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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 90 54
Rank change year-on-year -33 -36 +69
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 48 117 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.91% 2.81% 4.07%
As % of the System Software category 23.19% 27.02% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 30 65 145
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,188 £38,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,300 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,625 £55,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +12.24% -3.59%

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 207 433 560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.93% 10.41% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 145 241 504
10th Percentile £28,928 £31,250 £26,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.96%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £79,516 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -

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 10 January 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 10 January 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
Birmingham +8 13 £31,750 -30.98% 4
Staffordshire -30 12 £62,500 +25.00% 6
Warwickshire +18 10 £32,500 - 1
Solihull - 4 £52,500 -
Coventry 0 3 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Worcestershire -29 1 £37,500 -15.01% 4
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 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (12.50%) WinCC
3 4 (8.33%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (4.17%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (47.92%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.25%) Azure
2 15 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (70.83%) Firewall
2 22 (45.83%) WAN
3 18 (37.50%) LAN
4 15 (31.25%) DNS
5 13 (27.08%) DHCP
6 11 (22.92%) SD-WAN
7 8 (16.67%) Network Security
8 6 (12.50%) Modbus
8 6 (12.50%) MPLS
8 6 (12.50%) VLAN
8 6 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (8.33%) VPN
10 3 (6.25%) BGP
10 3 (6.25%) Broadband
10 3 (6.25%) IPsec
10 3 (6.25%) OSPF
10 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
10 3 (6.25%) Wireshark
11 2 (4.17%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) GIS
2 2 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Finance
3 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Back Office
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Support Engineer
2 14 (29.17%) Technical Support
3 10 (20.83%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 6 (12.50%) Senior
6 6 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) IT Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) IT Support
7 5 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Network Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Architect
8 4 (8.33%) Digital Architect
8 4 (8.33%) Lead
9 3 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 8 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 8 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 6 (12.50%) SCADA
4 4 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (6.25%) Cloud Native
5 3 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (68.75%) Windows
2 19 (39.58%) Windows Server
3 8 (16.67%) Linux
3 8 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.92%) ITIL
1 11 (22.92%) SIEM
2 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (14.58%) Data Security
4 7 (14.58%) Security Operations
5 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (12.50%) Presales
6 5 (10.42%) DevOps
7 4 (8.33%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.33%) Storage Management
7 4 (8.33%) TOGAF
8 3 (6.25%) Change Control
8 3 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.17%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (2.08%) CCNA
4 1 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) SLA
2 6 (12.50%) GDPR
2 6 (12.50%) IEC 61508
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 4 (8.33%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 25 (52.08%) Active Directory
2 18 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.33%) Firmware
3 4 (8.33%) XenApp
4 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.08%) VMware Server
4 1 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.25%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (6.25%) Terraform
3 2 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (43.75%) Cisco
3 15 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 14 (29.17%) Juniper
5 12 (25.00%) Dell
6 8 (16.67%) McAfee
7 7 (14.58%) Meraki
8 6 (12.50%) Rockwell
8 6 (12.50%) Siemens
9 5 (10.42%) Veeam
10 4 (8.33%) CheckPoint
10 4 (8.33%) Citrix
10 4 (8.33%) HP
10 4 (8.33%) IBM
10 4 (8.33%) SonicWALL
11 3 (6.25%) Fortinet
11 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
11 3 (6.25%) SolarWinds
11 3 (6.25%) Zscaler
12 1 (2.08%) Ubiquiti