VMware Job Trends in Scotland

VMware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 17 May 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 108 156
Rank change year-on-year +4 +48 -60
Permanent jobs citing VMware 36 30 127
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.10% 1.50% 2.01%
As % of the Vendors category 3.69% 4.20% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 99
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,700 £29,760
25th Percentile £28,938 £32,000 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £45,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £47,100 £53,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +14.44% -12.74%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 976 715 2,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 29.80% 35.86% 33.02%
Number of salaries quoted 305 342 750
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £24,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,900 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +10.00% -13.04%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Scotland

VMware
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in Scotland

VMware
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Renfrewshire - 19 - - 1
Glasgow -16 11 £37,500 -6.25% 7
South Ayrshire - 6 £46,000 -
VMware
UK

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 6 (16.67%) IaaS
3 5 (13.89%) Azure
4 3 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) AWS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) ATM
1 6 (16.67%) Multicast
1 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 6 (16.67%) tcpdump
1 6 (16.67%) Wireshark
2 5 (13.89%) VPN
3 4 (11.11%) DHCP
3 4 (11.11%) DNS
4 3 (8.33%) Firewall
4 3 (8.33%) Wireless
5 2 (5.56%) LAN
5 2 (5.56%) VLAN
5 2 (5.56%) VSAN
5 2 (5.56%) WAN
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (2.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (2.78%) MPLS
6 1 (2.78%) NX-OS
6 1 (2.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 6 (16.67%) Automotive
2 6 (16.67%) Spanish Language
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) VMware Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
4 5 (13.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior VMware Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) IT Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Clustering
1 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.78%) FMCG
2 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Linux
2 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 9 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.78%) CentOS
5 1 (2.78%) Rocky
5 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (19.44%) Validation
3 6 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 5 (13.89%) High Availability
5 4 (11.11%) ITIL
5 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.56%) Problem Management
7 2 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.78%) Change Management
8 1 (2.78%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (2.78%) DevOps
8 1 (2.78%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.78%) ITSM
8 1 (2.78%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.78%) Service Management
8 1 (2.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.78%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.78%) CCIE
3 1 (2.78%) CCNP
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 16 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (16.67%) Docker
3 6 (16.67%) KVM
4 5 (13.89%) Hyper-V
5 3 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.78%) VirtualBox
6 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Ansible
1 6 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 6 (16.67%) Puppet
2 2 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.78%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco
2 2 (5.56%) EMC
3 1 (2.78%) Aruba
3 1 (2.78%) F5
3 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds