VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 12 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
12 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 57 110 93
Rank change year-on-year +53 -17 -46
Permanent jobs citing VMware 2,717 4,261 4,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.87% 3.18% 3.59%
As % of the Vendors category 11.59% 7.94% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 3,443 3,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% +3.66%

All Vendors
UK

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23,448 53,662 51,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.02% 40.11% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16,997 30,757 33,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +3.26%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware.

Salary trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 12 November 2023.

Salary histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 2023. 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
England +49 2,487 £50,000 - 869
UK excluding London +35 1,868 £46,000 +2.22% 720
Work from Home +24 955 £52,500 +2.94% 377
London +74 743 £62,500 +4.17% 216
South East +44 482 £48,500 +4.30% 192
North of England +23 377 £41,367 -8.07% 174
South West +43 368 £45,000 - 89
Midlands +23 329 £46,250 +2.78% 152
West Midlands +32 229 £45,000 +2.27% 96
Yorkshire +14 192 £37,250 -12.35% 65
North West +8 157 £47,500 +5.56% 85
East of England +30 153 £42,500 -15.00% 58
Scotland +70 105 £49,000 -2.00% 42
East Midlands +9 100 £50,000 +11.11% 54
Wales -8 30 £43,190 -4.02% 21
North East +44 29 £47,500 +13.10% 28
Northern Ireland +12 27 £47,500 +14.46% 9

