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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 171 394
Rank change year-on-year -195 +223 +39
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 77 295 115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 1.78% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 4.08% 14.34% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 53 26 94
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £109,000 £85,000 £62,025
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% +5.26%

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 1,886 2,057 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.11% 12.44% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,186 2,021
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -10.11%

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 28 August 2026.

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 19 (24.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.49%) Confluence
4 1 (1.30%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.30%) Houdini
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.30%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.86%) Azure
2 22 (28.57%) Nutanix
3 21 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (22.08%) AWS
5 14 (18.18%) IaaS
5 14 (18.18%) PaaS
6 12 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (15.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (15.58%) Azure Functions
6 12 (15.58%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (15.58%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (15.58%) GitHub
6 12 (15.58%) Serverless
7 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
8 6 (7.79%) GCP
9 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.60%) Datadog
10 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.30%) Rubrik
10 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.57%) VSAN
2 21 (27.27%) Firewall
3 19 (24.68%) VPN
4 15 (19.48%) WAN
5 13 (16.88%) DNS
6 12 (15.58%) DHCP
7 8 (10.39%) LAN
8 7 (9.09%) VLAN
9 6 (7.79%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (7.79%) iSCSI
9 6 (7.79%) Wireless
10 5 (6.49%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (6.49%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (6.49%) Unified Communications
10 5 (6.49%) WebEx
11 4 (5.19%) BGP
11 4 (5.19%) MPLS
11 4 (5.19%) SAN
12 2 (2.60%) NAS
12 2 (2.60%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (6.49%) MySQL
2 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (15.58%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Law
3 12 (15.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.79%) Finance
6 5 (6.49%) Banking
6 5 (6.49%) Marketing
6 5 (6.49%) Retail
6 5 (6.49%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (44.16%) Senior
2 23 (29.87%) Architect
3 22 (28.57%) Consultant
4 18 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (23.38%) VMware Architect
5 17 (22.08%) Senior Consultant
5 17 (22.08%) Technical Consultant
6 15 (19.48%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 15 (19.48%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 15 (19.48%) Senior VMware Consultant
6 15 (19.48%) VMware Consultant
6 15 (19.48%) VMware Technical Consultant
7 13 (16.88%) Analyst
8 12 (15.58%) Cloud Architect
8 12 (15.58%) Cloud Consultant
8 12 (15.58%) Cloud Solutions Architect
8 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 12 (15.58%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
8 12 (15.58%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (15.58%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (28.57%) Terraform
2 5 (6.49%) XMPP
3 1 (1.30%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 31 (40.26%) Data Centre
2 16 (20.78%) Public Cloud
3 12 (15.58%) Podcast
3 12 (15.58%) Security Posture
4 9 (11.69%) Enterprise Storage
4 9 (11.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (10.39%) Replication
6 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (7.79%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 5 (6.49%) FlexPod
7 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
7 5 (6.49%) PKI
7 5 (6.49%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (6.49%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.60%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.30%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 42 (54.55%) Windows
2 23 (29.87%) Linux
3 18 (23.38%) Windows Server
4 12 (15.58%) VMS
5 6 (7.79%) Ubuntu
6 4 (5.19%) Unix
7 1 (1.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.96%) Presales
2 24 (31.17%) Infrastructure as Code
3 23 (29.87%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (29.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (22.08%) Computer Science
5 16 (20.78%) DevOps
5 16 (20.78%) Task Automation
6 13 (16.88%) Agile
6 13 (16.88%) AI
6 13 (16.88%) CI/CD
6 13 (16.88%) Cloud Security
7 12 (15.58%) Analytics
7 12 (15.58%) API Management
7 12 (15.58%) DevSecOps
7 12 (15.58%) Generative AI
7 12 (15.58%) Log Analytics
7 12 (15.58%) Observability
7 12 (15.58%) Performance Tuning
7 12 (15.58%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (15.58%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (31.17%) PowerShell
2 17 (22.08%) SQL
3 12 (15.58%) Bash
3 12 (15.58%) Bicep
3 12 (15.58%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (36.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 25 (32.47%) VCAP
3 21 (27.27%) VCDX
4 19 (24.68%) Azure Certification
5 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (14.29%) Degree
7 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
8 6 (7.79%) Dell Certification
8 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
9 5 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.49%) DV Cleared
9 5 (6.49%) HNC
9 5 (6.49%) HND
10 4 (5.19%) CCNA
10 4 (5.19%) CCNP
10 4 (5.19%) MCSE
11 3 (3.90%) LPIC
11 3 (3.90%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.48%) PMO
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.60%) SLA
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 73 (94.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (41.56%) Active Directory
3 30 (38.96%) VMware NSX
4 16 (20.78%) vCloud
5 12 (15.58%) Hyper-V
5 12 (15.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (7.79%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (6.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) vCenter Server
2 10 (12.99%) Ansible
3 6 (7.79%) Avamar
3 6 (7.79%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (7.79%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (7.79%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (7.79%) VxRail
4 5 (6.49%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (6.49%) Grafana
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.60%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.30%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (97.40%) VMware
2 39 (50.65%) Microsoft
3 28 (36.36%) NetApp
4 23 (29.87%) Broadcom
4 23 (29.87%) Dell
5 22 (28.57%) Cisco
5 22 (28.57%) Nimble Storage
6 19 (24.68%) Veeam
7 12 (15.58%) ScienceLogic
8 9 (11.69%) Splunk
9 7 (9.09%) Meraki
10 6 (7.79%) 3PAR
10 6 (7.79%) Isilon
11 5 (6.49%) Fortinet
11 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
11 5 (6.49%) Synology
12 2 (2.60%) EMC
12 2 (2.60%) Sophos
12 2 (2.60%) Ubiquiti
13 1 (1.30%) FIS