VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in England

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 171 124
Rank change year-on-year -74 -47 +31
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 613 790 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 2.02% 2.27%
As % of the System Software category 14.53% 15.03% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 396 648 1,686
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,719 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £66,563 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,794 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% +11.11% -12.62%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,218 5,255 10,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.24% 13.44% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 3,532 8,725
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £99,950 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in England

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
London -30 188 £64,125 -8.39% 42
North of England -4 129 £42,500 +6.25% 40
South East -75 120 £57,500 +17.35% 81
North West +16 69 £36,500 -18.89% 22
Midlands -65 69 £45,000 - 37
South West -58 58 £42,500 -5.56% 20
East of England -19 46 £45,000 -13.88% 19
Yorkshire -45 46 £50,000 +33.33% 12
West Midlands -58 40 £46,250 +2.78% 25
East Midlands -33 29 £45,000 - 12
North East -37 14 £42,500 +31.78% 8
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 131 (21.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.23%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.45%) Confluence
4 13 (2.12%) IIS
5 5 (0.82%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.65%) OpenEdge
7 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 323 (52.69%) Azure
2 260 (42.41%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (21.04%) AWS
4 125 (20.39%) Entra ID
5 43 (7.01%) Nutanix
6 37 (6.04%) OneDrive
7 35 (5.71%) SaaS
8 33 (5.38%) IaaS
9 29 (4.73%) GCP
10 27 (4.40%) PaaS
11 21 (3.43%) Google Workspace
12 19 (3.10%) OpenShift
12 19 (3.10%) Power Platform
13 16 (2.61%) Datadog
14 14 (2.28%) GitHub
15 11 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (1.47%) Mimecast
18 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 225 (36.70%) Firewall
2 192 (31.32%) DNS
3 144 (23.49%) DHCP
4 109 (17.78%) WAN
5 108 (17.62%) VPN
6 95 (15.50%) LAN
7 80 (13.05%) TCP/IP
8 62 (10.11%) VLAN
9 51 (8.32%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (7.67%) SAN
11 44 (7.18%) Wireless
12 40 (6.53%) Network Security
13 28 (4.57%) SD-WAN
14 21 (3.43%) VoIP
15 18 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (2.61%) BGP
16 16 (2.61%) NAS
17 15 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
18 13 (2.12%) VSAN
19 11 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.63%) MySQL
3 10 (1.63%) Power BI
4 8 (1.31%) GIS
5 5 (0.82%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.82%) Tableau
6 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.49%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.38%) Git
2 27 (4.40%) GitLab
3 18 (2.94%) JIRA
4 13 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.79%) Chocolatey
6 9 (1.47%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.98%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.65%) Selenium
8 4 (0.65%) Subversion
8 4 (0.65%) TestRail
9 3 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
General
1 180 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.01%) Finance
3 61 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.36%) Banking
5 25 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (4.08%) Retail
6 22 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 18 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.96%) Marketing
12 11 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.79%) Law
12 11 (1.79%) Legal
13 10 (1.63%) Advertising
14 5 (0.82%) Electronics
15 4 (0.65%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 135 (22.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 123 (20.07%) Senior
3 112 (18.27%) Support Engineer
4 104 (16.97%) IT Support
5 92 (15.01%) IT Engineer
6 75 (12.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 50 (8.16%) Azure Engineer
8 45 (7.34%) IT Technician
9 36 (5.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 36 (5.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (5.38%) Senior Technician
11 32 (5.22%) Senior IT Technician
12 31 (5.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 31 (5.06%) Consultant
13 30 (4.89%) Architect
13 30 (4.89%) VMware Engineer
14 28 (4.57%) Administrator
14 28 (4.57%) Analyst
15 27 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support
16 26 (4.24%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.47%) WebSockets
2 7 (1.14%) XMPP
3 6 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.82%) .NET
4 5 (0.82%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (0.65%) Playwright
5 4 (0.65%) pytest
6 2 (0.33%) Kafka
6 2 (0.33%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.33%) LDAP
6 2 (0.33%) LEMP Stack
6 2 (0.33%) Middleware
6 2 (0.33%) Node.js
7 1 (0.16%) boto
7 1 (0.16%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CAF
