VMware Job Trends in the Midlands

VMware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 10 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
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 84 47
Rank change year-on-year -71 -37 +44
Permanent jobs citing VMware 104 149 473
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.90% 3.09% 4.34%
As % of the Vendors category 3.92% 7.23% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 74 126 440
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +11.58% -5.00%

All Vendors
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,651 2,061 4,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.01% 42.80% 37.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,446 1,341 3,169
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,822 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £60,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,870 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.56% +11.74% -12.28%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VMware
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in the Midlands

VMware
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands -51 58 £48,500 +7.60% 22
East Midlands -48 46 £45,000 +12.50% 12
VMware
England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 20 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (54.81%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (44.23%) Azure
3 29 (27.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (6.73%) AWS
6 3 (2.88%) IaaS
6 3 (2.88%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.92%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.96%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.96%) PaaS
8 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (49.04%) Firewall
2 25 (24.04%) WAN
3 24 (23.08%) LAN
4 21 (20.19%) DNS
5 20 (19.23%) DHCP
6 17 (16.35%) Network Security
7 6 (5.77%) Internet
7 6 (5.77%) VPN
7 6 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (4.81%) IP Telephony
8 5 (4.81%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.85%) RFID
10 3 (2.88%) LoRaWAN
10 3 (2.88%) MPLS
10 3 (2.88%) MQTT
10 3 (2.88%) Skype
10 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.88%) Wireless
11 2 (1.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.69%) GIS
3 3 (2.88%) MySQL
3 3 (2.88%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 25 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.54%) Finance
3 9 (8.65%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.81%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.85%) Law
6 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (0.96%) Back Office
8 1 (0.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (32.69%) Support Engineer
2 23 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (21.15%) IT Engineer
4 18 (17.31%) IT Support
5 17 (16.35%) Technical Engineer
5 17 (16.35%) Technical Support
5 17 (16.35%) Technical Support Engineer
6 16 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (13.46%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (12.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (10.58%) Analyst
9 11 (10.58%) VMware Engineer
9 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (7.69%) Architect
10 8 (7.69%) Digital Architect
10 8 (7.69%) Support Analyst
11 7 (6.73%) Field Engineer
12 6 (5.77%) Field Service Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.27%) Data Centre
2 12 (11.54%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.77%) iPad
3 6 (5.77%) PMI
3 6 (5.77%) Replication
4 5 (4.81%) CCTV
5 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.88%) IoT
5 3 (2.88%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.92%) PKI
7 1 (0.96%) Life Science
7 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (56.73%) Windows
2 35 (33.65%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.58%) Linux
4 5 (4.81%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.85%) Android
5 4 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (34.62%) ITIL
2 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (24.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (16.35%) Proactive Monitoring
5 17 (16.35%) SIEM
6 15 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 11 (10.58%) Mentoring
9 10 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (9.62%) Server Management
10 8 (7.69%) Change Control
10 8 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
10 8 (7.69%) ITSM
10 8 (7.69%) Service Delivery
10 8 (7.69%) TOGAF
11 7 (6.73%) High Availability
12 6 (5.77%) Preventative Maintenance
13 5 (4.81%) Project Delivery
13 5 (4.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.96%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (24.04%) Degree
2 17 (16.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (12.50%) MCSA
3 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 10 (9.62%) CCNA
4 10 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.65%) MCSE
6 6 (5.77%) PMI Certification
7 5 (4.81%) CCNP
7 5 (4.81%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (4.81%) DBS Check
8 4 (3.85%) CCA
8 4 (3.85%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (3.85%) HNC
9 1 (0.96%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.19%) SLA
2 9 (8.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (70.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 25 (24.04%) Hyper-V
4 9 (8.65%) vSphere
5 3 (2.88%) XenApp
6 2 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.77%) WSUS
3 3 (2.88%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (2.88%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 36 (34.62%) Cisco
3 22 (21.15%) Dell
3 22 (21.15%) Juniper
4 21 (20.19%) McAfee
5 12 (11.54%) Veeam
6 10 (9.62%) Citrix
7 8 (7.69%) HP
8 6 (5.77%) Apple
9 5 (4.81%) Draytek
9 5 (4.81%) Mitel
9 5 (4.81%) WatchGuard
10 4 (3.85%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.85%) Meraki
10 4 (3.85%) Sophos
11 3 (2.88%) IBM
11 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.88%) SonicWALL
12 1 (0.96%) Aruba
12 1 (0.96%) F5