VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in Wales

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 55 89
Rank change year-on-year -2 +34 -15
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 31 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.97% 1.32% 1.46%
As % of the System Software category 41.89% 9.72% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 31 7 22
10th Percentile £35,000 - £26,525
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £31,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £36,988
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +28.42% -17.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.90%

All System Software Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 74 72 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.71% 13.56% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 63 69 162
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,170 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,800 £53,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +27.71% -7.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £74,813 £77,500 £64,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
South Wales -12 26 £45,000 -5.26% 8
West Wales - 3 £51,800 - 1
North Wales - 2 £34,500 - 2
Dyfed - 1 £45,000 -
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.23%) Confluence
3 1 (3.23%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.13%) Azure
3 3 (9.68%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) Firewall
2 17 (54.84%) DHCP
2 17 (54.84%) DNS
3 15 (48.39%) WAN
4 11 (35.48%) LAN
5 9 (29.03%) VPN
6 8 (25.81%) BGP
6 8 (25.81%) MPLS
7 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
8 4 (12.90%) HSRP
8 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
8 4 (12.90%) VLAN
8 4 (12.90%) VoIP
8 4 (12.90%) VPLS
8 4 (12.90%) VRRP
9 1 (3.23%) IPsec
9 1 (3.23%) Network Security
9 1 (3.23%) SSH
9 1 (3.23%) SSL
9 1 (3.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MySQL
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Public Sector
3 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Finance
5 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
6 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Senior
2 12 (38.71%) Support Engineer
3 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (35.48%) IT Engineer
3 11 (35.48%) IT Support
3 11 (35.48%) IT Support Engineer
3 11 (35.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (12.90%) Help Desk Technician
6 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 4 (12.90%) IT Technician
6 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Technician
6 4 (12.90%) Senior Technician
7 3 (9.68%) Senior IT Manager
7 3 (9.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Data Centre
2 5 (16.13%) PKI
3 4 (12.90%) CMDB
3 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
4 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.68%) SCADA
5 2 (6.45%) Clustering
6 1 (3.23%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
2 20 (64.52%) Windows Server
3 7 (22.58%) Mac OS
4 5 (16.13%) Linux
5 4 (12.90%) Unix
5 4 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) ITIL
1 15 (48.39%) Root Cause Analysis
2 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) Computer Science
3 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (32.26%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (29.03%) SIEM
6 7 (22.58%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 7 (22.58%) Problem Management
6 7 (22.58%) Security Management
6 7 (22.58%) Service Delivery
6 7 (22.58%) Service Management
6 7 (22.58%) Web Filtering
7 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (12.90%) Boundary Protection
9 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
9 4 (12.90%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.90%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
1 15 (48.39%) Security Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) Degree
3 11 (35.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (25.81%) DV Cleared
5 5 (16.13%) CCIE
5 5 (16.13%) CCNP
5 5 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.23%) HNC
6 1 (3.23%) HND
6 1 (3.23%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (12.90%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (74.19%) Active Directory
2 14 (45.16%) Hyper-V
3 9 (29.03%) VMware NSX
4 7 (22.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (19.35%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (19.35%) vSphere
6 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Ansible
2 7 (22.58%) Proxmox
2 7 (22.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (12.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (74.19%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.13%) Cisco
4 4 (12.90%) Splunk
5 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.23%) Meraki
5 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.23%) Synology
5 1 (3.23%) Veeam