# Companies using VMware vSphere

108,652 companies in our data use VMware vSphere, and 14,868 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it is steady, with 13,192 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. IT teams are its most common home.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name VMware vSphere in the most job posts?

The five companies with the most job posts naming VMware vSphere are Raytheon Technologies, General Dynamics Information Technology, Leidos, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Of the five companies in the table, Lockheed Martin has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 351.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Raytheon Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/raytheon) | 1,129 | 268 | "VMware vSphere administration and maintenance experience." (linux system administrator, Nov 4, 2026) |
| [General Dynamics Information Technology](https://sumble.com/orgs/general-dynamics-information-technology) | 738 | 315 | "Troubleshoot and configure servers in a virtual environment using vSphere" (NCIS Senior VMware Administrator/SAN Storage Administrator \| Active TS/SCI clearance, Oct 28, 2026) |
| [Leidos](https://sumble.com/orgs/leidos) | 655 | 318 | "Support virtual infrastructure hosted on VMware vSphere and ESXi platforms, including virtual machine deployment, resource allocation, snapshot management…" (Cyber Infrastructure Support, Nov 2, 2026) |
| [Lockheed Martin](https://sumble.com/orgs/lockheed-martin) | 649 | 351 | "Build and deploy mission critical IT infrastructure – design and install Windows‑based virtualization (VMware vSphere/vCenter), storage (VEEAM, GoodSync), and Active Directory forests/domains;" (systems engineer-it stf., Oct 23, 2026) |
| [Northrop Grumman](https://sumble.com/orgs/northrop-grumman) | 563 | 325 | "Experience with virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere/ESXi, KVM, VirtualBox, Hyper-V)." (Principal/Sr Principal Infrastructure Software Engineer, Nov 1, 2026) |

## Is hiring for VMware vSphere growing?

Since late 2025, job posts mentioning VMware vSphere went from 6.4 to 7.3 in every 10,000 job posts, and the last three months were flat.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 844 | 1,413,673 | 6.0 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,214 | 1,822,119 | 6.7 |
| Dec 2025 | 790 | 1,236,103 | 6.4 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,181 | 1,828,002 | 6.5 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,260 | 1,856,647 | 6.8 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,300 | 1,850,711 | 7.0 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,225 | 1,728,886 | 7.1 |
| May 2026 | 1,302 | 1,821,509 | 7.1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,386 | 1,909,496 | 7.3 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,345 | 1,815,180 | 7.4 |
| Aug 2026 | 1,345 | 1,835,698 | 7.3 |

## How many companies named VMware vSphere in a job post for the first time in recent months?

Job posts named VMware vSphere for the first time at 618 companies from June to August 2026, against 584 from March to May. Of the 14,868 companies whose job posts name it, 4.2% first named it from June to August.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 584 |
| June to August 2026 | 618 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 2,056 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use VMware vSphere?

93,784 of the 108,652 companies show up because employees list VMware vSphere on their profiles; 14,868 name it in their own job posts. 8,114 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name VMware vSphere | 14,868 | 14% |
| Employees' profiles list VMware vSphere | 93,784 | 86% |

## What size are the companies that use VMware vSphere?

Companies with 50 to 999 employees are 1.5 times as common among VMware vSphere users as on the typical tech page. The second-largest group is companies with fewer than 50 employees, at 28%.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 28% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 56% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 12% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 4% | 23% |

## Where are VMware vSphere companies based?

The United States and the United Kingdom have the most VMware vSphere companies, at 32% and 6.8%. Its companies are based in 218 countries and territories.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 33,749 | 32% | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 7,024 | 6.8% | 6.4% |
| Germany | 5,735 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
| France | 5,117 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| Canada | 4,209 | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| India | 3,359 | 3.2% | 6.9% |

## Which teams work with VMware vSphere?

VMware vSphere sits mostly with IT teams (925 companies). Infrastructure and IT infrastructure teams come next, at 290 and 157 companies.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| IT | 925 |
| Infrastructure | 290 |
| IT infrastructure | 157 |
| Technology | 90 |
| Engineering | 75 |
| IT operations | 60 |

