VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Manchester

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 139 145
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -37
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 60 17 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.78% 0.72% 0.77%
As % of the System Software category 17.54% 5.90% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 19
10th Percentile £29,500 - £35,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -5.63% -18.78%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,688 £48,750
90th Percentile £75,550 £70,000 £72,500
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -15.79%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 342 288 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.47% 12.19% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 249 159 146
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,250 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £57,500 £48,256
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +19.16% -19.25%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,300 £80,250 £76,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £53,750 £46,000
% change year-on-year -11.63% +16.85% -16.36%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Manchester

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Manchester

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Bolton +2 3 £37,500 +20.97%
Stockport - 2 - - 1
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 16 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.33%) IIS
3 4 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 40 (66.67%) Azure
2 20 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (31.67%) AWS
4 6 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 6 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (8.33%) GitHub
5 5 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (6.67%) Mimecast
6 4 (6.67%) SaaS
7 3 (5.00%) IaaS
7 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.33%) Cohesity
8 2 (3.33%) Rubrik
8 2 (3.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (3.33%) Viva Engage
9 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (46.67%) DNS
2 27 (45.00%) Firewall
3 25 (41.67%) DHCP
4 16 (26.67%) SAN
5 14 (23.33%) TCP/IP
6 10 (16.67%) VoIP
6 10 (16.67%) VPN
7 8 (13.33%) VLAN
7 8 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (8.33%) Network Security
8 5 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (5.00%) DKIM
9 3 (5.00%) DMARC
9 3 (5.00%) PBX
9 3 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (5.00%) SD-WAN
9 3 (5.00%) SNMP
9 3 (5.00%) Unified Communications
9 3 (5.00%) WAN
10 2 (3.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) GitLab
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 22 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.33%) Finance
5 2 (3.33%) Law
5 2 (3.33%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (45.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (18.33%) Senior
3 8 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 7 (11.67%) IT Support
4 7 (11.67%) IT Support Technician
4 7 (11.67%) IT Technician
4 7 (11.67%) Support Technician
5 6 (10.00%) SAN Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Senior Automation Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) Senior DevOps
7 4 (6.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) VMware Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
8 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.67%) Terraform
2 8 (13.33%) Middleware
3 3 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.33%) Driving Licence
2 12 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 10 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
4 6 (10.00%) Replication
5 5 (8.33%) CCTV
5 5 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (6.67%) Clustering
7 3 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
8 2 (3.33%) CSOC
8 2 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (3.33%) Fat Client
8 2 (3.33%) iPad
8 2 (3.33%) iPhone
8 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
8 2 (3.33%) PKI
8 2 (3.33%) Private Cloud
8 2 (3.33%) Thin Client
9 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (66.67%) Windows
2 29 (48.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (16.67%) Linux
4 7 (11.67%) Windows 10
5 3 (5.00%) Solaris
5 3 (5.00%) VMS
5 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.33%) AIX
6 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.33%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.67%) CentOS
7 1 (1.67%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.67%) SUSE
7 1 (1.67%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.67%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (23.33%) ITIL
5 14 (23.33%) Storage Management
6 13 (21.67%) Business Continuity
7 12 (20.00%) Change Management
7 12 (20.00%) Customer Service
7 12 (20.00%) High Availability
8 11 (18.33%) AI
9 10 (16.67%) DevOps
9 10 (16.67%) Project Delivery
9 10 (16.67%) Server Management
10 9 (15.00%) CI/CD
10 9 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (15.00%) System Testing
10 9 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (13.33%) Server Building
11 8 (13.33%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (43.33%) PowerShell
2 13 (21.67%) Python
2 13 (21.67%) SQL
3 7 (11.67%) Bicep
4 6 (10.00%) Bash
5 4 (6.67%) Java
6 1 (1.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (13.33%) DV Cleared
5 7 (11.67%) Azure Certification
5 7 (11.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (8.33%) Degree
7 4 (6.67%) MCSA
7 4 (6.67%) MCSE
8 2 (3.33%) CCNA
8 2 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.67%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.67%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (1.67%) RHCE
9 1 (1.67%) RHCSA
9 1 (1.67%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.33%) SLA
2 2 (3.33%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (28.33%) Hyper-V
3 12 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (11.67%) Firmware
4 7 (11.67%) vSphere
5 5 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (8.33%) VMware NSX
6 2 (3.33%) DFS Replication
6 2 (3.33%) UAG
7 1 (1.67%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (1.67%) KVM
7 1 (1.67%) MetaFrame
7 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) FortiGate
2 8 (13.33%) Ansible
3 6 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 6 (10.00%) vCenter Server
4 5 (8.33%) Puppet
4 5 (8.33%) SCCM
5 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (5.00%) cPanel
6 3 (5.00%) Plesk
6 3 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (5.00%) WSUS
7 2 (3.33%) AirWatch
7 2 (3.33%) ZABBIX
8 1 (1.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) VMware
2 40 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.00%) Veeam
4 8 (13.33%) SonicWALL
5 7 (11.67%) Cisco
6 5 (8.33%) Datto
6 5 (8.33%) Dell
6 5 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 5 (8.33%) Sophos
7 4 (6.67%) HP
7 4 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (5.00%) Acronis
8 3 (5.00%) NETGEAR
8 3 (5.00%) WatchGuard
9 2 (3.33%) Commvault
9 2 (3.33%) F5
9 2 (3.33%) Google
9 2 (3.33%) NetApp
9 2 (3.33%) ProCurve
9 2 (3.33%) Veritas