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 30 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
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 168 98
Rank change year-on-year -23 -70 -17
Permanent jobs citing VMware 312 324 782
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.97% 2.93%
As % of the Vendors category 4.42% 4.14% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 236 280 654
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £73,125 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £91,875 £75,125 £81,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -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 7,052 7,822 10,435
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.01% 47.52% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,002 4,050 7,140
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -8.70%

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 30 July 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 60 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.17%) IIS
4 11 (3.53%) Apache
4 11 (3.53%) nginx
5 5 (1.60%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Houdini
3 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 203 (65.06%) Azure
2 115 (36.86%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (26.92%) AWS
4 61 (19.55%) Entra ID
5 35 (11.22%) Nutanix
6 25 (8.01%) GitHub
7 20 (6.41%) IaaS
8 18 (5.77%) PaaS
9 16 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.81%) GCP
11 13 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.85%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.85%) Serverless
13 9 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (2.88%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.56%) Mimecast
14 8 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 128 (41.03%) Firewall
2 97 (31.09%) DNS
3 82 (26.28%) VPN
4 62 (19.87%) DHCP
5 58 (18.59%) WAN
6 54 (17.31%) LAN
7 41 (13.14%) TCP/IP
8 28 (8.97%) VLAN
9 22 (7.05%) VSAN
10 18 (5.77%) Network Security
11 14 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.21%) Wireless
13 9 (2.88%) BGP
13 9 (2.88%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (2.56%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.24%) MPLS
15 7 (2.24%) SAN
15 7 (2.24%) WebEx
16 6 (1.92%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.24%) Power BI
4 6 (1.92%) MySQL
5 4 (1.28%) Tableau
6 3 (0.96%) 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 (7.05%) Git
2 6 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.28%) GitLab
5 2 (0.64%) Gradle
5 2 (0.64%) JUnit
5 2 (0.64%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 113 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.46%) Finance
3 31 (9.94%) Retail
4 30 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.37%) Law
6 19 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.77%) Telecoms
8 14 (4.49%) Banking
9 13 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.17%) Marketing
10 12 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.24%) Legal
14 5 (1.60%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.96%) Back Office
17 2 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 64 (20.51%) Senior
3 46 (14.74%) Support Engineer
4 44 (14.10%) Consultant
5 36 (11.54%) IT Engineer
6 32 (10.26%) IT Support
7 31 (9.94%) Architect
8 28 (8.97%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (8.33%) Analyst
10 24 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.41%) Technical Consultant
12 19 (6.09%) Senior Consultant
12 19 (6.09%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.77%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (5.77%) Network Engineer
13 18 (5.77%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (5.45%) Cloud Consultant
14 17 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.88%) Middleware
2 7 (2.24%) XMPP
3 6 (1.92%) Web Services
4 2 (0.64%) gRPC
4 2 (0.64%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.64%) REST
4 2 (0.64%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 70 (22.44%) Data Centre
2 35 (11.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (9.29%) Driving Licence
4 28 (8.97%) Replication
5 25 (8.01%) Public Cloud
6 23 (7.37%) Private Cloud
7 22 (7.05%) Enterprise Storage
8 19 (6.09%) Security Posture
9 12 (3.85%) Podcast
10 11 (3.53%) iSeries
10 11 (3.53%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (3.21%) CMDB
11 10 (3.21%) PKI
12 7 (2.24%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.92%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
15 4 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 182 (58.33%) Windows
2 119 (38.14%) Windows Server
3 88 (28.21%) Linux
4 20 (6.41%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.17%) Unix
5 13 (4.17%) VMS
6 9 (2.88%) Mac OS
6 9 (2.88%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.96%) CentOS
11 2 (0.64%) Android
11 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.64%) Debian
11 2 (0.64%) Solaris
12 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (33.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 102 (32.69%) Disaster Recovery
3 74 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (16.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (16.35%) Presales
5 47 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (13.14%) DevOps
6 41 (13.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 37 (11.86%) CI/CD
8 35 (11.22%) Business Continuity
8 35 (11.22%) High Availability
9 33 (10.58%) ITIL
9 33 (10.58%) Mentoring
9 33 (10.58%) Project Delivery
10 30 (9.62%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (9.29%) Roadmaps
12 24 (7.69%) Customer Service
12 24 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
12 24 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (7.37%) AI
Programming Languages
1 85 (27.24%) PowerShell
2 48 (15.38%) Python
3 30 (9.62%) Bash
4 29 (9.29%) SQL
5 17 (5.45%) Bicep
6 12 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.56%) Go
8 4 (1.28%) VB
8 4 (1.28%) VBA
8 4 (1.28%) VBScript
9 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.64%) Rust
10 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 49 (15.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 45 (14.42%) Azure Certification
3 42 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (11.86%) Security Cleared
5 35 (11.22%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.29%) VCAP
7 25 (8.01%) Degree
8 22 (7.05%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (6.73%) VCDX
10 17 (5.45%) CCNP
11 14 (4.49%) CCNA
11 14 (4.49%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.88%) AWS Certification
12 9 (2.88%) RHCSA
13 8 (2.56%) MCSE
14 7 (2.24%) HNC
14 7 (2.24%) HND
15 6 (1.92%) Dell Certification
16 5 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.41%) SLA
2 15 (4.81%) PMO
3 11 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.24%) NIST
6 4 (1.28%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.64%) GDPR
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 233 (74.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 117 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 111 (35.58%) Hyper-V
4 76 (24.36%) vSphere
5 37 (11.86%) VMware NSX
6 33 (10.58%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.13%) vCloud
8 14 (4.49%) Firmware
8 14 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (2.88%) KVM
11 8 (2.56%) Docker
11 8 (2.56%) VMware Server
12 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (2.24%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.92%) Squid
14 5 (1.60%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.96%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.64%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (16.35%) Terraform
3 36 (11.54%) Ansible
4 28 (8.97%) Kubernetes
5 21 (6.73%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.49%) Proxmox
7 12 (3.85%) Grafana
8 9 (2.88%) SCCM
9 8 (2.56%) Prometheus
10 7 (2.24%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (1.92%) Avamar
11 6 (1.92%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (1.92%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (1.92%) Packer
11 6 (1.92%) VxRail
12 5 (1.60%) HAProxy
13 4 (1.28%) Graylog
13 4 (1.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (1.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 191 (61.22%) Microsoft
2 67 (21.47%) Veeam
3 60 (19.23%) Cisco
4 31 (9.94%) Dell
4 31 (9.94%) NetApp
4 31 (9.94%) Palo Alto
5 25 (8.01%) Broadcom
5 25 (8.01%) Fortinet
6 23 (7.37%) Nimble Storage
7 22 (7.05%) HP
8 21 (6.73%) Citrix
8 21 (6.73%) EMC
9 20 (6.41%) Commvault
10 15 (4.81%) IBM
11 14 (4.49%) Red Hat
11 14 (4.49%) Splunk
12 13 (4.17%) ServiceNow
13 12 (3.85%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (3.53%) Meraki
15 10 (3.21%) Sophos