VMware vSphere
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 547 568
Rank change year-on-year +55 +21 +120
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 217 386 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.39% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 3.78% 3.20% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 122 326 320
10th Percentile £41,375 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,682 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% +25.00% -5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK

vSphere 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 5,745 12,052 15,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.50% 12.15% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,906 9,552 10,272
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £28,000
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 £77,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +8 211 £57,500 +9.52% 197
UK excluding London +89 186 £57,500 +15.00% 189
Work from Home +133 100 £50,000 -4.76% 105
North of England +108 88 £45,000 +4.65% 52
North West +66 81 £37,500 -28.57% 31
South East +105 67 £80,000 +64.95% 58
London +46 29 £67,500 +3.85% 39
Midlands +23 11 £50,000 - 30
South West +40 7 £60,000 +14.29% 17
East Midlands +30 7 £50,000 - 7
East of England +1 7 £43,000 +34.38% 18
Yorkshire +55 5 £52,500 +23.53% 16
Wales +42 4 £47,500 -5.00% 2
West Midlands +32 4 £30,000 -41.46% 19
Scotland +113 2 £50,000 +47.06% 19
North East +44 2 £65,000 +136.36% 7

vSphere
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 31 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.07%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (28.57%) Azure
2 40 (18.43%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (17.05%) IaaS
4 23 (10.60%) AWS
5 16 (7.37%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.99%) GCP
7 11 (5.07%) SaaS
8 8 (3.69%) OpenShift
9 7 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.84%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.84%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.84%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.38%) GitHub
12 3 (1.38%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.38%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.92%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (37.33%) VPN
2 71 (32.72%) Cisco IOS
3 42 (19.35%) DNS
4 41 (18.89%) VSAN
5 35 (16.13%) DHCP
6 33 (15.21%) Firewall
7 25 (11.52%) SAN
8 14 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (5.99%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (5.07%) 5G
10 11 (5.07%) Bluetooth
10 11 (5.07%) LTE
10 11 (5.07%) Network Security
11 9 (4.15%) NAS
12 7 (3.23%) WAN
13 6 (2.76%) LAN
13 6 (2.76%) SMTP
13 6 (2.76%) TCP/IP
13 6 (2.76%) VLAN
14 4 (1.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.84%) MariaDB
3 4 (1.84%) MySQL
3 4 (1.84%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.84%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.38%) Power BI
5 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.92%) Git
2 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
General
1 99 (45.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 80 (36.87%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (15.67%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.53%) Electronics
4 12 (5.53%) Finance
5 7 (3.23%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.30%) Law
7 4 (1.84%) Banking
8 3 (1.38%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.38%) Legal
9 2 (0.92%) Local Government
9 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) French Language
10 1 (0.46%) Games
10 1 (0.46%) German Language
10 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
10 1 (0.46%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 114 (52.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (17.97%) VMware Specialist
3 21 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 16 (7.37%) Lead
5 15 (6.91%) Senior
6 13 (5.99%) Administrator
6 13 (5.99%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 12 (5.53%) VMware Engineer
8 11 (5.07%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.69%) Virtualisation Specialist
11 7 (3.23%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (3.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) 3rd Line Support
12 6 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 6 (2.76%) Support Specialist
12 6 (2.76%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (33.18%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.84%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.92%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.46%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 71 (32.72%) Cyberattack
2 13 (5.99%) Clustering
3 11 (5.07%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.07%) IoT
3 11 (5.07%) NB-IoT
4 10 (4.61%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.76%) PKI
7 5 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.84%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.38%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.38%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 157 (72.35%) Windows
2 134 (61.75%) Linux
3 73 (33.64%) Windows Server
4 72 (33.18%) Android
5 14 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 12 (5.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (4.15%) Ubuntu
7 9 (4.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (3.23%) Mac OS
10 6 (2.76%) CentOS
11 5 (2.30%) Mac OS X
12 4 (1.84%) SUSE
13 3 (1.38%) Debian
13 3 (1.38%) Unix
14 2 (0.92%) VMS
15 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (55.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 106 (48.85%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (39.17%) Task Automation
4 84 (38.71%) DevOps
5 75 (34.56%) Platform Engineering
5 75 (34.56%) Storage Management
6 74 (34.10%) Risk Management
7 73 (33.64%) Line Management
8 71 (32.72%) Mathematics
9 25 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (10.14%) ITIL
11 20 (9.22%) High Availability
12 19 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (8.29%) Incident Management
14 14 (6.45%) Infrastructure Management
15 13 (5.99%) CI/CD
16 12 (5.53%) Migration
17 11 (5.07%) Penetration Testing
17 11 (5.07%) Project Planning
17 11 (5.07%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 163 (75.12%) PowerShell
2 124 (57.14%) Python
3 91 (41.94%) Bash
4 16 (7.37%) SQL
5 2 (0.92%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 52 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.12%) DV Cleared
3 31 (14.29%) Degree
4 22 (10.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (7.37%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (5.07%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.69%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.69%) MCSA
9 5 (2.30%) ACSP
9 5 (2.30%) HP AIS
9 5 (2.30%) MCSE
9 5 (2.30%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.30%) VCAP
10 3 (1.38%) CCNA
10 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.92%) CCNP
11 2 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.69%) SLA
3 5 (2.30%) GDPR
4 3 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.38%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 118 (54.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 110 (50.69%) VMware NSX
3 98 (45.16%) Hyper-V
4 88 (40.55%) Docker
5 59 (27.19%) Active Directory
6 40 (18.43%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (6.91%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (5.53%) Terminal Services
9 6 (2.76%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.76%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (2.76%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.92%) KVM
10 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.46%) Firmware
11 1 (0.46%) GPFS
11 1 (0.46%) NFS
11 1 (0.46%) vCloud
11 1 (0.46%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 110 (50.69%) Ansible
2 103 (47.47%) Terraform
3 27 (12.44%) Kubernetes
3 27 (12.44%) Puppet
4 23 (10.60%) vCenter Server
5 15 (6.91%) vRealize
6 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (5.53%) vMotion
7 9 (4.15%) PowerCLI
8 8 (3.69%) SCCM
9 6 (2.76%) Nagios
10 5 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (2.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (1.38%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.92%) SCOM
12 2 (0.92%) VxRail
12 2 (0.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 140 (64.52%) VMware
2 86 (39.63%) Cisco
3 83 (38.25%) Microsoft
4 73 (33.64%) Splunk
5 72 (33.18%) Juniper
6 71 (32.72%) 3PAR
7 27 (12.44%) HP
8 21 (9.68%) Veeam
9 15 (6.91%) Citrix
10 13 (5.99%) Dell
11 10 (4.61%) Google
11 10 (4.61%) NetApp
12 8 (3.69%) Apple
13 7 (3.23%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (3.23%) Red Hat
13 7 (3.23%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.76%) Pure Storage
14 6 (2.76%) Symantec
15 5 (2.30%) Meraki
15 5 (2.30%) Zscaler