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 7 October 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
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 177 102
Rank change year-on-year -14 -75 -29
Permanent jobs citing VMware 336 282 649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.68% 2.97%
As % of the Vendors category 4.33% 3.27% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 247 227 445
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -3.88% -5.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,596 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +6.52% -6.86% +2.00%

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 7,758 8,634 8,406
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.12% 51.37% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,467 3,691 4,621
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -6.46% -2.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%

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 7 October 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 75 (22.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (13.10%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.17%) IIS
4 12 (3.57%) nginx
5 11 (3.27%) Apache
6 3 (0.89%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.30%) Site Server
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Houdini
4 1 (0.30%) NUKE
4 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 219 (65.18%) Azure
2 133 (39.58%) Microsoft 365
3 100 (29.76%) Entra ID
4 75 (22.32%) AWS
5 25 (7.44%) Nutanix
6 21 (6.25%) IaaS
7 20 (5.95%) PaaS
8 18 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.06%) GitHub
10 16 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 16 (4.76%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.57%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.57%) Serverless
12 11 (3.27%) GCP
13 10 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.79%) Cloudflare
14 6 (1.79%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 133 (39.58%) Firewall
2 124 (36.90%) DNS
3 96 (28.57%) VPN
4 93 (27.68%) DHCP
5 47 (13.99%) TCP/IP
6 46 (13.69%) LAN
6 46 (13.69%) WAN
7 37 (11.01%) VLAN
8 22 (6.55%) Network Security
9 17 (5.06%) VSAN
10 16 (4.76%) SAN
11 14 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (3.27%) IP Telephony
13 10 (2.98%) Wireless
14 9 (2.68%) Fibre Channel
14 9 (2.68%) Unified Communications
15 8 (2.38%) OSPF
16 7 (2.08%) BGP
16 7 (2.08%) iSCSI
16 7 (2.08%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.60%) Big Data
3 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.06%) Git
2 3 (0.89%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Gradle
3 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) JUnit
3 2 (0.60%) Mockito
3 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 127 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.20%) Finance
3 25 (7.44%) Public Sector
3 25 (7.44%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.65%) Law
5 19 (5.65%) Retail
6 18 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.68%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.68%) Marketing
9 8 (2.38%) Banking
9 8 (2.38%) Legal
10 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.19%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.60%) Back Office
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (20.54%) Senior
2 68 (20.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (15.77%) Support Engineer
4 47 (13.99%) Consultant
5 45 (13.39%) IT Engineer
5 45 (13.39%) IT Support
6 38 (11.31%) Analyst
7 35 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
8 34 (10.12%) Architect
9 30 (8.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (7.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 24 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (6.85%) Technical Consultant
13 21 (6.25%) Network Engineer
14 17 (5.06%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.06%) VMware Consultant
15 16 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (4.76%) VMware Architect
16 15 (4.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 15 (4.46%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.61%) Terraform
2 9 (2.68%) Middleware
3 6 (1.79%) Web Services
4 3 (0.89%) JSON
4 3 (0.89%) LDAP
4 3 (0.89%) REST
5 2 (0.60%) gRPC
5 2 (0.60%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.60%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.60%) RESTful
5 2 (0.60%) XMPP
5 2 (0.60%) YAML
6 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.30%) Java SE
6 1 (0.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.30%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.30%) SAML
6 1 (0.30%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.51%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.61%) Driving Licence
3 27 (8.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (5.65%) Enterprise Storage
4 19 (5.65%) Private Cloud
4 19 (5.65%) Replication
5 17 (5.06%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.46%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.57%) Podcast
8 11 (3.27%) CCTV
9 9 (2.68%) PKI
10 8 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (2.38%) iSeries
11 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.79%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.49%) CMDB
12 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.19%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 212 (63.10%) Windows
2 147 (43.75%) Windows Server
3 73 (21.73%) Linux
4 18 (5.36%) Mac OS
5 15 (4.46%) VMS
6 13 (3.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.57%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.49%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.19%) Solaris
12 2 (0.60%) AIX
12 2 (0.60%) Android
12 2 (0.60%) CentOS
12 2 (0.60%) Debian
12 2 (0.60%) Rocky
12 2 (0.60%) Unix
13 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (36.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 113 (33.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 104 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (15.77%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (14.88%) ITIL
7 49 (14.58%) Project Delivery
8 45 (13.39%) High Availability
8 45 (13.39%) Mentoring
9 44 (13.10%) Roadmaps
10 42 (12.50%) Presales
11 41 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
12 40 (11.90%) Business Continuity
13 33 (9.82%) DevOps
13 33 (9.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 33 (9.82%) Migration
13 33 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (9.52%) AI
14 32 (9.52%) Customer Service
15 31 (9.23%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 76 (22.62%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.04%) SQL
3 26 (7.74%) Bash
3 26 (7.74%) Python
4 20 (5.95%) Bicep
5 12 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.89%) Go
6 3 (0.89%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.89%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (13.10%) Azure Certification
4 43 (12.80%) SC Cleared
4 43 (12.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 30 (8.93%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (7.74%) CCNP
7 22 (6.55%) CCNA
7 22 (6.55%) VCAP
8 20 (5.95%) Degree
8 20 (5.95%) DV Cleared
9 17 (5.06%) VCDX
10 15 (4.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 13 (3.87%) MCSA
12 12 (3.57%) MCSE
13 6 (1.79%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.79%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.49%) RHCSA
15 4 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.23%) SLA
2 22 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.46%) PMO
4 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 238 (70.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 150 (44.64%) Active Directory
3 143 (42.56%) Hyper-V
4 64 (19.05%) vSphere
5 32 (9.52%) VMware NSX
6 29 (8.63%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (3.57%) vCloud
10 11 (3.27%) Firmware
11 9 (2.68%) VMware Server
12 8 (2.38%) Docker
13 6 (1.79%) KVM
13 6 (1.79%) Squid
14 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.60%) NFS
16 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 64 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.95%) Ansible
3 17 (5.06%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.68%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.38%) SCCM
6 7 (2.08%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.79%) Avamar
7 6 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.79%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.79%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.79%) VxRail
8 5 (1.49%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.49%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.19%) Grafana
9 4 (1.19%) Graylog
9 4 (1.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.19%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 206 (61.31%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.62%) Veeam
3 44 (13.10%) Cisco
4 30 (8.93%) Citrix
4 30 (8.93%) Dell
5 29 (8.63%) NetApp
6 28 (8.33%) Palo Alto
7 26 (7.74%) WatchGuard
8 25 (7.44%) Fortinet
9 23 (6.85%) Broadcom
10 21 (6.25%) Nimble Storage
11 18 (5.36%) EMC
12 15 (4.46%) HP
12 15 (4.46%) SonicWALL
13 14 (4.17%) N-able
14 12 (3.57%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (3.27%) Draytek
15 11 (3.27%) Mitel
16 10 (2.98%) Commvault
16 10 (2.98%) ServiceNow