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 5 February 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
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 104 78
Rank change year-on-year -56 -26 +13
Permanent jobs citing VMware 249 513 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 3.21% 3.73%
As % of the Vendors category 3.99% 8.23% 9.11%
Number of salaries quoted 172 351 880
10th Percentile £29,900 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £92,375 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £48,375
% change year-on-year -9.09% +13.70% -3.25%

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 6,235 6,236 11,179
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.06% 39.04% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,277 3,644 9,232
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,300
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.09% -10.78%

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 5 February 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 30 (12.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.61%) Weka
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 124 (49.80%) Azure
2 87 (34.94%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (18.88%) Entra ID
4 44 (17.67%) AWS
5 22 (8.84%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.62%) GitHub
6 14 (5.62%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.22%) IaaS
8 12 (4.82%) PaaS
9 11 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.41%) GCP
13 6 (2.41%) Google Workspace
14 5 (2.01%) Amazon S3
15 4 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (1.61%) OpenShift
16 3 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
16 3 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (34.94%) Firewall
2 62 (24.90%) DNS
3 48 (19.28%) VPN
4 47 (18.88%) DHCP
5 39 (15.66%) WAN
6 31 (12.45%) TCP/IP
7 25 (10.04%) SD-WAN
8 20 (8.03%) LAN
9 19 (7.63%) SAN
10 15 (6.02%) VLAN
11 10 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.61%) BGP
13 8 (3.21%) Wireless
14 7 (2.81%) IP Telephony
14 7 (2.81%) Network Security
14 7 (2.81%) Wireshark
15 6 (2.41%) IPsec
16 5 (2.01%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (2.01%) Cisco ISE
16 5 (2.01%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.20%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.80%) MySQL
3 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.20%) Git
2 3 (1.20%) GitLab
2 3 (1.20%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.80%) JMeter
3 2 (0.80%) JUnit
3 2 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 91 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.08%) Finance
3 16 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.62%) Retail
6 13 (5.22%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.82%) Law
8 9 (3.61%) Marketing
9 7 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Legal
11 5 (2.01%) Banking
11 5 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Aviation
14 2 (0.80%) Advertising
14 2 (0.80%) Local Government
15 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.40%) Back Office
15 1 (0.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (20.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 46 (18.47%) Senior
3 31 (12.45%) VMware Engineer
4 29 (11.65%) Support Engineer
5 25 (10.04%) IT Support
6 21 (8.43%) Infrastructure Manager
7 20 (8.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.63%) Analyst
9 18 (7.23%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.23%) IT Engineer
10 17 (6.83%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (6.02%) Network Engineer
12 14 (5.62%) IT Manager
13 13 (5.22%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 13 (5.22%) Support Analyst
14 12 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support
14 12 (4.82%) Security Manager
15 11 (4.42%) IT Security Specialist
15 11 (4.42%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) .NET
1 3 (1.20%) JSON
1 3 (1.20%) Kafka
1 3 (1.20%) Node.js
1 3 (1.20%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.80%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.80%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.80%) Spring
2 2 (0.80%) WCF
3 1 (0.40%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 28 (11.24%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.82%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.02%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.61%) CCTV
6 9 (3.61%) Clustering
7 8 (3.21%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.21%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.21%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.81%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.61%) iPad
10 4 (1.61%) iPhone
10 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.61%) Replication
10 4 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 121 (48.59%) Windows
2 93 (37.35%) Windows Server
3 59 (23.69%) Linux
4 15 (6.02%) Unix
4 15 (6.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (5.62%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.62%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.61%) VMS
9 3 (1.20%) Debian
9 3 (1.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.80%) Android
10 2 (0.80%) CentOS
10 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (19.68%) Disaster Recovery
4 47 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (17.67%) ITIL
6 39 (15.66%) Infrastructure as Code
7 37 (14.86%) DevOps
8 27 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (10.44%) Vulnerability Management
10 25 (10.04%) Mentoring
11 22 (8.84%) Service Delivery
12 21 (8.43%) Project Delivery
12 21 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 21 (8.43%) Test Automation
13 20 (8.03%) CI/CD
14 19 (7.63%) Incident Response
15 17 (6.83%) Migration
16 16 (6.43%) BCP
16 16 (6.43%) Resilience Testing
16 16 (6.43%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.09%) PowerShell
2 41 (16.47%) Python
3 12 (4.82%) Bash
4 10 (4.02%) Bicep
5 8 (3.21%) SQL
6 5 (2.01%) Go
7 4 (1.61%) Java
8 3 (1.20%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) VB
9 1 (0.40%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.65%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (10.04%) SC Cleared
5 23 (9.24%) Azure Certification
6 20 (8.03%) CCNA
6 20 (8.03%) MCSE
7 19 (7.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 18 (7.23%) MCSA
9 17 (6.83%) AWS Certification
10 14 (5.62%) CCNP
11 12 (4.82%) Degree
12 11 (4.42%) CEH
12 11 (4.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (4.02%) CCA
13 10 (4.02%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.81%) DBS Check
15 6 (2.41%) DV Cleared
16 5 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (9.24%) NIST
2 23 (9.24%) SLA
3 11 (4.42%) ISO 22301
4 10 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.61%) GDPR
6 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 117 (46.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 93 (37.35%) Active Directory
3 60 (24.10%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.43%) VMware NSX
5 20 (8.03%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (7.63%) vSphere
7 14 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.02%) Firmware
9 8 (3.21%) Docker
10 4 (1.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (1.20%) NFS
12 2 (0.80%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.80%) XenApp
13 1 (0.40%) KVM
13 1 (0.40%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 58 (23.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (16.47%) Terraform
3 38 (15.26%) Ansible
4 24 (9.64%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.02%) vCenter Server
6 14 (5.62%) SCCM
7 9 (3.61%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.81%) Grafana
8 7 (2.81%) Proxmox
9 6 (2.41%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.41%) SCOM
10 5 (2.01%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.61%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.61%) Puppet
12 3 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (1.20%) Nessus
13 2 (0.80%) Kibana
13 2 (0.80%) Nagios
14 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.40%) Icinga
Vendors
1 114 (45.78%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.07%) Cisco
3 22 (8.84%) Veeam
4 20 (8.03%) Commvault
5 17 (6.83%) Citrix
6 14 (5.62%) NetApp
6 14 (5.62%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.22%) SolarWinds
8 11 (4.42%) Dell
9 10 (4.02%) 3PAR
9 10 (4.02%) Draytek
10 9 (3.61%) Fortinet
10 9 (3.61%) Google
10 9 (3.61%) Palo Alto
11 8 (3.21%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.21%) F5
11 8 (3.21%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.81%) Mitel
13 6 (2.41%) Symantec
14 5 (2.01%) IBM