VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 148 216
Rank change year-on-year +18 +68 -96
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2,155 2,443 3,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.18% 2.41% 1.93%
As % of the System Software category 17.95% 15.68% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,669 2,191
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,104 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% +2.21% +5.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,004 15,576 29,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.12% 15.39% 18.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,512 10,289 15,723
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 19 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 13 May 2024. 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 +23 1,962 £45,000 -13.46% 457
UK excluding London +12 1,694 £42,500 -5.56% 369
Work from Home +34 749 £50,000 -9.09% 155
London -10 417 £62,000 -0.80% 92
South East +26 409 £42,500 -10.53% 100
North of England -7 327 £40,000 -11.11% 81
South West +12 320 £49,000 +18.07% 56
Midlands +28 309 £43,227 -9.00% 78
West Midlands +56 197 £45,000 -3.23% 47
East of England +7 175 £37,500 -25.00% 47
North West -10 157 £42,500 -5.56% 51
Yorkshire +5 118 £45,000 +12.50% 23
East Midlands -1 112 £42,500 -19.05% 31
Scotland -26 99 £50,000 +17.65% 8
North East +16 52 £32,750 -36.10% 9
Wales -5 36 £36,988 -17.81% 5
Northern Ireland +7 11 £41,250 +17.86% 2
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

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
1 506 (23.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 305 (14.15%) SharePoint
3 102 (4.73%) IIS
4 60 (2.78%) Apache
5 16 (0.74%) SharePoint 2010
5 16 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
6 13 (0.60%) Confluence
6 13 (0.60%) OpenStack
7 10 (0.46%) SAS
8 9 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.37%) nginx
9 8 (0.37%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.19%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.093%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.093%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.093%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.046%) Site Server
Applications
1 204 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.046%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.093%) Eikon
4 1 (0.046%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.046%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.046%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,094 (50.77%) Azure
2 1,005 (46.64%) Microsoft 365
3 358 (16.61%) AWS
4 260 (12.06%) Entra ID
5 128 (5.94%) GCP
6 103 (4.78%) SaaS
7 93 (4.32%) IaaS
8 91 (4.22%) OneDrive
9 63 (2.92%) Amazon S3
10 61 (2.83%) PaaS
11 60 (2.78%) Nutanix
12 46 (2.13%) OpenShift
13 43 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
14 35 (1.62%) Google Workspace
15 32 (1.48%) Power Platform
16 28 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
17 21 (0.97%) Power Automate
17 21 (0.97%) WhatsApp
18 20 (0.93%) Mimecast
18 20 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 776 (36.01%) Firewall
2 485 (22.51%) DNS
3 414 (19.21%) DHCP
4 392 (18.19%) WAN
5 333 (15.45%) SAN
6 325 (15.08%) LAN
7 314 (14.57%) VPN
8 238 (11.04%) TCP/IP
9 164 (7.61%) VLAN
10 143 (6.64%) Internet
11 134 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
12 133 (6.17%) Wireless
13 107 (4.97%) NAS
14 97 (4.50%) VoIP
15 81 (3.76%) SD-WAN
16 76 (3.53%) Remote Desktop
17 73 (3.39%) SNMP
18 67 (3.11%) VSAN
18 67 (3.11%) WLAN
19 62 (2.88%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (10.16%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
3 57 (2.65%) MongoDB
4 49 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (1.35%) MySQL
6 17 (0.79%) Power BI
7 16 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.42%) Big Data
9 8 (0.37%) DB2
9 8 (0.37%) MariaDB
9 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.28%) InfluxDB
11 6 (0.28%) Redis
12 4 (0.19%) Metabase
12 4 (0.19%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.14%) Ingres
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 33 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.30%) JIRA
3 21 (0.97%) GitLab
4 15 (0.70%) Git
5 14 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.42%) MSI
7 8 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 8 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.19%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.19%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
10 4 (0.19%) Postman
10 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 4 (0.19%) Subversion
10 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.14%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.14%) Travis CI
General
1 601 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 337 (15.64%) Finance
3 183 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (3.11%) Aerospace
5 67 (3.11%) Public Sector
6 65 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (2.88%) Legal
8 56 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 53 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
10 49 (2.27%) Retail
11 48 (2.23%) Law
11 48 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 42 (1.95%) Banking
13 25 (1.16%) Games
14 22 (1.02%) Marketing
15 17 (0.79%) Electronics
16 14 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (0.56%) Billing
17 12 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 539 (25.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 337 (15.64%) Senior
3 328 (15.22%) Support Engineer
4 260 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 244 (11.32%) IT Support
6 144 (6.68%) IT Support Engineer
7 141 (6.54%) 2nd Line Support
7 141 (6.54%) 3rd Line Support
7 141 (6.54%) Analyst
8 135 (6.26%) Systems Engineer
9 125 (5.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 118 (5.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 112 (5.20%) Consultant
12 89 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 89 (4.13%) Lead
13 86 (3.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 84 (3.90%) Architect
15 82 (3.81%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 81 (3.76%) Administrator
