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 4 January 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 92 81
Rank change year-on-year -68 -11 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 235 558 821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 3.35% 3.92%
As % of the Vendors category 3.78% 8.67% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 164 382 710
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,313 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,297 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £80,375
UK median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% +10.00% -

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 6,225 6,437 8,720
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.43% 38.59% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,267 3,770 7,084
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £33,303
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +4.35% -3.20%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%

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 4 January 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 26 (11.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (8.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 119 (50.64%) Azure
2 81 (34.47%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (19.57%) AWS
4 38 (16.17%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.09%) Nutanix
6 17 (7.23%) GitHub
7 13 (5.53%) IaaS
8 12 (5.11%) PaaS
9 11 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (4.26%) OneDrive
11 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.55%) GCP
13 6 (2.55%) Google Workspace
13 6 (2.55%) Mimecast
14 5 (2.13%) Cohesity
15 4 (1.70%) Amazon S3
16 3 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (33.62%) Firewall
2 58 (24.68%) DNS
3 48 (20.43%) DHCP
4 45 (19.15%) VPN
5 43 (18.30%) WAN
6 28 (11.91%) SAN
7 27 (11.49%) TCP/IP
8 26 (11.06%) LAN
9 23 (9.79%) SD-WAN
10 14 (5.96%) VLAN
11 11 (4.68%) Wireless
12 10 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.98%) BGP
13 7 (2.98%) IP Telephony
13 7 (2.98%) Network Security
13 7 (2.98%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.55%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.55%) IPsec
15 5 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (2.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.28%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.85%) MySQL
3 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.85%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Git
2 5 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.13%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) JMeter
3 2 (0.85%) JUnit
3 2 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 84 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.43%) Finance
3 20 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.11%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.68%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.26%) Law
7 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.98%) Marketing
7 7 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.98%) Retail
8 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.13%) Legal
10 3 (1.28%) Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Local Government
12 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.43%) Back Office
12 1 (0.43%) Electronics
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 52 (22.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (14.04%) Support Engineer
3 32 (13.62%) Senior
4 30 (12.77%) VMware Engineer
5 25 (10.64%) IT Support
6 20 (8.51%) Infrastructure Manager
7 18 (7.66%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (6.81%) Analyst
9 15 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (6.38%) IT Engineer
9 15 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (5.96%) IT Manager
11 13 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (5.53%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (5.53%) Network Engineer
11 13 (5.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.11%) Support Analyst
13 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Support
13 11 (4.68%) Linux Engineer
13 11 (4.68%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.70%) .NET
1 4 (1.70%) Node.js
2 3 (1.28%) JSON
2 3 (1.28%) Kafka
2 3 (1.28%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.85%) Hibernate
3 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.85%) Spring
3 2 (0.85%) WCF
4 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.21%) Data Centre
2 22 (9.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (6.81%) Driving Licence
4 14 (5.96%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.83%) CCTV
5 9 (3.83%) Clustering
6 8 (3.40%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.40%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.98%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.70%) iPad
9 4 (1.70%) iPhone
9 4 (1.70%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (51.91%) Windows
2 86 (36.60%) Windows Server
3 60 (25.53%) Linux
4 20 (8.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (7.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (7.23%) Unix
6 15 (6.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (5.53%) Apple iOS
8 8 (3.40%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.40%) Windows 10
9 5 (2.13%) Android
9 5 (2.13%) Debian
9 5 (2.13%) Solaris
10 4 (1.70%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.70%) VMS
11 2 (0.85%) CentOS
11 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 59 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.98%) ITIL
3 48 (20.43%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (17.02%) DevOps
5 38 (16.17%) Disaster Recovery
6 33 (14.04%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (12.77%) Mentoring
8 23 (9.79%) Project Delivery
9 21 (8.94%) Server Management
9 21 (8.94%) Service Delivery
10 19 (8.09%) Root Cause Analysis
10 19 (8.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 18 (7.66%) Migration
11 18 (7.66%) Test Automation
12 17 (7.23%) Performance Tuning
13 16 (6.81%) CI/CD
13 16 (6.81%) Customer Service
13 16 (6.81%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.32%) Python
3 11 (4.68%) Bicep
4 10 (4.26%) Bash
4 10 (4.26%) SQL
5 5 (2.13%) Korn
6 3 (1.28%) Java
7 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (18.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.91%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (9.79%) MCP
4 23 (9.79%) MCSE
5 21 (8.94%) MCSA
5 21 (8.94%) SC Cleared
6 20 (8.51%) Azure Certification
7 19 (8.09%) CCNA
8 14 (5.96%) AWS Certification
8 14 (5.96%) CCNP
9 13 (5.53%) Degree
10 10 (4.26%) CCA
10 10 (4.26%) Citrix Certification
10 10 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (4.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (3.83%) CEH
12 7 (2.98%) DBS Check
13 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.64%) SLA
2 23 (9.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (7.66%) NIST
4 10 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.83%) ISO 22301
6 4 (1.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (50.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (37.45%) Active Directory
3 59 (25.11%) Hyper-V
4 23 (9.79%) vSphere
5 21 (8.94%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (5.96%) VMware NSX
7 13 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.83%) Firmware
9 7 (2.98%) Docker
10 6 (2.55%) NFS
11 4 (1.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.85%) XenApp
13 1 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 56 (23.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (17.45%) Terraform
3 35 (14.89%) Ansible
4 20 (8.51%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.96%) SCCM
5 14 (5.96%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.55%) SCOM
7 5 (2.13%) Proxmox
8 4 (1.70%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.28%) Nessus
10 2 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.43%) CASB
11 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.43%) Icinga
11 1 (0.43%) Kibana
11 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 115 (48.94%) Microsoft
2 48 (20.43%) Cisco
3 26 (11.06%) Veeam
4 19 (8.09%) Commvault
4 19 (8.09%) NetApp
5 18 (7.66%) Red Hat
6 16 (6.81%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.53%) 3PAR
7 13 (5.53%) Citrix
7 13 (5.53%) Dell
8 9 (3.83%) Google
8 9 (3.83%) Palo Alto
9 8 (3.40%) Draytek
9 8 (3.40%) F5
10 7 (2.98%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.98%) Mitel
10 7 (2.98%) Pure Storage
10 7 (2.98%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (2.98%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.55%) HP