VMware Job Trends in the North West

VMware
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 75 85
Rank change year-on-year -51 +10 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware 54 154 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.85% 3.06% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 3.34% 8.48% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 47 99 107
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,400 £28,800
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -3.30%
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,357 £53,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,618 1,816 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 25.50% 36.04% 32.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 901 1,253
10th Percentile £25,875 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,995
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -4.35%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the North West

VMware
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in the North West

VMware
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester -7 27 £55,000 +37.50% 18
Lancashire +2 14 £26,500 -49.52% 10
Cheshire -50 9 £62,500 +31.58% 2
Cumbria +14 2 £42,000 +52.73% 6
Merseyside -13 1 £65,000 +52.94% 2
VMware
England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.70%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (3.70%) WinCC
4 1 (1.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (40.74%) Azure
3 11 (20.37%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.81%) AWS
5 5 (9.26%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (9.26%) GitHub
6 4 (7.41%) Google Workspace
7 3 (5.56%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.70%) GCP
9 1 (1.85%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.85%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.85%) IaaS
9 1 (1.85%) PaaS
9 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Firewall
2 10 (18.52%) VPN
3 9 (16.67%) WAN
4 8 (14.81%) VLAN
5 7 (12.96%) DHCP
5 7 (12.96%) DNS
6 6 (11.11%) LAN
7 4 (7.41%) SAN
7 4 (7.41%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.70%) Ethernet
8 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.70%) MySQL
2 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Finance
2 6 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) IT Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) IT Support
3 13 (24.07%) Support Engineer
4 12 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (14.81%) IT Manager
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Support
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) Architect
7 5 (9.26%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (9.26%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Analyst
8 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (5.56%) Administrator
9 3 (5.56%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) .NET
1 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (3.70%) WCF
2 1 (1.85%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.70%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.70%) SCADA
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.85%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Replication
4 1 (1.85%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (68.52%) Windows
2 20 (37.04%) Windows Server
3 14 (25.93%) Linux
3 14 (25.93%) Windows 10
4 7 (12.96%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.56%) VMS
5 3 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 3 (5.56%) Windows 8
6 2 (3.70%) CentOS
6 2 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.85%) Solaris
7 1 (1.85%) Unix
7 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.37%) ITIL
1 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
3 9 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 9 (16.67%) DevOps
3 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (14.81%) Performance Optimisation
4 8 (14.81%) Server Management
5 7 (12.96%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (12.96%) ERP
5 7 (12.96%) Service Management
6 6 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 5 (9.26%) Coaching
7 5 (9.26%) Patch Management
7 5 (9.26%) People Management
7 5 (9.26%) Platform Engineering
7 5 (9.26%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (7.41%) Architecture Roadmap
8 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) SQL
2 9 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 7 (12.96%) PL/SQL
3 7 (12.96%) VBScript
4 5 (9.26%) Bicep
4 5 (9.26%) Python
5 2 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) DBS Check
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.85%) CCA
4 1 (1.85%) CCNA
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.85%) MCSE
4 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (48.15%) Active Directory
3 14 (25.93%) Hyper-V
4 6 (11.11%) Docker
5 5 (9.26%) Firmware
6 4 (7.41%) vSphere
7 3 (5.56%) VMware NSX
7 3 (5.56%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 6 (11.11%) Terraform
2 5 (9.26%) Ansible
2 5 (9.26%) SCCM
3 4 (7.41%) FortiGate
4 3 (5.56%) Autotask
5 2 (3.70%) AssetCenter
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.85%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (1.85%) Grafana
6 1 (1.85%) Nagios
6 1 (1.85%) Podman
6 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) Cisco
3 8 (14.81%) Veeam
4 4 (7.41%) Google
4 4 (7.41%) Red Hat
4 4 (7.41%) Sage
5 3 (5.56%) ESET
6 2 (3.70%) Dell
6 2 (3.70%) Kepware
6 2 (3.70%) Rockwell
6 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.70%) Siemens
6 2 (3.70%) Spotify
7 1 (1.85%) Apple
7 1 (1.85%) Citrix
7 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.85%) HP
7 1 (1.85%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.85%) Oracle
7 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto