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 22 April 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
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 123 85
Rank change year-on-year -44 -38 +10
Permanent jobs citing VMware 275 365 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.54% 2.73% 3.37%
As % of the Vendors category 4.98% 6.38% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 186 323 939
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,575 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £83,891 £67,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -6.86%

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 5,526 5,718 13,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.93% 42.78% 41.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,537 3,882 10,074
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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

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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 22 April 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 27 (9.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.45%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.45%) Confluence
4 2 (0.73%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.45%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 145 (52.73%) Azure
2 94 (34.18%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (20.00%) AWS
4 42 (15.27%) Entra ID
5 37 (13.45%) Nutanix
6 16 (5.82%) OneDrive
7 15 (5.45%) GitHub
8 13 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.27%) GCP
9 9 (3.27%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.82%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.45%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.45%) IaaS
12 4 (1.45%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (31.64%) Firewall
2 61 (22.18%) DNS
3 50 (18.18%) VPN
4 46 (16.73%) WAN
5 41 (14.91%) DHCP
6 33 (12.00%) TCP/IP
7 27 (9.82%) LAN
8 16 (5.82%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.09%) VLAN
10 12 (4.36%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.64%) BGP
11 10 (3.64%) SAN
11 10 (3.64%) VSAN
12 8 (2.91%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (2.55%) Network Security
13 7 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.18%) Wireless
15 5 (1.82%) MPLS
15 5 (1.82%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.91%) Power BI
3 6 (2.18%) MySQL
4 5 (1.82%) Tableau
5 4 (1.45%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.91%) Git
2 5 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.09%) GitLab
5 2 (0.73%) Gradle
5 2 (0.73%) JUnit
5 2 (0.73%) Mockito
6 1 (0.36%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 82 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.82%) Finance
3 25 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.00%) Retail
5 15 (5.45%) Law
6 14 (5.09%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (4.00%) Banking
9 11 (4.00%) Marketing
10 10 (3.64%) Legal
11 8 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.45%) Back Office
15 3 (1.09%) Aviation
16 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 71 (25.82%) Senior
2 63 (22.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.27%) Consultant
4 30 (10.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (10.91%) VMware Engineer
5 28 (10.18%) Support Engineer
6 26 (9.45%) IT Engineer
7 22 (8.00%) IT Support
7 22 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (7.64%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (5.45%) Architect
10 14 (5.09%) Infrastructure Support
11 13 (4.73%) Cloud Consultant
11 13 (4.73%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (4.36%) Administrator
12 12 (4.36%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 12 (4.36%) Security Specialist
12 12 (4.36%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.82%) XMPP
2 2 (0.73%) .NET
2 2 (0.73%) gRPC
2 2 (0.73%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.73%) REST
2 2 (0.73%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.36%) J2EE
3 1 (0.36%) JSON
3 1 (0.36%) Kafka
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.36%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 40 (14.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.64%) Replication
4 19 (6.91%) Private Cloud
5 13 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 13 (4.73%) Public Cloud
6 11 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (3.64%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.27%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.91%) Clustering
10 7 (2.55%) iSeries
11 6 (2.18%) CMDB
11 6 (2.18%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.82%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.82%) PKI
13 4 (1.45%) CCTV
13 4 (1.45%) iPad
13 4 (1.45%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 135 (49.09%) Windows
2 98 (35.64%) Windows Server
3 84 (30.55%) Linux
4 21 (7.64%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.91%) Unix
6 12 (4.36%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.55%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.09%) VMS
12 2 (0.73%) Android
12 2 (0.73%) CentOS
12 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.36%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.36%) Solaris
13 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 78 (28.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (17.82%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (13.09%) DevOps
7 34 (12.36%) ITIL
8 28 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (10.18%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (9.82%) CI/CD
10 24 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (8.36%) Infrastructure Automation
12 22 (8.00%) Presales
13 21 (7.64%) Mentoring
13 21 (7.64%) Test Automation
14 19 (6.91%) BCP
14 19 (6.91%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (6.91%) Service Delivery
15 18 (6.55%) Business Continuity
15 18 (6.55%) Resilience Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.64%) PowerShell
2 52 (18.91%) Python
3 15 (5.45%) Bash
4 10 (3.64%) Go
4 10 (3.64%) SQL
5 5 (1.82%) Bicep
5 5 (1.82%) VB
5 5 (1.82%) VBA
5 5 (1.82%) VBScript
6 2 (0.73%) Java
6 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
7 1 (0.36%) Rust
7 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 25 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 25 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 22 (8.00%) Degree
5 21 (7.64%) Azure Certification
6 20 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (6.91%) VCAP
8 16 (5.82%) MCSE
9 15 (5.45%) AWS Certification
10 13 (4.73%) CCNA
11 12 (4.36%) CEH
11 12 (4.36%) DV Cleared
12 10 (3.64%) CCNP
13 9 (3.27%) VCDX
14 7 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.55%) MCSA
15 6 (2.18%) DBS Check
16 5 (1.82%) LPIC
16 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.36%) NIST
2 22 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.82%) SLA
4 12 (4.36%) ISO 22301
5 6 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.18%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 152 (55.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (30.91%) Active Directory
3 64 (23.27%) Hyper-V
4 39 (14.18%) vSphere
5 35 (12.73%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.27%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (4.73%) Firmware
8 10 (3.64%) vCloud
8 10 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (2.55%) Docker
10 6 (2.18%) DFS Replication
11 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.09%) KVM
13 3 (1.09%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.73%) Xen
15 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (21.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (16.36%) Ansible
3 43 (15.64%) Terraform
4 31 (11.27%) Kubernetes
5 20 (7.27%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.82%) Grafana
7 14 (5.09%) Prometheus
7 14 (5.09%) SCCM
8 12 (4.36%) Proxmox
9 5 (1.82%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.82%) Puppet
10 4 (1.45%) Packer
10 4 (1.45%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.45%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.09%) Check_MK
11 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.09%) Kibana
11 3 (1.09%) Nagios
12 2 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 131 (47.64%) Microsoft
2 49 (17.82%) Cisco
3 31 (11.27%) Veeam
4 28 (10.18%) Commvault
5 21 (7.64%) Fortinet
5 21 (7.64%) NetApp
6 20 (7.27%) Dell
6 20 (7.27%) Red Hat
7 19 (6.91%) Palo Alto
8 14 (5.09%) Citrix
9 13 (4.73%) EMC
9 13 (4.73%) IBM
10 12 (4.36%) HP
11 11 (4.00%) Splunk
12 10 (3.64%) Nimble Storage
13 9 (3.27%) Broadcom
14 8 (2.91%) Draytek
14 8 (2.91%) Juniper
14 8 (2.91%) Sophos
15 7 (2.55%) CheckPoint