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 24 November 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
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 89 71
Rank change year-on-year -74 -18 +26
Permanent jobs citing VMware 230 643 887
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 3.21% 4.17%
As % of the Vendors category 3.36% 8.69% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 178 444 769
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £38,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% +1.92% +0.97%
75th Percentile £70,938 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

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 6,845 7,398 8,725
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 45.25% 36.91% 40.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,578 4,453 7,138
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.03%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,800 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%

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 24 November 2025.

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 34 (14.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.04%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 123 (53.48%) Azure
2 83 (36.09%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (19.57%) AWS
4 31 (13.48%) Entra ID
5 21 (9.13%) GitHub
6 17 (7.39%) Nutanix
7 14 (6.09%) IaaS
8 11 (4.78%) PaaS
9 10 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.35%) SaaS
10 9 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (3.91%) GCP
11 8 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.04%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.61%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
14 5 (2.17%) Cohesity
15 3 (1.30%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (37.83%) Firewall
2 48 (20.87%) DNS
3 43 (18.70%) DHCP
4 39 (16.96%) VPN
5 37 (16.09%) WAN
6 27 (11.74%) SAN
7 24 (10.43%) LAN
7 24 (10.43%) TCP/IP
8 18 (7.83%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.65%) VLAN
9 13 (5.65%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (3.04%) IP Telephony
10 7 (3.04%) Wireless
10 7 (3.04%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.61%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (2.61%) Network Security
12 5 (2.17%) BGP
12 5 (2.17%) NAS
12 5 (2.17%) OSPF
13 4 (1.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.04%) Data Hub
2 7 (3.04%) SQL CLR
3 5 (2.17%) Power BI
4 3 (1.30%) Metadata
4 3 (1.30%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.87%) MySQL
5 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.48%) Git
2 7 (3.04%) TeamCity
3 5 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.87%) GitLab
4 2 (0.87%) JMeter
4 2 (0.87%) JUnit
4 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 81 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.30%) Finance
3 21 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.78%) Marketing
4 11 (4.78%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.48%) Back Office
7 8 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.04%) Retail
9 6 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.17%) Law
11 4 (1.74%) Legal
12 3 (1.30%) Local Government
13 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 2 (0.87%) Electronics
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (19.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (16.09%) Senior
3 35 (15.22%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.43%) IT Support
5 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Manager
6 17 (7.39%) IT Engineer
6 17 (7.39%) IT Manager
7 16 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (6.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (6.52%) VMware Engineer
9 14 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (5.65%) Analyst
10 13 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (5.65%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.65%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.35%) Consultant
12 10 (4.35%) Security Manager
13 9 (3.91%) Network Engineer
13 9 (3.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.04%) .NET
2 6 (2.61%) Node.js
3 4 (1.74%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.74%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.74%) Dapper ORM
3 4 (1.74%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.30%) JSON
4 3 (1.30%) Kafka
4 3 (1.30%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.87%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.87%) LAMP
5 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.87%) Spring
5 2 (0.87%) WCF
6 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.74%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (6.96%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.22%) Private Cloud
6 10 (4.35%) CCTV
7 9 (3.91%) Public Cloud
8 8 (3.48%) Client/Server
8 8 (3.48%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.61%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (1.30%) Clustering
11 3 (1.30%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.30%) PKI
11 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 123 (53.48%) Windows
2 81 (35.22%) Windows Server
3 62 (26.96%) Linux
4 18 (7.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (7.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.09%) Unix
5 14 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (4.35%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.91%) CentOS
8 8 (3.48%) Solaris
9 7 (3.04%) Apple iOS
10 5 (2.17%) Android
10 5 (2.17%) Debian
10 5 (2.17%) Mac OS X
10 5 (2.17%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (2.17%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.30%) HPUX
12 3 (1.30%) VMS
12 3 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (20.87%) ITIL
4 47 (20.43%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (16.09%) Mentoring
6 36 (15.65%) DevOps
7 29 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (12.17%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (10.43%) Migration
11 23 (10.00%) Server Management
12 22 (9.57%) Performance Tuning
12 22 (9.57%) Project Delivery
13 18 (7.83%) Customer Service
14 17 (7.39%) CI/CD
14 17 (7.39%) Collaborative Culture
14 17 (7.39%) Infrastructure Management
15 16 (6.96%) Test Automation
16 15 (6.52%) Change Control
16 15 (6.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.43%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.48%) Python
3 18 (7.83%) SQL
4 12 (5.22%) Bash
5 11 (4.78%) Bicep
6 5 (2.17%) Korn
7 4 (1.74%) C#
8 3 (1.30%) Java
8 3 (1.30%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 40 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
1 40 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 24 (10.43%) MCP
4 24 (10.43%) MCSE
5 22 (9.57%) MCSA
6 19 (8.26%) CCNA
7 18 (7.83%) Azure Certification
8 17 (7.39%) Degree
9 15 (6.52%) CCNP
10 12 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.91%) CCA
11 9 (3.91%) Citrix Certification
11 9 (3.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (3.48%) AWS Certification
12 8 (3.48%) DBS Check
13 5 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.17%) CEH
13 5 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (8.26%) SLA
2 13 (5.65%) NIST
3 9 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.17%) GDPR
4 5 (2.17%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (51.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 81 (35.22%) Active Directory
3 57 (24.78%) Hyper-V
4 24 (10.43%) vSphere
5 18 (7.83%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.96%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.35%) VMware NSX
8 8 (3.48%) Firmware
9 7 (3.04%) Docker
10 6 (2.61%) NFS
11 3 (1.30%) XenApp
12 1 (0.43%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.43%) Postfix
12 1 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 50 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (17.39%) Terraform
3 31 (13.48%) Ansible
4 21 (9.13%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.22%) vCenter Server
6 10 (4.35%) SCCM
7 6 (2.61%) SCOM
8 5 (2.17%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.74%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (1.30%) Nessus
10 3 (1.30%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.43%) Icinga
12 1 (0.43%) Kibana
12 1 (0.43%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.43%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 124 (53.91%) Microsoft
2 56 (24.35%) Cisco
3 25 (10.87%) Veeam
4 18 (7.83%) Dell
5 16 (6.96%) NetApp
6 15 (6.52%) Commvault
7 14 (6.09%) Citrix
7 14 (6.09%) Red Hat
7 14 (6.09%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.35%) 3PAR
8 10 (4.35%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.91%) HP
10 7 (3.04%) Draytek
10 7 (3.04%) F5
10 7 (3.04%) Google
10 7 (3.04%) Mitel
10 7 (3.04%) Oracle
10 7 (3.04%) Pure Storage
10 7 (3.04%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (3.04%) WatchGuard