VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Berkshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 83 100
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 +1
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 24 53 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.83% 2.96% 1.91%
As % of the System Software category 16.33% 27.32% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 17 33 51
10th Percentile £38,100 £34,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -9.61% +7.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £56,275
90th Percentile £70,250 £73,500 £59,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +27.78% +5.88% -10.53%

All System Software Skills
Berkshire

VMware Infrastructure falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 147 194 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.07% 10.84% 16.64%
Number of salaries quoted 97 102 405
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,500 - £93,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +21.05% -2.06% -3.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Berkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Berkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 July 2026. 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
Reading -7 18 £62,500 +42.86% 4
Slough +24 1 £67,500 - 3
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Apache
2 1 (4.17%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 23 (95.83%) Azure
2 19 (79.17%) AWS
3 12 (50.00%) GCP
4 4 (16.67%) Datadog
4 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (16.67%) Google Workspace
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) DNS
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) SSL
2 5 (20.83%) VLAN
2 5 (20.83%) VPN
3 4 (16.67%) DHCP
3 4 (16.67%) VoIP
3 4 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.17%) HTTP
4 1 (4.17%) HTTPS
4 1 (4.17%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
2 6 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Python Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Python Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) IT Support
4 4 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Distributed Systems Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (45.83%) Client/Server
3 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (75.00%) Linux
2 7 (29.17%) Windows
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.17%) Debian
5 1 (4.17%) FreeBSD
5 1 (4.17%) OpenBSD
5 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (54.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 12 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 11 (45.83%) Computer Science
4 11 (45.83%) System Testing
5 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
8 5 (20.83%) Software Testing
8 5 (20.83%) Use Case
9 4 (16.67%) Data Privacy
9 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (16.67%) FinOps
9 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
10 2 (8.33%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) Python
2 12 (50.00%) C
2 12 (50.00%) Rust
3 11 (45.83%) C++
4 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 11 (45.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 4 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 13 (54.17%) KVM
3 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.17%) Docker
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) HAProxy
2 1 (4.17%) Podman
2 1 (4.17%) Proxmox
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.83%) Veeam
4 4 (16.67%) Apple
4 4 (16.67%) Cisco
4 4 (16.67%) Datto
4 4 (16.67%) Google
4 4 (16.67%) SonicWALL