## Which roles mention VMware vSphere most?

IT Support is the most common role, in 18% of job posts naming VMware vSphere. IT Support posts naming it numbered 678 from March to May 2026 and 666 from June to August.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| IT Support | 18% | 2,385 | 678 | 666 |
| Systems Engineer | 10% | 1,373 | 398 | 402 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 5.5% | 721 | 191 | 236 |
| Administrator | 5.2% | 687 | 186 | 185 |
| Software Engineer | 3.2% | 424 | 105 | 127 |
| Network Engineer | 2.4% | 323 | 87 | 82 |

## Which companies started naming VMware vSphere in job posts recently?

665 companies with 50 or more employees started naming VMware vSphere in job posts between April and August 2026. 68 of them have more than 5,000 employees. Among the new commercial companies, CommIT Enterprises, Inc. posted the most jobs naming it: 11.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| AI native | [OpenAI](https://sumble.com/orgs/openai) | 3 |
| AI native | [AIONOS](https://sumble.com/orgs/aionos-ai) | 1 |
| AI native | [Trigint Solutions](https://sumble.com/orgs/trigint-solutions) | 1 |
| Commercial | [CommIT Enterprises, Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/commit-enterprises) | 11 |
| Commercial | [Transgourmet/Prodega Schweiz](https://sumble.com/orgs/transgourmet-prodega-schweiz) | 6 |
| Commercial | [Microgenesis](https://sumble.com/orgs/microgenesis-business-system) | 6 |
| Commercial | [Hôpital Saint Joseph](https://sumble.com/orgs/hopital-saint-joseph) | 5 |
| Commercial | [ShowTime Consulting](https://sumble.com/orgs/showtime-consulting) | 5 |
| Mid-market | [AeroVironment](https://sumble.com/orgs/aerovironment) | 5 |
| Mid-market | [Alfasigma](https://sumble.com/orgs/alfa-sigma-com) | 5 |
| Mid-market | [HENSOLDT](https://sumble.com/orgs/hensoldt) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL)](https://sumble.com/orgs/canada-mortgage-and-housing-corporation-cmhc) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Visionet Systems Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/visionet-systems) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Rakuten](https://sumble.com/orgs/global-rakuten-corporate) | 6 |
| Enterprise | [ASUS](https://sumble.com/orgs/asustek-computer) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [FLSmidth](https://sumble.com/orgs/flsmidth) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Nedbank](https://sumble.com/orgs/nedbank) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [National Grid](https://sumble.com/orgs/national-grid) | 3 |

Companies that named VMware vSphere in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do VMware vSphere companies use?

13% of VMware vSphere companies also use vSAN, against 0.81% of similar companies. VMware Horizon comes second, 11 times as common as usual, at 9.8%.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| vSAN | 1,480 | 13% | 0.81% | 16 times |
| VMware Horizon | 1,131 | 9.8% | 0.87% | 11 times |
| VMware ESXi | 4,030 | 35% | 3.2% | 11 times |
| Trellix | 819 | 7.1% | 0.66% | 11 times |
| iSCSI | 1,149 | 9.9% | 0.96% | 10 times |
| Brocade | 636 | 5.5% | 0.58% | 9.4 times |
| NetApp | 2,056 | 18% | 2.1% | 8.6 times |
| NFS | 1,381 | 12% | 1.4% | 8.3 times |

Shares are out of the 11,587 companies whose job posts name VMware vSphere, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## Which project themes come up in VMware vSphere job posts?

Beyond general digital transformation, the most common project theme in VMware vSphere job posts is Cloud Migration (1,391 posts). After that comes Cloud Cost Optimization, with 711.

| Project theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Digital Transformation | 6,757 |
| Cloud Migration | 1,391 |
| Cloud Cost Optimization | 711 |
| Data Infrastructure Migration | 542 |

- "Lead a large-scale enterprise migration from VMware vSphere/ESXi to Microsoft Hyper-V across on-premises data centers" (Infinite Computer Solutions, VMWare to Hyper V migration Project manager, Nov 7, 2026)
- "Drive the migration from VMware/vSphere (~450 VMs, 5 datacenters) to Kubernetes (3 clusters, ~20 nodes)" (Skaleet, senior sre / devops engineer h/f, Nov 7, 2026)

## About this data

Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.

Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.

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