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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 89 142
Rank change year-on-year +11 +53 -80
Permanent jobs citing VMware 3,324 3,711 4,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.33% 3.73% 2.94%
As % of the Vendors category 9.11% 8.88% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,761 2,726 3,604
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,573 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +6.34% +6.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,623
% change year-on-year -5.56% +0.84% +5.00%

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 36,482 41,804 63,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.51% 42.03% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,833 23,990 33,191
10th Percentile £26,702 £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 £45,802 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +5.26% +3.62%

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 20 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 20 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 +19 3,047 £45,000 -13.46% 713
UK excluding London +13 2,624 £42,500 -5.56% 577
Work from Home +19 1,118 £50,000 -9.09% 215
South East +13 650 £45,000 - 178
London -10 627 £64,000 +6.67% 171
North of England +15 581 £42,155 -6.32% 135
Midlands +18 461 £43,227 -9.00% 112
South West +13 421 £49,000 +14.62% 72
East of England +18 298 £37,500 -25.00% 60
West Midlands +24 290 £45,000 - 64
Yorkshire +35 252 £40,000 -5.88% 52
North West -23 236 £42,500 -9.57% 72
East Midlands +9 171 £42,500 -19.05% 48
Scotland -63 139 £47,500 -5.00% 18
North East +30 93 £37,500 -22.68% 13
Wales +1 50 £40,000 - 9
Northern Ireland +5 17 £40,000 - 4
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
1 706 (21.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 420 (12.64%) SharePoint
3 136 (4.09%) IIS
4 60 (1.81%) Apache
5 32 (0.96%) Confluence
6 19 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 17 (0.51%) SharePoint 2010
7 17 (0.51%) SharePoint 2013
8 15 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
8 15 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
9 12 (0.36%) 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
1 248 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.21%) 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 1,656 (49.82%) Azure
2 1,542 (46.39%) Microsoft 365
3 522 (15.70%) AWS
4 395 (11.88%) Entra ID
5 155 (4.66%) GCP
6 150 (4.51%) OneDrive
7 127 (3.82%) SaaS
8 116 (3.49%) IaaS
9 73 (2.20%) PaaS
10 71 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 68 (2.05%) Nutanix
12 64 (1.93%) Amazon S3
13 54 (1.62%) OpenShift
14 50 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
15 41 (1.23%) Power Platform
16 35 (1.05%) Google Workspace
17 31 (0.93%) Mimecast
18 25 (0.75%) OCI
19 21 (0.63%) Power Automate
20 20 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,089 (32.76%) Firewall
2 682 (20.52%) DNS
3 572 (17.21%) WAN
4 548 (16.49%) DHCP
5 488 (14.68%) SAN
6 475 (14.29%) LAN
7 421 (12.67%) VPN
8 346 (10.41%) TCP/IP
9 212 (6.38%) VLAN
10 192 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
10 192 (5.78%) Wireless
11 168 (5.05%) NAS
12 159 (4.78%) Internet
13 131 (3.94%) VoIP
14 115 (3.46%) SD-WAN
15 91 (2.74%) WLAN
16 83 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
16 83 (2.50%) SNMP
17 75 (2.26%) Network Security
18 70 (2.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 74 (2.23%) MySQL
3 64 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
4 63 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
5 57 (1.71%) MongoDB
6 35 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 22 (0.66%) Power BI
10 19 (0.57%) RDBMS
11 15 (0.45%) 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
16 7 (0.21%) MariaDB
17 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
17 5 (0.15%) Redis
18 4 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
18 4 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 81 (2.44%) JIRA
2 72 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 35 (1.05%) Git
3 35 (1.05%) GitLab
4 22 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 15 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.30%) MSI
6 10 (0.30%) Trac
7 9 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 8 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.21%) Snyk
10 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.15%) AdminStudio
11 5 (0.15%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.12%) Postman
12 4 (0.12%) Selenium
12 4 (0.12%) Subversion
12 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 903 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 459 (13.81%) Finance
3 272 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (3.25%) Public Sector
5 103 (3.10%) Aerospace
6 101 (3.04%) Manufacturing
7 98 (2.95%) Law
8 90 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 87 (2.62%) Legal
9 87 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
10 86 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 70 (2.11%) Retail
12 69 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
13 58 (1.74%) Banking
14 28 (0.84%) Marketing
15 27 (0.81%) Advertising
16 25 (0.75%) Games
17 22 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.54%) Automotive
18 18 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 836 (25.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 508 (15.28%) Senior
3 456 (13.72%) Support Engineer
4 404 (12.15%) IT Engineer
5 343 (10.32%) IT Support
6 244 (7.34%) Analyst
7 222 (6.68%) Systems Engineer
8 200 (6.02%) IT Support Engineer
9 185 (5.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 177 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support
11 170 (5.11%) 3rd Line Support
12 169 (5.08%) Lead
13 163 (4.90%) Network Engineer
14 161 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 156 (4.69%) Administrator
16 141 (4.24%) Consultant
17 130 (3.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 115 (3.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 110 (3.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
20 103 (3.10%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (1.96%) YAML
2 59 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
