VMware Job Trends in England

VMware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 72 50
Rank change year-on-year -42 -22 +39
Permanent jobs citing VMware 1,029 1,822 2,185
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.98% 3.67% 4.82%
As % of the Vendors category 6.25% 9.83% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 693 1,193 1,857
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £48,580 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +10.00% -

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,463 18,528 18,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.65% 37.37% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,761 9,676 14,225
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,844 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VMware job vacancy trend in England

VMware
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London -68 270 £70,000 -4.60% 67
South East -24 244 £47,500 -5.00% 121
South West +4 153 £42,500 -17.48% 45
North of England -49 152 £40,000 -11.11% 80
Midlands -39 120 £37,500 -16.20% 39
East of England -33 76 £46,160 -12.08% 28
West Midlands -35 66 £48,750 +8.33% 21
Yorkshire -30 63 £39,250 -12.78% 26
East Midlands -37 53 £32,500 -18.75% 18
North West -57 52 £45,000 - 39
North East +16 37 £31,500 -25.88% 16
VMware
UK

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 318 (30.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (10.20%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 19 (1.85%) IIS
5 12 (1.17%) Skype for Business
6 10 (0.97%) Confluence
7 8 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.78%) WinCC
8 6 (0.58%) Apache
8 6 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.58%) Appian
8 6 (0.58%) FactoryTalk
8 6 (0.58%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.19%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
11 1 (0.097%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.097%) nginx
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 80 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.29%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.29%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.097%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 555 (53.94%) Azure
2 492 (47.81%) Microsoft 365
3 161 (15.65%) AWS
4 132 (12.83%) Entra ID
5 44 (4.28%) SaaS
6 38 (3.69%) IaaS
6 38 (3.69%) Nutanix
7 37 (3.60%) GCP
8 34 (3.30%) PaaS
9 32 (3.11%) OneDrive
10 24 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
11 23 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.14%) GitHub
13 18 (1.75%) Mimecast
13 18 (1.75%) Power Platform
14 17 (1.65%) Google Workspace
15 16 (1.55%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (1.55%) Cohesity
16 15 (1.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 343 (33.33%) DNS
2 320 (31.10%) Firewall
3 306 (29.74%) DHCP
4 144 (13.99%) VPN
5 127 (12.34%) TCP/IP
6 125 (12.15%) WAN
7 114 (11.08%) VLAN
8 110 (10.69%) SAN
9 101 (9.82%) LAN
10 69 (6.71%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (4.66%) Wireless
12 47 (4.57%) Network Security
13 44 (4.28%) SD-WAN
14 34 (3.30%) VoIP
15 30 (2.92%) Remote Desktop
16 24 (2.33%) NAS
17 18 (1.75%) IPsec
18 16 (1.55%) VSAN
19 15 (1.46%) BGP
20 13 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (10.88%) Amazon RDS
2 71 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.62%) Oracle Database
4 26 (2.53%) Oracle Database 10g
5 11 (1.07%) MySQL
6 9 (0.87%) DTS
7 7 (0.68%) Power BI
8 5 (0.49%) Airbyte
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) GIS
9 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.29%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.097%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.097%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.097%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.097%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (2.14%) GitLab
2 21 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.94%) Git
4 19 (1.85%) JIRA
5 8 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.58%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.58%) Selenium
7 6 (0.58%) Snyk
8 5 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.39%) JUnit
9 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.29%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.19%) JMeter
11 2 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 408 (39.65%) Social Skills
2 139 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (11.66%) Finance
4 63 (6.12%) Law
5 61 (5.93%) Manufacturing
6 41 (3.98%) Retail
7 37 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 30 (2.92%) Advertising
9 28 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 19 (1.85%) Banking
12 19 (1.85%) French Language
13 18 (1.75%) Swedish Language
14 17 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.55%) Legal
16 13 (1.26%) Marketing
17 8 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.68%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.68%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 190 (18.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 163 (15.84%) Senior
3 158 (15.35%) Support Engineer
4 144 (13.99%) IT Support
5 124 (12.05%) Systems Engineer
6 105 (10.20%) IT Engineer
7 70 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 67 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
9 66 (6.41%) 3rd Line Support
10 62 (6.03%) Analyst
11 59 (5.73%) Support Technician
12 52 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 50 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 48 (4.66%) Technical Support
15 43 (4.18%) Administrator
16 42 (4.08%) Lead
17 41 (3.98%) Architect
18 40 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.89%) Infrastructure Support
18 40 (3.89%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.65%) Kafka
2 9 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (0.68%) Apache NiFi
4 6 (0.58%) .NET