17 72 (3.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (3.06%) YAML
2 59 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
3 29 (1.35%) ARM Templates
4 28 (1.30%) .NET
5 23 (1.07%) REST
6 21 (0.97%) WebRTC
7 16 (0.74%) JSON
8 13 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
8 13 (0.60%) HTML
9 12 (0.56%) LDAP
10 8 (0.37%) WebSphere MQ
11 6 (0.28%) Middleware
11 6 (0.28%) Web Services
11 6 (0.28%) XML
12 5 (0.23%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.23%) CSS
12 5 (0.23%) jQuery
12 5 (0.23%) LAMP
13 4 (0.19%) Gherkin
13 4 (0.19%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 353 (16.38%) Data Centre
2 142 (6.59%) Replication
3 117 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 109 (5.06%) Public Cloud
5 104 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
6 101 (4.69%) Clustering
7 75 (3.48%) Driving Licence
7 75 (3.48%) PKI
8 67 (3.11%) Onboarding
9 48 (2.23%) Private Cloud
10 36 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
11 32 (1.48%) CCTV
12 30 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.11%) IoT
13 24 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 22 (1.02%) PMI
15 20 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (0.93%) iPad
16 19 (0.88%) Blackberry
16 19 (0.88%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1,551 (71.97%) Windows
2 985 (45.71%) Windows Server
3 606 (28.12%) Linux
4 344 (15.96%) Windows 10
5 234 (10.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 203 (9.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 185 (8.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 99 (4.59%) Windows 7
9 96 (4.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 69 (3.20%) Unix
11 61 (2.83%) Ubuntu
12 56 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
13 54 (2.51%) Data ONTAP
13 54 (2.51%) Windows 8
14 52 (2.41%) Mac OS
15 43 (2.00%) CentOS
16 31 (1.44%) Apple iOS
17 29 (1.35%) Android
18 23 (1.07%) AIX
18 23 (1.07%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 621 (28.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 498 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
3 465 (21.58%) ITIL
4 269 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
5 231 (10.72%) Customer Service
6 228 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 216 (10.02%) Project Management
8 182 (8.45%) Agile
9 176 (8.17%) DevOps
10 139 (6.45%) Mentoring
11 136 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 125 (5.80%) Project Delivery
13 121 (5.61%) Change Management
14 116 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
15 112 (5.20%) Migration
16 108 (5.01%) Infrastructure Management
17 107 (4.97%) Storage Management
18 103 (4.78%) Line Management
19 99 (4.59%) High Availability
20 98 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 446 (20.70%) PowerShell
2 285 (13.23%) SQL
3 205 (9.51%) Python
4 141 (6.54%) Bash
5 57 (2.65%) Java
6 46 (2.13%) C#
7 23 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.07%) Perl
8 14 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 14 (0.65%) VB
9 13 (0.60%) VBScript
10 10 (0.46%) ActionScript
10 10 (0.46%) RPG
11 9 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.19%) C
12 4 (0.19%) C++
12 4 (0.19%) Groovy
13 3 (0.14%) R
14 2 (0.093%) PHP
Qualifications
1 363 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 314 (14.57%) Degree
3 213 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 192 (8.91%) Cisco Certification
5 186 (8.63%) SC Cleared
6 172 (7.98%) DV Cleared
7 157 (7.29%) CCNA
8 132 (6.13%) MCSE
9 106 (4.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 62 (2.88%) MCSA
11 60 (2.78%) CCNP
12 54 (2.51%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (1.76%) MCP
15 32 (1.48%) DBS Check
16 28 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
17 26 (1.21%) A+ Certification
17 26 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
18 23 (1.07%) PMI Certification
19 21 (0.97%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (5.66%) SLA
2 55 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (1.30%) GDPR
4 27 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.74%) SOC 2
6 15 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.46%) PMO
10 8 (0.37%) NIST
11 7 (0.32%) QA
12 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.23%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.093%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.093%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.093%) NCSC
16 1 (0.046%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 1 (0.046%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,177 (54.62%) Active Directory
2 819 (38.00%) Hyper-V
3 252 (11.69%) VMware ESXi
4 246 (11.42%) vSphere
5 144 (6.68%) Docker
6 96 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
7 83 (3.85%) XenApp
8 81 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 81 (3.76%) XenDesktop
9 56 (2.60%) VMware NSX
10 50 (2.32%) Virtual Servers
11 49 (2.27%) VirtualBox
12 38 (1.76%) Firmware
13 27 (1.25%) VMware Server
14 23 (1.07%) KVM
15 20 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
16 15 (0.70%) Terminal Services
17 13 (0.60%) vCloud
18 10 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 10 (0.46%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 225 (10.44%) SCCM
2 212 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 200 (9.28%) Ansible
3 200 (9.28%) vCenter Server
4 154 (7.15%) Kubernetes
5 97 (4.50%) Terraform
6 87 (4.04%) WSUS
7 81 (3.76%) Puppet
8 65 (3.02%) SCOM
9 62 (2.88%) Prometheus
10 41 (1.90%) FortiGate
11 39 (1.81%) Failover Clustering
11 39 (1.81%) ZABBIX
12 36 (1.67%) NetBackup
13 31 (1.44%) Nagios
14 29 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
15 28 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 26 (1.21%) EMC NetWorker
17 25 (1.16%) SmoothWall
18 20 (0.93%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2,155 (100.00%) VMware
2 1,169 (54.25%) Microsoft
3 392 (18.19%) Cisco
4 356 (16.52%) Veeam
5 345 (16.01%) Citrix
6 194 (9.00%) HP
7 173 (8.03%) Red Hat
8 157 (7.29%) NetApp
9 123 (5.71%) Dell
10 108 (5.01%) Google
11 96 (4.45%) Palo Alto
12 65 (3.02%) Fortinet
13 63 (2.92%) IBM
14 61 (2.83%) SolarWinds
15 58 (2.69%) Meraki
16 56 (2.60%) Oracle
17 54 (2.51%) SolidFire
18 52 (2.41%) Apple
19 49 (2.27%) Aruba
20 48 (2.23%) EMC