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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 192 429
Rank change year-on-year -157 +237 +63
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 75 286 137
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 1.82% 0.41%
As % of the System Software category 4.49% 12.85% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 52 24 112
10th Percentile £35,625 £43,800 £41,500
25th Percentile £55,938 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,000 £71,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +16.67%

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 1,670 2,226 4,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.09% 14.14% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 1,341 3,148
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -10.10%
75th Percentile £75,601 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%

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 29 June 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 17 (22.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.67%) Confluence
3 4 (5.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (44.00%) Azure
2 23 (30.67%) Nutanix
3 20 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (24.00%) AWS
5 14 (18.67%) IaaS
5 14 (18.67%) PaaS
6 12 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (16.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (16.00%) Azure Functions
6 12 (16.00%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (16.00%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (16.00%) GitHub
6 12 (16.00%) Serverless
7 6 (8.00%) Entra ID
7 6 (8.00%) GCP
8 2 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.67%) Datadog
9 1 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.33%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (29.33%) VSAN
2 21 (28.00%) Firewall
3 20 (26.67%) VPN
4 14 (18.67%) WAN
5 13 (17.33%) DNS
6 12 (16.00%) DHCP
7 8 (10.67%) VLAN
8 7 (9.33%) LAN
9 6 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (8.00%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (8.00%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (8.00%) iSCSI
9 6 (8.00%) Unified Communications
9 6 (8.00%) WebEx
10 4 (5.33%) BGP
10 4 (5.33%) MPLS
10 4 (5.33%) Wireless
11 3 (4.00%) SAN
12 2 (2.67%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (6.67%) MySQL
2 5 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.00%) Git
General
1 16 (21.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (16.00%) Law
3 10 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.00%) Banking
4 6 (8.00%) Marketing
4 6 (8.00%) Retail
4 6 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.67%) Finance
6 2 (2.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (42.67%) Senior
2 21 (28.00%) Consultant
3 19 (25.33%) Architect
4 18 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (24.00%) VMware Architect
5 17 (22.67%) Technical Consultant
6 16 (21.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 15 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
7 15 (20.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 15 (20.00%) Senior VMware Consultant
7 15 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
7 15 (20.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
8 13 (17.33%) Analyst
8 13 (17.33%) Cloud Consultant
9 12 (16.00%) Cloud Architect
9 12 (16.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 12 (16.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (16.00%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 12 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (16.00%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 16 (21.33%) Public Cloud
3 12 (16.00%) Podcast
3 12 (16.00%) Security Posture
4 11 (14.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (12.00%) Replication
6 7 (9.33%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (8.00%) FlexPod
7 6 (8.00%) Onboarding
7 6 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (8.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 5 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (5.33%) PKI
10 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
10 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
10 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
11 1 (1.33%) Clustering
11 1 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 44 (58.67%) Windows
2 25 (33.33%) Linux
3 20 (26.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (16.00%) VMS
5 6 (8.00%) Ubuntu
6 4 (5.33%) Unix
7 1 (1.33%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (41.33%) Presales
2 24 (32.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 24 (32.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 24 (32.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (25.33%) DevOps
4 16 (21.33%) Computer Science
4 16 (21.33%) Task Automation
5 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 13 (17.33%) Agile
6 13 (17.33%) Analytics
6 13 (17.33%) Cloud Security
6 13 (17.33%) Performance Tuning
7 12 (16.00%) AI
7 12 (16.00%) API Management
7 12 (16.00%) DevSecOps
7 12 (16.00%) Generative AI
7 12 (16.00%) Log Analytics
7 12 (16.00%) Observability
7 12 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (16.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.67%) PowerShell
2 17 (22.67%) SQL
3 14 (18.67%) Bicep
4 12 (16.00%) Bash
4 12 (16.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (9.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (36.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 25 (33.33%) VCAP
3 21 (28.00%) VCDX
4 20 (26.67%) Azure Certification
5 17 (22.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (12.00%) Degree
7 6 (8.00%) Dell Certification
7 6 (8.00%) Security Cleared
8 5 (6.67%) DV Cleared
8 5 (6.67%) HNC
8 5 (6.67%) HND
8 5 (6.67%) SC Cleared
9 4 (5.33%) CCNA
9 4 (5.33%) CCNP
9 4 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.33%) LPIC
9 4 (5.33%) MCSE
9 4 (5.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.33%) GDPR
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 69 (92.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (44.00%) Active Directory
3 28 (37.33%) VMware NSX
4 16 (21.33%) vCloud
5 12 (16.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (14.67%) Hyper-V
7 9 (12.00%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (9.33%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (8.00%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.33%) Docker
10 1 (1.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 26 (34.67%) Terraform
2 16 (21.33%) vCenter Server
3 13 (17.33%) Ansible
4 6 (8.00%) Avamar
4 6 (8.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (8.00%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (8.00%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (8.00%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (8.00%) Grafana
4 6 (8.00%) VxRail
5 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.67%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.33%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.33%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (97.33%) VMware
2 40 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 28 (37.33%) NetApp
4 23 (30.67%) Broadcom
4 23 (30.67%) Dell
5 22 (29.33%) Nimble Storage
6 20 (26.67%) Cisco
7 18 (24.00%) Veeam
8 12 (16.00%) ScienceLogic
9 10 (13.33%) Splunk
10 7 (9.33%) Meraki
11 6 (8.00%) 3PAR
11 6 (8.00%) Fortinet
11 6 (8.00%) Isilon
11 6 (8.00%) Palo Alto
12 5 (6.67%) Synology
13 2 (2.67%) EMC
13 2 (2.67%) Sophos
13 2 (2.67%) Ubiquiti
14 1 (1.33%) Red Hat