VMware Workstation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Workstation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VMware Workstation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 565 541
Rank change year-on-year +53 -24 +214
Permanent jobs citing VMware Workstation 5 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.040% 0.033%
As % of the System Software category 0.18% 0.33% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 9
10th Percentile - £31,750 £22,350
25th Percentile £25,875 £50,500 £24,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £52,000 £25,800
Median % change year-on-year -49.52% +101.55% -5.32%
75th Percentile £35,000 £53,000 £26,700
90th Percentile £42,800 - -
UK median annual salary £26,250 £52,000 £25,800
% change year-on-year -49.52% +101.55% -26.29%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

VMware Workstation falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,830 4,487 5,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 12.04% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,988 2,593 4,380
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +5.14% -1.83%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -0.90%

VMware Workstation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Workstation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VMware Workstation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VMware Workstation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware Workstation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Workstation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Workstation in the UK excluding London

VMware Workstation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Workstation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England - 4 £26,250 -
North West - 3 £26,250 -
Midlands +18 1 £47,000 -9.62% 1
West Midlands +15 1 £47,000 -9.62% 1
North East - 1 £35,000 -
VMware Workstation
UK

VMware Workstation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) IT Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) IT Support
2 4 (80.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (60.00%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (60.00%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (60.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 8
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Autotask
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) ESET
3 3 (60.00%) Google