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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 116 84
Rank change year-on-year +9 -32 +44
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 38 26 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.93% 1.07% 3.11%
As % of the System Software category 23.17% 8.23% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 46
10th Percentile £31,850 £43,675 £28,800
25th Percentile £35,063 £47,025 £39,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,175 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -2.43% +3.81%
75th Percentile £51,563 £56,252 £55,250
90th Percentile £53,175 - £60,125
South East median annual salary £41,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.43% -3.00% +7.53%

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 164 316 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.35% 13.04% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 82 215 290
10th Percentile £29,525 £36,500 £27,625
25th Percentile £35,063 £47,025 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £53,818 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.38% +7.64% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Bracknell +38 9 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Reading +26 8 £47,500 -7.50% 2
Windsor - 5 £33,500 -
Wokingham - 3 £50,000 - 3
Slough - 2 - - 1
Maidenhead - 2 - - 1
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) Apache
3 1 (2.63%) IIS
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) AWS
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) DNS
2 10 (26.32%) DHCP
2 10 (26.32%) Firewall
3 4 (10.53%) WAN
4 3 (7.89%) SD-WAN
4 3 (7.89%) VLAN
4 3 (7.89%) VoIP
4 3 (7.89%) VPN
5 2 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.63%) LAN
6 1 (2.63%) NAS
6 1 (2.63%) SAN
6 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.63%) SAP HANA
General
1 16 (42.11%) Law
2 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Advertising
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Back Office
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Lead
1 16 (42.11%) Team Leader
2 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Coordinator
3 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) IT Support
3 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Project Coordinator
3 3 (7.89%) Senior
3 3 (7.89%) Senior IT Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Senior IT Support
3 3 (7.89%) Senior Support Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Technical Coordinator
3 3 (7.89%) Technical Project Coordinator
3 3 (7.89%) WAN Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Middleware
1 1 (2.63%) SAP Basis
1 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.63%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (44.74%) Management Information System
2 16 (42.11%) Life Science
2 16 (42.11%) Operational Technology
3 5 (13.16%) PKI
4 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
5 3 (7.89%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.63%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.63%) Clustering
6 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
3 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
4 5 (13.16%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.89%) Android
5 3 (7.89%) Linux
5 3 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 16 (42.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 16 (42.11%) Enterprise Architecture
2 16 (42.11%) Validation
3 9 (23.68%) Project Delivery
4 7 (18.42%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.79%) ITSM
6 5 (13.16%) ITIL
7 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 4 (10.53%) Incident Management
7 4 (10.53%) Service Management
8 3 (7.89%) Budget Management
8 3 (7.89%) Data Privacy
8 3 (7.89%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (7.89%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (7.89%) People Management
8 3 (7.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 2 (5.26%) Mentoring
9 2 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) Degree
2 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
3 13 (34.21%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.89%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.89%) MCP
4 3 (7.89%) MCSA
4 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.63%) CEH
5 1 (2.63%) CISA
5 1 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) GxP
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.63%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (34.21%) Active Directory
2 10 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 8 (21.05%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.26%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) SCOM
2 2 (5.26%) SCCM
2 2 (5.26%) SCSM
2 2 (5.26%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (44.74%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.79%) Cisco
3 6 (15.79%) Juniper
4 3 (7.89%) ADVA
4 3 (7.89%) Apple
4 3 (7.89%) SonicWALL
5 2 (5.26%) Sophos
5 2 (5.26%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle
6 1 (2.63%) SAP