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 26 June 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
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 165 92
Rank change year-on-year -15 -73 -5
Permanent jobs citing VMware 292 331 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 2.12% 3.03%
As % of the Vendors category 4.55% 4.38% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 210 287 872
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - +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 6,413 7,560 13,154
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.47% 48.33% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 3,965 9,560
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -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 26 June 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 55 (18.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.62%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.42%) IIS
4 5 (1.71%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.37%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 179 (61.30%) Azure
2 100 (34.25%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (23.63%) AWS
4 50 (17.12%) Entra ID
5 38 (13.01%) Nutanix
6 27 (9.25%) GitHub
7 19 (6.51%) IaaS
8 17 (5.82%) PaaS
9 15 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.79%) GCP
10 14 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (4.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.11%) Serverless
12 8 (2.74%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.74%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (35.96%) Firewall
2 79 (27.05%) DNS
2 79 (27.05%) VPN
3 53 (18.15%) DHCP
4 45 (15.41%) WAN
5 35 (11.99%) TCP/IP
6 33 (11.30%) LAN
7 22 (7.53%) VSAN
8 20 (6.85%) VLAN
9 12 (4.11%) Network Security
10 10 (3.42%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (3.42%) SD-WAN
11 9 (3.08%) SAN
12 8 (2.74%) BGP
12 8 (2.74%) Unified Communications
12 8 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.05%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.05%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.05%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.74%) Power BI
4 6 (2.05%) MySQL
5 5 (1.71%) Tableau
6 3 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.53%) Git
2 6 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.37%) GitLab
5 2 (0.68%) Gradle
5 2 (0.68%) JUnit
5 2 (0.68%) Mockito
6 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 105 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.33%) Finance
3 27 (9.25%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.53%) Retail
5 21 (7.19%) Law
6 17 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.45%) Banking
8 12 (4.11%) Marketing
9 11 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.77%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.08%) Legal
10 9 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.03%) Back Office
14 2 (0.68%) Aviation
15 1 (0.34%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (24.66%) Senior
2 66 (22.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (13.36%) Consultant
4 38 (13.01%) Support Engineer
5 34 (11.64%) IT Engineer
6 27 (9.25%) Architect
7 26 (8.90%) IT Support
7 26 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (8.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.88%) Analyst
9 21 (7.19%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.85%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (6.51%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (6.16%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (6.16%) Technical Consultant
12 18 (6.16%) VMware Architect
13 17 (5.82%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (5.82%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (5.14%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.40%) Middleware
2 6 (2.05%) XMPP
3 2 (0.68%) gRPC
3 2 (0.68%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.68%) REST
3 2 (0.68%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) J2EE
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 69 (23.63%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.25%) Replication
4 25 (8.56%) Public Cloud
5 23 (7.88%) Security Posture
6 22 (7.53%) Private Cloud
7 21 (7.19%) Enterprise Storage
8 19 (6.51%) Driving Licence
9 12 (4.11%) Podcast
10 11 (3.77%) iSeries
11 10 (3.42%) CMDB
12 9 (3.08%) PKI
13 7 (2.40%) Onboarding
13 7 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (2.05%) FlexPod
14 6 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (2.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
15 5 (1.71%) Raspberry Pi
16 4 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
17 2 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 155 (53.08%) Windows
2 98 (33.56%) Windows Server
3 78 (26.71%) Linux
4 18 (6.16%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.45%) Unix
5 13 (4.45%) VMS
6 8 (2.74%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.40%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.68%) Android
11 2 (0.68%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Debian
12 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.34%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 92 (31.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (15.75%) DevOps
7 44 (15.07%) Presales
8 40 (13.70%) CI/CD
9 36 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (11.64%) Mentoring
11 28 (9.59%) Business Continuity
11 28 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 25 (8.56%) Infrastructure Automation
12 25 (8.56%) Performance Tuning
13 23 (7.88%) AI
13 23 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (7.88%) ITIL
13 23 (7.88%) Vulnerability Management
14 21 (7.19%) Incident Response
14 21 (7.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 82 (28.08%) PowerShell
2 48 (16.44%) Python
3 29 (9.93%) Bash
3 29 (9.93%) SQL
4 15 (5.14%) Bicep
5 12 (4.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (3.42%) Go
7 5 (1.71%) VB
7 5 (1.71%) VBA
7 5 (1.71%) VBScript
8 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.34%) Java
10 1 (0.34%) Perl
10 1 (0.34%) Rust
10 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (11.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 33 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (10.62%) Azure Certification
4 29 (9.93%) VCAP
5 27 (9.25%) Security Cleared
6 26 (8.90%) SC Cleared
7 24 (8.22%) Degree
8 21 (7.19%) VCDX
9 15 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (3.77%) CCNA
10 11 (3.77%) CCNP
11 10 (3.42%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.42%) DV Cleared
12 9 (3.08%) MCSE
13 7 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.05%) CEH
14 6 (2.05%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.71%) HNC
15 5 (1.71%) HND
15 5 (1.71%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.14%) PMO
2 14 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.79%) SLA
3 13 (4.45%) NIST
4 9 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.05%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.68%) GDPR
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 198 (67.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 107 (36.64%) Active Directory
3 89 (30.48%) Hyper-V
4 72 (24.66%) vSphere
5 42 (14.38%) VMware NSX
6 22 (7.53%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.48%) vCloud
8 14 (4.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (4.45%) Firmware
10 10 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (2.74%) Docker
12 7 (2.40%) KVM
13 6 (2.05%) DFS Replication
13 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (2.05%) VMware Server
14 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.68%) Xen
16 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 56 (19.18%) Terraform
2 54 (18.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (13.70%) Ansible
4 35 (11.99%) Kubernetes
5 25 (8.56%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.82%) Grafana
7 16 (5.48%) Proxmox
8 14 (4.79%) Prometheus
9 12 (4.11%) SCCM
10 8 (2.74%) ZABBIX
11 6 (2.05%) Avamar
11 6 (2.05%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (2.05%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (2.05%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (2.05%) Packer
11 6 (2.05%) Puppet
11 6 (2.05%) VxRail
12 4 (1.37%) Graylog
12 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 161 (55.14%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.15%) Veeam
3 50 (17.12%) Cisco
4 33 (11.30%) NetApp
5 31 (10.62%) Dell
6 25 (8.56%) Broadcom
6 25 (8.56%) Palo Alto
7 24 (8.22%) Commvault
8 23 (7.88%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (7.53%) Fortinet
10 21 (7.19%) EMC
11 19 (6.51%) HP
12 17 (5.82%) IBM
13 15 (5.14%) Citrix
14 13 (4.45%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.45%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.45%) Splunk
15 12 (4.11%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.77%) Meraki
17 10 (3.42%) Sophos