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 12 May 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 78 92
Rank change year-on-year -58 +14 +43
Permanent jobs citing VMware 1,287 3,382 3,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.33% 3.41% 3.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.29% 9.30% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 2,820 2,763
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% -9.80% +5.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £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 20,465 36,384 42,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.12% 36.66% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,927 24,996 24,178
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £75,000
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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -63 1,206 £52,500 +14.13% 994
UK excluding London -76 865 £47,500 +11.76% 859
Work from Home -77 376 £52,500 +5.00% 469
London -22 346 £70,000 +9.38% 268
South East -24 308 £49,000 +9.62% 261
North of England -93 194 £42,500 +0.41% 176
Midlands -74 142 £45,000 +4.10% 141
West Midlands -48 106 £46,324 +2.94% 78
South West -46 98 £47,500 -3.06% 125
North West -97 96 £42,500 - 90
East of England -58 86 £54,000 +44.00% 113
Yorkshire -34 75 £42,500 +6.25% 63
East Midlands -56 35 £42,500 - 52
Scotland +12 28 £37,500 -19.79% 55
North East -12 23 £37,500 - 28
Wales +3 13 £55,000 +35.80% 15
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
1 301 (23.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.80%) IIS
4 16 (1.24%) Apache
4 16 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (1.01%) nginx
6 10 (0.78%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.47%) Confluence
10 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.31%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.078%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.078%) Jetty
13 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2010
13 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 80 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.78%) SPSS
6 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 18 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.47%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.31%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.078%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 634 (49.26%) Azure
2 473 (36.75%) Microsoft 365
3 248 (19.27%) AWS
4 133 (10.33%) Entra ID
5 98 (7.61%) GCP
6 91 (7.07%) IaaS
7 76 (5.91%) SaaS
8 51 (3.96%) OneDrive
9 50 (3.89%) PaaS
10 37 (2.87%) Nutanix
11 35 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (2.33%) GitHub
13 26 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.63%) Power Platform
15 21 (1.63%) Rubrik
16 19 (1.48%) Mimecast
17 15 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
18 14 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 11 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 423 (32.87%) Firewall
2 269 (20.90%) DNS
3 228 (17.72%) DHCP
4 221 (17.17%) WAN
5 193 (15.00%) LAN
6 157 (12.20%) VPN
7 150 (11.66%) SAN
8 116 (9.01%) TCP/IP
9 91 (7.07%) VLAN
10 77 (5.98%) Cisco ISE
11 70 (5.44%) SD-WAN
12 66 (5.13%) Network Security
13 60 (4.66%) NAS
14 59 (4.58%) VSAN
15 58 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
16 51 (3.96%) MPLS
17 43 (3.34%) Ethernet
18 38 (2.95%) Remote Desktop
18 38 (2.95%) Wireless
19 32 (2.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.63%) MongoDB
3 20 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.40%) Power BI
5 16 (1.24%) Data Hub
5 16 (1.24%) SQL CLR
6 14 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (1.01%) MySQL
8 11 (0.85%) Tableau
9 10 (0.78%) Metadata
9 10 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.31%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
15 1 (0.078%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 26 (2.02%) Git
2 21 (1.63%) JIRA
3 17 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.54%) Burp Suite
5 7 (0.54%) GitLab
6 5 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.23%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.16%) JMeter
8 2 (0.16%) MSI
8 2 (0.16%) Selenium
8 2 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.078%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.078%) InstallShield
9 1 (0.078%) JUnit
9 1 (0.078%) Maven
General
1 350 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 193 (15.00%) Finance
3 86 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (4.43%) Banking
6 47 (3.65%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.50%) Legal
8 38 (2.95%) Law
9 32 (2.49%) Public Sector
10 30 (2.33%) Retail
11 24 (1.86%) Aerospace
12 23 (1.79%) Back Office
13 19 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.40%) Marketing
15 15 (1.17%) Advertising
15 15 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.01%) Electronics
16 13 (1.01%) Games
17 11 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 151 (11.73%) Senior
3 147 (11.42%) Support Engineer
4 120 (9.32%) Analyst
5 111 (8.62%) IT Support
6 109 (8.47%) IT Engineer
7 83 (6.45%) Architect
8 74 (5.75%) Lead
9 73 (5.67%) Administrator
10 63 (4.90%) Network Engineer
11 62 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
12 59 (4.58%) Systems Administrator
13 56 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 56 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
14 50 (3.89%) IT Support Engineer
15 49 (3.81%) 3rd Line Support
16 45 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
17 44 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
18 43 (3.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 41 (3.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.41%) JSON
2 16 (1.24%) Middleware
3 15 (1.17%) Kafka
4 13 (1.01%) REST
5 11 (0.85%) .NET
6 10 (0.78%) LDAP
