VMware Infrastructure Jobs

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 139 131
Rank change year-on-year -87 -8 +103
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 814 2,176 2,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.96% 2.67%
As % of the System Software category 12.86% 17.91% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 650 1,729 1,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,875 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.61% -13.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.24% -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 6,331 12,153 14,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.27% 10.95% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 9,243 9,498
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 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 17 June 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
England -87 766 £50,000 +11.11% 2,998
UK excluding London -86 574 £46,000 +8.24% 2,635
South East -10 219 £46,000 +8.24% 683
Work from Home -131 216 £47,500 -5.00% 850
London -6 213 £70,000 +16.67% 613
Midlands -46 111 £47,500 +11.76% 424
North of England -97 94 £40,000 - 586
West Midlands -21 75 £47,500 +5.56% 227
South West -40 74 £42,500 -13.27% 306
East of England -66 52 £48,750 +30.00% 407
North West -81 42 £45,750 +7.65% 280
East Midlands -28 36 £46,750 +10.00% 191
Yorkshire +2 35 £42,500 -8.11% 252
Scotland +29 18 £33,000 -34.00% 162
North East +13 17 £32,000 -1.54% 55
Wales +18 7 £47,500 +30.22% 59
Isle of Man +11 1 £34,500 -19.77%

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 246 (30.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (8.23%) SharePoint
3 33 (4.05%) IIS
4 12 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2013
5 11 (1.35%) Apache
6 8 (0.98%) nginx
7 6 (0.74%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.49%) Appian
8 4 (0.49%) Confluence
8 4 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.37%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.37%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 57 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.86%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (2.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.74%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.49%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.12%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 390 (47.91%) Azure
2 306 (37.59%) Microsoft 365
3 160 (19.66%) AWS
4 79 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.14%) IaaS
5 50 (6.14%) SaaS
6 45 (5.53%) GitHub
7 35 (4.30%) OneDrive
8 34 (4.18%) GCP
9 33 (4.05%) Nutanix
10 32 (3.93%) PaaS
11 26 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (3.07%) Power Platform
13 23 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (2.09%) Rubrik
15 13 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 6 (0.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 313 (38.45%) Firewall
2 192 (23.59%) DNS
3 169 (20.76%) DHCP
4 157 (19.29%) WAN
5 133 (16.34%) LAN
6 123 (15.11%) VPN
7 114 (14.00%) SAN
8 104 (12.78%) TCP/IP
9 75 (9.21%) VLAN
10 57 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (6.14%) Network Security
12 49 (6.02%) NAS
13 43 (5.28%) MPLS
14 30 (3.69%) SD-WAN
14 30 (3.69%) VSAN
15 28 (3.44%) VoIP
16 26 (3.19%) Ethernet
16 26 (3.19%) Remote Desktop
17 23 (2.83%) OSPF
18 22 (2.70%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (14.50%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.19%) Data Hub
2 26 (3.19%) SQL CLR
3 16 (1.97%) Power BI
4 15 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.60%) Metadata
6 13 (1.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 10 (1.23%) MySQL
8 9 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.49%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (3.69%) Git
2 14 (1.72%) JIRA
3 5 (0.61%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.49%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.49%) Selenium
4 4 (0.49%) Snyk
5 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.12%) InstallShield
General
1 283 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 122 (14.99%) Finance
3 61 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (5.77%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.42%) Banking
7 34 (4.18%) Legal
8 32 (3.93%) Back Office
9 23 (2.83%) Retail
10 19 (2.33%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.72%) Law
12 12 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.47%) Electronics
12 12 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.35%) Games
14 10 (1.23%) Local Government
15 9 (1.11%) Advertising
16 8 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.74%) International Banking
17 6 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 145 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 144 (17.69%) Support Engineer
3 93 (11.43%) IT Support
4 88 (10.81%) Senior
5 74 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 55 (6.76%) Infrastructure Support
7 53 (6.51%) Administrator
8 51 (6.27%) Analyst
8 51 (6.27%) Network Engineer
9 50 (6.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 49 (6.02%) Lead
11 48 (5.90%) 3rd Line Support
12 45 (5.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 44 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
14 42 (5.16%) IT Support Engineer
15 41 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
15 41 (5.04%) Systems Administrator
16 38 (4.67%) Technical Engineer
17 36 (4.42%) Architect
17 36 (4.42%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.07%) .NET
2 13 (1.60%) .NET Core
2 13 (1.60%) .NET Framework
2 13 (1.60%) Dapper ORM
