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 3 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
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 173 94
Rank change year-on-year -13 -79 -11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 299 331 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 2.06% 3.04%
As % of the Vendors category 4.49% 4.33% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 216 289 866
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 £77,813 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £91,875 £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 6,657 7,643 13,027
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.95% 47.60% 38.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,648 4,036 9,465
10th Percentile £31,611 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,120 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 3 July 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 56 (18.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (10.70%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.68%) IIS
4 5 (1.67%) Confluence
5 2 (0.67%) Apache
5 2 (0.67%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) JBoss
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.34%) Weka
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Houdini
4 1 (0.33%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 188 (62.88%) Azure
2 103 (34.45%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (24.41%) AWS
4 52 (17.39%) Entra ID
5 38 (12.71%) Nutanix
6 27 (9.03%) GitHub
7 19 (6.35%) IaaS
8 17 (5.69%) PaaS
9 15 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (5.02%) GCP
10 14 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (4.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (4.01%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.01%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.01%) Serverless
12 8 (2.68%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.68%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (38.13%) Firewall
2 85 (28.43%) DNS
3 82 (27.42%) VPN
4 56 (18.73%) DHCP
5 49 (16.39%) WAN
6 39 (13.04%) LAN
6 39 (13.04%) TCP/IP
7 22 (7.36%) VSAN
8 20 (6.69%) VLAN
9 13 (4.35%) Network Security
10 10 (3.34%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (3.34%) SD-WAN
10 10 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.01%) BGP
12 8 (2.68%) SAN
12 8 (2.68%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.34%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.01%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.01%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.01%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.68%) Power BI
4 6 (2.01%) MySQL
5 5 (1.67%) Tableau
6 3 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.36%) Git
2 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.34%) GitLab
5 2 (0.67%) Gradle
5 2 (0.67%) JUnit
5 2 (0.67%) Mockito
6 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 111 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.37%) Finance
3 29 (9.70%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.36%) Retail
5 21 (7.02%) Law
6 17 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.68%) Banking
7 14 (4.68%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.35%) Marketing
9 12 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (2.68%) Legal
11 8 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.00%) Back Office
13 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.67%) Aviation
14 2 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 72 (24.08%) Senior
2 64 (21.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (13.38%) Consultant
3 40 (13.38%) Support Engineer
4 35 (11.71%) IT Engineer
5 28 (9.36%) Architect
5 28 (9.36%) IT Support
6 27 (9.03%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (8.03%) Analyst
9 20 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (6.69%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (6.35%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (6.02%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (6.02%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (6.02%) VMware Architect
12 17 (5.69%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (5.35%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (5.02%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.68%) Middleware
2 6 (2.01%) XMPP
3 2 (0.67%) gRPC
3 2 (0.67%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.67%) REST
3 2 (0.67%) RESTful
3 2 (0.67%) Web Services
4 1 (0.33%) J2EE
4 1 (0.33%) JSON
4 1 (0.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 70 (23.41%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.03%) Replication
4 26 (8.70%) Public Cloud
5 23 (7.69%) Private Cloud
5 23 (7.69%) Security Posture
6 22 (7.36%) Driving Licence
7 21 (7.02%) Enterprise Storage
8 12 (4.01%) Podcast
9 11 (3.68%) iSeries
10 10 (3.34%) CMDB
11 9 (3.01%) PKI
12 8 (2.68%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (2.01%) FlexPod
13 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (2.01%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 159 (53.18%) Windows
2 101 (33.78%) Windows Server
3 82 (27.42%) Linux
4 19 (6.35%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.68%) Unix
6 13 (4.35%) VMS
7 9 (3.01%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.34%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.67%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.00%) CentOS
10 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.67%) Android
11 2 (0.67%) Solaris
12 1 (0.33%) Debian
12 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.33%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (33.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 92 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 62 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (15.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (15.38%) DevOps
6 46 (15.38%) Presales
7 40 (13.38%) CI/CD
8 37 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (11.37%) Mentoring
10 29 (9.70%) Business Continuity
11 28 (9.36%) Root Cause Analysis
12 26 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
13 25 (8.36%) ITIL
13 25 (8.36%) Performance Tuning
14 24 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (7.69%) AI
15 23 (7.69%) Project Delivery
15 23 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
16 22 (7.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.09%) PowerShell
2 50 (16.72%) Python
3 30 (10.03%) Bash
3 30 (10.03%) SQL
4 15 (5.02%) Bicep
5 12 (4.01%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (3.34%) Go
7 5 (1.67%) VB
7 5 (1.67%) VBA
7 5 (1.67%) VBScript
8 3 (1.00%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.67%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.33%) Java
10 1 (0.33%) Perl
10 1 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 38 (12.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 35 (11.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (11.37%) Azure Certification
4 30 (10.03%) Security Cleared
5 29 (9.70%) SC Cleared
5 29 (9.70%) VCAP
6 25 (8.36%) Degree
7 21 (7.02%) VCDX
8 17 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (4.35%) CCNP
10 12 (4.01%) CCNA
11 10 (3.34%) DV Cleared
12 9 (3.01%) AWS Certification
12 9 (3.01%) MCSE
13 7 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.34%) RHCSA
14 6 (2.01%) CEH
14 6 (2.01%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.67%) HNC
15 5 (1.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.02%) PMO
1 15 (5.02%) SLA
2 14 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.35%) NIST
4 10 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.01%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 205 (68.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 106 (35.45%) Active Directory
3 94 (31.44%) Hyper-V
4 74 (24.75%) vSphere
5 43 (14.38%) VMware NSX
6 23 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.35%) vCloud
8 14 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (4.35%) Firmware
10 10 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (2.68%) Docker
11 8 (2.68%) KVM
12 7 (2.34%) VMware Server
13 6 (2.01%) DFS Replication
13 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (1.00%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.00%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.67%) Squid
15 2 (0.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 57 (19.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (18.73%) Terraform
3 42 (14.05%) Ansible
4 35 (11.71%) Kubernetes
5 24 (8.03%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.69%) Grafana
7 16 (5.35%) Proxmox
8 14 (4.68%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.68%) SCCM
10 8 (2.68%) ZABBIX
11 7 (2.34%) Puppet
12 6 (2.01%) Avamar
12 6 (2.01%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (2.01%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (2.01%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (2.01%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (2.01%) Packer
12 6 (2.01%) VxRail
13 4 (1.34%) Graylog
13 4 (1.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 165 (55.18%) Microsoft
2 54 (18.06%) Veeam
3 52 (17.39%) Cisco
4 32 (10.70%) NetApp
5 31 (10.37%) Dell
6 26 (8.70%) Palo Alto
7 25 (8.36%) Broadcom
8 24 (8.03%) Commvault
9 23 (7.69%) Fortinet
9 23 (7.69%) Nimble Storage
10 21 (7.02%) EMC
11 19 (6.35%) HP
12 17 (5.69%) Citrix
12 17 (5.69%) IBM
13 14 (4.68%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.35%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.35%) Splunk
15 12 (4.01%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.68%) Meraki
17 10 (3.34%) Sophos