VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 102 118
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 -13
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 77 102 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.15% 2.78% 1.84%
As % of the System Software category 20.48% 30.00% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 58 71 85
10th Percentile £38,500 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,189 £37,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -2.35% -10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £47,875 £56,252
90th Percentile - £57,500 £59,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £42,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +36.09% -11.05% -2.91%

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 376 340 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.61% 9.28% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 263 214 516
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% +7.37%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

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 12 August 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
Berkshire -5 31 £42,500 -8.11% 18
Buckinghamshire +12 29 £62,500 +35.87% 2
Oxfordshire -35 17 £52,333 +26.10% 10
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (25.97%) SharePoint
2 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (12.99%) Apache
3 10 (12.99%) nginx
4 7 (9.09%) OpenEdge
5 4 (5.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 46 (59.74%) Azure
2 30 (38.96%) AWS
3 29 (37.66%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.99%) Entra ID
5 9 (11.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (11.69%) GCP
6 8 (10.39%) Cloudflare
6 8 (10.39%) Google Workspace
7 6 (7.79%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.19%) Datadog
9 3 (3.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (3.90%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.30%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 41 (53.25%) Firewall
2 33 (42.86%) DNS
3 24 (31.17%) VPN
4 23 (29.87%) DHCP
5 17 (22.08%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (19.48%) VLAN
7 11 (14.29%) VoIP
8 9 (11.69%) SSL
9 6 (7.79%) Wireless
10 3 (3.90%) NAS
11 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (1.30%) HTTP
11 1 (1.30%) HTTPS
11 1 (1.30%) SMTP
11 1 (1.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Git
General
1 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.78%) Manufacturing
3 13 (16.88%) Finance
4 11 (14.29%) Retail
5 6 (7.79%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.19%) Law
8 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) IT Support
2 17 (22.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (22.08%) IT Engineer
3 15 (19.48%) Network Engineer
3 15 (19.48%) Senior
3 15 (19.48%) Support Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) NOC Manager
4 12 (15.58%) Operations Manager
5 11 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support
5 11 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (11.69%) Software Engineer
7 8 (10.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (10.39%) Senior IT Engineer
7 8 (10.39%) Senior IT Support
7 8 (10.39%) Senior Support Engineer
8 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Manager
8 7 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (9.09%) IT Support Manager
8 7 (9.09%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Driving Licence
2 12 (15.58%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (11.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (10.39%) Client/Server
4 8 (10.39%) PKI
5 6 (7.79%) CCTV
6 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
6 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.90%) Life Science
7 3 (3.90%) Private Cloud
7 3 (3.90%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (58.44%) Windows
2 37 (48.05%) Linux
3 30 (38.96%) Windows Server
4 12 (15.58%) Windows 10
5 8 (10.39%) Mac OS
6 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.30%) Debian
7 1 (1.30%) FreeBSD
7 1 (1.30%) OpenBSD
7 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.30%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (35.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (29.87%) Customer Service
5 20 (25.97%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (19.48%) ITIL
7 14 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (18.18%) High Availability
8 12 (15.58%) Project Delivery
8 12 (15.58%) Software Engineering
8 12 (15.58%) Test Automation
9 11 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 11 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
10 10 (12.99%) Systems Engineering
11 9 (11.69%) Code Quality
11 9 (11.69%) SIEM
12 8 (10.39%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (10.39%) System Testing
12 8 (10.39%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (10.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 27 (35.06%) Python
2 24 (31.17%) PowerShell
3 13 (16.88%) Bash
4 9 (11.69%) C
4 9 (11.69%) Rust
5 8 (10.39%) C++
6 7 (9.09%) SQL
7 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Degree
2 18 (23.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 10 (12.99%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
6 8 (10.39%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (10.39%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (6.49%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.30%) CCNP
8 1 (1.30%) CCSE
8 1 (1.30%) CCSM
8 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 10 (12.99%) SLA
3 8 (10.39%) QA
4 6 (7.79%) GDPR
5 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.90%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (49.35%) Hyper-V
2 29 (37.66%) Active Directory
3 18 (23.38%) KVM
4 14 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (10.39%) vSphere
6 5 (6.49%) Squid
7 4 (5.19%) Docker
8 3 (3.90%) BitLocker
8 3 (3.90%) Terminal Services
9 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (12.99%) Kubernetes
3 9 (11.69%) Proxmox
4 8 (10.39%) Graylog
4 8 (10.39%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (10.39%) ZABBIX
5 5 (6.49%) Ansible
5 5 (6.49%) HAProxy
6 4 (5.19%) Terraform
7 3 (3.90%) Grafana
7 3 (3.90%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) VMware
2 54 (70.13%) Microsoft
3 26 (33.77%) Veeam
4 10 (12.99%) Cisco
5 8 (10.39%) Apple
5 8 (10.39%) Datto
5 8 (10.39%) Google
5 8 (10.39%) SonicWALL
6 4 (5.19%) IBM
7 3 (3.90%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (3.90%) Sophos
8 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.30%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.30%) Meraki
8 1 (1.30%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds