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 24 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
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 169 92
Rank change year-on-year -21 -77 -10
Permanent jobs citing VMware 310 324 836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.97% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 4.44% 4.13% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 234 282 702
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £74,375 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -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 6,988 7,851 11,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.20% 47.68% 39.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,925 4,093 7,669
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,050 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,121 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +2.04% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,475 £53,000 £51,700
% change year-on-year +8.44% +2.51% -10.09%

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 24 July 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 58 (18.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.87%) IIS
4 10 (3.23%) Apache
4 10 (3.23%) nginx
5 5 (1.61%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Houdini
3 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 205 (66.13%) Azure
2 114 (36.77%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (25.81%) AWS
4 56 (18.06%) Entra ID
5 36 (11.61%) Nutanix
6 25 (8.06%) GitHub
7 20 (6.45%) IaaS
8 18 (5.81%) PaaS
9 16 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (4.84%) GCP
11 13 (4.19%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (3.87%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.87%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.87%) Serverless
13 9 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.58%) Mimecast
14 8 (2.58%) OneDrive
15 7 (2.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 128 (41.29%) Firewall
2 97 (31.29%) DNS
3 83 (26.77%) VPN
4 61 (19.68%) DHCP
5 56 (18.06%) WAN
6 52 (16.77%) LAN
7 40 (12.90%) TCP/IP
8 27 (8.71%) VLAN
9 22 (7.10%) VSAN
10 17 (5.48%) Network Security
11 13 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.23%) Wireless
13 9 (2.90%) BGP
14 8 (2.58%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (2.26%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (2.26%) MPLS
15 7 (2.26%) Unified Communications
16 6 (1.94%) iSCSI
16 6 (1.94%) SAN
16 6 (1.94%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.26%) Power BI
4 6 (1.94%) MySQL
5 4 (1.29%) Tableau
6 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.10%) Git
2 6 (1.94%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.65%) Gradle
5 2 (0.65%) JUnit
5 2 (0.65%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 111 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.23%) Finance
3 30 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.35%) Retail
5 24 (7.74%) Law
6 19 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.16%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.19%) Banking
8 13 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.87%) Marketing
10 10 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.26%) Legal
14 5 (1.61%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.29%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.97%) Back Office
17 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (21.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 62 (20.00%) Senior
3 46 (14.84%) Support Engineer
4 44 (14.19%) Consultant
5 35 (11.29%) IT Engineer
6 32 (10.32%) IT Support
7 29 (9.35%) Architect
8 28 (9.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (8.06%) Analyst
10 22 (7.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.45%) Technical Consultant
12 19 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (6.13%) Senior Consultant
12 19 (6.13%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (5.81%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.48%) Cloud Consultant
14 17 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (5.48%) Systems Engineer
15 16 (5.16%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.90%) Middleware
2 6 (1.94%) Web Services
2 6 (1.94%) XMPP
3 2 (0.65%) gRPC
3 2 (0.65%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.65%) REST
3 2 (0.65%) RESTful
4 1 (0.32%) Jakarta EE
4 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 69 (22.26%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (9.35%) Driving Licence
4 27 (8.71%) Replication
5 25 (8.06%) Public Cloud
6 23 (7.42%) Private Cloud
7 21 (6.77%) Enterprise Storage
8 19 (6.13%) Security Posture
9 12 (3.87%) Podcast
10 11 (3.55%) iSeries
11 10 (3.23%) CMDB
11 10 (3.23%) Onboarding
11 10 (3.23%) PKI
11 10 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.94%) FlexPod
12 6 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.94%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.61%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.29%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 175 (56.45%) Windows
2 114 (36.77%) Windows Server
3 85 (27.42%) Linux
4 19 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.19%) Unix
5 13 (4.19%) VMS
6 9 (2.90%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.97%) CentOS
9 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.65%) Android
10 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.65%) Debian
10 2 (0.65%) Solaris
11 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (32.90%) Disaster Recovery
2 101 (32.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 73 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (16.45%) Presales
5 48 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (13.55%) DevOps
8 40 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (12.26%) CI/CD
10 33 (10.65%) Mentoring
11 32 (10.32%) Business Continuity
11 32 (10.32%) High Availability
11 32 (10.32%) ITIL
12 30 (9.68%) Project Delivery
13 28 (9.03%) Root Cause Analysis
14 26 (8.39%) Roadmaps
15 23 (7.42%) AI
15 23 (7.42%) Customer Service
15 23 (7.42%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.06%) PowerShell
2 46 (14.84%) Python
3 30 (9.68%) SQL
4 29 (9.35%) Bash
5 18 (5.81%) Bicep
6 12 (3.87%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.58%) Go
8 4 (1.29%) VB
8 4 (1.29%) VBA
8 4 (1.29%) VBScript
9 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Rust
10 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Java
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 48 (15.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 46 (14.84%) Azure Certification
3 41 (13.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (11.94%) Security Cleared
5 35 (11.29%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.35%) VCAP
7 26 (8.39%) Degree
8 22 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (6.77%) VCDX
10 17 (5.48%) CCNP
11 14 (4.52%) CCNA
11 14 (4.52%) DV Cleared
12 9 (2.90%) RHCSA
13 8 (2.58%) MCSE
14 7 (2.26%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.26%) HNC
14 7 (2.26%) HND
15 6 (1.94%) Dell Certification
16 5 (1.61%) CEH
16 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.13%) SLA
2 15 (4.84%) PMO
3 11 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.58%) NIST
5 5 (1.61%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.65%) GDPR
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 228 (73.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 115 (37.10%) Active Directory
3 109 (35.16%) Hyper-V
4 75 (24.19%) vSphere
5 37 (11.94%) VMware NSX
6 33 (10.65%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.16%) vCloud
8 14 (4.52%) Firmware
8 14 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (2.90%) KVM
11 8 (2.58%) Docker
11 8 (2.58%) VMware Server
12 6 (1.94%) DFS Replication
12 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 6 (1.94%) Squid
12 6 (1.94%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (19.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (16.45%) Terraform
3 35 (11.29%) Ansible
4 28 (9.03%) Kubernetes
5 23 (7.42%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.52%) Proxmox
7 11 (3.55%) Grafana
8 8 (2.58%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.26%) SCCM
10 6 (1.94%) Avamar
10 6 (1.94%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (1.94%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (1.94%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (1.94%) Packer
10 6 (1.94%) VxRail
11 4 (1.29%) Graylog
11 4 (1.29%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 186 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 63 (20.32%) Veeam
3 57 (18.39%) Cisco
4 30 (9.68%) Dell
4 30 (9.68%) NetApp
4 30 (9.68%) Palo Alto
5 25 (8.06%) Broadcom
6 24 (7.74%) Fortinet
7 23 (7.42%) Nimble Storage
8 21 (6.77%) Commvault
8 21 (6.77%) EMC
9 20 (6.45%) Citrix
9 20 (6.45%) HP
10 16 (5.16%) IBM
11 14 (4.52%) Red Hat
12 13 (4.19%) ServiceNow
12 13 (4.19%) Splunk
13 12 (3.87%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (3.55%) Meraki
15 10 (3.23%) N-able