VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 73 93
Rank change year-on-year -48 +20 +35
Permanent jobs citing VMware 1,273 3,463 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.44% 3.52% 3.62%
As % of the Vendors category 6.64% 9.50% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 2,895 2,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% -6.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £58,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% +0.84%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,185 36,439 43,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.78% 37.05% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,735 25,145 24,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -44 1,196 £52,500 +11.70% 610
UK excluding London -64 847 £47,500 +11.76% 493
Work from Home -46 361 £52,500 +5.00% 328
London -29 353 £70,000 +12.00% 154
South East -16 301 £50,000 +11.11% 133
North of England -82 195 £42,500 - 120
Midlands -70 145 £45,000 +4.10% 91
West Midlands -47 110 £46,324 +7.16% 50
North West -76 95 £42,500 - 62
South West -44 89 £46,250 -5.61% 88
East of England -51 85 £55,000 +46.67% 33
Yorkshire -33 76 £42,500 +6.25% 45
East Midlands -56 34 £40,000 -5.88% 41
Scotland +22 25 £38,750 -18.42% 23
North East -5 24 £37,500 -1.32% 17
Wales -1 11 £55,000 +35.80% 10
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -19.77% 3

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
1 293 (23.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 110 (8.64%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.36%) IIS
4 16 (1.26%) Exchange Server 2013
5 15 (1.18%) Apache
6 13 (1.02%) nginx
7 10 (0.79%) Skype for Business
8 9 (0.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 7 (0.55%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.47%) Confluence
10 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.31%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.079%) CMS
13 1 (0.079%) Jetty
13 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2010
13 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.079%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 78 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.10%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.79%) SPSS
6 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 15 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.47%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.079%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 632 (49.65%) Azure
2 472 (37.08%) Microsoft 365
3 250 (19.64%) AWS
4 137 (10.76%) Entra ID
5 97 (7.62%) GCP
6 95 (7.46%) IaaS
7 74 (5.81%) SaaS
8 50 (3.93%) OneDrive
8 50 (3.93%) PaaS
9 34 (2.67%) Nutanix
10 33 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
11 28 (2.20%) GitHub
12 25 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (1.73%) Rubrik
14 19 (1.49%) Power Platform
15 18 (1.41%) Mimecast
16 15 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 12 (0.94%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 404 (31.74%) Firewall
2 260 (20.42%) DNS
3 217 (17.05%) DHCP
4 215 (16.89%) WAN
5 189 (14.85%) LAN
6 153 (12.02%) VPN
7 138 (10.84%) SAN
8 118 (9.27%) TCP/IP
9 93 (7.31%) VLAN
10 76 (5.97%) Cisco ISE
11 69 (5.42%) SD-WAN
12 65 (5.11%) Network Security
13 63 (4.95%) VSAN
14 56 (4.40%) NAS
15 53 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
16 51 (4.01%) MPLS
17 41 (3.22%) Ethernet
18 38 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
19 33 (2.59%) BGP
20 32 (2.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
2 19 (1.49%) MongoDB
3 16 (1.26%) Power BI
4 14 (1.10%) MySQL
5 12 (0.94%) Data Hub
5 12 (0.94%) SQL CLR
5 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (0.86%) Tableau
7 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.63%) Metadata
8 8 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.31%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.079%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (1.96%) Git
2 21 (1.65%) JIRA
3 18 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.55%) Burp Suite
5 7 (0.55%) GitLab
6 5 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.31%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.16%) JMeter
9 2 (0.16%) MSI
9 2 (0.16%) Selenium
9 2 (0.16%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.079%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.079%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.079%) InstallShield
10 1 (0.079%) Maven
General
1 337 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 185 (14.53%) Finance
3 78 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (4.63%) Banking
5 43 (3.38%) Law
5 43 (3.38%) Legal
6 42 (3.30%) Manufacturing
7 29 (2.28%) Retail
8 28 (2.20%) Public Sector
9 24 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.49%) Back Office
12 17 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (1.26%) Marketing
14 13 (1.02%) Advertising
15 12 (0.94%) Electronics
15 12 (0.94%) Games
15 12 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 236 (18.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 152 (11.94%) Senior
3 137 (10.76%) Support Engineer
4 118 (9.27%) Analyst
5 109 (8.56%) IT Engineer
6 97 (7.62%) IT Support
7 80 (6.28%) Architect
8 70 (5.50%) Lead
9 65 (5.11%) Administrator
10 63 (4.95%) Network Engineer
11 58 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
12 56 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 54 (4.24%) Systems Administrator
14 51 (4.01%) Infrastructure Support
15 48 (3.77%) 3rd Line Support
16 44 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
17 43 (3.38%) Systems Engineer
18 42 (3.30%) VMware Specialist
19 40 (3.14%) Designer
19 40 (3.14%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.28%) JSON
2 15 (1.18%) Middleware
3 13 (1.02%) Kafka
3 13 (1.02%) REST
4 9 (0.71%) LDAP
