VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Oxfordshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Oxfordshire

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 73 43
Rank change year-on-year +35 -30 +60
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 18 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 2.45% 0.64% 3.50%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 8.20% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 27
10th Percentile - £60,250 £32,900
25th Percentile £35,000 £60,625 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £62,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.60% +52.44% +17.14%
75th Percentile £45,000 £65,625 £48,750
90th Percentile £54,298 £66,750 £50,250
South East median annual salary £41,500 £55,000 £44,700
% change year-on-year -24.55% +23.04% -0.67%

All System Software Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 72 61 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.81% 7.80% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 57 46 88
10th Percentile £27,250 - £26,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,700 £39,250 £42,796
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% -8.29% +19.71%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £54,063
90th Percentile £62,763 £76,250 £66,625
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.20%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Oxfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Woodstock - 5 £41,500 -
Oxford +10 2 £58,801 -2.00% 1
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Google Workspace
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (27.78%) Mimecast
3 4 (22.22%) AWS
4 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) DHCP
1 13 (72.22%) DNS
2 11 (61.11%) Firewall
3 8 (44.44%) LAN
3 8 (44.44%) WAN
4 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
4 7 (38.89%) Wireless
5 6 (33.33%) VLAN
6 5 (27.78%) SAN
6 5 (27.78%) VPN
7 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (11.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support Technician
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Junior
2 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Support Technician
2 5 (27.78%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Technical Support
2 5 (27.78%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Head of IT
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (11.11%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Platform Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (16.67%) Replication
3 2 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Windows Server
3 12 (66.67%) Android
3 12 (66.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (38.89%) Mac OS
5 4 (22.22%) Linux
6 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity
2 5 (27.78%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Information Security
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (11.11%) Change Control
5 2 (11.11%) Computer Security
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (11.11%) ITSM
5 2 (11.11%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Server Management
5 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) MCSE
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) RHCE
3 1 (5.56%) RHCSA
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (22.22%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
3 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (5.56%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Barracuda Networks
3 5 (27.78%) CheckPoint
3 5 (27.78%) Dell
3 5 (27.78%) Google
3 5 (27.78%) HP
3 5 (27.78%) Palo Alto
3 5 (27.78%) Sophos
3 5 (27.78%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (16.67%) arcserve
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds