VMware Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 84 85
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -24
Permanent jobs citing VMware 131 130 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.92% 3.45% 2.68%
As % of the Vendors category 7.58% 8.43% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 98 93 122
10th Percentile £38,500 £32,050 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £37,250 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £50,000 £55,731
90th Percentile - £67,500 £58,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -5.26%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,729 1,542 1,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.40% 40.92% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,225 666 1,012
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,750 £47,875
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -2.35% -8.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,000 £74,875
South East median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% -

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VMware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in the Thames Valley

VMware
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Berkshire +7 62 £66,250 +47.22% 20
Buckinghamshire +20 47 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Oxfordshire -34 22 £50,000 +20.48% 8
VMware
South East

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (17.56%) SharePoint
2 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (7.63%) Apache
3 10 (7.63%) nginx
4 7 (5.34%) OpenEdge
5 4 (3.05%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 69 (52.67%) Azure
2 42 (32.06%) AWS
3 33 (25.19%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.69%) Entra ID
5 13 (9.92%) GCP
6 11 (8.40%) Google Workspace
7 9 (6.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (6.11%) Cloudflare
9 6 (4.58%) OneDrive
10 4 (3.05%) Datadog
11 3 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.29%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.29%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 80 (61.07%) Firewall
2 71 (54.20%) DNS
3 39 (29.77%) VPN
4 30 (22.90%) DHCP
5 22 (16.79%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (16.03%) VLAN
7 14 (10.69%) LAN
7 14 (10.69%) WAN
8 12 (9.16%) VoIP
9 11 (8.40%) NAS
10 10 (7.63%) Network Security
11 9 (6.87%) SSL
12 8 (6.11%) NetScaler
12 8 (6.11%) SAN
12 8 (6.11%) Wireshark
13 6 (4.58%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.58%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (4.58%) Wireless
14 5 (3.82%) NGFW
14 5 (3.82%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Big Data
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.98%) Finance
3 16 (12.21%) Manufacturing
4 11 (8.40%) Retail
5 6 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Law
7 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (22.90%) Architect
1 30 (22.90%) Senior
2 26 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (16.79%) IT Support
4 21 (16.03%) IT Engineer
5 20 (15.27%) Applications Architect
6 19 (14.50%) Support Engineer
7 15 (11.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (11.45%) Network Engineer
8 14 (10.69%) Security Architect
9 13 (9.92%) Infrastructure Support
10 12 (9.16%) NOC Manager
10 12 (9.16%) Operations Manager
11 11 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (7.63%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (6.87%) Security Engineer
13 9 (6.87%) Senior IT Engineer
13 9 (6.87%) Senior IT Support
13 9 (6.87%) Senior Support Engineer
14 8 (6.11%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.56%) Regular Expression
2 19 (14.50%) LDAP
2 19 (14.50%) XMPP
3 7 (5.34%) JSON
3 7 (5.34%) JSON Schema
3 7 (5.34%) XML
4 5 (3.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.50%) PKI
2 14 (10.69%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.69%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (8.40%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (6.11%) Private Cloud
6 7 (5.34%) Client/Server
7 6 (4.58%) CCTV
7 6 (4.58%) Security Posture
8 5 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.29%) Life Science
9 3 (2.29%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (2.29%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (64.12%) Windows
2 66 (50.38%) Windows Server
3 65 (49.62%) Linux
4 29 (22.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (9.16%) Windows 10
6 9 (6.87%) Mac OS
7 7 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (3.05%) Rocky
9 2 (1.53%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.76%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 46 (35.11%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (29.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (24.43%) SIEM
5 30 (22.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (19.85%) Customer Service
7 21 (16.03%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (15.27%) High Availability
9 19 (14.50%) Validation
10 18 (13.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (12.21%) Antivirus Management
11 16 (12.21%) Application Security
11 16 (12.21%) Pattern Matching
11 16 (12.21%) Platform Engineering
12 15 (11.45%) ITIL
13 14 (10.69%) Architectural Design
13 14 (10.69%) Server Management
14 13 (9.92%) Project Delivery
14 13 (9.92%) Zero Trust
15 12 (9.16%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.08%) PowerShell
1 25 (19.08%) Python
2 13 (9.92%) Bash
3 9 (6.87%) Shell Script
4 8 (6.11%) C
4 8 (6.11%) Rust
4 8 (6.11%) SQL
5 7 (5.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 47 (35.88%) Security Cleared
2 36 (27.48%) DV Cleared
3 21 (16.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (15.27%) Degree
5 16 (12.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (9.16%) DBS Check
7 11 (8.40%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (8.40%) SC Cleared
8 10 (7.63%) CCNP
8 10 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (6.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (6.87%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.82%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.82%) CCNA
11 2 (1.53%) MCSE
12 1 (0.76%) CCSE
12 1 (0.76%) CCSM
12 1 (0.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.16%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (9.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 9 (6.87%) SLA
3 7 (5.34%) QA
4 6 (4.58%) GDPR
4 6 (4.58%) NCSC
5 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (57.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (50.38%) Active Directory
3 48 (36.64%) Hyper-V
4 38 (29.01%) vSphere
5 16 (12.21%) KVM
6 15 (11.45%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (5.34%) VMware NSX
8 5 (3.82%) Squid
9 4 (3.05%) Docker
10 3 (2.29%) BitLocker
10 3 (2.29%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.63%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.87%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (6.11%) Graylog
4 8 (6.11%) Proxmox
4 8 (6.11%) ZABBIX
5 5 (3.82%) Ansible
5 5 (3.82%) HAProxy
6 3 (2.29%) Grafana
6 3 (2.29%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.29%) Terraform
7 2 (1.53%) SCCM
7 2 (1.53%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.53%) vRealize
8 1 (0.76%) Podman
Vendors
1 99 (75.57%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.90%) Veeam
3 21 (16.03%) Cisco
4 19 (14.50%) Red Hat
5 15 (11.45%) McAfee
6 11 (8.40%) Google
7 10 (7.63%) Palo Alto
7 10 (7.63%) SonicWALL
8 9 (6.87%) Apple
8 9 (6.87%) Citrix
8 9 (6.87%) Datto
9 8 (6.11%) NetApp
10 6 (4.58%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.05%) Aruba
11 4 (3.05%) IBM
12 3 (2.29%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (2.29%) Dell
12 3 (2.29%) Sophos
13 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.76%) WatchGuard