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 11 July 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
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 162 90
Rank change year-on-year -24 -72 -4
Permanent jobs citing VMware 309 336 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.04% 3.06%
As % of the Vendors category 4.47% 4.27% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 228 294 832
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +1.52% -8.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -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 6,917 7,861 12,486
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.46% 47.73% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,876 4,127 8,954
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,500 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

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 11 July 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 58 (18.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (11.00%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.88%) IIS
4 5 (1.62%) Apache
4 5 (1.62%) Confluence
4 5 (1.62%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) JBoss
5 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.29%) Weka
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Houdini
4 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 197 (63.75%) Azure
2 108 (34.95%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (24.92%) AWS
4 52 (16.83%) Entra ID
5 39 (12.62%) Nutanix
6 27 (8.74%) GitHub
7 19 (6.15%) IaaS
8 17 (5.50%) PaaS
9 15 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (4.85%) GCP
10 14 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (3.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.88%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.88%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (3.88%) Serverless
12 8 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (2.59%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.59%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 125 (40.45%) Firewall
2 90 (29.13%) DNS
3 84 (27.18%) VPN
4 58 (18.77%) DHCP
5 53 (17.15%) WAN
6 46 (14.89%) LAN
7 40 (12.94%) TCP/IP
8 25 (8.09%) VLAN
9 22 (7.12%) VSAN
10 13 (4.21%) Network Security
11 11 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.24%) BGP
12 10 (3.24%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (2.91%) SD-WAN
14 8 (2.59%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (2.27%) MPLS
15 7 (2.27%) Wireless
16 6 (1.94%) iSCSI
16 6 (1.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.59%) Power BI
4 6 (1.94%) MySQL
5 5 (1.62%) Tableau
6 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.12%) Git
2 6 (1.94%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.65%) Gradle
5 2 (0.65%) JUnit
5 2 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 114 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.30%) Finance
3 31 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.06%) Retail
5 22 (7.12%) Law
6 18 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.18%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.85%) Banking
9 14 (4.53%) Marketing
10 13 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (2.59%) Legal
12 8 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.97%) Back Office
15 3 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.65%) Military
17 1 (0.32%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 70 (22.65%) Senior
2 64 (20.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (13.92%) Consultant
3 43 (13.92%) Support Engineer
4 36 (11.65%) IT Engineer
5 30 (9.71%) IT Support
6 29 (9.39%) Architect
7 28 (9.06%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (7.77%) Analyst
8 24 (7.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.47%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (6.47%) Senior Consultant
9 20 (6.47%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (6.15%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (5.83%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (5.83%) VMware Architect
12 17 (5.50%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (5.18%) Network Engineer
13 16 (5.18%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.91%) Middleware
2 6 (1.94%) XMPP
3 3 (0.97%) Web Services
4 2 (0.65%) gRPC
4 2 (0.65%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.65%) REST
4 2 (0.65%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) J2EE
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 71 (22.98%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.74%) Replication
4 26 (8.41%) Public Cloud
5 25 (8.09%) Driving Licence
6 24 (7.77%) Private Cloud
7 22 (7.12%) Security Posture
8 21 (6.80%) Enterprise Storage
9 12 (3.88%) Podcast
10 11 (3.56%) iSeries
11 10 (3.24%) CMDB
11 10 (3.24%) PKI
12 9 (2.91%) Onboarding
12 9 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.94%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.94%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.29%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 165 (53.40%) Windows
2 106 (34.30%) Windows Server
3 85 (27.51%) Linux
4 18 (5.83%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.53%) Unix
6 13 (4.21%) VMS
7 9 (2.91%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.27%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.97%) CentOS
11 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.65%) Android
12 2 (0.65%) Solaris
13 1 (0.32%) Debian
13 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.69%) Disaster Recovery
2 96 (31.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 66 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (15.53%) Presales
6 44 (14.24%) DevOps
7 40 (12.94%) CI/CD
8 39 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (11.00%) Mentoring
10 31 (10.03%) Business Continuity
11 28 (9.06%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (8.74%) Infrastructure Automation
12 27 (8.74%) ITIL
12 27 (8.74%) Project Delivery
13 26 (8.41%) High Availability
14 25 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (7.44%) AI
15 23 (7.44%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (7.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 88 (28.48%) PowerShell
2 51 (16.50%) Python
3 31 (10.03%) SQL
4 30 (9.71%) Bash
5 16 (5.18%) Bicep
6 12 (3.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (3.24%) Go
8 5 (1.62%) VB
8 5 (1.62%) VBA
8 5 (1.62%) VBScript
9 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) Java
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (13.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 38 (12.30%) Azure Certification
2 38 (12.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (11.00%) Security Cleared
4 33 (10.68%) SC Cleared
5 29 (9.39%) VCAP
6 27 (8.74%) Degree
7 21 (6.80%) VCDX
8 20 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (4.85%) CCNP
10 14 (4.53%) CCNA
11 12 (3.88%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.91%) AWS Certification
12 9 (2.91%) MCSE
13 8 (2.59%) RHCSA
14 7 (2.27%) HNC
14 7 (2.27%) HND
15 6 (1.94%) CEH
15 6 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (1.94%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.50%) SLA
2 15 (4.85%) PMO
3 14 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.88%) NIST
5 10 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.94%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.65%) GDPR
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 218 (70.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 108 (34.95%) Active Directory
3 103 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 75 (24.27%) vSphere
5 44 (14.24%) VMware NSX
6 27 (8.74%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.18%) vCloud
8 15 (4.85%) Firmware
9 14 (4.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (2.59%) Docker
11 8 (2.59%) KVM
12 7 (2.27%) VMware Server
13 6 (1.94%) DFS Replication
13 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.94%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.97%) Squid
14 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 57 (18.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 57 (18.45%) Terraform
2 44 (14.24%) Ansible
3 35 (11.33%) Kubernetes
4 23 (7.44%) vCenter Server
5 17 (5.50%) Grafana
6 16 (5.18%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.53%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.91%) SCCM
9 8 (2.59%) ZABBIX
10 7 (2.27%) Puppet
11 6 (1.94%) Avamar
11 6 (1.94%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (1.94%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (1.94%) EMC VPLEX
11 6 (1.94%) Packer
11 6 (1.94%) VxRail
12 4 (1.29%) Graylog
12 4 (1.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 174 (56.31%) Microsoft
2 57 (18.45%) Veeam
3 56 (18.12%) Cisco
4 31 (10.03%) Dell
5 30 (9.71%) NetApp
6 29 (9.39%) Palo Alto
7 26 (8.41%) Fortinet
8 25 (8.09%) Broadcom
9 24 (7.77%) Commvault
10 23 (7.44%) Nimble Storage
11 21 (6.80%) Citrix
11 21 (6.80%) EMC
12 19 (6.15%) HP
13 17 (5.50%) IBM
14 14 (4.53%) Red Hat
15 13 (4.21%) ServiceNow
15 13 (4.21%) Splunk
16 12 (3.88%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (3.56%) Meraki
18 10 (3.24%) F5