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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 109 90
Rank change year-on-year -82 -19 +39
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 421 897 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 2.48% 3.18%
As % of the System Software category 15.28% 20.59% 19.64%
Number of salaries quoted 284 515 911
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,600 £29,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £64,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -21.82% +12.24% -3.92%

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 2,755 4,357 5,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.56% 12.06% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 2,486 4,581
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,551 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

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 11 January 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 11 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
South East -76 115 £41,500 -24.55% 119
North of England -5 103 £32,000 -20.00% 78
Midlands -40 80 £40,000 -11.11% 64
South West -41 56 £42,500 +15.65% 64
Yorkshire -2 51 £47,500 +26.67% 40
West Midlands -20 48 £45,000 - 29
East of England -45 37 £41,250 -25.00% 39
East Midlands -33 32 £37,500 -21.05% 33
North West -20 30 £31,250 -21.88% 26
North East +10 22 £31,500 -12.50% 16
Scotland -15 15 £48,750 +25.81% 10
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 7
Wales -13 4 £48,400 -7.81% 14
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
1 103 (24.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (13.06%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.90%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.66%) WinCC
5 6 (1.43%) IIS
6 4 (0.95%) Confluence
6 4 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.95%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.48%) ArchestrA
7 2 (0.48%) CMS
7 2 (0.48%) WordPress
8 1 (0.24%) Apache
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.24%) Appian
8 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 52 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.71%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.48%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.71%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 224 (53.21%) Microsoft 365
2 217 (51.54%) Azure
3 76 (18.05%) AWS
4 66 (15.68%) Entra ID
5 24 (5.70%) SaaS
6 18 (4.28%) Nutanix
7 16 (3.80%) IaaS
8 15 (3.56%) GCP
9 14 (3.33%) Google Workspace
10 12 (2.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (2.38%) OneDrive
12 9 (2.14%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.90%) Cohesity
13 8 (1.90%) PaaS
14 7 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.66%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
16 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
17 2 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 164 (38.95%) Firewall
2 119 (28.27%) DNS
3 108 (25.65%) DHCP
4 84 (19.95%) VLAN
5 81 (19.24%) TCP/IP
6 77 (18.29%) VPN
7 70 (16.63%) WAN
8 58 (13.78%) LAN
9 43 (10.21%) SAN
10 38 (9.03%) Wireless
11 35 (8.31%) Network Security
12 34 (8.08%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (7.84%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (5.23%) VoIP
15 18 (4.28%) SD-WAN
16 14 (3.33%) NAS
17 13 (3.09%) IPsec
18 11 (2.61%) BGP
19 9 (2.14%) Internet
20 8 (1.90%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.23%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (4.28%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.90%) DTS
4 5 (1.19%) Power BI
5 4 (0.95%) GIS
6 3 (0.71%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.71%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.48%) MySQL
7 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.66%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.48%) GitLab
2 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Snyk
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 184 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 44 (10.45%) Manufacturing
3 26 (6.18%) Retail
4 25 (5.94%) Finance
5 23 (5.46%) Advertising
5 23 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 21 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (4.04%) Law
9 15 (3.56%) French Language
9 15 (3.56%) Swedish Language
10 13 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.85%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.14%) Legal
13 8 (1.90%) Marketing
14 7 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.43%) Electronics
15 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.95%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (22.33%) Support Engineer
2 83 (19.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 81 (19.24%) IT Support
4 66 (15.68%) Senior
5 56 (13.30%) IT Engineer
5 56 (13.30%) Support Technician
6 44 (10.45%) Technical Support
7 43 (10.21%) 2nd Line Support
8 39 (9.26%) IT Support Engineer
9 33 (7.84%) Analyst
10 31 (7.36%) IT Technician
11 30 (7.13%) Technical Engineer
12 29 (6.89%) Technical Support Engineer
13 28 (6.65%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (6.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 26 (6.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 26 (6.18%) IT Support Technician
