#53 by score · #50 editorially · Cloud and Infrastructure
Virtualization Engineer (VMware)
Tier 3 · Safe if you evolveAI risk: mediumEstimate2 offers on SOLID.Jobs
Post-Broadcom chaos = a migration wave now; the role shrinks long term
Overall scoreDerived
4.36/ 10
#53 of 63 by score with the default weights. #50 in the editorial ranking.- Salary 30% × 3.00.91
- AI resistance 35% × 4.01.40
- Demand 20% × 6.01.20
- Remote work 10% × 6.00.60
- Low stress 5% × 5.00.25
Salary, k PLN per month
Estimateestimate MID → SENIORmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)
- Range MID → SENIOR
- ≈12–20
- Range midpoint
- ≈16.0
- Junior Derived
- ≈8.0
- Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
- ≈10.9
- Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
- ≈13.1
NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.
Easiest transitions
Estimate2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)
Key certifications
EstimateVMware VCPew. Nutanix/Proxmox
Scores 1–10
Estimate- AI resistance4/1010 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
- Demand6/1010 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
- Remote work6/1010 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
- Stress5/1010 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
- Entry barrier6/1010 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
- Prestige5/1010 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula
The market in job ads
From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 30/10/2026Too few offers for this role (2 offers, threshold 10). Below are statistics for the Administration category (68 offers), labelled as category data, not role data.
68offers in the category · 17 employers
20.2kcategory B2B median
17.5koverall median · 13–23.2k
37%remote in the category
Most common stack in Administration
Most common in this role's 2 offers: VMware, Bitbucket, CI/CD, IaaS, JavaScript, Jira. This is only indicative.