VMware Job Trends in Central London

VMware
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 80 77
Rank change year-on-year -22 -3 -17
Permanent jobs citing VMware 45 74 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.29% 3.60% 3.45%
As % of the Vendors category 4.29% 7.65% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 32 63 84
10th Percentile £44,200 £37,500 £38,250
25th Percentile £48,079 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,125 £78,438
90th Percentile - £81,250 £90,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%

All Vendors
Central London

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,048 967 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 30.10% 47.08% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 720 732 956
10th Percentile £40,613 £37,563 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £68,625
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +2.00% +1.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £104,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +3.70%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

VMware job vacancy trend in Central London

VMware
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware

VMware
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware in Central London over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware in Central London

VMware
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 September 2026. 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
City of London -28 35 £65,000 +44.44% 12
City of Westminster +23 3 £70,000 -12.50% 1
West End of London +5 3 £70,000 +23.89%
VMware
London

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) CICS
2 1 (2.22%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) PlantUML
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (73.33%) Azure
2 22 (48.89%) Entra ID
3 17 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (13.33%) IaaS
4 6 (13.33%) PaaS
5 5 (11.11%) SaaS
6 3 (6.67%) AWS
7 2 (4.44%) GCP
7 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.44%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.22%) GitHub
8 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.22%) OCI
8 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) DNS
2 7 (15.56%) Firewall
3 5 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (11.11%) DHCP
4 3 (6.67%) LAN
4 3 (6.67%) VSAN
4 3 (6.67%) WAN
4 3 (6.67%) WLAN
5 2 (4.44%) NAS
5 2 (4.44%) Network Security
5 2 (4.44%) SAN
5 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.44%) VPN
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.22%) VoIP
6 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Db2
1 1 (2.22%) MySQL
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) GitLab
2 1 (2.22%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Retail
3 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Law
6 1 (2.22%) French Language
6 1 (2.22%) Front Office
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Automation Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Active Directory Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Lead
4 6 (13.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) PowerShell Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (8.89%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.22%) React
2 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (48.89%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.33%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.89%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) CCTV
5 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 28 (62.22%) Linux
2 26 (57.78%) Windows
3 18 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.67%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 18 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (24.44%) DevOps
4 8 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (17.78%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.33%) ITIL
5 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.33%) Runbook
6 5 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 5 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 5 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
6 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.11%) Statistics
6 5 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (8.89%) Business Continuity
7 4 (8.89%) Load Balancing
7 4 (8.89%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (8.89%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.44%) Java
2 2 (4.44%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) COBOL
3 1 (2.22%) JCL
3 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Degree
2 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.22%) CCNP
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) MCSE
4 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Server+ Certification
4 1 (2.22%) VCAP
4 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) NIST
2 3 (6.67%) RMADS
3 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (71.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (62.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (13.33%) vSphere
4 5 (11.11%) VMware NSX
5 4 (8.89%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (6.67%) Hyper-V
6 3 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (2.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (31.11%) Kubernetes
3 11 (24.44%) Ansible
4 3 (6.67%) SCOM
5 2 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.22%) Proxmox
6 1 (2.22%) Puppet
6 1 (2.22%) SCCM
6 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.89%) Cisco
3 7 (15.56%) Citrix
4 5 (11.11%) Meraki
5 4 (8.89%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.44%) Zscaler
7 1 (2.22%) Apple
7 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.22%) Google
7 1 (2.22%) IBM
7 1 (2.22%) NetApp
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle
7 1 (2.22%) Veeam