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 26 August 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
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 167 103
Rank change year-on-year -12 -64 -24
Permanent jobs citing VMware 325 329 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.99% 2.90%
As % of the Vendors category 4.44% 4.10% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 248 280 565
10th Percentile £36,100 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.60% -0.50% -8.26%
75th Percentile £73,125 £66,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £53,719 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.09% - -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 7,320 8,017 9,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.54% 48.49% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 4,005 6,072
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,721 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.36% -7.78% -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 26 August 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 64 (19.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (11.69%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.00%) IIS
4 12 (3.69%) nginx
5 11 (3.38%) Apache
6 5 (1.54%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.31%) Site Server
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Houdini
4 1 (0.31%) NUKE
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 205 (63.08%) Azure
2 118 (36.31%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (22.77%) AWS
4 69 (21.23%) Entra ID
5 32 (9.85%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.77%) IaaS
7 21 (6.46%) GitHub
8 20 (6.15%) PaaS
9 17 (5.23%) Azure Monitor
10 16 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (4.31%) GCP
12 12 (3.69%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.69%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.69%) OneDrive
12 12 (3.69%) Serverless
13 10 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.46%) Mimecast
15 7 (2.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 132 (40.62%) Firewall
2 110 (33.85%) DNS
3 83 (25.54%) VPN
4 79 (24.31%) DHCP
5 56 (17.23%) WAN
6 53 (16.31%) LAN
7 46 (14.15%) TCP/IP
8 30 (9.23%) VLAN
9 22 (6.77%) Network Security
9 22 (6.77%) VSAN
10 16 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.69%) SAN
12 11 (3.38%) BGP
13 10 (3.08%) Wireless
14 8 (2.46%) OSPF
15 7 (2.15%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (2.15%) MPLS
15 7 (2.15%) NAS
15 7 (2.15%) Unified Communications
16 6 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.85%) MySQL
4 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.23%) Power BI
5 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.31%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (6.46%) Git
2 6 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.23%) GitLab
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.62%) Gradle
4 2 (0.62%) JUnit
4 2 (0.62%) Mockito
5 1 (0.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 117 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.77%) Finance
3 31 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.00%) Retail
5 22 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.77%) Law
6 19 (5.85%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.00%) Marketing
9 12 (3.69%) Banking
9 12 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.15%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.15%) Legal
11 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.92%) Back Office
14 2 (0.62%) Military
15 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 77 (23.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (21.23%) Senior
3 48 (14.77%) Consultant
4 46 (14.15%) Support Engineer
5 37 (11.38%) Architect
6 36 (11.08%) IT Engineer
7 29 (8.92%) Analyst
7 29 (8.92%) IT Support
7 29 (8.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
9 22 (6.77%) Network Engineer
10 21 (6.46%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (5.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 19 (5.85%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.54%) Senior Consultant
13 18 (5.54%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.23%) Infrastructure Consultant
14 17 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.69%) Terraform
2 8 (2.46%) Middleware
3 6 (1.85%) Web Services
4 5 (1.54%) XMPP
5 2 (0.62%) gRPC
5 2 (0.62%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.62%) REST
5 2 (0.62%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) Java SE
6 1 (0.31%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.31%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 72 (22.15%) Data Centre
2 31 (9.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (9.23%) Driving Licence
4 23 (7.08%) Public Cloud
4 23 (7.08%) Replication
5 21 (6.46%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (6.46%) Private Cloud
6 18 (5.54%) Security Posture
7 15 (4.62%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.69%) PKI
8 12 (3.69%) Podcast
9 11 (3.38%) iSeries
10 9 (2.77%) CMDB
10 9 (2.77%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.85%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.54%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 191 (58.77%) Windows
2 127 (39.08%) Windows Server
3 79 (24.31%) Linux
4 14 (4.31%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.69%) VMS
6 11 (3.38%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.08%) Unix
8 9 (2.77%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.92%) CentOS
12 3 (0.92%) Solaris
12 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.62%) Android
13 2 (0.62%) Debian
14 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (36.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (33.23%) Disaster Recovery
3 83 (25.54%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (15.69%) Presales
6 44 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (12.92%) ITIL
7 42 (12.92%) Project Delivery
8 41 (12.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (12.31%) Business Continuity
9 40 (12.31%) High Availability
10 39 (12.00%) Mentoring
11 38 (11.69%) Roadmaps
12 37 (11.38%) DevOps
13 33 (10.15%) Root Cause Analysis
14 32 (9.85%) CI/CD
15 27 (8.31%) Customer Service
15 27 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (8.00%) Migration
17 24 (7.38%) AI
Programming Languages
1 84 (25.85%) PowerShell
2 37 (11.38%) Python
3 30 (9.23%) SQL
4 27 (8.31%) Bash
5 21 (6.46%) Bicep
6 12 (3.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.23%) Go
8 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.31%) C
10 1 (0.31%) Java
10 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.31%) Rust
10 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.31%) VB
10 1 (0.31%) VBA
10 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (15.38%) Azure Certification
1 50 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 45 (13.85%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 29 (8.92%) VCAP
6 27 (8.31%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (8.31%) Degree
7 21 (6.46%) VCDX
8 20 (6.15%) CCNP
9 18 (5.54%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.92%) CCNA
11 8 (2.46%) MCSE
11 8 (2.46%) RHCSA
12 7 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.15%) HNC
12 7 (2.15%) HND
13 6 (1.85%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.85%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.92%) SLA
2 15 (4.62%) PMO
3 13 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.23%) NIST
6 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 241 (74.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 129 (39.69%) Active Directory
3 120 (36.92%) Hyper-V
4 76 (23.38%) vSphere
5 41 (12.62%) VMware NSX
6 30 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (5.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (4.92%) vCloud
9 15 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (4.00%) Firmware
11 9 (2.77%) Docker
11 9 (2.77%) VMware Server
12 7 (2.15%) KVM
13 6 (1.85%) Squid
14 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.92%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.92%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.31%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (9.85%) Ansible
3 24 (7.38%) Kubernetes
4 16 (4.92%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.77%) Proxmox
5 9 (2.77%) SCCM
6 7 (2.15%) Grafana
7 6 (1.85%) Avamar
7 6 (1.85%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.85%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.85%) Packer
7 6 (1.85%) VxRail
8 5 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.54%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.54%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.23%) Graylog
9 4 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 203 (62.46%) Microsoft
2 74 (22.77%) Veeam
3 65 (20.00%) Cisco
4 33 (10.15%) NetApp
4 33 (10.15%) Palo Alto
5 32 (9.85%) Dell
6 27 (8.31%) Broadcom
7 25 (7.69%) Fortinet
8 24 (7.38%) Nimble Storage
9 23 (7.08%) EMC
9 23 (7.08%) HP
10 21 (6.46%) Citrix
11 16 (4.92%) Commvault
12 14 (4.31%) ServiceNow
13 13 (4.00%) N-able
13 13 (4.00%) Red Hat
14 12 (3.69%) IBM
14 12 (3.69%) ScienceLogic
14 12 (3.69%) Splunk
15 10 (3.08%) Meraki