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 2 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 102 76
Rank change year-on-year -61 -26 +15
Permanent jobs citing VMware 246 523 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 3.26% 3.73%
As % of the Vendors category 3.98% 8.37% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 170 349 887
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £81,875 £75,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £91,375 £87,500 £78,850
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% -4.00%

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 6,179 6,250 11,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.16% 38.93% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 3,606 9,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,000
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% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,528
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.59% -10.39%

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 2 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 29 (11.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (9.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.63%) Weka
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 121 (49.19%) Azure
2 85 (34.55%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (18.70%) Entra ID
4 43 (17.48%) AWS
5 21 (8.54%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.69%) GitHub
6 14 (5.69%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.28%) IaaS
8 12 (4.88%) PaaS
9 11 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.85%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (2.44%) GCP
12 6 (2.44%) Google Workspace
13 5 (2.03%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.63%) Cohesity
15 3 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 86 (34.96%) Firewall
2 61 (24.80%) DNS
3 47 (19.11%) DHCP
3 47 (19.11%) VPN
4 38 (15.45%) WAN
5 31 (12.60%) TCP/IP
6 25 (10.16%) SD-WAN
7 20 (8.13%) SAN
8 19 (7.72%) LAN
9 15 (6.10%) VLAN
10 10 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.66%) BGP
12 8 (3.25%) Wireless
13 7 (2.85%) IP Telephony
13 7 (2.85%) Network Security
13 7 (2.85%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.44%) IPsec
15 5 (2.03%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (2.03%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.22%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.81%) MySQL
3 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.03%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.22%) Git
2 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.81%) GitLab
3 2 (0.81%) JMeter
3 2 (0.81%) JUnit
3 2 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 90 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.33%) Finance
3 16 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.69%) Retail
6 13 (5.28%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.88%) Law
8 9 (3.66%) Marketing
9 7 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.44%) Legal
10 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.03%) Banking
11 5 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Aviation
14 2 (0.81%) Advertising
14 2 (0.81%) Local Government
15 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.41%) Back Office
15 1 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (20.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 46 (18.70%) Senior
3 31 (12.60%) VMware Engineer
4 30 (12.20%) Support Engineer
5 25 (10.16%) IT Support
6 20 (8.13%) Infrastructure Manager
6 20 (8.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (7.72%) Analyst
8 18 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (7.32%) IT Engineer
9 17 (6.91%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (6.10%) Network Engineer
11 14 (5.69%) IT Manager
12 13 (5.28%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 13 (5.28%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.88%) Infrastructure Support
14 11 (4.47%) IT Security Specialist
14 11 (4.47%) Security Manager
14 11 (4.47%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.22%) .NET
1 3 (1.22%) JSON
1 3 (1.22%) Kafka
1 3 (1.22%) Node.js
1 3 (1.22%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.81%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.81%) Spring
2 2 (0.81%) WCF
3 1 (0.41%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 26 (10.57%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.88%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.07%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.66%) CCTV
6 9 (3.66%) Clustering
7 8 (3.25%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.63%) iPad
10 4 (1.63%) iPhone
10 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (47.97%) Windows
2 91 (36.99%) Windows Server
3 59 (23.98%) Linux
4 16 (6.50%) Unix
5 15 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (5.69%) Apple iOS
6 14 (5.69%) Windows 10
7 12 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (4.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.03%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.63%) Debian
10 4 (1.63%) Solaris
10 4 (1.63%) VMS
11 2 (0.81%) Android
11 2 (0.81%) CentOS
11 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (19.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (17.89%) ITIL
5 39 (15.85%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (14.63%) DevOps
7 27 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.16%) Mentoring
8 25 (10.16%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (9.35%) Service Delivery
10 21 (8.54%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.13%) Project Delivery
11 20 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (7.72%) CI/CD
12 19 (7.72%) Incident Response
13 16 (6.50%) BCP
13 16 (6.50%) Resilience Testing
13 16 (6.50%) Runbook
13 16 (6.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.54%) PowerShell
2 40 (16.26%) Python
3 12 (4.88%) Bash
4 10 (4.07%) Bicep
5 8 (3.25%) SQL
6 4 (1.63%) Go
6 4 (1.63%) Java
6 4 (1.63%) Korn
7 1 (0.41%) VB
7 1 (0.41%) VBA
7 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (13.01%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.79%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 23 (9.35%) Azure Certification
6 20 (8.13%) CCNA
6 20 (8.13%) MCSE
7 19 (7.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 18 (7.32%) MCSA
9 17 (6.91%) AWS Certification
10 14 (5.69%) CCNP
11 12 (4.88%) Degree
12 11 (4.47%) CEH
13 10 (4.07%) CCA
13 10 (4.07%) Citrix Certification
13 10 (4.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.85%) DBS Check
15 5 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (2.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (9.76%) SLA
3 23 (9.35%) NIST
4 11 (4.47%) ISO 22301
5 9 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.63%) GDPR
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (47.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 91 (36.99%) Active Directory
3 59 (23.98%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.54%) VMware NSX
5 18 (7.32%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (7.32%) vSphere
6 13 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.07%) Firmware
8 7 (2.85%) Docker
9 4 (1.63%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (1.22%) NFS
11 2 (0.81%) XenApp
12 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.41%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 56 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (16.67%) Terraform
3 38 (15.45%) Ansible
4 23 (9.35%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.69%) SCCM
6 13 (5.28%) vCenter Server
7 8 (3.25%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.85%) Grafana
8 7 (2.85%) Proxmox
9 6 (2.44%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.44%) SCOM
10 5 (2.03%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.63%) Puppet
12 3 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (1.22%) Nessus
13 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.41%) Kibana
13 1 (0.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 112 (45.53%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.29%) Cisco
3 22 (8.94%) Veeam
4 19 (7.72%) Commvault
5 17 (6.91%) Citrix
6 15 (6.10%) NetApp
7 14 (5.69%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.28%) SolarWinds
9 11 (4.47%) Dell
10 10 (4.07%) 3PAR
10 10 (4.07%) Draytek
11 9 (3.66%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.66%) Google
11 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.25%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.25%) F5
12 8 (3.25%) WatchGuard
13 7 (2.85%) Mitel
14 6 (2.44%) Symantec
15 5 (2.03%) IBM