VMware Infrastructure Jobs in the North West

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 145 136
Rank change year-on-year -104 -9 +12
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 40 153 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.51% 1.47% 2.57%
As % of the System Software category 3.57% 15.85% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25 133 143
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -12.37% +21.25%
75th Percentile £64,010 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £77,715
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +9.38%

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 1,119 965 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.26% 9.28% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 307 818 789
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,250 £25,420
25th Percentile £37,000 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £73,886 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £73,825 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the North West

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the North West.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the North West

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 -4 22 £46,500 -7.00% 24
Merseyside +17 6 - - 9
Cheshire -20 5 £37,500 +2.74% 5
Lancashire -66 5 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Cumbria -75 2 £45,000 +63.64% 5
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.50%) IIS
4 1 (2.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (65.00%) Azure
2 15 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (30.00%) AWS
4 8 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 6 (15.00%) Nutanix
6 5 (12.50%) SaaS
7 3 (7.50%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (7.50%) OneDrive
7 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
8 2 (5.00%) GitHub
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
9 1 (2.50%) Cloudflare
9 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (55.00%) Firewall
2 21 (52.50%) DNS
3 11 (27.50%) VPN
3 11 (27.50%) WAN
4 9 (22.50%) DHCP
5 6 (15.00%) LAN
5 6 (15.00%) MPLS
6 5 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (12.50%) SAN
7 4 (10.00%) HTTP
7 4 (10.00%) SSH
7 4 (10.00%) VLAN
8 3 (7.50%) TCP/IP
9 2 (5.00%) NAS
10 1 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (2.50%) Ethernet
10 1 (2.50%) IPv4
10 1 (2.50%) OSPF
10 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.50%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) Data Hub
2 5 (12.50%) SQL CLR
3 3 (7.50%) Metadata
3 3 (7.50%) Power BI
3 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) Git
General
1 26 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Back Office
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Retail
5 3 (7.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Support Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Technical Support
2 9 (22.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) IT Support
4 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior
5 6 (15.00%) Junior
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Support Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Technical Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Technical Support
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Support Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Technical Support
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) LDAP
2 2 (5.00%) .NET
2 2 (5.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (5.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (5.00%) Dapper ORM
2 2 (5.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Private Cloud
2 4 (10.00%) Anti-Spyware
2 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.50%) EPoS
4 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Replication
5 1 (2.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (70.00%) Windows
2 20 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (20.00%) Linux
4 5 (12.50%) Android
4 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (7.50%) CentOS
6 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
7 2 (5.00%) Debian
7 2 (5.00%) Unix
7 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (20.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) Identity Management
5 6 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (12.50%) Containerisation
6 5 (12.50%) Data Privacy
6 5 (12.50%) Fintech
6 5 (12.50%) High Availability
6 5 (12.50%) Wealth Management
6 5 (12.50%) Workflow
7 4 (10.00%) Information Security
7 4 (10.00%) ITSM
7 4 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 6 (15.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.50%) Bash
3 3 (7.50%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.00%) C#
5 1 (2.50%) VB
5 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) AWS Certification
4 3 (7.50%) Linux+ Certification
4 3 (7.50%) RHCE
5 2 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.50%) MCP
6 1 (2.50%) MCSA
6 1 (2.50%) MCSE
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) GDPR
1 3 (7.50%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 18 (45.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (12.50%) Docker
4 4 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (7.50%) Dovecot
5 3 (7.50%) Postfix
6 2 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (5.00%) vSphere
7 1 (2.50%) BitLocker
7 1 (2.50%) Firmware
7 1 (2.50%) KVM
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (2.50%) RHEV
7 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (15.00%) Proxmox
2 4 (10.00%) Ansible
2 4 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (7.50%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (7.50%) SCCM
4 2 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (67.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (32.50%) Cisco
4 7 (17.50%) Okta
4 7 (17.50%) Veeam
5 6 (15.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (10.00%) Perforce
6 4 (10.00%) ServiceNow
7 3 (7.50%) MobileIron
7 3 (7.50%) Ping Identity
8 2 (5.00%) Apple
8 2 (5.00%) Meraki
9 1 (2.50%) Aruba
9 1 (2.50%) Citrix
9 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
9 1 (2.50%) McAfee
9 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.50%) Sophos
9 1 (2.50%) Symantec
9 1 (2.50%) Synology