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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 162 115
Rank change year-on-year -18 -47 -39
Permanent jobs citing VMware 342 300 655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.84% 2.80%
As % of the Vendors category 4.45% 3.74% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 253 244 462
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,948
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.86% -6.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -

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 7,691 8,020 9,023
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.43% 49.29% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,444 3,835 5,061
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,119
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.37% -3.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -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 20 September 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 68 (19.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (11.99%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.51%) IIS
3 12 (3.51%) nginx
4 11 (3.22%) Apache
5 4 (1.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.29%) Site Server
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Houdini
4 1 (0.29%) NUKE
4 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 216 (63.16%) Azure
2 132 (38.60%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (25.73%) Entra ID
4 75 (21.93%) AWS
5 29 (8.48%) Nutanix
6 21 (6.14%) IaaS
7 20 (5.85%) PaaS
8 19 (5.56%) GitHub
9 17 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
10 16 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (4.09%) OneDrive
12 12 (3.51%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.51%) GCP
12 12 (3.51%) Serverless
13 9 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (2.05%) Mimecast
15 6 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 140 (40.94%) Firewall
2 118 (34.50%) DNS
3 91 (26.61%) VPN
4 89 (26.02%) DHCP
5 51 (14.91%) WAN
6 49 (14.33%) LAN
7 47 (13.74%) TCP/IP
8 34 (9.94%) VLAN
9 24 (7.02%) Network Security
10 21 (6.14%) VSAN
11 16 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (4.39%) SAN
13 10 (2.92%) Wireless
14 9 (2.63%) BGP
14 9 (2.63%) Fibre Channel
14 9 (2.63%) Unified Communications
15 8 (2.34%) IP Telephony
15 8 (2.34%) NAS
15 8 (2.34%) OSPF
16 7 (2.05%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.17%) MySQL
4 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.88%) Power BI
5 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 19 (5.56%) Git
2 4 (1.17%) GitLab
2 4 (1.17%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.58%) Gradle
3 2 (0.58%) JUnit
3 2 (0.58%) Mockito
4 1 (0.29%) JIRA
4 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 126 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.87%) Finance
3 29 (8.48%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (6.73%) Telecoms
5 21 (6.14%) Retail
6 20 (5.85%) Law
7 16 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.92%) Marketing
11 9 (2.63%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.63%) Banking
11 9 (2.63%) Legal
12 8 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.58%) Back Office
16 2 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (21.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (20.18%) Senior
3 54 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 49 (14.33%) Consultant
5 46 (13.45%) IT Engineer
6 41 (11.99%) IT Support
7 39 (11.40%) Architect
8 34 (9.94%) IT Support Engineer
9 32 (9.36%) Analyst
10 29 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (7.31%) Technical Consultant
12 24 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
13 22 (6.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 20 (5.85%) Network Engineer
15 19 (5.56%) VMware Consultant
16 18 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
16 18 (5.26%) VMware Architect
17 17 (4.97%) Cloud Architect
17 17 (4.97%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
18 16 (4.68%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.57%) Terraform
2 8 (2.34%) Middleware
3 6 (1.75%) Web Services
4 3 (0.88%) REST
4 3 (0.88%) XMPP
5 2 (0.58%) gRPC
5 2 (0.58%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.58%) RESTful
6 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.29%) Java SE
6 1 (0.29%) JSON
6 1 (0.29%) LDAP
6 1 (0.29%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.29%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (24.56%) Data Centre
2 37 (10.82%) Driving Licence
3 29 (8.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (6.14%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (6.14%) Private Cloud
4 21 (6.14%) Replication
5 18 (5.26%) Public Cloud
6 17 (4.97%) Security Posture
7 16 (4.68%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.51%) PKI
8 12 (3.51%) Podcast
9 11 (3.22%) iSeries
10 8 (2.34%) CCTV
10 8 (2.34%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.05%) CMDB
11 7 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.75%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 210 (61.40%) Windows
2 142 (41.52%) Windows Server
3 80 (23.39%) Linux
4 18 (5.26%) Mac OS
5 15 (4.39%) VMS
6 14 (4.09%) Windows 10
7 10 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.34%) Ubuntu
8 8 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.05%) Unix
10 5 (1.46%) Solaris
10 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.58%) AIX
12 2 (0.58%) Android
12 2 (0.58%) CentOS
12 2 (0.58%) Debian
13 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 115 (33.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 97 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (14.91%) ITIL
6 49 (14.33%) Presales
7 48 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (13.74%) Project Delivery
9 44 (12.87%) Mentoring
10 43 (12.57%) Roadmaps
11 42 (12.28%) Business Continuity
11 42 (12.28%) High Availability
12 36 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
13 35 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
14 33 (9.65%) Customer Service
14 33 (9.65%) Migration
15 32 (9.36%) DevOps
16 30 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (8.48%) AI
17 29 (8.48%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 80 (23.39%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.48%) Python
3 28 (8.19%) SQL
4 26 (7.60%) Bash
5 20 (5.85%) Bicep
6 12 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.17%) Go
8 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) Java
10 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.29%) Rust
10 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 50 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 48 (14.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 45 (13.16%) Azure Certification
3 45 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (12.87%) SC Cleared
5 29 (8.48%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (7.89%) VCAP
7 26 (7.60%) Degree
8 24 (7.02%) CCNP
9 21 (6.14%) VCDX
10 20 (5.85%) CCNA
11 19 (5.56%) DV Cleared
12 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 11 (3.22%) MCSE
14 10 (2.92%) MCSA
15 7 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.75%) Dell Certification
16 6 (1.75%) HNC
16 6 (1.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.06%) SLA
2 20 (5.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (4.97%) PMO
4 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.58%) NIST
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 245 (71.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 141 (41.23%) Active Directory
3 134 (39.18%) Hyper-V
4 72 (21.05%) vSphere
5 39 (11.40%) VMware NSX
6 28 (8.19%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (5.85%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (4.68%) vCloud
10 14 (4.09%) Firmware
11 10 (2.92%) Docker
12 9 (2.63%) VMware Server
13 7 (2.05%) KVM
14 6 (1.75%) Squid
15 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.88%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.88%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.29%) iptables
17 1 (0.29%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 58 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.31%) Ansible
3 21 (6.14%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.51%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.63%) SCCM
6 8 (2.34%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.75%) Avamar
7 6 (1.75%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.75%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.75%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.75%) VxRail
8 5 (1.46%) Grafana
8 5 (1.46%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.17%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.17%) Graylog
9 4 (1.17%) Packer
9 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 212 (61.99%) Microsoft
2 81 (23.68%) Veeam
3 51 (14.91%) Cisco
4 35 (10.23%) Dell
5 34 (9.94%) NetApp
6 31 (9.06%) Palo Alto
7 27 (7.89%) Broadcom
8 25 (7.31%) Citrix
8 25 (7.31%) Fortinet
8 25 (7.31%) Nimble Storage
9 23 (6.73%) EMC
10 20 (5.85%) HP
10 20 (5.85%) WatchGuard
11 15 (4.39%) Commvault
11 15 (4.39%) N-able
12 13 (3.80%) SonicWALL
13 12 (3.51%) ScienceLogic
13 12 (3.51%) ServiceNow
13 12 (3.51%) Sophos
14 11 (3.22%) Red Hat