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 6 September 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
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 163 111
Rank change year-on-year -31 -52 -35
Permanent jobs citing VMware 330 303 665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.87% 2.81%
As % of the Vendors category 4.43% 3.82% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 251 254 503
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,688 £35,000 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £71,875 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% -2.00%

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 7,446 7,928 9,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.57% 48.96% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,299 3,906 5,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,500
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -6.36% -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 6 September 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 66 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (12.12%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.94%) IIS
4 12 (3.64%) nginx
5 11 (3.33%) Apache
6 5 (1.52%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.30%) Site Server
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Houdini
4 1 (0.30%) NUKE
4 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 213 (64.55%) Azure
2 123 (37.27%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (23.64%) Entra ID
4 74 (22.42%) AWS
5 31 (9.39%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.67%) IaaS
7 20 (6.06%) GitHub
7 20 (6.06%) PaaS
8 17 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.24%) OneDrive
11 13 (3.94%) GCP
12 12 (3.64%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.64%) Serverless
13 10 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.42%) Mimecast
15 7 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 135 (40.91%) Firewall
2 114 (34.55%) DNS
3 85 (25.76%) DHCP
4 84 (25.45%) VPN
5 54 (16.36%) WAN
6 51 (15.45%) LAN
7 46 (13.94%) TCP/IP
8 32 (9.70%) VLAN
9 22 (6.67%) Network Security
9 22 (6.67%) VSAN
10 16 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (4.24%) SAN
12 10 (3.03%) BGP
12 10 (3.03%) Wireless
13 8 (2.42%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.42%) OSPF
13 8 (2.42%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.12%) MPLS
14 7 (2.12%) NAS
15 6 (1.82%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.82%) MySQL
4 4 (1.21%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.21%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.30%) GIS
5 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (6.36%) Git
2 6 (1.82%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) Gradle
4 2 (0.61%) JUnit
4 2 (0.61%) Mockito
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 118 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.55%) Finance
3 29 (8.79%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.97%) Retail
5 22 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.36%) Law
6 21 (6.36%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.94%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.33%) Marketing
11 10 (3.03%) Banking
11 10 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.42%) Legal
13 7 (2.12%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.91%) Back Office
17 2 (0.61%) Military
18 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 77 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (20.61%) Senior
3 51 (15.45%) Consultant
4 50 (15.15%) Support Engineer
5 40 (12.12%) IT Engineer
6 39 (11.82%) Architect
7 35 (10.61%) IT Support
8 31 (9.39%) Analyst
9 29 (8.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (8.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (8.18%) Technical Consultant
11 22 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
12 21 (6.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 21 (6.36%) Network Engineer
13 19 (5.76%) Senior Consultant
13 19 (5.76%) VMware Consultant
14 18 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (5.45%) VMware Architect
15 17 (5.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (14.24%) Terraform
2 8 (2.42%) Middleware
3 6 (1.82%) Web Services
4 4 (1.21%) XMPP
5 2 (0.61%) gRPC
5 2 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.61%) REST
5 2 (0.61%) RESTful
6 1 (0.30%) Java SE
6 1 (0.30%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.30%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 75 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.30%) Driving Licence
3 29 (8.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (6.97%) Replication
5 21 (6.36%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (6.36%) Public Cloud
6 20 (6.06%) Private Cloud
7 17 (5.15%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.55%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.64%) PKI
9 12 (3.64%) Podcast
10 11 (3.33%) iSeries
11 9 (2.73%) CMDB
12 8 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.82%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.52%) CCTV
14 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.21%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 199 (60.30%) Windows
2 135 (40.91%) Windows Server
3 84 (25.45%) Linux
4 14 (4.24%) VMS
4 14 (4.24%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.33%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.03%) Unix
6 10 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.73%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.91%) CentOS
10 3 (0.91%) Solaris
11 2 (0.61%) Android
11 2 (0.61%) Debian
12 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (35.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 113 (34.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 88 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (15.45%) Presales
6 46 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (13.94%) ITIL
6 46 (13.94%) Project Delivery
7 43 (13.03%) Business Continuity
8 41 (12.42%) High Availability
8 41 (12.42%) Roadmaps
9 40 (12.12%) Mentoring
10 36 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (10.00%) DevOps
11 33 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
12 31 (9.39%) Migration
13 30 (9.09%) CI/CD
14 29 (8.79%) Customer Service
15 25 (7.58%) Service Delivery
15 25 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (24.85%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.30%) Python
3 30 (9.09%) SQL
4 26 (7.88%) Bash
5 20 (6.06%) Bicep
6 12 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.91%) Go
7 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) Java
9 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.30%) Rust
9 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.30%) VB
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
9 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (15.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 48 (14.55%) Azure Certification
3 46 (13.94%) Security Cleared
4 44 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (12.12%) SC Cleared
6 30 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (8.48%) Degree
7 28 (8.48%) VCAP
8 23 (6.97%) CCNP
9 21 (6.36%) VCDX
10 19 (5.76%) CCNA
11 17 (5.15%) DV Cleared
12 11 (3.33%) MCSE
13 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (2.42%) MCSA
15 7 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (2.12%) HNC
15 7 (2.12%) HND
15 7 (2.12%) RHCSA
16 6 (1.82%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.39%) SLA
2 17 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.55%) PMO
4 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.91%) NIST
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.61%) GDPR
6 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 242 (73.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 134 (40.61%) Active Directory
3 128 (38.79%) Hyper-V
4 74 (22.42%) vSphere
5 41 (12.42%) VMware NSX
6 28 (8.48%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (5.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (4.85%) vCloud
8 16 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (3.94%) Firmware
10 9 (2.73%) Docker
10 9 (2.73%) VMware Server
11 7 (2.12%) KVM
12 6 (1.82%) Squid
13 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.91%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.91%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.30%) iptables
15 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (16.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.09%) Ansible
3 23 (6.97%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.24%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.73%) SCCM
6 8 (2.42%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.82%) Avamar
7 6 (1.82%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.82%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.82%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.82%) Packer
7 6 (1.82%) VxRail
8 5 (1.52%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.52%) Grafana
8 5 (1.52%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.21%) Graylog
9 4 (1.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 207 (62.73%) Microsoft
2 80 (24.24%) Veeam
3 62 (18.79%) Cisco
4 34 (10.30%) Dell
4 34 (10.30%) NetApp
4 34 (10.30%) Palo Alto
5 27 (8.18%) Broadcom
5 27 (8.18%) Fortinet
6 25 (7.58%) EMC
7 24 (7.27%) Nimble Storage
8 22 (6.67%) HP
9 21 (6.36%) Citrix
10 16 (4.85%) WatchGuard
11 15 (4.55%) Commvault
11 15 (4.55%) N-able
12 14 (4.24%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.94%) Red Hat
14 12 (3.64%) IBM
14 12 (3.64%) ScienceLogic
14 12 (3.64%) SonicWALL