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 17 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
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 126 86
Rank change year-on-year -37 -40 +9
Permanent jobs citing VMware 278 350 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 2.65% 3.39%
As % of the Vendors category 5.03% 6.25% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 188 311 950
10th Percentile £35,750 £33,199 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £83,938 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -5.47%

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 5,532 5,598 13,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.38% 42.33% 41.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,525 3,841 10,212
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,114 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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

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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 17 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 26 (9.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (8.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.44%) Confluence
4 2 (0.72%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.44%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 151 (54.32%) Azure
2 96 (34.53%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (20.14%) AWS
4 42 (15.11%) Entra ID
5 36 (12.95%) Nutanix
6 16 (5.76%) OneDrive
7 15 (5.40%) GitHub
8 13 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.24%) GCP
9 9 (3.24%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.80%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.44%) IaaS
12 4 (1.44%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (33.09%) Firewall
2 61 (21.94%) DNS
3 50 (17.99%) VPN
4 45 (16.19%) WAN
5 41 (14.75%) DHCP
6 33 (11.87%) TCP/IP
7 26 (9.35%) LAN
8 18 (6.47%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.04%) VLAN
10 12 (4.32%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.60%) BGP
11 10 (3.60%) SAN
12 8 (2.88%) Unified Communications
12 8 (2.88%) VSAN
12 8 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.52%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (2.52%) Network Security
14 6 (2.16%) Wireless
15 5 (1.80%) MPLS
15 5 (1.80%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.88%) Power BI
3 6 (2.16%) MySQL
4 5 (1.80%) Tableau
5 4 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Git
2 6 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.08%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.36%) Mockito
5 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 82 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.63%) Finance
3 25 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.91%) Retail
5 16 (5.76%) Law
6 15 (5.40%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (3.96%) Banking
9 11 (3.96%) Marketing
10 10 (3.60%) Legal
11 8 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.44%) Back Office
15 3 (1.08%) Aviation
16 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 71 (25.54%) Senior
2 65 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (10.79%) Consultant
4 30 (10.79%) Support Engineer
4 30 (10.79%) VMware Engineer
5 28 (10.07%) IT Engineer
6 24 (8.63%) IT Support
6 24 (8.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (7.91%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (5.40%) Architect
9 14 (5.04%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (4.68%) IT Security Specialist
10 13 (4.68%) Network Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Security Specialist
11 12 (4.32%) Cloud Consultant
12 11 (3.96%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (3.96%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.80%) XMPP
2 2 (0.72%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.36%) gRPC
3 1 (0.36%) J2EE
3 1 (0.36%) JSON
3 1 (0.36%) Kafka
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.36%) REST
3 1 (0.36%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.83%) Data Centre
2 41 (14.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.55%) Private Cloud
3 21 (7.55%) Replication
4 15 (5.40%) Public Cloud
5 14 (5.04%) Driving Licence
6 11 (3.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (3.60%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.24%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.88%) Clustering
10 7 (2.52%) iSeries
11 6 (2.16%) CCTV
11 6 (2.16%) CMDB
12 5 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.80%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.80%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.80%) PKI
13 4 (1.44%) iPad
13 4 (1.44%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 137 (49.28%) Windows
2 99 (35.61%) Windows Server
3 84 (30.22%) Linux
4 21 (7.55%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.83%) Unix
6 12 (4.32%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.52%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.08%) VMS
10 2 (0.72%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Android
11 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.36%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.36%) Solaris
11 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 77 (27.70%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (17.63%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (12.95%) DevOps
7 35 (12.59%) ITIL
8 28 (10.07%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (9.35%) CI/CD
11 24 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (8.27%) Infrastructure Automation
13 22 (7.91%) Mentoring
14 21 (7.55%) Test Automation
15 20 (7.19%) BCP
15 20 (7.19%) Presales
16 19 (6.83%) Project Delivery
16 19 (6.83%) Resilience Testing
16 19 (6.83%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (6.83%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 70 (25.18%) PowerShell
2 53 (19.06%) Python
3 15 (5.40%) Bash
4 10 (3.60%) Go
4 10 (3.60%) SQL
5 5 (1.80%) Bicep
5 5 (1.80%) VB
5 5 (1.80%) VBA
5 5 (1.80%) VBScript
6 2 (0.72%) Java
7 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
7 1 (0.36%) Rust
7 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (12.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (9.71%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.27%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 22 (7.91%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (7.91%) Degree
5 21 (7.55%) Azure Certification
6 18 (6.47%) MCSE
7 17 (6.12%) VCAP
8 15 (5.40%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.40%) CCNA
9 13 (4.68%) CEH
10 12 (4.32%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.96%) CCNP
12 9 (3.24%) MCSA
13 7 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (2.52%) VCDX
14 6 (2.16%) DBS Check
15 5 (1.80%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (8.63%) NIST
2 16 (5.76%) SLA
3 13 (4.68%) ISO 22301
4 8 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.80%) PMO
6 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 149 (53.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (30.58%) Active Directory
3 64 (23.02%) Hyper-V
4 38 (13.67%) vSphere
5 33 (11.87%) VMware NSX
6 20 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (4.68%) Firmware
8 10 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.88%) vCloud
10 7 (2.52%) Docker
11 6 (2.16%) DFS Replication
12 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.08%) KVM
14 3 (1.08%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.72%) Xen
15 2 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (21.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (16.55%) Ansible
2 46 (16.55%) Terraform
3 33 (11.87%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.19%) vCenter Server
5 16 (5.76%) Grafana
6 14 (5.04%) Prometheus
6 14 (5.04%) SCCM
7 12 (4.32%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (1.80%) Puppet
9 4 (1.44%) Packer
9 4 (1.44%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.44%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.08%) Check_MK
10 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.08%) Kibana
10 3 (1.08%) Nagios
11 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 134 (48.20%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.71%) Cisco
3 32 (11.51%) Veeam
4 29 (10.43%) Commvault
5 21 (7.55%) Fortinet
5 21 (7.55%) Palo Alto
6 19 (6.83%) NetApp
6 19 (6.83%) Red Hat
7 18 (6.47%) Dell
8 16 (5.76%) Citrix
9 15 (5.40%) EMC
10 13 (4.68%) IBM
11 12 (4.32%) HP
11 12 (4.32%) Splunk
12 9 (3.24%) Draytek
12 9 (3.24%) F5
13 8 (2.88%) Juniper
13 8 (2.88%) Nimble Storage
13 8 (2.88%) Sophos
14 7 (2.52%) Meraki