VMware Job Trends in Berkshire

VMware
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 104 45
Rank change year-on-year +18 -59 +62
Permanent jobs citing VMware 43 29 105
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 2.14% 1.68% 5.42%
As % of the Vendors category 5.31% 5.89% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 18 26 87
10th Percentile £39,575 £43,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £46,438 £46,250 £38,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +12.71%
75th Percentile £51,000 £60,000 £56,388
90th Percentile £65,750 £93,125 £59,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +1.52%

All Vendors
Berkshire

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 810 492 786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.34% 28.54% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 255 245 625
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £29,850
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £70,625 £70,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

VMware job vacancy trend in Berkshire

VMware
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware in Berkshire

VMware
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Bracknell +19 7 £48,000 -4.00%
Reading +28 6 £47,500 -45.71% 7
Slough - 4 £80,000 - 28
Maidenhead -44 3 £45,000 +50.00% 1
Windsor - 2 - -
Wokingham - 1 - - 3
VMware
South East

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 11 (25.58%) SharePoint
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.65%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (23.26%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) IaaS
4 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (39.53%) Firewall
2 4 (9.30%) VPN
3 3 (6.98%) DNS
3 3 (6.98%) Wireless
4 2 (4.65%) DHCP
4 2 (4.65%) LAN
4 2 (4.65%) VLAN
4 2 (4.65%) WAN
4 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Data Mining
2 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Subversion
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (37.21%) Law
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Lead
2 16 (37.21%) Team Leader
3 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Manager
4 7 (16.28%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 7 (16.28%) IT Manager
4 7 (16.28%) IT Security Manager
4 7 (16.28%) Security Manager
5 6 (13.95%) Architect
6 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Lead Architect
8 2 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 16 (37.21%) Life Science
1 16 (37.21%) Management Information System
1 16 (37.21%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (48.84%) Windows
2 19 (44.19%) Windows Server
3 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (13.95%) Linux
5 5 (11.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Business Continuity
2 17 (39.53%) Validation
3 16 (37.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 16 (37.21%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (20.93%) Mentoring
5 8 (18.60%) ITIL
6 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (11.63%) Network Design
8 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
8 5 (11.63%) Service Management
9 3 (6.98%) Agile
9 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.98%) Incident Management
9 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 3 (6.98%) ITSM
9 3 (6.98%) People Management
9 3 (6.98%) Security Testing
9 3 (6.98%) Service Design
9 3 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.65%) SQL
3 1 (2.33%) Bash
3 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (41.86%) Degree
2 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
3 8 (18.60%) DV Cleared
4 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.65%) MCP
5 2 (4.65%) MCSA
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.33%) HP APS
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (37.21%) GxP
System Software
1 26 (60.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (44.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (13.95%) VMware NSX
4 5 (11.63%) vSphere
5 4 (9.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.33%) Docker
6 1 (2.33%) Terminal Server
6 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.63%) SCOM
2 5 (11.63%) vRealize
3 4 (9.30%) SCCM
4 3 (6.98%) Ansible
4 3 (6.98%) Terraform
5 2 (4.65%) SCSM
6 1 (2.33%) Argo
6 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Cisco
3 4 (9.30%) Juniper
4 3 (6.98%) Trend Micro
4 3 (6.98%) Veeam
5 1 (2.33%) Aruba
5 1 (2.33%) Draytek
5 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.33%) HP
5 1 (2.33%) McAfee
5 1 (2.33%) Meraki
5 1 (2.33%) Pure Storage
5 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.33%) Sophos