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 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
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 169 110
Rank change year-on-year -22 -59 -33
Permanent jobs citing VMware 324 317 686
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.94% 2.83%
As % of the Vendors category 4.39% 3.99% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 248 267 527
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,531 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% 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 7,386 7,952 9,358
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.61% 48.65% 38.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,262 3,955 5,697
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -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 3 September 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 65 (20.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (12.04%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.01%) IIS
4 12 (3.70%) nginx
5 11 (3.40%) Apache
6 5 (1.54%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.31%) Site Server
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Houdini
4 1 (0.31%) NUKE
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (63.89%) Azure
2 121 (37.35%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (22.84%) Entra ID
4 73 (22.53%) AWS
5 31 (9.57%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.79%) IaaS
7 20 (6.17%) GitHub
7 20 (6.17%) PaaS
8 17 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (4.01%) GCP
10 13 (4.01%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.70%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.70%) Serverless
12 10 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.47%) Mimecast
14 7 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (2.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 132 (40.74%) Firewall
2 110 (33.95%) DNS
3 82 (25.31%) VPN
4 81 (25.00%) DHCP
5 54 (16.67%) WAN
6 51 (15.74%) LAN
7 45 (13.89%) TCP/IP
8 30 (9.26%) VLAN
9 22 (6.79%) Network Security
9 22 (6.79%) VSAN
10 16 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (4.01%) SAN
12 10 (3.09%) BGP
12 10 (3.09%) Wireless
13 8 (2.47%) OSPF
13 8 (2.47%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.16%) Fibre Channel
14 7 (2.16%) MPLS
14 7 (2.16%) NAS
15 6 (1.85%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.85%) MySQL
4 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.23%) Power BI
5 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.31%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (6.48%) Git
2 6 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.23%) GitLab
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.62%) Gradle
4 2 (0.62%) JUnit
4 2 (0.62%) Mockito
5 1 (0.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 117 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.81%) Finance
3 29 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.10%) Retail
5 22 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.48%) Law
7 20 (6.17%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.01%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.40%) Marketing
11 10 (3.09%) Banking
11 10 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.47%) Legal
13 7 (2.16%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.93%) Back Office
17 2 (0.62%) Military
18 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 76 (23.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (20.99%) Senior
3 48 (14.81%) Consultant
3 48 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 38 (11.73%) Architect
4 38 (11.73%) IT Engineer
5 33 (10.19%) IT Support
6 30 (9.26%) Analyst
7 29 (8.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (8.02%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (6.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (6.48%) Network Engineer
12 20 (6.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 19 (5.86%) VMware Consultant
14 18 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (5.56%) VMware Architect
15 17 (5.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (14.51%) Terraform
2 8 (2.47%) Middleware
3 6 (1.85%) Web Services
4 4 (1.23%) XMPP
5 2 (0.62%) gRPC
5 2 (0.62%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.62%) REST
5 2 (0.62%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) Java SE
6 1 (0.31%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.31%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 74 (22.84%) Data Centre
2 33 (10.19%) Driving Licence
3 29 (8.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (6.79%) Replication
5 21 (6.48%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (6.48%) Public Cloud
6 20 (6.17%) Private Cloud
7 17 (5.25%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.63%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.70%) PKI
9 12 (3.70%) Podcast
10 11 (3.40%) iSeries
11 9 (2.78%) CMDB
12 8 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.85%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.23%) CCTV
15 4 (1.23%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 194 (59.88%) Windows
2 130 (40.12%) Windows Server
3 82 (25.31%) Linux
4 14 (4.32%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.01%) VMS
6 11 (3.40%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.09%) Unix
8 9 (2.78%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.93%) CentOS
12 3 (0.93%) Solaris
13 2 (0.62%) Android
13 2 (0.62%) Debian
14 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (35.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 85 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (15.74%) Presales
6 45 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (13.89%) ITIL
6 45 (13.89%) Project Delivery
7 41 (12.65%) Business Continuity
7 41 (12.65%) High Availability
7 41 (12.65%) Roadmaps
8 39 (12.04%) Mentoring
9 36 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (10.19%) DevOps
10 33 (10.19%) Root Cause Analysis
11 30 (9.26%) CI/CD
12 28 (8.64%) Customer Service
12 28 (8.64%) Migration
13 25 (7.72%) Service Delivery
13 25 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (25.31%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.49%) Python
3 30 (9.26%) SQL
4 26 (8.02%) Bash
5 20 (6.17%) Bicep
6 12 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.93%) Go
7 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.31%) C
9 1 (0.31%) Java
9 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.31%) Rust
9 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) VB
9 1 (0.31%) VBA
9 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (15.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 48 (14.81%) Azure Certification
3 46 (14.20%) Security Cleared
4 43 (13.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (12.35%) SC Cleared
6 29 (8.95%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (8.64%) Degree
7 28 (8.64%) VCAP
8 22 (6.79%) CCNP
9 21 (6.48%) VCDX
10 18 (5.56%) CCNA
11 17 (5.25%) DV Cleared
12 10 (3.09%) MCSE
13 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.16%) HNC
14 7 (2.16%) HND
14 7 (2.16%) MCSA
14 7 (2.16%) RHCSA
15 6 (1.85%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.26%) SLA
2 16 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.63%) PMO
4 6 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.93%) NIST
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.62%) GDPR
6 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 239 (73.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 130 (40.12%) Active Directory
3 125 (38.58%) Hyper-V
4 73 (22.53%) vSphere
5 40 (12.35%) VMware NSX
6 28 (8.64%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (4.94%) vCloud
9 15 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (4.01%) Firmware
11 9 (2.78%) Docker
11 9 (2.78%) VMware Server
12 7 (2.16%) KVM
13 6 (1.85%) Squid
14 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.93%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.31%) iptables
16 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.26%) Ansible
3 23 (7.10%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.32%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.78%) SCCM
6 8 (2.47%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.85%) Avamar
7 6 (1.85%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.85%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.85%) Packer
7 6 (1.85%) VxRail
8 5 (1.54%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.54%) Grafana
8 5 (1.54%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.23%) Graylog
9 4 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 204 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 78 (24.07%) Veeam
3 62 (19.14%) Cisco
4 34 (10.49%) NetApp
5 33 (10.19%) Dell
5 33 (10.19%) Palo Alto
6 27 (8.33%) Broadcom
7 25 (7.72%) EMC
7 25 (7.72%) Fortinet
8 24 (7.41%) Nimble Storage
9 23 (7.10%) HP
10 21 (6.48%) Citrix
11 15 (4.63%) Commvault
12 14 (4.32%) N-able
12 14 (4.32%) ServiceNow
13 13 (4.01%) Red Hat
13 13 (4.01%) WatchGuard
14 12 (3.70%) IBM
14 12 (3.70%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (3.40%) SonicWALL