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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 399 427
Rank change year-on-year +224 +28 +74
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 290 105 103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.78% 0.45% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 14.60% 3.76% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21 77 89
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £74,450 £106,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -1.96%

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 1,986 2,790 3,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.18% 11.90% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 1,746 3,367
10th Percentile £28,925 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £56,763 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -5.40% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -

vSphere
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

vSphere trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

vSphere
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing vSphere

vSphere
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing vSphere over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

vSphere salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.72%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.83%) GitHub
2 9 (3.10%) AWS
3 7 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (2.07%) Azure
5 4 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.69%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 263 (90.69%) VPN
2 262 (90.34%) Cisco IOS
3 15 (5.17%) Firewall
4 9 (3.10%) DNS
5 8 (2.76%) DHCP
5 8 (2.76%) LAN
6 7 (2.41%) SAN
6 7 (2.41%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.41%) WAN
7 6 (2.07%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.69%) NAS
10 1 (0.34%) Intranet
10 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.34%) MySQL
3 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Git
1 7 (2.41%) TeamCity
General
1 269 (92.76%) Analytical Skills
2 264 (91.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (4.14%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.41%) Finance
5 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.69%) Military
7 1 (0.34%) Electronics
7 1 (0.34%) Marketing
7 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 270 (93.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (2.41%) Senior
3 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps
3 7 (2.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) Linux Scripter
4 6 (2.07%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 6 (2.07%) Python Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (1.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (1.72%) Support Engineer
6 4 (1.38%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (1.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (0.69%) Administrator
7 2 (0.69%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (90.34%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.41%) Node.js
3 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 262 (90.34%) Cyberattack
2 7 (2.41%) Data Centre
2 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.34%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 275 (94.83%) Windows
2 273 (94.14%) Linux
3 262 (90.34%) Android
4 10 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (95.86%) DevOps
2 272 (93.79%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (92.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 263 (90.69%) Risk Management
5 262 (90.34%) Line Management
5 262 (90.34%) Mathematics
5 262 (90.34%) Platform Engineering
5 262 (90.34%) Storage Management
5 262 (90.34%) Task Automation
6 9 (3.10%) CI/CD
6 9 (3.10%) Infrastructure Management
7 8 (2.76%) Computer Science
7 8 (2.76%) Containerisation
7 8 (2.76%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (2.76%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (2.41%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (2.41%) Product Management
8 7 (2.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (2.41%) SDLC
8 7 (2.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 269 (92.76%) Python
2 265 (91.38%) PowerShell
3 263 (90.69%) Bash
4 3 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (3.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.10%) Degree
3 8 (2.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.34%) CCNA
6 1 (0.34%) CCNP
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.34%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 267 (92.07%) Hyper-V
2 262 (90.34%) Docker
2 262 (90.34%) VMware NSX
3 26 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.14%) Active Directory
5 9 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.07%) NFS
7 4 (1.38%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 271 (93.45%) Ansible
1 271 (93.45%) Terraform
2 8 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 274 (94.48%) Cisco
2 264 (91.03%) Juniper
2 264 (91.03%) Splunk
3 262 (90.34%) 3PAR
4 27 (9.31%) VMware
5 12 (4.14%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.41%) Commvault
6 7 (2.41%) Pure Storage
6 7 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.07%) NetApp
8 5 (1.72%) HP
9 4 (1.38%) Dell
10 3 (1.03%) Veeam
11 2 (0.69%) McAfee
11 2 (0.69%) Ubiquiti
12 1 (0.34%) Apple
12 1 (0.34%) Citrix
12 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.34%) PeopleSoft
12 1 (0.34%) SAP