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 11 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
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 162 90
Rank change year-on-year -17 -72 -2
Permanent jobs citing VMware 288 337 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 2.23% 3.07%
As % of the Vendors category 4.74% 4.67% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 207 292 887
10th Percentile £36,250 £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 £83,125 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,844 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.70% -8.00%

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 6,075 7,222 13,452
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.95% 47.77% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,100 3,854 9,857
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,779 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,948 £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 £95,100 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,900 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +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 11 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 44 (15.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (10.76%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.08%) IIS
4 5 (1.74%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.39%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 164 (56.94%) Azure
2 96 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (21.88%) AWS
4 46 (15.97%) Entra ID
5 40 (13.89%) Nutanix
6 21 (7.29%) GitHub
7 14 (4.86%) GCP
7 14 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (3.82%) IaaS
8 11 (3.82%) OneDrive
9 9 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.13%) PaaS
9 9 (3.13%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.74%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.39%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 96 (33.33%) Firewall
2 70 (24.31%) DNS
3 63 (21.88%) VPN
4 47 (16.32%) DHCP
4 47 (16.32%) WAN
5 33 (11.46%) LAN
5 33 (11.46%) TCP/IP
6 21 (7.29%) VSAN
7 16 (5.56%) VLAN
8 13 (4.51%) SD-WAN
9 12 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (3.47%) BGP
10 10 (3.47%) SAN
11 9 (3.13%) Network Security
12 8 (2.78%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.43%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.08%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.08%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.08%) MPLS
14 6 (2.08%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.86%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.78%) Power BI
3 6 (2.08%) MySQL
4 5 (1.74%) Tableau
5 4 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.86%) Git
2 6 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.39%) GitLab
5 2 (0.69%) Gradle
5 2 (0.69%) JUnit
5 2 (0.69%) Mockito
5 2 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 91 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.89%) Finance
3 27 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.68%) Retail
5 15 (5.21%) Banking
5 15 (5.21%) Law
6 14 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.86%) Marketing
7 13 (4.51%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.82%) Legal
9 10 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.04%) Aviation
13 3 (1.04%) Back Office
14 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (23.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (23.61%) Senior
3 39 (13.54%) Consultant
4 33 (11.46%) Support Engineer
5 32 (11.11%) IT Engineer
6 27 (9.38%) Architect
7 26 (9.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (8.33%) IT Support
8 24 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 22 (7.64%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.94%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (6.60%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (6.25%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
12 18 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
13 17 (5.90%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (5.90%) Network Engineer
13 17 (5.90%) VMware Architect
14 15 (5.21%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (5.21%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.08%) XMPP
2 3 (1.04%) Middleware
3 2 (0.69%) gRPC
3 2 (0.69%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.69%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) J2EE
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.26%) Data Centre
2 38 (13.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.38%) Replication
4 22 (7.64%) Private Cloud
5 21 (7.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 17 (5.90%) Public Cloud
7 16 (5.56%) Driving Licence
7 16 (5.56%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.82%) CMDB
8 11 (3.82%) iSeries
9 9 (3.13%) PKI
10 7 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.08%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.08%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.74%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.39%) Podcast
13 4 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
15 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 143 (49.65%) Windows
2 96 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 79 (27.43%) Linux
4 19 (6.60%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.86%) Unix
6 8 (2.78%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.43%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.43%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.74%) VMS
8 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.69%) Android
9 2 (0.69%) CentOS
10 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.35%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.35%) Solaris
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (32.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (18.06%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (14.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (14.58%) DevOps
5 42 (14.58%) Presales
6 35 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (11.81%) CI/CD
8 27 (9.38%) Mentoring
8 27 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
9 26 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (8.68%) Infrastructure Automation
11 23 (7.99%) ITIL
12 22 (7.64%) Business Continuity
13 21 (7.29%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (6.94%) Incident Response
15 19 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
16 18 (6.25%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (24.65%) PowerShell
2 51 (17.71%) Python
3 21 (7.29%) Bash
4 16 (5.56%) SQL
5 10 (3.47%) Go
6 8 (2.78%) Bicep
7 5 (1.74%) VB
7 5 (1.74%) VBA
7 5 (1.74%) VBScript
8 4 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Java
10 1 (0.35%) Perl
10 1 (0.35%) Rust
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (11.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 29 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (9.72%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.72%) VCAP
4 25 (8.68%) Degree
5 24 (8.33%) Azure Certification
6 20 (6.94%) VCDX
7 13 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (4.17%) AWS Certification
9 10 (3.47%) DV Cleared
10 9 (3.13%) CCNA
10 9 (3.13%) CCNP
10 9 (3.13%) MCSE
11 8 (2.78%) CEH
11 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.08%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.74%) HNC
13 5 (1.74%) HND
13 5 (1.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (5.56%) NIST
2 15 (5.21%) PMO
3 13 (4.51%) SLA
4 8 (2.78%) ISO 22301
5 7 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 185 (64.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 97 (33.68%) Active Directory
3 79 (27.43%) Hyper-V
4 61 (21.18%) vSphere
5 43 (14.93%) VMware NSX
6 20 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.56%) vCloud
8 13 (4.51%) Firmware
9 9 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (2.43%) Docker
10 7 (2.43%) KVM
11 6 (2.08%) DFS Replication
11 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.39%) VMware Server
13 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.69%) Xen
15 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 52 (18.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (17.01%) Terraform
3 40 (13.89%) Ansible
4 34 (11.81%) Kubernetes
5 25 (8.68%) vCenter Server
6 17 (5.90%) Grafana
6 17 (5.90%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.86%) Prometheus
7 14 (4.86%) SCCM
8 8 (2.78%) ZABBIX
9 6 (2.08%) Avamar
9 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (2.08%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.08%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.08%) Packer
9 6 (2.08%) VxRail
10 5 (1.74%) Puppet
11 4 (1.39%) Graylog
11 4 (1.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 146 (50.69%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.71%) Veeam
3 49 (17.01%) Cisco
4 34 (11.81%) NetApp
5 31 (10.76%) Dell
6 26 (9.03%) Commvault
7 24 (8.33%) Broadcom
8 23 (7.99%) Nimble Storage
8 23 (7.99%) Palo Alto
9 21 (7.29%) EMC
9 21 (7.29%) Fortinet
10 19 (6.60%) HP
11 17 (5.90%) IBM
12 15 (5.21%) Citrix
13 14 (4.86%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.51%) Splunk
15 12 (4.17%) ServiceNow
16 11 (3.82%) Meraki
17 10 (3.47%) 3PAR
17 10 (3.47%) Sophos