Hybrid/Remote VMware Job Trends

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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 3 December 2025, 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
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 89 76
Rank change year-on-year -82 -13 +19
Permanent jobs citing VMware 230 631 841
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.51% 3.31% 4.09%
As % of the Vendors category 3.43% 8.84% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 173 442 747
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,313 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +0.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -

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 6,708 7,140 8,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.96% 37.46% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,487 4,309 6,907
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,700 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -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

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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 3 December 2025.

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 31 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.61%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 118 (51.30%) Azure
2 81 (35.22%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (20.43%) AWS
4 33 (14.35%) Entra ID
5 20 (8.70%) GitHub
6 19 (8.26%) Nutanix
7 13 (5.65%) IaaS
8 11 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.78%) PaaS
9 9 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.48%) GCP
10 8 (3.48%) OneDrive
10 8 (3.48%) SaaS
11 7 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.61%) Mimecast
13 5 (2.17%) Cohesity
14 4 (1.74%) Power Platform
15 3 (1.30%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (35.65%) Firewall
2 49 (21.30%) DNS
3 43 (18.70%) DHCP
4 39 (16.96%) VPN
5 37 (16.09%) WAN
6 26 (11.30%) SAN
7 25 (10.87%) TCP/IP
8 23 (10.00%) LAN
9 19 (8.26%) SD-WAN
10 12 (5.22%) VLAN
11 11 (4.78%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.91%) Wireless
13 7 (3.04%) IP Telephony
13 7 (3.04%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.61%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.61%) Network Security
15 5 (2.17%) NAS
16 4 (1.74%) Cisco ISE
16 4 (1.74%) IPsec
16 4 (1.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.17%) Data Hub
2 5 (2.17%) SQL CLR
3 3 (1.30%) Power BI
3 3 (1.30%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.87%) MySQL
4 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.48%) Git
2 6 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 5 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.87%) GitLab
4 2 (0.87%) JMeter
4 2 (0.87%) JUnit
4 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 81 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.74%) Finance
3 20 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.78%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (3.91%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.48%) Marketing
7 7 (3.04%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.61%) Back Office
8 6 (2.61%) Law
8 6 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.17%) Retail
10 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Legal
11 3 (1.30%) Local Government
12 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.43%) Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Electronics
13 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 43 (18.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (15.22%) Senior
3 33 (14.35%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.43%) IT Support
5 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Manager
5 19 (8.26%) VMware Engineer
6 17 (7.39%) 2nd Line Support
6 17 (7.39%) IT Manager
7 16 (6.96%) Analyst
7 16 (6.96%) IT Engineer
8 14 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (5.65%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (5.65%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (5.22%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.35%) Security Manager
13 9 (3.91%) Cisco Engineer
13 9 (3.91%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.04%) .NET
2 5 (2.17%) Node.js
3 4 (1.74%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.74%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.74%) Dapper ORM
3 4 (1.74%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.30%) JSON
4 3 (1.30%) Kafka
4 3 (1.30%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.87%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.87%) LAMP
5 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.87%) Spring
5 2 (0.87%) WCF
6 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.74%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (6.52%) Driving Licence
4 14 (6.09%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.78%) Private Cloud
7 10 (4.35%) CCTV
8 9 (3.91%) Public Cloud
9 8 (3.48%) Client/Server
9 8 (3.48%) Cloud Native
9 8 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (3.04%) Clustering
11 6 (2.61%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.74%) iPad
12 4 (1.74%) iPhone
12 4 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 123 (53.48%) Windows
2 79 (34.35%) Windows Server
3 64 (27.83%) Linux
4 20 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (7.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (7.39%) Unix
7 13 (5.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.91%) Apple iOS
8 9 (3.91%) Mac OS
9 7 (3.04%) CentOS
9 7 (3.04%) Solaris
10 5 (2.17%) Android
10 5 (2.17%) Debian
10 5 (2.17%) Mac OS X
10 5 (2.17%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.74%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.74%) VMS
11 4 (1.74%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.87%) HPUX
13 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (23.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (23.04%) ITIL
3 47 (20.43%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (16.09%) DevOps
5 34 (14.78%) Mentoring
6 30 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (12.61%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (9.57%) Server Management
9 21 (9.13%) Migration
9 21 (9.13%) Project Delivery
10 20 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (7.39%) CI/CD
11 17 (7.39%) Collaborative Culture
11 17 (7.39%) Customer Service
11 17 (7.39%) Infrastructure Management
11 17 (7.39%) Service Delivery
12 16 (6.96%) Test Automation
13 14 (6.09%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.57%) PowerShell
2 33 (14.35%) Python
3 16 (6.96%) SQL
4 12 (5.22%) Bash
5 11 (4.78%) Bicep
6 5 (2.17%) Korn
7 4 (1.74%) C#
8 3 (1.30%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (17.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 28 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (10.87%) MCSE
5 24 (10.43%) MCP
5 24 (10.43%) SC Cleared
6 22 (9.57%) MCSA
7 19 (8.26%) CCNA
8 18 (7.83%) Azure Certification
9 17 (7.39%) Degree
10 14 (6.09%) CCNP
11 11 (4.78%) AWS Certification
11 11 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (4.35%) CCA
12 10 (4.35%) Citrix Certification
12 10 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (3.48%) DBS Check
14 6 (2.61%) CEH
15 5 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.43%) SLA
2 19 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.09%) NIST
4 9 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.61%) ISO 22301
6 5 (2.17%) GDPR
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (53.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 79 (34.35%) Active Directory
3 57 (24.78%) Hyper-V
4 24 (10.43%) vSphere
5 19 (8.26%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.96%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (4.78%) VMware NSX
8 8 (3.48%) Docker
8 8 (3.48%) Firmware
9 6 (2.61%) NFS
10 3 (1.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.87%) XenApp
12 1 (0.43%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.43%) Postfix
12 1 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 50 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (17.83%) Terraform
3 36 (15.65%) Ansible
4 22 (9.57%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.78%) vCenter Server
6 10 (4.35%) SCCM
7 6 (2.61%) SCOM
8 4 (1.74%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.74%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.30%) Nessus
10 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.43%) Icinga
11 1 (0.43%) Kibana
11 1 (0.43%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.43%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 120 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 51 (22.17%) Cisco
3 25 (10.87%) Veeam
4 19 (8.26%) Red Hat
5 16 (6.96%) Commvault
5 16 (6.96%) Dell
5 16 (6.96%) NetApp
6 14 (6.09%) Citrix
7 13 (5.65%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.35%) 3PAR
8 10 (4.35%) Palo Alto
9 7 (3.04%) Draytek
9 7 (3.04%) F5
9 7 (3.04%) HP
9 7 (3.04%) Mitel
9 7 (3.04%) Pure Storage
9 7 (3.04%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (3.04%) WatchGuard
10 6 (2.61%) Google
10 6 (2.61%) Oracle