Hybrid/Remote VMware Job Trends

VMware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 16 May 2026, 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
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 157 86
Rank change year-on-year -14 -71 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 271 366 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 2.47% 3.23%
As % of the Vendors category 4.78% 5.43% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 189 318 900
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% +3.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.28% +15.00% -12.74%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,667 6,742 13,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.45% 45.51% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,719 3,848 9,859
10th Percentile £31,930 £31,000 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,719 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% +10.00% -13.04%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

VMware job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VMware
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

VMware
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

VMware salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware
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 28 (10.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (9.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.85%) Confluence
4 4 (1.48%) IIS
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.48%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 139 (51.29%) Azure
2 80 (29.52%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (20.30%) AWS
4 45 (16.61%) Nutanix
5 40 (14.76%) Entra ID
6 16 (5.90%) GitHub
7 14 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (5.17%) OneDrive
8 11 (4.06%) GCP
9 9 (3.32%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.85%) IaaS
12 4 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.48%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.48%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.48%) PaaS
13 3 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 81 (29.89%) Firewall
2 60 (22.14%) DNS
3 49 (18.08%) VPN
4 40 (14.76%) WAN
5 36 (13.28%) DHCP
6 29 (10.70%) TCP/IP
7 24 (8.86%) LAN
8 18 (6.64%) VSAN
9 14 (5.17%) VLAN
10 13 (4.80%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (4.80%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.69%) BGP
12 9 (3.32%) Unified Communications
13 8 (2.95%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.21%) SAN
14 6 (2.21%) WebEx
15 5 (1.85%) MPLS
15 5 (1.85%) Network Security
15 5 (1.85%) Wireless
16 4 (1.48%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.95%) Power BI
3 6 (2.21%) MySQL
4 5 (1.85%) Tableau
5 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.11%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.37%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.69%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) GitLab
4 2 (0.74%) Gradle
4 2 (0.74%) JUnit
4 2 (0.74%) Mockito
5 1 (0.37%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 74 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.08%) Finance
3 26 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.12%) Retail
5 14 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.17%) Law
5 14 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (4.06%) Banking
6 11 (4.06%) Marketing
6 11 (4.06%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.32%) Legal
9 7 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.48%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.11%) Aviation
12 3 (1.11%) Back Office
13 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (25.09%) Senior
2 60 (22.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (14.76%) Consultant
4 26 (9.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (9.23%) VMware Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) IT Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) Support Engineer
7 22 (8.12%) Architect
8 20 (7.38%) VMware Consultant
9 19 (7.01%) IT Support
9 19 (7.01%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (6.64%) Senior Consultant
11 17 (6.27%) Cloud Consultant
12 16 (5.90%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 16 (5.90%) Technical Consultant
13 15 (5.54%) Platform Engineer
14 14 (5.17%) Network Engineer
14 14 (5.17%) Systems Engineer
15 13 (4.80%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.21%) XMPP
2 2 (0.74%) gRPC
2 2 (0.74%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.74%) REST
2 2 (0.74%) RESTful
3 1 (0.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) J2EE
3 1 (0.37%) JSON
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 62 (22.88%) Data Centre
2 39 (14.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (8.49%) Replication
4 22 (8.12%) Private Cloud
5 16 (5.90%) Enterprise Storage
6 13 (4.80%) Driving Licence
6 13 (4.80%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.32%) iSeries
7 9 (3.32%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.32%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.95%) Clustering
8 8 (2.95%) CMDB
9 7 (2.58%) PKI
10 6 (2.21%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.85%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.48%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 4 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 125 (46.13%) Windows
2 88 (32.47%) Windows Server
3 81 (29.89%) Linux
4 20 (7.38%) Windows 10
5 19 (7.01%) Unix
6 11 (4.06%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.58%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.74%) Android
11 2 (0.74%) CentOS
11 2 (0.74%) VMS
12 1 (0.37%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.37%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.37%) Solaris
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (32.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (31.73%) Disaster Recovery
3 48 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (14.02%) DevOps
5 38 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (12.92%) Presales
7 29 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (10.33%) ITIL
8 28 (10.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (9.96%) CI/CD
10 26 (9.59%) Infrastructure Automation
11 25 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.38%) Mentoring
13 18 (6.64%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (6.64%) Test Automation
14 17 (6.27%) Business Continuity
14 17 (6.27%) Migration
15 16 (5.90%) BCP
15 16 (5.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (23.62%) PowerShell
2 51 (18.82%) Python
3 14 (5.17%) Bash
4 11 (4.06%) SQL
5 9 (3.32%) Go
6 5 (1.85%) Bicep
6 5 (1.85%) VB
6 5 (1.85%) VBA
6 5 (1.85%) VBScript
7 2 (0.74%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) Java
8 1 (0.37%) Perl
8 1 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (12.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (10.33%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.33%) VCAP
3 27 (9.96%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.86%) Degree
5 23 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (6.64%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.27%) VCDX
8 14 (5.17%) AWS Certification
9 11 (4.06%) CEH
10 10 (3.69%) DV Cleared
10 10 (3.69%) MCSE
11 9 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.21%) CCNA
14 5 (1.85%) CCNP
14 5 (1.85%) HNC
14 5 (1.85%) HND
15 4 (1.48%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.38%) NIST
2 19 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.54%) SLA
4 13 (4.80%) PMO
5 11 (4.06%) ISO 22301
6 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 167 (61.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (29.52%) Active Directory
3 65 (23.99%) Hyper-V
4 48 (17.71%) vSphere
5 43 (15.87%) VMware NSX
6 22 (8.12%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (6.27%) vCloud
8 12 (4.43%) Firmware
9 10 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (2.21%) DFS Replication
10 6 (2.21%) Docker
10 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.85%) KVM
12 4 (1.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.11%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.74%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.74%) Xen
Systems Management
1 51 (18.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (16.97%) Ansible
3 44 (16.24%) Terraform
4 32 (11.81%) Kubernetes
5 21 (7.75%) vCenter Server
6 17 (6.27%) Grafana
7 14 (5.17%) Proxmox
7 14 (5.17%) SCCM
8 13 (4.80%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.21%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (2.21%) Packer
9 6 (2.21%) ZABBIX
10 5 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (1.85%) Puppet
11 4 (1.48%) Avamar
11 4 (1.48%) Dell DRAC
11 4 (1.48%) EMC VPLEX
11 4 (1.48%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.48%) VxRail
12 3 (1.11%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 122 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 44 (16.24%) Cisco
3 37 (13.65%) Veeam
4 32 (11.81%) NetApp
5 29 (10.70%) Dell
6 27 (9.96%) Commvault
7 22 (8.12%) Red Hat
8 21 (7.75%) Palo Alto
9 20 (7.38%) Nimble Storage
10 18 (6.64%) Fortinet
11 17 (6.27%) Broadcom
11 17 (6.27%) HP
12 16 (5.90%) EMC
13 15 (5.54%) IBM
14 14 (5.17%) Citrix
15 12 (4.43%) Splunk
16 8 (2.95%) 3PAR
16 8 (2.95%) F5
16 8 (2.95%) Meraki
16 8 (2.95%) Sophos