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 11 October 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
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 180 101
Rank change year-on-year -9 -79 -28
Permanent jobs citing VMware 330 276 642
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 1.66% 2.97%
As % of the Vendors category 4.25% 3.26% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 241 224 444
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,000 £51,224
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -4.34% -6.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,004
% change year-on-year +5.26% -8.66% +4.01%

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 7,763 8,455 8,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.21% 50.88% 38.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,438 3,682 4,565
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £56,076 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.15% -11.50% -1.74%

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 11 October 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 77 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.24%) IIS
4 12 (3.64%) nginx
5 11 (3.33%) Apache
6 2 (0.61%) 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 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.61%) 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 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 215 (65.15%) Azure
2 133 (40.30%) Microsoft 365
3 100 (30.30%) Entra ID
4 75 (22.73%) AWS
5 24 (7.27%) Nutanix
6 21 (6.36%) IaaS
7 20 (6.06%) PaaS
8 18 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.15%) GitHub
10 16 (4.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 16 (4.85%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.64%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.64%) Serverless
12 10 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (3.03%) GCP
13 6 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.82%) Cloudflare
14 5 (1.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 129 (39.09%) Firewall
2 123 (37.27%) DNS
3 96 (29.09%) VPN
4 93 (28.18%) DHCP
5 48 (14.55%) TCP/IP
6 47 (14.24%) LAN
7 45 (13.64%) WAN
8 40 (12.12%) VLAN
9 21 (6.36%) Network Security
10 17 (5.15%) VSAN
11 16 (4.85%) SAN
12 13 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (3.33%) IP Telephony
13 11 (3.33%) Wireless
14 10 (3.03%) Unified Communications
15 9 (2.73%) Fibre Channel
15 9 (2.73%) OSPF
16 7 (2.12%) BGP
16 7 (2.12%) iSCSI
16 7 (2.12%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.27%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.61%) Big Data
3 2 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.85%) Git
2 3 (0.91%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
3 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.30%) Gradle
4 1 (0.30%) JUnit
4 1 (0.30%) Mockito
4 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 130 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.52%) Finance
3 26 (7.88%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.06%) Retail
6 19 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.76%) Law
7 12 (3.64%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.03%) Marketing
10 9 (2.73%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.73%) Banking
10 9 (2.73%) Legal
11 6 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Military
15 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 67 (20.30%) Senior
2 66 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 52 (15.76%) Support Engineer
4 45 (13.64%) IT Engineer
5 44 (13.33%) Consultant
5 44 (13.33%) IT Support
6 38 (11.52%) Analyst
7 34 (10.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 33 (10.00%) Architect
9 28 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (7.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 24 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (6.97%) Technical Consultant
13 22 (6.67%) Network Engineer
14 17 (5.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (4.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 16 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (4.85%) VMware Architect
15 16 (4.85%) VMware Consultant
16 15 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.82%) Terraform
2 9 (2.73%) Middleware
3 6 (1.82%) Web Services
4 3 (0.91%) JSON
4 3 (0.91%) LDAP
4 3 (0.91%) XMPP
5 2 (0.61%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.61%) REST
5 2 (0.61%) SAML
5 2 (0.61%) YAML
6 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.30%) gRPC
6 1 (0.30%) Java SE
6 1 (0.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.30%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.30%) Protocol Buffers
6 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.30%) RESTful
6 1 (0.30%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 74 (22.42%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.82%) Driving Licence
3 27 (8.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.45%) Private Cloud
5 17 (5.15%) Replication
5 17 (5.15%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.85%) Enterprise Storage
6 16 (4.85%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.85%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.64%) Podcast
8 11 (3.33%) CCTV
9 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.42%) PKI
10 7 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.82%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (1.52%) CMDB
12 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.52%) iSeries
13 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 210 (63.64%) Windows
2 147 (44.55%) Windows Server
3 71 (21.52%) Linux
4 18 (5.45%) macOS
5 15 (4.55%) VMS
6 13 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.64%) Windows 10
8 10 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.21%) Solaris
12 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.61%) AIX
13 2 (0.61%) Debian
13 2 (0.61%) Rocky
14 1 (0.30%) Android
14 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.30%) CentOS
14 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (36.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (32.73%) Disaster Recovery
3 105 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (16.97%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (15.15%) Project Delivery
7 48 (14.55%) ITIL
8 47 (14.24%) High Availability
9 45 (13.64%) Mentoring
10 44 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 42 (12.73%) Root Cause Analysis
12 41 (12.42%) Presales
13 39 (11.82%) Business Continuity
14 35 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (9.70%) AI
15 32 (9.70%) DevOps
15 32 (9.70%) Migration
15 32 (9.70%) Service Delivery
15 32 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (9.39%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 75 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.18%) Python
3 26 (7.88%) Bash
3 26 (7.88%) SQL
4 20 (6.06%) Bicep
5 12 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.91%) Go
6 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.30%) C
7 1 (0.30%) Java
7 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (13.33%) Azure Certification
4 42 (12.73%) SC Cleared
5 41 (12.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 31 (9.39%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (8.18%) CCNP
8 22 (6.67%) CCNA
9 21 (6.36%) VCAP
10 19 (5.76%) DV Cleared
11 18 (5.45%) Degree
12 17 (5.15%) VCDX
13 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 13 (3.94%) MCSA
15 12 (3.64%) MCSE
16 6 (1.82%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.82%) Dell Certification
17 5 (1.52%) RHCSA
18 4 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
18 4 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.09%) SLA
2 22 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.55%) PMO
4 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 233 (70.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 149 (45.15%) Active Directory
3 143 (43.33%) Hyper-V
4 62 (18.79%) vSphere
5 30 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (9.09%) VMware NSX
6 23 (6.97%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (5.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (3.64%) vCloud
9 9 (2.73%) VMware Server
10 8 (2.42%) Docker
10 8 (2.42%) Firmware
11 6 (1.82%) KVM
11 6 (1.82%) Squid
12 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.61%) NFS
14 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.30%) iptables
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 64 (19.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.36%) Ansible
3 16 (4.85%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.42%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.12%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.12%) SCCM
6 6 (1.82%) Avamar
6 6 (1.82%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.82%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.82%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.82%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.82%) VxRail
7 5 (1.52%) Grafana
7 5 (1.52%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.21%) Graylog
8 4 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.21%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.91%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 200 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 72 (21.82%) Veeam
3 44 (13.33%) Cisco
4 30 (9.09%) NetApp
5 29 (8.79%) Citrix
5 29 (8.79%) Dell
5 29 (8.79%) Palo Alto
6 26 (7.88%) WatchGuard
7 25 (7.58%) Fortinet
8 23 (6.97%) Broadcom
9 21 (6.36%) Nimble Storage
10 16 (4.85%) EMC
11 15 (4.55%) SonicWALL
12 13 (3.94%) N-able
13 12 (3.64%) HP
13 12 (3.64%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (3.33%) Draytek
14 11 (3.33%) Mitel
15 9 (2.73%) ServiceNow
15 9 (2.73%) Zscaler