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 6 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
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 163 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 -74 +1
Permanent jobs citing VMware 283 333 1,054
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 2.24% 3.12%
As % of the Vendors category 4.77% 4.68% 7.87%
Number of salaries quoted 205 289 891
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,400 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -11.94%

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 5,934 7,115 13,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.67% 47.80% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,970 3,810 9,829
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,579
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +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

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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 6 June 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 39 (13.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (9.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.77%) Confluence
3 5 (1.77%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) JBoss
4 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.41%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (56.18%) Azure
2 95 (33.57%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (22.26%) AWS
4 44 (15.55%) Entra ID
5 41 (14.49%) Nutanix
6 19 (6.71%) GitHub
7 14 (4.95%) GCP
7 14 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.89%) OneDrive
9 9 (3.18%) IaaS
9 9 (3.18%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.47%) PaaS
11 5 (1.77%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.41%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 94 (33.22%) Firewall
2 67 (23.67%) DNS
3 57 (20.14%) VPN
4 44 (15.55%) WAN
5 43 (15.19%) DHCP
6 31 (10.95%) TCP/IP
7 30 (10.60%) LAN
8 20 (7.07%) VSAN
9 16 (5.65%) VLAN
10 13 (4.59%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (4.24%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.53%) BGP
12 10 (3.53%) SAN
13 9 (3.18%) Network Security
13 9 (3.18%) Unified Communications
14 8 (2.83%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.12%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (2.12%) iSCSI
15 6 (2.12%) WebEx
16 5 (1.77%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.83%) Power BI
3 6 (2.12%) MySQL
4 5 (1.77%) Tableau
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.24%) Git
2 6 (2.12%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.41%) GitLab
5 2 (0.71%) Gradle
5 2 (0.71%) JUnit
5 2 (0.71%) Mockito
5 2 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 84 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.49%) Finance
3 25 (8.83%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.13%) Retail
5 14 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.95%) Banking
5 14 (4.95%) Law
6 12 (4.24%) Marketing
6 12 (4.24%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.89%) Legal
8 10 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.41%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.06%) Aviation
11 3 (1.06%) Back Office
12 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (24.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (24.03%) Senior
3 39 (13.78%) Consultant
4 31 (10.95%) IT Engineer
4 31 (10.95%) Support Engineer
5 26 (9.19%) Architect
5 26 (9.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (8.13%) IT Support
6 23 (8.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (7.77%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (7.07%) Senior Consultant
9 19 (6.71%) VMware Consultant
10 18 (6.36%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 18 (6.36%) Technical Consultant
10 18 (6.36%) VMware Engineer
11 17 (6.01%) Cloud Consultant
11 17 (6.01%) Network Engineer
12 16 (5.65%) VMware Architect
13 15 (5.30%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (5.30%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.12%) XMPP
2 2 (0.71%) gRPC
2 2 (0.71%) Middleware
2 2 (0.71%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.71%) REST
2 2 (0.71%) RESTful
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) J2EE
3 1 (0.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 65 (22.97%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (9.89%) Replication
4 21 (7.42%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (7.42%) Private Cloud
5 15 (5.30%) Driving Licence
5 15 (5.30%) Public Cloud
6 13 (4.59%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.89%) CMDB
7 11 (3.89%) iSeries
8 9 (3.18%) PKI
9 7 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (2.12%) FlexPod
10 6 (2.12%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.12%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.77%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 139 (49.12%) Windows
2 95 (33.57%) Windows Server
3 80 (28.27%) Linux
4 18 (6.36%) Windows 10
5 15 (5.30%) Unix
6 8 (2.83%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.47%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.12%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.06%) VMS
11 2 (0.71%) Android
11 2 (0.71%) CentOS
12 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.35%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.35%) Solaris
12 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (32.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 50 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (14.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (14.49%) Presales
6 40 (14.13%) DevOps
7 33 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (11.31%) CI/CD
9 28 (9.89%) Vulnerability Management
10 25 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (8.83%) Infrastructure Automation
10 25 (8.83%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.13%) ITIL
12 20 (7.07%) Business Continuity
13 19 (6.71%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (6.36%) Incident Response
14 18 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (6.01%) Technical Leadership
16 16 (5.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.38%) PowerShell
2 51 (18.02%) Python
3 19 (6.71%) Bash
4 13 (4.59%) SQL
5 10 (3.53%) Go
6 6 (2.12%) Bicep
7 5 (1.77%) VB
7 5 (1.77%) VBA
7 5 (1.77%) VBScript
8 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) Rust
9 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (11.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 30 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.25%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (9.54%) VCAP
5 25 (8.83%) Degree
6 22 (7.77%) Azure Certification
7 19 (6.71%) VCDX
8 13 (4.59%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (3.89%) DV Cleared
10 9 (3.18%) CEH
10 9 (3.18%) MCSE
11 8 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.47%) CCNA
12 7 (2.47%) CCNP
13 6 (2.12%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.77%) HNC
14 5 (1.77%) HND
14 5 (1.77%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (6.01%) NIST
2 15 (5.30%) PMO
3 13 (4.59%) SLA
4 9 (3.18%) ISO 22301
5 7 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 181 (63.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (33.57%) Active Directory
3 77 (27.21%) Hyper-V
4 58 (20.49%) vSphere
5 41 (14.49%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.07%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.65%) vCloud
8 14 (4.95%) Firmware
9 9 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (2.47%) Docker
10 7 (2.47%) KVM
11 6 (2.12%) DFS Replication
11 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (2.12%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (1.41%) VMware Server
13 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.71%) Xen
15 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 52 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (16.61%) Terraform
3 40 (14.13%) Ansible
4 34 (12.01%) Kubernetes
5 24 (8.48%) vCenter Server
6 17 (6.01%) Grafana
6 17 (6.01%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.95%) Prometheus
7 14 (4.95%) SCCM
8 8 (2.83%) ZABBIX
9 6 (2.12%) Avamar
9 6 (2.12%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (2.12%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.12%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.12%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.12%) Packer
9 6 (2.12%) VxRail
10 5 (1.77%) Puppet
11 4 (1.41%) Graylog
11 4 (1.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 140 (49.47%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.37%) Veeam
3 48 (16.96%) Cisco
4 34 (12.01%) NetApp
5 31 (10.95%) Dell
6 27 (9.54%) Commvault
7 23 (8.13%) Nimble Storage
8 22 (7.77%) Broadcom
8 22 (7.77%) Palo Alto
9 21 (7.42%) EMC
10 20 (7.07%) Fortinet
11 19 (6.71%) HP
12 17 (6.01%) IBM
13 15 (5.30%) Red Hat
14 14 (4.95%) Citrix
15 13 (4.59%) Splunk
16 11 (3.89%) Meraki
16 11 (3.89%) ServiceNow
16 11 (3.89%) Sophos
17 10 (3.53%) 3PAR