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VMware freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for VMware – calculated from 122 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
122
Rank 136 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 6 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
29 %
Rated for 122 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
71 %
10 % fully remote · stated in 97 % of postings
The jury's verdict on VMware

A shrinking market.

VMware sits at rank 136 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 6 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 136 of 531 skills, 122 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 6 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible71 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is VMware – and why do companies hire VMware freelancers?

The postings that mention VMware fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Infrastructure and operations85 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with VMware.
Consulting and design6 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around VMware.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (67 %), DevOps Engineer (23 %) and Software Architect (6 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 47 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 6 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 34 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
136 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for VMware are stable at around 12 per week. Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills VMware is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Active Directory appears in 32 % of VMware postings.

Often named together

Active Directory32 %(opens in new tab)Hyper-V28 %(opens in new tab)Linux25 %(opens in new tab)Windows Server25 %(opens in new tab)Share of VMware postings that also name the skill.

Who wants VMware – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level52 %
Senior47 %

Mid-level dominates (52 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 97 % of listings

Industries

it_software75 %
public_sector8 %
banking_finance6 %
manufacturing5 %

it_software dominates (75 %).

Stated in 68 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent59 %
Freelance41 %

Permanent dominates (59 %). 41 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote61 %
On site29 %
Fully remote10 %

Partly remote dominates (61 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 10 % of postings.

Stated in 97 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main11 %
Bayern6 %
Leipzig5 %
Heidelberg5 %
Frankfurt am Main5 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (11 %).

Stated in 87 % of listings

Project language

German94 %
English6 %

German dominates (94 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is VMware?

Full time required95 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 40 postings with this information (33 % of all postings).

Who posts VMware projects

FERCHAU GmbH32
DIS AG12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current VMware projects

Frequently asked questions about VMware freelancing

How many VMware projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 122 projects and jobs mentioning VMware were posted. That is around 10 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 6 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is VMware still in demand for freelancers?

VMware ranks 136 of 531 skills.

Are VMware projects possible remotely?

71 % of VMware postings allow remote work. 10 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a VMware freelancer?

Active Directory (32 %), Hyper-V (28 %) and Linux (25 %) are most often required together with VMware. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts VMware projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 36 % of all VMware postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention VMware. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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