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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 163 90
Rank change year-on-year -11 -73 -1
Permanent jobs citing VMware 284 341 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 2.26% 3.08%
As % of the Vendors category 4.76% 4.74% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 205 294 883
10th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,350 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.00% +11.11% -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 5,972 7,193 13,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.69% 47.65% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,006 3,839 9,819
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £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 £75,000 £71,236
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +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 9 June 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 40 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.11%) IIS
4 5 (1.76%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.41%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (56.34%) Azure
2 95 (33.45%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (22.18%) AWS
4 44 (15.49%) Entra ID
5 40 (14.08%) Nutanix
6 19 (6.69%) GitHub
7 14 (4.93%) GCP
7 14 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.87%) OneDrive
9 9 (3.17%) IaaS
9 9 (3.17%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.46%) PaaS
11 5 (1.76%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (33.80%) Firewall
2 69 (24.30%) DNS
3 59 (20.77%) VPN
4 45 (15.85%) DHCP
4 45 (15.85%) WAN
5 31 (10.92%) LAN
5 31 (10.92%) TCP/IP
6 20 (7.04%) VSAN
7 16 (5.63%) VLAN
8 12 (4.23%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (4.23%) SD-WAN
9 10 (3.52%) SAN
10 9 (3.17%) BGP
10 9 (3.17%) Network Security
10 9 (3.17%) Unified Communications
11 7 (2.46%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (2.11%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.11%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.11%) WebEx
12 6 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.82%) Power BI
3 6 (2.11%) MySQL
4 5 (1.76%) Tableau
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.23%) Git
2 6 (2.11%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.41%) GitLab
5 2 (0.70%) Gradle
5 2 (0.70%) JUnit
5 2 (0.70%) Mockito
5 2 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 87 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.44%) Finance
3 26 (9.15%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.45%) Retail
5 14 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.93%) Banking
6 13 (4.58%) Law
6 13 (4.58%) Marketing
7 12 (4.23%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.87%) Legal
9 10 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.41%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.06%) Aviation
13 3 (1.06%) Back Office
14 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (24.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 67 (23.59%) Senior
3 39 (13.73%) Consultant
4 32 (11.27%) Support Engineer
5 31 (10.92%) IT Engineer
6 26 (9.15%) Architect
6 26 (9.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (8.10%) IT Support
7 23 (8.10%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (7.04%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (6.69%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (6.34%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (6.34%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (6.34%) VMware Engineer
12 17 (5.99%) Cloud Consultant
13 16 (5.63%) Network Engineer
13 16 (5.63%) VMware Architect
14 15 (5.28%) Infrastructure Architect
14 15 (5.28%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.11%) XMPP
2 3 (1.06%) Middleware
3 2 (0.70%) gRPC
3 2 (0.70%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.70%) REST
3 2 (0.70%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) J2EE
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 66 (23.24%) Data Centre
2 38 (13.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.51%) Replication
4 22 (7.75%) Private Cloud
5 21 (7.39%) Enterprise Storage
6 15 (5.28%) Driving Licence
6 15 (5.28%) Public Cloud
7 14 (4.93%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.87%) CMDB
8 11 (3.87%) iSeries
9 9 (3.17%) PKI
10 7 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.11%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.11%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.76%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 140 (49.30%) Windows
2 96 (33.80%) Windows Server
3 80 (28.17%) Linux
4 19 (6.69%) Windows 10
5 15 (5.28%) Unix
6 8 (2.82%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.46%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.11%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.06%) VMS
11 2 (0.70%) Android
11 2 (0.70%) CentOS
12 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.35%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.35%) Solaris
12 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (33.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (33.10%) Disaster Recovery
3 51 (17.96%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (14.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (14.44%) Presales
6 40 (14.08%) DevOps
7 34 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (11.27%) CI/CD
9 27 (9.51%) Vulnerability Management
10 26 (9.15%) Mentoring
11 25 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (8.80%) Infrastructure Automation
12 23 (8.10%) ITIL
13 22 (7.75%) Business Continuity
14 19 (6.69%) Incident Response
14 19 (6.69%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (6.34%) Technical Leadership
16 16 (5.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.30%) PowerShell
2 50 (17.61%) Python
3 19 (6.69%) Bash
4 14 (4.93%) SQL
5 10 (3.52%) Go
6 6 (2.11%) Bicep
7 5 (1.76%) VB
7 5 (1.76%) VBA
7 5 (1.76%) VBScript
8 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (11.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 29 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (9.51%) VCAP
5 25 (8.80%) Degree
6 22 (7.75%) Azure Certification
7 19 (6.69%) VCDX
8 13 (4.58%) AWS Certification
9 12 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (3.52%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.17%) MCSE
12 8 (2.82%) CCNA
12 8 (2.82%) CCNP
12 8 (2.82%) CEH
12 8 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.11%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.76%) HNC
14 5 (1.76%) HND
14 5 (1.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (5.63%) NIST
2 15 (5.28%) PMO
3 13 (4.58%) SLA
4 8 (2.82%) ISO 22301
5 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 182 (64.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (33.45%) Active Directory
3 78 (27.46%) Hyper-V
4 58 (20.42%) vSphere
5 41 (14.44%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.04%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.63%) vCloud
8 14 (4.93%) Firmware
9 9 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (2.46%) Docker
10 7 (2.46%) KVM
11 6 (2.11%) DFS Replication
11 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (1.41%) VMware Server
13 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.70%) Xen
15 1 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 52 (18.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (16.55%) Terraform
3 40 (14.08%) Ansible
4 34 (11.97%) Kubernetes
5 24 (8.45%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.99%) Grafana
6 17 (5.99%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.93%) Prometheus
7 14 (4.93%) SCCM
8 8 (2.82%) ZABBIX
9 6 (2.11%) Avamar
9 6 (2.11%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (2.11%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.11%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.11%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.11%) Packer
9 6 (2.11%) VxRail
10 5 (1.76%) Puppet
11 4 (1.41%) Graylog
11 4 (1.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 143 (50.35%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.96%) Veeam
3 48 (16.90%) Cisco
4 34 (11.97%) NetApp
5 31 (10.92%) Dell
6 26 (9.15%) Commvault
7 23 (8.10%) Broadcom
7 23 (8.10%) Nimble Storage
8 22 (7.75%) Palo Alto
9 21 (7.39%) EMC
9 21 (7.39%) Fortinet
10 19 (6.69%) HP
11 17 (5.99%) IBM
12 15 (5.28%) Red Hat
13 14 (4.93%) Citrix
14 13 (4.58%) Splunk
15 11 (3.87%) Meraki
15 11 (3.87%) ServiceNow
16 10 (3.52%) 3PAR
16 10 (3.52%) Sophos