VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 163 116
Rank change year-on-year -65 -47 +25
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 490 586 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 2.04% 2.36%
As % of the System Software category 15.98% 15.10% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 321 493 1,461
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £54,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,794 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% +11.11% -12.62%

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 3,066 3,880 8,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.68% 13.50% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 2,469 7,073
10th Percentile £27,725 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VMware Infrastructure

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
North of England -4 129 £42,500 +6.25% 38
South East -75 120 £57,500 +17.35% 81
North West +16 69 £36,500 -18.89% 22
Midlands -65 69 £45,000 - 34
South West -58 58 £42,500 -5.56% 20
East of England -19 46 £45,000 -13.88% 19
Yorkshire -45 46 £50,000 +33.33% 11
West Midlands -58 40 £46,250 +2.78% 24
Wales -1 36 £45,000 -5.26% 6
East Midlands -33 29 £45,000 - 10
Scotland 0 16 £38,750 +9.93% 3
North East -37 14 £42,500 +31.78% 7
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 104 (21.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (11.02%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) Confluence
3 10 (2.04%) IIS
4 4 (0.82%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (48.78%) Azure
2 220 (44.90%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (20.82%) AWS
4 77 (15.71%) Entra ID
5 48 (9.80%) Nutanix
6 24 (4.90%) IaaS
6 24 (4.90%) OneDrive
7 22 (4.49%) GCP
8 17 (3.47%) SaaS
9 15 (3.06%) Google Workspace
10 13 (2.65%) Power Platform
11 12 (2.45%) OpenShift
12 10 (2.04%) PaaS
13 8 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.43%) Mimecast
15 5 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (1.02%) GitHub
16 4 (0.82%) Cloudflare
16 4 (0.82%) Power Automate
17 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 207 (42.24%) Firewall
2 158 (32.24%) DNS
3 140 (28.57%) DHCP
4 106 (21.63%) WAN
5 93 (18.98%) LAN
6 89 (18.16%) VPN
7 63 (12.86%) TCP/IP
8 50 (10.20%) VLAN
9 40 (8.16%) Wireless
10 38 (7.76%) Network Security
11 37 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
13 23 (4.69%) SAN
14 22 (4.49%) VoIP
15 21 (4.29%) BGP
16 18 (3.67%) SD-WAN
17 14 (2.86%) MPLS
18 13 (2.65%) NAS
19 12 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
20 11 (2.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.84%) MySQL
4 8 (1.63%) GIS
5 5 (1.02%) InfluxDB
5 5 (1.02%) Power BI
6 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.61%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.27%) GitLab
2 9 (1.84%) JIRA
3 7 (1.43%) Git
4 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.82%) Robot Framework
5 4 (0.82%) Selenium
5 4 (0.82%) TestRail
6 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.61%) Subversion
7 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 156 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.16%) Finance
3 30 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.92%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.49%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.88%) Retail
7 18 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (3.67%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.65%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.24%) Marketing
11 10 (2.04%) Banking
11 10 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.63%) Advertising
12 8 (1.63%) Law
13 6 (1.22%) Automotive
13 6 (1.22%) Spanish Language
14 5 (1.02%) Legal
14 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (27.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 117 (23.88%) Senior
3 104 (21.22%) IT Support
4 103 (21.02%) Support Engineer
5 91 (18.57%) IT Engineer
6 74 (15.10%) IT Support Engineer
7 47 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 45 (9.18%) IT Technician
9 43 (8.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (7.14%) Senior Technician
11 34 (6.94%) Senior IT Technician
12 30 (6.12%) VMware Engineer
13 29 (5.92%) Network Engineer
14 26 (5.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (5.10%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (5.10%) Support Technician
15 25 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (4.08%) Analyst
16 20 (4.08%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (3.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.43%) XMPP
2 5 (1.02%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (0.82%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (0.82%) Playwright
3 4 (0.82%) pytest
4 2 (0.41%) .NET
4 2 (0.41%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.20%) boto