3 35 (1.05%) ARM Templates
4 32 (0.96%) .NET
5 26 (0.78%) HTML
5 26 (0.78%) JSON
6 25 (0.75%) REST
7 19 (0.57%) WebRTC
8 18 (0.54%) Web Services
9 17 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
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%) ASP.NET
16 5 (0.15%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 487 (14.65%) Data Centre
2 178 (5.35%) Replication
3 159 (4.78%) Public Cloud
4 147 (4.42%) Clustering
5 138 (4.15%) Management Information System
6 137 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
7 122 (3.67%) Driving Licence
8 79 (2.38%) PKI
9 66 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 49 (1.47%) Private Cloud
11 36 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
12 35 (1.05%) Client/Server
13 34 (1.02%) CCTV
13 34 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
14 33 (0.99%) IoT
15 32 (0.96%) PMI
15 32 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 26 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
17 24 (0.72%) Operational Technology
18 23 (0.69%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2,274 (68.41%) Windows
2 1,498 (45.07%) Windows Server
3 888 (26.71%) Linux
4 455 (13.69%) Windows 10
5 307 (9.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 262 (7.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 251 (7.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 130 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 112 (3.37%) Windows 7
10 108 (3.25%) Unix
11 82 (2.47%) Mac OS
12 79 (2.38%) Ubuntu
13 77 (2.32%) Windows Server 2008
14 75 (2.26%) CentOS
15 55 (1.65%) Data ONTAP
16 52 (1.56%) Windows 8
17 41 (1.23%) Apple iOS
18 40 (1.20%) Android
19 39 (1.17%) Debian
20 38 (1.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (29.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 690 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
3 624 (18.77%) ITIL
4 362 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
5 352 (10.59%) Customer Service
6 278 (8.36%) Disaster Recovery
7 277 (8.33%) Project Management
8 242 (7.28%) DevOps
9 240 (7.22%) Mentoring
10 220 (6.62%) Agile
11 195 (5.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 195 (5.87%) Migration
12 164 (4.93%) Change Management
12 164 (4.93%) Project Delivery
13 163 (4.90%) Service Delivery
14 159 (4.78%) Actionable Insight
15 136 (4.09%) Incident Management
16 131 (3.94%) Roadmaps
17 126 (3.79%) High Availability
18 120 (3.61%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 646 (19.43%) PowerShell
2 381 (11.46%) SQL
3 271 (8.15%) Python
4 194 (5.84%) Bash
5 83 (2.50%) Java
6 52 (1.56%) C#
7 32 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 30 (0.90%) Perl
9 27 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 16 (0.48%) VB
11 13 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.39%) VBScript
12 11 (0.33%) ActionScript
13 10 (0.30%) RPG
13 10 (0.30%) VB.NET
14 8 (0.24%) Go
14 8 (0.24%) PHP
15 7 (0.21%) Ruby
16 6 (0.18%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.15%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 552 (16.61%) Security Cleared
2 437 (13.15%) Degree
3 296 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 279 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 261 (7.85%) Cisco Certification
6 244 (7.34%) DV Cleared
7 218 (6.56%) CCNA
8 147 (4.42%) MCSE
9 120 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 86 (2.59%) CCNP
11 78 (2.35%) Azure Certification
12 72 (2.17%) MCSA
13 51 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 40 (1.20%) 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 30 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
19 26 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (5.78%) SLA
2 79 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (1.17%) GDPR
5 17 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 17 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 16 (0.48%) QA
6 16 (0.48%) SOC 2
7 14 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.33%) PMO
9 10 (0.30%) NIST
10 8 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.15%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.12%) NCSC
13 3 (0.090%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.090%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.060%) COBIT
14 2 (0.060%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.060%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.030%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2,125 (63.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1,710 (51.44%) Active Directory
3 1,041 (31.32%) Hyper-V
4 387 (11.64%) VMware ESXi
5 336 (10.11%) vSphere
6 180 (5.42%) Docker
7 127 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
8 103 (3.10%) XenApp
9 90 (2.71%) VMware NSX
10 89 (2.68%) XenDesktop
11 78 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
12 49 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
13 48 (1.44%) VirtualBox
14 45 (1.35%) Firmware
15 30 (0.90%) VMware Server
16 28 (0.84%) KVM
16 28 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
17 25 (0.75%) NFS
18 23 (0.69%) Terminal Services
19 21 (0.63%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 411 (12.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 319 (9.60%) SCCM
3 276 (8.30%) vCenter Server
4 257 (7.73%) Ansible
5 199 (5.99%) Kubernetes
6 123 (3.70%) Terraform
7 102 (3.07%) WSUS
8 93 (2.80%) Puppet
9 80 (2.41%) SCOM
10 63 (1.90%) Prometheus
11 59 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
11 59 (1.77%) ZABBIX
12 57 (1.71%) FortiGate
13 46 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
14 40 (1.20%) Nagios
14 40 (1.20%) NetBackup
15 34 (1.02%) Grafana
16 33 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
17 30 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 25 (0.75%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,749 (52.62%) Microsoft
2 641 (19.28%) Cisco
3 506 (15.22%) Citrix
4 469 (14.11%) Veeam
5 239 (7.19%) HP
6 227 (6.83%) Red Hat
7 213 (6.41%) NetApp
8 170 (5.11%) Dell
9 155 (4.66%) Palo Alto
10 126 (3.79%) Aruba
11 122 (3.67%) Google
12 109 (3.28%) Fortinet
13 98 (2.95%) Oracle
14 92 (2.77%) SolarWinds
15 82 (2.47%) Commvault
15 82 (2.47%) Juniper
16 81 (2.44%) IBM
17 78 (2.35%) Meraki
18 70 (2.11%) ServiceNow
19 64 (1.93%) Sophos