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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 72 32
Rank change year-on-year -46 -40 +33
Permanent jobs citing VMware 114 226 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.46% 3.54% 5.73%
As % of the Vendors category 5.67% 9.22% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 80 116 303
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,000 £36,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,832 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.35% -5.62% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,313 £53,352 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 2,010 2,451 2,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.70% 38.41% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 1,154 1,942
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,995 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,404 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% +6.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,875
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

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 14 January 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 14 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
West Midlands -36 61 £48,500 +7.78% 26
East Midlands -35 52 £32,500 -7.14% 16
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 23 (20.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.02%) Skype for Business
4 6 (5.26%) WinCC
5 4 (3.51%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (1.75%) ArchestrA
7 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (53.51%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (47.37%) Azure
3 27 (23.68%) Entra ID
4 20 (17.54%) AWS
5 9 (7.89%) GCP
6 8 (7.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.63%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.75%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (41.23%) Firewall
2 31 (27.19%) DNS
3 28 (24.56%) DHCP
4 23 (20.18%) WAN
5 19 (16.67%) LAN
6 17 (14.91%) Network Security
7 10 (8.77%) SD-WAN
8 8 (7.02%) Skype
8 8 (7.02%) VLAN
8 8 (7.02%) VPN
8 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (6.14%) IP Telephony
10 6 (5.26%) Internet
10 6 (5.26%) Modbus
10 6 (5.26%) MPLS
11 4 (3.51%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (3.51%) RFID
11 4 (3.51%) SAN
11 4 (3.51%) TCP/IP
12 3 (2.63%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) DTS
2 7 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) GIS
4 2 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.88%) Git
2 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 10 (8.77%) Retail
4 8 (7.02%) Finance
5 7 (6.14%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Automotive
8 2 (1.75%) Back Office
9 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (36.84%) Support Engineer
2 26 (22.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (21.05%) IT Engineer
4 20 (17.54%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (15.79%) IT Support
5 18 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (14.91%) Technical Support
7 11 (9.65%) Technical Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) Infrastructure Support
9 8 (7.02%) Field Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Technical Support
10 6 (5.26%) Field Service Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Senior
10 6 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) Lead
11 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.30%) Driving Licence
2 18 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.77%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.89%) Operational Technology
5 8 (7.02%) CMDB
5 8 (7.02%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (6.14%) CCTV
6 7 (6.14%) SCADA
7 6 (5.26%) iPad
7 6 (5.26%) PMI
7 6 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (3.51%) Replication
10 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (2.63%) Smartphone
11 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 70 (61.40%) Windows
2 49 (42.98%) Windows Server
3 25 (21.93%) Linux
4 8 (7.02%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.63%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.19%) ITIL
2 29 (25.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (21.93%) Server Management
4 23 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (17.54%) Customer Service
6 15 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (12.28%) Infrastructure Management
7 14 (12.28%) Mentoring
8 13 (11.40%) Change Control
9 11 (9.65%) Project Delivery
9 11 (9.65%) SIEM
10 10 (8.77%) Data Security
10 10 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (8.77%) ITSM
10 10 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (8.77%) Security Operations
11 9 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (7.02%) Presales
12 8 (7.02%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (7.02%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.91%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.51%) SQL
3 2 (1.75%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.88%) Bicep
4 1 (0.88%) Python
4 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (20.18%) MCP
2 23 (20.18%) MCSA
3 20 (17.54%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (16.67%) MCSE
5 17 (14.91%) CCNA
5 17 (14.91%) Degree
6 10 (8.77%) CCNP
7 9 (7.89%) CCA
7 9 (7.89%) Citrix Certification
8 8 (7.02%) Security Cleared
9 6 (5.26%) PMI Certification
10 5 (4.39%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.51%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (3.51%) DBS Check
11 4 (3.51%) HNC
12 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.91%) SLA
2 10 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.26%) GDPR
3 6 (5.26%) IEC 61508
3 6 (5.26%) QA
4 4 (3.51%) IEC 61131
5 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 80 (70.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 57 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 33 (28.95%) Hyper-V
4 10 (8.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (5.26%) vSphere
6 4 (3.51%) Firmware
6 4 (3.51%) XenApp
7 2 (1.75%) vCloud
8 1 (0.88%) Docker
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.02%) Nagios
2 8 (7.02%) ZABBIX
3 6 (5.26%) WSUS
4 5 (4.39%) Terraform
5 3 (2.63%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.75%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.88%) Nessus
7 1 (0.88%) Puppet
7 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (28.95%) Cisco
3 21 (18.42%) Citrix
4 14 (12.28%) Juniper
5 13 (11.40%) Veeam
6 12 (10.53%) Dell
7 11 (9.65%) SolarWinds
8 10 (8.77%) Darktrace
9 9 (7.89%) Meraki
10 8 (7.02%) BMC
10 8 (7.02%) Google
10 8 (7.02%) McAfee
10 8 (7.02%) Proofpoint
10 8 (7.02%) Red Hat
10 8 (7.02%) Tanium
10 8 (7.02%) Trend Micro
11 7 (6.14%) Draytek
11 7 (6.14%) Mitel
11 7 (6.14%) WatchGuard
12 6 (5.26%) Apple