VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Hertfordshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 51 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 +17
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 18 50 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.07% 4.18% 2.21%
As % of the System Software category 13.85% 25.25% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 16
10th Percentile £30,950 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £39,625 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £45,205 £60,000 £66,688
90th Percentile £47,489 £64,875 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% -23.81%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 130 198 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.71% 16.56% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 87 120 114
10th Percentile £32,586 £36,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,813 £59,750
90th Percentile - £73,764 £74,250
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Hertfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Stevenage -14 13 £42,500 -26.09% 2
Watford - 1 £27,500 -
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) Cohesity
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) SAN
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) VLAN
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (5.56%) DHCP
4 1 (5.56%) Internet
4 1 (5.56%) iSCSI
4 1 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SAP HANA
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Linux Support
2 7 (38.89%) Linux Support Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Technology Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Professional Services Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) IT Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Presales Solution Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) e-Learning
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Linux
2 8 (44.44%) Debian
2 8 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (44.44%) Solaris
2 8 (44.44%) Unix
3 6 (33.33%) Windows
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 2000
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 8
4 1 (5.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 3 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (16.67%) ERP
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (16.67%) Presales
3 3 (16.67%) Security Patching
4 2 (11.11%) AI
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security
4 2 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Bash
1 8 (44.44%) Korn
1 8 (44.44%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) MCDST
4 1 (5.56%) MCITP
4 1 (5.56%) MCSA
4 1 (5.56%) MCSE
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) Ansible
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (11.11%) vCenter Server
4 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (44.44%) NetApp
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (11.11%) NVIDIA
5 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.56%) Broadcom
6 1 (5.56%) Dell