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 8 February 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
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 108 78
Rank change year-on-year -53 -30 +14
Permanent jobs citing VMware 247 504 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.54% 3.17% 3.70%
As % of the Vendors category 3.96% 8.11% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 169 344 888
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,234 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £63,063
90th Percentile £91,500 £87,500 £79,300
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -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 6,231 6,216 11,349
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.91% 39.14% 40.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,263 3,630 9,371
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%

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 8 February 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 31 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (10.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.62%) Weka
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 123 (49.80%) Azure
2 87 (35.22%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (19.03%) Entra ID
4 46 (18.62%) AWS
5 22 (8.91%) Nutanix
6 16 (6.48%) GitHub
7 15 (6.07%) OneDrive
8 12 (4.86%) IaaS
9 11 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
9 11 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (4.45%) PaaS
10 8 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (2.43%) GCP
12 6 (2.43%) Google Workspace
13 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 86 (34.82%) Firewall
2 62 (25.10%) DNS
3 48 (19.43%) VPN
4 47 (19.03%) DHCP
5 39 (15.79%) WAN
6 32 (12.96%) TCP/IP
7 25 (10.12%) SD-WAN
8 20 (8.10%) LAN
9 19 (7.69%) SAN
10 15 (6.07%) VLAN
11 10 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.64%) BGP
13 7 (2.83%) IP Telephony
13 7 (2.83%) Network Security
13 7 (2.83%) Wireless
14 6 (2.43%) IPsec
14 6 (2.43%) Wireshark
15 5 (2.02%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (2.02%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.21%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.81%) MySQL
3 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.83%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.62%) Git
3 3 (1.21%) GitLab
3 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.81%) JMeter
4 2 (0.81%) JUnit
4 2 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 92 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.84%) Finance
3 16 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.07%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.07%) Retail
5 13 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.86%) Law
7 9 (3.64%) Marketing
8 7 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.43%) Legal
10 5 (2.02%) Banking
11 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.21%) Aviation
12 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Advertising
13 2 (0.81%) Local Government
14 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.40%) Back Office
14 1 (0.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 49 (19.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 46 (18.62%) Senior
3 31 (12.55%) VMware Engineer
4 30 (12.15%) Support Engineer
5 26 (10.53%) IT Support
6 20 (8.10%) Infrastructure Manager
7 19 (7.69%) Analyst
7 19 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 19 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (7.29%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (7.29%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (7.29%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.07%) Network Engineer
10 13 (5.26%) IT Manager
10 13 (5.26%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.86%) Infrastructure Support
11 12 (4.86%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (4.45%) IT Security Specialist
12 11 (4.45%) Security Manager
12 11 (4.45%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.21%) .NET
1 3 (1.21%) JSON
1 3 (1.21%) Kafka
1 3 (1.21%) Node.js
1 3 (1.21%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.81%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.81%) Spring
2 2 (0.81%) WCF
3 1 (0.40%) J2EE
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 28 (11.34%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.86%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.45%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.64%) CCTV
6 9 (3.64%) Clustering
7 8 (3.24%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.24%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.83%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.62%) iPad
10 4 (1.62%) iPhone
10 4 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.62%) Replication
10 4 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (47.77%) Windows
2 93 (37.65%) Windows Server
3 58 (23.48%) Linux
4 15 (6.07%) Windows 10
4 15 (6.07%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (5.67%) Unix
6 13 (5.26%) Apple iOS
7 11 (4.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (4.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.62%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.62%) VMS
9 3 (1.21%) Debian
9 3 (1.21%) Solaris
10 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.40%) Android
11 1 (0.40%) CentOS
11 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (19.84%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (17.81%) ITIL
5 40 (16.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (14.98%) DevOps
7 28 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (9.72%) Mentoring
8 24 (9.72%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (8.91%) CI/CD
9 22 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
9 22 (8.91%) Service Delivery
9 22 (8.91%) Test Automation
10 21 (8.50%) Project Delivery
11 18 (7.29%) Incident Response
12 17 (6.88%) Migration
13 16 (6.48%) BCP
13 16 (6.48%) Customer Service
13 16 (6.48%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.27%) PowerShell
2 42 (17.00%) Python
3 12 (4.86%) Bash
4 10 (4.05%) Bicep
5 8 (3.24%) SQL
6 6 (2.43%) Go
7 4 (1.62%) Java
8 3 (1.21%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) Perl
9 1 (0.40%) Rust
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) VB
9 1 (0.40%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (13.36%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.74%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 23 (9.31%) Azure Certification
6 20 (8.10%) CCNA
6 20 (8.10%) MCSE
7 19 (7.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 18 (7.29%) AWS Certification
8 18 (7.29%) MCSA
9 14 (5.67%) CCNP
10 13 (5.26%) Degree
11 11 (4.45%) CEH
11 11 (4.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (4.05%) CCA
12 10 (4.05%) Citrix Certification
13 7 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.83%) DBS Check
14 6 (2.43%) DV Cleared
15 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (9.31%) SLA
3 22 (8.91%) NIST
4 11 (4.45%) ISO 22301
5 10 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (46.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 92 (37.25%) Active Directory
3 60 (24.29%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.50%) VMware NSX
5 20 (8.10%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (7.69%) vSphere
7 14 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.05%) Firmware
9 7 (2.83%) Docker
10 4 (1.62%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (1.21%) NFS
12 2 (0.81%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.81%) XenApp
13 1 (0.40%) KVM
13 1 (0.40%) vCloud
13 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (22.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (16.60%) Terraform
3 38 (15.38%) Ansible
4 24 (9.72%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.07%) vCenter Server
6 14 (5.67%) SCCM
7 10 (4.05%) Prometheus
8 8 (3.24%) Grafana
8 8 (3.24%) Proxmox
9 6 (2.43%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.43%) SCOM
10 5 (2.02%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.62%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.62%) Puppet
12 3 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (1.21%) Nessus
13 2 (0.81%) Kibana
13 2 (0.81%) Nagios
14 1 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.40%) Icinga
Vendors
1 113 (45.75%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.22%) Cisco
3 22 (8.91%) Veeam
4 20 (8.10%) Commvault
5 17 (6.88%) Citrix
6 14 (5.67%) NetApp
7 13 (5.26%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.26%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.05%) 3PAR
8 10 (4.05%) Dell
8 10 (4.05%) Draytek
9 9 (3.64%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.64%) Google
9 9 (3.64%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.24%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.24%) F5
10 8 (3.24%) WatchGuard
11 7 (2.83%) Mitel
12 6 (2.43%) Symantec
13 5 (2.02%) IBM