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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 122 153
Rank change year-on-year -70 +31 +61
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 840 2,245 2,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 2.28% 2.37%
As % of the System Software category 15.59% 18.30% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 700 1,893 1,709
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £51,104
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -9.99% +2.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £79,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 5,388 12,269 15,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.33% 12.48% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,933 9,741 10,518
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,915
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -57 791 £50,000 +11.11% 433
UK excluding London -68 579 £45,000 +5.88% 352
Work from Home -62 239 £50,000 - 248
South East +7 235 £50,000 +17.65% 93
London -30 228 £70,000 +12.90% 106
Midlands -50 109 £45,000 +4.10% 71
North of England -86 101 £40,000 -1.52% 85
West Midlands -35 79 £46,250 +2.78% 37
South West -43 63 £45,000 -8.16% 59
East of England -38 51 £52,500 +40.00% 25
North West -75 48 £45,000 +5.88% 41
Yorkshire -5 38 £37,500 -9.09% 34
East Midlands -28 30 £40,000 -5.88% 34
North East +16 15 £32,250 -10.42% 13
Scotland +42 14 £37,500 -25.00% 17
Wales +11 7 £47,500 +28.42% 7
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -19.77% 2

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
1 220 (26.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (8.93%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.98%) IIS
4 15 (1.79%) Apache
5 13 (1.55%) nginx
6 9 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.83%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.48%) Confluence
10 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.36%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Jetty
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.71%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.36%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 397 (47.26%) Azure
2 328 (39.05%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (21.19%) AWS
4 97 (11.55%) Entra ID
5 81 (9.64%) IaaS
6 58 (6.90%) SaaS
7 49 (5.83%) GCP
8 42 (5.00%) PaaS
9 35 (4.17%) OneDrive
10 31 (3.69%) Nutanix
11 27 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (2.74%) GitHub
13 18 (2.14%) Power Platform
14 16 (1.90%) Mimecast
15 14 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.55%) Rubrik
17 12 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
18 10 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
18 10 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
19 9 (1.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 305 (36.31%) Firewall
2 204 (24.29%) DNS
3 170 (20.24%) DHCP
4 153 (18.21%) WAN
5 132 (15.71%) LAN
6 130 (15.48%) VPN
7 105 (12.50%) SAN
8 91 (10.83%) TCP/IP
9 81 (9.64%) VLAN
10 58 (6.90%) VSAN
11 51 (6.07%) Network Security
12 46 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
13 42 (5.00%) MPLS
13 42 (5.00%) NAS
14 32 (3.81%) SD-WAN
15 31 (3.69%) Remote Desktop
16 26 (3.10%) VoIP
17 24 (2.86%) BGP
17 24 (2.86%) OSPF
18 19 (2.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (10.24%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (1.79%) Power BI
4 12 (1.43%) Data Hub
4 12 (1.43%) SQL CLR
4 12 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.95%) Metadata
6 8 (0.95%) MySQL
6 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.48%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.48%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.12%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (1.90%) Git
1 16 (1.90%) JIRA
2 9 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.60%) GitLab
5 3 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.24%) MSI
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.12%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 245 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 132 (15.71%) Finance
3 58 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.17%) Legal
6 34 (4.05%) Banking
7 31 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 23 (2.74%) Retail
9 20 (2.38%) Law
10 19 (2.26%) Back Office
11 17 (2.02%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.31%) Electronics
12 11 (1.31%) Games
12 11 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.95%) Local Government
13 8 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.71%) International Banking
15 6 (0.71%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 166 (19.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 116 (13.81%) Support Engineer
3 104 (12.38%) Senior
4 74 (8.81%) IT Engineer
5 66 (7.86%) IT Support
6 54 (6.43%) Network Engineer
7 52 (6.19%) Administrator
8 50 (5.95%) Analyst
9 46 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 44 (5.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 42 (5.00%) Architect
11 42 (5.00%) VMware Specialist
12 41 (4.88%) Lead
12 41 (4.88%) Systems Administrator
13 37 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support
14 34 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support
15 29 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
16 28 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 27 (3.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
18 26 (3.10%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.95%) LDAP
2 7 (0.83%) .NET
2 7 (0.83%) Web Services
3 6 (0.71%) SAML
4 5 (0.60%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.60%) REST
