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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 134 155
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 -42
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 59 17 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.77% 0.72% 0.75%
As % of the System Software category 17.46% 5.88% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 43 14 19
10th Percentile £29,000 - £35,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £29,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -5.63% -27.27%
75th Percentile £60,625 £59,688 £43,125
90th Percentile £70,750 £70,000 £62,500
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 338 289 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.41% 12.20% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 243 160 152
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,375 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +18.42% -20.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,125 £76,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £53,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.63% +19.44% -18.18%

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 3 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 3 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 +6 3 £37,500 +20.97%
Stockport - 2 - -
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 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.56%) IIS
3 5 (8.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 41 (69.49%) Azure
2 19 (32.20%) AWS
2 19 (32.20%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (11.86%) GitHub
4 6 (10.17%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.47%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.78%) Mimecast
7 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (5.08%) SaaS
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.39%) Cohesity
8 2 (3.39%) IaaS
8 2 (3.39%) Rubrik
8 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.69%) GCP
9 1 (1.69%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 30 (50.85%) DNS
1 30 (50.85%) Firewall
2 27 (45.76%) DHCP
3 18 (30.51%) SAN
4 14 (23.73%) TCP/IP
5 11 (18.64%) VPN
6 9 (15.25%) VoIP
7 8 (13.56%) VLAN
7 8 (13.56%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (8.47%) Network Security
8 5 (8.47%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
9 4 (6.78%) WAN
10 3 (5.08%) DKIM
10 3 (5.08%) DMARC
10 3 (5.08%) PBX
10 3 (5.08%) Unified Communications
11 2 (3.39%) NetScaler
11 2 (3.39%) NX-OS
11 2 (3.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) GitLab
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 22 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Legal
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.39%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (45.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (22.03%) Senior
3 8 (13.56%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) IT Support
4 6 (10.17%) IT Support Technician
4 6 (10.17%) IT Technician
4 6 (10.17%) SAN Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Support Technician
5 5 (8.47%) Automation Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Senior DevOps
6 4 (6.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) Terraform
2 8 (13.56%) Middleware
3 2 (3.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.81%) Driving Licence
2 11 (18.64%) Data Centre
3 10 (16.95%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (8.47%) CCTV
4 5 (8.47%) Replication
4 5 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.78%) Clustering
6 3 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (5.08%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.39%) CSOC
7 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (3.39%) Fat Client
7 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.39%) PKI
7 2 (3.39%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.39%) Thin Client
8 1 (1.69%) iPad
8 1 (1.69%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 38 (64.41%) Windows
2 30 (50.85%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.56%) Linux
4 7 (11.86%) Windows 10
5 3 (5.08%) Solaris
5 3 (5.08%) VMS
6 2 (3.39%) AIX
6 2 (3.39%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.69%) CentOS
7 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.69%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.69%) SUSE
7 1 (1.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (40.68%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (38.98%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (25.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (23.73%) Storage Management
6 12 (20.34%) Business Continuity
6 12 (20.34%) Change Management
6 12 (20.34%) ITIL
7 11 (18.64%) Customer Service
7 11 (18.64%) High Availability
8 10 (16.95%) AI
8 10 (16.95%) DevOps
8 10 (16.95%) Project Delivery
8 10 (16.95%) Server Management
8 10 (16.95%) System Testing
9 9 (15.25%) CI/CD
9 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (13.56%) Mentoring
10 8 (13.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 8 (13.56%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.07%) PowerShell
2 15 (25.42%) SQL
3 13 (22.03%) Python
4 9 (15.25%) Bicep
5 4 (6.78%) Bash
6 2 (3.39%) Java
7 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.12%) SC Cleared
3 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (11.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (10.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (10.17%) Degree
5 6 (10.17%) DV Cleared
6 4 (6.78%) MCSA
6 4 (6.78%) MCSE
7 2 (3.39%) CCNA
7 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.69%) HP ASE
8 1 (1.69%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (1.69%) RHCE
8 1 (1.69%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.69%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) SLA
2 2 (3.39%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (42.37%) Active Directory
2 16 (27.12%) Hyper-V
3 12 (20.34%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (11.86%) Firmware
4 7 (11.86%) vSphere
5 3 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.08%) VMware NSX
6 2 (3.39%) UAG
6 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.69%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.69%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (1.69%) KVM
7 1 (1.69%) MetaFrame
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) FortiGate
2 6 (10.17%) Ansible
3 5 (8.47%) SCCM
4 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (6.78%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.08%) cPanel
5 3 (5.08%) Plesk
5 3 (5.08%) Puppet
5 3 (5.08%) WSUS
6 2 (3.39%) AirWatch
6 2 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.39%) ZABBIX
7 1 (1.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 40 (67.80%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.25%) Veeam
4 8 (13.56%) SonicWALL
5 6 (10.17%) Cisco
6 5 (8.47%) Datto
6 5 (8.47%) Dell
6 5 (8.47%) Sophos
7 4 (6.78%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
8 3 (5.08%) Acronis
8 3 (5.08%) HP
8 3 (5.08%) NETGEAR
8 3 (5.08%) WatchGuard
9 2 (3.39%) Commvault
9 2 (3.39%) F5
9 2 (3.39%) Google
9 2 (3.39%) NetApp
9 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.39%) Veritas