7 8 (0.62%) SAML
8 7 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.54%) GraphQL
8 7 (0.54%) Web Services
9 6 (0.47%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.47%) Dapper ORM
9 6 (0.47%) Entity Framework
9 6 (0.47%) YAML
10 4 (0.31%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.31%) HTML
10 4 (0.31%) Node.js
10 4 (0.31%) SOAP
10 4 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 170 (13.21%) Data Centre
2 63 (4.90%) Clustering
3 62 (4.82%) Public Cloud
4 59 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 53 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 46 (3.57%) Driving Licence
7 39 (3.03%) Replication
8 35 (2.72%) Private Cloud
9 30 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
12 19 (1.48%) PKI
13 17 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.17%) Operational Technology
16 13 (1.01%) CCTV
16 13 (1.01%) Client/Server
16 13 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
17 11 (0.85%) IoT
17 11 (0.85%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 802 (62.32%) Windows
2 505 (39.24%) Windows Server
3 353 (27.43%) Linux
4 136 (10.57%) Windows 10
5 94 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 77 (5.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 63 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 46 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 43 (3.34%) Mac OS
10 28 (2.18%) Android
11 26 (2.02%) Ubuntu
12 25 (1.94%) CentOS
12 25 (1.94%) Unix
13 21 (1.63%) Windows 7
14 18 (1.40%) Apple iOS
15 14 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (0.93%) AIX
17 11 (0.85%) VMS
18 10 (0.78%) SUSE
19 7 (0.54%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
2 280 (21.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 185 (14.37%) ITIL
4 181 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
5 155 (12.04%) Customer Service
6 141 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
7 121 (9.40%) High Availability
8 99 (7.69%) DevOps
9 97 (7.54%) Migration
10 85 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 81 (6.29%) Agile
12 80 (6.22%) Project Delivery
13 78 (6.06%) Mentoring
14 77 (5.98%) CI/CD
15 70 (5.44%) Network Management
16 68 (5.28%) Infrastructure as Code
17 64 (4.97%) Infrastructure Management
18 63 (4.90%) Business Continuity
19 62 (4.82%) Incident Management
20 59 (4.58%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 330 (25.64%) PowerShell
2 182 (14.14%) Python
3 114 (8.86%) SQL
4 85 (6.60%) Bash
5 11 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.85%) T-SQL
6 10 (0.78%) C#
7 7 (0.54%) Java
7 7 (0.54%) Perl
7 7 (0.54%) R
8 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.23%) Bicep
9 3 (0.23%) C
9 3 (0.23%) Jython
9 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.078%) Go
10 1 (0.078%) Groovy
10 1 (0.078%) VB
10 1 (0.078%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 268 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 177 (13.75%) Degree
3 120 (9.32%) DV Cleared
4 115 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 110 (8.55%) SC Cleared
6 86 (6.68%) Cisco Certification
7 61 (4.74%) Azure Certification
7 61 (4.74%) CCNA
7 61 (4.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 42 (3.26%) MCSA
9 38 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
10 36 (2.80%) CCNP
10 36 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 35 (2.72%) MCSE
12 31 (2.41%) CISSP
13 30 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.63%) AWS Certification
15 17 (1.32%) CISM
16 16 (1.24%) MCP
17 14 (1.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.29%) SLA
2 39 (3.03%) GDPR
3 28 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.09%) NIST
6 12 (0.93%) Def Stans
7 11 (0.85%) QA
8 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.23%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.16%) NCSC
11 2 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.078%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.078%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.078%) RMADS
12 1 (0.078%) SOC 2
System Software
1 845 (65.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 575 (44.68%) Active Directory
3 316 (24.55%) Hyper-V
4 149 (11.58%) VMware ESXi
5 139 (10.80%) vSphere
6 95 (7.38%) VMware NSX
7 65 (5.05%) Docker
8 55 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
9 54 (4.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 23 (1.79%) XenApp
11 20 (1.55%) Terminal Services
12 17 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (1.09%) BitLocker
14 10 (0.78%) Firmware
14 10 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
15 8 (0.62%) KVM
15 8 (0.62%) NFS
16 7 (0.54%) DFS Replication
16 7 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 7 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 205 (15.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 164 (12.74%) Ansible
3 143 (11.11%) Terraform
4 102 (7.93%) SCCM
5 90 (6.99%) Kubernetes
6 56 (4.35%) vCenter Server
7 50 (3.89%) Puppet
8 46 (3.57%) FortiGate
9 35 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
10 29 (2.25%) NetBackup
11 27 (2.10%) WSUS
12 26 (2.02%) SCOM
13 21 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 21 (1.63%) Progress Chef
14 20 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
14 20 (1.55%) Nagios
15 15 (1.17%) vRealize
16 14 (1.09%) vMotion
17 11 (0.85%) Proxmox
17 11 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 663 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 330 (25.64%) Cisco
3 159 (12.35%) Citrix
4 139 (10.80%) Veeam
5 75 (5.83%) HP
5 75 (5.83%) Juniper
6 69 (5.36%) Google
7 68 (5.28%) Red Hat
8 66 (5.13%) Dell
9 62 (4.82%) CheckPoint
10 53 (4.12%) Fortinet
11 48 (3.73%) Meraki
12 47 (3.65%) SevOne
12 47 (3.65%) SolarWinds
13 44 (3.42%) NetApp
14 39 (3.03%) ServiceNow
15 37 (2.87%) Palo Alto
16 35 (2.72%) Apple
16 35 (2.72%) F5
17 33 (2.56%) Oracle