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.20%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 96 (19.59%) Data Centre
2 59 (12.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (7.96%) Public Cloud
4 34 (6.94%) Driving Licence
5 32 (6.53%) Replication
6 19 (3.88%) Enterprise Storage
7 18 (3.67%) PKI
8 16 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (3.06%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.65%) Client/Server
10 13 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.84%) iSeries
11 9 (1.84%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.43%) Clustering
12 7 (1.43%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.22%) iPad
13 6 (1.22%) PMI
14 5 (1.02%) CCTV
14 5 (1.02%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 325 (66.33%) Windows
2 244 (49.80%) Windows Server
3 111 (22.65%) Linux
4 36 (7.35%) Windows 10
5 32 (6.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (5.31%) Android
6 26 (5.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (5.10%) Apple iOS
7 25 (5.10%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (2.65%) Ubuntu
10 12 (2.45%) CentOS
11 11 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.63%) Windows 7
12 8 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.43%) Windows 8
14 6 (1.22%) Unix
14 6 (1.22%) VMS
15 4 (0.82%) Solaris
16 1 (0.20%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (31.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 130 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (24.08%) ITIL
4 112 (22.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 95 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (15.71%) Customer Service
7 59 (12.04%) Mentoring
7 59 (12.04%) Service Delivery
8 55 (11.22%) High Availability
9 53 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
10 50 (10.20%) Business Continuity
11 46 (9.39%) Server Management
12 43 (8.78%) Change Management
12 43 (8.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 39 (7.96%) Root Cause Analysis
14 38 (7.76%) Coaching
15 37 (7.55%) Project Delivery
16 34 (6.94%) Knowledge Transfer
16 34 (6.94%) SIEM
17 32 (6.53%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 101 (20.61%) PowerShell
2 55 (11.22%) Python
3 31 (6.33%) SQL
4 20 (4.08%) Bash
5 13 (2.65%) C
5 13 (2.65%) C++
5 13 (2.65%) Rust
6 9 (1.84%) Bicep
7 4 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.69%) Degree
3 45 (9.18%) DV Cleared
3 45 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.35%) DBS Check
5 32 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (4.29%) Azure Certification
8 18 (3.67%) CCNP
9 15 (3.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (2.45%) CCNA
11 10 (2.04%) CCIE
11 10 (2.04%) MCSE
12 8 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.22%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.02%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.22%) SLA
2 24 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.45%) QA
4 10 (2.04%) GDPR
4 10 (2.04%) NIST
5 9 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.02%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.41%) NCSC
7 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.41%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 260 (53.06%) Active Directory
2 206 (42.04%) Hyper-V
3 63 (12.86%) vSphere
4 40 (8.16%) VMware ESXi
5 31 (6.33%) KVM
5 31 (6.33%) VMware NSX
6 24 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (3.88%) Docker
8 18 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.84%) Firmware
10 7 (1.43%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.61%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.61%) Terminal Server
12 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.61%) vCloud
13 2 (0.41%) UAG
13 2 (0.41%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 58 (11.84%) Ansible
2 38 (7.76%) Terraform
3 37 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (7.35%) vCenter Server
5 33 (6.73%) Kubernetes
6 23 (4.69%) SCCM
7 19 (3.88%) Proxmox
8 18 (3.67%) WSUS
9 16 (3.27%) Grafana
10 13 (2.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (2.65%) FortiGate
11 9 (1.84%) SCOM
11 9 (1.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 7 (1.43%) Autotask
12 7 (1.43%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (1.43%) Puppet
12 7 (1.43%) VxRail
13 5 (1.02%) Graylog
13 5 (1.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 490 (100.00%) VMware
2 286 (58.37%) Microsoft
3 82 (16.73%) Cisco
4 70 (14.29%) Dell
5 59 (12.04%) HP
6 56 (11.43%) Veeam
7 29 (5.92%) Nimble Storage
8 26 (5.31%) Dell Compellent
8 26 (5.31%) Juniper
8 26 (5.31%) Palo Alto
9 24 (4.90%) McAfee
10 23 (4.69%) Fortinet
10 23 (4.69%) Splunk
11 21 (4.29%) Google
12 19 (3.88%) Citrix
12 19 (3.88%) Commvault
12 19 (3.88%) Red Hat
13 17 (3.47%) IBM
14 15 (3.06%) Apple
14 15 (3.06%) NetApp