7 1 (0.16%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 123 (20.07%) Data Centre
2 52 (8.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (6.69%) Public Cloud
4 29 (4.73%) Driving Licence
4 29 (4.73%) Replication
5 24 (3.92%) PKI
6 23 (3.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 22 (3.59%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (2.28%) Security Posture
12 13 (2.12%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.63%) Clustering
13 10 (1.63%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.47%) iPad
14 9 (1.47%) iSeries
15 8 (1.31%) IoT
15 8 (1.31%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 405 (66.07%) Windows
2 291 (47.47%) Windows Server
3 193 (31.48%) Linux
4 49 (7.99%) Windows 10
5 40 (6.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 37 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (5.87%) Apple iOS
8 32 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (4.24%) Android
10 17 (2.77%) Mac OS
11 15 (2.45%) CentOS
11 15 (2.45%) Unix
11 15 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (2.28%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.14%) VMS
13 7 (1.14%) Windows 7
13 7 (1.14%) Windows 8
13 7 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.82%) Solaris
15 4 (0.65%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (27.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 169 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
3 141 (23.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 114 (18.60%) ITIL
5 95 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (13.05%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
8 76 (12.40%) Customer Service
9 70 (11.42%) Service Delivery
10 59 (9.62%) Mentoring
11 52 (8.48%) Change Management
12 50 (8.16%) DevOps
13 47 (7.67%) Business Continuity
14 43 (7.01%) High Availability
14 43 (7.01%) Project Delivery
15 42 (6.85%) SIEM
16 41 (6.69%) Root Cause Analysis
17 38 (6.20%) CI/CD
18 36 (5.87%) Server Management
19 35 (5.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 147 (23.98%) PowerShell
2 88 (14.36%) Python
3 52 (8.48%) SQL
4 39 (6.36%) Bash
5 17 (2.77%) C++
6 14 (2.28%) Rust
7 13 (2.12%) C
8 10 (1.63%) Bicep
8 10 (1.63%) Java
8 10 (1.63%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.98%) C#
10 5 (0.82%) VB
10 5 (0.82%) VBA
10 5 (0.82%) VBScript
11 4 (0.65%) Google Apps Script
11 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) Perl
12 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 99 (16.15%) Security Cleared
2 72 (11.75%) Degree
3 59 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 42 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (6.53%) Azure Certification
7 39 (6.36%) SC Cleared
8 36 (5.87%) DBS Check
9 27 (4.40%) CCNA
10 23 (3.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 22 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (3.43%) CCNP
13 19 (3.10%) AWS Certification
13 19 (3.10%) RHCSA
14 13 (2.12%) VCAP
15 12 (1.96%) MCSE
16 8 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
16 8 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (1.14%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (10.77%) SLA
2 25 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.94%) QA
4 14 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.12%) GDPR
6 12 (1.96%) NIST
7 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.33%) NCSC
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) PMO
9 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) RMADS
System Software
1 316 (51.55%) Active Directory
2 209 (34.09%) Hyper-V
3 96 (15.66%) vSphere
4 42 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (5.71%) VMware NSX
6 27 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (4.24%) Docker
8 25 (4.08%) KVM
9 22 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
10 12 (1.96%) Firmware
11 8 (1.31%) BitLocker
11 8 (1.31%) vCloud
12 7 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.98%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.82%) Squid
14 5 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 3 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.49%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (15.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (13.38%) Ansible
3 76 (12.40%) Terraform
4 56 (9.14%) Kubernetes
5 48 (7.83%) SCCM
6 40 (6.53%) vCenter Server
7 25 (4.08%) WSUS
8 20 (3.26%) Grafana
9 18 (2.94%) Nagios
10 17 (2.77%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.28%) VxRail
12 13 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 12 (1.96%) Proxmox
14 11 (1.79%) Packer
14 11 (1.79%) SCOM
15 10 (1.63%) ZABBIX
16 8 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
17 7 (1.14%) Autotask
17 7 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
18 6 (0.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 613 (100.00%) VMware
2 355 (57.91%) Microsoft
3 104 (16.97%) Cisco
4 71 (11.58%) Dell
5 58 (9.46%) Red Hat
6 55 (8.97%) Veeam
7 48 (7.83%) HP
8 41 (6.69%) Citrix
9 32 (5.22%) Palo Alto
10 31 (5.06%) Fortinet
10 31 (5.06%) McAfee
11 27 (4.40%) Google
11 27 (4.40%) Splunk
12 26 (4.24%) Juniper
12 26 (4.24%) Tenable
13 23 (3.75%) IBM
14 22 (3.59%) Nimble Storage
15 21 (3.43%) Commvault
15 21 (3.43%) NetApp
15 21 (3.43%) SolarWinds