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 28 February 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 112 80
Rank change year-on-year -56 -32 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 252 447 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.99% 3.77%
As % of the Vendors category 4.14% 7.57% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 170 325 904
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,520 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £79,375 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -7.77%

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 6,081 5,905 11,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.96% 39.47% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,311 3,626 9,427
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £40,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -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 28 February 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 34 (13.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.59%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 137 (54.37%) Azure
2 94 (37.30%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (21.43%) AWS
4 51 (20.24%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.32%) Nutanix
6 15 (5.95%) OneDrive
7 12 (4.76%) GitHub
7 12 (4.76%) IaaS
8 11 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.37%) PaaS
9 10 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.78%) GCP
11 6 (2.38%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 91 (36.11%) Firewall
2 65 (25.79%) DNS
3 54 (21.43%) VPN
4 44 (17.46%) DHCP
5 37 (14.68%) WAN
6 30 (11.90%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.52%) SD-WAN
8 19 (7.54%) LAN
9 17 (6.75%) VLAN
10 15 (5.95%) SAN
11 9 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (3.17%) BGP
13 7 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (2.78%) IP Telephony
14 6 (2.38%) Network Security
14 6 (2.38%) Wireless
15 5 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (1.98%) IPsec
15 5 (1.98%) Unified Communications
16 4 (1.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.59%) Power BI
2 4 (1.59%) Tableau
3 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.19%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.79%) MySQL
4 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.19%) GitLab
3 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.79%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) JMeter
3 2 (0.79%) JUnit
3 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.40%) Subversion
4 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 96 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 44 (17.46%) Finance
3 17 (6.75%) Retail
4 16 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.95%) Law
6 14 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.57%) Legal
8 7 (2.78%) Banking
8 7 (2.78%) Marketing
8 7 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Aviation
12 2 (0.79%) Advertising
12 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.79%) Local Government
12 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.40%) Back Office
13 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (19.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 50 (19.84%) Senior
2 30 (11.90%) Support Engineer
3 29 (11.51%) IT Support
3 29 (11.51%) VMware Engineer
4 22 (8.73%) IT Engineer
5 21 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (7.54%) Analyst
6 19 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 17 (6.75%) Infrastructure Manager
9 14 (5.56%) Network Engineer
10 13 (5.16%) IT Security Specialist
10 13 (5.16%) Security Specialist
10 13 (5.16%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (4.37%) Consultant
13 10 (3.97%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.97%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) .NET
1 3 (1.19%) JSON
1 3 (1.19%) Kafka
1 3 (1.19%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.79%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.79%) Spring
2 2 (0.79%) WCF
2 2 (0.79%) XMPP
3 1 (0.40%) J2EE
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.87%) Hybrid Cloud
2 26 (10.32%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.76%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.97%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.57%) CCTV
7 9 (3.57%) Clustering
7 9 (3.57%) Replication
8 8 (3.17%) Client/Server
8 8 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.17%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.78%) Cloud Native
10 6 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.59%) iPad
11 4 (1.59%) iPhone
11 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 126 (50.00%) Windows
2 99 (39.29%) Windows Server
3 58 (23.02%) Linux
4 18 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (4.76%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.97%) Unix
7 10 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.98%) VMS
10 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.40%) CentOS
12 1 (0.40%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.40%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (22.62%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (20.63%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (16.27%) ITIL
7 35 (13.89%) DevOps
8 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.92%) CI/CD
9 25 (9.92%) Mentoring
10 24 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (9.13%) Project Delivery
11 23 (9.13%) Test Automation
12 20 (7.94%) Root Cause Analysis
12 20 (7.94%) Service Delivery
13 19 (7.54%) BCP
13 19 (7.54%) Resilience Testing
13 19 (7.54%) Runbook
14 18 (7.14%) Migration
15 16 (6.35%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 62 (24.60%) PowerShell
2 46 (18.25%) Python
3 11 (4.37%) Bash
3 11 (4.37%) Bicep
4 8 (3.17%) SQL
5 7 (2.78%) Go
6 4 (1.59%) Java
6 4 (1.59%) VB
6 4 (1.59%) VBA
6 4 (1.59%) VBScript
7 1 (0.40%) Perl
7 1 (0.40%) Rust
7 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (11.51%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 24 (9.52%) Azure Certification
5 23 (9.13%) SC Cleared
6 22 (8.73%) MCSE
7 21 (8.33%) CCNA
8 19 (7.54%) AWS Certification
8 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 18 (7.14%) MCSA
10 14 (5.56%) CCNP
11 13 (5.16%) CEH
11 13 (5.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (4.37%) Degree
13 10 (3.97%) CCA
13 10 (3.97%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (2.78%) DBS Check
15 6 (2.38%) DV Cleared
16 5 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (1.98%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (8.73%) NIST
3 21 (8.33%) SLA
4 13 (5.16%) ISO 22301
5 10 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.19%) GDPR
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 115 (45.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (37.70%) Active Directory
3 66 (26.19%) Hyper-V
4 23 (9.13%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (8.73%) VMware NSX
6 17 (6.75%) vSphere
7 12 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (3.97%) Firmware
9 7 (2.78%) Docker
10 5 (1.98%) DFS Replication
11 4 (1.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.79%) KVM
12 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.79%) XenApp
13 1 (0.40%) vCloud
13 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (24.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (17.46%) Terraform
3 36 (14.29%) Ansible
4 24 (9.52%) Kubernetes
5 18 (7.14%) vCenter Server
6 16 (6.35%) SCCM
7 11 (4.37%) Grafana
7 11 (4.37%) Prometheus
7 11 (4.37%) Proxmox
8 6 (2.38%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.38%) SCOM
9 5 (1.98%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.59%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.59%) Puppet
11 3 (1.19%) Nessus
12 2 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.79%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.79%) Kibana
12 2 (0.79%) Nagios
13 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 118 (46.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (16.27%) Cisco
3 21 (8.33%) Veeam
4 20 (7.94%) Commvault
5 18 (7.14%) Citrix
6 12 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 12 (4.76%) NetApp
6 12 (4.76%) Red Hat
7 11 (4.37%) Draytek
7 11 (4.37%) Palo Alto
7 11 (4.37%) SolarWinds
8 9 (3.57%) 3PAR
8 9 (3.57%) Google
9 8 (3.17%) CheckPoint
9 8 (3.17%) F5
9 8 (3.17%) IBM
9 8 (3.17%) WatchGuard
10 7 (2.78%) Mitel
11 6 (2.38%) Oracle
11 6 (2.38%) Symantec