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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 390 401
Rank change year-on-year +34 +11 +93
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 19 55 124
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.34% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 1.45% 2.15% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 103
10th Percentile £55,000 £41,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +29.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% +10.00%

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 1,306 2,561 4,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.27% 15.78% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,584 3,458
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,375 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.54% -6.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £108,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,170
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.22% -5.15%

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 30 January 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (5.26%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) AWS
2 8 (42.11%) Azure
3 7 (36.84%) GitHub
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (21.05%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (21.05%) Amazon S3
6 3 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
8 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (5.26%) GCP
8 1 (5.26%) IaaS
8 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
8 1 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
3 5 (26.32%) WAN
4 4 (21.05%) DHCP
4 4 (21.05%) DNS
4 4 (21.05%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (21.05%) LAN
5 3 (15.79%) VPN
5 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.53%) VLAN
6 2 (10.53%) VSAN
7 1 (5.26%) Intranet
7 1 (5.26%) NAS
7 1 (5.26%) Network Security
7 1 (5.26%) SAN
7 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) MongoDB
1 2 (10.53%) MySQL
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Git
2 3 (15.79%) TeamCity
3 1 (5.26%) GitLab
3 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Back Office
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) DevOps Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Senior
3 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Senior DevOps
4 5 (26.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) VMware Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Linux DevOps Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Linux Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Linux Scripter
5 4 (21.05%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 4 (21.05%) Python Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) IT Support
6 2 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Node.js
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (10.53%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (10.53%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.53%) CCTV
3 2 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) Linux
3 5 (26.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (15.79%) VMS
5 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.26%) CentOS
6 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) DevOps
2 10 (52.63%) CI/CD
2 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (47.37%) Containerisation
4 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (21.05%) GitOps
5 4 (21.05%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Security Hardening
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Data Strategy
6 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (15.79%) Product Management
6 3 (15.79%) SDLC
6 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
1 6 (31.58%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Bash
2 1 (5.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.26%) CCNA
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) LPIC
4 1 (5.26%) MCSE
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (78.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) Docker
3 5 (26.32%) VMware NSX
4 4 (21.05%) NFS
4 4 (21.05%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (10.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) Terraform
2 10 (52.63%) Ansible
2 10 (52.63%) Kubernetes
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (10.53%) vCenter Server
4 1 (5.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Commvault
4 4 (21.05%) Pure Storage
4 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
5 2 (10.53%) Citrix
6 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
6 1 (5.26%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (5.26%) Veeam