VMware Engineer Job Trends in the South East

VMware Engineer
England > South East

The median VMware Engineer salary in the South East is £56,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 297 280
Rank change year-on-year +31 -17 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 4 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.039% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 14
10th Percentile £35,675 - £53,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £23,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £32,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +74.62% -44.92% +10.80%
75th Percentile £60,125 £47,500 -
90th Percentile - - £70,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £76,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.57% +33.04% -2.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 9,545 8,181 8,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 91.12% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,970 4,303 6,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'VMware Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

VMware Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

VMware Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East

VMware Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Engineer in the South East

VMware Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Engineer within the South East 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
Kent -12 2 £56,750 +127.00%
Surrey -1 1 £32,500 -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
VMware Engineer
England

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, VMware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) SAN

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) NetScaler
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) VSAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Converged Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Dell DRAC
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (50.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Veeam