VMware jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, VMware appears in 988 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning VMware, with demand share down 2.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
988
Demand vs prior month
down 2.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about VMware

+Is VMware in demand in 2026?

Yes. VMware appears in 988 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning VMware (12.1% of all postings mentioning VMware).

+What jobs require VMware?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning VMware are System Administrator (28.1% of that role’s postings mention VMware), Cloud Systems Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention VMware), Linux Systems Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention VMware).

+What skills are commonly paired with VMware?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), VMware most often appears alongside Linux, Python, Ansible, Kubernetes, AWS.

+Where is VMware most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring VMware are Pune, Bengaluru, New York City, Singapore, Washington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after VMware?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring VMware — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around VMware

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before VMware

Before VMwarepython → VMware: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → VMware: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairLinux → VMware: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → VMware: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → VMware: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → VMware: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → VMware: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairWindows → VMware: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMwarepython: 16 movespython16 movesJenkins: 16 movesJenkins16 movesLinux: 14 movesLinux14 movesActive Directory: 12 movesActive Directory12 movesAWS: 11 movesAWS11 movesdocker: 10 movesdocker10 movesJava: 10 movesJava10 movesWindows: 9 movesWindows9 moves

Skills after VMware

After VMwareVMware → terraform: 24 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → Jenkins: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → python: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → AWS: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → RDS: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → docker: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → EC2: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMware → Azure: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairVMwareterraform: 24 movesterraform24 movesJenkins: 19 movesJenkins19 movespython: 19 movespython19 movesAWS: 19 movesAWS19 movesRDS: 18 movesRDS18 movesdocker: 15 movesdocker15 movesEC2: 15 movesEC215 movesAzure: 15 movesAzure15 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python16
Before: Jenkins16
Before: Linux14
Before: Active Directory12
Before: AWS11
Before: docker10
Before: Java10
Before: Windows9
After: terraform24
After: Jenkins19
After: python19
After: AWS19
After: RDS18
After: docker15
After: EC215
After: Azure15

Roles most likely to require VMware

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
System Administrator1828.1%
Cloud Systems Engineer825.0%
Linux Systems Engineer825.0%
Systems Administrator2522.7%
IT Infrastructure Engineer1219.7%
IT Systems Administrator518.5%
DevOps Cloud Engineer315.0%
Infrastructure Architect612.8%
Azure DevOps Engineer310.3%
Endpoint Security Engineer29.1%

Roles with the most VMware postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Systems Engineer12012.1%
Software Engineer616.2%
DevOps Engineer606.1%
Infrastructure Engineer565.7%
Solutions Architect363.6%
Platform Engineer292.9%
Systems Administrator252.5%
Site Reliability Engineer232.3%
System Administrator181.8%
Cloud Engineer141.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring VMware

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring VMware
CompanyPostings · 90 days
General Dynamics Information Technology29
Sopra Steria27
Cisco26
Veeam24
Northrop Grumman22
Nimble Storage22
Globalpr18
Pure Storage16
NVIDIA14
Webroot12

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for VMware

NamePostingsShare
Pune202.0%
Bengaluru181.8%
New York City131.3%
Singapore131.3%
Washington131.3%
Hyderabad121.2%
Chantilly111.1%
Annapolis101.0%
Arlington101.0%

Skills commonly paired with VMware

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning VMware by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s VMware postings by all VMware postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index