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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 97 103
Rank change year-on-year -37 +6 +16
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 56 79 181
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.71% 2.46% 2.16%
As % of the System Software category 19.93% 18.99% 22.60%
Number of salaries quoted 44 53 142
10th Percentile £27,375 - £26,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,797 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £56,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -12.62%

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 281 416 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.57% 12.95% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 214 322 625
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £24,800
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +5.56% +1.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,596 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £53,875 £51,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.61% +4.04% -10.00%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -10 26 £33,250 +2.31%
Staffordshire -2 10 £53,688 - 4
Worcestershire -9 8 £35,250 -25.79% 2
Birmingham -35 5 £39,000 -22.00% 5
Herefordshire -17 3 £110,000 -
Coventry -16 2 £42,250 -50.29% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £42,500 - 1
Wolverhampton - 1 £45,000 -
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 19 (33.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (66.07%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (41.07%) Azure
3 21 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.36%) AWS
5 3 (5.36%) Azure AKS
5 3 (5.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.79%) IaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.79%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.79%) PaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) Firewall
2 18 (32.14%) VPN
3 17 (30.36%) DHCP
3 17 (30.36%) DNS
4 14 (25.00%) LAN
4 14 (25.00%) WAN
5 11 (19.64%) TCP/IP
6 9 (16.07%) Network Security
7 6 (10.71%) SAN
8 5 (8.93%) VLAN
8 5 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (5.36%) Wireless
10 1 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.79%) NAS
10 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) GIS
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Finance
3 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.57%) Automotive
4 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (51.79%) Support Engineer
2 24 (42.86%) IT Engineer
3 18 (32.14%) IT Support
4 16 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (21.43%) Technical Engineer
5 12 (21.43%) Technical Support
5 12 (21.43%) Technical Support Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Architect
7 6 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (8.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Digital Architect
10 3 (5.36%) Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) Azure Architect
10 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Data Centre
2 10 (17.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.79%) PKI
5 1 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (82.14%) Windows
2 25 (44.64%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.71%) Linux
3 6 (10.71%) Mac OS
4 5 (8.93%) Android
4 5 (8.93%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.14%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (28.57%) ITIL
4 14 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 12 (21.43%) SIEM
6 9 (16.07%) Service Delivery
7 7 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (12.50%) ITSM
7 7 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.93%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (7.14%) Business Continuity
9 4 (7.14%) Customer Service
9 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (7.14%) TOGAF
10 3 (5.36%) Computer Science
10 3 (5.36%) Incident Management
10 3 (5.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (5.36%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) A+ Certification
5 4 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.57%) MCSE
8 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.79%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 36 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 24 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.36%) vSphere
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.14%) SCCM
2 4 (7.14%) Terraform
3 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.79%) Ansible
4 1 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 18 (32.14%) Cisco
4 15 (26.79%) Dell
5 13 (23.21%) Juniper
5 13 (23.21%) McAfee
6 6 (10.71%) Veeam
7 4 (7.14%) HP
8 2 (3.57%) Citrix
8 2 (3.57%) Isilon
8 2 (3.57%) Sophos
9 1 (1.79%) Aruba
9 1 (1.79%) Commvault
9 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.79%) Meraki
9 1 (1.79%) NetApp
9 1 (1.79%) Sage
9 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.79%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.79%) WatchGuard