vCenter Server Job Trends

VMware vCenter Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring vCenter Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 611 658
Rank change year-on-year -52 +47 +76
Permanent jobs citing vCenter Server 74 48 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.52% 0.91% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 52 45 200
10th Percentile £28,425 £37,400 £41,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £50,000 £47,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% +7.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £75,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,625 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.68% +4.76% +8.81%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,869 5,255 9,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.25% 11.88% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,474 3,101 7,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +10.28% -9.32%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -6.78%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing vCenter Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

vCenter Server job vacancy trend in the UK

vCenter Server
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing vCenter Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vCenter Server within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -43 64 £55,875 -2.83% 25
UK excluding London -31 57 £54,625 -0.68% 19
South East -22 28 £58,000 +0.87% 14
Work from Home +22 24 £64,125 +9.15% 8
London -10 16 £55,000 -26.67% 6
South West -46 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Isle of Man - 6 £45,000 -
East of England -16 4 - - 3
East Midlands -24 4 - -
Midlands -34 4 - -
Wales - 4 £65,000 -
North of England -36 3 £50,000 -4.76% 2
North West -16 2 £50,000 -6.98% 1
Yorkshire -47 1 - - 1

vCenter Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.05%) Confluence
4 1 (1.35%) Site Server
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Azure
2 25 (33.78%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (18.92%) Entra ID
4 12 (16.22%) SaaS
5 11 (14.86%) OpenShift
6 6 (8.11%) AWS
7 5 (6.76%) IaaS
7 5 (6.76%) PaaS
8 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.35%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 27 (36.49%) DNS
2 20 (27.03%) DHCP
3 18 (24.32%) Firewall
4 11 (14.86%) VPN
5 8 (10.81%) SAN
5 8 (10.81%) VLAN
6 7 (9.46%) WAN
6 7 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (8.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.76%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (6.76%) VSAN
9 4 (5.41%) BGP
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (5.41%) Junos
9 4 (5.41%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (5.41%) MPLS
9 4 (5.41%) MQTT
9 4 (5.41%) NX-OS
10 2 (2.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (5.41%) InfluxDB
2 4 (5.41%) MySQL
2 4 (5.41%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) GitLab
2 4 (5.41%) Cypress.io
2 4 (5.41%) Git
2 4 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.41%) Robot Framework
2 4 (5.41%) Selenium
2 4 (5.41%) TestRail
3 3 (4.05%) JIRA
General
1 12 (16.22%) Finance
2 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.41%) Law
4 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (44.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (12.16%) Senior
3 8 (10.81%) Consultant
4 7 (9.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support
5 6 (8.11%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (8.11%) IT Technician
5 6 (8.11%) Support Technician
5 6 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) VMware Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 5 (6.76%) Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Lead
7 4 (5.41%) Network Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Test Automation Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.81%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (5.41%) Playwright
2 4 (5.41%) pytest
3 1 (1.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Replication
2 11 (14.86%) Data Centre
3 9 (12.16%) PKI
4 4 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.41%) IoT
4 4 (5.41%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.05%) Clustering
6 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.70%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (72.97%) Windows
2 37 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 33 (44.59%) Linux
4 13 (17.57%) Ubuntu
5 12 (16.22%) CentOS
6 11 (14.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (8.11%) Apple iOS
7 6 (8.11%) Mac OS
7 6 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (5.41%) Unix
8 4 (5.41%) VMS
8 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (18.92%) Performance Tuning
2 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (16.22%) Agile
5 10 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (13.51%) ITIL
5 10 (13.51%) Mentoring
6 9 (12.16%) Change Control
6 9 (12.16%) Change Management
6 9 (12.16%) Service Management
7 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (9.46%) Application Packaging
8 7 (9.46%) DevSecOps
8 7 (9.46%) ITSM
8 7 (9.46%) Project Delivery
8 7 (9.46%) Runbook
9 6 (8.11%) CI/CD
9 6 (8.11%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 24 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.11%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) SQL
3 4 (5.41%) Bash
3 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 28 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.68%) DV Cleared
3 13 (17.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (9.46%) Azure Certification
6 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (5.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.41%) Degree
7 4 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.41%) VCAP
8 3 (4.05%) VCDX
9 1 (1.35%) CCIE
9 1 (1.35%) CCNP
9 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) NIST
2 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.70%) NCSC
2 2 (2.70%) SLA
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (67.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (59.46%) Active Directory
3 39 (52.70%) vSphere
4 35 (47.30%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (21.62%) VMware NSX
6 9 (12.16%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (8.11%) DFS Replication
8 4 (5.41%) Docker
8 4 (5.41%) Firmware
9 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
9 2 (2.70%) UAG
10 1 (1.35%) KVM
Systems Management
1 18 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (22.97%) Ansible
3 15 (20.27%) Terraform
4 11 (14.86%) Kubernetes
5 9 (12.16%) SCCM
6 7 (9.46%) Nessus
7 6 (8.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (8.11%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (6.76%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (5.41%) FortiGate
9 4 (5.41%) Galera Cluster
9 4 (5.41%) Grafana
9 4 (5.41%) Kibana
9 4 (5.41%) logstash
9 4 (5.41%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (4.05%) SCOM
11 2 (2.70%) VxRail
12 1 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (1.35%) PowerCLI
12 1 (1.35%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (93.24%) VMware
2 42 (56.76%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.27%) SolarWinds
4 12 (16.22%) Cisco
4 12 (16.22%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.81%) Splunk
6 7 (9.46%) Broadcom
6 7 (9.46%) Veeam
7 6 (8.11%) Apple
7 6 (8.11%) NetApp
8 5 (6.76%) Fortinet
9 4 (5.41%) 3PAR
9 4 (5.41%) Atlassian
9 4 (5.41%) Dell
9 4 (5.41%) Juniper
10 3 (4.05%) Citrix
10 3 (4.05%) McAfee
11 2 (2.70%) Becrypt
12 1 (1.35%) Meraki
12 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow