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 18 January 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
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 95 81
Rank change year-on-year -69 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing VMware 235 539 871
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 3.28% 3.81%
As % of the Vendors category 3.85% 8.50% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 158 363 755
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,111 £38,375 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,600 £80,900
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 6,104 6,339 9,452
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.86% 38.57% 41.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,231 3,657 7,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.55% -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

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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 18 January 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 27 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (8.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Apache
3 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Weka
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 113 (48.09%) Azure
2 80 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (17.45%) AWS
4 39 (16.60%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.66%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.96%) GitHub
7 13 (5.53%) IaaS
8 12 (5.11%) OneDrive
8 12 (5.11%) PaaS
9 11 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.55%) GCP
11 6 (2.55%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.13%) Cohesity
12 5 (2.13%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (33.19%) Firewall
2 57 (24.26%) DNS
3 46 (19.57%) DHCP
4 43 (18.30%) VPN
5 40 (17.02%) WAN
6 27 (11.49%) TCP/IP
7 26 (11.06%) SAN
8 23 (9.79%) LAN
8 23 (9.79%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.96%) VLAN
10 10 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (4.26%) Wireless
11 9 (3.83%) BGP
12 7 (2.98%) IP Telephony
12 7 (2.98%) Network Security
12 7 (2.98%) Wireshark
13 6 (2.55%) IPsec
14 5 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (2.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.28%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.85%) MySQL
3 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Git
1 5 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) JMeter
3 2 (0.85%) JUnit
3 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 87 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.43%) Finance
3 18 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.53%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.11%) Retail
7 10 (4.26%) Law
8 9 (3.83%) Marketing
9 8 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.13%) Banking
11 5 (2.13%) Legal
11 5 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Aviation
13 2 (0.85%) Advertising
13 2 (0.85%) Local Government
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.43%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 49 (20.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (15.74%) Senior
3 31 (13.19%) Support Engineer
3 31 (13.19%) VMware Engineer
4 24 (10.21%) IT Support
5 20 (8.51%) Infrastructure Manager
6 18 (7.66%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (7.66%) Analyst
7 15 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (6.38%) IT Engineer
7 15 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (6.38%) Network Engineer
7 15 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.96%) IT Manager
9 13 (5.53%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 12 (5.11%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Support
11 11 (4.68%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) .NET
1 3 (1.28%) JSON
1 3 (1.28%) Kafka
1 3 (1.28%) Node.js
1 3 (1.28%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.85%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.85%) Spring
2 2 (0.85%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.64%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (5.96%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.83%) CCTV
5 9 (3.83%) Clustering
6 8 (3.40%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.40%) Private Cloud
6 8 (3.40%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.98%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.70%) iPad
10 4 (1.70%) iPhone
10 4 (1.70%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.28%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 117 (49.79%) Windows
2 87 (37.02%) Windows Server
3 57 (24.26%) Linux
4 18 (7.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (6.81%) Unix
6 15 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (5.96%) Apple iOS
8 13 (5.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (4.26%) Windows 10
10 7 (2.98%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.13%) Debian
11 5 (2.13%) Solaris
12 4 (1.70%) Android
12 4 (1.70%) VMS
13 2 (0.85%) CentOS
13 2 (0.85%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (20.43%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (20.43%) ITIL
4 40 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (15.74%) DevOps
5 37 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (10.64%) Mentoring
8 22 (9.36%) Service Delivery
8 22 (9.36%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (8.51%) Root Cause Analysis
10 19 (8.09%) Project Delivery
11 18 (7.66%) Server Management
11 18 (7.66%) Test Automation
12 16 (6.81%) CI/CD
12 16 (6.81%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (6.38%) Customer Service
13 15 (6.38%) Incident Response
13 15 (6.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 48 (20.43%) PowerShell
2 37 (15.74%) Python
3 11 (4.68%) Bash
3 11 (4.68%) Bicep
4 7 (2.98%) SQL
5 5 (2.13%) Korn
6 3 (1.28%) Java
7 2 (0.85%) Go
Qualifications
1 44 (18.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.91%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (9.79%) SC Cleared
5 21 (8.94%) MCP
5 21 (8.94%) MCSE
6 20 (8.51%) Azure Certification
7 19 (8.09%) CCNA
7 19 (8.09%) MCSA
8 15 (6.38%) AWS Certification
9 14 (5.96%) CCNP
10 12 (5.11%) Degree
11 10 (4.26%) CCA
11 10 (4.26%) Citrix Certification
11 10 (4.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (3.83%) CEH
12 9 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.98%) DBS Check
14 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.64%) SLA
2 22 (9.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.51%) NIST
4 9 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.83%) ISO 22301
5 4 (1.70%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (49.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (37.45%) Active Directory
3 58 (24.68%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.51%) vSphere
5 19 (8.09%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (8.09%) VMware NSX
6 13 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.26%) Firmware
8 7 (2.98%) Docker
9 5 (2.13%) NFS
10 4 (1.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.85%) XenApp
12 1 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 54 (22.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (17.02%) Terraform
3 36 (15.32%) Ansible
4 21 (8.94%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.38%) SCCM
6 13 (5.53%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.55%) SCOM
8 5 (2.13%) Proxmox
9 4 (1.70%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.70%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.70%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.28%) Grafana
10 3 (1.28%) Nessus
10 3 (1.28%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.85%) Puppet
12 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.43%) Icinga
12 1 (0.43%) Kibana
12 1 (0.43%) Nagios
Vendors
1 112 (47.66%) Microsoft
2 47 (20.00%) Cisco
3 24 (10.21%) Veeam
4 18 (7.66%) Commvault
4 18 (7.66%) NetApp
5 16 (6.81%) Red Hat
6 15 (6.38%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.53%) Citrix
8 12 (5.11%) 3PAR
8 12 (5.11%) Dell
9 9 (3.83%) Draytek
9 9 (3.83%) Google
9 9 (3.83%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.40%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.40%) F5
10 8 (3.40%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.98%) Mitel
11 7 (2.98%) WatchGuard
12 6 (2.55%) Symantec
13 5 (2.13%) Sophos