VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 86 142
Rank change year-on-year +6 +56 -78
Permanent jobs citing VMware 3,315 3,736 4,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.28% 3.79% 2.91%
As % of the Vendors category 9.08% 9.03% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,750 2,706 3,577
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,573 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +5.79% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,405 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,125 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Vendors
UK

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware.

Salary trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +17 3,041 £45,000 -13.46% 640
UK excluding London +13 2,626 £42,500 -5.56% 524
Work from Home +12 1,118 £50,000 -8.26% 215
South East +15 651 £45,000 - 151
London -7 619 £65,000 +8.33% 126
North of England +9 577 £42,000 -6.67% 127
Midlands +18 464 £43,227 -7.04% 97
South West +11 421 £49,000 +15.29% 71
East of England +17 301 £37,500 -25.00% 63
West Midlands +23 291 £45,000 +1.69% 58
Yorkshire +34 253 £40,000 -5.88% 47
North West -26 232 £42,500 -9.57% 71
East Midlands +11 173 £42,500 -19.05% 39
Scotland -65 139 £47,500 -5.00% 18
North East +24 92 £37,500 -23.86% 11
Wales 0 50 £40,000 -5.88% 8
Northern Ireland -1 16 £40,000 - 3
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 702 (21.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 423 (12.76%) SharePoint
3 138 (4.16%) IIS
4 60 (1.81%) Apache
5 30 (0.90%) Confluence
6 19 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 18 (0.54%) SharePoint 2010
7 18 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
8 15 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
8 15 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
9 13 (0.39%) nginx
10 10 (0.30%) SAS
11 9 (0.27%) WordPress
12 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
12 8 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.18%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.12%) CloudStack
15 3 (0.090%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.090%) Exchange Server 2007
16 2 (0.060%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 247 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.090%) SPSS
7 2 (0.060%) CATIA
7 2 (0.060%) NASTRAN
7 2 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.030%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.030%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.12%) Epicor Tropos
2 3 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.090%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.060%) Eikon
3 2 (0.060%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.060%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.030%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.030%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.030%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,650 (49.77%) Azure
2 1,530 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
3 526 (15.87%) AWS
4 392 (11.83%) Entra ID
5 157 (4.74%) GCP
6 150 (4.52%) OneDrive
7 128 (3.86%) SaaS
8 115 (3.47%) IaaS
9 71 (2.14%) PaaS
10 70 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
11 66 (1.99%) Amazon S3
11 66 (1.99%) Nutanix
12 56 (1.69%) OpenShift
13 48 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
14 41 (1.24%) Power Platform
15 34 (1.03%) Google Workspace
16 32 (0.97%) Mimecast
17 25 (0.75%) OCI
18 21 (0.63%) Power Automate
19 20 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,084 (32.70%) Firewall
2 680 (20.51%) DNS
3 570 (17.19%) WAN
4 543 (16.38%) DHCP
5 484 (14.60%) SAN
6 474 (14.30%) LAN
7 413 (12.46%) VPN
8 348 (10.50%) TCP/IP
9 208 (6.27%) VLAN
10 191 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
10 191 (5.76%) Wireless
11 167 (5.04%) NAS
12 159 (4.80%) Internet
13 127 (3.83%) VoIP
14 116 (3.50%) SD-WAN
15 90 (2.71%) WLAN
16 86 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
17 82 (2.47%) SNMP
18 74 (2.23%) Network Security
19 71 (2.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (10.23%) SQL Server
2 75 (2.26%) MySQL
3 65 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
4 64 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
5 57 (1.72%) MongoDB
6 36 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 22 (0.66%) Power BI
10 19 (0.57%) RDBMS
11 14 (0.42%) Big Data
12 12 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.30%) Ingres
14 9 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.24%) DB2
15 8 (0.24%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.18%) Redis
17 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
18 4 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
18 4 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 79 (2.38%) JIRA
2 75 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 38 (1.15%) GitLab
4 37 (1.12%) Git
5 21 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 15 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.30%) MSI
7 10 (0.30%) Trac
8 9 (0.27%) Artifactory
9 8 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.21%) Snyk
11 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.15%) AdminStudio
12 5 (0.15%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
13 4 (0.12%) Postman
13 4 (0.12%) Selenium
13 4 (0.12%) Subversion
13 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 894 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 458 (13.82%) Finance
3 270 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (3.29%) Aerospace
5 105 (3.17%) Public Sector
6 102 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 94 (2.84%) Law
8 86 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
8 86 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 85 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 84 (2.53%) Legal
11 67 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 67 (2.02%) Retail
12 58 (1.75%) Banking
13 28 (0.84%) Marketing
14 27 (0.81%) Advertising
15 25 (0.75%) Games
16 22 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (0.60%) Automotive
18 18 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 840 (25.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 506 (15.26%) Senior
3 455 (13.73%) Support Engineer
4 400 (12.07%) IT Engineer
5 344 (10.38%) IT Support
6 246 (7.42%) Analyst
7 221 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
8 200 (6.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 189 (5.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 176 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 169 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
12 166 (5.01%) Lead
13 161 (4.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 161 (4.86%) Network Engineer
