Hybrid/Remote VMware Job Trends

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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 7 August 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
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 170 98
Rank change year-on-year -16 -72 -19
Permanent jobs citing VMware 318 327 732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 1.98% 2.91%
As % of the Vendors category 4.40% 4.18% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 242 283 598
10th Percentile £35,800 £31,250 £31,250
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% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,375 £72,750 £82,500
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 7,228 7,825 9,729
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.97% 47.46% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,131 4,042 6,485
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.57% - -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 7 August 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 63 (19.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (11.95%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.09%) IIS
4 11 (3.46%) Apache
4 11 (3.46%) nginx
5 5 (1.57%) Confluence
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.31%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.31%) Houdini
3 1 (0.31%) NUKE
3 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (65.09%) Azure
2 119 (37.42%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (25.47%) AWS
4 65 (20.44%) Entra ID
5 34 (10.69%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.92%) GitHub
7 21 (6.60%) IaaS
8 19 (5.97%) PaaS
9 15 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (4.72%) GCP
10 14 (4.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.77%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.77%) Serverless
12 11 (3.46%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.83%) Power Platform
15 8 (2.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 130 (40.88%) Firewall
2 105 (33.02%) DNS
3 83 (26.10%) VPN
4 68 (21.38%) DHCP
5 59 (18.55%) WAN
6 56 (17.61%) LAN
7 44 (13.84%) TCP/IP
8 29 (9.12%) VLAN
9 22 (6.92%) VSAN
10 20 (6.29%) Network Security
11 15 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.14%) BGP
12 10 (3.14%) Wireless
13 9 (2.83%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (2.52%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (2.52%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.20%) MPLS
15 7 (2.20%) OSPF
15 7 (2.20%) SAN
15 7 (2.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.20%) Power BI
4 6 (1.89%) MySQL
5 4 (1.26%) Tableau
6 3 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) Git
2 6 (1.89%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.94%) GitLab
3 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.63%) Gradle
4 2 (0.63%) JUnit
4 2 (0.63%) Mockito
5 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 116 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.84%) Finance
3 30 (9.43%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.12%) Retail
5 24 (7.55%) Law
6 20 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (6.29%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.40%) Banking
8 13 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.09%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.09%) Marketing
9 12 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.20%) Legal
11 7 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.26%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.94%) Back Office
15 2 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (23.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 65 (20.44%) Senior
3 47 (14.78%) Consultant
3 47 (14.78%) Support Engineer
4 36 (11.32%) IT Engineer
5 33 (10.38%) Architect
6 31 (9.75%) IT Support
7 27 (8.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (8.18%) Analyst
8 26 (8.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (6.92%) Technical Consultant
10 21 (6.60%) Network Engineer
11 19 (5.97%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (5.97%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (5.66%) Cloud Consultant
12 18 (5.66%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (5.66%) VMware Architect
13 17 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (5.03%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.52%) Middleware
2 7 (2.20%) XMPP
3 6 (1.89%) Web Services
4 2 (0.63%) gRPC
4 2 (0.63%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.63%) RESTful
5 1 (0.31%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 67 (21.07%) Data Centre
2 35 (11.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (9.43%) Driving Licence
4 28 (8.81%) Replication
5 25 (7.86%) Public Cloud
6 22 (6.92%) Enterprise Storage
7 21 (6.60%) Private Cloud
8 19 (5.97%) Security Posture
9 12 (3.77%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.77%) Podcast
10 11 (3.46%) iSeries
10 11 (3.46%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (3.14%) PKI
12 9 (2.83%) CMDB
13 7 (2.20%) FlexPod
14 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.89%) VxBlock/Vblock
15 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
15 5 (1.57%) Raspberry Pi
16 4 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 187 (58.81%) Windows
2 123 (38.68%) Windows Server
3 84 (26.42%) Linux
4 18 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.09%) Unix
5 13 (4.09%) VMS
6 10 (3.14%) Mac OS
7 9 (2.83%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.94%) CentOS
12 2 (0.63%) Android
12 2 (0.63%) Debian
12 2 (0.63%) Solaris
13 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.31%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (34.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 106 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 79 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (16.04%) Presales
6 49 (15.41%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.26%) DevOps
9 37 (11.64%) Business Continuity
10 36 (11.32%) High Availability
10 36 (11.32%) ITIL
10 36 (11.32%) Mentoring
11 35 (11.01%) Project Delivery
12 33 (10.38%) CI/CD
12 33 (10.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 30 (9.43%) Roadmaps
14 27 (8.49%) Customer Service
15 24 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
17 22 (6.92%) AI
Programming Languages
1 86 (27.04%) PowerShell
2 43 (13.52%) Python
3 29 (9.12%) SQL
4 27 (8.49%) Bash
5 19 (5.97%) Bicep
6 12 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.57%) Go
8 4 (1.26%) VB
8 4 (1.26%) VBA
8 4 (1.26%) VBScript
9 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.31%) C
11 1 (0.31%) Rust
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (15.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 48 (15.09%) Azure Certification
3 43 (13.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (12.26%) Security Cleared
5 36 (11.32%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.12%) VCAP
7 24 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (7.55%) Degree
8 21 (6.60%) VCDX
9 18 (5.66%) CCNP
10 15 (4.72%) CCNA
10 15 (4.72%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.83%) RHCSA
12 8 (2.52%) MCSE
13 7 (2.20%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.20%) HNC
13 7 (2.20%) HND
14 6 (1.89%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.55%) SLA
2 15 (4.72%) PMO
3 12 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.20%) NIST
6 4 (1.26%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 238 (74.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 123 (38.68%) Active Directory
3 116 (36.48%) Hyper-V
4 75 (23.58%) vSphere
5 38 (11.95%) VMware NSX
6 32 (10.06%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (5.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (5.03%) vCloud
9 14 (4.40%) Firmware
10 12 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
11 9 (2.83%) VMware Server
12 8 (2.52%) KVM
13 7 (2.20%) Docker
13 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (1.89%) Squid
15 4 (1.26%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.94%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.94%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.31%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (18.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (16.35%) Terraform
3 34 (10.69%) Ansible
4 25 (7.86%) Kubernetes
5 19 (5.97%) vCenter Server
6 12 (3.77%) Proxmox
7 10 (3.14%) Grafana
7 10 (3.14%) SCCM
8 7 (2.20%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (1.89%) Avamar
9 6 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (1.89%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (1.89%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (1.89%) Packer
9 6 (1.89%) VxRail
10 5 (1.57%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.57%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.26%) Graylog
11 4 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 197 (61.95%) Microsoft
2 70 (22.01%) Veeam
3 65 (20.44%) Cisco
4 33 (10.38%) Palo Alto
5 31 (9.75%) Dell
5 31 (9.75%) NetApp
6 26 (8.18%) Fortinet
7 25 (7.86%) Broadcom
8 23 (7.23%) HP
8 23 (7.23%) Nimble Storage
9 21 (6.60%) Citrix
9 21 (6.60%) EMC
10 19 (5.97%) Commvault
11 15 (4.72%) IBM
12 14 (4.40%) Red Hat
12 14 (4.40%) ServiceNow
12 14 (4.40%) Splunk
13 12 (3.77%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (3.46%) Meraki
14 11 (3.46%) N-able