Hybrid/Remote VMware Job Trends

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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 1 July 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
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 168 94
Rank change year-on-year -9 -74 -7
Permanent jobs citing VMware 298 329 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 2.07% 3.03%
As % of the Vendors category 4.52% 4.34% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 216 286 864
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £77,813 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £91,875 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.00%

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 6,600 7,578 13,051
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.85% 47.69% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,621 3,992 9,485
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +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

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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 1 July 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 56 (18.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (10.74%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.69%) IIS
4 5 (1.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) nginx
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.34%) Weka
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.34%) Houdini
4 1 (0.34%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 186 (62.42%) Azure
2 104 (34.90%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (24.16%) AWS
4 52 (17.45%) Entra ID
5 38 (12.75%) Nutanix
6 27 (9.06%) GitHub
7 19 (6.38%) IaaS
8 17 (5.70%) PaaS
9 15 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.70%) GCP
10 14 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (4.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (4.03%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.03%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.03%) Serverless
12 8 (2.68%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.68%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 111 (37.25%) Firewall
2 83 (27.85%) DNS
3 81 (27.18%) VPN
4 55 (18.46%) DHCP
5 48 (16.11%) WAN
6 38 (12.75%) LAN
7 37 (12.42%) TCP/IP
8 22 (7.38%) VSAN
9 20 (6.71%) VLAN
10 13 (4.36%) Network Security
11 10 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.02%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.68%) BGP
13 8 (2.68%) SAN
13 8 (2.68%) Unified Communications
14 7 (2.35%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (2.01%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (2.01%) iSCSI
15 6 (2.01%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.71%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.68%) Power BI
4 6 (2.01%) MySQL
5 5 (1.68%) Tableau
6 3 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.38%) Git
2 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.34%) GitLab
5 2 (0.67%) Gradle
5 2 (0.67%) JUnit
5 2 (0.67%) Mockito
6 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 109 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.08%) Finance
3 28 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.72%) Retail
5 21 (7.05%) Law
6 17 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.36%) Banking
7 13 (4.36%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (4.03%) Marketing
9 11 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.02%) Legal
10 9 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.01%) Back Office
14 2 (0.67%) Aviation
14 2 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (24.16%) Senior
2 66 (22.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (13.42%) Consultant
3 40 (13.42%) Support Engineer
4 35 (11.74%) IT Engineer
5 28 (9.40%) Architect
5 28 (9.40%) IT Support
6 27 (9.06%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (8.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (8.05%) Analyst
9 21 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.71%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (6.38%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (6.04%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (6.04%) Technical Consultant
12 18 (6.04%) VMware Architect
13 17 (5.70%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (5.37%) Systems Engineer
15 15 (5.03%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.68%) Middleware
2 6 (2.01%) XMPP
3 2 (0.67%) gRPC
3 2 (0.67%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.67%) REST
3 2 (0.67%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) J2EE
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
4 1 (0.34%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (23.15%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (9.06%) Replication
4 26 (8.72%) Public Cloud
5 23 (7.72%) Private Cloud
5 23 (7.72%) Security Posture
6 21 (7.05%) Driving Licence
6 21 (7.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 12 (4.03%) Podcast
8 11 (3.69%) iSeries
9 10 (3.36%) CMDB
10 9 (3.02%) PKI
11 8 (2.68%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (2.01%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.01%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.68%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
15 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 158 (53.02%) Windows
2 100 (33.56%) Windows Server
3 80 (26.85%) Linux
4 18 (6.04%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.36%) Unix
5 13 (4.36%) VMS
6 8 (2.68%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.68%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.67%) Android
10 2 (0.67%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) Debian
11 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.34%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.89%) Disaster Recovery
2 94 (31.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 62 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (15.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (15.44%) Presales
7 45 (15.10%) DevOps
8 40 (13.42%) CI/CD
9 37 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (11.41%) Mentoring
11 29 (9.73%) Business Continuity
12 28 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (8.72%) Infrastructure Automation
14 25 (8.39%) ITIL
15 24 (8.05%) Performance Tuning
16 23 (7.72%) AI
16 23 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (7.72%) Vulnerability Management
17 22 (7.38%) Incident Response
18 21 (7.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.52%) PowerShell
2 48 (16.11%) Python
3 30 (10.07%) SQL
4 29 (9.73%) Bash
5 15 (5.03%) Bicep
6 12 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (3.36%) Go
8 5 (1.68%) VB
8 5 (1.68%) VBA
8 5 (1.68%) VBScript
9 3 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.34%) Java
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) Rust
11 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (12.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 35 (11.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (11.41%) Azure Certification
4 29 (9.73%) Security Cleared
4 29 (9.73%) VCAP
5 28 (9.40%) SC Cleared
6 25 (8.39%) Degree
7 21 (7.05%) VCDX
8 16 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (4.03%) CCNP
10 11 (3.69%) CCNA
11 10 (3.36%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.36%) DV Cleared
12 9 (3.02%) MCSE
13 7 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.01%) CEH
14 6 (2.01%) Dell Certification
14 6 (2.01%) RHCSA
15 5 (1.68%) HNC
15 5 (1.68%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.03%) PMO
1 15 (5.03%) SLA
2 14 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.36%) NIST
4 10 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.01%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 204 (68.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 107 (35.91%) Active Directory
3 94 (31.54%) Hyper-V
4 74 (24.83%) vSphere
5 42 (14.09%) VMware NSX
6 22 (7.38%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.37%) vCloud
8 14 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (4.36%) Firmware
10 10 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
11 8 (2.68%) Docker
12 7 (2.35%) KVM
12 7 (2.35%) VMware Server
13 6 (2.01%) DFS Replication
13 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (1.01%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.01%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.67%) Xen
16 1 (0.34%) Squid
Systems Management
1 56 (18.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 56 (18.79%) Terraform
2 40 (13.42%) Ansible
3 35 (11.74%) Kubernetes
4 24 (8.05%) vCenter Server
5 17 (5.70%) Grafana
6 16 (5.37%) Proxmox
7 14 (4.70%) Prometheus
8 11 (3.69%) SCCM
9 8 (2.68%) ZABBIX
10 6 (2.01%) Avamar
10 6 (2.01%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (2.01%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (2.01%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (2.01%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (2.01%) Packer
10 6 (2.01%) Puppet
10 6 (2.01%) VxRail
11 4 (1.34%) Graylog
11 4 (1.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 165 (55.37%) Microsoft
2 53 (17.79%) Veeam
3 51 (17.11%) Cisco
4 32 (10.74%) NetApp
5 31 (10.40%) Dell
6 25 (8.39%) Broadcom
6 25 (8.39%) Palo Alto
7 24 (8.05%) Commvault
8 23 (7.72%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (7.38%) Fortinet
10 21 (7.05%) EMC
11 19 (6.38%) HP
12 17 (5.70%) IBM
13 16 (5.37%) Citrix
14 13 (4.36%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.36%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.36%) Splunk
15 12 (4.03%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (3.69%) Meraki
17 10 (3.36%) Sophos