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 20 July 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
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 170 88
Rank change year-on-year -10 -82 -5
Permanent jobs citing VMware 308 329 918
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.99% 3.05%
As % of the Vendors category 4.44% 4.17% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 231 287 777
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £75,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% +8.70% -8.00%

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 6,931 7,899 11,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.20% 47.79% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,895 4,144 8,289
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £31,725
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% +8.00% -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

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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 20 July 2026.

VMware salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 58 (18.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (11.04%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.90%) IIS
4 8 (2.60%) Apache
4 8 (2.60%) nginx
5 5 (1.62%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Weka
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Houdini
4 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 201 (65.26%) Azure
2 110 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (25.65%) AWS
4 53 (17.21%) Entra ID
5 38 (12.34%) Nutanix
6 26 (8.44%) GitHub
7 19 (6.17%) IaaS
8 17 (5.52%) PaaS
9 16 (5.19%) GCP
10 15 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.90%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.90%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.90%) Serverless
13 8 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.60%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.27%) Mimecast
14 7 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 126 (40.91%) Firewall
2 91 (29.55%) DNS
3 83 (26.95%) VPN
4 58 (18.83%) DHCP
5 55 (17.86%) WAN
6 50 (16.23%) LAN
7 39 (12.66%) TCP/IP
8 26 (8.44%) VLAN
9 22 (7.14%) VSAN
10 14 (4.55%) Network Security
11 12 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (2.92%) Wireless
13 8 (2.60%) BGP
13 8 (2.60%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (2.60%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (2.27%) MPLS
14 7 (2.27%) Unified Communications
15 6 (1.95%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.60%) Power BI
4 6 (1.95%) MySQL
5 5 (1.62%) Tableau
6 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.14%) Git
2 6 (1.95%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.30%) GitLab
5 2 (0.65%) Gradle
5 2 (0.65%) JUnit
5 2 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 112 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.99%) Finance
3 30 (9.74%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.09%) Retail
5 23 (7.47%) Law
6 18 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.87%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.22%) Banking
8 13 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.90%) Marketing
10 10 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (2.60%) Legal
12 8 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.30%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.97%) Back Office
15 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (21.10%) Senior
2 64 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 45 (14.61%) Support Engineer
4 44 (14.29%) Consultant
5 37 (12.01%) IT Engineer
6 32 (10.39%) IT Support
7 30 (9.74%) Architect
8 29 (9.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (7.79%) Analyst
10 23 (7.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.49%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (6.49%) Senior Consultant
11 20 (6.49%) Technical Consultant
12 19 (6.17%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.84%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (5.84%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.52%) Cloud Consultant
14 17 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (4.87%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.92%) Middleware
2 6 (1.95%) XMPP
3 4 (1.30%) Web Services
4 2 (0.65%) gRPC
4 2 (0.65%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.65%) REST
4 2 (0.65%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 69 (22.40%) Data Centre
2 37 (12.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.77%) Replication
4 26 (8.44%) Driving Licence
4 26 (8.44%) Public Cloud
5 24 (7.79%) Private Cloud
6 21 (6.82%) Enterprise Storage
7 19 (6.17%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.90%) Podcast
9 11 (3.57%) iSeries
10 10 (3.25%) CMDB
10 10 (3.25%) Onboarding
10 10 (3.25%) PKI
10 10 (3.25%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.95%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.95%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 167 (54.22%) Windows
2 107 (34.74%) Windows Server
3 86 (27.92%) Linux
4 19 (6.17%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.55%) Unix
6 13 (4.22%) VMS
7 9 (2.92%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.27%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.97%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.97%) CentOS
10 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.65%) Android
11 2 (0.65%) Debian
11 2 (0.65%) Solaris
12 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (32.47%) Disaster Recovery
1 100 (32.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 70 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (16.23%) Presales
4 48 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (13.64%) DevOps
5 42 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (12.34%) CI/CD
7 34 (11.04%) Mentoring
8 30 (9.74%) Business Continuity
9 29 (9.42%) High Availability
10 28 (9.09%) ITIL
11 27 (8.77%) Project Delivery
12 26 (8.44%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (7.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 24 (7.79%) Roadmaps
14 23 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (7.47%) Customer Service
14 23 (7.47%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 88 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 51 (16.56%) Python
3 31 (10.06%) SQL
4 30 (9.74%) Bash
5 16 (5.19%) Bicep
6 12 (3.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (2.92%) Go
8 5 (1.62%) VB
8 5 (1.62%) VBA
8 5 (1.62%) VBScript
9 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Rust
10 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Java
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (14.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 42 (13.64%) Azure Certification
3 40 (12.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 32 (10.39%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.42%) VCAP
7 27 (8.77%) Degree
8 21 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (6.82%) VCDX
9 16 (5.19%) CCNP
10 14 (4.55%) CCNA
11 12 (3.90%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.92%) MCSE
12 9 (2.92%) RHCSA
13 8 (2.60%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.27%) HNC
14 7 (2.27%) HND
15 6 (1.95%) CEH
15 6 (1.95%) Dell Certification
16 5 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.52%) SLA
2 15 (4.87%) PMO
3 13 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.25%) NIST
5 6 (1.95%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.65%) GDPR
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 222 (72.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 108 (35.06%) Active Directory
3 105 (34.09%) Hyper-V
4 75 (24.35%) vSphere
5 39 (12.66%) VMware NSX
6 30 (9.74%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.19%) vCloud
8 14 (4.55%) Firmware
8 14 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (2.92%) KVM
11 8 (2.60%) Docker
12 7 (2.27%) VMware Server
13 6 (1.95%) DFS Replication
13 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (1.30%) Squid
15 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (18.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (17.21%) Terraform
3 40 (12.99%) Ansible
4 31 (10.06%) Kubernetes
5 23 (7.47%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.87%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.55%) Grafana
8 11 (3.57%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.60%) SCCM
10 6 (1.95%) Avamar
10 6 (1.95%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (1.95%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (1.95%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (1.95%) Packer
10 6 (1.95%) VxRail
10 6 (1.95%) ZABBIX
11 5 (1.62%) Puppet
12 4 (1.30%) HAProxy
12 4 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 179 (58.12%) Microsoft
2 60 (19.48%) Veeam
3 56 (18.18%) Cisco
4 31 (10.06%) Dell
5 30 (9.74%) NetApp
6 29 (9.42%) Palo Alto
7 25 (8.12%) Broadcom
7 25 (8.12%) Fortinet
8 23 (7.47%) Commvault
8 23 (7.47%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (7.14%) Citrix
10 21 (6.82%) EMC
11 19 (6.17%) HP
12 17 (5.52%) IBM
13 14 (4.55%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.22%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.22%) Splunk
15 12 (3.90%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.57%) Meraki
17 10 (3.25%) F5