VMware Job Trends in the West Midlands

VMware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 31 December 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
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 82 31
Rank change year-on-year -23 -51 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware 67 145 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.28% 3.33% 6.63%
As % of the Vendors category 5.24% 8.42% 14.72%
Number of salaries quoted 46 91 211
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.73%
75th Percentile £63,438 £53,300 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,278 1,722 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.32% 39.58% 45.05%
Number of salaries quoted 783 852 1,307
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,485 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.03% +8.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,063 £63,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

VMware job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VMware
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware in the West Midlands

VMware
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Birmingham +8 19 £48,500 +8.99% 16
Warwickshire +16 15 £32,500 -25.71% 1
Staffordshire -38 14 £40,000 -5.88% 16
Solihull -1 5 £52,500 -12.50%
Coventry 0 3 £37,500 -16.67% 10
Worcestershire -29 2 £42,500 -2.30% 14
Herefordshire - 1 £50,000 - 2
VMware
England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.96%) WinCC
3 4 (5.97%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (2.99%) ArchestrA
5 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 33 (49.25%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (32.84%) Azure
3 15 (22.39%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.49%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (56.72%) Firewall
2 27 (40.30%) WAN
3 23 (34.33%) DNS
3 23 (34.33%) LAN
4 22 (32.84%) DHCP
5 11 (16.42%) SD-WAN
6 10 (14.93%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (11.94%) VLAN
8 7 (10.45%) Network Security
9 6 (8.96%) Modbus
9 6 (8.96%) MPLS
9 6 (8.96%) VPN
10 5 (7.46%) SAN
11 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
12 3 (4.48%) BGP
12 3 (4.48%) Broadband
12 3 (4.48%) NAS
12 3 (4.48%) OSPF
12 3 (4.48%) RFID
12 3 (4.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.97%) Power BI
3 3 (4.48%) GIS
4 1 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.49%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Manufacturing
3 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Automotive
6 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Back Office
7 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Support Engineer
2 16 (23.88%) Technical Support
3 11 (16.42%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Technical Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Technical Support Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) IT Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) IT Support
6 7 (10.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Senior
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Technical Support
7 6 (8.96%) Lead
8 5 (7.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Network Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Help Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) Data Centre
2 9 (13.43%) Operational Technology
3 8 (11.94%) Driving Licence
4 6 (8.96%) SCADA
5 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.97%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.49%) Clustering
8 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (62.69%) Windows
2 23 (34.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.91%) Linux
4 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (10.45%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.40%) ITIL
1 13 (19.40%) SIEM
2 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (14.93%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (10.45%) Data Security
5 7 (10.45%) ERP
5 7 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.45%) Security Operations
6 6 (8.96%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure Management
6 6 (8.96%) Presales
7 5 (7.46%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.46%) DevOps
8 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (5.97%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.97%) Server Building
8 4 (5.97%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.48%) SQL
3 2 (2.99%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.49%) Bicep
4 1 (1.49%) Python
4 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Degree
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.48%) CCNP
4 3 (4.48%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.48%) HNC
4 3 (4.48%) MCP
4 3 (4.48%) MCSA
4 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) CCNA
5 1 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) SLA
2 6 (8.96%) GDPR
2 6 (8.96%) IEC 61508
2 6 (8.96%) QA
3 4 (5.97%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 54 (80.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (49.25%) Active Directory
3 21 (31.34%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.97%) Firmware
4 4 (5.97%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.97%) vSphere
4 4 (5.97%) XenApp
5 1 (1.49%) Docker
5 1 (1.49%) vCloud
5 1 (1.49%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.49%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.97%) Terraform
3 3 (4.48%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (2.99%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.49%) Nessus
5 1 (1.49%) Puppet
5 1 (1.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (37.31%) Cisco
3 15 (22.39%) Juniper
4 14 (20.90%) Dell
5 11 (16.42%) Veeam
6 10 (14.93%) McAfee
7 7 (10.45%) Meraki
8 6 (8.96%) Rockwell
8 6 (8.96%) Siemens
9 4 (5.97%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.97%) Citrix
9 4 (5.97%) IBM
9 4 (5.97%) SonicWALL
10 3 (4.48%) Fortinet
10 3 (4.48%) HP
10 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
10 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
10 3 (4.48%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (4.48%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.49%) Aruba