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 29 April 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
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 121 85
Rank change year-on-year -42 -36 +13
Permanent jobs citing VMware 278 359 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.67% 3.33%
As % of the Vendors category 5.01% 6.20% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 190 315 929
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £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 £83,938 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,250 £78,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +11.70% -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 5,547 5,786 13,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.60% 42.96% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,547 3,847 10,038
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 April 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 27 (9.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 27 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.44%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 147 (52.88%) Azure
2 91 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (19.78%) AWS
4 43 (15.47%) Entra ID
5 40 (14.39%) Nutanix
6 16 (5.76%) GitHub
6 16 (5.76%) OneDrive
7 14 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (3.60%) GCP
9 9 (3.24%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.80%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.80%) IaaS
12 4 (1.44%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.44%) PaaS
13 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (30.22%) Firewall
2 61 (21.94%) DNS
3 50 (17.99%) VPN
4 46 (16.55%) WAN
5 40 (14.39%) DHCP
6 32 (11.51%) TCP/IP
7 28 (10.07%) LAN
8 15 (5.40%) SD-WAN
9 13 (4.68%) VLAN
10 12 (4.32%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (3.96%) VSAN
12 10 (3.60%) BGP
12 10 (3.60%) SAN
13 8 (2.88%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.52%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (2.16%) Wireless
16 5 (1.80%) MPLS
16 5 (1.80%) Network Security
16 5 (1.80%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.88%) Power BI
3 6 (2.16%) MySQL
4 5 (1.80%) Tableau
5 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.24%) Git
2 5 (1.80%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.80%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.08%) GitLab
4 2 (0.72%) Gradle
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
4 2 (0.72%) Mockito
5 1 (0.36%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 80 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.35%) Finance
3 26 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.91%) Retail
5 15 (5.40%) Law
6 14 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.68%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.96%) Banking
8 11 (3.96%) Marketing
9 10 (3.60%) Legal
10 9 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.08%) Aviation
14 3 (1.08%) Back Office
15 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (25.18%) Senior
2 63 (22.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (12.95%) Consultant
4 30 (10.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (10.79%) VMware Engineer
5 27 (9.71%) Support Engineer
6 25 (8.99%) IT Engineer
7 23 (8.27%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (7.55%) IT Support
8 21 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (5.76%) Architect
10 15 (5.40%) Cloud Consultant
10 15 (5.40%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 15 (5.40%) Network Engineer
10 15 (5.40%) VMware Consultant
11 14 (5.04%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.68%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
12 13 (4.68%) Senior Consultant
12 13 (4.68%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.80%) XMPP
2 2 (0.72%) gRPC
2 2 (0.72%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.72%) REST
2 2 (0.72%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) J2EE
3 1 (0.36%) JSON
3 1 (0.36%) Kafka
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.27%) Data Centre
2 41 (14.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (7.91%) Private Cloud
4 21 (7.55%) Replication
5 15 (5.40%) Driving Licence
6 14 (5.04%) Public Cloud
7 12 (4.32%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (3.24%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.24%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.88%) Clustering
10 7 (2.52%) CMDB
10 7 (2.52%) iSeries
11 6 (2.16%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.80%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.80%) PKI
12 5 (1.80%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.44%) iPad
13 4 (1.44%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 133 (47.84%) Windows
2 97 (34.89%) Windows Server
3 83 (29.86%) Linux
4 21 (7.55%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.83%) Unix
6 12 (4.32%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.88%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.72%) Android
11 2 (0.72%) CentOS
11 2 (0.72%) VMS
12 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.36%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.36%) Solaris
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (29.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 51 (18.35%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (13.31%) DevOps
7 31 (11.15%) ITIL
8 29 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (10.43%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (9.71%) CI/CD
10 26 (9.35%) Presales
11 25 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (8.63%) Infrastructure Automation
13 21 (7.55%) Mentoring
13 21 (7.55%) Test Automation
14 19 (6.83%) BCP
14 19 (6.83%) Business Continuity
14 19 (6.83%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (6.47%) Migration
15 18 (6.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.38%) PowerShell
2 52 (18.71%) Python
3 14 (5.04%) Bash
4 11 (3.96%) SQL
5 10 (3.60%) Go
6 5 (1.80%) Bicep
6 5 (1.80%) VB
6 5 (1.80%) VBA
6 5 (1.80%) VBScript
7 2 (0.72%) Java
7 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.36%) Perl
8 1 (0.36%) Rust
8 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (10.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.71%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 23 (8.27%) Degree
5 22 (7.91%) Azure Certification
6 21 (7.55%) VCAP
7 17 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (5.40%) AWS Certification
9 14 (5.04%) MCSE
10 12 (4.32%) CEH
11 11 (3.96%) DV Cleared
12 10 (3.60%) CCNA
12 10 (3.60%) VCDX
13 8 (2.88%) CCNP
14 7 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.80%) DBS Check
15 5 (1.80%) HNC
15 5 (1.80%) MCSA
15 5 (1.80%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.27%) NIST
2 22 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.76%) SLA
4 12 (4.32%) ISO 22301
5 8 (2.88%) PMO
6 6 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 158 (56.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (30.58%) Active Directory
3 67 (24.10%) Hyper-V
4 39 (14.03%) vSphere
5 36 (12.95%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (4.32%) Firmware
8 11 (3.96%) vCloud
8 11 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (2.16%) DFS Replication
9 6 (2.16%) Docker
10 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.08%) KVM
12 3 (1.08%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.72%) Xen
14 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (19.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (16.19%) Ansible
3 44 (15.83%) Terraform
4 32 (11.51%) Kubernetes
5 20 (7.19%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.76%) Grafana
7 14 (5.04%) Prometheus
7 14 (5.04%) SCCM
8 12 (4.32%) Proxmox
9 5 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.80%) Packer
9 5 (1.80%) Puppet
10 4 (1.44%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.44%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.08%) Check_MK
11 3 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.08%) Kibana
11 3 (1.08%) Nagios
12 2 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 128 (46.04%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.99%) Cisco
3 30 (10.79%) Veeam
4 28 (10.07%) Commvault
5 23 (8.27%) NetApp
6 22 (7.91%) Dell
6 22 (7.91%) Red Hat
7 21 (7.55%) Fortinet
8 20 (7.19%) Palo Alto
9 14 (5.04%) EMC
9 14 (5.04%) HP
10 13 (4.68%) Citrix
10 13 (4.68%) IBM
11 12 (4.32%) Nimble Storage
12 11 (3.96%) Splunk
13 10 (3.60%) Broadcom
14 8 (2.88%) F5
14 8 (2.88%) Juniper
14 8 (2.88%) Meraki
14 8 (2.88%) Sophos