VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the North West

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 183 153
Rank change year-on-year +39 -30 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 103 48 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.91% 0.93% 1.33%
As % of the System Software category 20.56% 4.27% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 68 32 126
10th Percentile £27,713 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £36,250 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.55% +10.59% -15.00%
75th Percentile £53,375 £55,625 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £69,500 £63,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -13.04%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 501 1,124 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.44% 21.82% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 419 311 773
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £24,561
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,750 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +23.56% -17.14%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -10.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the North West

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the North West over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the North West

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Manchester +21 56 £47,500 +2.15% 16
Lancashire +40 24 £26,250 -41.67% 9
Cumbria -10 14 £35,000 -34.88%
Cheshire +10 6 £41,250 +10.00% 1
Merseyside -23 3 £42,500 - 1
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 32 (31.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.65%) IIS
3 7 (6.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.91%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (49.51%) Azure
2 44 (42.72%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (20.39%) AWS
4 8 (7.77%) GitHub
5 7 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.80%) Google Workspace
6 6 (5.83%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (4.85%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.88%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.94%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.94%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.94%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.94%) SaaS
11 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (46.60%) Firewall
2 41 (39.81%) DNS
3 33 (32.04%) DHCP
4 31 (30.10%) TCP/IP
5 23 (22.33%) VLAN
6 20 (19.42%) Wireless
7 18 (17.48%) SAN
8 15 (14.56%) VPN
8 15 (14.56%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (11.65%) VoIP
10 9 (8.74%) Network Security
10 9 (8.74%) SD-WAN
10 9 (8.74%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (8.74%) WAN
11 3 (2.91%) DKIM
11 3 (2.91%) DMARC
11 3 (2.91%) PBX
11 3 (2.91%) Unified Communications
12 2 (1.94%) Wireshark
12 2 (1.94%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.59%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.91%) MySQL
3 1 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 57 (55.34%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.53%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (8.74%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (5.83%) Finance
5 3 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.94%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (33.01%) Senior
2 29 (28.16%) IT Technician
3 25 (24.27%) IT Support
4 22 (21.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (21.36%) Support Engineer
5 20 (19.42%) Senior IT Technician
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Technician
6 11 (10.68%) IT Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (8.74%) IT Support Technician
8 9 (8.74%) Support Technician
9 7 (6.80%) 1st Line Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) 1st Line Support
9 7 (6.80%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) VMware Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (25.24%) Data Centre
2 21 (20.39%) Driving Licence
3 13 (12.62%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (8.74%) CCTV
4 9 (8.74%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (4.85%) Clustering
7 4 (3.88%) Public Cloud
7 4 (3.88%) Replication
8 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (2.91%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 81 (78.64%) Windows
2 75 (72.82%) Windows Server
3 16 (15.53%) Windows 10
4 9 (8.74%) Linux
5 7 (6.80%) Windows 7
5 7 (6.80%) Windows 8
6 5 (4.85%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.94%) Solaris
9 2 (1.94%) Unix
10 1 (0.97%) CentOS
10 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (43.69%) Customer Service
2 36 (34.95%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (31.07%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (27.18%) Service Delivery
5 27 (26.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (18.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (18.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 18 (17.48%) ITIL
8 12 (11.65%) Business Continuity
9 11 (10.68%) Change Management
9 11 (10.68%) DevOps
9 11 (10.68%) Platform Engineering
9 11 (10.68%) Time Management
10 10 (9.71%) CI/CD
10 10 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (9.71%) High Availability
10 10 (9.71%) Server Building
10 10 (9.71%) System Testing
11 9 (8.74%) Mentoring
11 9 (8.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.18%) PowerShell
2 20 (19.42%) SQL
3 11 (10.68%) Python
4 10 (9.71%) Bicep
5 2 (1.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.97%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (19.42%) DBS Check
2 18 (17.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (10.68%) Security Cleared
4 10 (9.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.80%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.88%) MCSA
8 2 (1.94%) Degree
9 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.97%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.97%) RHCE
9 1 (0.97%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) SLA
2 1 (0.97%) COSHH
2 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (42.72%) Active Directory
2 33 (32.04%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.80%) VMware Workstation
4 6 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.83%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (4.85%) vSphere
6 4 (3.88%) Firmware
7 3 (2.91%) Docker
7 3 (2.91%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.97%) KVM
9 1 (0.97%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.97%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (13.59%) Terraform
2 12 (11.65%) FortiGate
3 9 (8.74%) SCCM
4 8 (7.77%) Ansible
5 7 (6.80%) Autotask
6 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (3.88%) Kubernetes
7 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (2.91%) cPanel
8 3 (2.91%) Plesk
8 3 (2.91%) Proxmox
8 3 (2.91%) WSUS
9 2 (1.94%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.94%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.97%) Podman
10 1 (0.97%) Puppet
10 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (100.00%) VMware
2 76 (73.79%) Microsoft
3 15 (14.56%) SonicWALL
4 11 (10.68%) Cisco
5 10 (9.71%) Veeam
6 9 (8.74%) Sophos
7 8 (7.77%) Dell
7 8 (7.77%) Palo Alto
8 7 (6.80%) ESET
8 7 (6.80%) Google
8 7 (6.80%) HP
9 6 (5.83%) NetApp
10 5 (4.85%) Datto
11 4 (3.88%) WatchGuard
12 3 (2.91%) Acronis
12 3 (2.91%) Aruba
12 3 (2.91%) CheckPoint
12 3 (2.91%) Commvault
12 3 (2.91%) Meraki
12 3 (2.91%) NETGEAR