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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 208 | 121 | 105 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -87 | -16 | +64 |
| Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure | 675 | 1,316 | 1,533 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 1.14% | 2.37% | 3.00% |
| As % of the System Software category | 15.62% | 19.09% | 18.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 454 | 827 | 1,284 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £32,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,125 | £40,000 | £36,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,500 | £55,000 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.91% | +12.24% | -3.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £75,000 | £62,714 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,750 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £41,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.68% | +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 | 4,322 | 6,893 | 8,336 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.31% | 12.43% | 16.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,090 | 4,189 | 6,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £30,450 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £40,000 | £37,120 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +4.55% | -0.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,066 | £77,500 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £97,500 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £41,500 | £50,000 | £47,557 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.00% | +5.14% | -1.94% |
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
Salary Trend
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 31 December 2025.
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 31 December 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 |
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| England | -93 | 609 | £42,500 | -22.73% | 729 |
| UK excluding London | -79 | 455 | £41,000 | -13.68% | 689 |
| London | -60 | 176 | £57,500 | -23.33% | 94 |
| South East | -63 | 134 | £42,250 | -23.18% | 188 |
| Work from Home | -120 | 122 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 466 |
| North of England | -25 | 101 | £31,750 | -20.63% | 165 |
| Midlands | -37 | 87 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 117 |
| South West | -35 | 61 | £42,500 | +13.33% | 91 |
| West Midlands | -22 | 54 | £48,750 | +8.33% | 58 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 48 | £38,500 | +2.67% | 64 |
| East of England | -40 | 41 | £42,500 | -22.73% | 94 |
| East Midlands | -34 | 33 | £37,500 | -21.05% | 54 |
| North West | -24 | 29 | £31,500 | -25.24% | 78 |
| North East | +11 | 24 | £30,250 | -19.33% | 24 |
| Scotland | -11 | 17 | £46,000 | +15.00% | 25 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 13 | - | - | 6 |
| Wales | -4 | 4 | £52,297 | -0.39% | 18 |
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:
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