5 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.48%) Dapper ORM
5 4 (0.48%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.36%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (0.36%) Node.js
7 2 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.24%) JSON
7 2 (0.24%) Middleware
7 2 (0.24%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.24%) YAML
8 1 (0.12%) EDI
8 1 (0.12%) Memcached
8 1 (0.12%) ODBC
8 1 (0.12%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 112 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 59 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 45 (5.36%) Clustering
3 45 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.29%) Driving Licence
5 27 (3.21%) Replication
6 26 (3.10%) Private Cloud
7 24 (2.86%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
9 16 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.67%) CCTV
11 13 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.55%) PKI
12 11 (1.31%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.31%) IoT
12 11 (1.31%) NB-IoT
12 11 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.19%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 550 (65.48%) Windows
2 376 (44.76%) Windows Server
3 248 (29.52%) Linux
4 103 (12.26%) Windows 10
5 80 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 59 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 46 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 41 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 34 (4.05%) Mac OS
10 24 (2.86%) Ubuntu
11 23 (2.74%) Android
12 21 (2.50%) CentOS
13 13 (1.55%) AIX
14 12 (1.43%) Apple iOS
14 12 (1.43%) Windows 7
14 12 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (1.31%) Unix
16 9 (1.07%) SUSE
17 7 (0.83%) VMS
18 6 (0.71%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (23.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 134 (15.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 133 (15.83%) ITIL
5 108 (12.86%) Customer Service
6 83 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
6 83 (9.88%) High Availability
7 62 (7.38%) Migration
8 61 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (7.02%) DevOps
10 52 (6.19%) Virtual Environments
11 51 (6.07%) Infrastructure as Code
12 50 (5.95%) Business Continuity
12 50 (5.95%) Infrastructure Management
12 50 (5.95%) Project Delivery
13 46 (5.48%) Mentoring
14 45 (5.36%) Incident Management
15 44 (5.24%) Service Delivery
16 42 (5.00%) CI/CD
17 38 (4.52%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 258 (30.71%) PowerShell
2 120 (14.29%) Python
3 74 (8.81%) SQL
4 56 (6.67%) Bash
5 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
6 7 (0.83%) C#
7 5 (0.60%) Java
8 4 (0.48%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.24%) Perl
10 1 (0.12%) Groovy
10 1 (0.12%) R
10 1 (0.12%) VB
10 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 163 (19.40%) Security Cleared
2 115 (13.69%) Degree
3 112 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 91 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 70 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (6.07%) CCNA
7 50 (5.95%) SC Cleared
8 45 (5.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 37 (4.40%) Azure Certification
10 36 (4.29%) MCSA
11 33 (3.93%) Network+ Certification
12 32 (3.81%) MCSE
13 29 (3.45%) CCNP
14 22 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (2.26%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (1.79%) A+ Certification
18 14 (1.67%) MCP
19 13 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
20 10 (1.19%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.79%) SLA
2 31 (3.69%) GDPR
3 20 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.95%) NIST
6 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.36%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.36%) PMO
7 3 (0.36%) QA
8 2 (0.24%) NCSC
8 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 415 (49.40%) Active Directory
2 278 (33.10%) Hyper-V
3 119 (14.17%) vSphere
4 111 (13.21%) VMware ESXi
5 63 (7.50%) VMware NSX
6 52 (6.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 49 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
8 47 (5.60%) Docker
9 23 (2.74%) XenApp
10 18 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.79%) BitLocker
12 14 (1.67%) Terminal Services
13 9 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (0.95%) NFS
14 8 (0.95%) XenDesktop
15 7 (0.83%) KVM
16 6 (0.71%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 5 (0.60%) Postfix
18 4 (0.48%) Firmware
19 3 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 140 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 101 (12.02%) Ansible
3 89 (10.60%) SCCM
4 66 (7.86%) Terraform
5 62 (7.38%) Kubernetes
6 49 (5.83%) vCenter Server
7 42 (5.00%) Puppet
8 29 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (2.98%) NetBackup
10 23 (2.74%) SCOM
11 18 (2.14%) vRealize
12 17 (2.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (2.02%) Nagios
13 15 (1.79%) WSUS
14 14 (1.67%) FortiGate
15 13 (1.55%) Progress Chef
16 12 (1.43%) vMotion
16 12 (1.43%) VxRail
17 11 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
18 9 (1.07%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 840 (100.00%) VMware
2 477 (56.79%) Microsoft
3 217 (25.83%) Cisco
4 138 (16.43%) Citrix
5 93 (11.07%) Veeam
6 58 (6.90%) Red Hat
7 56 (6.67%) Dell
8 55 (6.55%) HP
9 43 (5.12%) Meraki
10 39 (4.64%) Fortinet
11 38 (4.52%) SolarWinds
12 36 (4.29%) Juniper
13 33 (3.93%) Palo Alto
14 30 (3.57%) Google
14 30 (3.57%) ServiceNow
15 29 (3.45%) CheckPoint
16 23 (2.74%) Apple
17 22 (2.62%) NetApp
17 22 (2.62%) SonicWALL
18 20 (2.38%) Symantec