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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 98 82
Rank change year-on-year -66 -16 +8
Permanent jobs citing VMware 236 539 836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 3.28% 3.87%
As % of the Vendors category 3.86% 8.52% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 158 365 722
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,272 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £79,375 £75,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £80,338
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 6,107 6,326 8,951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.32% 38.50% 41.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 3,643 7,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,450 £92,500
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%

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 14 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 26 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 116 (49.15%) Azure
2 81 (34.32%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (17.80%) AWS
4 38 (16.10%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.63%) Nutanix
6 14 (5.93%) GitHub
7 13 (5.51%) IaaS
8 12 (5.08%) PaaS
9 11 (4.66%) Azure Monitor
9 11 (4.66%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (2.54%) GCP
11 6 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.54%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.54%) Mimecast
12 5 (2.12%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.12%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 79 (33.47%) Firewall
2 58 (24.58%) DNS
3 47 (19.92%) DHCP
4 44 (18.64%) VPN
5 42 (17.80%) WAN
6 27 (11.44%) SAN
6 27 (11.44%) TCP/IP
7 25 (10.59%) LAN
8 23 (9.75%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.93%) VLAN
10 11 (4.66%) Wireless
11 10 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.81%) BGP
13 7 (2.97%) IP Telephony
13 7 (2.97%) Network Security
13 7 (2.97%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.54%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.54%) IPsec
15 5 (2.12%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (2.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.27%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.85%) MySQL
3 2 (0.85%) 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
Development Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Git
2 5 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.27%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) JMeter
4 2 (0.85%) JUnit
4 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 85 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.34%) Finance
3 19 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.24%) Law
6 10 (4.24%) Retail
7 9 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.81%) Marketing
8 6 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.12%) Banking
9 5 (2.12%) Legal
10 2 (0.85%) Advertising
10 2 (0.85%) Aviation
10 2 (0.85%) Local Government
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Electronics
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 51 (21.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (14.41%) Senior
3 32 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 32 (13.56%) VMware Engineer
4 25 (10.59%) IT Support
5 20 (8.47%) Infrastructure Manager
6 18 (7.63%) 2nd Line Support
7 17 (7.20%) Analyst
8 15 (6.36%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) IT Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) Network Engineer
9 14 (5.93%) IT Manager
9 14 (5.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 12 (5.08%) Support Analyst
12 11 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (4.66%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.27%) .NET
1 3 (1.27%) JSON
1 3 (1.27%) Kafka
1 3 (1.27%) Node.js
1 3 (1.27%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.85%) Hibernate
2 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.85%) Spring
2 2 (0.85%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.59%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (6.36%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.51%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.81%) CCTV
5 9 (3.81%) Clustering
6 8 (3.39%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.39%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.97%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.54%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.69%) iPad
9 4 (1.69%) iPhone
9 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (50.85%) Windows
2 86 (36.44%) Windows Server
3 58 (24.58%) Linux
4 19 (8.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (7.20%) Unix
6 16 (6.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (5.93%) Apple iOS
7 14 (5.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.81%) Windows 10
9 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
10 5 (2.12%) Android
10 5 (2.12%) Debian
10 5 (2.12%) Solaris
11 4 (1.69%) VMS
12 3 (1.27%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.85%) CentOS
13 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (21.61%) ITIL
4 49 (20.76%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (16.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (16.10%) DevOps
7 35 (14.83%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (11.86%) Mentoring
10 22 (9.32%) Service Delivery
11 20 (8.47%) Project Delivery
11 20 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 20 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (8.05%) Server Management
13 17 (7.20%) Performance Tuning
13 17 (7.20%) Test Automation
14 16 (6.78%) Customer Service
14 16 (6.78%) Migration
15 15 (6.36%) CI/CD
16 14 (5.93%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.92%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.25%) Python
3 11 (4.66%) Bicep
4 10 (4.24%) Bash
5 7 (2.97%) SQL
6 5 (2.12%) Korn
7 3 (1.27%) Java
8 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 44 (18.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (9.32%) MCP
4 22 (9.32%) MCSE
4 22 (9.32%) SC Cleared
5 20 (8.47%) Azure Certification
5 20 (8.47%) MCSA
6 19 (8.05%) CCNA
7 14 (5.93%) AWS Certification
7 14 (5.93%) CCNP
8 12 (5.08%) Degree
9 10 (4.24%) CCA
9 10 (4.24%) Citrix Certification
9 10 (4.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (3.81%) CEH
10 9 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.97%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.59%) SLA
2 21 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (7.63%) NIST
4 9 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.81%) ISO 22301
5 4 (1.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (50.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (37.29%) Active Directory
3 59 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.90%) vSphere
5 20 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (7.20%) VMware NSX
7 13 (5.51%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.24%) Firmware
9 7 (2.97%) Docker
10 6 (2.54%) NFS
11 4 (1.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.85%) XenApp
13 1 (0.42%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 56 (23.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (16.53%) Terraform
3 34 (14.41%) Ansible
4 19 (8.05%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.36%) SCCM
6 14 (5.93%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.54%) SCOM
8 4 (1.69%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.69%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.27%) Nessus
10 2 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.42%) CASB
11 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.42%) Icinga
11 1 (0.42%) Kibana
11 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 48 (20.34%) Cisco
3 25 (10.59%) Veeam
4 19 (8.05%) NetApp
5 18 (7.63%) Commvault
6 17 (7.20%) Red Hat
7 16 (6.78%) SolarWinds
8 13 (5.51%) 3PAR
8 13 (5.51%) Citrix
8 13 (5.51%) Dell
9 9 (3.81%) Draytek
9 9 (3.81%) Google
9 9 (3.81%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.39%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.39%) F5
10 8 (3.39%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.97%) Mitel
11 7 (2.97%) WatchGuard
12 6 (2.54%) HP
12 6 (2.54%) Symantec