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 28 March 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
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 123 81
Rank change year-on-year -39 -42 +14
Permanent jobs citing VMware 269 355 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.59% 2.76% 3.60%
As % of the Vendors category 4.74% 6.80% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 182 316 956
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,663 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,188 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £78,125
UK median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -7.90%

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 5,676 5,222 12,530
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.63% 40.60% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,447 3,718 10,113
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £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 £75,270 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 28 March 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 32 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (10.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
3 2 (0.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) JBoss
4 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.49%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 146 (54.28%) Azure
2 100 (37.17%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (22.30%) AWS
4 44 (16.36%) Entra ID
5 32 (11.90%) Nutanix
6 16 (5.95%) OneDrive
7 14 (5.20%) GitHub
8 12 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.60%) GCP
9 7 (2.60%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.23%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.86%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.86%) IaaS
12 4 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.49%) PaaS
13 3 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 89 (33.09%) Firewall
2 62 (23.05%) DNS
3 48 (17.84%) VPN
4 42 (15.61%) DHCP
5 39 (14.50%) WAN
6 34 (12.64%) TCP/IP
7 24 (8.92%) LAN
8 18 (6.69%) SD-WAN
9 16 (5.95%) VLAN
10 12 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (4.46%) SAN
11 8 (2.97%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.60%) BGP
12 7 (2.60%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (2.60%) IP Telephony
12 7 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.23%) VSAN
13 6 (2.23%) Wireless
14 5 (1.86%) Network Security
14 5 (1.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.23%) Power BI
3 5 (1.86%) MySQL
3 5 (1.86%) Tableau
4 4 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.37%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Git
1 6 (2.23%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.49%) GitLab
2 4 (1.49%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.37%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 91 (33.83%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.99%) Finance
3 23 (8.55%) Retail
4 20 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.69%) Law
5 18 (6.69%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.09%) Banking
7 11 (4.09%) Legal
7 11 (4.09%) Marketing
7 11 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.12%) Aviation
10 3 (1.12%) Back Office
10 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.74%) Advertising
11 2 (0.74%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (23.05%) Senior
2 59 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.52%) Support Engineer
3 31 (11.52%) VMware Engineer
4 30 (11.15%) IT Support
5 27 (10.04%) IT Engineer
6 26 (9.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (7.81%) Consultant
9 20 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (5.58%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (5.58%) Analyst
10 15 (5.58%) IT Security Specialist
10 15 (5.58%) Security Specialist
11 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (4.83%) Network Engineer
12 13 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (3.72%) Architect
13 10 (3.72%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.86%) XMPP
2 3 (1.12%) .NET
3 2 (0.74%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.74%) WCF
4 1 (0.37%) J2EE
4 1 (0.37%) JSON
4 1 (0.37%) Kafka
4 1 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (10.04%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.32%) Private Cloud
4 15 (5.58%) Driving Licence
4 15 (5.58%) Public Cloud
5 14 (5.20%) Replication
6 13 (4.83%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.35%) CCTV
7 9 (3.35%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.35%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.97%) Clustering
9 6 (2.23%) CMDB
9 6 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.86%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.86%) FlexPod
11 4 (1.49%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.49%) iPad
11 4 (1.49%) iPhone
11 4 (1.49%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 143 (53.16%) Windows
2 107 (39.78%) Windows Server
3 79 (29.37%) Linux
4 19 (7.06%) Windows 10
5 15 (5.58%) Unix
6 12 (4.46%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.49%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.49%) VMS
10 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.12%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.74%) CentOS
13 1 (0.37%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.37%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.37%) Solaris
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (24.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 54 (20.07%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (15.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (13.38%) DevOps
6 36 (13.38%) ITIL
7 31 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (10.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (10.04%) CI/CD
10 24 (8.92%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.55%) Infrastructure Automation
12 22 (8.18%) BCP
12 22 (8.18%) Test Automation
13 21 (7.81%) Resilience Testing
13 21 (7.81%) Runbook
14 20 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (7.43%) Service Delivery
15 19 (7.06%) Project Delivery
15 19 (7.06%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.28%) PowerShell
2 57 (21.19%) Python
3 15 (5.58%) Bash
4 10 (3.72%) SQL
5 9 (3.35%) Go
6 5 (1.86%) Bicep
6 5 (1.86%) VB
6 5 (1.86%) VBA
6 5 (1.86%) VBScript
7 2 (0.74%) Java
8 1 (0.37%) Perl
8 1 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (15.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (10.41%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (8.92%) MCSE
4 22 (8.18%) Azure Certification
4 22 (8.18%) Security Cleared
5 21 (7.81%) CCNA
6 20 (7.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 17 (6.32%) AWS Certification
7 17 (6.32%) Degree
7 17 (6.32%) SC Cleared
8 15 (5.58%) CEH
9 14 (5.20%) CCNP
9 14 (5.20%) MCSA
10 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 12 (4.46%) VCAP
12 10 (3.72%) DV Cleared
13 8 (2.97%) DBS Check
14 6 (2.23%) CCA
14 6 (2.23%) Citrix Certification
15 5 (1.86%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.29%) NIST
3 18 (6.69%) SLA
4 15 (5.58%) ISO 22301
5 11 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.74%) PMO
7 1 (0.37%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 131 (48.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 89 (33.09%) Active Directory
3 65 (24.16%) Hyper-V
4 30 (11.15%) vSphere
5 27 (10.04%) VMware NSX
6 21 (7.81%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.97%) Docker
7 8 (2.97%) Firmware
7 8 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.23%) DFS Replication
9 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.86%) vCloud
9 5 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.74%) KVM
11 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.74%) XenApp
12 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (23.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (16.73%) Terraform
3 43 (15.99%) Ansible
4 30 (11.15%) Kubernetes
5 19 (7.06%) vCenter Server
6 15 (5.58%) Grafana
6 15 (5.58%) SCCM
7 13 (4.83%) Prometheus
8 11 (4.09%) Proxmox
9 5 (1.86%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.86%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.49%) Packer
10 4 (1.49%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.49%) Puppet
11 3 (1.12%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.12%) Kibana
11 3 (1.12%) Nagios
12 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.74%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.37%) CASB
Vendors
1 125 (46.47%) Microsoft
2 54 (20.07%) Cisco
3 26 (9.67%) Veeam
4 24 (8.92%) Commvault
5 20 (7.43%) Fortinet
5 20 (7.43%) Palo Alto
6 17 (6.32%) NetApp
7 15 (5.58%) Citrix
7 15 (5.58%) Red Hat
8 12 (4.46%) Dell
8 12 (4.46%) Draytek
9 10 (3.72%) WatchGuard
10 9 (3.35%) F5
10 9 (3.35%) Splunk
11 8 (2.97%) CheckPoint
11 8 (2.97%) EMC
11 8 (2.97%) Juniper
11 8 (2.97%) Oracle
12 7 (2.60%) Adobe
12 7 (2.60%) IBM