VMware Infrastructure Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 111 123
Rank change year-on-year -98 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 536 1,677 1,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.38% 2.34% 2.84%
As % of the System Software category 13.17% 19.06% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 445 1,429 1,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,400 £63,750 £70,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,071 8,799 9,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.51% 12.25% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 7,002 5,736
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East -8 216 £49,000 +15.29% 351
Midlands -60 97 £47,500 +9.89% 196
North of England -115 84 £42,134 +5.34% 224
South West -42 71 £42,000 -14.29% 154
West Midlands -24 69 £47,500 +5.56% 102
East of England -63 47 £52,000 +38.67% 182
North West -99 40 £46,500 +9.41% 110
Yorkshire -14 32 £42,500 - 84
East Midlands -46 28 £46,000 +8.24% 80
Scotland +38 15 £37,500 -25.00% 78
North East +6 12 £32,000 -1.54% 30
Wales +10 7 £47,500 +30.22% 23
Isle of Man +14 1 £34,500 -19.77%
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 144 (26.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (9.14%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.73%) IIS
4 10 (1.87%) Apache
5 5 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.75%) Appian
6 4 (0.75%) nginx
7 3 (0.56%) Confluence
7 3 (0.56%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 34 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (3.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 231 (43.10%) Azure
2 195 (36.38%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (15.49%) AWS
4 48 (8.96%) Entra ID
5 36 (6.72%) IaaS
6 23 (4.29%) OneDrive
7 22 (4.10%) Nutanix
8 16 (2.99%) GCP
9 15 (2.80%) SaaS
10 13 (2.43%) Power Platform
11 11 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.05%) Rubrik
12 9 (1.68%) GitHub
13 8 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.12%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.75%) Amazon S3
15 4 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.75%) MinIO
15 4 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 227 (42.35%) Firewall
2 125 (23.32%) DNS
3 109 (20.34%) DHCP
4 106 (19.78%) WAN
5 92 (17.16%) LAN
5 92 (17.16%) VPN
6 87 (16.23%) SAN
7 51 (9.51%) TCP/IP
8 48 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (8.77%) VLAN
10 41 (7.65%) MPLS
11 40 (7.46%) NAS
12 37 (6.90%) VSAN
13 29 (5.41%) Network Security
14 23 (4.29%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (4.10%) VoIP
16 20 (3.73%) OSPF
17 19 (3.54%) BGP
18 18 (3.36%) SD-WAN
19 14 (2.61%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (13.62%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.87%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.68%) Data Hub
3 9 (1.68%) Power BI
3 9 (1.68%) SQL CLR
4 8 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.93%) Metadata
6 5 (0.93%) MySQL
6 5 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.75%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.05%) JIRA
2 5 (0.93%) Git
2 5 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.75%) Selenium
3 4 (0.75%) Snyk
4 3 (0.56%) GitLab
4 3 (0.56%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) MSI
6 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 194 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 50 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 42 (7.84%) Finance
4 34 (6.34%) Manufacturing
5 27 (5.04%) Legal
6 18 (3.36%) Retail
7 17 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.80%) Back Office
9 12 (2.24%) Electronics
10 10 (1.87%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (1.87%) Local Government
11 8 (1.49%) Games
12 7 (1.31%) Law
13 6 (1.12%) Advertising
13 6 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.93%) Marketing
14 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Aviation
16 2 (0.37%) Military
16 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (19.96%) Support Engineer
2 98 (18.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 57 (10.63%) IT Engineer
4 51 (9.51%) IT Support
5 44 (8.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 38 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 37 (6.90%) Network Engineer
8 35 (6.53%) Senior
9 33 (6.16%) 3rd Line Support
9 33 (6.16%) Infrastructure Support
9 33 (6.16%) Lead
9 33 (6.16%) VMware Specialist
10 32 (5.97%) Architect
11 31 (5.78%) Administrator
11 31 (5.78%) Systems Administrator
12 29 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 29 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
13 28 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 28 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
14 27 (5.04%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.31%) .NET
2 6 (1.12%) Kafka
2 6 (1.12%) LDAP
3 4 (0.75%) .NET Core
3 4 (0.75%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (0.75%) Dapper ORM
3 4 (0.75%) Entity Framework
3 4 (0.75%) REST
4 3 (0.56%) Middleware
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.19%) JSON
5 1 (0.19%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
5 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.89%) Data Centre
2 46 (8.58%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.78%) Clustering
3 31 (5.78%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.36%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (3.17%) Private Cloud
6 15 (2.80%) Replication
7 14 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.61%) PKI
8 11 (2.05%) CCTV
8 11 (2.05%) IoT
8 11 (2.05%) NB-IoT
9 9 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.68%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.49%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.31%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.12%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 341 (63.62%) Windows
2 233 (43.47%) Windows Server
3 134 (25.00%) Linux
4 53 (9.89%) Windows 10
5 43 (8.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (5.41%) Mac OS
8 20 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (3.73%) Ubuntu
9 17 (3.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (2.61%) CentOS
11 12 (2.24%) Android
12 9 (1.68%) SUSE
12 9 (1.68%) Unix
13 7 (1.31%) VMS
14 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 5 (0.93%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 78 (14.55%) Customer Service
4 73 (13.62%) ITIL
5 64 (11.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 60 (11.19%) Virtual Environments
7 58 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (10.82%) High Availability
8 46 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (7.46%) Mentoring
10 38 (7.09%) Migration
11 36 (6.72%) Project Delivery
12 33 (6.16%) Business Continuity
12 33 (6.16%) Infrastructure Management
13 32 (5.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (5.60%) Containerisation
15 28 (5.22%) Incident Management
15 28 (5.22%) Network Management
16 27 (5.04%) Computer Science
16 27 (5.04%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 167 (31.16%) PowerShell
2 73 (13.62%) Python
3 52 (9.70%) SQL
4 33 (6.16%) Bash
5 5 (0.93%) C#
5 5 (0.93%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.75%) Java
7 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.19%) VB
7 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 142 (26.49%) Security Cleared
2 94 (17.54%) DV Cleared
3 72 (13.43%) Degree
4 47 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 41 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (5.78%) CCNA
8 26 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 23 (4.29%) MCSA
10 19 (3.54%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (3.17%) Azure Certification
11 17 (3.17%) CCNP
12 14 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (2.61%) MCSE
13 13 (2.43%) HND
14 12 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (1.87%) A+ Certification
16 9 (1.68%) MCP
17 8 (1.49%) DBS Check
18 7 (1.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (2.99%) GDPR
3 15 (2.80%) SLA
4 7 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.56%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 265 (49.44%) Active Directory
2 172 (32.09%) Hyper-V
3 85 (15.86%) vSphere
4 64 (11.94%) VMware ESXi
5 41 (7.65%) Docker
6 36 (6.72%) VMware NSX
7 32 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (3.36%) XenApp
10 15 (2.80%) Terminal Services
11 9 (1.68%) BitLocker
11 9 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (1.49%) NFS
13 6 (1.12%) KVM
14 3 (0.56%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.56%) Postfix
15 2 (0.37%) pfSense
15 2 (0.37%) SRDF
15 2 (0.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 78 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (11.57%) Ansible
3 41 (7.65%) Kubernetes
4 39 (7.28%) Terraform
5 31 (5.78%) vCenter Server
6 30 (5.60%) Puppet
7 23 (4.29%) SCCM
8 16 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (2.61%) vMotion
10 12 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (2.05%) NetBackup
12 10 (1.87%) FortiGate
13 9 (1.68%) Nagios
13 9 (1.68%) Proxmox
14 8 (1.49%) PowerCLI
14 8 (1.49%) vRealize
15 7 (1.31%) SCOM
16 6 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
17 5 (0.93%) WSUS
17 5 (0.93%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 536 (100.00%) VMware
2 311 (58.02%) Microsoft
3 124 (23.13%) Cisco
4 69 (12.87%) Veeam
5 64 (11.94%) Citrix
6 37 (6.90%) HP
6 37 (6.90%) Juniper
7 35 (6.53%) Dell
8 29 (5.41%) Meraki
9 26 (4.85%) Red Hat
10 24 (4.48%) Fortinet
11 21 (3.92%) SonicWALL
12 18 (3.36%) Apple
12 18 (3.36%) CheckPoint
13 16 (2.99%) NetApp
14 15 (2.80%) Google
14 15 (2.80%) Sophos
15 14 (2.61%) Palo Alto
16 13 (2.43%) McAfee
17 12 (2.24%) SolarWinds