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 9 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
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 170 91
Rank change year-on-year -13 -79 -5
Permanent jobs citing VMware 308 335 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.04% 3.10%
As % of the Vendors category 4.48% 4.29% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 224 293 859
10th Percentile £35,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +1.01% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 6,879 7,807 12,662
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.45% 47.58% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,829 4,125 9,115
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.99%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £88,750
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 9 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 59 (19.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.90%) IIS
4 5 (1.62%) Apache
4 5 (1.62%) Confluence
4 5 (1.62%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) JBoss
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.30%) Weka
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Houdini
4 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 196 (63.64%) Azure
2 107 (34.74%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (24.68%) AWS
4 52 (16.88%) Entra ID
5 39 (12.66%) Nutanix
6 27 (8.77%) GitHub
7 19 (6.17%) IaaS
8 17 (5.52%) PaaS
9 15 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (4.87%) GCP
10 14 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (3.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.90%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.90%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (3.90%) Serverless
12 9 (2.92%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.60%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 123 (39.94%) Firewall
2 90 (29.22%) DNS
3 85 (27.60%) VPN
4 58 (18.83%) DHCP
5 51 (16.56%) WAN
6 43 (13.96%) LAN
7 40 (12.99%) TCP/IP
8 23 (7.47%) VLAN
9 22 (7.14%) VSAN
10 13 (4.22%) Network Security
11 10 (3.25%) BGP
11 10 (3.25%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.25%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (2.60%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (2.27%) MPLS
13 7 (2.27%) SAN
14 6 (1.95%) iSCSI
14 6 (1.95%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.60%) Power BI
4 6 (1.95%) MySQL
5 5 (1.62%) Tableau
6 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.14%) Git
2 6 (1.95%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.30%) GitLab
5 2 (0.65%) Gradle
5 2 (0.65%) JUnit
5 2 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 116 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.66%) Finance
3 30 (9.74%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.42%) Retail
5 22 (7.14%) Law
6 18 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.19%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.87%) Banking
9 14 (4.55%) Marketing
10 13 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (2.60%) Legal
12 8 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.30%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.97%) Back Office
15 3 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.65%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 71 (23.05%) Senior
2 65 (21.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (13.96%) Consultant
4 42 (13.64%) Support Engineer
5 35 (11.36%) IT Engineer
6 29 (9.42%) Architect
6 29 (9.42%) IT Support
7 27 (8.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (8.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.79%) Analyst
10 20 (6.49%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.49%) Senior Consultant
10 20 (6.49%) Technical Consultant
11 19 (6.17%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (5.84%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (5.84%) VMware Architect
13 17 (5.52%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (5.19%) Network Engineer
14 16 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.92%) Middleware
2 6 (1.95%) XMPP
3 3 (0.97%) Web Services
4 2 (0.65%) gRPC
4 2 (0.65%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.65%) REST
4 2 (0.65%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) J2EE
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 71 (23.05%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.77%) Replication
4 26 (8.44%) Public Cloud
5 24 (7.79%) Private Cloud
6 23 (7.47%) Driving Licence
6 23 (7.47%) Security Posture
7 21 (6.82%) Enterprise Storage
8 12 (3.90%) Podcast
9 11 (3.57%) iSeries
10 10 (3.25%) CMDB
10 10 (3.25%) PKI
11 9 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (2.60%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.95%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.95%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 164 (53.25%) Windows
2 105 (34.09%) Windows Server
3 85 (27.60%) Linux
4 19 (6.17%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.55%) Unix
6 13 (4.22%) VMS
7 9 (2.92%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.27%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.62%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.97%) CentOS
11 2 (0.65%) Android
11 2 (0.65%) Solaris
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.32%) Debian
12 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (33.12%) Disaster Recovery
2 96 (31.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.58%) Presales
6 47 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 45 (14.61%) DevOps
8 40 (12.99%) CI/CD
9 39 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (11.04%) Mentoring
11 30 (9.74%) Business Continuity
12 27 (8.77%) Infrastructure Automation
12 27 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (8.44%) High Availability
13 26 (8.44%) Project Delivery
14 25 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (8.12%) ITIL
15 24 (7.79%) Performance Tuning
16 23 (7.47%) AI
16 23 (7.47%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.25%) PowerShell
2 51 (16.56%) Python
3 31 (10.06%) SQL
4 30 (9.74%) Bash
5 15 (4.87%) Bicep
6 12 (3.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (3.25%) Go
8 5 (1.62%) VB
8 5 (1.62%) VBA
8 5 (1.62%) VBScript
9 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) Java
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 39 (12.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (12.01%) Azure Certification
4 32 (10.39%) Security Cleared
5 31 (10.06%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.42%) VCAP
7 26 (8.44%) Degree
8 21 (6.82%) VCDX
9 19 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (4.87%) CCNP
11 13 (4.22%) CCNA
12 10 (3.25%) DV Cleared
13 9 (2.92%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.92%) MCSE
14 8 (2.60%) RHCSA
15 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.95%) CEH
16 6 (1.95%) Dell Certification
17 5 (1.62%) HNC
17 5 (1.62%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.52%) SLA
2 15 (4.87%) PMO
3 14 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (4.22%) NIST
5 10 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.95%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.65%) GDPR
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 216 (70.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 109 (35.39%) Active Directory
3 100 (32.47%) Hyper-V
4 75 (24.35%) vSphere
5 44 (14.29%) VMware NSX
6 26 (8.44%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.19%) vCloud
8 14 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (4.22%) Firmware
10 10 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (2.60%) Docker
11 8 (2.60%) KVM
12 7 (2.27%) VMware Server
13 6 (1.95%) DFS Replication
13 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.97%) Squid
14 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (18.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (18.18%) Terraform
3 44 (14.29%) Ansible
4 35 (11.36%) Kubernetes
5 24 (7.79%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.52%) Grafana
7 16 (5.19%) Proxmox
8 14 (4.55%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.57%) SCCM
10 8 (2.60%) ZABBIX
11 7 (2.27%) Puppet
12 6 (1.95%) Avamar
12 6 (1.95%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (1.95%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (1.95%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (1.95%) Packer
12 6 (1.95%) VxRail
13 4 (1.30%) Graylog
13 4 (1.30%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 173 (56.17%) Microsoft
2 58 (18.83%) Veeam
3 54 (17.53%) Cisco
4 31 (10.06%) Dell
4 31 (10.06%) NetApp
5 29 (9.42%) Palo Alto
6 26 (8.44%) Fortinet
7 25 (8.12%) Broadcom
8 24 (7.79%) Commvault
9 23 (7.47%) Nimble Storage
10 21 (6.82%) Citrix
10 21 (6.82%) EMC
11 19 (6.17%) HP
12 17 (5.52%) IBM
13 14 (4.55%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.22%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.22%) Splunk
15 12 (3.90%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.57%) Meraki
17 10 (3.25%) F5