16 23 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 23 (5.46%) Lead
17 20 (4.75%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.95%) ARM Templates
2 3 (0.71%) Itk
2 3 (0.71%) REST
2 3 (0.71%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.48%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (0.48%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.48%) Web Services
4 1 (0.24%) .NET
4 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.24%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.59%) Driving Licence
2 50 (11.88%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (5.23%) Operational Technology
5 19 (4.51%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (3.56%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.33%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.33%) Replication
9 13 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (2.61%) Life Science
11 10 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (2.14%) Client/Server
12 9 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.90%) CMDB
13 8 (1.90%) Enterprise Storage
13 8 (1.90%) SCADA
14 6 (1.43%) Clustering
14 6 (1.43%) iPad
14 6 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 266 (63.18%) Windows
2 208 (49.41%) Windows Server
3 61 (14.49%) Linux
4 46 (10.93%) Windows 10
5 36 (8.55%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.70%) Android
7 18 (4.28%) Apple iOS
8 15 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (2.85%) Unix
12 10 (2.38%) Solaris
13 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (1.90%) Debian
15 4 (0.95%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.71%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.71%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.71%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.48%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (29.69%) ITIL
2 111 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (23.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 70 (16.63%) Customer Service
5 61 (14.49%) Business Continuity
6 59 (14.01%) Mentoring
7 56 (13.30%) ITSM
8 54 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (12.83%) Disaster Recovery
9 45 (10.69%) Server Management
10 39 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (8.55%) Service Delivery
12 35 (8.31%) Project Delivery
13 31 (7.36%) High Availability
14 28 (6.65%) Knowledge Transfer
15 26 (6.18%) Migration
16 24 (5.70%) Agile
16 24 (5.70%) Service Management
17 23 (5.46%) Proactive Monitoring
18 22 (5.23%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 77 (18.29%) PowerShell
2 38 (9.03%) SQL
3 31 (7.36%) Python
4 18 (4.28%) Bash
5 8 (1.90%) Korn
6 7 (1.66%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.66%) VBScript
7 3 (0.71%) Tcl
8 2 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) C
9 1 (0.24%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 65 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 62 (14.73%) Degree
3 52 (12.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (10.21%) SC Cleared
5 25 (5.94%) MCSE
6 22 (5.23%) AWS Certification
7 20 (4.75%) DV Cleared
8 19 (4.51%) A+ Certification
9 14 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (2.85%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.61%) CCNA
13 10 (2.38%) Azure Certification
14 9 (2.14%) CCNP
14 9 (2.14%) HNC
15 8 (1.90%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.90%) MCP
16 6 (1.43%) PMI Certification
17 5 (1.19%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.74%) SLA
2 17 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (3.09%) GDPR
4 13 (3.09%) GxP
5 8 (1.90%) QA
6 7 (1.66%) IEC 61508
7 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.19%) IEC 61131
8 5 (1.19%) NIST
9 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.71%) PMO
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 237 (56.29%) Active Directory
2 197 (46.79%) Hyper-V
3 35 (8.31%) vSphere
4 22 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (2.85%) Docker
8 6 (1.43%) Firmware
8 6 (1.43%) KVM
8 6 (1.43%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.19%) XenApp
10 4 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.48%) RHEV
12 2 (0.48%) Xen
12 2 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.24%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 75 (17.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (5.94%) Terraform
3 24 (5.70%) Ansible
4 20 (4.75%) SCCM
5 18 (4.28%) FortiGate
6 17 (4.04%) vCenter Server
7 14 (3.33%) Kubernetes
8 11 (2.61%) Nagios
9 9 (2.14%) WSUS
9 9 (2.14%) ZABBIX
10 7 (1.66%) Autotask
11 5 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (1.19%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.95%) SCOM
13 3 (0.71%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.71%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
14 2 (0.48%) SCSM
Vendors
1 421 (100.00%) VMware
2 259 (61.52%) Microsoft
3 73 (17.34%) Cisco
4 59 (14.01%) Veeam
5 40 (9.50%) Dell
6 26 (6.18%) Palo Alto
7 25 (5.94%) HP
8 24 (5.70%) Google
9 23 (5.46%) SolarWinds
10 21 (4.99%) Citrix
11 19 (4.51%) Juniper
11 19 (4.51%) ServiceNow
11 19 (4.51%) SonicWALL
12 15 (3.56%) CheckPoint
12 15 (3.56%) Fortinet
12 15 (3.56%) Red Hat
13 14 (3.33%) Meraki
14 13 (3.09%) Datto
14 13 (3.09%) Dell Compellent
14 13 (3.09%) Nimble Storage