vSphere Job Trends in London

VMware vSphere
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring vSphere skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 369 413
Rank change year-on-year +14 +44 +87
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 54 28 91
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.23% 0.39%
As % of the System Software category 4.04% 1.76% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 38 21 71
10th Percentile £50,875 £44,076 £51,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £96,250 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.39% +9.52% +16.67%

All System Software Skills
London

vSphere 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 1,338 1,594 2,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.53% 12.91% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 862 1,175 2,166
10th Percentile £36,000 £36,250 £33,125
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,688 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.39% +10.00% -9.09%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

vSphere job vacancy trend in London

vSphere
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing vSphere.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing vSphere

vSphere
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for vSphere in London

vSphere
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London -6 4 £61,250 -5.77%
North London - 2 £55,000 -
West London - 1 £85,000 - 1
vSphere
England

vSphere
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 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.41%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Azure
2 15 (27.78%) Entra ID
3 10 (18.52%) Nutanix
4 9 (16.67%) AWS
5 6 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.56%) SaaS
7 2 (3.70%) IaaS
7 2 (3.70%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.70%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.70%) PaaS
8 1 (1.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.78%) DNS
2 14 (25.93%) VSAN
3 13 (24.07%) SAN
4 7 (12.96%) DHCP
4 7 (12.96%) Firewall
4 7 (12.96%) WAN
5 5 (9.26%) LAN
6 4 (7.41%) IPv4
6 4 (7.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
6 4 (7.41%) VPN
7 2 (3.70%) IP Telephony
7 2 (3.70%) VLAN
7 2 (3.70%) VoIP
7 2 (3.70%) WebEx
8 1 (1.85%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.85%) Network Security
8 1 (1.85%) SMTP
8 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) Git
2 4 (7.41%) Bitbucket
2 4 (7.41%) GitLab
2 4 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.41%) Aerospace
2 4 (7.41%) Automotive
2 4 (7.41%) Electronics
2 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (1.85%) Banking
4 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Architect
2 9 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Consultant
2 9 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Automation Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Citrix Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 6 (11.11%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Presales Solution Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) VMware Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) PKI
2 10 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (14.81%) Data Centre
4 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (7.41%) Public Cloud
5 4 (7.41%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.70%) Blackberry
6 2 (3.70%) Hedge funds
6 2 (3.70%) Synthetic Data
6 2 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (77.78%) Windows
2 27 (50.00%) Linux
3 24 (44.44%) Windows Server
4 11 (20.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.85%) CentOS
8 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (20.37%) DevOps
2 11 (20.37%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (18.52%) CI/CD
3 10 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
3 10 (18.52%) Presales
3 10 (18.52%) SIEM
4 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Automation
4 8 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (12.96%) Agile
5 7 (12.96%) Storage Management
5 7 (12.96%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 6 (11.11%) Application Packaging
6 6 (11.11%) Business Continuity
6 6 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 6 (11.11%) Integration Testing
6 6 (11.11%) Patch Management
6 6 (11.11%) Security Hardening
7 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 26 (48.15%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.81%) SQL
3 6 (11.11%) Python
4 4 (7.41%) Bash
4 4 (7.41%) Java
5 2 (3.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 11 (20.37%) VCAP
4 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (14.81%) CCNA
5 8 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 8 (14.81%) RHCSA
6 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
7 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.11%) VCDX
8 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
8 4 (7.41%) CCNP
8 4 (7.41%) ISTQB
8 4 (7.41%) LPIC
8 4 (7.41%) MCSE
8 4 (7.41%) OSCP
8 4 (7.41%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (3.70%) NIST
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (81.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (59.26%) Active Directory
3 15 (27.78%) VMware NSX
4 6 (11.11%) BitLocker
4 6 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (9.26%) vCloud
6 4 (7.41%) Docker
6 4 (7.41%) Squid
7 2 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (25.93%) Terraform
2 10 (18.52%) Ansible
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 8 (14.81%) vCenter Server
5 7 (12.96%) VxRail
5 7 (12.96%) WSUS
6 4 (7.41%) Packer
6 4 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (7.41%) ZABBIX
7 3 (5.56%) SCCM
8 2 (3.70%) PowerCLI
8 2 (3.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) VMware
2 28 (51.85%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.22%) Cisco
3 12 (22.22%) Citrix
3 12 (22.22%) Dell
4 10 (18.52%) Broadcom
5 9 (16.67%) Red Hat
6 7 (12.96%) McAfee
7 6 (11.11%) Tenable
8 5 (9.26%) NetApp
8 5 (9.26%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (7.41%) EMC
9 4 (7.41%) Oracle
9 4 (7.41%) Splunk
10 3 (5.56%) Commvault
10 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
11 2 (3.70%) Apple
11 2 (3.70%) Meraki
11 2 (3.70%) Reuters
11 2 (3.70%) SolarWinds