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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 104 88
Rank change year-on-year -55 -16 +54
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 38 75 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.45% 2.27% 2.80%
As % of the System Software category 16.38% 20.33% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 24 56 184
10th Percentile £29,150 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -1.10%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £61,875 £61,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -13.91%

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 232 369 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.76% 11.18% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 169 258 710
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,125 £71,250
England 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 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 6 May 2026.

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 6 May 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
Warwickshire -4 20 £32,500 - 4
Staffordshire -32 10 £62,500 +21.01% 5
Coventry -24 2 £33,500 -48.46%
Birmingham -41 2 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Wolverhampton -21 1 £45,000 +18.42%
Solihull - 1 £52,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 £37,500 - 5
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 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (63.16%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (52.63%) Entra ID
3 15 (39.47%) Azure
4 8 (21.05%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.63%) AWS
6 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.63%) IaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (76.32%) Firewall
2 17 (44.74%) LAN
2 17 (44.74%) WAN
3 8 (21.05%) Network Security
4 6 (15.79%) DHCP
4 6 (15.79%) DNS
4 6 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (13.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (5.26%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.26%) VLAN
7 1 (2.63%) MPLS
7 1 (2.63%) NAS
7 1 (2.63%) SAN
7 1 (2.63%) VPN
7 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) GIS
2 2 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (21.05%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (60.53%) Support Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) Technical Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) Technical Support
2 14 (36.84%) Technical Support Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) IT Support
4 8 (21.05%) Architect
4 8 (21.05%) Digital Architect
4 8 (21.05%) IT Engineer
4 8 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (13.16%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Senior
8 1 (2.63%) IT Technician
8 1 (2.63%) Project Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.63%) PKI
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (73.68%) Windows
2 12 (31.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.16%) Android
3 5 (13.16%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (39.47%) Proactive Monitoring
3 14 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (36.84%) SIEM
4 12 (31.58%) ITIL
5 8 (21.05%) Impact Assessments
5 8 (21.05%) TOGAF
6 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.89%) Architectural Design
7 3 (7.89%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.89%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (7.89%) Roadmaps
7 3 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (7.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.26%) Operational Stability
8 2 (5.26%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) Degree
2 7 (18.42%) SC Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (15.79%) DBS Check
4 5 (13.16%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (39.47%) SLA
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 10 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.26%) vSphere
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (60.53%) Cisco
3 19 (50.00%) Juniper
4 16 (42.11%) Dell
4 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
5 15 (39.47%) McAfee
6 8 (21.05%) HP
7 4 (10.53%) Veeam
8 2 (5.26%) Citrix
9 1 (2.63%) Autodesk
9 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.63%) Commvault
9 1 (2.63%) IBM
9 1 (2.63%) Isilon
9 1 (2.63%) Meraki
9 1 (2.63%) SAP
9 1 (2.63%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.63%) Sophos