Hybrid/Remote vSphere Job Trends

VMware vSphere
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring vSphere skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 378 364
Rank change year-on-year +29 -14 +127
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 24 84 120
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.44% 0.58%
As % of the System Software category 1.95% 2.99% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 14 63 100
10th Percentile £46,625 £41,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £53,500 £54,073
Median % change year-on-year +28.50% -1.06% +8.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,500 £85,625
90th Percentile - £77,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £54,145
% change year-on-year -6.52% +6.20% +5.14%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,229 2,806 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.13% 14.54% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,730 3,036
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,762 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.33% +1.39% -

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing vSphere and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

vSphere job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

vSphere
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vSphere.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vSphere

vSphere
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vSphere over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

vSphere salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

vSphere
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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (4.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) GitHub
2 10 (41.67%) AWS
3 9 (37.50%) Azure
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (20.83%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (8.33%) Amazon S3
7 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
7 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
8 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (4.17%) GCP
8 1 (4.17%) IaaS
8 1 (4.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Firewall
2 9 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 8 (33.33%) LAN
3 8 (33.33%) WAN
4 6 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
5 5 (20.83%) DHCP
5 5 (20.83%) DNS
6 4 (16.67%) SAN
7 3 (12.50%) NAS
7 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (8.33%) VLAN
8 2 (8.33%) VPN
8 2 (8.33%) VSAN
9 1 (4.17%) Intranet
9 1 (4.17%) Network Security
9 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
9 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.33%) MySQL
2 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Git
2 5 (20.83%) TeamCity
3 1 (4.17%) GitLab
3 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Senior
3 7 (29.17%) Senior DevOps
3 7 (29.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Linux Scripter
4 6 (25.00%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 6 (25.00%) Python Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Support
5 2 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Node.js
2 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (8.33%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.33%) CCTV
3 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Linux
3 8 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (8.33%) VMS
6 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (4.17%) CentOS
7 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) DevOps
2 11 (45.83%) Infrastructure as Code
3 10 (41.67%) Containerisation
4 9 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (29.17%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Data Strategy
7 5 (20.83%) Product Management
7 5 (20.83%) SDLC
7 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
8 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (12.50%) ITIL
9 2 (8.33%) CRM
9 2 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (8.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
2 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) CCNP
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) LPIC
4 1 (4.17%) MCSE
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.17%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (25.00%) NFS
4 5 (20.83%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (16.67%) Docker
6 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (12.50%) VMware NSX
6 3 (12.50%) XenApp
7 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) Terraform
2 11 (45.83%) Ansible
2 11 (45.83%) Kubernetes
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.17%) SCCM
4 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) VMware
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 7 (29.17%) Commvault
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 7 (29.17%) Pure Storage
3 7 (29.17%) Red Hat
4 3 (12.50%) Citrix
4 3 (12.50%) Veeam
5 2 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.17%) PeopleSoft