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 17 November 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
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 92 68
Rank change year-on-year -70 -24 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware 238 629 930
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 3.20% 4.27%
As % of the Vendors category 3.37% 8.68% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 185 435 781
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +0.63% +2.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +6.00% -

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 7,065 7,245 8,871
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 46.61% 36.81% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,648 4,297 7,264
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £33,549
25th Percentile £38,094 £43,750 £44,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -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 17 November 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 40 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.62%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 127 (53.36%) Azure
2 89 (37.39%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (21.43%) AWS
4 31 (13.03%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.92%) GitHub
6 14 (5.88%) IaaS
6 14 (5.88%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.88%) SaaS
7 12 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (4.20%) PaaS
9 9 (3.78%) GCP
10 8 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.94%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.52%) Mimecast
12 6 (2.52%) Power Platform
13 5 (2.10%) Cohesity
14 3 (1.26%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (36.97%) Firewall
2 46 (19.33%) DNS
3 43 (18.07%) DHCP
4 37 (15.55%) VPN
4 37 (15.55%) WAN
5 28 (11.76%) SAN
6 25 (10.50%) LAN
7 23 (9.66%) TCP/IP
8 17 (7.14%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.46%) VLAN
9 13 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.94%) IP Telephony
10 7 (2.94%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.52%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (2.52%) Network Security
11 6 (2.52%) Wireless
12 5 (2.10%) BGP
12 5 (2.10%) NAS
12 5 (2.10%) OSPF
13 4 (1.68%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.20%) Data Hub
2 10 (4.20%) SQL CLR
3 5 (2.10%) Power BI
4 3 (1.26%) Metadata
4 3 (1.26%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.84%) MySQL
5 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.78%) Git
1 9 (3.78%) TeamCity
2 6 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.68%) GitLab
4 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.84%) JMeter
4 2 (0.84%) JUnit
4 2 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 85 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.43%) Finance
3 22 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.04%) Marketing
5 11 (4.62%) Back Office
6 10 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.20%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.36%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.36%) Retail
8 6 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.10%) Law
9 5 (2.10%) Legal
10 3 (1.26%) Local Government
11 2 (0.84%) Advertising
11 2 (0.84%) Electronics
12 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.42%) Banking
12 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (18.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (15.97%) Senior
3 37 (15.55%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.08%) IT Support
5 19 (7.98%) Infrastructure Manager
6 18 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (7.56%) IT Engineer
7 17 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
7 17 (7.14%) IT Manager
8 14 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
9 13 (5.46%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (5.46%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (5.04%) Analyst
11 11 (4.62%) Consultant
12 10 (4.20%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.78%) Cisco Engineer
13 9 (3.78%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.62%) .NET
2 7 (2.94%) .NET Core
2 7 (2.94%) .NET Framework
2 7 (2.94%) Dapper ORM
2 7 (2.94%) Entity Framework
2 7 (2.94%) Node.js
3 3 (1.26%) JSON
3 3 (1.26%) Kafka
3 3 (1.26%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.84%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.84%) LAMP
4 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.84%) Spring
4 2 (0.84%) WCF
5 1 (0.42%) SAML
5 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.61%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (6.72%) Driving Licence
4 14 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 14 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.20%) CCTV
6 9 (3.78%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.36%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.36%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (2.52%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.68%) PKI
12 3 (1.26%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.84%) Clustering
13 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 128 (53.78%) Windows
2 87 (36.55%) Windows Server
3 64 (26.89%) Linux
4 20 (8.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (7.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (6.30%) Unix
6 15 (6.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (4.62%) CentOS
7 11 (4.62%) Mac OS
8 9 (3.78%) Solaris
9 6 (2.52%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.52%) Debian
9 6 (2.52%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.10%) Android
10 5 (2.10%) Mac OS X
10 5 (2.10%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.68%) HPUX
12 3 (1.26%) VMS
13 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (23.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (19.75%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (19.75%) ITIL
4 39 (16.39%) Mentoring
5 38 (15.97%) DevOps
6 31 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (11.34%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.92%) Migration
8 26 (10.92%) Performance Tuning
9 24 (10.08%) Server Management
10 22 (9.24%) Project Delivery
11 21 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (8.40%) CI/CD
12 20 (8.40%) Customer Service
13 19 (7.98%) Collaborative Culture
14 17 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
15 15 (6.30%) Change Control
15 15 (6.30%) Test Automation
16 14 (5.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 30 (12.61%) Python
3 22 (9.24%) SQL
4 14 (5.88%) Bash
5 10 (4.20%) Bicep
6 7 (2.94%) C#
7 5 (2.10%) Korn
8 3 (1.26%) Java
8 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.84%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (12.18%) SC Cleared
5 24 (10.08%) MCP
5 24 (10.08%) MCSE
6 22 (9.24%) MCSA
7 20 (8.40%) CCNA
8 19 (7.98%) Azure Certification
9 18 (7.56%) Degree
10 16 (6.72%) CCNP
11 13 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.78%) CCA
12 9 (3.78%) Citrix Certification
12 9 (3.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (3.36%) AWS Certification
13 8 (3.36%) DBS Check
14 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (2.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (7.98%) SLA
2 12 (5.04%) NIST
3 10 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.10%) GDPR
5 4 (1.68%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 123 (51.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (35.71%) Active Directory
3 57 (23.95%) Hyper-V
4 25 (10.50%) vSphere
5 18 (7.56%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.72%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (3.78%) Docker
7 9 (3.78%) VMware NSX
8 8 (3.36%) Firmware
9 6 (2.52%) NFS
10 4 (1.68%) XenApp
11 1 (0.42%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.42%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 53 (22.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (16.81%) Terraform
3 32 (13.45%) Ansible
4 22 (9.24%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.04%) vCenter Server
6 10 (4.20%) SCCM
7 6 (2.52%) Proxmox
7 6 (2.52%) SCOM
8 5 (2.10%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.26%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.26%) Nessus
9 3 (1.26%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.84%) Kibana
10 2 (0.84%) Nagios
10 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.42%) Icinga
11 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 131 (55.04%) Microsoft
2 58 (24.37%) Cisco
3 27 (11.34%) Veeam
4 19 (7.98%) Dell
5 15 (6.30%) Citrix
5 15 (6.30%) NetApp
6 14 (5.88%) Commvault
6 14 (5.88%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.46%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.20%) 3PAR
8 10 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.78%) HP
10 8 (3.36%) Oracle
11 7 (2.94%) Draytek
11 7 (2.94%) F5
11 7 (2.94%) Google
11 7 (2.94%) Meraki
11 7 (2.94%) Mitel
11 7 (2.94%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (2.94%) WatchGuard