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 citing VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 131 141
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 -35
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 63 15 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.81% 0.61% 0.77%
As % of the System Software category 18.05% 5.95% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42 13 17
10th Percentile £28,750 - £34,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.76% -21.25% -30.43%
75th Percentile £69,375 £40,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £91,125 £57,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £47,500 £31,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +53.23% -22.50% -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 citing system software skills in Manchester.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing system software skills 349 252 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.49% 10.26% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 243 168 144
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,375 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,125 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,115 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £82,500 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -10.80%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport - 5 - - 2
Bolton -3 3 £37,500 +20.97%
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Active Directory38.1%24
2Hyper-V30.2%19
3Virtual Machines19.0%12
4VMware ESXi15.9%10
4VMware NSX15.9%10
6Firmware11.1%7
6vSphere11.1%7
8DFS Replication4.8%3
9UAG3.2%2
10EMC RecoverPoint1.6%1
10KVM1.6%1
10MetaFrame1.6%1
10Microsoft Virtual Server1.6%1
10Virtual Desktop1.6%1
10Virtual Servers1.6%1
10XenDesktop1.6%1