4 6 (0.58%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (0.49%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.49%) FreeMarker
5 5 (0.49%) REST
6 4 (0.39%) JSON
6 4 (0.39%) Middleware
7 3 (0.29%) Itk
7 3 (0.29%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.19%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.19%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.19%) LAMP
8 2 (0.19%) pytest
8 2 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.19%) SAML
8 2 (0.19%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.72%) Legacy Systems
2 79 (7.68%) Data Centre
3 69 (6.71%) Driving Licence
4 67 (6.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 48 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 47 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (3.89%) Onboarding
8 34 (3.30%) Operational Technology
9 27 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.33%) Replication
11 22 (2.14%) Cloud Native
11 22 (2.14%) Life Science
12 21 (2.04%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
14 19 (1.85%) Clustering
15 16 (1.55%) Private Cloud
16 12 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
16 12 (1.17%) PKI
17 10 (0.97%) CMDB
17 10 (0.97%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 670 (65.11%) Windows
2 506 (49.17%) Windows Server
3 281 (27.31%) Linux
4 117 (11.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 82 (7.97%) Windows 10
6 61 (5.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (5.25%) Unix
8 50 (4.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 41 (3.98%) Solaris
10 40 (3.89%) Mac OS
11 35 (3.40%) Windows Server 2008
12 34 (3.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 29 (2.82%) Windows 7
14 28 (2.72%) Apple iOS
15 26 (2.53%) Android
15 26 (2.53%) Windows Server 2003
16 25 (2.43%) HPUX
17 9 (0.87%) Ubuntu
18 8 (0.78%) Debian
19 7 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 232 (22.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 210 (20.41%) ITIL
4 178 (17.30%) Customer Service
5 154 (14.97%) Migration
6 133 (12.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 123 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
8 104 (10.11%) Business Continuity
8 104 (10.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 95 (9.23%) Mentoring
10 92 (8.94%) DevOps
10 92 (8.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 91 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 91 (8.84%) Kalman Filter
12 87 (8.45%) Web Filtering
13 86 (8.36%) Email Filtering
13 86 (8.36%) ITSM
14 85 (8.26%) Customer Experience
15 72 (7.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 222 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 109 (10.59%) Python
3 74 (7.19%) SQL
4 40 (3.89%) Bash
5 25 (2.43%) Perl
6 17 (1.65%) Bicep
7 8 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.78%) Korn
8 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.68%) VBScript
9 6 (0.58%) Java
9 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.49%) C#
10 5 (0.49%) Go
10 5 (0.49%) VBA
11 3 (0.29%) Tcl
12 2 (0.19%) Groovy
12 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.19%) VB
12 2 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 244 (23.71%) Security Cleared
2 194 (18.85%) SC Cleared
3 133 (12.93%) Degree
4 112 (10.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 77 (7.48%) DV Cleared
6 61 (5.93%) MCSE
7 57 (5.54%) Cisco Certification
8 48 (4.66%) Azure Certification
9 42 (4.08%) AWS Certification
10 40 (3.89%) MCP
11 39 (3.79%) CCNA
12 36 (3.50%) MCSA
13 29 (2.82%) CCNP
13 29 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 27 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 22 (2.14%) A+ Certification
16 18 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
17 16 (1.55%) DBS Check
17 16 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (1.17%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 90 (8.75%) PCI DSS
3 86 (8.36%) SLA
4 45 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (2.53%) NIST
6 24 (2.33%) GxP
7 23 (2.24%) GDPR
8 15 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.36%) QA
10 11 (1.07%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.58%) IEC 61508
12 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.39%) IEC 61131
14 3 (0.29%) PMO
15 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
System Software
1 606 (58.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 578 (56.17%) Active Directory
3 367 (35.67%) Hyper-V
4 96 (9.33%) vSphere
5 86 (8.36%) Terminal Server
6 59 (5.73%) VMware ESXi
7 40 (3.89%) Docker
8 34 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
9 24 (2.33%) VMware NSX
10 21 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
11 16 (1.55%) Firmware
12 9 (0.87%) NFS
13 8 (0.78%) vCloud
14 7 (0.68%) KVM
15 6 (0.58%) XenDesktop
16 5 (0.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 5 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.49%) XenApp
17 3 (0.29%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 178 (17.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 118 (11.47%) Ansible
3 109 (10.59%) Terraform
4 79 (7.68%) Kubernetes
5 61 (5.93%) SCCM
6 45 (4.37%) vCenter Server
7 25 (2.43%) FortiGate
8 21 (2.04%) SCOM
9 16 (1.55%) Autotask
9 16 (1.55%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.46%) Nagios
11 14 (1.36%) Grafana
11 14 (1.36%) WSUS
12 12 (1.17%) vRealize
12 12 (1.17%) VxRail
12 12 (1.17%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.97%) Puppet
14 7 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.68%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.68%) Rancher
Vendors
1 631 (61.32%) Microsoft
2 187 (18.17%) Veeam
3 183 (17.78%) Cisco
4 133 (12.93%) SolarWinds
5 99 (9.62%) Splunk
6 93 (9.04%) Tanium
7 91 (8.84%) Nimble Storage
8 84 (8.16%) Brocade
9 57 (5.54%) Red Hat
10 56 (5.44%) Citrix
11 53 (5.15%) Dell
12 50 (4.86%) Oracle
13 43 (4.18%) Palo Alto
14 38 (3.69%) ServiceNow
15 36 (3.50%) HP
16 35 (3.40%) Fortinet
16 35 (3.40%) Google
16 35 (3.40%) NetApp
17 31 (3.01%) Juniper
18 29 (2.82%) Commvault