VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the South East

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 155 106 113
Rank change year-on-year -49 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 166 228 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.06% 2.65% 2.37%
As % of the System Software category 14.98% 23.97% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 129 192 362
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +8.24% -10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £55,675
90th Percentile £78,000 £87,500 £62,350
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -13.04%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,108 951 2,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.05% 11.06% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 914 651 1,800
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +3.16% -3.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,875 £78,750
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 South East

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the South East 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
Thames Valley -7 66 £60,000 +41.18% 24
Hampshire -73 31 £55,000 -22.81% 28
Surrey -45 29 £55,000 +37.50% 9
Buckinghamshire +8 25 £62,500 +25.00% 12
Berkshire +2 24 £62,500 +31.58% 9
Kent -10 19 £32,850 -27.00%
Oxfordshire -20 17 £52,333 +26.10% 3
East Sussex -11 6 £40,000 +45.45% 2
West Sussex -16 4 £38,500 -51.88% 4
Sussex - 4 - -
Home Counties - 3 £85,000 -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 39 (23.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (16.27%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.22%) OpenEdge
4 4 (2.41%) Apache
4 4 (2.41%) Confluence
4 4 (2.41%) nginx
4 4 (2.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (68.07%) Azure
2 82 (49.40%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (25.90%) AWS
4 19 (11.45%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.45%) GCP
5 11 (6.63%) Nutanix
6 10 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (6.02%) Mimecast
6 10 (6.02%) SaaS
7 8 (4.82%) Cloudflare
7 8 (4.82%) OneDrive
8 7 (4.22%) OpenShift
9 6 (3.61%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.41%) Datadog
10 4 (2.41%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.60%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 84 (50.60%) Firewall
2 40 (24.10%) DNS
3 38 (22.89%) VPN
4 35 (21.08%) DHCP
5 32 (19.28%) LAN
5 32 (19.28%) WAN
6 31 (18.67%) VLAN
7 18 (10.84%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (9.04%) Wireless
9 10 (6.02%) Network Security
10 8 (4.82%) TCP/IP
11 7 (4.22%) VoIP
12 5 (3.01%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (3.01%) SSL
12 5 (3.01%) WLAN
13 4 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.41%) Skype
13 4 (2.41%) VSAN
14 3 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (1.81%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Power BI
1 3 (1.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.61%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Subversion
3 1 (0.60%) Git
General
1 33 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.23%) Manufacturing
2 12 (7.23%) Retail
3 11 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (3.61%) Finance
4 6 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (3.61%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.41%) Marketing
6 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.20%) Banking
7 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.20%) Military
8 1 (0.60%) Back Office
8 1 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (23.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (22.89%) IT Support
3 27 (16.27%) IT Engineer
3 27 (16.27%) Senior
4 23 (13.86%) Support Engineer
5 17 (10.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (10.24%) Network Engineer
6 13 (7.83%) Infrastructure Support
6 13 (7.83%) Software Engineer
7 11 (6.63%) Consultant
8 9 (5.42%) Analyst
8 9 (5.42%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) IT Manager
8 9 (5.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) Support Analyst
9 8 (4.82%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (4.82%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.22%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (4.22%) IT Support Manager
10 7 (4.22%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) .NET
2 4 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.27%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.24%) Driving Licence
3 16 (9.64%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (9.64%) Enterprise Storage
4 14 (8.43%) Replication
5 13 (7.83%) Client/Server
6 11 (6.63%) iSeries
7 10 (6.02%) PKI
7 10 (6.02%) Public Cloud
7 10 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.61%) CCTV
8 6 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.01%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.41%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.81%) Clustering
11 3 (1.81%) Life Science
11 3 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 90 (54.22%) Windows
2 64 (38.55%) Windows Server
3 47 (28.31%) Linux
4 15 (9.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (6.02%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.82%) CentOS
7 8 (4.82%) Ubuntu
8 6 (3.61%) Apple iOS
9 5 (3.01%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.60%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.60%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (33.73%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (32.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (31.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 43 (25.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (17.47%) Project Delivery
6 27 (16.27%) ITIL
7 26 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (13.86%) Customer Service
9 22 (13.25%) Business Continuity
10 18 (10.84%) Test Automation
11 17 (10.24%) High Availability
12 16 (9.64%) Computer Science
12 16 (9.64%) Software Engineering
13 15 (9.04%) Presales
14 14 (8.43%) Agile
14 14 (8.43%) Mentoring
15 13 (7.83%) Code Quality
15 13 (7.83%) System Testing
16 11 (6.63%) Change Control
16 11 (6.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (25.30%) PowerShell
2 31 (18.67%) Python
3 16 (9.64%) SQL
4 13 (7.83%) Bash
4 13 (7.83%) C
4 13 (7.83%) C++
4 13 (7.83%) Rust
5 5 (3.01%) C#
5 5 (3.01%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (18.07%) Degree
2 20 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (7.83%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (7.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.22%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.22%) CCNA
6 7 (4.22%) DBS Check
6 7 (4.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.81%) VCAP
8 3 (1.81%) VCDX
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.20%) HNC
9 2 (1.20%) HND
9 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.84%) SLA
2 11 (6.63%) QA
3 7 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (3.61%) GDPR
5 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.81%) NCSC
5 3 (1.81%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.20%) NIST
6 2 (1.20%) PMO
System Software
1 95 (57.23%) Hyper-V
2 68 (40.96%) Active Directory
3 24 (14.46%) vSphere
4 22 (13.25%) KVM
5 21 (12.65%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (7.83%) Firmware
7 7 (4.22%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.81%) Docker
8 3 (1.81%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.81%) vCloud
9 2 (1.20%) Squid
9 2 (1.20%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.20%) UAG
9 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 20 (12.05%) vCenter Server
2 18 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 13 (7.83%) Terraform
4 12 (7.23%) Ansible
5 9 (5.42%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (5.42%) Proxmox
5 9 (5.42%) ZABBIX
6 8 (4.82%) Graylog
6 8 (4.82%) Nessus
7 4 (2.41%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.41%) SCCM
7 4 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.81%) Grafana
8 3 (1.81%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.20%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 166 (100.00%) VMware
2 120 (72.29%) Microsoft
3 29 (17.47%) Veeam
4 25 (15.06%) Cisco
5 20 (12.05%) HP
6 15 (9.04%) Citrix
6 15 (9.04%) IBM
7 11 (6.63%) Commvault
7 11 (6.63%) EMC
8 10 (6.02%) Apple
8 10 (6.02%) Google
8 10 (6.02%) Sophos
9 9 (5.42%) Dell
9 9 (5.42%) N-able
10 8 (4.82%) Nimble Storage
10 8 (4.82%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.22%) Barracuda Networks
11 7 (4.22%) Fortinet
12 6 (3.61%) SonicWALL
13 5 (3.01%) Broadcom