2 13 (1.60%) Entity Framework
3 12 (1.47%) LDAP
4 8 (0.98%) SAML
5 7 (0.86%) Node.js
6 6 (0.74%) CSS
6 6 (0.74%) Kafka
6 6 (0.74%) REST
7 4 (0.49%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.37%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.37%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.37%) Middleware
8 3 (0.37%) WebSockets
8 3 (0.37%) YAML
9 2 (0.25%) JSON
9 2 (0.25%) LAMP
9 2 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 94 (11.55%) Data Centre
2 56 (6.88%) Clustering
3 48 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 38 (4.67%) Driving Licence
5 37 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 35 (4.30%) Private Cloud
7 29 (3.56%) Replication
8 24 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
9 23 (2.83%) Operational Technology
10 22 (2.70%) IoT
11 18 (2.21%) PKI
12 17 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
14 13 (1.60%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 12 (1.47%) SCADA
15 12 (1.47%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.35%) Industry 4.0
16 11 (1.35%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 545 (66.95%) Windows
2 387 (47.54%) Windows Server
3 230 (28.26%) Linux
4 89 (10.93%) Windows 10
5 82 (10.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 78 (9.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 52 (6.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 45 (5.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 37 (4.55%) Mac OS
10 20 (2.46%) Ubuntu
10 20 (2.46%) Unix
11 15 (1.84%) Android
11 15 (1.84%) Apple iOS
11 15 (1.84%) CentOS
12 12 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (1.11%) AIX
13 9 (1.11%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.98%) VMS
15 7 (0.86%) SUSE
15 7 (0.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (23.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 146 (17.94%) ITIL
4 124 (15.23%) Disaster Recovery
5 102 (12.53%) Customer Service
6 94 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
7 91 (11.18%) High Availability
8 86 (10.57%) Virtual Environments
9 74 (9.09%) DevOps
10 72 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
11 60 (7.37%) Migration
12 59 (7.25%) Mentoring
13 54 (6.63%) Patch Management
14 52 (6.39%) Project Delivery
15 51 (6.27%) Incident Management
16 50 (6.14%) Agile
16 50 (6.14%) Infrastructure Management
17 49 (6.02%) CI/CD
18 47 (5.77%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 264 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 106 (13.02%) Python
3 91 (11.18%) SQL
4 54 (6.63%) Bash
5 22 (2.70%) C#
6 13 (1.60%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.86%) Java
8 7 (0.86%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.25%) Korn
9 2 (0.25%) Perl
9 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.12%) R
10 1 (0.12%) VB
10 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 153 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 135 (16.58%) Degree
3 96 (11.79%) DV Cleared
4 72 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 56 (6.88%) SC Cleared
6 53 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (5.16%) CCNA
8 36 (4.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 30 (3.69%) MCSA
10 29 (3.56%) Azure Certification
11 28 (3.44%) MCSE
12 26 (3.19%) HND
13 25 (3.07%) CCNP
13 25 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
15 17 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
16 15 (1.84%) AWS Certification
17 13 (1.60%) HNC
18 11 (1.35%) A+ Certification
18 11 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.25%) SLA
2 29 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 29 (3.56%) GDPR
3 23 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.74%) NIST
6 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.37%) ISO 9000
6 3 (0.37%) QA
7 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 413 (50.74%) Active Directory
2 256 (31.45%) Hyper-V
3 111 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
4 100 (12.29%) vSphere
5 54 (6.63%) Docker
6 43 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (4.18%) VMware NSX
8 33 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (2.46%) XenApp
10 15 (1.84%) NFS
10 15 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (1.72%) Terminal Services
12 10 (1.23%) BitLocker
12 10 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.11%) KVM
14 6 (0.74%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 5 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 5 (0.61%) Postfix
16 4 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.49%) Xen
Systems Management
1 140 (17.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (14.00%) Ansible
3 80 (9.83%) Terraform
4 75 (9.21%) SCCM
5 74 (9.09%) Kubernetes
6 38 (4.67%) Puppet
6 38 (4.67%) vCenter Server
7 25 (3.07%) NetBackup
8 22 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
9 21 (2.58%) SCOM
10 20 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.97%) FortiGate
11 16 (1.97%) Nagios
12 14 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
12 14 (1.72%) vMotion
13 12 (1.47%) Backup Exec
14 11 (1.35%) Functional Safety
14 11 (1.35%) ZABBIX
15 10 (1.23%) Proxmox
16 9 (1.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 814 (100.00%) VMware
2 490 (60.20%) Microsoft
3 197 (24.20%) Cisco
4 109 (13.39%) Citrix
4 109 (13.39%) Veeam
5 54 (6.63%) HP
5 54 (6.63%) Red Hat
6 51 (6.27%) Dell
7 39 (4.79%) Juniper
8 37 (4.55%) Fortinet
9 36 (4.42%) Apple
10 34 (4.18%) Meraki
11 32 (3.93%) SolarWinds
12 27 (3.32%) SonicWALL
13 25 (3.07%) CheckPoint
14 24 (2.95%) Commvault
14 24 (2.95%) NetApp
14 24 (2.95%) Palo Alto
14 24 (2.95%) ServiceNow
14 24 (2.95%) Sophos