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 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 94 84 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 -31 +45
Permanent jobs citing VMware 73 103 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.81% 3.04% 4.42%
As % of the Vendors category 5.22% 9.01% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 42 62 148
10th Percentile £32,825 £35,375 £28,410
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.43%
75th Percentile £51,000 £62,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,000 £67,025 £61,385
South East median annual salary £48,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +10.53% +2.15%

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 1,398 1,143 1,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.68% 33.78% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 590 536 1,219
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

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 13 January 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 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
Berkshire -4 33 £49,000 -2.00% 11
Buckinghamshire -30 22 £38,500 -33.04% 6
Oxfordshire +28 18 £41,500 -2.35% 2
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 11 (15.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (4.11%) WinCC
4 2 (2.74%) CMS
4 2 (2.74%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (2.74%) IIS
4 2 (2.74%) WordPress
5 1 (1.37%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (41.10%) Azure
2 17 (23.29%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (16.44%) AWS
4 5 (6.85%) Google Workspace
4 5 (6.85%) Mimecast
5 3 (4.11%) GCP
6 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.37%) IaaS
7 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (53.42%) Firewall
2 23 (31.51%) DNS
3 21 (28.77%) DHCP
4 17 (23.29%) Wireless
5 14 (19.18%) TCP/IP
5 14 (19.18%) VLAN
6 11 (15.07%) LAN
6 11 (15.07%) SAN
6 11 (15.07%) WAN
7 10 (13.70%) VPN
8 6 (8.22%) NAS
9 5 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.11%) Modbus
11 2 (2.74%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (2.74%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.74%) SSL
12 1 (1.37%) BGP
12 1 (1.37%) ICMP
12 1 (1.37%) IPsec
12 1 (1.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) Data Mining
1 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.74%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.74%) Subversion
3 1 (1.37%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) GitLab
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 16 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.70%) Law
3 8 (10.96%) Finance
4 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.74%) Marketing
6 2 (2.74%) Retail
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Lead
2 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (13.70%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (13.70%) Support Technician
3 10 (13.70%) Team Leader
4 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 9 (12.33%) IT Support
5 7 (9.59%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 7 (9.59%) IT Manager
5 7 (9.59%) IT Security Manager
5 7 (9.59%) IT Support Technician
5 7 (9.59%) IT Technician
5 7 (9.59%) Security Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Senior
6 6 (8.22%) Architect
7 5 (6.85%) Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) Junior
7 5 (6.85%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) Technical Support
7 5 (6.85%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Operational Technology
2 10 (13.70%) Life Science
2 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.85%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.11%) Replication
4 3 (4.11%) SCADA
5 2 (2.74%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (58.90%) Windows
2 36 (49.32%) Windows Server
3 12 (16.44%) Android
3 12 (16.44%) Apple iOS
4 11 (15.07%) Linux
5 7 (9.59%) Mac OS
6 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
9 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Business Continuity
2 17 (23.29%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (21.92%) ITIL
4 15 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (17.81%) Validation
6 12 (16.44%) Agile
7 11 (15.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (13.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 10 (13.70%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
10 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
10 8 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
12 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (8.22%) Dashboard Development
12 6 (8.22%) High Availability
12 6 (8.22%) Network Design
12 6 (8.22%) Proactive Monitoring
12 6 (8.22%) Sprint Planning
12 6 (8.22%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.85%) Python
3 4 (5.48%) SQL
4 2 (2.74%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.37%) Bash
5 1 (1.37%) C
5 1 (1.37%) C++
5 1 (1.37%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) Degree
2 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
3 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (12.33%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.11%) MCSE
7 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.74%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.74%) MCP
7 2 (2.74%) MCSA
8 1 (1.37%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.37%) HP APS
8 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.37%) RHCE
8 1 (1.37%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) GxP
2 4 (5.48%) QA
3 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (4.11%) IEC 61508
3 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.74%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 51 (69.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (49.32%) Active Directory
3 20 (27.40%) Hyper-V
4 11 (15.07%) vSphere
5 7 (9.59%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (8.22%) VMware NSX
7 3 (4.11%) Docker
8 2 (2.74%) vCloud
9 1 (1.37%) KVM
9 1 (1.37%) Terminal Server
9 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.96%) SCCM
3 6 (8.22%) Ansible
4 5 (6.85%) vRealize
5 4 (5.48%) SCOM
5 4 (5.48%) Terraform
6 3 (4.11%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (2.74%) Rundeck
7 2 (2.74%) SCSM
8 1 (1.37%) Argo
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (58.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.44%) Palo Alto
3 7 (9.59%) Dell
4 6 (8.22%) HP
4 6 (8.22%) LogicMonitor
4 6 (8.22%) Sophos
5 5 (6.85%) Barracuda Networks
5 5 (6.85%) CheckPoint
5 5 (6.85%) Cisco
5 5 (6.85%) Google
5 5 (6.85%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (4.11%) arcserve
6 3 (4.11%) Rockwell
6 3 (4.11%) Siemens
6 3 (4.11%) Trend Micro
6 3 (4.11%) Veeam
7 2 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.37%) Citrix
8 1 (1.37%) Juniper
8 1 (1.37%) McAfee