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 263 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 206 (7.58%) MS Exchange
3 101 (3.72%) IIS
4 28 (1.03%) Apache
5 25 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (0.66%) nginx
7 15 (0.55%) Confluence
8 12 (0.44%) OpenStack
8 12 (0.44%) Skype for Business
9 11 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
10 7 (0.26%) CMS
11 6 (0.22%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
13 2 (0.074%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (0.074%) SharePoint 2010
13 2 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.074%) WordPress
14 1 (0.037%) Drupal
14 1 (0.037%) Gunicorn
14 1 (0.037%) uWSGI
Applications
1 162 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.11%) 1Password
5 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.074%) Trello
6 1 (0.037%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.18%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.11%) ReMetrica
4 3 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.074%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.037%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.037%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.037%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 1,433 (52.74%) Azure
2 1,080 (39.75%) Microsoft 365
3 624 (22.97%) AWS
4 309 (11.37%) Entra ID
5 221 (8.13%) IaaS
6 197 (7.25%) PaaS
7 196 (7.21%) SaaS
8 141 (5.19%) Cloud Computing
9 124 (4.56%) OpenShift
10 94 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (2.61%) GCP
12 60 (2.21%) AWS CodeDeploy
13 59 (2.17%) OneDrive
14 51 (1.88%) Mimecast
15 48 (1.77%) Nutanix
16 43 (1.58%) Power Platform
17 39 (1.44%) Rubrik
18 22 (0.81%) Datadog
19 21 (0.77%) WhatsApp
20 18 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 745 (27.42%) Firewall
2 668 (24.59%) DNS
3 590 (21.72%) DHCP
4 478 (17.59%) WAN
5 408 (15.02%) LAN
6 370 (13.62%) VPN
7 354 (13.03%) SAN
8 323 (11.89%) TCP/IP
9 214 (7.88%) VLAN
10 174 (6.40%) Wireless
11 154 (5.67%) Network Security
12 130 (4.78%) Wi-Fi
13 106 (3.90%) HTTP
14 82 (3.02%) Cisco IOS
15 80 (2.94%) SD-WAN
16 79 (2.91%) NAS
17 73 (2.69%) Internet
18 66 (2.43%) MPLS
19 62 (2.28%) VoIP
20 61 (2.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 118 (4.34%) Amazon RDS
3 69 (2.54%) MySQL
4 31 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 29 (1.07%) RDBMS
6 26 (0.96%) Power BI
7 15 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.48%) Big Data
9 11 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
9 11 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.26%) Metadata
11 7 (0.26%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.22%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.22%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.18%) GIS
14 4 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 103 (3.79%) Jenkins
2 67 (2.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 33 (1.21%) Git
4 30 (1.10%) JIRA
4 30 (1.10%) Selenium
5 28 (1.03%) Robot Framework
6 26 (0.96%) MSI
7 22 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 18 (0.66%) AdminStudio
8 18 (0.66%) InstallShield
9 15 (0.55%) GitLab
10 14 (0.52%) Maven
11 13 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.22%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.18%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.18%) Travis CI
15 4 (0.15%) MSBuild
16 3 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 625 (23.00%) Social Skills
2 381 (14.02%) Finance
3 181 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (3.02%) Telecoms
6 78 (2.87%) Public Sector
7 77 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
8 72 (2.65%) Law
9 68 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 68 (2.50%) Retail
10 65 (2.39%) Banking
11 61 (2.25%) Aerospace
12 55 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 45 (1.66%) Legal
14 43 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.03%) Games
16 26 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (0.85%) Military
18 20 (0.74%) Back Office
19 18 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 751 (27.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 437 (16.08%) Senior
3 322 (11.85%) Support Engineer
4 266 (9.79%) IT Engineer
5 176 (6.48%) Architect
6 170 (6.26%) Analyst
7 158 (5.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 141 (5.19%) IT Support
9 138 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 135 (4.97%) Network Engineer
11 131 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
12 125 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 120 (4.42%) Administrator
14 103 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 103 (3.79%) 3rd Line Support
15 99 (3.64%) Systems Administrator
16 97 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
17 91 (3.35%) Systems Engineer
18 88 (3.24%) VMware Engineer
19 82 (3.02%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.36%) HTML
2 59 (2.17%) OpenID
3 42 (1.55%) JSON
4 38 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
5 32 (1.18%) YAML
6 31 (1.14%) ARM Templates
7 24 (0.88%) SAML
8 23 (0.85%) .NET
8 23 (0.85%) Kafka
9 18 (0.66%) REST
10 16 (0.59%) LDAP
10 16 (0.59%) Middleware
11 15 (0.55%) Web Services
11 15 (0.55%) WebRTC
12 14 (0.52%) 802.1X
13 11 (0.40%) Node.js
14 9 (0.33%) LAMP
15 6 (0.22%) Apache NiFi
15 6 (0.22%) Regular Expression
16 5 (0.18%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 347 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 136 (5.01%) Clustering
3 134 (4.93%) Public Cloud
4 116 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 115 (4.23%) Private Cloud
