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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 173 102
Rank change year-on-year -19 -71 -23
Permanent jobs citing VMware 326 333 717
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 2.01% 2.91%
As % of the Vendors category 4.48% 4.16% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 250 286 572
10th Percentile £36,200 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £35,063 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £72,188 £66,250 £61,563
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £53,688 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.03% - -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 7,279 8,010 9,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.75% 48.37% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,187 3,981 6,163
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -4.63% -6.09%

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 20 August 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 64 (19.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (11.66%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.99%) IIS
4 12 (3.68%) nginx
5 11 (3.37%) Apache
6 5 (1.53%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.31%) Site Server
7 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Houdini
4 1 (0.31%) NUKE
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (63.50%) Azure
2 120 (36.81%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (23.31%) AWS
4 70 (21.47%) Entra ID
5 34 (10.43%) Nutanix
6 22 (6.75%) IaaS
7 21 (6.44%) GitHub
8 20 (6.13%) PaaS
9 17 (5.21%) Azure Monitor
10 16 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (4.29%) GCP
12 12 (3.68%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.68%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.68%) Serverless
13 11 (3.37%) OneDrive
14 10 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.45%) Mimecast
15 8 (2.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 132 (40.49%) Firewall
2 110 (33.74%) DNS
3 83 (25.46%) VPN
4 78 (23.93%) DHCP
5 57 (17.48%) WAN
6 54 (16.56%) LAN
7 46 (14.11%) TCP/IP
8 30 (9.20%) VLAN
9 22 (6.75%) Network Security
9 22 (6.75%) VSAN
10 16 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.68%) SAN
12 11 (3.37%) BGP
13 10 (3.07%) Wireless
14 8 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (2.45%) OSPF
15 7 (2.15%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (2.15%) MPLS
15 7 (2.15%) NAS
16 6 (1.84%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.06%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.84%) MySQL
4 5 (1.53%) Power BI
5 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.61%) Tableau
7 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.31%) GIS
7 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (6.44%) Git
2 6 (1.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.23%) GitLab
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.61%) Gradle
4 2 (0.61%) JUnit
4 2 (0.61%) Mockito
5 1 (0.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 119 (36.50%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.72%) Finance
3 32 (9.82%) Public Sector
4 27 (8.28%) Retail
5 23 (7.06%) Law
6 21 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (5.83%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (3.99%) Banking
9 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.99%) Marketing
10 12 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.45%) Legal
13 7 (2.15%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.92%) Back Office
16 2 (0.61%) Military
17 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 77 (23.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (20.86%) Senior
3 48 (14.72%) Consultant
4 46 (14.11%) Support Engineer
5 36 (11.04%) Architect
5 36 (11.04%) IT Engineer
6 29 (8.90%) Analyst
6 29 (8.90%) IT Support
7 28 (8.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.67%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (7.36%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (6.75%) Network Engineer
11 21 (6.44%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (5.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (5.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 19 (5.83%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (5.52%) Infrastructure Consultant
13 18 (5.52%) Senior Consultant
13 18 (5.52%) VMware Architect
14 17 (5.21%) Cloud Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (16.26%) Terraform
2 8 (2.45%) Middleware
3 6 (1.84%) Web Services
3 6 (1.84%) XMPP
4 2 (0.61%) gRPC
4 2 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.61%) REST
4 2 (0.61%) RESTful
5 1 (0.31%) Java SE
5 1 (0.31%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.31%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 70 (21.47%) Data Centre
2 32 (9.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (9.20%) Driving Licence
4 25 (7.67%) Replication
5 24 (7.36%) Public Cloud
6 21 (6.44%) Enterprise Storage
6 21 (6.44%) Private Cloud
7 18 (5.52%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.60%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.68%) PKI
9 12 (3.68%) Podcast
10 11 (3.37%) iSeries
11 10 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (2.76%) CMDB
13 6 (1.84%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.84%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.53%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
15 4 (1.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 192 (58.90%) Windows
2 127 (38.96%) Windows Server
3 79 (24.23%) Linux
4 15 (4.60%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.68%) VMS
6 11 (3.37%) Mac OS
6 11 (3.37%) Unix
7 9 (2.76%) Ubuntu
8 8 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.92%) CentOS
11 3 (0.92%) Solaris
12 2 (0.61%) Android
12 2 (0.61%) Debian
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (36.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 109 (33.44%) Disaster Recovery
3 83 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (15.34%) Presales
6 46 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (12.58%) Business Continuity
8 41 (12.58%) High Availability
9 40 (12.27%) ITIL
9 40 (12.27%) Mentoring
10 39 (11.96%) Project Delivery
11 38 (11.66%) DevOps
12 36 (11.04%) Roadmaps
13 33 (10.12%) Root Cause Analysis
14 32 (9.82%) CI/CD
15 27 (8.28%) Customer Service
15 27 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (7.36%) AI
16 24 (7.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 87 (26.69%) PowerShell
2 41 (12.58%) Python
3 30 (9.20%) SQL
4 27 (8.28%) Bash
5 21 (6.44%) Bicep
6 12 (3.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.23%) Go
8 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.61%) VB
9 2 (0.61%) VBA
9 2 (0.61%) VBScript
10 1 (0.31%) C
10 1 (0.31%) Java
10 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.31%) Rust
10 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (15.64%) Azure Certification
2 50 (15.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 43 (13.19%) Security Cleared
4 42 (12.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (11.35%) SC Cleared
6 30 (9.20%) VCAP
7 28 (8.59%) Degree
8 27 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (6.44%) VCDX
10 20 (6.13%) CCNP
11 18 (5.52%) DV Cleared
12 16 (4.91%) CCNA
13 9 (2.76%) RHCSA
14 8 (2.45%) MCSE
15 7 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (2.15%) HNC
15 7 (2.15%) HND
16 6 (1.84%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.84%) Dell Certification
17 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.59%) SLA
2 15 (4.60%) PMO
3 12 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.84%) NIST
6 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.92%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 243 (74.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 130 (39.88%) Active Directory
3 120 (36.81%) Hyper-V
4 77 (23.62%) vSphere
5 40 (12.27%) VMware NSX
6 31 (9.51%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (5.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (4.91%) vCloud
9 15 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (3.99%) Firmware
11 9 (2.76%) Docker
11 9 (2.76%) VMware Server
12 7 (2.15%) KVM
13 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.84%) Squid
13 6 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.92%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.92%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.61%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 55 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (10.12%) Ansible
3 24 (7.36%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.21%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.07%) Proxmox
5 10 (3.07%) SCCM
6 8 (2.45%) Grafana
7 6 (1.84%) Avamar
7 6 (1.84%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.84%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.84%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.84%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.84%) Packer
7 6 (1.84%) VxRail
8 5 (1.53%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.53%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.23%) Graylog
9 4 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 203 (62.27%) Microsoft
2 71 (21.78%) Veeam
3 67 (20.55%) Cisco
4 34 (10.43%) Palo Alto
5 32 (9.82%) Dell
5 32 (9.82%) NetApp
6 26 (7.98%) Broadcom
7 25 (7.67%) Fortinet
8 24 (7.36%) Nimble Storage
9 23 (7.06%) HP
10 21 (6.44%) Citrix
10 21 (6.44%) EMC
11 18 (5.52%) Commvault
12 14 (4.29%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.99%) IBM
13 13 (3.99%) Red Hat
13 13 (3.99%) Splunk
14 12 (3.68%) N-able
14 12 (3.68%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (3.37%) Meraki