Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 1 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

VMware
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
1 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 148 100 76
Rank change year-on-year -48 -24 +9
Permanent jobs citing VMware 2,064 1,269 347
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.62% 3.41% 3.91%
As % of the Vendors category 7.04% 9.34% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 1,094 287
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £35,535
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,063 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% +6.74%

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

All Vendors
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 29,306 13,587 3,356
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.27% 36.51% 37.82%
Number of salaries quoted 16,020 10,441 2,746
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

VMware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware.

VMware salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware over the 6 months to 1 July 2022.

VMware salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 1 July 2022, VMware job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for VMware.

1 1,357 (65.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,102 (53.39%) Windows
3 1,045 (50.63%) Microsoft
4 976 (47.29%) Azure
5 833 (40.36%) Active Directory
6 683 (33.09%) Windows Server
7 637 (30.86%) Microsoft 365
8 630 (30.52%) Linux
9 533 (25.82%) AWS
10 520 (25.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 481 (23.30%) Firewall
12 472 (22.87%) Cisco
13 452 (21.90%) Social Skills
14 430 (20.83%) Citrix
15 418 (20.25%) Hyper-V
16 399 (19.33%) Finance
17 394 (19.09%) DNS
18 385 (18.65%) Data Centre
19 355 (17.20%) ITIL
20 339 (16.42%) vSphere
21 326 (15.79%) PowerShell
22 319 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
23 315 (15.26%) DHCP
24 309 (14.97%) DevOps
25 280 (13.57%) Python
26 263 (12.74%) SAN
27 262 (12.69%) Ansible
28 253 (12.26%) VMware ESXi
29 239 (11.58%) Project Delivery
30 234 (11.34%) Agile