6 99 (3.64%) Replication
7 94 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
8 72 (2.65%) PKI
9 68 (2.50%) Cloud Native
10 63 (2.32%) Driving Licence
11 61 (2.25%) Cyberattack
12 56 (2.06%) Client/Server
13 52 (1.91%) Virtual Team
14 47 (1.73%) Onboarding
15 36 (1.32%) Life Science
16 33 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
17 26 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
18 22 (0.81%) EFT
19 20 (0.74%) Fat Client
19 20 (0.74%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,809 (66.58%) Windows
2 1,150 (42.33%) Windows Server
3 647 (23.81%) Linux
4 345 (12.70%) Windows 10
5 280 (10.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 256 (9.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 235 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 173 (6.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 170 (6.26%) Unix
10 103 (3.79%) Mac OS
11 62 (2.28%) Ubuntu
11 62 (2.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 57 (2.10%) Windows 7
13 40 (1.47%) Windows 8
14 33 (1.21%) CentOS
14 33 (1.21%) Windows Server 2003
15 31 (1.14%) Android
16 29 (1.07%) AIX
17 26 (0.96%) Debian
18 25 (0.92%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (32.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 533 (19.62%) ITIL
3 492 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
4 279 (10.27%) Agile
5 266 (9.79%) DevOps
6 256 (9.42%) Customer Service
7 254 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 252 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
9 236 (8.69%) Actionable Insight
10 203 (7.47%) Mentoring
11 187 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 184 (6.77%) Change Management
12 184 (6.77%) Migration
13 176 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
14 175 (6.44%) CI/CD
15 174 (6.40%) High Availability
16 149 (5.48%) Project Delivery
17 137 (5.04%) Incident Management
17 137 (5.04%) Service Delivery
18 129 (4.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 841 (30.95%) PowerShell
2 356 (13.10%) Python
3 336 (12.37%) SQL
4 203 (7.47%) Bash
5 117 (4.31%) Java
6 72 (2.65%) Go
7 60 (2.21%) Ruby
8 51 (1.88%) C#
9 43 (1.58%) VBScript
10 38 (1.40%) Perl
11 29 (1.07%) VB
12 20 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 16 (0.59%) T-SQL
14 13 (0.48%) PHP
15 10 (0.37%) Bicep
16 8 (0.29%) C
17 6 (0.22%) Groovy
18 5 (0.18%) C++
18 5 (0.18%) DataFlex
19 4 (0.15%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 638 (23.48%) Security Cleared
2 433 (15.94%) Degree
3 344 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 268 (9.86%) DV Cleared
5 223 (8.21%) Cisco Certification
6 196 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 193 (7.10%) CCNA
8 98 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 89 (3.28%) MCSE
10 87 (3.20%) CCNP
11 78 (2.87%) CISSP
12 68 (2.50%) CCIE
13 66 (2.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 64 (2.36%) MCSA
15 58 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
16 36 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
17 32 (1.18%) MCP
18 27 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
19 22 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
19 22 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.44%) SLA
2 105 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 28 (1.03%) GDPR
5 26 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 23 (0.85%) QA
7 19 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (0.70%) PMO
8 13 (0.48%) NIST
9 8 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.18%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.11%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.11%) COBIT
12 3 (0.11%) DICOM
12 3 (0.11%) HL7
12 3 (0.11%) NCSC
13 2 (0.074%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1,871 (68.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,359 (50.02%) Active Directory
3 818 (30.11%) Hyper-V
4 273 (10.05%) vSphere
5 264 (9.72%) VMware ESXi
6 174 (6.40%) Docker
7 122 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 115 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
9 98 (3.61%) VMware NSX
10 68 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
11 65 (2.39%) Firmware
12 46 (1.69%) XenApp
13 27 (0.99%) KVM
14 25 (0.92%) vCloud
15 20 (0.74%) XenDesktop
16 19 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
16 19 (0.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 18 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
18 17 (0.63%) PowerHA
19 15 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 322 (11.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 304 (11.19%) SCCM
3 256 (9.42%) Ansible
4 188 (6.92%) Kubernetes
5 163 (6.00%) Puppet
6 151 (5.56%) Terraform
7 143 (5.26%) vCenter Server
8 104 (3.83%) SCOM
9 66 (2.43%) FortiGate
10 60 (2.21%) WSUS
11 52 (1.91%) Failover Clustering
12 43 (1.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 39 (1.44%) Microsoft Clustering
14 38 (1.40%) VxRail
15 37 (1.36%) SCVMM
16 35 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
17 34 (1.25%) Nessus
18 33 (1.21%) Grafana
19 26 (0.96%) Nagios
20 25 (0.92%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,367 (50.31%) Microsoft
2 621 (22.86%) Cisco
3 437 (16.08%) Citrix
4 263 (9.68%) Veeam
5 183 (6.74%) Red Hat
6 162 (5.96%) HP
7 118 (4.34%) Dell
8 113 (4.16%) Meraki
9 99 (3.64%) SolarWinds
10 96 (3.53%) Oracle
11 95 (3.50%) Palo Alto
12 91 (3.35%) NetApp
13 85 (3.13%) Fortinet
14 80 (2.94%) Juniper
15 73 (2.69%) Google
15 73 (2.69%) ServiceNow
16 69 (2.54%) Sophos
17 67 (2.47%) CheckPoint
18 60 (2.21%) Commvault
19 57 (2.10%) Aruba