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 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 161 76 68
Rank change year-on-year -85 -8 +69
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 113 309 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.09% 3.45% 3.57%
As % of the System Software category 16.45% 24.39% 21.01%
Number of salaries quoted 71 197 272
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,150 £28,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £55,000 £44,700
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +23.04% -0.67%
75th Percentile £51,250 £77,500 £56,769
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £43,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -21.82% +12.24% -2.64%

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 687 1,267 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.63% 14.14% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 484 715 1,219
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.20%
75th Percentile £58,938 £75,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -

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 January 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 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
Thames Valley -2 51 £41,750 -27.39% 13
Hampshire -64 26 £37,500 -34.78% 25
Oxfordshire +35 18 £41,500 -33.60% 1
Buckinghamshire -16 17 £38,500 -38.40% 3
Kent -12 16 £50,000 +33.33% 5
Berkshire -14 16 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Surrey -36 13 £39,250 -28.64% 12
West Sussex +2 4 £105,000 +244.26% 3
Sussex 0 2 £42,500 +39.34% 1
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 16 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.54%) Confluence
4 3 (2.65%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.65%) WinCC
5 2 (1.77%) CMS
5 2 (1.77%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (1.77%) IIS
5 2 (1.77%) WordPress
6 1 (0.88%) Apache
6 1 (0.88%) ArchestrA
6 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (15.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 45 (39.82%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (38.05%) Azure
3 27 (23.89%) AWS
4 9 (7.96%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.08%) SaaS
6 7 (6.19%) Nutanix
7 5 (4.42%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.42%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.54%) IaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.77%) GCP
10 2 (1.77%) PaaS
11 1 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.88%) GitHub
11 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.88%) OVHcloud
11 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (36.28%) DNS
2 40 (35.40%) Firewall
3 39 (34.51%) DHCP
4 35 (30.97%) TCP/IP
5 30 (26.55%) VLAN
6 28 (24.78%) VPN
7 20 (17.70%) Wireless
8 16 (14.16%) WAN
9 14 (12.39%) LAN
9 14 (12.39%) Remote Desktop
10 13 (11.50%) SAN
11 7 (6.19%) NAS
12 4 (3.54%) BGP
12 4 (3.54%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (2.65%) Modbus
13 3 (2.65%) Network Security
14 2 (1.77%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.65%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.88%) Power BI
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 59 (52.21%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.50%) Law
3 9 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.96%) French Language
3 9 (7.96%) Swedish Language
4 8 (7.08%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.31%) Retail
6 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.77%) Banking
7 2 (1.77%) Finance
7 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.77%) Marketing
7 2 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Advertising
8 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (19.47%) Senior
2 21 (18.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (14.16%) Analyst
3 16 (14.16%) Lead
4 15 (13.27%) Support Engineer
4 15 (13.27%) Support Technician
5 13 (11.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 13 (11.50%) IT Support
6 12 (10.62%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (10.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (9.73%) Team Leader
8 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (8.85%) IT Technician
9 9 (7.96%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (7.96%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (7.96%) Service Analyst
9 9 (7.96%) Service Desk Analyst
10 8 (7.08%) IT Support Technician
11 6 (5.31%) 3rd Line Support Technician
11 6 (5.31%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) Web Services
2 1 (0.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Operational Technology
2 11 (9.73%) Life Science
2 11 (9.73%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.31%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.42%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.42%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.54%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.54%) Replication
6 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.65%) SCADA
7 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.77%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 62 (54.87%) Windows
2 53 (46.90%) Windows Server
3 15 (13.27%) Windows 10
4 14 (12.39%) Linux
5 13 (11.50%) Apple iOS
6 12 (10.62%) Android
7 8 (7.08%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.77%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.77%) Unix
9 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.88%) HPUX
10 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.88%) Solaris
10 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.51%) Business Continuity
2 35 (30.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (30.97%) ITIL
3 32 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (24.78%) ITSM
5 24 (21.24%) Mentoring
6 20 (17.70%) Agile
6 20 (17.70%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (15.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (13.27%) Customer Service
9 11 (9.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 11 (9.73%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (9.73%) High Availability
9 11 (9.73%) Knowledge Transfer
9 11 (9.73%) Validation
10 10 (8.85%) Proactive Monitoring
11 9 (7.96%) Coaching
11 9 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.96%) Infrastructure Monitoring
12 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.16%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.19%) SQL
3 4 (3.54%) Python
4 2 (1.77%) Bash
4 2 (1.77%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.88%) C
5 1 (0.88%) C++
5 1 (0.88%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) Degree
2 18 (15.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (15.04%) Security Cleared
4 15 (13.27%) SC Cleared
5 12 (10.62%) MCSE
6 10 (8.85%) A+ Certification
7 9 (7.96%) AWS Certification
8 8 (7.08%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.77%) CCNA
10 2 (1.77%) CCNP
10 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.77%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.77%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.88%) CISSP
11 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.88%) MCSA
11 1 (0.88%) RHCE
11 1 (0.88%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.73%) GxP
2 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.54%) QA
3 4 (3.54%) SLA
4 3 (2.65%) IEC 61508
4 3 (2.65%) PMO
5 2 (1.77%) IEC 61131
5 2 (1.77%) NIST
6 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 61 (53.98%) Active Directory
2 47 (41.59%) Hyper-V
3 12 (10.62%) vSphere
4 8 (7.08%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (5.31%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.65%) KVM
6 3 (2.65%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.77%) Firmware
7 2 (1.77%) RHEV
7 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.77%) Xen
8 1 (0.88%) Docker
8 1 (0.88%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (18.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.85%) SCCM
3 8 (7.08%) Terraform
4 7 (6.19%) vCenter Server
5 6 (5.31%) Ansible
6 4 (3.54%) SCOM
7 3 (2.65%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.77%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.77%) Nagios
8 2 (1.77%) SCSM
9 1 (0.88%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.88%) Argo
9 1 (0.88%) CASB
9 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.88%) WSUS
9 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (100.00%) VMware
2 63 (55.75%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.50%) Palo Alto
4 10 (8.85%) Cisco
5 9 (7.96%) Dell
5 9 (7.96%) HP
5 9 (7.96%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.96%) Veeam
6 7 (6.19%) CheckPoint
7 6 (5.31%) Citrix
7 6 (5.31%) LogicMonitor
7 6 (5.31%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (4.42%) Barracuda Networks
8 5 (4.42%) Google
8 5 (4.42%) Sophos
9 4 (3.54%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (3.54%) Juniper
9 4 (3.54%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (3.54%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.65%) NetApp