VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 69 87
Rank change year-on-year -45 +18 -19
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 19 30 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.52% 2.52% 1.76%
As % of the System Software category 15.97% 23.62% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 15 26 23
10th Percentile £35,050 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,438 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +30.00% -17.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,750
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +11.91%

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 119 127 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.23% 10.65% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 69 105 86
10th Percentile £32,450 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £44,343 £38,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £82,500 - £73,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 13 (68.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (42.11%) Apache
2 8 (42.11%) IIS
2 8 (42.11%) nginx
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (78.95%) Entra ID
3 10 (52.63%) Azure
4 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Copilot
4 8 (42.11%) Power Automate
5 2 (10.53%) SaaS
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) DNS
2 14 (73.68%) Firewall
3 7 (36.84%) DHCP
3 7 (36.84%) VPN
4 4 (21.05%) VLAN
5 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.26%) Network Security
6 1 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (5.26%) SAN
6 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.26%) Wireless
General
1 16 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Legal
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Support Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Senior Support Engineer
3 8 (42.11%) Technical Support
4 5 (26.32%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) IT Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) IT Support
4 5 (26.32%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Senior Technical Support
4 5 (26.32%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior IT Support
6 3 (15.79%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) AI Agents
2 2 (10.53%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 16 (84.21%) Windows Server
3 8 (42.11%) Linux
3 8 (42.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) AI
2 13 (68.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (63.16%) Service Delivery
4 10 (52.63%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (47.37%) Migration
6 8 (42.11%) Load Balancing
6 8 (42.11%) Presales
6 8 (42.11%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (26.32%) ITSM
8 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
9 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
9 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
9 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (15.79%) ITIL
10 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (10.53%) Change Management
11 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
11 2 (10.53%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 10 (52.63%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
3 1 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 19 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (47.37%) SonicWALL
3 8 (42.11%) Citrix
4 3 (15.79%) Veeam
5 2 (10.53%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.26%) Aruba
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco
6 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.26%) Meraki
6 1 (5.26%) Sophos
6 1 (5.26%) WatchGuard