VMware Infrastructure Job Trends in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 105 66
Rank change year-on-year +12 -39 +57
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 77 126 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.41% 2.29% 3.92%
As % of the System Software category 21.27% 26.87% 27.06%
Number of salaries quoted 51 57 126
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,008 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.38% +15.31% -3.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 362 469 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.33% 8.51% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 268 271 464
10th Percentile £27,900 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,682 £31,794
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £66,175
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Warwickshire +50 25 £32,500 - 7
Birmingham +24 25 £48,750 +25.00% 7
Staffordshire -16 11 £46,844 -8.60% 4
Worcestershire -1 5 £47,500 +6.15% 2
Coventry +9 2 £37,000 -29.52% 6
Herefordshire 0 2 - - 1
Solihull -6 2 £52,500 +7.58%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 20 (25.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.79%) WinCC
3 4 (5.19%) FactoryTalk
4 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.60%) ArchestrA
5 2 (2.60%) IIS
5 2 (2.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (62.34%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (29.87%) Azure
3 14 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.90%) SaaS
6 2 (2.60%) GitHub
6 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.30%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (51.95%) Firewall
2 28 (36.36%) WAN
3 27 (35.06%) DHCP
4 25 (32.47%) LAN
5 17 (22.08%) DNS
6 16 (20.78%) TCP/IP
7 10 (12.99%) VPN
7 10 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (9.09%) SD-WAN
9 6 (7.79%) Modbus
9 6 (7.79%) VLAN
10 5 (6.49%) SAN
11 4 (5.19%) MPLS
12 3 (3.90%) BGP
12 3 (3.90%) IPsec
12 3 (3.90%) NAS
12 3 (3.90%) Network Security
12 3 (3.90%) OSPF
12 3 (3.90%) Wireshark
13 2 (2.60%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.19%) Power BI
3 3 (3.90%) Data Hub
3 3 (3.90%) SQL CLR
4 1 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.30%) Metadata
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 9 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (9.09%) Finance
5 5 (6.49%) Back Office
6 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Law
7 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 16 (20.78%) Technical Support
3 14 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) ICT Officer
4 12 (15.58%) ICT Support
4 12 (15.58%) ICT Support Officer
4 12 (15.58%) Support Officer
5 11 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (12.99%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (12.99%) Technical Support Engineer
7 8 (10.39%) IT Engineer
7 8 (10.39%) Lead
7 8 (10.39%) Senior
8 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 6 (7.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) IT Support
10 4 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
1 2 (2.60%) .NET Core
1 2 (2.60%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.60%) Dapper ORM
1 2 (2.60%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.30%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 15 (19.48%) Operational Technology
3 11 (14.29%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.79%) SCADA
5 5 (6.49%) Clustering
5 5 (6.49%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (3.90%) Private Cloud
8 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (2.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (1.30%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 50 (64.94%) Windows
2 28 (36.36%) Windows Server
3 12 (15.58%) Linux
4 10 (12.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (12.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.30%) CentOS
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (19.48%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (16.88%) SIEM
4 12 (15.58%) Proactive Monitoring
5 10 (12.99%) Data Security
5 10 (12.99%) Infrastructure Management
6 8 (10.39%) ITIL
6 8 (10.39%) Security Operations
7 6 (7.79%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (7.79%) Network Design
7 6 (7.79%) Virtual Environments
8 5 (6.49%) Server Management
9 4 (5.19%) Data Protection
9 4 (5.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (5.19%) Information Security
9 4 (5.19%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.19%) Presales
9 4 (5.19%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 13 (16.88%) SQL
3 2 (2.60%) C#
3 2 (2.60%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.90%) CCNP
3 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.30%) RHCE
5 1 (1.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) SLA
2 6 (7.79%) GDPR
2 6 (7.79%) IEC 61508
2 6 (7.79%) QA
3 4 (5.19%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (45.45%) Hyper-V
2 33 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 6 (7.79%) XenApp
4 5 (6.49%) Firmware
5 3 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.90%) vSphere
6 1 (1.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.90%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (3.90%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.90%) Terraform
3 2 (2.60%) SCCM
3 2 (2.60%) SCOM
3 2 (2.60%) SCOrch
3 2 (2.60%) SCSM
4 1 (1.30%) Ansible
4 1 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) VMware
2 36 (46.75%) Microsoft
3 23 (29.87%) Cisco
4 16 (20.78%) Dell
5 12 (15.58%) Juniper
6 11 (14.29%) Citrix
7 10 (12.99%) McAfee
8 9 (11.69%) Meraki
9 6 (7.79%) CheckPoint
9 6 (7.79%) Rockwell
9 6 (7.79%) Siemens
9 6 (7.79%) SonicWALL
9 6 (7.79%) Veeam
10 4 (5.19%) Apple
11 3 (3.90%) Palo Alto
11 3 (3.90%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.90%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (3.90%) Zscaler
12 2 (2.60%) IBM
12 2 (2.60%) Isilon