14 156 (4.71%) Administrator
15 144 (4.34%) Consultant
16 128 (3.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 114 (3.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 110 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 103 (3.11%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (1.96%) YAML
2 59 (1.78%) RabbitMQ
3 33 (1.00%) .NET
4 31 (0.94%) ARM Templates
5 26 (0.78%) HTML
6 25 (0.75%) REST
7 24 (0.72%) JSON
8 19 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (0.57%) WebRTC
9 18 (0.54%) Web Services
10 14 (0.42%) LAMP
11 13 (0.39%) LDAP
12 11 (0.33%) EDI
13 10 (0.30%) XML
14 8 (0.24%) WebSphere MQ
15 6 (0.18%) Keycloak
15 6 (0.18%) Middleware
16 5 (0.15%) 802.1X
16 5 (0.15%) ADO
16 5 (0.15%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 484 (14.60%) Data Centre
2 175 (5.28%) Replication
3 163 (4.92%) Public Cloud
4 151 (4.56%) Clustering
5 137 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 135 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 125 (3.77%) Driving Licence
8 79 (2.38%) PKI
9 65 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 49 (1.48%) Private Cloud
11 37 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
12 36 (1.09%) Client/Server
13 34 (1.03%) CCTV
13 34 (1.03%) IoT
14 33 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
15 32 (0.97%) PMI
16 30 (0.90%) Security Posture
17 26 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
18 24 (0.72%) Operational Technology
19 23 (0.69%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2,263 (68.27%) Windows
2 1,491 (44.98%) Windows Server
3 893 (26.94%) Linux
4 446 (13.45%) Windows 10
5 301 (9.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 259 (7.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 250 (7.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 133 (4.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 111 (3.35%) Windows 7
10 106 (3.20%) Unix
11 81 (2.44%) Mac OS
12 77 (2.32%) Ubuntu
13 76 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
14 75 (2.26%) CentOS
15 55 (1.66%) Data ONTAP
16 51 (1.54%) Windows 8
17 42 (1.27%) Apple iOS
18 41 (1.24%) Android
19 39 (1.18%) Debian
20 38 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 991 (29.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 685 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
3 615 (18.55%) ITIL
4 353 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
5 352 (10.62%) Customer Service
6 278 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 275 (8.30%) Project Management
8 245 (7.39%) DevOps
9 239 (7.21%) Mentoring
10 227 (6.85%) Agile
11 194 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 193 (5.82%) Migration
13 161 (4.86%) Service Delivery
14 160 (4.83%) Change Management
15 159 (4.80%) Actionable Insight
15 159 (4.80%) Project Delivery
16 134 (4.04%) Incident Management
17 133 (4.01%) Roadmaps
18 127 (3.83%) High Availability
19 124 (3.74%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 648 (19.55%) PowerShell
2 376 (11.34%) SQL
3 274 (8.27%) Python
4 196 (5.91%) Bash
5 85 (2.56%) Java
6 51 (1.54%) C#
7 32 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 32 (0.97%) Perl
8 26 (0.78%) Shell Script
9 17 (0.51%) VB
10 13 (0.39%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.39%) VBScript
11 12 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 10 (0.30%) RPG
12 10 (0.30%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.27%) PHP
13 9 (0.27%) Ruby
14 8 (0.24%) Go
15 6 (0.18%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 556 (16.77%) Security Cleared
2 436 (13.15%) Degree
3 298 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 276 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 259 (7.81%) Cisco Certification
6 248 (7.48%) DV Cleared
7 217 (6.55%) CCNA
8 143 (4.31%) MCSE
9 115 (3.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 85 (2.56%) CCNP
11 77 (2.32%) Azure Certification
12 69 (2.08%) MCSA
13 48 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 40 (1.21%) MCP
15 35 (1.06%) A+ Certification
16 34 (1.03%) AWS Certification
16 34 (1.03%) DBS Check
17 33 (1.00%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
19 26 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (5.79%) SLA
2 79 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 37 (1.12%) GDPR
5 17 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 16 (0.48%) SOC 2
7 15 (0.45%) QA
8 14 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.33%) NIST
9 11 (0.33%) PMO
10 8 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.15%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.12%) NCSC
13 3 (0.090%) COBIT
13 3 (0.090%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.090%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.060%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.060%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.030%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2,118 (63.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,691 (51.01%) Active Directory
3 1,041 (31.40%) Hyper-V
4 382 (11.52%) VMware ESXi
5 342 (10.32%) vSphere
6 186 (5.61%) Docker
7 124 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
8 108 (3.26%) XenApp
9 93 (2.81%) XenDesktop
10 90 (2.71%) VMware NSX
11 79 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
12 47 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
12 47 (1.42%) VirtualBox
13 44 (1.33%) Firmware
14 31 (0.94%) VMware Server
15 29 (0.87%) KVM
16 28 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
17 26 (0.78%) NFS
18 22 (0.66%) pfSense
18 22 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 414 (12.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 314 (9.47%) SCCM
3 279 (8.42%) vCenter Server
4 264 (7.96%) Ansible
5 206 (6.21%) Kubernetes
6 129 (3.89%) Terraform
7 104 (3.14%) WSUS
8 98 (2.96%) Puppet
9 80 (2.41%) SCOM
10 64 (1.93%) Prometheus
11 59 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
11 59 (1.78%) ZABBIX
12 54 (1.63%) FortiGate
13 48 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
14 41 (1.24%) Nagios
15 40 (1.21%) NetBackup
16 35 (1.06%) Grafana
17 33 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
18 31 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 27 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,737 (52.40%) Microsoft
2 642 (19.37%) Cisco
3 506 (15.26%) Citrix
4 465 (14.03%) Veeam
5 236 (7.12%) HP
6 230 (6.94%) Red Hat
7 213 (6.43%) NetApp
8 174 (5.25%) Dell
9 149 (4.49%) Palo Alto
10 125 (3.77%) Aruba
11 124 (3.74%) Google
12 110 (3.32%) Fortinet
13 98 (2.96%) Oracle
14 90 (2.71%) SolarWinds
15 83 (2.50%) IBM
16 82 (2.47%) Commvault
16 82 (2.47%) Juniper
17 77 (2.32%) Meraki
18 71 (2.14%) ServiceNow
19 64 (1.93%) EMC