VMware Infrastructure Job Trends

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 174 135
Rank change year-on-year -70 -39 +29
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 725 851 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.80% 1.94% 2.15%
As % of the System Software category 15.39% 14.94% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 476 702 1,823
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.10% +7.06% -5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,712 5,696 11,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.21% 12.97% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,302 3,859 9,549
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,200 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £98,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 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
England -83 613 £54,000 +8.00% 226
UK excluding London -76 488 £45,000 -1.10% 206
London -36 190 £64,125 -8.39% 38
Work from Home -31 167 £64,563 +29.13% 65
North of England -24 127 £42,000 +5.00% 40
South East -82 120 £57,500 +15.00% 82
Midlands -69 70 £45,000 - 38
North West +11 67 £35,971 -20.06% 21
South West -61 58 £42,500 -5.56% 23
Yorkshire -42 46 £50,000 +33.33% 13
East of England -17 45 £45,580 -12.77% 19
West Midlands -60 40 £46,250 -2.63% 28
Wales -1 36 £45,000 -5.26% 7
East Midlands -29 30 £45,000 +2.86% 10
Scotland -3 16 £38,750 +9.93% 3
North East -44 14 £42,500 +31.78% 8
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

VMware Infrastructure
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
1 139 (19.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (11.31%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.90%) Confluence
4 16 (2.21%) IIS
5 6 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.55%) OpenEdge
7 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.28%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 41 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 364 (50.21%) Azure
2 294 (40.55%) Microsoft 365
3 153 (21.10%) AWS
4 138 (19.03%) Entra ID
5 77 (10.62%) Nutanix
6 44 (6.07%) IaaS
7 41 (5.66%) OneDrive
7 41 (5.66%) SaaS
8 36 (4.97%) GCP
9 29 (4.00%) PaaS
10 25 (3.45%) Google Workspace
11 23 (3.17%) OpenShift
12 21 (2.90%) Power Platform
13 16 (2.21%) Datadog
14 13 (1.79%) GitHub
15 10 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.24%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 262 (36.14%) Firewall
2 234 (32.28%) DNS
3 183 (25.24%) DHCP
4 132 (18.21%) VPN
5 130 (17.93%) WAN
6 112 (15.45%) LAN
7 102 (14.07%) TCP/IP
8 73 (10.07%) VLAN
9 51 (7.03%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (6.62%) SAN
10 48 (6.62%) Wireless
11 45 (6.21%) Network Security
12 33 (4.55%) SD-WAN
13 29 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
14 27 (3.72%) BGP
15 26 (3.59%) VoIP
16 22 (3.03%) VSAN
17 16 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (2.21%) NAS
18 14 (1.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.07%) MySQL
3 14 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.52%) Power BI
5 8 (1.10%) GIS
6 5 (0.69%) InfluxDB
6 5 (0.69%) Tableau
7 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.41%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (4.97%) Git
2 29 (4.00%) GitLab
3 19 (2.62%) JIRA
4 14 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.52%) Chocolatey
6 10 (1.38%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.24%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.55%) Selenium
9 4 (0.55%) Subversion
9 4 (0.55%) TestRail
10 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.14%) LabVIEW
General
1 222 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 117 (16.14%) Finance
3 77 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.79%) Banking
5 39 (5.38%) Public Sector
6 27 (3.72%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (3.45%) Retail
8 19 (2.62%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.34%) Aerospace
9 17 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Marketing
12 11 (1.52%) Law
12 11 (1.52%) Legal
13 10 (1.38%) Advertising
13 10 (1.38%) Automotive
14 6 (0.83%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 166 (22.90%) Senior
2 157 (21.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (17.79%) Support Engineer
4 127 (17.52%) IT Support
5 111 (15.31%) IT Engineer
6 91 (12.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 55 (7.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 55 (7.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 54 (7.45%) IT Technician
9 50 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
10 48 (6.62%) Consultant
11 41 (5.66%) Senior Technician
12 40 (5.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 40 (5.52%) Senior IT Technician
13 37 (5.10%) Network Engineer
14 35 (4.83%) Architect
15 34 (4.69%) Analyst
16 31 (4.28%) 3rd Line Support
17 30 (4.14%) VMware Engineer
18 29 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.38%) WebSockets
2 7 (0.97%) XMPP
3 6 (0.83%) .NET
3 6 (0.83%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.55%) ModSecurity
4 4 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (0.55%) Playwright
4 4 (0.55%) pytest
5 3 (0.41%) Kafka
5 3 (0.41%) Middleware
6 2 (0.28%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.28%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.28%) LDAP
6 2 (0.28%) LEMP Stack
