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 19 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
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 167 91
Rank change year-on-year -9 -76 -2
Permanent jobs citing VMware 291 332 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.15% 3.00%
As % of the Vendors category 4.66% 4.45% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 210 287 883
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% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.70% -8.00%

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 6,244 7,459 13,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.08% 48.33% 38.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,274 3,903 9,870
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £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 £70,463
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
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 19 June 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 49 (16.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.65%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.09%) IIS
4 5 (1.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.37%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 172 (59.11%) Azure
2 99 (34.02%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (22.34%) AWS
4 48 (16.49%) Entra ID
5 39 (13.40%) Nutanix
6 23 (7.90%) GitHub
7 15 (5.15%) IaaS
8 14 (4.81%) GCP
8 14 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (4.47%) PaaS
10 11 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.09%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (2.75%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 101 (34.71%) Firewall
2 75 (25.77%) DNS
3 71 (24.40%) VPN
4 50 (17.18%) DHCP
5 46 (15.81%) WAN
6 34 (11.68%) TCP/IP
7 33 (11.34%) LAN
8 22 (7.56%) VSAN
9 17 (5.84%) VLAN
10 12 (4.12%) SD-WAN
11 11 (3.78%) Network Security
12 10 (3.44%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.44%) SAN
13 8 (2.75%) BGP
13 8 (2.75%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.41%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.06%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (2.06%) MPLS
15 6 (2.06%) WebEx
15 6 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.75%) Power BI
3 7 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.06%) MySQL
5 5 (1.72%) Tableau
6 3 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.84%) Git
2 6 (2.06%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.37%) GitLab
5 2 (0.69%) Gradle
5 2 (0.69%) JUnit
5 2 (0.69%) Mockito
5 2 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 99 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.06%) Finance
3 26 (8.93%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.90%) Retail
5 18 (6.19%) Law
6 13 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.47%) Banking
7 12 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.12%) Marketing
8 11 (3.78%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.44%) Legal
9 10 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.03%) Aviation
12 3 (1.03%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (23.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 69 (23.71%) Senior
2 39 (13.40%) Consultant
3 35 (12.03%) Support Engineer
4 33 (11.34%) IT Engineer
5 28 (9.62%) Architect
6 26 (8.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (8.59%) IT Support
7 25 (8.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (7.56%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (6.87%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (6.53%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (6.19%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (6.19%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (6.19%) VMware Architect
12 17 (5.84%) Cloud Consultant
13 16 (5.50%) Analyst
13 16 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (5.15%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.06%) XMPP
2 5 (1.72%) Middleware
3 2 (0.69%) gRPC
3 2 (0.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.69%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) J2EE
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 69 (23.71%) Data Centre
2 40 (13.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.28%) Replication
4 22 (7.56%) Private Cloud
5 21 (7.22%) Enterprise Storage
6 20 (6.87%) Public Cloud
7 18 (6.19%) Security Posture
8 16 (5.50%) Driving Licence
9 11 (3.78%) CMDB
9 11 (3.78%) iSeries
10 9 (3.09%) PKI
11 7 (2.41%) Podcast
11 7 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (2.06%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.06%) Onboarding
12 6 (2.06%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
15 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 149 (51.20%) Windows
2 98 (33.68%) Windows Server
3 78 (26.80%) Linux
4 19 (6.53%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.47%) Unix
6 8 (2.75%) VMS
7 7 (2.41%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.41%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.41%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.69%) Android
9 2 (0.69%) CentOS
10 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.34%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.34%) Solaris
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 95 (32.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 56 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (15.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (15.12%) Presales
6 43 (14.78%) DevOps
7 37 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (12.37%) CI/CD
9 30 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 26 (8.93%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (8.59%) Business Continuity
11 25 (8.59%) Infrastructure Automation
12 23 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (7.90%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (7.22%) Incident Response
13 21 (7.22%) ITIL
13 21 (7.22%) Performance Tuning
14 19 (6.53%) Project Delivery
14 19 (6.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 77 (26.46%) PowerShell
2 49 (16.84%) Python
3 24 (8.25%) Bash
4 22 (7.56%) SQL
5 11 (3.78%) Bicep
6 10 (3.44%) Go
7 7 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.72%) VB
8 5 (1.72%) VBA
8 5 (1.72%) VBScript
9 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.34%) Java
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) Rust
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (12.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 30 (10.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (9.97%) VCAP
4 27 (9.28%) Azure Certification
4 27 (9.28%) Security Cleared
5 26 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 25 (8.59%) Degree
7 21 (7.22%) VCDX
8 14 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (3.78%) AWS Certification
10 10 (3.44%) CCNA
10 10 (3.44%) CCNP
10 10 (3.44%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.09%) MCSE
12 8 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.41%) CEH
14 6 (2.06%) Dell Certification
15 5 (1.72%) HNC
15 5 (1.72%) HND
15 5 (1.72%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.15%) NIST
2 15 (5.15%) PMO
3 14 (4.81%) SLA
4 9 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.41%) ISO 22301
6 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.69%) GDPR
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 191 (65.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 103 (35.40%) Active Directory
3 83 (28.52%) Hyper-V
4 66 (22.68%) vSphere
5 42 (14.43%) VMware NSX
6 22 (7.56%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.50%) vCloud
8 13 (4.47%) Firmware
9 10 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (2.41%) Docker
11 7 (2.41%) KVM
12 6 (2.06%) DFS Replication
12 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 6 (2.06%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (1.72%) VMware Server
14 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.69%) Xen
16 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 53 (18.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (17.87%) Terraform
3 39 (13.40%) Ansible
4 34 (11.68%) Kubernetes
5 26 (8.93%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.84%) Grafana
7 16 (5.50%) Proxmox
8 14 (4.81%) Prometheus
8 14 (4.81%) SCCM
9 8 (2.75%) ZABBIX
10 6 (2.06%) Avamar
10 6 (2.06%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.06%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (2.06%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (2.06%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (2.06%) Packer
10 6 (2.06%) VxRail
11 5 (1.72%) Puppet
12 4 (1.37%) Graylog
12 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 155 (53.26%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.21%) Veeam
3 49 (16.84%) Cisco
4 34 (11.68%) NetApp
5 31 (10.65%) Dell
6 25 (8.59%) Broadcom
6 25 (8.59%) Commvault
7 24 (8.25%) Palo Alto
8 23 (7.90%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (7.56%) Fortinet
10 21 (7.22%) EMC
11 19 (6.53%) HP
12 17 (5.84%) IBM
13 15 (5.15%) Citrix
14 13 (4.47%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.47%) Splunk
15 12 (4.12%) ServiceNow
16 11 (3.78%) Meraki
17 10 (3.44%) 3PAR
17 10 (3.44%) Sophos