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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 372 381
Rank change year-on-year +200 +9 +107
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 291 94 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 0.47% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 16.09% 3.40% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 20 69 101
10th Percentile £47,375 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% +6.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £77,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,145
% change year-on-year - +1.58% +3.13%

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 1,809 2,766 3,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 13.85% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 974 1,628 3,204
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,425 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 31 October 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 4 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.34%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.81%) GitHub
2 12 (4.12%) AWS
3 10 (3.44%) Azure
4 7 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.69%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.69%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.34%) GCP
7 1 (0.34%) IaaS
7 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 265 (91.07%) VPN
2 262 (90.03%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (4.47%) Firewall
4 9 (3.09%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.75%) LAN
5 8 (2.75%) WAN
6 6 (2.06%) DHCP
6 6 (2.06%) DNS
6 6 (2.06%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (1.37%) SAN
8 3 (1.03%) NAS
8 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.69%) VLAN
9 2 (0.69%) VSAN
10 1 (0.34%) Intranet
10 1 (0.34%) Network Security
10 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.69%) MySQL
2 2 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Git
1 7 (2.41%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 269 (92.44%) Analytical Skills
2 262 (90.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (4.81%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.41%) Finance
5 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.69%) Military
7 1 (0.34%) Back Office
7 1 (0.34%) Electronics
7 1 (0.34%) Marketing
7 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 271 (93.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
3 9 (3.09%) Senior
3 9 (3.09%) Senior DevOps
3 9 (3.09%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) Linux Scripter
4 6 (2.06%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 6 (2.06%) Python Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (1.03%) IT Engineer
5 3 (1.03%) IT Support
5 3 (1.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (1.03%) Support Engineer
6 2 (0.69%) Systems Manager
6 2 (0.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (90.03%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.41%) Node.js
3 2 (0.69%) .NET
3 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.69%) WCF
4 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 262 (90.03%) Cyberattack
2 8 (2.75%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.06%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.69%) CCTV
5 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 277 (95.19%) Windows
2 274 (94.16%) Linux
3 262 (90.03%) Android
4 9 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.69%) VMS
7 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (96.56%) DevOps
2 272 (93.47%) Problem-Solving
3 270 (92.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 264 (90.72%) Platform Engineering
5 263 (90.38%) Risk Management
6 262 (90.03%) Line Management
6 262 (90.03%) Mathematics
6 262 (90.03%) Storage Management
6 262 (90.03%) Task Automation
7 13 (4.47%) CI/CD
8 11 (3.78%) Containerisation
8 11 (3.78%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (3.09%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (2.75%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (2.41%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (2.41%) Computer Science
11 7 (2.41%) Data Strategy
11 7 (2.41%) Product Management
11 7 (2.41%) SDLC
11 7 (2.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 271 (93.13%) Python
2 269 (92.44%) PowerShell
3 264 (90.72%) Bash
4 3 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (3.78%) Security Cleared
2 8 (2.75%) Degree
2 8 (2.75%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.69%) CCNP
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.34%) CCNA
6 1 (0.34%) CISSP
6 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 266 (91.41%) Docker
2 265 (91.07%) VMware NSX
3 263 (90.38%) Hyper-V
4 25 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (3.78%) Active Directory
6 8 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.06%) NFS
8 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 275 (94.50%) Ansible
1 275 (94.50%) Terraform
2 12 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.34%) SCCM
4 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 275 (94.50%) Cisco
2 264 (90.72%) Juniper
2 264 (90.72%) Splunk
3 262 (90.03%) 3PAR
4 28 (9.62%) VMware
5 10 (3.44%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.41%) Commvault
6 7 (2.41%) Pure Storage
6 7 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.03%) Citrix
7 3 (1.03%) Veeam
8 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.69%) McAfee
8 2 (0.69%) NetApp
8 2 (0.69%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.34%) HP
9 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.34%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.34%) SAP