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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 172 91
Rank change year-on-year -18 -81 -6
Permanent jobs citing VMware 303 331 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 2.01% 3.08%
As % of the Vendors category 4.39% 4.20% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 226 290 833
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +2.04% -9.26%
75th Percentile £76,594 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%

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 6,899 7,874 12,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.32% 47.75% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,849 4,132 8,887
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £88,750
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 15 July 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 58 (19.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (11.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.96%) IIS
4 5 (1.65%) Apache
4 5 (1.65%) Confluence
4 5 (1.65%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) JBoss
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) Weka
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Houdini
4 1 (0.33%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 198 (65.35%) Azure
2 108 (35.64%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (25.41%) AWS
4 52 (17.16%) Entra ID
5 39 (12.87%) Nutanix
6 27 (8.91%) GitHub
7 19 (6.27%) IaaS
8 17 (5.61%) PaaS
9 16 (5.28%) GCP
10 15 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.96%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.96%) Serverless
13 8 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (2.64%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.64%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 123 (40.59%) Firewall
2 89 (29.37%) DNS
3 84 (27.72%) VPN
4 58 (19.14%) DHCP
5 54 (17.82%) WAN
6 47 (15.51%) LAN
7 40 (13.20%) TCP/IP
8 25 (8.25%) VLAN
9 22 (7.26%) VSAN
10 13 (4.29%) Network Security
11 11 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (2.97%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.64%) BGP
13 8 (2.64%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (2.31%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (2.31%) MPLS
14 7 (2.31%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.31%) Wireless
15 6 (1.98%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.98%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.64%) Power BI
4 6 (1.98%) MySQL
5 5 (1.65%) Tableau
6 3 (0.99%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.26%) Git
2 6 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.32%) GitLab
5 2 (0.66%) Gradle
5 2 (0.66%) JUnit
5 2 (0.66%) Mockito
6 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 109 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.54%) Finance
3 29 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.25%) Retail
5 22 (7.26%) Law
6 18 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.62%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.29%) Banking
8 13 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.96%) Marketing
10 9 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (2.64%) Legal
11 8 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.99%) Back Office
14 3 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (22.11%) Senior
2 64 (21.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 44 (14.52%) Consultant
4 43 (14.19%) Support Engineer
5 36 (11.88%) IT Engineer
6 31 (10.23%) IT Support
7 29 (9.57%) Architect
8 28 (9.24%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (7.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (7.59%) Analyst
11 20 (6.60%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (6.60%) Senior Consultant
11 20 (6.60%) Technical Consultant
12 19 (6.27%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.94%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (5.94%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.61%) Cloud Consultant
14 17 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (5.28%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (4.95%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.97%) Middleware
2 6 (1.98%) XMPP
3 3 (0.99%) Web Services
4 2 (0.66%) gRPC
4 2 (0.66%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.66%) REST
4 2 (0.66%) RESTful
5 1 (0.33%) J2EE
5 1 (0.33%) JSON
5 1 (0.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 69 (22.77%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.91%) Replication
4 26 (8.58%) Public Cloud
5 25 (8.25%) Driving Licence
6 24 (7.92%) Private Cloud
7 21 (6.93%) Enterprise Storage
8 19 (6.27%) Security Posture
9 12 (3.96%) Podcast
10 11 (3.63%) iSeries
11 10 (3.30%) CMDB
11 10 (3.30%) PKI
12 9 (2.97%) Onboarding
12 9 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.98%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.98%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.65%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 162 (53.47%) Windows
2 104 (34.32%) Windows Server
3 83 (27.39%) Linux
4 18 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.62%) Unix
6 13 (4.29%) VMS
7 9 (2.97%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.31%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.99%) CentOS
11 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.66%) Android
12 2 (0.66%) Debian
12 2 (0.66%) Solaris
13 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.33%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (33.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 95 (31.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 65 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (16.17%) Presales
5 48 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (14.19%) DevOps
6 43 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 39 (12.87%) CI/CD
7 39 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (11.22%) Mentoring
9 31 (10.23%) Business Continuity
10 27 (8.91%) ITIL
10 27 (8.91%) Project Delivery
10 27 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 26 (8.58%) High Availability
12 24 (7.92%) Infrastructure Automation
13 23 (7.59%) AI
13 23 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (7.59%) Performance Tuning
13 23 (7.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 86 (28.38%) PowerShell
2 52 (17.16%) Python
3 31 (10.23%) SQL
4 30 (9.90%) Bash
5 16 (5.28%) Bicep
6 12 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (3.30%) Go
8 5 (1.65%) VB
8 5 (1.65%) VBA
8 5 (1.65%) VBScript
9 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.66%) Rust
10 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.33%) C
11 1 (0.33%) Java
11 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (13.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 39 (12.87%) Azure Certification
3 37 (12.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (10.23%) Security Cleared
5 30 (9.90%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.57%) VCAP
7 26 (8.58%) Degree
8 21 (6.93%) VCDX
9 20 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (4.95%) CCNP
11 14 (4.62%) CCNA
12 12 (3.96%) DV Cleared
13 9 (2.97%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.97%) MCSE
14 8 (2.64%) RHCSA
15 7 (2.31%) HNC
15 7 (2.31%) HND
16 6 (1.98%) CEH
16 6 (1.98%) Dell Certification
17 5 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.61%) SLA
2 15 (4.95%) PMO
3 14 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.63%) NIST
5 10 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.98%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.66%) GDPR
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 215 (70.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 106 (34.98%) Active Directory
3 102 (33.66%) Hyper-V
4 74 (24.42%) vSphere
5 39 (12.87%) VMware NSX
6 27 (8.91%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.28%) vCloud
8 14 (4.62%) Firmware
8 14 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (2.97%) KVM
11 8 (2.64%) Docker
12 7 (2.31%) VMware Server
13 6 (1.98%) DFS Replication
13 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.98%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.99%) Squid
14 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.66%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (18.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (17.82%) Terraform
3 41 (13.53%) Ansible
4 32 (10.56%) Kubernetes
5 23 (7.59%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.28%) Proxmox
7 15 (4.95%) Grafana
8 12 (3.96%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.64%) SCCM
10 6 (1.98%) Avamar
10 6 (1.98%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (1.98%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (1.98%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (1.98%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (1.98%) Packer
10 6 (1.98%) VxRail
10 6 (1.98%) ZABBIX
11 5 (1.65%) Puppet
12 4 (1.32%) Graylog
13 3 (0.99%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 173 (57.10%) Microsoft
2 57 (18.81%) Veeam
3 54 (17.82%) Cisco
4 31 (10.23%) Dell
5 30 (9.90%) NetApp
6 29 (9.57%) Palo Alto
7 25 (8.25%) Broadcom
7 25 (8.25%) Fortinet
8 24 (7.92%) Commvault
9 23 (7.59%) Nimble Storage
10 21 (6.93%) Citrix
10 21 (6.93%) EMC
11 19 (6.27%) HP
12 17 (5.61%) IBM
13 14 (4.62%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.29%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.29%) Splunk
15 12 (3.96%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.63%) Meraki
17 10 (3.30%) F5