VMware Job Trends in the East Midlands

VMware
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 20 April 2026, 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
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 67 51
Rank change year-on-year -47 -16 +46
Permanent jobs citing VMware 43 38 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.01% 2.55% 4.10%
As % of the Vendors category 3.74% 6.11% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 33 35 156
10th Percentile £29,450 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -19.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,000 £52,500 £53,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,300 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.19% +12.21% -6.68%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,150 622 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.13% 41.80% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 515 435 1,029
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -11.50%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VMware
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in the East Midlands

VMware
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
Leicestershire -24 18 £45,000 +37.40% 6
Derbyshire -23 11 £30,000 -25.00%
Northamptonshire -21 8 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Nottinghamshire -9 4 £37,500 -16.67%
Lincolnshire - 1 £62,500 - 1
VMware
England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (60.47%) Azure
2 24 (55.81%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.95%) AWS
5 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.65%) IaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Cloudflare
7 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (32.56%) Firewall
2 8 (18.60%) DNS
3 7 (16.28%) DHCP
3 7 (16.28%) Network Security
4 6 (13.95%) Internet
5 5 (11.63%) VPN
6 4 (9.30%) IP Telephony
7 3 (6.98%) LoRaWAN
7 3 (6.98%) MQTT
8 2 (4.65%) LAN
8 2 (4.65%) WAN
9 1 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (2.33%) IPsec
9 1 (2.33%) SSL
9 1 (2.33%) VSAN
9 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.98%) MySQL
2 3 (6.98%) Neo4j
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Law
2 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.98%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Back Office
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (32.56%) Azure Engineer
3 13 (30.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (30.23%) IT Engineer
4 11 (25.58%) VMware Engineer
4 11 (25.58%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) IT Support
5 7 (16.28%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
6 6 (13.95%) Field Engineer
6 6 (13.95%) Field Service Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
7 3 (6.98%) IT Security Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Network Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Network Security Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Operations Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support
7 3 (6.98%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Driving Licence
2 6 (13.95%) iPad
2 6 (13.95%) PMI
2 6 (13.95%) Replication
3 4 (9.30%) CCTV
4 3 (6.98%) IoT
4 3 (6.98%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) Life Science
5 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.33%) PKI
5 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (46.51%) Windows
2 18 (41.86%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.26%) Linux
4 4 (9.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.98%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (30.23%) ITIL
4 11 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (18.60%) Customer Service
5 8 (18.60%) Server Management
6 7 (16.28%) ITSM
6 7 (16.28%) Mentoring
7 6 (13.95%) Change Control
7 6 (13.95%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (11.63%) High Availability
9 4 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (6.98%) Business Continuity
10 3 (6.98%) Data Security
10 3 (6.98%) Network Management
10 3 (6.98%) Performance Tuning
10 3 (6.98%) Presales
10 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
10 3 (6.98%) Security Management
10 3 (6.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) CCNA
2 6 (13.95%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (13.95%) MCSA
2 6 (13.95%) MCSE
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 6 (13.95%) PMI Certification
3 4 (9.30%) CCNP
4 2 (4.65%) CCA
4 2 (4.65%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.65%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (69.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (53.49%) Active Directory
3 13 (30.23%) Hyper-V
4 8 (18.60%) vSphere
5 2 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) WSUS
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.98%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (6.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Apple
3 4 (9.30%) Cisco
3 4 (9.30%) Draytek
3 4 (9.30%) Mitel
3 4 (9.30%) Veeam
3 4 (9.30%) WatchGuard
4 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.65%) Citrix
6 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.33%) F5
6 1 (2.33%) Zerto