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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 100 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 -20 +52
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 86 129 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.64% 2.15% 3.43%
As % of the System Software category 22.22% 25.10% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 56 69 121
10th Percentile £30,125 £26,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £44,359
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +17.23% +0.46%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,625 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +0.50%

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 387 514 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.87% 8.58% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 294 340 459
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,725 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +16.47% -10.53%
75th Percentile £72,188 £60,000 £58,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,683 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.51% -0.91% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure 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 15 September 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 15 September 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
Birmingham +21 30 £48,750 +30.00% 2
Warwickshire +54 29 £32,500 - 2
Staffordshire -5 13 £53,688 +3.25% 3
Worcestershire +3 5 £47,500 +13.08%
Coventry +14 2 £37,000 -29.52% 3
Herefordshire +4 2 - -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 23 (26.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.98%) WinCC
3 5 (5.81%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.65%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (3.49%) IIS
6 2 (2.33%) ArchestrA
6 2 (2.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (17.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.16%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 55 (63.95%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (27.91%) Azure
3 12 (13.95%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.81%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.81%) SaaS
5 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.49%) GitHub
6 2 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.16%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (47.67%) Firewall
2 29 (33.72%) DHCP
3 28 (32.56%) WAN
4 25 (29.07%) LAN
5 19 (22.09%) TCP/IP
6 15 (17.44%) DNS
7 11 (12.79%) VPN
8 9 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (6.98%) Modbus
10 5 (5.81%) SAN
10 5 (5.81%) SD-WAN
10 5 (5.81%) VLAN
11 3 (3.49%) NAS
12 2 (2.33%) BGP
12 2 (2.33%) IPsec
12 2 (2.33%) Network Security
12 2 (2.33%) OSPF
12 2 (2.33%) Profibus
12 2 (2.33%) Skype
12 2 (2.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.81%) Data Hub
2 5 (5.81%) Power BI
2 5 (5.81%) SQL CLR
3 2 (2.33%) Metadata
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
General
1 22 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (18.60%) Manufacturing
3 11 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.30%) Finance
5 7 (8.14%) Back Office
6 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (26.74%) Support Engineer
2 17 (19.77%) Technical Support
3 15 (17.44%) ICT Officer
3 15 (17.44%) ICT Support
3 15 (17.44%) ICT Support Officer
3 15 (17.44%) Support Officer
4 13 (15.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) 2nd Line Support
5 11 (12.79%) IT Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Technical Engineer
5 11 (12.79%) Technical Support Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Lead
7 7 (8.14%) Senior
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 6 (6.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) IT Support
10 4 (4.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) .NET
1 3 (3.49%) .NET Core
1 3 (3.49%) .NET Framework
1 3 (3.49%) Dapper ORM
1 3 (3.49%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.16%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) Data Centre
2 17 (19.77%) Operational Technology
3 10 (11.63%) Driving Licence
4 7 (8.14%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (6.98%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.98%) SCADA
6 5 (5.81%) Clustering
6 5 (5.81%) Private Cloud
7 4 (4.65%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (3.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.33%) FMCG
9 2 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 55 (63.95%) Windows
2 32 (37.21%) Windows Server
3 11 (12.79%) Linux
4 10 (11.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (11.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (4.65%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.16%) CentOS
8 1 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (16.28%) Proactive Monitoring
5 13 (15.12%) SIEM
6 12 (13.95%) Data Security
6 12 (13.95%) Infrastructure Management
7 8 (9.30%) ITIL
7 8 (9.30%) Network Design
7 8 (9.30%) Security Operations
8 7 (8.14%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (6.98%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.98%) Release Management
9 6 (6.98%) Server Management
9 6 (6.98%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.81%) ERP
10 5 (5.81%) Software Engineering
10 5 (5.81%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (30.23%) PowerShell
2 16 (18.60%) SQL
3 3 (3.49%) C#
4 2 (2.33%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.33%) CCNP
3 2 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.16%) RHCE
4 1 (1.16%) RHCSA
4 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.12%) SLA
2 6 (6.98%) GDPR
2 6 (6.98%) IEC 61508
2 6 (6.98%) QA
3 4 (4.65%) IEC 61131
4 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.16%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 38 (44.19%) Hyper-V
2 33 (38.37%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.98%) XenApp
4 4 (4.65%) Firmware
5 3 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.49%) vSphere
6 1 (1.16%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.65%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.33%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.33%) SCCM
3 2 (2.33%) SCOM
3 2 (2.33%) SCOrch
3 2 (2.33%) SCSM
3 2 (2.33%) Terraform
4 1 (1.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 86 (100.00%) VMware
2 43 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (27.91%) Cisco
4 19 (22.09%) Dell
5 13 (15.12%) Juniper
6 12 (13.95%) Citrix
7 11 (12.79%) McAfee
8 8 (9.30%) Meraki
9 6 (6.98%) Apple
9 6 (6.98%) CheckPoint
9 6 (6.98%) Rockwell
9 6 (6.98%) Siemens
9 6 (6.98%) SonicWALL
9 6 (6.98%) Veeam
10 3 (3.49%) HP
10 3 (3.49%) Isilon
10 3 (3.49%) Sophos
10 3 (3.49%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (2.33%) Palo Alto
11 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds