VMware Infrastructure Jobs in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 97 135
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 71 162 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.07% 2.41% 2.13%
As % of the System Software category 22.19% 16.46% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56 150 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £36,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,063 £55,731 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £63,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.29% -10.53% +5.56%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 320 984 998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.34% 14.64% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 217 788 634
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,850 £25,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,750 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -8.16%
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,350 £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire +5 39 £46,250 -11.99% 15
Oxfordshire -11 19 £43,750 +4.17% 13
Buckinghamshire +31 13 £56,250 +2.27% 7
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.45%) Apache
4 5 (7.04%) IIS
5 4 (5.63%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.41%) nginx
6 1 (1.41%) OpenStack
6 1 (1.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (43.66%) Azure
2 19 (26.76%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (22.54%) AWS
4 3 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.23%) GCP
4 3 (4.23%) IaaS
4 3 (4.23%) PaaS
5 2 (2.82%) SaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.41%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (47.89%) Firewall
2 26 (36.62%) DNS
3 19 (26.76%) DHCP
4 18 (25.35%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (22.54%) WAN
6 10 (14.08%) LAN
7 9 (12.68%) 5G
7 9 (12.68%) Bluetooth
7 9 (12.68%) LTE
7 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
7 9 (12.68%) VPN
8 8 (11.27%) VLAN
9 7 (9.86%) SD-WAN
10 5 (7.04%) Network Security
10 5 (7.04%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (7.04%) SAN
11 4 (5.63%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (4.23%) MPLS
12 3 (4.23%) VoIP
12 3 (4.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.04%) Relational Database
3 4 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.41%) Power BI
4 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
General
1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (12.68%) Electronics
4 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.04%) Back Office
6 5 (7.04%) Local Government
7 4 (5.63%) Advertising
8 1 (1.41%) Finance
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (22.54%) Support Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Lead
4 9 (12.68%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) IT Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) IT Support
6 7 (9.86%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (8.45%) Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (7.04%) Administrator
8 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Help Desk Support
8 5 (7.04%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (7.04%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.04%) Network Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.04%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Technical Support
8 5 (7.04%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) JSON
1 1 (1.41%) Middleware
1 1 (1.41%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.41%) SAP XI
1 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) IoT
1 9 (12.68%) NB-IoT
2 8 (11.27%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.45%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.04%) Client/Server
4 5 (7.04%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.04%) Operational Technology
4 5 (7.04%) Replication
5 3 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.23%) PKI
5 3 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 53 (74.65%) Windows
2 42 (59.15%) Windows Server
3 25 (35.21%) Linux
4 11 (15.49%) Mac OS
5 7 (9.86%) Windows 10
6 6 (8.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (7.04%) SUSE
7 5 (7.04%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 3 (4.23%) Android
9 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
10 1 (1.41%) Unix
10 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (22.54%) Customer Service
3 15 (21.13%) ITIL
4 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (15.49%) High Availability
5 11 (15.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (15.49%) Project Delivery
6 10 (14.08%) Business Continuity
6 10 (14.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (14.08%) ITSM
7 9 (12.68%) Analytics
7 9 (12.68%) Asset Management
7 9 (12.68%) Information Security
7 9 (12.68%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (12.68%) Project Planning
7 9 (12.68%) Software Testing
7 9 (12.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (11.27%) Containerisation
9 7 (9.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (29.58%) Python
2 19 (26.76%) PowerShell
3 16 (22.54%) Bash
4 6 (8.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (18.31%) Degree
2 12 (16.90%) Security Cleared
3 11 (15.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (14.08%) CompTIA Security+
4 10 (14.08%) SC Cleared
5 9 (12.68%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (5.63%) MCSA
7 3 (4.23%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.23%) DBS Check
7 3 (4.23%) MCP
7 3 (4.23%) MCSE
7 3 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.82%) CCNP
8 2 (2.82%) CISSP
8 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) CCIE
9 1 (1.41%) CCNA
9 1 (1.41%) CCSE
9 1 (1.41%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.41%) NCSC
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
3 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (38.03%) Active Directory
2 25 (35.21%) Hyper-V
3 14 (19.72%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (15.49%) vSphere
5 6 (8.45%) Docker
5 6 (8.45%) NFS
6 5 (7.04%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (4.23%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.41%) Squid
8 1 (1.41%) vCloud
8 1 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (18.31%) Terraform
2 12 (16.90%) Ansible
3 11 (15.49%) vCenter Server
4 9 (12.68%) Puppet
4 9 (12.68%) SCCM
5 7 (9.86%) Kubernetes
6 6 (8.45%) FortiGate
7 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (7.04%) ZABBIX
8 4 (5.63%) WSUS
9 2 (2.82%) PowerCLI
9 2 (2.82%) SCOM
9 2 (2.82%) SCSM
9 2 (2.82%) vRealize
9 2 (2.82%) ZENworks
10 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (1.41%) HAProxy
10 1 (1.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) VMware
2 48 (67.61%) Microsoft
3 12 (16.90%) Cisco
4 7 (9.86%) Sophos
5 6 (8.45%) Juniper
5 6 (8.45%) SAP
6 5 (7.04%) Fortinet
6 5 (7.04%) Oracle
6 5 (7.04%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (5.63%) Apple
7 4 (5.63%) arcserve
7 4 (5.63%) Veeam
8 3 (4.23%) ADVA
8 3 (4.23%) Citrix
8 3 (4.23%) Dell
8 3 (4.23%) Google
8 3 (4.23%) HP
8 3 (4.23%) Meraki
8 3 (4.23%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.23%) SonicWALL