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 20 February 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
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 113 79
Rank change year-on-year -52 -34 +12
Permanent jobs citing VMware 250 469 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 3.02% 3.70%
As % of the Vendors category 4.08% 7.66% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 168 331 881
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.47%

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 6,120 6,120 11,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.30% 39.47% 41.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 3,639 9,389
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -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 20 February 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 33 (13.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.60%) Weka
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 132 (52.80%) Azure
2 92 (36.80%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (20.80%) AWS
4 50 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 24 (9.60%) Nutanix
6 15 (6.00%) GitHub
6 15 (6.00%) OneDrive
7 12 (4.80%) IaaS
8 11 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.40%) PaaS
9 7 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.80%) GCP
10 6 (2.40%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.00%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 91 (36.40%) Firewall
2 64 (25.60%) DNS
3 52 (20.80%) VPN
4 44 (17.60%) DHCP
5 38 (15.20%) WAN
6 31 (12.40%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.60%) SD-WAN
8 20 (8.00%) LAN
9 16 (6.40%) SAN
9 16 (6.40%) VLAN
10 9 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (3.20%) BGP
12 7 (2.80%) IP Telephony
13 6 (2.40%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (2.40%) Network Security
13 6 (2.40%) Wireless
14 5 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (2.00%) IPsec
15 4 (1.60%) OSPF
15 4 (1.60%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.20%) Power BI
2 3 (1.20%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.20%) Tableau
3 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.80%) MySQL
3 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.60%) Git
3 3 (1.20%) GitLab
4 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.80%) JMeter
4 2 (0.80%) JUnit
4 2 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 93 (37.20%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.40%) Finance
3 17 (6.80%) Retail
4 16 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.40%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.60%) Law
5 14 (5.60%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.20%) Legal
7 7 (2.80%) Marketing
7 7 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.40%) Banking
8 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.20%) Aviation
10 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.80%) Advertising
11 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.80%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 50 (20.00%) Senior
2 30 (12.00%) Support Engineer
2 30 (12.00%) VMware Engineer
3 28 (11.20%) IT Support
4 21 (8.40%) IT Engineer
4 21 (8.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 19 (7.60%) Analyst
7 18 (7.20%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.20%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (5.60%) Network Engineer
9 13 (5.20%) Support Analyst
10 12 (4.80%) Infrastructure Support
10 12 (4.80%) IT Security Specialist
10 12 (4.80%) Security Specialist
11 11 (4.40%) IT Manager
12 10 (4.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (4.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) .NET
1 3 (1.20%) JSON
1 3 (1.20%) Kafka
1 3 (1.20%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.80%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.80%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.80%) Node.js
2 2 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.80%) Spring
2 2 (0.80%) WCF
3 1 (0.40%) J2EE
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (10.80%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.60%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.20%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.80%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.60%) CCTV
6 9 (3.60%) Clustering
6 9 (3.60%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.20%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.20%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.80%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.80%) Replication
9 5 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.60%) iPad
10 4 (1.60%) iPhone
10 4 (1.60%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 122 (48.80%) Windows
2 96 (38.40%) Windows Server
3 60 (24.00%) Linux
4 17 (6.80%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (4.80%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.80%) Unix
7 10 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.00%) VMS
9 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.40%) CentOS
11 1 (0.40%) Debian
11 1 (0.40%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.40%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.40%) Solaris
11 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (21.60%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (16.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (16.80%) ITIL
6 36 (14.40%) DevOps
7 29 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 25 (10.00%) Mentoring
9 23 (9.20%) Project Delivery
9 23 (9.20%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
10 22 (8.80%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.00%) Service Delivery
12 18 (7.20%) Migration
13 17 (6.80%) BCP
13 17 (6.80%) Resilience Testing
13 17 (6.80%) Runbook
14 16 (6.40%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.60%) PowerShell
2 45 (18.00%) Python
3 12 (4.80%) Bash
4 10 (4.00%) Bicep
5 8 (3.20%) SQL
6 7 (2.80%) Go
7 4 (1.60%) Java
8 3 (1.20%) VB
8 3 (1.20%) VBA
8 3 (1.20%) VBScript
9 1 (0.40%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) Perl
9 1 (0.40%) Rust
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (18.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.20%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 22 (8.80%) Azure Certification
6 21 (8.40%) MCSE
7 20 (8.00%) CCNA
8 19 (7.60%) AWS Certification
8 19 (7.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 18 (7.20%) MCSA
10 13 (5.20%) CCNP
11 12 (4.80%) CEH
11 12 (4.80%) Degree
11 12 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (4.00%) CCA
12 10 (4.00%) Citrix Certification
13 7 (2.80%) DBS Check
14 6 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.40%) DV Cleared
15 5 (2.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (8.80%) SLA
3 21 (8.40%) NIST
4 12 (4.80%) ISO 22301
5 10 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.60%) GDPR
7 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 117 (46.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 93 (37.20%) Active Directory
3 64 (25.60%) Hyper-V
4 22 (8.80%) VMware NSX
5 21 (8.40%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (7.20%) vSphere
7 13 (5.20%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.00%) Firmware
9 7 (2.80%) Docker
10 4 (1.60%) DFS Replication
10 4 (1.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.80%) KVM
11 2 (0.80%) NFS
11 2 (0.80%) XenApp
12 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.40%) vCloud
12 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (23.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (17.20%) Terraform
3 38 (15.20%) Ansible
4 26 (10.40%) Kubernetes
5 16 (6.40%) vCenter Server
6 15 (6.00%) SCCM
7 11 (4.40%) Prometheus
8 10 (4.00%) Grafana
8 10 (4.00%) Proxmox
9 6 (2.40%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.40%) SCOM
10 5 (2.00%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.60%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.60%) Puppet
12 3 (1.20%) Nessus
13 2 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.80%) Kibana
13 2 (0.80%) Nagios
14 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 114 (45.60%) Microsoft
2 41 (16.40%) Cisco
3 21 (8.40%) Veeam
4 20 (8.00%) Commvault
5 18 (7.20%) Citrix
6 14 (5.60%) Red Hat
7 12 (4.80%) NetApp
8 11 (4.40%) Draytek
8 11 (4.40%) Fortinet
8 11 (4.40%) SolarWinds
9 9 (3.60%) 3PAR
9 9 (3.60%) Google
9 9 (3.60%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.20%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.20%) F5
10 8 (3.20%) WatchGuard
11 7 (2.80%) IBM
11 7 (2.80%) Mitel
12 6 (2.40%) Symantec
13 5 (2.00%) Oracle