VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 197 149
Rank change year-on-year -45 -48 +30
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 172 227 457
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 1.76% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 12.93% 12.92% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 115 183 364
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £37,283
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -12.38%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,330 1,757 2,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.06% 13.64% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 893 1,299 2,349
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,450 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.78% -5.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,860 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in London

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Central London -24 29 £52,500 -19.23% 15
East London -13 8 £61,250 -10.91% 1
South London +26 3 £38,500 -48.67%
North London +1 3 - -
West London -23 1 £85,000 +100.00%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 36 (20.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (14.53%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.65%) Tomcat
4 7 (4.07%) IIS
5 6 (3.49%) Confluence
6 2 (1.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.16%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 94 (54.65%) Azure
2 64 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (27.33%) Entra ID
4 34 (19.77%) AWS
5 19 (11.05%) SaaS
6 17 (9.88%) OneDrive
7 14 (8.14%) IaaS
8 11 (6.40%) PaaS
9 9 (5.23%) Datadog
9 9 (5.23%) GCP
9 9 (5.23%) OpenShift
10 8 (4.65%) GitHub
10 8 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.65%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.49%) Google Workspace
11 6 (3.49%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.33%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 65 (37.79%) DNS
2 42 (24.42%) Firewall
3 39 (22.67%) DHCP
4 32 (18.60%) VPN
5 28 (16.28%) TCP/IP
6 22 (12.79%) SAN
7 19 (11.05%) WAN
8 15 (8.72%) VLAN
9 14 (8.14%) SD-WAN
9 14 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (5.23%) LAN
11 8 (4.65%) Wireless
12 6 (3.49%) Network Security
13 5 (2.91%) HTTP
13 5 (2.91%) Multicast
13 5 (2.91%) VSAN
14 4 (2.33%) BGP
14 4 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
15 3 (1.74%) Internet
15 3 (1.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.91%) Power BI
2 5 (2.91%) Tableau
3 3 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.16%) MySQL
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (11.05%) Git
2 10 (5.81%) JIRA
3 9 (5.23%) Chocolatey
4 8 (4.65%) Jenkins
5 7 (4.07%) GitLab
6 6 (3.49%) Bitbucket
6 6 (3.49%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (1.16%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.58%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 50 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 49 (28.49%) Finance
3 34 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (13.95%) Banking
5 8 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Legal
6 6 (3.49%) Retail
7 5 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.74%) Aviation
8 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.74%) Law
8 3 (1.74%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.16%) Advertising
9 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.16%) Games
9 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.16%) Marketing
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Automotive
10 1 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 39 (22.67%) Senior
2 24 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (12.21%) IT Support
3 21 (12.21%) Support Engineer
4 19 (11.05%) Consultant
5 17 (9.88%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (9.88%) Administrator
5 17 (9.88%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (9.30%) Analyst
7 14 (8.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 14 (8.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (8.14%) Linux Administrator
7 14 (8.14%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (7.56%) IT Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.40%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (6.40%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (5.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 9 (5.23%) Linux Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.49%) Kafka
2 5 (2.91%) Middleware
2 5 (2.91%) WebSockets
3 3 (1.74%) .NET
4 2 (1.16%) LDAP
4 2 (1.16%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (1.16%) Node.js
5 1 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.79%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.56%) PKI
3 12 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (6.98%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.40%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.23%) Security Posture
6 8 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (4.07%) Clustering
8 6 (3.49%) CMDB
8 6 (3.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (3.49%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.33%) iPad
9 4 (2.33%) iPhone
9 4 (2.33%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.33%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.74%) IoT
10 3 (1.74%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 121 (70.35%) Windows
2 86 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 82 (47.67%) Linux
4 30 (17.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (11.05%) Windows 10
6 15 (8.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (8.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (7.56%) Unix
9 12 (6.98%) Apple iOS
10 6 (3.49%) CentOS
10 6 (3.49%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.16%) Rocky
13 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.58%) Solaris
13 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (29.65%) Disaster Recovery
2 49 (28.49%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (19.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (17.44%) ITIL
5 29 (16.86%) DevOps
5 29 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (12.79%) Change Management
8 21 (12.21%) CI/CD
8 21 (12.21%) Mentoring
9 20 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
10 19 (11.05%) Service Delivery
11 18 (10.47%) Migration
11 18 (10.47%) Performance Monitoring
12 17 (9.88%) Configuration Management
13 16 (9.30%) Cloud Operations
13 16 (9.30%) Service Management
14 15 (8.72%) Agile
14 15 (8.72%) SIEM
14 15 (8.72%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.98%) PowerShell
2 37 (21.51%) Python
3 19 (11.05%) SQL
4 18 (10.47%) Bash
5 7 (4.07%) Java
6 6 (3.49%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.91%) C#
7 5 (2.91%) VB
7 5 (2.91%) VBA
7 5 (2.91%) VBScript
8 4 (2.33%) C++
8 4 (2.33%) Google Apps Script
8 4 (2.33%) Kotlin
8 4 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.58%) Go
10 1 (0.58%) Rust
10 1 (0.58%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.63%) Degree
3 19 (11.05%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (11.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (8.14%) Azure Certification
4 14 (8.14%) CCNP
4 14 (8.14%) DV Cleared
5 12 (6.98%) RHCSA
6 11 (6.40%) CCNA
7 10 (5.81%) AWS Certification
8 9 (5.23%) MCSE
8 9 (5.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (3.49%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.91%) CISSP
10 5 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.91%) LPIC
10 5 (2.91%) VCAP
11 4 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.33%) MCSA
11 4 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.47%) SLA
2 6 (3.49%) NIST
2 6 (3.49%) QA
3 5 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.74%) GDPR
5 2 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.58%) RMADS
System Software
1 100 (58.14%) Active Directory
2 36 (20.93%) vSphere
3 33 (19.19%) Hyper-V
4 17 (9.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (7.56%) Docker
6 9 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (4.07%) KVM
8 6 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.49%) VMware NSX
9 5 (2.91%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (2.33%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.74%) BitLocker
11 3 (1.74%) Firmware
12 2 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (1.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.58%) Squid
13 1 (0.58%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (32.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (19.19%) Ansible
3 25 (14.53%) Terraform
4 23 (13.37%) SCCM
5 21 (12.21%) Kubernetes
6 12 (6.98%) Nagios
7 8 (4.65%) vCenter Server
8 7 (4.07%) VxRail
8 7 (4.07%) WSUS
9 5 (2.91%) Grafana
9 5 (2.91%) Packer
9 5 (2.91%) Puppet
10 4 (2.33%) FortiGate
10 4 (2.33%) Progress Chef
10 4 (2.33%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.16%) PowerCLI
11 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
11 2 (1.16%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.16%) SCOM
11 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 172 (100.00%) VMware
2 94 (54.65%) Microsoft
3 33 (19.19%) Red Hat
4 28 (16.28%) Cisco
5 16 (9.30%) Citrix
6 13 (7.56%) Tenable
7 12 (6.98%) Oracle
7 12 (6.98%) SolarWinds
8 10 (5.81%) ServiceNow
9 9 (5.23%) AppDynamics
9 9 (5.23%) Dynatrace
10 8 (4.65%) EMC
11 7 (4.07%) ConnectWise
11 7 (4.07%) Fortinet
11 7 (4.07%) McAfee
11 7 (4.07%) Symantec
12 6 (3.49%) Dell
12 6 (3.49%) Google
12 6 (3.49%) IBM
12 6 (3.49%) Sophos