7.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 257 (7.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 132 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 116 (3.36%) Windows 7
10 101 (2.93%) Unix
11 90 (2.61%) Mac OS
12 89 (2.58%) Windows Server 2008
13 78 (2.26%) Ubuntu
14 74 (2.14%) CentOS
15 59 (1.71%) Windows 8
16 55 (1.59%) Data ONTAP
17 42 (1.22%) Apple iOS
18 41 (1.19%) VMS
19 40 (1.16%) Android
20 37 (1.07%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,022 (29.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 723 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
3 643 (18.63%) ITIL
4 364 (10.54%) Customer Service
5 357 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 291 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 282 (8.17%) Project Management
8 265 (7.68%) DevOps
9 249 (7.21%) Mentoring
10 210 (6.08%) Agile
11 207 (6.00%) Migration
12 206 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 177 (5.13%) Service Delivery
14 176 (5.10%) Change Management
15 174 (5.04%) Project Delivery
16 163 (4.72%) Actionable Insight
17 150 (4.35%) Incident Management
18 149 (4.32%) High Availability
19 134 (3.88%) Roadmaps
20 124 (3.59%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 725 (21.00%) PowerShell
2 420 (12.17%) SQL
3 291 (8.43%) Python
4 199 (5.76%) Bash
5 91 (2.64%) Java
6 50 (1.45%) C#
7 31 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 27 (0.78%) Perl
9 22 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.41%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.41%) VB
11 13 (0.38%) VBScript
12 10 (0.29%) ActionScript
12 10 (0.29%) RPG
13 9 (0.26%) Go
14 8 (0.23%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.17%) PHP
15 6 (0.17%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.14%) Ruby
16 5 (0.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 583 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 458 (13.27%) Degree
3 323 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 282 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 272 (7.88%) Cisco Certification
6 242 (7.01%) DV Cleared
7 224 (6.49%) CCNA
8 144 (4.17%) MCSE
9 123 (3.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 91 (2.64%) CCNP
11 85 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 78 (2.26%) MCSA
13 58 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 40 (1.16%) MCP
15 38 (1.10%) A+ Certification
16 37 (1.07%) DBS Check
17 34 (0.98%) AWS Certification
18 33 (0.96%) PMI Certification
19 29 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
20 28 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (6.00%) SLA
2 82 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 38 (1.10%) GDPR
5 19 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 17 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.46%) QA
8 15 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (0.35%) PMO
10 7 (0.20%) NIST
11 5 (0.14%) SOC 1
12 3 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.087%) NCSC
13 2 (0.058%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.058%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.058%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.029%) GxP
14 1 (0.029%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2,237 (64.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,800 (52.14%) Active Directory
3 1,078 (31.23%) Hyper-V
4 392 (11.36%) VMware ESXi
5 348 (10.08%) vSphere
6 180 (5.21%) Docker
7 129 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
8 95 (2.75%) VMware NSX
9 92 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 91 (2.64%) XenApp
11 74 (2.14%) XenDesktop
12 51 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
13 50 (1.45%) VirtualBox
14 48 (1.39%) Firmware
15 32 (0.93%) VMware Server
16 28 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
17 24 (0.70%) KVM
18 23 (0.67%) Terminal Services
19 22 (0.64%) NFS
20 21 (0.61%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 418 (12.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 331 (9.59%) SCCM
3 279 (8.08%) vCenter Server
4 259 (7.50%) Ansible
5 200 (5.79%) Kubernetes
6 130 (3.77%) Terraform
7 110 (3.19%) WSUS
8 94 (2.72%) Puppet
9 81 (2.35%) SCOM
10 64 (1.85%) FortiGate
11 60 (1.74%) Prometheus
12 58 (1.68%) ZABBIX
13 54 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
14 53 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
15 40 (1.16%) Nagios
15 40 (1.16%) NetBackup
16 34 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
17 31 (0.90%) Grafana
18 30 (0.87%) Nessus
19 29 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1,819 (52.69%) Microsoft
2 663 (19.21%) Cisco
3 518 (15.01%) Citrix
4 481 (13.93%) Veeam
5 245 (7.10%) HP
6 219 (6.34%) Red Hat
7 217 (6.29%) NetApp
8 164 (4.75%) Palo Alto
9 163 (4.72%) Dell
10 138 (4.00%) Aruba
11 116 (3.36%) Google
12 109 (3.16%) Fortinet
13 107 (3.10%) SolarWinds
14 98 (2.84%) Oracle
15 92 (2.67%) Meraki
16 86 (2.49%) Juniper
17 84 (2.43%) Commvault
18 79 (2.29%) IBM
19 73 (2.11%) ServiceNow
20 71 (2.06%) Sophos