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 10 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
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 166 113
Rank change year-on-year -24 -53 -39
Permanent jobs citing VMware 340 297 647
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.83% 2.77%
As % of the Vendors category 4.48% 3.74% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 254 247 480
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £31,925
25th Percentile £42,594 £35,000 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £74,375 £67,500 £68,188
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -

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 7,596 7,941 8,988
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.73% 48.95% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,388 3,916 5,204
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -5.17% -3.33%
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 10 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 67 (19.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (12.06%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.82%) IIS
4 12 (3.53%) nginx
5 11 (3.24%) Apache
6 5 (1.47%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.29%) Site Server
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Houdini
4 1 (0.29%) NUKE
4 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 216 (63.53%) Azure
2 129 (37.94%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (23.53%) Entra ID
4 76 (22.35%) AWS
5 31 (9.12%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.47%) IaaS
7 20 (5.88%) GitHub
7 20 (5.88%) PaaS
8 17 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (4.12%) OneDrive
11 13 (3.82%) GCP
12 12 (3.53%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.53%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.53%) Serverless
13 10 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.35%) Mimecast
15 7 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 138 (40.59%) Firewall
2 115 (33.82%) DNS
3 86 (25.29%) DHCP
4 85 (25.00%) VPN
5 55 (16.18%) WAN
6 52 (15.29%) LAN
7 47 (13.82%) TCP/IP
8 32 (9.41%) VLAN
9 23 (6.76%) Network Security
10 22 (6.47%) VSAN
11 16 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (4.12%) SAN
13 10 (2.94%) BGP
13 10 (2.94%) Wireless
14 9 (2.65%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (2.35%) OSPF
15 8 (2.35%) Unified Communications
16 7 (2.06%) iSCSI
16 7 (2.06%) MPLS
16 7 (2.06%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.76%) MySQL
4 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.29%) GIS
5 1 (0.29%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (6.18%) Git
2 6 (1.76%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.18%) GitLab
3 4 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.59%) Gradle
4 2 (0.59%) JUnit
4 2 (0.59%) Mockito
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
5 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 123 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.12%) Finance
3 30 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (6.76%) Retail
6 22 (6.47%) Telecoms
7 21 (6.18%) Law
8 17 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (3.82%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.24%) Marketing
12 10 (2.94%) Banking
12 10 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.65%) Aerospace
13 9 (2.65%) Legal
14 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.88%) Back Office
17 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (22.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (20.59%) Senior
3 51 (15.00%) Consultant
3 51 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 41 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 39 (11.47%) Architect
6 37 (10.88%) IT Support
7 31 (9.12%) Analyst
8 30 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (8.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (7.94%) Technical Consultant
11 23 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
12 21 (6.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 21 (6.18%) Network Engineer
13 19 (5.59%) Senior Consultant
13 19 (5.59%) VMware Consultant
14 18 (5.29%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (5.29%) VMware Architect
15 17 (5.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (13.82%) Terraform
2 8 (2.35%) Middleware
3 6 (1.76%) Web Services
4 4 (1.18%) XMPP
5 2 (0.59%) gRPC
5 2 (0.59%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.59%) REST
5 2 (0.59%) RESTful
6 1 (0.29%) Java SE
6 1 (0.29%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.29%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.24%) Data Centre
2 35 (10.29%) Driving Licence
3 29 (8.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (6.76%) Replication
5 21 (6.18%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (6.18%) Private Cloud
5 21 (6.18%) Public Cloud
6 17 (5.00%) Security Posture
7 16 (4.71%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.53%) PKI
8 12 (3.53%) Podcast
9 11 (3.24%) iSeries
10 9 (2.65%) CMDB
11 8 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.76%) CCTV
12 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.76%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.47%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.18%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 206 (60.59%) Windows
2 137 (40.29%) Windows Server
3 86 (25.29%) Linux
4 15 (4.41%) Mac OS
5 14 (4.12%) VMS
5 14 (4.12%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.94%) Unix
6 10 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.65%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.18%) Solaris
9 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.88%) CentOS
11 2 (0.59%) Android
11 2 (0.59%) Debian
12 1 (0.29%) AIX
12 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 113 (33.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 92 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (15.00%) Presales
6 50 (14.71%) ITIL
7 48 (14.12%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (13.82%) Project Delivery
9 43 (12.65%) Business Continuity
9 43 (12.65%) Mentoring
10 42 (12.35%) High Availability
10 42 (12.35%) Roadmaps
11 36 (10.59%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (9.71%) DevOps
14 31 (9.12%) Migration
15 30 (8.82%) CI/CD
15 30 (8.82%) Customer Service
16 27 (7.94%) AI
17 26 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (24.41%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.00%) Python
3 30 (8.82%) SQL
4 26 (7.65%) Bash
5 20 (5.88%) Bicep
6 12 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.88%) Go
7 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.29%) C
9 1 (0.29%) Java
9 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.29%) Rust
9 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.29%) VB
9 1 (0.29%) VBA
9 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 49 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 48 (14.12%) Azure Certification
4 45 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (12.65%) SC Cleared
6 31 (9.12%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (8.82%) Degree
8 28 (8.24%) VCAP
9 24 (7.06%) CCNP
10 21 (6.18%) VCDX
11 20 (5.88%) CCNA
12 19 (5.59%) DV Cleared
13 12 (3.53%) MCSE
14 10 (2.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (2.65%) MCSA
16 8 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (2.06%) HNC
17 7 (2.06%) HND
17 7 (2.06%) RHCSA
18 6 (1.76%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.12%) SLA
2 18 (5.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (4.71%) PMO
4 6 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.88%) NIST
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.59%) GDPR
6 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 247 (72.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 135 (39.71%) Active Directory
3 130 (38.24%) Hyper-V
4 74 (21.76%) vSphere
5 41 (12.06%) VMware NSX
6 28 (8.24%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (5.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
9 16 (4.71%) vCloud
10 13 (3.82%) Firmware
11 10 (2.94%) Docker
12 9 (2.65%) VMware Server
13 7 (2.06%) KVM
14 6 (1.76%) Squid
15 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.88%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.88%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.29%) iptables
17 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 58 (17.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (8.82%) Ansible
3 23 (6.76%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.12%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.65%) SCCM
6 8 (2.35%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.76%) Avamar
7 6 (1.76%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.76%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.76%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.76%) Packer
7 6 (1.76%) VxRail
8 5 (1.47%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.47%) Grafana
8 5 (1.47%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.18%) Graylog
9 4 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 212 (62.35%) Microsoft
2 80 (23.53%) Veeam
3 63 (18.53%) Cisco
4 36 (10.59%) Dell
5 34 (10.00%) NetApp
5 34 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 27 (7.94%) Broadcom
6 27 (7.94%) Fortinet
7 25 (7.35%) EMC
8 24 (7.06%) Citrix
8 24 (7.06%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (6.47%) HP
10 17 (5.00%) WatchGuard
11 16 (4.71%) Commvault
12 15 (4.41%) N-able
13 14 (4.12%) ServiceNow
14 13 (3.82%) Red Hat
15 12 (3.53%) IBM
15 12 (3.53%) ScienceLogic
15 12 (3.53%) SonicWALL