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 12 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
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 126 81
Rank change year-on-year -27 -45 +15
Permanent jobs citing VMware 279 352 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 2.70% 3.49%
As % of the Vendors category 5.08% 6.36% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 189 313 952
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,199 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £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 £82,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -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 5,494 5,537 12,795
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.57% 42.40% 40.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,516 3,833 10,145
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £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 £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 12 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 28 (10.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.43%) Confluence
4 2 (0.72%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.43%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 152 (54.48%) Azure
2 101 (36.20%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (20.07%) AWS
4 43 (15.41%) Entra ID
5 32 (11.47%) Nutanix
6 16 (5.73%) OneDrive
7 15 (5.38%) GitHub
8 13 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.23%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.87%) GCP
11 7 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.79%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.43%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.43%) IaaS
14 4 (1.43%) Mimecast
15 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (34.05%) Firewall
2 63 (22.58%) DNS
3 51 (18.28%) VPN
4 45 (16.13%) WAN
5 43 (15.41%) DHCP
6 33 (11.83%) TCP/IP
7 26 (9.32%) LAN
8 18 (6.45%) SD-WAN
9 15 (5.38%) VLAN
10 12 (4.30%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (3.94%) SAN
12 10 (3.58%) BGP
13 8 (2.87%) Unified Communications
13 8 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (2.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (2.51%) Network Security
15 6 (2.15%) VSAN
15 6 (2.15%) Wireless
16 5 (1.79%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.79%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.87%) Power BI
3 6 (2.15%) MySQL
4 5 (1.79%) Tableau
5 4 (1.43%) 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 (2.51%) Git
1 7 (2.51%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.43%) GitLab
2 4 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.36%) Gradle
3 1 (0.36%) JUnit
3 1 (0.36%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.36%) Mockito
3 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 85 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.56%) Finance
3 24 (8.60%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.24%) Retail
5 17 (6.09%) Law
6 16 (5.73%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (3.94%) Banking
9 11 (3.94%) Marketing
10 10 (3.58%) Legal
11 8 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.43%) Back Office
15 3 (1.08%) Aviation
16 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.36%) Advertising
17 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (24.37%) Senior
2 66 (23.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (11.47%) Support Engineer
4 31 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (10.75%) IT Engineer
5 30 (10.75%) VMware Engineer
6 28 (10.04%) IT Support
7 26 (9.32%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (8.96%) Consultant
9 21 (7.53%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (5.02%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (5.02%) IT Security Specialist
10 14 (5.02%) Security Specialist
11 13 (4.66%) Architect
11 13 (4.66%) Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (4.66%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.66%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.94%) Analyst
12 11 (3.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.79%) 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 41 (14.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 37 (13.26%) Data Centre
3 20 (7.17%) Replication
4 19 (6.81%) Private Cloud
5 15 (5.38%) Driving Licence
5 15 (5.38%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (3.23%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.87%) Clustering
9 7 (2.51%) CCTV
10 6 (2.15%) CMDB
10 6 (2.15%) iSeries
11 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.79%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.79%) PKI
12 4 (1.43%) iPad
12 4 (1.43%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 144 (51.61%) Windows
2 106 (37.99%) Windows Server
3 87 (31.18%) Linux
4 21 (7.53%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.81%) Unix
6 12 (4.30%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (2.87%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.08%) CentOS
10 3 (1.08%) VMS
11 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.36%) Android
12 1 (0.36%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.36%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.36%) Solaris
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 74 (26.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 51 (18.28%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (14.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (13.26%) DevOps
6 37 (13.26%) ITIL
7 29 (10.39%) Vulnerability Management
8 27 (9.68%) CI/CD
8 27 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (8.60%) Infrastructure Automation
10 22 (7.89%) Mentoring
10 22 (7.89%) Test Automation
11 21 (7.53%) BCP
12 20 (7.17%) Resilience Testing
12 20 (7.17%) Runbook
12 20 (7.17%) Service Delivery
13 19 (6.81%) Project Delivery
13 19 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (25.45%) PowerShell
2 55 (19.71%) Python
3 16 (5.73%) Bash
4 10 (3.58%) Go
4 10 (3.58%) SQL
5 5 (1.79%) Bicep
5 5 (1.79%) VB
5 5 (1.79%) VBA
5 5 (1.79%) 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 36 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (7.89%) Degree
4 22 (7.89%) SC Cleared
5 21 (7.53%) Azure Certification
6 20 (7.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 19 (6.81%) MCSE
8 16 (5.73%) CCNA
9 15 (5.38%) AWS Certification
10 14 (5.02%) CEH
11 13 (4.66%) DV Cleared
11 13 (4.66%) VCAP
12 12 (4.30%) CCNP
13 10 (3.58%) MCSA
14 9 (3.23%) DBS Check
15 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (1.79%) LPIC
17 5 (1.79%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (8.96%) NIST
2 17 (6.09%) SLA
3 14 (5.02%) ISO 22301
4 9 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.72%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 144 (51.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 90 (32.26%) Active Directory
3 66 (23.66%) Hyper-V
4 35 (12.54%) vSphere
5 30 (10.75%) VMware NSX
6 22 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (5.02%) Firmware
8 10 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.87%) Docker
10 6 (2.15%) DFS Replication
11 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (1.79%) vCloud
11 5 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (1.43%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.08%) KVM
13 3 (1.08%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.72%) Xen
14 2 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (16.85%) Ansible
3 46 (16.49%) Terraform
4 33 (11.83%) Kubernetes
5 22 (7.89%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.73%) Grafana
7 15 (5.38%) SCCM
8 14 (5.02%) Prometheus
9 12 (4.30%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.79%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.79%) Puppet
11 4 (1.43%) Packer
11 4 (1.43%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.43%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.08%) Check_MK
12 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.08%) Kibana
12 3 (1.08%) Nagios
13 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 136 (48.75%) Microsoft
2 55 (19.71%) Cisco
3 33 (11.83%) Veeam
4 29 (10.39%) Commvault
5 22 (7.89%) Fortinet
5 22 (7.89%) Palo Alto
6 18 (6.45%) Red Hat
7 16 (5.73%) NetApp
8 15 (5.38%) Citrix
9 14 (5.02%) Dell
9 14 (5.02%) EMC
10 12 (4.30%) IBM
10 12 (4.30%) Splunk
11 11 (3.94%) HP
12 10 (3.58%) Draytek
13 9 (3.23%) F5
14 8 (2.87%) Juniper
14 8 (2.87%) Sophos
14 8 (2.87%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.51%) CheckPoint