VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Leeds

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 74 72
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +28
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 21 13 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.53% 1.27% 2.48%
As % of the System Software category 13.04% 10.48% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 32
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £32,000 £45,000 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.53% -6.86%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £60,000 £64,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 161 124 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 11.71% 12.12% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 110 92 129
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,550 £30,400
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,500 - £83,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £49,500 £47,557
% change year-on-year +21.21% +4.09% -10.69%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Leeds

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Leeds over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Leeds

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Azure
2 10 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 5 (23.81%) AWS
4 5 (23.81%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.76%) IaaS
5 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 7 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 6 (28.57%) VPN
4 5 (23.81%) DHCP
4 5 (23.81%) DNS
4 5 (23.81%) WAN
5 4 (19.05%) LAN
5 4 (19.05%) Network Security
6 3 (14.29%) VLAN
6 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) VMware Engineer
2 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) IT Support
3 7 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
3 7 (33.33%) IT Technician
3 7 (33.33%) Support Technician
4 6 (28.57%) Senior
5 5 (23.81%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (23.81%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (19.05%) Backup Engineer
6 4 (19.05%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (14.29%) Senior IT Support
7 3 (14.29%) Senior IT Technician
7 3 (14.29%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 7 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (14.29%) Replication
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (14.29%) Android
4 2 (9.52%) Linux
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (33.33%) ITIL
4 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (19.05%) Data Security
6 4 (19.05%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
6 4 (19.05%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
8 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (9.52%) Migration
8 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
9 1 (4.76%) Containerisation
9 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Development
9 1 (4.76%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (23.81%) AWS Certification
2 5 (23.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (23.81%) Azure Certification
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) Hyper-V
2 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.52%) vSphere
4 1 (4.76%) Docker
4 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.52%) Ansible
3 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.76%) Kibana
4 1 (4.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 8 (38.10%) Veeam
4 5 (23.81%) Google
5 4 (19.05%) Adobe
6 1 (4.76%) Datto
6 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.76%) LogRhythm
6 1 (4.76%) New Relic
6 1 (4.76%) SonicWALL
6 1 (4.76%) WatchGuard