VMware
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 186 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 181 (8.77%) MS Exchange
3 116 (5.62%) Apache
4 95 (4.60%) IIS
5 43 (2.08%) nginx
6 42 (2.03%) Tomcat
7 41 (1.99%) OpenStack
8 40 (1.94%) Hyperledger
9 35 (1.70%) Exchange Server 2010
10 30 (1.45%) Apache Spark
11 24 (1.16%) Confluence
12 19 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
13 14 (0.68%) Ethereum
14 11 (0.53%) Skype for Business
15 9 (0.44%) WordPress
16 7 (0.34%) MetaMask
16 7 (0.34%) OpenZeppelin
17 6 (0.29%) Jetty
18 5 (0.24%) MQSeries
19 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 172 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.097%) EngageOne
6 2 (0.097%) Stata
7 1 (0.048%) Blender
7 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 40 (1.94%) Distributed Ledger
1 40 (1.94%) R3 Corda
2 7 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.097%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.097%) Salesforce.com CRM
4 2 (0.097%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.048%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.048%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 976 (47.29%) Azure
2 637 (30.86%) Microsoft 365
3 533 (25.82%) AWS
4 189 (9.16%) Azure Active Directory
5 130 (6.30%) IaaS
6 114 (5.52%) PaaS
7 112 (5.43%) GCP
8 95 (4.60%) SaaS
9 46 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
10 43 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
11 42 (2.03%) OpenShift
12 37 (1.79%) Serverless
13 33 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 32 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
15 28 (1.36%) OneDrive
16 26 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
17 25 (1.21%) Power Platform
18 24 (1.16%) GitHub
19 23 (1.11%) Rubrik
20 21 (1.02%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 481 (23.30%) Firewall
2 394 (19.09%) DNS
3 315 (15.26%) DHCP
4 263 (12.74%) SAN
5 217 (10.51%) TCP/IP
5 217 (10.51%) VPN
6 216 (10.47%) WAN
7 193 (9.35%) LAN
8 127 (6.15%) VLAN
9 78 (3.78%) MPLS
10 72 (3.49%) Fibre Channel
10 72 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
11 70 (3.39%) NAS
12 68 (3.29%) Network Security
13 67 (3.25%) VoIP
14 54 (2.62%) VSAN
15 53 (2.57%) BGP
16 51 (2.47%) OSPF
17 50 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
17 50 (2.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (8.24%) SQL Server
2 104 (5.04%) MySQL
3 65 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
4 39 (1.89%) InfluxDB
5 36 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 33 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
6 33 (1.60%) Hadoop
7 24 (1.16%) Big Data
8 20 (0.97%) MariaDB
9 19 (0.92%) Oracle Database
9 19 (0.92%) Power BI
10 16 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.58%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.29%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 102 (4.94%) Git (software)
2 70 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 53 (2.57%) GitLab
4 49 (2.37%) JIRA
5 25 (1.21%) Selenium
6 20 (0.97%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.53%) Subversion
9 9 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
10 7 (0.34%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.29%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.29%) ERwin
12 5 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (0.24%) Maven
12 5 (0.24%) MSI
12 5 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.19%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.15%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.15%) Gradle
General
1 452 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 399 (19.33%) Finance
3 186 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (5.57%) Public Sector
6 101 (4.89%) Telecoms
7 82 (3.97%) Law
8 70 (3.39%) Legal
9 68 (3.29%) Banking
10 65 (3.15%) Retail
11 44 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (1.74%) Advertising
14 29 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.36%) Financial Institution
15 28 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.16%) Local Government
17 19 (0.92%) Marketing
18 14 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 439 (21.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 213 (10.32%) Architect
3 146 (7.07%) IT Engineer
4 125 (6.06%) Analyst
5 118 (5.72%) Support Engineer
6 110 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
7 107 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 103 (4.99%) Consultant
9 94 (4.55%) VMware Engineer
10 93 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
11 92 (4.46%) Network Engineer
12 91 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
13 90 (4.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 85 (4.12%) Administrator
15 77 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 72 (3.49%) Systems Administrator
17 70 (3.39%) IT Support
18 68 (3.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 64 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
19 64 (3.10%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (3.59%) Elastic Stack
2 56 (2.71%) .NET
3 47 (2.28%) REST
4 35 (1.70%) LEMP Stack
5 34 (1.65%) LAMP
6 33 (1.60%) Web Services
7 27 (1.31%) Flash
7 27 (1.31%) Kafka
8 25 (1.21%) LAPP Stack
9 24 (1.16%) JSON
10 23 (1.11%) HTML
11 22 (1.07%) LDAP
12 20 (0.97%) ARM Templates
13 19 (0.92%) CSS
14 18 (0.87%) JMS
14 18 (0.87%) XML
15 16 (0.78%) Smart Contracts
15 16 (0.78%) web3js
16 14 (0.68%) Spine.js
