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 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 86 141
Rank change year-on-year +7 +55 -77
Permanent jobs citing VMware 3,319 3,720 4,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.26% 3.80% 2.91%
As % of the Vendors category 9.08% 9.05% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,752 2,697 3,588
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +5.64% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £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 36,572 41,087 63,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.97% 41.99% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 24,875 23,613 33,066
10th Percentile £26,725 £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 25 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 25 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 3,043 £45,000 -12.74% 714
UK excluding London +14 2,628 £42,500 -5.56% 604
Work from Home +9 1,118 £50,000 -7.41% 233
South East +7 653 £45,000 - 200
London -8 621 £65,000 +8.33% 177
North of England +12 578 £41,500 -7.78% 129
Midlands +17 464 £43,227 -7.04% 92
South West +9 420 £49,000 +15.29% 86
East of England +20 299 £37,500 -25.00% 78
West Midlands +24 291 £45,000 +1.45% 52
Yorkshire +34 252 £40,000 -7.51% 47
North West -22 233 £42,500 -9.57% 73
East Midlands +8 173 £42,500 -19.05% 40
Scotland -64 141 £47,500 -5.00% 19
North East +23 93 £37,500 -25.00% 12
Wales +2 50 £40,000 -5.88% 12
Northern Ireland -7 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
1 701 (21.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 421 (12.68%) SharePoint
3 137 (4.13%) 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%) Tomcat
Applications
1 249 (7.50%) 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 1,646 (49.59%) Azure
2 1,528 (46.04%) Microsoft 365
3 524 (15.79%) AWS
4 391 (11.78%) Entra ID
5 157 (4.73%) GCP
6 150 (4.52%) OneDrive
7 126 (3.80%) SaaS
8 115 (3.46%) 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 47 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 40 (1.21%) Power Platform
15 34 (1.02%) Google Workspace
16 32 (0.96%) Mimecast
17 25 (0.75%) OCI
18 21 (0.63%) Power Automate
19 20 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,082 (32.60%) Firewall
2 682 (20.55%) DNS
3 572 (17.23%) WAN
4 545 (16.42%) DHCP
5 485 (14.61%) SAN
6 476 (14.34%) LAN
7 412 (12.41%) VPN
8 349 (10.52%) TCP/IP
9 209 (6.30%) VLAN
10 192 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
11 191 (5.75%) Wireless
12 166 (5.00%) NAS
13 160 (4.82%) Internet
14 127 (3.83%) VoIP
15 116 (3.50%) SD-WAN
16 90 (2.71%) WLAN
17 86 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
18 82 (2.47%) SNMP
19 74 (2.23%) Network Security
20 71 (2.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (10.12%) 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 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 21 (0.63%) Power BI
10 19 (0.57%) RDBMS
11 14 (0.42%) Big Data
12 11 (0.33%) 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%) Metabase
18 4 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 79 (2.38%) JIRA
2 75 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 38 (1.14%) GitLab
4 37 (1.11%) 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
1 891 (26.85%) Social Skills
2 458 (13.80%) Finance
3 269 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (3.28%) Aerospace
5 104 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 102 (3.07%) Manufacturing
7 94 (2.83%) Law
8 86 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 85 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 85 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 84 (2.53%) Legal
11 68 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 67 (2.02%) Retail
13 57 (1.72%) Banking
14 28 (0.84%) Marketing
15 27 (0.81%) Advertising
16 25 (0.75%) Games
17 22 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (0.60%) Automotive
19 18 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 842 (25.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 502 (15.13%) Senior
3 456 (13.74%) Support Engineer
4 399 (12.02%) IT Engineer
5 342 (10.30%) IT Support
6 246 (7.41%) Analyst
7 221 (6.66%) Systems Engineer
8 198 (5.97%) IT Support Engineer
9 187 (5.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 175 (5.27%) 2nd Line Support
11 169 (5.09%) 3rd Line Support
12 167 (5.03%) Lead
13 163 (4.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 161 (4.85%) Network Engineer
15 157 (4.73%) Administrator
16 144 (4.34%) Consultant
17 129 (3.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 113 (3.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 110 (3.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
20 104 (3.13%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (1.96%) YAML
2 59 (1.78%) RabbitMQ
3 33 (0.99%) .NET
4 31 (0.93%) ARM Templates
5 26 (0.78%) HTML
6 25 (0.75%) REST
