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 27 September 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
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 177 105
Rank change year-on-year -16 -72 -30
Permanent jobs citing VMware 332 293 662
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 1.77% 2.91%
As % of the Vendors category 4.28% 3.51% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 246 238 453
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,594 £33,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,948
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.86% -6.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,438 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £85,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 7,755 8,348 8,804
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.29% 50.31% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,476 3,773 4,828
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,600 £92,725
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%

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 27 September 2026.

VMware salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware
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 68 (20.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.92%) IIS
4 12 (3.61%) nginx
5 11 (3.31%) Apache
6 4 (1.20%) 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 11 (3.31%) 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
1 213 (64.16%) Azure
2 128 (38.55%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (27.11%) Entra ID
4 74 (22.29%) AWS
5 25 (7.53%) Nutanix
6 21 (6.33%) IaaS
7 20 (6.02%) PaaS
8 18 (5.42%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (5.12%) GitHub
10 16 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (4.22%) OneDrive
12 12 (3.61%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.61%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.61%) GCP
12 12 (3.61%) Serverless
13 10 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.81%) Mimecast
15 5 (1.51%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 134 (40.36%) Firewall
2 119 (35.84%) DNS
3 91 (27.41%) VPN
4 90 (27.11%) DHCP
5 49 (14.76%) WAN
6 47 (14.16%) LAN
6 47 (14.16%) TCP/IP
7 33 (9.94%) VLAN
8 23 (6.93%) Network Security
9 17 (5.12%) VSAN
10 16 (4.82%) SAN
11 15 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.01%) Wireless
13 9 (2.71%) BGP
13 9 (2.71%) Fibre Channel
13 9 (2.71%) IP Telephony
14 8 (2.41%) NAS
14 8 (2.41%) OSPF
14 8 (2.41%) Unified Communications
15 7 (2.11%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.90%) MySQL
4 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.60%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (5.12%) Git
2 3 (0.90%) GitLab
2 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) Gradle
3 2 (0.60%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) JUnit
3 2 (0.60%) Mockito
3 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 124 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.55%) Finance
3 27 (8.13%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (6.93%) Telecoms
5 20 (6.02%) Retail
6 19 (5.72%) Law
7 14 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.61%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.71%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.71%) Marketing
11 8 (2.41%) Banking
11 8 (2.41%) Legal
12 6 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.60%) Back Office
15 2 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (21.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 66 (19.88%) Senior
3 52 (15.66%) Support Engineer
4 45 (13.55%) Consultant
5 44 (13.25%) IT Engineer
6 41 (12.35%) IT Support
7 36 (10.84%) Architect
8 33 (9.94%) Analyst
8 33 (9.94%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (8.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
11 22 (6.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 22 (6.63%) Technical Consultant
12 20 (6.02%) Network Engineer
13 17 (5.12%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (5.12%) VMware Consultant
14 16 (4.82%) Senior Consultant
14 16 (4.82%) VMware Architect
15 15 (4.52%) Cloud Architect
16 14 (4.22%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.05%) Terraform
2 9 (2.71%) Middleware
3 6 (1.81%) Web Services
4 3 (0.90%) REST
5 2 (0.60%) gRPC
5 2 (0.60%) JSON
5 2 (0.60%) LDAP
5 2 (0.60%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.60%) RESTful
5 2 (0.60%) XMPP
6 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.30%) Java SE
6 1 (0.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.30%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.30%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (24.40%) Data Centre
2 37 (11.14%) Driving Licence
3 28 (8.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (6.63%) Enterprise Storage
5 20 (6.02%) Replication
6 19 (5.72%) Private Cloud
7 17 (5.12%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.52%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.52%) Public Cloud
9 12 (3.61%) PKI
9 12 (3.61%) Podcast
10 11 (3.31%) iSeries
11 9 (2.71%) CCTV
12 8 (2.41%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.81%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.51%) CMDB
15 4 (1.20%) Cloud Native
15 4 (1.20%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 205 (61.75%) Windows
2 138 (41.57%) Windows Server
3 75 (22.59%) Linux
4 18 (5.42%) Mac OS
5 15 (4.52%) VMS
6 13 (3.92%) Windows 10
7 10 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.11%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.51%) Unix
10 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.20%) Solaris
12 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.60%) AIX
13 2 (0.60%) Android
13 2 (0.60%) CentOS
13 2 (0.60%) Debian
14 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (36.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 110 (33.13%) Disaster Recovery
3 96 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (15.06%) ITIL
6 47 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (13.86%) Project Delivery
8 43 (12.95%) Mentoring
8 43 (12.95%) Presales
9 42 (12.65%) High Availability
9 42 (12.65%) Roadmaps
10 38 (11.45%) Business Continuity
11 37 (11.14%) Root Cause Analysis
12 33 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (9.64%) Customer Service
13 32 (9.64%) DevOps
13 32 (9.64%) Migration
14 31 (9.34%) AI
15 29 (8.73%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.19%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.43%) SQL
3 25 (7.53%) Python
4 24 (7.23%) Bash
5 21 (6.33%) Bicep
6 12 (3.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.90%) Go
7 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) Java
9 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.30%) Rust
9 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 50 (15.06%) Security Cleared
2 44 (13.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 42 (12.65%) Azure Certification
5 28 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (7.23%) CCNP
7 23 (6.93%) Degree
8 22 (6.63%) VCAP
9 20 (6.02%) CCNA
10 19 (5.72%) DV Cleared
11 17 (5.12%) VCDX
12 13 (3.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 11 (3.31%) MCSA
14 10 (3.01%) MCSE
15 7 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.81%) Dell Certification
17 5 (1.51%) HNC
17 5 (1.51%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.04%) SLA
2 20 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.52%) PMO
4 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 235 (70.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 140 (42.17%) Active Directory
3 137 (41.27%) Hyper-V
4 65 (19.58%) vSphere
5 34 (10.24%) VMware NSX
6 29 (8.73%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (5.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (4.22%) Firmware
10 12 (3.61%) vCloud
11 9 (2.71%) VMware Server
12 8 (2.41%) Docker
13 7 (2.11%) KVM
14 6 (1.81%) Squid
15 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.30%) NFS
17 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (17.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.33%) Ansible
3 18 (5.42%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.31%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.41%) Proxmox
5 8 (2.41%) SCCM
6 6 (1.81%) Avamar
6 6 (1.81%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.81%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.81%) VxRail
7 5 (1.51%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.20%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.20%) Grafana
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
9 3 (0.90%) Puppet
Vendors
1 204 (61.45%) Microsoft
2 80 (24.10%) Veeam
3 45 (13.55%) Cisco
4 30 (9.04%) Dell
5 29 (8.73%) NetApp
6 27 (8.13%) Citrix
6 27 (8.13%) Palo Alto
7 23 (6.93%) Broadcom
7 23 (6.93%) Fortinet
8 21 (6.33%) EMC
8 21 (6.33%) Nimble Storage
8 21 (6.33%) WatchGuard
9 19 (5.72%) HP
10 14 (4.22%) Commvault
10 14 (4.22%) N-able
11 13 (3.92%) SonicWALL
12 12 (3.61%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (3.31%) IBM
14 10 (3.01%) Red Hat
14 10 (3.01%) Sophos