Hybrid/Remote vCenter Server Job Trends

VMware vCenter Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring vCenter Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 428 456
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +198
Permanent jobs citing vCenter Server 13 38 42
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.72% 1.57% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 40
10th Percentile £55,875 £43,700 £36,798
25th Percentile £57,188 £48,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £52,335
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +14.65% +4.67%
75th Percentile £67,188 £84,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,625 £92,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -3.91%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,818 2,420 3,679
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 12.12% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 991 1,395 3,170
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,250 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +3.85% -3.70%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing vCenter Server and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

vCenter Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

vCenter Server
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) DHCP
1 11 (84.62%) DNS
2 10 (76.92%) SAN
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) VLAN
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
1 12 (92.31%) Windows Server
2 11 (84.62%) Windows Server 2019
3 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (7.69%) CentOS
4 1 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) DevOps
1 11 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (76.92%) Performance Tuning
2 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Security Operations
3 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.69%) Containerisation
3 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Tech Ops
3 1 (7.69%) Time Management
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Bash
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) MCP
2 1 (7.69%) MCSA
2 1 (7.69%) MCSE
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Active Directory
1 12 (92.31%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) VMware NSX
3 1 (7.69%) Docker
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (76.92%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (76.92%) 3PAR
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (76.92%) NetApp
2 10 (76.92%) SolarWinds
2 10 (76.92%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) arcserve
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto