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 16 June 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
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 166 91
Rank change year-on-year -9 -75 -4
Permanent jobs citing VMware 288 336 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.19% 3.02%
As % of the Vendors category 4.69% 4.54% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 208 290 880
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -7.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,325 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.70% -9.05%

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 6,142 7,406 13,489
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.85% 48.31% 39.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,178 3,879 9,829
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £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 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +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 16 June 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 46 (15.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.43%) IIS
4 5 (1.74%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.39%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (58.33%) Azure
2 97 (33.68%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (22.22%) AWS
4 46 (15.97%) Entra ID
5 39 (13.54%) Nutanix
6 22 (7.64%) GitHub
7 14 (4.86%) GCP
7 14 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (4.51%) IaaS
9 11 (3.82%) PaaS
10 10 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.13%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.78%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 7 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 100 (34.72%) Firewall
2 73 (25.35%) DNS
3 68 (23.61%) VPN
4 49 (17.01%) DHCP
5 46 (15.97%) WAN
6 33 (11.46%) LAN
6 33 (11.46%) TCP/IP
7 21 (7.29%) VSAN
8 17 (5.90%) VLAN
9 12 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (4.17%) SD-WAN
10 10 (3.47%) BGP
10 10 (3.47%) Network Security
10 10 (3.47%) SAN
11 8 (2.78%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.43%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (2.08%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.08%) MPLS
13 6 (2.08%) WebEx
13 6 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.78%) Power BI
3 6 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.08%) MySQL
4 5 (1.74%) Tableau
5 3 (1.04%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.56%) Git
2 6 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.39%) GitLab
5 2 (0.69%) Gradle
5 2 (0.69%) JUnit
5 2 (0.69%) Mockito
5 2 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 98 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.19%) Finance
3 28 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.68%) Retail
5 16 (5.56%) Law
6 15 (5.21%) Banking
7 14 (4.86%) Marketing
8 13 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.51%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.82%) Legal
10 10 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.04%) Aviation
14 3 (1.04%) Back Office
15 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (24.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (23.96%) Senior
3 39 (13.54%) Consultant
4 33 (11.46%) Support Engineer
5 32 (11.11%) IT Engineer
6 27 (9.38%) Architect
7 26 (9.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (8.33%) IT Support
8 24 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (7.99%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.94%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (6.60%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (6.25%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
13 17 (5.90%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (5.90%) Network Engineer
13 17 (5.90%) VMware Architect
14 15 (5.21%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (5.21%) VMware Engineer
14 15 (5.21%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.08%) XMPP
2 4 (1.39%) Middleware
3 2 (0.69%) gRPC
3 2 (0.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.69%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) J2EE
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 68 (23.61%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.38%) Replication
4 22 (7.64%) Private Cloud
5 21 (7.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 19 (6.60%) Public Cloud
6 19 (6.60%) Security Posture
7 17 (5.90%) Driving Licence
8 11 (3.82%) CMDB
8 11 (3.82%) iSeries
9 9 (3.13%) PKI
10 7 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.08%) Podcast
11 6 (2.08%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.74%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 145 (50.35%) Windows
2 96 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 78 (27.08%) Linux
4 18 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.51%) Unix
6 7 (2.43%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.43%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.43%) Ubuntu
6 7 (2.43%) VMS
7 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.69%) Android
8 2 (0.69%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.35%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.35%) Solaris
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 96 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 54 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (15.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 42 (14.58%) DevOps
6 42 (14.58%) Presales
7 38 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (12.15%) CI/CD
9 29 (10.07%) Mentoring
10 26 (9.03%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (8.68%) Infrastructure Automation
12 24 (8.33%) Business Continuity
13 22 (7.64%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (7.29%) Incident Response
14 21 (7.29%) ITIL
15 20 (6.94%) Performance Tuning
15 20 (6.94%) Project Delivery
15 20 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (26.04%) PowerShell
2 49 (17.01%) Python
3 23 (7.99%) Bash
4 19 (6.60%) SQL
5 10 (3.47%) Bicep
5 10 (3.47%) Go
6 6 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.74%) VB
7 5 (1.74%) VBA
7 5 (1.74%) VBScript
8 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (11.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 30 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (10.07%) Security Cleared
4 28 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 28 (9.72%) VCAP
5 26 (9.03%) Azure Certification
6 25 (8.68%) Degree
7 20 (6.94%) VCDX
8 14 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (4.17%) AWS Certification
10 10 (3.47%) CCNA
10 10 (3.47%) CCNP
10 10 (3.47%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.13%) MCSE
12 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.43%) CEH
14 6 (2.08%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.74%) HNC
15 5 (1.74%) HND
15 5 (1.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.21%) NIST
2 15 (5.21%) PMO
3 14 (4.86%) SLA
4 9 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.43%) ISO 22301
6 4 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.69%) GDPR
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 189 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 100 (34.72%) Active Directory
3 83 (28.82%) Hyper-V
4 64 (22.22%) vSphere
5 43 (14.93%) VMware NSX
6 21 (7.29%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.56%) vCloud
8 13 (4.51%) Firmware
9 9 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (2.43%) Docker
11 7 (2.43%) KVM
12 6 (2.08%) DFS Replication
12 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (1.74%) VMware Server
14 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.69%) Xen
16 1 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 53 (18.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (17.71%) Terraform
3 39 (13.54%) Ansible
4 34 (11.81%) Kubernetes
5 25 (8.68%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.90%) Grafana
6 17 (5.90%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.86%) Prometheus
7 14 (4.86%) SCCM
8 8 (2.78%) ZABBIX
9 6 (2.08%) Avamar
9 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (2.08%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.08%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.08%) Packer
9 6 (2.08%) VxRail
10 5 (1.74%) Puppet
11 4 (1.39%) Graylog
11 4 (1.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 150 (52.08%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.06%) Veeam
3 51 (17.71%) Cisco
4 34 (11.81%) NetApp
5 31 (10.76%) Dell
6 25 (8.68%) Commvault
7 24 (8.33%) Broadcom
7 24 (8.33%) Palo Alto
8 23 (7.99%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (7.64%) Fortinet
10 21 (7.29%) EMC
11 19 (6.60%) HP
12 17 (5.90%) IBM
13 15 (5.21%) Citrix
14 13 (4.51%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.51%) Splunk
15 12 (4.17%) ServiceNow
16 11 (3.82%) Meraki
17 10 (3.47%) 3PAR
17 10 (3.47%) Sophos