VMware Job Trends in Leicestershire

VMware
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 38 47 31
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 -3
Permanent jobs citing VMware 12 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 2.12% 2.89% 6.52%
As % of the Vendors category 6.78% 6.47% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 27
10th Percentile - £29,350 £40,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £57,500
90th Percentile £48,625 - £64,500
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% -20.00% -

All Vendors
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 177 201 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 31.33% 44.67% 47.87%
Number of salaries quoted 106 87 146
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,900 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -9.22% +0.02% +11.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £69,375 £66,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

VMware
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Salary histogram for VMware in Leicestershire

VMware
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester -6 7 £45,000 -25.00% 7
Lutterworth - 5 £35,000 -
VMware
East Midlands

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) AWS
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Back Office
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Support
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Administrator
5 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Linux
3 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (8.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
3 5 (41.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) Organisational Awareness
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) Presales
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Change Control
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) IT Audit
5 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) MCP
1 5 (41.67%) MCSA
1 5 (41.67%) MCSE
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (25.00%) vSphere
4 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Veeam