17 13 (0.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 385 (18.65%) Data Centre
2 120 (5.81%) Public Cloud
3 118 (5.72%) Cyberattack
4 103 (4.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 96 (4.65%) Replication
6 81 (3.92%) Cyber Defence
7 75 (3.63%) Management Information System
8 73 (3.54%) Clustering
9 72 (3.49%) Blockchain
10 57 (2.76%) Private Cloud
11 47 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
11 47 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (2.08%) Cybercrime
13 40 (1.94%) SWIFT
14 38 (1.84%) Smartphone
15 28 (1.36%) Social Media
16 27 (1.31%) Cardano
16 27 (1.31%) Driving Licence
17 25 (1.21%) NHS
18 24 (1.16%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 1,102 (53.39%) Windows
2 683 (33.09%) Windows Server
3 630 (30.52%) Linux
4 202 (9.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 157 (7.61%) Windows 10
6 124 (6.01%) CentOS
6 124 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 123 (5.96%) Unix
8 116 (5.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 113 (5.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 86 (4.17%) Ubuntu
11 72 (3.49%) Windows Server 2008
12 46 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
13 40 (1.94%) Android
14 31 (1.50%) Mac OS
15 28 (1.36%) Kali Linux
16 26 (1.26%) Windows 7
17 24 (1.16%) Debian
18 20 (0.97%) VMS
19 16 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (25.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 355 (17.20%) ITIL
3 319 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (14.97%) DevOps
5 239 (11.58%) Project Delivery
6 234 (11.34%) Agile
7 196 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
8 178 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 170 (8.24%) Migration
10 161 (7.80%) CI/CD
11 146 (7.07%) Project Management
12 127 (6.15%) Change Management
13 123 (5.96%) Computer Science
14 121 (5.86%) Presales
15 118 (5.72%) Service Delivery
16 116 (5.62%) Configuration Management
17 114 (5.52%) IT Strategy
18 111 (5.38%) Software Licensing
19 109 (5.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 109 (5.28%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 326 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 280 (13.57%) Python
3 228 (11.05%) SQL
4 175 (8.48%) Bash
5 124 (6.01%) Java
6 66 (3.20%) C#
7 52 (2.52%) Go
8 44 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 40 (1.94%) DAML
9 40 (1.94%) Perl
10 33 (1.60%) PHP
11 29 (1.41%) VBScript
12 23 (1.11%) VB
13 20 (0.97%) C++
14 19 (0.92%) C
15 18 (0.87%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.82%) Ruby
17 16 (0.78%) TypeScript
18 13 (0.63%) Scala
18 13 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 196 (9.50%) Security Cleared
2 189 (9.16%) Degree
3 172 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 149 (7.22%) SC Cleared
5 132 (6.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 126 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
7 110 (5.33%) MCSE
8 81 (3.92%) CCNA
9 74 (3.59%) CCNP
10 61 (2.96%) MCSA
11 54 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
13 29 (1.41%) CISSP
13 29 (1.41%) ISEB
13 29 (1.41%) ISTQB
14 26 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 24 (1.16%) MCP
15 24 (1.16%) RHCE
16 22 (1.07%) CCIE
17 20 (0.97%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (4.75%) QA
2 92 (4.46%) SLA
3 75 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 37 (1.79%) GDPR
6 21 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.58%) PMO
9 11 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.44%) NCSC
12 5 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.24%) NIST
13 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.15%) GxP
15 2 (0.097%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1,357 (65.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 833 (40.36%) Active Directory
3 418 (20.25%) Hyper-V
4 339 (16.42%) vSphere
5 253 (12.26%) VMware ESXi
6 209 (10.13%) Docker
7 125 (6.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 87 (4.22%) VMware NSX
9 85 (4.12%) XenApp
10 63 (3.05%) KVM
11 50 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
12 42 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
13 40 (1.94%) XenDesktop
14 36 (1.74%) Xen
15 25 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
16 21 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
17 20 (0.97%) BitLocker
18 18 (0.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 16 (0.78%) GlusterFS
Systems Management
1 262 (12.69%) Ansible
2 207 (10.03%) Kubernetes
3 183 (8.87%) SCCM
4 155 (7.51%) Terraform
5 137 (6.64%) vCenter Server
6 135 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 125 (6.06%) Puppet
8 93 (4.51%) WSUS
9 67 (3.25%) Grafana
9 67 (3.25%) Nagios
10 58 (2.81%) Opscode Chef
11 51 (2.47%) vRealize
12 38 (1.84%) SCOM
13 29 (1.41%) ZABBIX
14 27 (1.31%) FortiGate
15 25 (1.21%) NetBackup
16 23 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
16 23 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
16 23 (1.11%) VxRail
17 21 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1,045 (50.63%) Microsoft
2 472 (22.87%) Cisco
3 430 (20.83%) Citrix
4 198 (9.59%) Red Hat
5 195 (9.45%) HP
6 172 (8.33%) Veeam
7 127 (6.15%) EMC
8 125 (6.06%) Dell
9 121 (5.86%) IBM
10 117 (5.67%) Apple
11 101 (4.89%) Adobe
12 99 (4.80%) NetApp
13 85 (4.12%) Google
14 83 (4.02%) Oracle
15 79 (3.83%) SolarWinds
16 75 (3.63%) F5
17 68 (3.29%) Juniper
18 66 (3.20%) Nimble Storage
19 65 (3.15%) Palo Alto
20 64 (3.10%) Splunk