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 30 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
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 124 85
Rank change year-on-year -31 -39 +12
Permanent jobs citing VMware 282 360 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 2.67% 3.34%
As % of the Vendors category 5.08% 6.21% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 194 316 933
10th Percentile £36,625 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,125 £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 £85,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,125 £78,750
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 5,546 5,799 13,426
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.62% 43.07% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,551 3,862 10,052
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 30 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 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 27 (9.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.77%) Confluence
3 2 (0.71%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) JBoss
4 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.42%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 149 (52.84%) Azure
2 91 (32.27%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (19.86%) AWS
4 44 (15.60%) Entra ID
4 44 (15.60%) Nutanix
5 16 (5.67%) GitHub
5 16 (5.67%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (3.90%) GCP
8 9 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.77%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.77%) IaaS
11 4 (1.42%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.42%) PaaS
12 3 (1.06%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (29.79%) Firewall
2 61 (21.63%) DNS
3 50 (17.73%) VPN
4 46 (16.31%) WAN
5 40 (14.18%) DHCP
6 32 (11.35%) TCP/IP
7 28 (9.93%) LAN
8 15 (5.32%) SD-WAN
9 13 (4.61%) VLAN
9 13 (4.61%) VSAN
10 12 (4.26%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.55%) BGP
11 10 (3.55%) SAN
12 8 (2.84%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.48%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.13%) Wireless
15 5 (1.77%) MPLS
15 5 (1.77%) Network Security
15 5 (1.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.84%) Power BI
3 6 (2.13%) MySQL
4 5 (1.77%) Tableau
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.19%) Git
2 5 (1.77%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.06%) GitLab
4 2 (0.71%) Gradle
4 2 (0.71%) JUnit
4 2 (0.71%) Mockito
5 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 80 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.79%) Finance
3 27 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.80%) Retail
5 15 (5.32%) Law
6 14 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.61%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.90%) Banking
8 11 (3.90%) Marketing
9 10 (3.55%) Legal
10 9 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.06%) Aviation
14 3 (1.06%) Back Office
15 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 71 (25.18%) Senior
2 63 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (13.83%) Consultant
4 30 (10.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (10.64%) VMware Engineer
5 27 (9.57%) Support Engineer
6 25 (8.87%) IT Engineer
7 24 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (7.45%) IT Support
8 21 (7.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (6.38%) Architect
9 18 (6.38%) VMware Consultant
10 16 (5.67%) Cloud Consultant
10 16 (5.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 15 (5.32%) Network Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Senior Consultant
12 14 (4.96%) Infrastructure Support
12 14 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (4.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
13 13 (4.61%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.77%) XMPP
2 2 (0.71%) gRPC
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
3 1 (0.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.79%) Data Centre
2 41 (14.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (8.16%) Private Cloud
4 21 (7.45%) Replication
5 15 (5.32%) Driving Licence
6 14 (4.96%) Public Cloud
7 13 (4.61%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (3.19%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.84%) Clustering
10 7 (2.48%) CMDB
10 7 (2.48%) iSeries
11 6 (2.13%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.77%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.77%) PKI
12 5 (1.77%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.42%) iPad
13 4 (1.42%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 134 (47.52%) Windows
2 97 (34.40%) Windows Server
3 83 (29.43%) Linux
4 21 (7.45%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.74%) Unix
6 12 (4.26%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.84%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.71%) Android
11 2 (0.71%) CentOS
11 2 (0.71%) VMS
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 89 (31.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (29.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 51 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (13.48%) DevOps
7 31 (10.99%) ITIL
8 30 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.28%) Presales
9 29 (10.28%) Vulnerability Management
10 27 (9.57%) CI/CD
11 25 (8.87%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (8.51%) Infrastructure Automation
13 21 (7.45%) Mentoring
13 21 (7.45%) Test Automation
14 19 (6.74%) BCP
14 19 (6.74%) Business Continuity
14 19 (6.74%) Migration
14 19 (6.74%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (6.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 52 (18.44%) Python
3 14 (4.96%) Bash
4 11 (3.90%) SQL
5 10 (3.55%) Go
6 5 (1.77%) Bicep
6 5 (1.77%) VB
6 5 (1.77%) VBA
6 5 (1.77%) VBScript
7 2 (0.71%) Java
7 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.35%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) Rust
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
1 30 (10.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (9.93%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.51%) VCAP
5 23 (8.16%) Degree
6 22 (7.80%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.03%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (5.32%) AWS Certification
9 14 (4.96%) MCSE
10 12 (4.26%) CEH
10 12 (4.26%) VCDX
11 10 (3.55%) CCNA
11 10 (3.55%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.84%) CCNP
13 7 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.77%) DBS Check
14 5 (1.77%) HNC
14 5 (1.77%) MCSA
14 5 (1.77%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.16%) NIST
2 22 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.67%) SLA
4 12 (4.26%) ISO 22301
5 10 (3.55%) PMO
6 6 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 163 (57.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 86 (30.50%) Active Directory
3 68 (24.11%) Hyper-V
4 42 (14.89%) vSphere
5 39 (13.83%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.09%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (4.61%) vCloud
8 12 (4.26%) Firmware
9 11 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (2.13%) DFS Replication
10 6 (2.13%) Docker
11 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.06%) KVM
13 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.71%) Xen
15 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (15.96%) Ansible
2 45 (15.96%) Terraform
3 33 (11.70%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.09%) vCenter Server
5 16 (5.67%) Grafana
6 14 (4.96%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.96%) SCCM
7 12 (4.26%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.77%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.77%) Packer
8 5 (1.77%) Puppet
9 4 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (1.42%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.42%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.06%) Check_MK
10 3 (1.06%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.06%) Kibana
10 3 (1.06%) Nagios
Vendors
1 127 (45.04%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.73%) Cisco
3 31 (10.99%) Veeam
4 28 (9.93%) Commvault
5 26 (9.22%) NetApp
6 25 (8.87%) Dell
7 23 (8.16%) Red Hat
8 21 (7.45%) Fortinet
9 20 (7.09%) Palo Alto
10 15 (5.32%) Nimble Storage
11 14 (4.96%) Citrix
11 14 (4.96%) EMC
11 14 (4.96%) HP
12 13 (4.61%) IBM
13 12 (4.26%) Broadcom
14 11 (3.90%) Splunk
15 8 (2.84%) F5
15 8 (2.84%) Juniper
15 8 (2.84%) Meraki
15 8 (2.84%) Sophos