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 23 January 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
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 99 82
Rank change year-on-year -60 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware 238 540 931
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 3.29% 3.82%
As % of the Vendors category 3.86% 8.53% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 160 363 808
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,486 £38,375 £38,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,375 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -2.00%

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 6,169 6,328 10,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.69% 38.60% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,244 3,660 8,240
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,308 £43,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
UK median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.43% +9.52% -8.70%

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 23 January 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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (8.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Weka
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 114 (47.90%) Azure
2 81 (34.03%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (17.23%) AWS
4 39 (16.39%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.98%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.88%) GitHub
7 13 (5.46%) IaaS
8 12 (5.04%) OneDrive
8 12 (5.04%) PaaS
9 11 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.52%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.10%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.10%) Cohesity
12 5 (2.10%) GCP
13 4 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.68%) Mimecast
14 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 77 (32.35%) Firewall
2 55 (23.11%) DNS
3 43 (18.07%) DHCP
4 42 (17.65%) VPN
5 38 (15.97%) WAN
6 27 (11.34%) TCP/IP
7 24 (10.08%) SAN
8 22 (9.24%) SD-WAN
9 21 (8.82%) LAN
10 14 (5.88%) VLAN
11 10 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.78%) BGP
12 9 (3.78%) Wireless
13 7 (2.94%) IP Telephony
13 7 (2.94%) Network Security
13 7 (2.94%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.52%) IPsec
15 5 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (2.10%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (2.10%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.84%) MySQL
3 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Git
1 5 (2.10%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.26%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.84%) GitLab
3 2 (0.84%) JMeter
3 2 (0.84%) JUnit
3 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 89 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.59%) Finance
3 18 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.04%) Retail
7 11 (4.62%) Law
8 9 (3.78%) Marketing
9 8 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.52%) Legal
10 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.10%) Banking
11 5 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.26%) Aviation
13 2 (0.84%) Advertising
13 2 (0.84%) Local Government
14 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.42%) Back Office
14 1 (0.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 48 (20.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (16.39%) Senior
3 32 (13.45%) VMware Engineer
4 31 (13.03%) Support Engineer
5 24 (10.08%) IT Support
6 20 (8.40%) Infrastructure Manager
7 18 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (7.56%) Analyst
8 16 (6.72%) IT Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) Network Engineer
9 15 (6.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.88%) IT Manager
11 13 (5.46%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 12 (5.04%) Support Analyst
13 11 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support
13 11 (4.62%) Security Manager
14 10 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.26%) .NET
1 3 (1.26%) Kafka
1 3 (1.26%) Node.js
1 3 (1.26%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.84%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.84%) JSON
2 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.84%) Spring
2 2 (0.84%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.08%) Data Centre
1 24 (10.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.78%) CCTV
4 9 (3.78%) Clustering
5 8 (3.36%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.36%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.36%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.68%) iPad
9 4 (1.68%) iPhone
9 4 (1.68%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (48.74%) Windows
2 87 (36.55%) Windows Server
3 60 (25.21%) Linux
4 17 (7.14%) Unix
5 16 (6.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (6.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (5.46%) Apple iOS
8 12 (5.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (4.20%) Windows 10
10 6 (2.52%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.10%) Debian
11 5 (2.10%) Solaris
12 4 (1.68%) VMS
13 3 (1.26%) Android
14 2 (0.84%) CentOS
14 2 (0.84%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (20.17%) ITIL
5 41 (17.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 40 (16.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (15.13%) DevOps
8 28 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (10.92%) Mentoring
10 23 (9.66%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (9.24%) Service Delivery
12 20 (8.40%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (7.98%) Project Delivery
13 19 (7.98%) Test Automation
14 18 (7.56%) Server Management
15 16 (6.72%) CI/CD
16 15 (6.30%) Customer Service
16 15 (6.30%) Incident Response
16 15 (6.30%) Migration
16 15 (6.30%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.01%) PowerShell
2 38 (15.97%) Python
3 11 (4.62%) Bash
3 11 (4.62%) Bicep
4 7 (2.94%) SQL
5 5 (2.10%) Korn
6 3 (1.26%) Java
7 2 (0.84%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) VB
8 1 (0.42%) VBA
8 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 29 (12.18%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (9.66%) SC Cleared
5 22 (9.24%) MCSE
6 21 (8.82%) MCP
7 20 (8.40%) Azure Certification
7 20 (8.40%) CCNA
7 20 (8.40%) MCSA
8 15 (6.30%) AWS Certification
9 14 (5.88%) CCNP
10 12 (5.04%) Degree
11 10 (4.20%) CCA
11 10 (4.20%) CEH
11 10 (4.20%) Citrix Certification
11 10 (4.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.94%) DBS Check
14 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.50%) SLA
2 23 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.82%) NIST
4 10 (4.20%) ISO 22301
5 9 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.68%) GDPR
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (48.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (35.71%) Active Directory
3 59 (24.79%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.40%) VMware NSX
5 19 (7.98%) vSphere
6 17 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.20%) Firmware
9 7 (2.94%) Docker
10 5 (2.10%) NFS
11 4 (1.68%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.84%) XenApp
13 1 (0.42%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 53 (22.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (17.23%) Terraform
3 38 (15.97%) Ansible
4 23 (9.66%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.30%) SCCM
6 12 (5.04%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.52%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.52%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.52%) SCOM
8 5 (2.10%) Grafana
8 5 (2.10%) Proxmox
8 5 (2.10%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.68%) Puppet
10 3 (1.26%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.26%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.26%) Nessus
11 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.42%) Icinga
11 1 (0.42%) Kibana
11 1 (0.42%) Nagios
Vendors
1 111 (46.64%) Microsoft
2 46 (19.33%) Cisco
3 23 (9.66%) Veeam
4 19 (7.98%) Commvault
5 17 (7.14%) NetApp
6 16 (6.72%) Red Hat
7 14 (5.88%) Citrix
7 14 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 12 (5.04%) Dell
9 11 (4.62%) 3PAR
10 10 (4.20%) Draytek
11 9 (3.78%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.78%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.36%) Google
12 8 (3.36%) WatchGuard
13 7 (2.94%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.94%) F5
13 7 (2.94%) Mitel
14 6 (2.52%) Symantec
15 5 (2.10%) Juniper