VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 200 188
Rank change year-on-year -30 -12 -86
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 130 108 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.54% 1.13% 1.06%
As % of the System Software category 11.68% 7.24% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 86 78 95
10th Percentile £31,125 £27,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -5.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,750 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £70,375 £59,300 £54,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +11.11% -12.37% +2.70%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,113 1,491 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.62% 15.54% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 859 516 661
10th Percentile £27,950 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £69,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
North West +11 82 £47,500 +5.56% 53
North East -58 30 £42,500 +46.55% 14
Yorkshire -67 18 £51,411 +8.23% 24
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 43 (33.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (21.54%) SharePoint
3 17 (13.08%) IIS
4 6 (4.62%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (60.00%) Azure
2 65 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (24.62%) Entra ID
4 24 (18.46%) AWS
5 11 (8.46%) OneDrive
6 7 (5.38%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.62%) GitHub
7 6 (4.62%) IaaS
7 6 (4.62%) SaaS
8 5 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.31%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.31%) Rubrik
11 2 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.54%) Cohesity
11 2 (1.54%) GCP
11 2 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.77%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 68 (52.31%) DNS
2 61 (46.92%) DHCP
3 53 (40.77%) Firewall
4 36 (27.69%) TCP/IP
5 24 (18.46%) SAN
5 24 (18.46%) VLAN
6 23 (17.69%) VPN
7 19 (14.62%) Wireless
8 18 (13.85%) WAN
9 14 (10.77%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (9.23%) LAN
11 9 (6.92%) VoIP
12 8 (6.15%) SD-WAN
13 6 (4.62%) Network Security
14 5 (3.85%) NAS
14 5 (3.85%) SNMP
14 5 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
15 3 (2.31%) DKIM
15 3 (2.31%) PBX
15 3 (2.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.62%) MySQL
3 4 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.54%) GitLab
1 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 51 (39.23%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.92%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (4.62%) Law
3 6 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.85%) Legal
4 5 (3.85%) Local Government
5 4 (3.08%) Finance
6 3 (2.31%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.31%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.54%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.77%) Advertising
8 1 (0.77%) Games
8 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (23.85%) IT Support
3 25 (19.23%) Senior
4 17 (13.08%) IT Support Technician
4 17 (13.08%) IT Technician
4 17 (13.08%) Support Technician
5 16 (12.31%) Support Engineer
6 12 (9.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 11 (8.46%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
7 11 (8.46%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (8.46%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 11 (8.46%) IT Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Analyst
9 6 (4.62%) Administrator
9 6 (4.62%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.62%) SAN Engineer
9 6 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.31%) Terraform
2 8 (6.15%) Middleware
3 5 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Driving Licence
2 15 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 13 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (8.46%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (4.62%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.62%) PKI
7 6 (4.62%) Replication
8 5 (3.85%) CCTV
8 5 (3.85%) Clustering
8 5 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (3.85%) IoT
9 4 (3.08%) Private Cloud
9 4 (3.08%) Security Posture
10 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (1.54%) CSOC
11 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.54%) Fat Client
11 2 (1.54%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (68.46%) Windows
2 81 (62.31%) Windows Server
3 19 (14.62%) Linux
4 10 (7.69%) Ubuntu
4 10 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (5.38%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.08%) VMS
8 3 (2.31%) Solaris
9 2 (1.54%) AIX
9 2 (1.54%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.77%) CentOS
10 1 (0.77%) Debian
10 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.77%) SUSE
10 1 (0.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (43.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (35.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 45 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (28.46%) ITIL
5 28 (21.54%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (20.77%) Customer Service
7 26 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (14.62%) Change Management
8 19 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (13.08%) Storage Management
10 16 (12.31%) Business Continuity
10 16 (12.31%) High Availability
10 16 (12.31%) Project Delivery
11 15 (11.54%) Migration
12 13 (10.00%) Service Delivery
13 12 (9.23%) AI
13 12 (9.23%) DevOps
13 12 (9.23%) Server Monitoring
13 12 (9.23%) Virtual Environments
14 11 (8.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (37.69%) PowerShell
2 18 (13.85%) SQL
3 12 (9.23%) Python
4 10 (7.69%) Bicep
5 5 (3.85%) Bash
6 2 (1.54%) Java
7 1 (0.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (16.92%) Microsoft Certification
1 22 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.85%) Azure Certification
3 17 (13.08%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.77%) Degree
5 7 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (4.62%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.08%) MCSA
7 4 (3.08%) MCSE
8 2 (1.54%) CCNA
8 2 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.77%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.77%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.77%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.77%) RHCE
9 1 (0.77%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.77%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.92%) SLA
2 6 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.54%) PMO
6 1 (0.77%) COSHH
System Software
1 83 (63.85%) Active Directory
2 51 (39.23%) Hyper-V
3 20 (15.38%) vSphere
4 16 (12.31%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (8.46%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.38%) Firmware
7 5 (3.85%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.54%) Docker
8 2 (1.54%) UAG
8 2 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.77%) Ceph
9 1 (0.77%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.77%) iptables
9 1 (0.77%) KVM
9 1 (0.77%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.77%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (16.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (12.31%) FortiGate
3 14 (10.77%) SCCM
4 12 (9.23%) WSUS
5 10 (7.69%) Ansible
6 5 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.85%) VxRail
7 4 (3.08%) Puppet
7 4 (3.08%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.31%) cPanel
8 3 (2.31%) Plesk
9 2 (1.54%) AirWatch
9 2 (1.54%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.77%) Avamar
10 1 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.77%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 130 (100.00%) VMware
2 102 (78.46%) Microsoft
3 29 (22.31%) Veeam
4 25 (19.23%) Cisco
5 16 (12.31%) Dell
6 14 (10.77%) SonicWALL
7 13 (10.00%) HP
8 12 (9.23%) Aruba
9 9 (6.92%) NetApp
10 7 (5.38%) Meraki
10 7 (5.38%) Palo Alto
10 7 (5.38%) SolarWinds
11 6 (4.62%) CheckPoint
12 5 (3.85%) Aderant
12 5 (3.85%) Commvault
12 5 (3.85%) Datto
12 5 (3.85%) iManage
12 5 (3.85%) Sophos
12 5 (3.85%) Zerto
13 4 (3.08%) LogicMonitor