5 7 (0.55%) .NET
5 7 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.55%) GraphQL
5 7 (0.55%) SAML
5 7 (0.55%) Web Services
6 6 (0.47%) YAML
7 5 (0.39%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.39%) HTML
7 5 (0.39%) SOAP
7 5 (0.39%) XML
8 4 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.31%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.31%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.31%) XSLT
9 3 (0.24%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 174 (13.67%) Data Centre
2 59 (4.63%) Onboarding
2 59 (4.63%) Public Cloud
3 56 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 55 (4.32%) Clustering
5 46 (3.61%) Driving Licence
6 42 (3.30%) Replication
7 28 (2.20%) Private Cloud
8 27 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
11 19 (1.49%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (1.18%) PKI
14 14 (1.10%) CCTV
14 14 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 13 (1.02%) Client/Server
16 11 (0.86%) IoT
16 11 (0.86%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 783 (61.51%) Windows
2 489 (38.41%) Windows Server
3 352 (27.65%) Linux
4 139 (10.92%) Windows 10
5 97 (7.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 78 (6.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 64 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 47 (3.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (3.14%) Mac OS
10 28 (2.20%) Android
11 26 (2.04%) Ubuntu
12 23 (1.81%) CentOS
13 21 (1.65%) Unix
13 21 (1.65%) Windows 7
14 18 (1.41%) Apple iOS
15 13 (1.02%) AIX
16 12 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.79%) SUSE
18 8 (0.63%) VMS
19 7 (0.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (21.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 186 (14.61%) Disaster Recovery
4 182 (14.30%) ITIL
5 144 (11.31%) Customer Service
6 134 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 117 (9.19%) High Availability
8 98 (7.70%) DevOps
8 98 (7.70%) Migration
9 82 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (6.05%) Project Delivery
11 76 (5.97%) Agile
12 71 (5.58%) CI/CD
13 69 (5.42%) Network Management
14 67 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
14 67 (5.26%) Mentoring
15 63 (4.95%) Incident Management
15 63 (4.95%) Service Delivery
16 62 (4.87%) Infrastructure Management
17 61 (4.79%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 321 (25.22%) PowerShell
2 186 (14.61%) Python
3 108 (8.48%) SQL
4 86 (6.76%) Bash
5 12 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.71%) T-SQL
7 8 (0.63%) C#
7 8 (0.63%) Perl
8 7 (0.55%) R
9 6 (0.47%) Java
10 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) C
11 4 (0.31%) Jython
11 4 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.16%) Bicep
13 1 (0.079%) Go
13 1 (0.079%) Groovy
13 1 (0.079%) VB
13 1 (0.079%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 263 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 170 (13.35%) Degree
3 123 (9.66%) DV Cleared
4 115 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 104 (8.17%) SC Cleared
6 87 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (4.63%) CCNA
8 57 (4.48%) Azure Certification
8 57 (4.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 43 (3.38%) MCSA
10 38 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
11 37 (2.91%) CCNP
12 33 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.59%) MCSE
13 30 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 29 (2.28%) CISSP
15 22 (1.73%) AWS Certification
16 18 (1.41%) MCP
17 16 (1.26%) CISM
18 15 (1.18%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (6.13%) SLA
2 41 (3.22%) GDPR
3 27 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.18%) NIST
6 12 (0.94%) Def Stans
7 11 (0.86%) QA
8 7 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.24%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.24%) PMO
11 2 (0.16%) NCSC
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.079%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.079%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.079%) RMADS
12 1 (0.079%) SOC 2
System Software
1 840 (65.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 570 (44.78%) Active Directory
3 315 (24.74%) Hyper-V
4 141 (11.08%) VMware ESXi
5 139 (10.92%) vSphere
6 97 (7.62%) VMware NSX
7 61 (4.79%) Docker
8 56 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
9 52 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 23 (1.81%) XenApp
11 19 (1.49%) Terminal Services
12 18 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
13 15 (1.18%) BitLocker
14 12 (0.94%) DFS Replication
15 10 (0.79%) Firmware
16 9 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
17 8 (0.63%) NFS
17 8 (0.63%) XenDesktop
18 7 (0.55%) KVM
18 7 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 197 (15.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 159 (12.49%) Ansible
3 139 (10.92%) Terraform
4 105 (8.25%) SCCM
5 86 (6.76%) Kubernetes
6 56 (4.40%) vCenter Server
7 48 (3.77%) Puppet
8 45 (3.53%) FortiGate
9 33 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (2.36%) NetBackup
11 27 (2.12%) WSUS
12 26 (2.04%) SCOM
13 21 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 21 (1.65%) Progress Chef
14 19 (1.49%) Nagios
14 19 (1.49%) vRealize
15 18 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
16 13 (1.02%) VxRail
17 12 (0.94%) vMotion
18 10 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 646 (50.75%) Microsoft
2 322 (25.29%) Cisco
3 160 (12.57%) Citrix
4 133 (10.45%) Veeam
5 75 (5.89%) HP
6 74 (5.81%) Juniper
7 70 (5.50%) Dell
8 69 (5.42%) Red Hat
9 67 (5.26%) Google
10 63 (4.95%) CheckPoint
11 49 (3.85%) SolarWinds
12 48 (3.77%) Fortinet
13 47 (3.69%) Meraki
13 47 (3.69%) SevOne
14 43 (3.38%) NetApp
15 41 (3.22%) ServiceNow
16 36 (2.83%) Palo Alto
17 34 (2.67%) F5
18 33 (2.59%) Apple
19 31 (2.44%) Oracle