7 23 (0.69%) 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%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 484 (14.58%) Data Centre
2 174 (5.24%) Replication
3 163 (4.91%) Public Cloud
4 153 (4.61%) Clustering
5 137 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 137 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 125 (3.77%) Driving Licence
7 81 (2.44%) PKI
8 65 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 49 (1.48%) Private Cloud
10 37 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
11 36 (1.08%) Client/Server
12 34 (1.02%) CCTV
12 34 (1.02%) IoT
13 33 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 32 (0.96%) PMI
15 30 (0.90%) Security Posture
16 26 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
17 24 (0.72%) Operational Technology
18 23 (0.69%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2,264 (68.21%) Windows
2 1,489 (44.86%) Windows Server
3 894 (26.94%) Linux
4 448 (13.50%) Windows 10
5 302 (9.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 259 (7.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 251 (7.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 135 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 111 (3.34%) Windows 7
10 108 (3.25%) Unix
11 82 (2.47%) 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 (1.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 993 (29.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 686 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
3 615 (18.53%) ITIL
4 353 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
5 349 (10.52%) Customer Service
6 279 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 275 (8.29%) Project Management
8 244 (7.35%) DevOps
9 239 (7.20%) Mentoring
10 227 (6.84%) Agile
11 194 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 193 (5.82%) Migration
13 161 (4.85%) Service Delivery
14 160 (4.82%) Change Management
15 159 (4.79%) Actionable Insight
15 159 (4.79%) Project Delivery
16 135 (4.07%) Roadmaps
17 134 (4.04%) Incident Management
18 127 (3.83%) High Availability
19 123 (3.71%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 646 (19.46%) PowerShell
2 373 (11.24%) SQL
3 274 (8.26%) Python
4 196 (5.91%) Bash
5 85 (2.56%) Java
6 51 (1.54%) C#
7 32 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 32 (0.96%) Perl
8 28 (0.84%) Shell Script
9 18 (0.54%) VB
10 13 (0.39%) ActionScript
10 13 (0.39%) VBScript
11 12 (0.36%) T-SQL
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 (16.75%) Security Cleared
2 437 (13.17%) Degree
3 298 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 275 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 256 (7.71%) Cisco Certification
6 248 (7.47%) DV Cleared
7 215 (6.48%) CCNA
8 142 (4.28%) MCSE
9 114 (3.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 84 (2.53%) CCNP
11 78 (2.35%) Azure Certification
12 69 (2.08%) MCSA
13 49 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 40 (1.21%) MCP
15 35 (1.05%) A+ Certification
16 34 (1.02%) AWS Certification
17 33 (0.99%) DBS Check
17 33 (0.99%) PMI Certification
18 29 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
19 25 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (5.82%) SLA
2 79 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 37 (1.11%) 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%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2,117 (63.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,692 (50.98%) Active Directory
3 1,042 (31.39%) Hyper-V
4 383 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
5 340 (10.24%) vSphere
6 186 (5.60%) Docker
7 123 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
8 108 (3.25%) XenApp
9 92 (2.77%) XenDesktop
10 90 (2.71%) VMware NSX
11 77 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
12 47 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
12 47 (1.42%) VirtualBox
13 44 (1.33%) Firmware
14 31 (0.93%) 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
1 417 (12.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 314 (9.46%) SCCM
3 280 (8.44%) vCenter Server
4 265 (7.98%) Ansible
5 206 (6.21%) Kubernetes
6 129 (3.89%) Terraform
7 104 (3.13%) WSUS
8 98 (2.95%) Puppet
9 80 (2.41%) SCOM
10 65 (1.96%) Prometheus
11 59 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
11 59 (1.78%) ZABBIX
12 53 (1.60%) FortiGate
13 49 (1.48%) Failover Clustering
14 41 (1.24%) Nagios
15 40 (1.21%) NetBackup
16 35 (1.05%) Grafana
17 33 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
18 31 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 27 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,735 (52.27%) Microsoft
2 640 (19.28%) Cisco
3 506 (15.25%) Citrix
4 464 (13.98%) Veeam
5 235 (7.08%) HP
6 232 (6.99%) Red Hat
7 212 (6.39%) NetApp
8 174 (5.24%) Dell
9 149 (4.49%) Palo Alto
10 125 (3.77%) Aruba
11 124 (3.74%) Google
12 109 (3.28%) Fortinet
13 99 (2.98%) Oracle
14 89 (2.68%) SolarWinds
15 85 (2.56%) IBM
16 82 (2.47%) Juniper
17 80 (2.41%) Commvault
18 77 (2.32%) Meraki
19 71 (2.14%) ServiceNow
20 64 (1.93%) EMC