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 13 November 2025, 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
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 92 68
Rank change year-on-year -80 -24 +37
Permanent jobs citing VMware 243 626 923
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 3.17% 4.27%
As % of the Vendors category 3.21% 8.65% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 192 432 770
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 7,561 7,236 8,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 48.20% 36.59% 40.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,717 4,288 7,209
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £33,716
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £44,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.04%

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 13 November 2025.

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 42 (17.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.53%) IIS
4 2 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 128 (52.67%) Azure
2 92 (37.86%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (21.81%) AWS
4 32 (13.17%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.70%) GitHub
6 16 (6.58%) IaaS
7 15 (6.17%) SaaS
8 14 (5.76%) Nutanix
9 12 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (4.53%) PaaS
11 9 (3.70%) GCP
12 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.47%) Mimecast
14 6 (2.47%) OneDrive
14 6 (2.47%) Power Platform
15 5 (2.06%) Cohesity
16 3 (1.23%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (37.04%) Firewall
2 46 (18.93%) DNS
3 44 (18.11%) DHCP
4 37 (15.23%) VPN
5 36 (14.81%) WAN
6 29 (11.93%) SAN
7 25 (10.29%) TCP/IP
8 24 (9.88%) LAN
9 17 (7.00%) SD-WAN
10 12 (4.94%) VLAN
10 12 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (2.88%) IP Telephony
11 7 (2.88%) Wireless
11 7 (2.88%) Wireshark
12 6 (2.47%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.47%) Network Security
13 5 (2.06%) BGP
13 5 (2.06%) NAS
13 5 (2.06%) OSPF
14 4 (1.65%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.12%) Data Hub
2 10 (4.12%) SQL CLR
3 5 (2.06%) Power BI
4 3 (1.23%) Metadata
4 3 (1.23%) MySQL
4 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.23%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.53%) Git
2 9 (3.70%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.65%) GitLab
5 3 (1.23%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.82%) JMeter
6 2 (0.82%) JUnit
6 2 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.58%) Finance
3 22 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.94%) Marketing
5 11 (4.53%) Back Office
6 10 (4.12%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.29%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.29%) Retail
9 6 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.06%) Law
10 5 (2.06%) Legal
11 3 (1.23%) Local Government
12 2 (0.82%) Advertising
12 2 (0.82%) Electronics
12 2 (0.82%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Avionics
13 1 (0.41%) Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (15.64%) Senior
3 36 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 24 (9.88%) IT Support
5 19 (7.82%) Infrastructure Manager
5 19 (7.82%) IT Engineer
6 18 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 17 (7.00%) IT Manager
8 15 (6.17%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.76%) Linux Engineer
10 13 (5.35%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.35%) VMware Engineer
11 12 (4.94%) Analyst
12 11 (4.53%) Consultant
13 10 (4.12%) Network Engineer
13 10 (4.12%) Security Manager
13 10 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.94%) .NET
2 8 (3.29%) Node.js
3 7 (2.88%) .NET Core
3 7 (2.88%) .NET Framework
3 7 (2.88%) Dapper ORM
3 7 (2.88%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.23%) JSON
4 3 (1.23%) Kafka
4 3 (1.23%) LAMP
4 3 (1.23%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.82%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.82%) SAML
5 2 (0.82%) Spring
5 2 (0.82%) WCF
6 1 (0.41%) LAPP Stack
6 1 (0.41%) REST
6 1 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.35%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (6.17%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.17%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (5.35%) Private Cloud
6 10 (4.12%) CCTV
6 10 (4.12%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.29%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.29%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.06%) PKI
11 4 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.65%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.23%) e-Learning
13 2 (0.82%) Clustering
13 2 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 134 (55.14%) Windows
2 91 (37.45%) Windows Server
3 68 (27.98%) Linux
4 22 (9.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (7.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (6.58%) Unix
7 15 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (4.53%) CentOS
8 11 (4.53%) Mac OS
9 9 (3.70%) Solaris
10 6 (2.47%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.47%) Debian
10 6 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (2.06%) Android
11 5 (2.06%) Mac OS X
11 5 (2.06%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.65%) HPUX
12 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
13 3 (1.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (25.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (19.75%) ITIL
4 47 (19.34%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (17.28%) Mentoring
6 38 (15.64%) DevOps
7 30 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (10.70%) Performance Tuning
10 25 (10.29%) Migration
10 25 (10.29%) Server Management
11 22 (9.05%) Project Delivery
12 21 (8.64%) CI/CD
12 21 (8.64%) Customer Service
12 21 (8.64%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
14 17 (7.00%) Infrastructure Management
15 16 (6.58%) Test Automation
16 15 (6.17%) Change Control
16 15 (6.17%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.16%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.17%) Python
3 22 (9.05%) SQL
4 15 (6.17%) Bash
5 10 (4.12%) Bicep
6 7 (2.88%) C#
7 5 (2.06%) Korn
8 4 (1.65%) Java
9 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.82%) Go
11 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (12.76%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (11.93%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.88%) MCP
5 24 (9.88%) MCSE
6 22 (9.05%) MCSA
7 21 (8.64%) CCNA
8 20 (8.23%) Azure Certification
8 20 (8.23%) Degree
9 17 (7.00%) CCNP
10 13 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.70%) AWS Certification
11 9 (3.70%) CCA
11 9 (3.70%) Citrix Certification
11 9 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (3.29%) DBS Check
13 7 (2.88%) DV Cleared
14 5 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.23%) SLA
2 19 (7.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.94%) NIST
4 10 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.06%) GDPR
6 4 (1.65%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 129 (53.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 87 (35.80%) Active Directory
3 59 (24.28%) Hyper-V
4 27 (11.11%) vSphere
5 19 (7.82%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.58%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.12%) Docker
8 8 (3.29%) Firmware
8 8 (3.29%) VMware NSX
9 6 (2.47%) NFS
10 4 (1.65%) XenApp
11 2 (0.82%) KVM
12 1 (0.41%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.41%) Postfix
12 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (21.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (16.87%) Terraform
3 33 (13.58%) Ansible
4 23 (9.47%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.94%) vCenter Server
6 10 (4.12%) SCCM
7 6 (2.47%) Proxmox
7 6 (2.47%) SCOM
8 5 (2.06%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.23%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.23%) Nessus
9 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.23%) Puppet
9 3 (1.23%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.82%) Kibana
10 2 (0.82%) Nagios
10 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.41%) Icinga
Vendors
1 137 (56.38%) Microsoft
2 62 (25.51%) Cisco
3 29 (11.93%) Veeam
4 21 (8.64%) Dell
5 18 (7.41%) NetApp
6 15 (6.17%) Citrix
7 14 (5.76%) Commvault
7 14 (5.76%) Red Hat
7 14 (5.76%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.12%) 3PAR
8 10 (4.12%) HP
8 10 (4.12%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.70%) Juniper
9 9 (3.70%) Oracle
10 7 (2.88%) Draytek
10 7 (2.88%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.88%) Google
10 7 (2.88%) Mitel
10 7 (2.88%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (2.88%) WatchGuard