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 21 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
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 121 80
Rank change year-on-year -45 -41 +13
Permanent jobs citing VMware 261 385 1,101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.88% 3.65%
As % of the Vendors category 4.31% 7.14% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 178 324 947
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,300
25th Percentile £38,875 £38,063 £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 £83,438 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,860 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.04% +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 6,050 5,391 12,266
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.49% 40.30% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,401 3,675 10,020
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,774 £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 £75,900 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,629 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.29% +13.26% -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 21 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 34 (13.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (10.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.77%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) JBoss
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.53%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 141 (54.02%) Azure
2 97 (37.16%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (22.22%) AWS
4 43 (16.48%) Entra ID
5 32 (12.26%) Nutanix
6 16 (6.13%) OneDrive
7 13 (4.98%) GitHub
8 11 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.07%) GCP
10 6 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.30%) Google Workspace
10 6 (2.30%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.92%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.92%) IaaS
12 4 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.53%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (33.33%) Firewall
2 60 (22.99%) DNS
3 48 (18.39%) VPN
4 41 (15.71%) DHCP
5 39 (14.94%) WAN
6 33 (12.64%) TCP/IP
7 23 (8.81%) LAN
8 20 (7.66%) SD-WAN
9 16 (6.13%) VLAN
10 12 (4.60%) SAN
11 11 (4.21%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (2.68%) BGP
12 7 (2.68%) IP Telephony
12 7 (2.68%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.68%) VSAN
12 7 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.30%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (2.30%) Wireless
14 4 (1.53%) Network Security
14 4 (1.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.92%) Power BI
2 5 (1.92%) Tableau
3 4 (1.53%) MySQL
4 3 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.53%) Git
3 3 (1.15%) GitLab
4 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.38%) JMeter
5 1 (0.38%) JUnit
5 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 87 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.86%) Finance
3 22 (8.43%) Retail
4 18 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.51%) Law
5 17 (6.51%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.83%) Banking
7 10 (3.83%) Legal
7 10 (3.83%) Marketing
8 9 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.15%) Aviation
11 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.77%) Advertising
12 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.77%) Back Office
12 2 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (22.99%) Senior
2 57 (21.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.88%) VMware Engineer
4 29 (11.11%) IT Support
5 28 (10.73%) Support Engineer
6 25 (9.58%) IT Engineer
6 25 (9.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (8.81%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (7.28%) Consultant
9 18 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (5.75%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (5.75%) Analyst
10 15 (5.75%) IT Security Specialist
10 15 (5.75%) Security Specialist
11 14 (5.36%) Infrastructure Manager
12 13 (4.98%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (4.98%) Network Engineer
13 11 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.83%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.83%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.53%) XMPP
2 3 (1.15%) .NET
3 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.77%) JSON
3 2 (0.77%) Kafka
3 2 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.77%) WCF
4 1 (0.38%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.38%) J2EE
4 1 (0.38%) Middleware
4 1 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 28 (10.73%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.75%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.75%) Private Cloud
4 13 (4.98%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.98%) Replication
5 12 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.45%) CCTV
6 9 (3.45%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.07%) Clustering
7 8 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.30%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.53%) CMDB
10 4 (1.53%) FlexPod
10 4 (1.53%) iPad
10 4 (1.53%) iPhone
10 4 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 135 (51.72%) Windows
2 100 (38.31%) Windows Server
3 72 (27.59%) Linux
4 18 (6.90%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.98%) Unix
6 12 (4.60%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.53%) VMS
10 3 (1.15%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.77%) CentOS
12 1 (0.38%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.38%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (31.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 63 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 54 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (15.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (13.41%) ITIL
7 34 (13.03%) DevOps
8 28 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
10 26 (9.96%) CI/CD
11 23 (8.81%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.81%) Test Automation
12 21 (8.05%) BCP
12 21 (8.05%) Resilience Testing
12 21 (8.05%) Runbook
13 20 (7.66%) Infrastructure Automation
13 20 (7.66%) Project Delivery
13 20 (7.66%) Service Delivery
14 18 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
15 17 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 64 (24.52%) PowerShell
2 54 (20.69%) Python
3 13 (4.98%) Bash
4 9 (3.45%) SQL
5 8 (3.07%) Go
6 5 (1.92%) VB
6 5 (1.92%) VBA
6 5 (1.92%) VBScript
7 4 (1.53%) Bicep
8 3 (1.15%) Java
9 1 (0.38%) Perl
9 1 (0.38%) Rust
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (16.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (9.20%) MCSE
4 21 (8.05%) CCNA
5 20 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 20 (7.66%) Security Cleared
6 19 (7.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 18 (6.90%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.75%) CEH
8 15 (5.75%) Degree
8 15 (5.75%) MCSA
8 15 (5.75%) SC Cleared
9 14 (5.36%) CCNP
9 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 11 (4.21%) VCAP
11 9 (3.45%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.68%) CCA
12 7 (2.68%) Citrix Certification
12 7 (2.68%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.58%) NIST
3 18 (6.90%) SLA
4 15 (5.75%) ISO 22301
5 11 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.77%) PMO
7 1 (0.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (46.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 86 (32.95%) Active Directory
3 64 (24.52%) Hyper-V
4 27 (10.34%) VMware NSX
4 27 (10.34%) vSphere
5 21 (8.05%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.07%) Firmware
7 7 (2.68%) Docker
7 7 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.30%) DFS Replication
9 5 (1.92%) vCloud
10 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (1.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.77%) KVM
11 2 (0.77%) XenApp
12 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (23.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (16.09%) Terraform
3 41 (15.71%) Ansible
4 28 (10.73%) Kubernetes
5 18 (6.90%) vCenter Server
6 15 (5.75%) SCCM
7 14 (5.36%) Grafana
8 12 (4.60%) Prometheus
9 11 (4.21%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.92%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.92%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.53%) Puppet
12 2 (0.77%) Kibana
12 2 (0.77%) Nagios
12 2 (0.77%) Packer
13 1 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.38%) Nessus
13 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 118 (45.21%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.16%) Cisco
3 23 (8.81%) Veeam
4 22 (8.43%) Commvault
5 18 (6.90%) Fortinet
6 16 (6.13%) Citrix
6 16 (6.13%) NetApp
6 16 (6.13%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.36%) Red Hat
8 12 (4.60%) Draytek
9 11 (4.21%) Dell
10 10 (3.83%) WatchGuard
11 9 (3.45%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.07%) F5
12 8 (3.07%) Google
12 8 (3.07%) Juniper
12 8 (3.07%) Oracle
13 7 (2.68%) IBM
13 7 (2.68%) Mitel
13 7 (2.68%) Splunk