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 30 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
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 100 80
Rank change year-on-year -61 -20 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 246 527 987
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 3.25% 3.77%
As % of the Vendors category 3.96% 8.36% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 170 352 855
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,563 £38,688 £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 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,375 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -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 6,207 6,303 10,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.31% 38.83% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,257 3,656 8,805
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,500
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 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%

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 30 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 30 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (8.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Weka
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 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
1 122 (49.59%) Azure
2 85 (34.55%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (17.48%) Entra ID
4 42 (17.07%) AWS
5 21 (8.54%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.69%) GitHub
7 13 (5.28%) IaaS
7 13 (5.28%) OneDrive
8 12 (4.88%) PaaS
9 11 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.25%) 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
14 4 (1.63%) Mimecast
15 3 (1.22%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 83 (33.74%) Firewall
2 60 (24.39%) DNS
3 46 (18.70%) DHCP
4 45 (18.29%) VPN
5 39 (15.85%) WAN
6 30 (12.20%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.76%) SD-WAN
8 22 (8.94%) SAN
9 21 (8.54%) LAN
10 14 (5.69%) VLAN
11 10 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.66%) BGP
12 9 (3.66%) 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 4 (1.63%) Git
3 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.81%) GitLab
4 2 (0.81%) JMeter
4 2 (0.81%) JUnit
4 2 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 89 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.33%) Finance
3 17 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.28%) Retail
5 13 (5.28%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.88%) Law
7 9 (3.66%) Marketing
8 8 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.44%) Legal
9 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.03%) Banking
10 5 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Aviation
12 2 (0.81%) Advertising
12 2 (0.81%) Local Government
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Back Office
13 1 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 50 (20.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (17.48%) Senior
3 32 (13.01%) VMware Engineer
4 30 (12.20%) Support Engineer
5 24 (9.76%) IT Support
6 20 (8.13%) Infrastructure Manager
7 18 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (7.32%) Analyst
7 18 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (6.91%) IT Engineer
9 16 (6.50%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (6.10%) Network Engineer
11 14 (5.69%) IT Manager
12 13 (5.28%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (4.88%) Support Analyst
14 11 (4.47%) 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 28 (11.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (10.16%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.28%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.66%) CCTV
4 9 (3.66%) Clustering
4 9 (3.66%) Private Cloud
5 8 (3.25%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.25%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.63%) iPad
8 4 (1.63%) iPhone
8 4 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 119 (48.37%) Windows
2 90 (36.59%) 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
7 13 (5.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (4.88%) Windows 10
9 11 (4.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (2.44%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.63%) Debian
11 4 (1.63%) Solaris
11 4 (1.63%) VMS
12 3 (1.22%) Android
13 2 (0.81%) CentOS
13 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (18.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (18.29%) ITIL
6 41 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (14.63%) DevOps
8 27 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.16%) Mentoring
9 25 (10.16%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (8.94%) Service Delivery
11 21 (8.54%) Test Automation
12 20 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (7.72%) Project Delivery
14 18 (7.32%) CI/CD
14 18 (7.32%) Incident Response
15 16 (6.50%) BCP
15 16 (6.50%) Resilience Testing
15 16 (6.50%) Runbook
15 16 (6.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.36%) PowerShell
2 40 (16.26%) Python
3 12 (4.88%) Bicep
4 11 (4.47%) Bash
5 8 (3.25%) SQL
6 4 (1.63%) Java
6 4 (1.63%) Korn
7 3 (1.22%) Go
8 1 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.41%) VBA
8 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (18.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.79%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 23 (9.35%) Azure Certification
6 21 (8.54%) MCSE
7 20 (8.13%) CCNA
7 20 (8.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 19 (7.72%) MCSA
9 16 (6.50%) AWS Certification
10 14 (5.69%) CCNP
11 13 (5.28%) 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 8 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (2.85%) DBS Check
16 5 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
16 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 58 (23.58%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.54%) VMware NSX
5 19 (7.72%) vSphere
6 18 (7.32%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.07%) Firmware
9 7 (2.85%) Docker
10 4 (1.63%) NFS
10 4 (1.63%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.81%) XenApp
12 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.41%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 55 (22.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (17.48%) Terraform
3 39 (15.85%) Ansible
4 23 (9.35%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.69%) SCCM
6 13 (5.28%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.85%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.44%) Grafana
8 6 (2.44%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.44%) Proxmox
8 6 (2.44%) SCOM
9 5 (2.03%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.63%) Puppet
11 3 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (1.22%) Nessus
12 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.41%) Kibana
12 1 (0.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 112 (45.53%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.70%) Cisco
3 22 (8.94%) Veeam
4 20 (8.13%) Commvault
5 16 (6.50%) Citrix
6 15 (6.10%) NetApp
6 15 (6.10%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.28%) SolarWinds
8 12 (4.88%) Dell
9 10 (4.07%) 3PAR
9 10 (4.07%) Draytek
10 9 (3.66%) Fortinet
10 9 (3.66%) Google
10 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
11 8 (3.25%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.25%) F5
11 8 (3.25%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.85%) Mitel
13 6 (2.44%) Symantec
14 5 (2.03%) IBM