VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 134 91
Rank change year-on-year -55 -43 +59
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 69 102 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.52% 1.99% 2.53%
As % of the System Software category 15.00% 15.79% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 47 82 279
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,350
25th Percentile £38,496 £36,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,750 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +8.15% -9.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £56,350 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 460 646 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.50% 12.62% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 357 470 1,174
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £68,950 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £53,688 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +7.38% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
West Midlands -71 41 £47,500 - 21
East Midlands -23 28 £45,000 -1.10% 15
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 14 (20.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (49.28%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (46.38%) Azure
3 19 (27.54%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.59%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.80%) AWS
6 3 (4.35%) IaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.45%) PaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (56.52%) Firewall
2 18 (26.09%) LAN
2 18 (26.09%) WAN
3 13 (18.84%) DHCP
3 13 (18.84%) DNS
4 12 (17.39%) Network Security
5 9 (13.04%) VPN
6 5 (7.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (5.80%) Internet
7 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.35%) LoRaWAN
8 3 (4.35%) MQTT
8 3 (4.35%) Wireless
9 2 (2.90%) SAN
10 1 (1.45%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (1.45%) DMZ
10 1 (1.45%) IPsec
10 1 (1.45%) NAS
10 1 (1.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.59%) GIS
2 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.35%) MySQL
3 3 (4.35%) Neo4j
4 1 (1.45%) Power BI
General
1 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Finance
3 4 (5.80%) Law
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 23 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Technical Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Technical Support
3 14 (20.29%) Technical Support Engineer
4 13 (18.84%) IT Engineer
5 12 (17.39%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) VMware Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (14.49%) IT Support
8 8 (11.59%) Architect
8 8 (11.59%) Digital Architect
8 8 (11.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 5 (7.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (5.80%) iPad
3 4 (5.80%) PMI
4 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.35%) IoT
4 3 (4.35%) Replication
5 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Life Science
6 1 (1.45%) PKI
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (60.87%) Windows
2 20 (28.99%) Windows Server
3 11 (15.94%) Linux
4 5 (7.25%) Android
4 5 (7.25%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.90%) Solaris
8 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (27.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (26.09%) ITIL
5 16 (23.19%) Proactive Monitoring
6 14 (20.29%) SIEM
7 8 (11.59%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
7 8 (11.59%) TOGAF
8 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (8.70%) High Availability
9 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 6 (8.70%) Server Management
10 5 (7.25%) Customer Service
10 5 (7.25%) Mentoring
11 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.80%) Preventative Maintenance
11 4 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
11 4 (5.80%) Technology Roadmap
12 3 (4.35%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (1.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) Degree
2 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) DBS Check
4 5 (7.25%) CTC Cleared
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.90%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.90%) MCSE
7 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.74%) SLA
2 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 36 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 18 (26.09%) Hyper-V
3 8 (11.59%) vSphere
4 3 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) WSUS
3 3 (4.35%) Galera Cluster
3 3 (4.35%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Ansible
5 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (39.13%) Microsoft
3 25 (36.23%) Cisco
4 19 (27.54%) Juniper
5 17 (24.64%) Dell
6 15 (21.74%) McAfee
7 8 (11.59%) HP
8 4 (5.80%) Apple
8 4 (5.80%) Veeam
9 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.90%) Citrix
9 2 (2.90%) Isilon
10 1 (1.45%) Autodesk
10 1 (1.45%) Commvault
10 1 (1.45%) F5
10 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.45%) SAP
10 1 (1.45%) Sophos