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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 459 478
Rank change year-on-year +46 +19 +193
Permanent jobs citing vCenter Server 11 45 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.067% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.59% 1.71% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 47
10th Percentile - - £36,490
25th Percentile - £48,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile - £73,750 £62,550
90th Percentile - £87,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% -

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 1,868 2,627 3,942
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.45% 11.20% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 1,604 3,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,075 £42,382
25th Percentile £47,125 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -4.24% -0.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%

vCenter Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

vCenter Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

vCenter Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

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

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) DHCP
1 10 (90.91%) DNS
2 8 (72.73%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Windows Server
1 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2019
2 8 (72.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (72.73%) DevOps
1 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (72.73%) Performance Tuning
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
2 2 (18.18%) Time Management
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) MCP
1 2 (18.18%) MCSA
1 2 (18.18%) MCSE
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
1 10 (90.91%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (72.73%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (72.73%) 3PAR
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) NetApp
2 8 (72.73%) SolarWinds
2 8 (72.73%) Veeam
3 2 (18.18%) arcserve