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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 95 65
Rank change year-on-year -49 -30 +71
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 43 104 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.71% 2.69% 3.47%
As % of the System Software category 20.87% 25.62% 26.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 63 178
10th Percentile £31,025 £32,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% -7.61%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,150 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,625 £55,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -9.52%

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 206 406 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.41% 10.52% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 148 245 634
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £65,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,063 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.34% +18.13% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +14 16 £32,500 -53.57% 11
Staffordshire -29 10 £62,500 +47.06% 3
Birmingham -11 6 £47,500 -5.00% 6
Solihull - 4 £52,500 -
Coventry -12 2 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Wolverhampton -13 1 £45,000 +18.42%
Worcestershire -24 1 £37,500 -16.20% 1
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 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (41.86%) Entra ID
3 17 (39.53%) Azure
4 8 (18.60%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.33%) AWS
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.33%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (79.07%) Firewall
2 24 (55.81%) WAN
3 21 (48.84%) LAN
4 11 (25.58%) Network Security
5 10 (23.26%) DNS
6 9 (20.93%) SD-WAN
7 8 (18.60%) DHCP
8 6 (13.95%) MPLS
8 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (11.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (9.30%) VLAN
11 3 (6.98%) Broadband
11 3 (6.98%) TCP/IP
11 3 (6.98%) VPN
12 2 (4.65%) Ethernet
12 2 (4.65%) IPsec
12 2 (4.65%) OSPF
12 2 (4.65%) PSTN
12 2 (4.65%) VoIP
12 2 (4.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) GIS
2 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
General
1 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Finance
3 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (48.84%) Support Engineer
2 14 (32.56%) Technical Support
3 12 (27.91%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (27.91%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Architect
4 8 (18.60%) Digital Architect
4 8 (18.60%) IT Support
5 7 (16.28%) IT Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (13.95%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (11.63%) Senior
8 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Network Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (4.65%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (62.79%) Windows
2 11 (25.58%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.30%) Linux
3 4 (9.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (9.30%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (4.65%) Android
4 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) ITIL
1 14 (32.56%) SIEM
2 13 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (27.91%) Proactive Monitoring
4 8 (18.60%) Impact Assessments
4 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (18.60%) TOGAF
5 4 (9.30%) DevOps
5 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (9.30%) Service Delivery
5 4 (9.30%) Storage Management
5 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (6.98%) Architectural Design
6 3 (6.98%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.98%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (6.98%) Data Security
6 3 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (6.98%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (6.98%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) DBS Check
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.65%) CCNP
7 1 (2.33%) CCNA
7 1 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) SLA
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (51.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.60%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.30%) XenApp
4 2 (4.65%) Firmware
5 1 (2.33%) VMware Server
5 1 (2.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (62.79%) Cisco
3 19 (44.19%) Juniper
4 18 (41.86%) Microsoft
5 15 (34.88%) Dell
6 12 (27.91%) McAfee
7 8 (18.60%) HP
8 6 (13.95%) Meraki
9 4 (9.30%) CheckPoint
9 4 (9.30%) Citrix
9 4 (9.30%) IBM
9 4 (9.30%) SonicWALL
9 4 (9.30%) Veeam
10 3 (6.98%) Fortinet
11 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
11 2 (4.65%) SolarWinds
11 2 (4.65%) Zscaler
12 1 (2.33%) Aruba
12 1 (2.33%) Autodesk
12 1 (2.33%) SAP