6 2 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.14%) boto
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CAF
7 1 (0.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 151 (20.83%) Data Centre
2 69 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (7.59%) Public Cloud
4 36 (4.97%) Replication
5 35 (4.83%) Driving Licence
6 34 (4.69%) PKI
7 27 (3.72%) Enterprise Storage
8 25 (3.45%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
10 18 (2.48%) Private Cloud
11 17 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (2.07%) Client/Server
13 15 (2.07%) Clustering
14 14 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (1.93%) Security Posture
15 12 (1.66%) CMDB
15 12 (1.66%) Management Information System
16 10 (1.38%) iPad
17 9 (1.24%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 475 (65.52%) Windows
2 343 (47.31%) Windows Server
3 217 (29.93%) Linux
4 54 (7.45%) Windows 10
5 49 (6.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 46 (6.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 41 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 37 (5.10%) Apple iOS
9 28 (3.86%) Mac OS
10 26 (3.59%) Android
11 21 (2.90%) Ubuntu
12 20 (2.76%) Unix
13 17 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 16 (2.21%) CentOS
15 8 (1.10%) Windows 7
15 8 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.97%) VMS
16 7 (0.97%) Windows 8
17 6 (0.83%) Solaris
18 5 (0.69%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (28.55%) Problem-Solving
2 194 (26.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 184 (25.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 151 (20.83%) ITIL
5 124 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
7 85 (11.72%) Customer Service
8 80 (11.03%) Infrastructure as Code
9 79 (10.90%) Service Delivery
10 78 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 70 (9.66%) Business Continuity
12 67 (9.24%) Change Management
13 64 (8.83%) High Availability
14 59 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
15 54 (7.45%) Server Management
16 51 (7.03%) DevOps
17 50 (6.90%) Project Delivery
17 50 (6.90%) SIEM
18 48 (6.62%) ITSM
19 46 (6.34%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.03%) PowerShell
2 103 (14.21%) Python
3 59 (8.14%) SQL
4 41 (5.66%) Bash
5 20 (2.76%) C++
6 14 (1.93%) Rust
7 13 (1.79%) C
7 13 (1.79%) Java
7 13 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.38%) C#
9 9 (1.24%) Bicep
10 7 (0.97%) Google Apps Script
10 7 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.69%) VB
11 5 (0.69%) VBA
11 5 (0.69%) VBScript
12 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.28%) Perl
13 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 119 (16.41%) Security Cleared
2 92 (12.69%) Degree
3 65 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 61 (8.41%) DV Cleared
5 56 (7.72%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (7.59%) SC Cleared
7 42 (5.79%) Azure Certification
7 42 (5.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 36 (4.97%) DBS Check
9 35 (4.83%) CCNP
9 35 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (3.86%) VCAP
11 27 (3.72%) CCNA
12 22 (3.03%) AWS Certification
13 20 (2.76%) RHCSA
14 18 (2.48%) MCSE
15 14 (1.93%) VCDX
16 11 (1.52%) CCIE
17 9 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
18 8 (1.10%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.90%) SLA
2 29 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.48%) QA
4 16 (2.21%) NIST
5 14 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.79%) GDPR
7 11 (1.52%) PMO
8 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.55%) DICOM
10 4 (0.55%) HL7
11 2 (0.28%) NCSC
11 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 371 (51.17%) Active Directory
2 255 (35.17%) Hyper-V
3 119 (16.41%) vSphere
4 60 (8.28%) VMware NSX
5 53 (7.31%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (5.38%) KVM
7 36 (4.97%) Docker
7 36 (4.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 32 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (2.07%) vCloud
10 14 (1.93%) Firmware
11 8 (1.10%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.97%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.83%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.69%) Squid
14 5 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 3 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (13.52%) Ansible
1 98 (13.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (10.76%) Terraform
3 66 (9.10%) Kubernetes
4 50 (6.90%) SCCM
5 44 (6.07%) vCenter Server
6 25 (3.45%) WSUS
7 24 (3.31%) Grafana
8 22 (3.03%) Proxmox
9 21 (2.90%) Nagios
10 17 (2.34%) FortiGate
10 17 (2.34%) VxRail
11 15 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.79%) SCOM
13 11 (1.52%) Packer
13 11 (1.52%) Puppet
14 10 (1.38%) ZABBIX
15 9 (1.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 8 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
17 7 (0.97%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 725 (100.00%) VMware
2 407 (56.14%) Microsoft
3 118 (16.28%) Cisco
4 93 (12.83%) Dell
5 70 (9.66%) Red Hat
5 70 (9.66%) Veeam
6 59 (8.14%) HP
7 43 (5.93%) Nimble Storage
8 41 (5.66%) Citrix
9 34 (4.69%) Palo Alto
10 33 (4.55%) Fortinet
11 32 (4.41%) Google
12 31 (4.28%) McAfee
12 31 (4.28%) NetApp
12 31 (4.28%) Splunk
13 26 (3.59%) Dell Compellent
13 26 (3.59%) Juniper
13 26 (3.59%) Tenable
14 25 (3.45%) SolarWinds
15 23 (3.17%) IBM