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 13 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
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 181 100
Rank change year-on-year -14 -81 -26
Permanent jobs citing VMware 334 274 633
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 1.66% 2.97%
As % of the Vendors category 4.27% 3.27% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 242 222 437
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -6.67% -3.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £84,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

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 7,827 8,385 8,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.32% 50.83% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,473 3,650 4,490
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £56,400 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.80% -12.28% -0.87%

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 13 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 80 (23.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (13.47%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.19%) IIS
4 12 (3.59%) nginx
5 11 (3.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.60%) 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 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.90%) 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 (65.57%) Azure
2 137 (41.02%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (31.14%) Entra ID
4 77 (23.05%) AWS
5 25 (7.49%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.59%) IaaS
7 20 (5.99%) PaaS
8 18 (5.39%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.09%) GitHub
10 16 (4.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 16 (4.79%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.59%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.59%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.59%) Serverless
12 10 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (2.99%) GCP
13 6 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.80%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 130 (38.92%) Firewall
2 127 (38.02%) DNS
3 97 (29.04%) VPN
4 96 (28.74%) DHCP
5 48 (14.37%) TCP/IP
6 47 (14.07%) LAN
7 45 (13.47%) WAN
8 40 (11.98%) VLAN
9 21 (6.29%) Network Security
10 17 (5.09%) VSAN
11 16 (4.79%) SAN
12 13 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (3.59%) IP Telephony
14 11 (3.29%) Wireless
15 10 (2.99%) Unified Communications
16 9 (2.69%) Fibre Channel
16 9 (2.69%) OSPF
17 8 (2.40%) Software-Defined Networking
18 7 (2.10%) BGP
18 7 (2.10%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.60%) Big Data
3 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.79%) Git
2 3 (0.90%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.30%) Gradle
4 1 (0.30%) JUnit
4 1 (0.30%) Mockito
4 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 132 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.08%) Finance
3 27 (8.08%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.99%) Retail
7 19 (5.69%) Law
8 12 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.29%) Legal
10 10 (2.99%) Marketing
11 9 (2.69%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.69%) Banking
12 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.20%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.60%) Back Office
15 2 (0.60%) Military
16 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 68 (20.36%) Senior
2 67 (20.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 53 (15.87%) Support Engineer
4 46 (13.77%) IT Engineer
4 46 (13.77%) IT Support
5 44 (13.17%) Consultant
6 39 (11.68%) Analyst
7 35 (10.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 33 (9.88%) Architect
9 28 (8.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (8.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 25 (7.49%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (6.89%) Technical Consultant
13 22 (6.59%) Network Engineer
14 17 (5.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 17 (5.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (4.79%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (4.79%) VMware Architect
15 16 (4.79%) VMware Consultant
16 15 (4.49%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.68%) Terraform
2 9 (2.69%) Middleware
3 6 (1.80%) Web Services
4 4 (1.20%) SAML
5 3 (0.90%) JSON
5 3 (0.90%) LDAP
5 3 (0.90%) XMPP
6 2 (0.60%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.60%) REST
6 2 (0.60%) YAML
7 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.30%) gRPC
7 1 (0.30%) Java SE
7 1 (0.30%) Kafka
7 1 (0.30%) OpenLayers
7 1 (0.30%) Protocol Buffers
7 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.30%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 76 (22.75%) Data Centre
2 40 (11.98%) Driving Licence
3 27 (8.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.39%) Private Cloud
4 18 (5.39%) Replication
5 17 (5.09%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.09%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.79%) Enterprise Storage
6 16 (4.79%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.59%) CCTV
7 12 (3.59%) Podcast
8 8 (2.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (2.40%) PKI
9 7 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.80%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.50%) CMDB
11 5 (1.50%) iSeries
12 4 (1.20%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 214 (64.07%) Windows
2 151 (45.21%) Windows Server
3 73 (21.86%) Linux
4 18 (5.39%) macOS
5 15 (4.49%) VMS
6 14 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.59%) Windows 10
8 11 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.20%) Solaris
12 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.60%) AIX
13 2 (0.60%) Debian
13 2 (0.60%) Rocky
14 1 (0.30%) Android
14 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.30%) CentOS
14 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (36.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 110 (32.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 106 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (21.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (17.66%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (15.27%) Project Delivery
7 50 (14.97%) ITIL
8 49 (14.67%) High Availability
9 46 (13.77%) Mentoring
9 46 (13.77%) Roadmaps
10 42 (12.57%) Presales
10 42 (12.57%) Root Cause Analysis
11 40 (11.98%) Business Continuity
12 35 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
13 34 (10.18%) Service Delivery
14 33 (9.88%) AI
14 33 (9.88%) Migration
14 33 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (9.58%) DevOps
16 31 (9.28%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 79 (23.65%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.08%) Python
3 26 (7.78%) Bash
3 26 (7.78%) SQL
4 20 (5.99%) Bicep
5 12 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.90%) Go
6 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.30%) C
7 1 (0.30%) Java
7 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (14.97%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (13.77%) Azure Certification
4 42 (12.57%) SC Cleared
5 41 (12.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 32 (9.58%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (8.38%) CCNP
8 23 (6.89%) CCNA
9 21 (6.29%) VCAP
10 19 (5.69%) Degree
10 19 (5.69%) DV Cleared
11 17 (5.09%) VCDX
12 16 (4.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 14 (4.19%) MCSA
14 13 (3.89%) MCSE
15 6 (1.80%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.80%) Dell Certification
16 5 (1.50%) RHCSA
17 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.98%) SLA
2 23 (6.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.49%) PMO
4 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 236 (70.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 152 (45.51%) Active Directory
3 148 (44.31%) Hyper-V
4 62 (18.56%) vSphere
5 30 (8.98%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (8.98%) VMware NSX
6 24 (7.19%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (5.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (3.59%) vCloud
9 9 (2.69%) VMware Server
10 8 (2.40%) Docker
10 8 (2.40%) Firmware
11 6 (1.80%) KVM
11 6 (1.80%) Squid
12 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.60%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.60%) NFS
14 1 (0.30%) iptables
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 68 (20.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.29%) Ansible
3 16 (4.79%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.40%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.40%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.10%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.10%) SCCM
6 6 (1.80%) Avamar
6 6 (1.80%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.80%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.80%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.80%) VxRail
7 5 (1.50%) Grafana
7 5 (1.50%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.20%) Graylog
8 4 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.20%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.90%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 203 (60.78%) Microsoft
2 73 (21.86%) Veeam
3 44 (13.17%) Cisco
4 30 (8.98%) NetApp
5 29 (8.68%) Citrix
5 29 (8.68%) Dell
5 29 (8.68%) Palo Alto
6 27 (8.08%) WatchGuard
7 25 (7.49%) Fortinet
8 23 (6.89%) Broadcom
9 21 (6.29%) Nimble Storage
10 16 (4.79%) EMC
11 15 (4.49%) SonicWALL
12 13 (3.89%) N-able
13 12 (3.59%) Draytek
13 12 (3.59%) HP
13 12 (3.59%) Mitel
13 12 (3.59%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (3.29%) Zscaler
15 9 (2.69%) ServiceNow