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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 98 90
Rank change year-on-year -56 -8 +52
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 47 71 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.55% 2.36% 2.50%
As % of the System Software category 18.43% 18.68% 23.62%
Number of salaries quoted 34 52 172
10th Percentile £29,150 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,438 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,375 £60,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 255 380 834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.98% 12.62% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 184 271 684
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,500 £25,243
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,901 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,350
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 30 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 30 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 -15 22 £32,500 - 2
Staffordshire -7 13 £62,500 +16.41% 8
Birmingham -40 5 £39,000 -22.00% 3
Coventry -24 2 £42,250 -50.29% 1
Worcestershire -31 2 £29,750 -37.37% 4
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 15 (31.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (21.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (68.09%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (42.55%) Entra ID
3 18 (38.30%) Azure
4 8 (17.02%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.13%) IaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.13%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.13%) PaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (61.70%) Firewall
2 15 (31.91%) LAN
2 15 (31.91%) WAN
3 10 (21.28%) DHCP
3 10 (21.28%) DNS
3 10 (21.28%) Network Security
4 8 (17.02%) VPN
5 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
6 5 (10.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (10.64%) VLAN
6 5 (10.64%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (8.51%) SAN
8 3 (6.38%) Wireless
9 1 (2.13%) NAS
9 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) GIS
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
General
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Finance
3 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (53.19%) Support Engineer
2 14 (29.79%) IT Engineer
3 13 (27.66%) IT Support
3 13 (27.66%) Technical Engineer
3 13 (27.66%) Technical Support
3 13 (27.66%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (17.02%) Architect
5 8 (17.02%) Digital Architect
5 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (12.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (10.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 5 (10.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
9 2 (4.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (4.26%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (76.60%) Windows
2 17 (36.17%) Windows Server
3 5 (10.64%) Android
3 5 (10.64%) Apple iOS
4 3 (6.38%) Linux
4 3 (6.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (31.91%) ITIL
3 15 (31.91%) Proactive Monitoring
4 13 (27.66%) SIEM
5 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (17.02%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (17.02%) TOGAF
7 6 (12.77%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.51%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (8.51%) ITSM
10 3 (6.38%) Change Management
10 3 (6.38%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 3 (6.38%) Creative Thinking
10 3 (6.38%) Identity Management
10 3 (6.38%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (6.38%) Server Management
10 3 (6.38%) Virtual Environments
10 3 (6.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) DBS Check
2 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.26%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.26%) MCSE
5 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 29 (61.70%) Active Directory
2 17 (36.17%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.38%) vSphere
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.51%) SCCM
3 1 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) VMware
2 25 (53.19%) Microsoft
3 22 (46.81%) Cisco
4 18 (38.30%) Juniper
5 16 (34.04%) Dell
6 14 (29.79%) McAfee
7 8 (17.02%) HP
8 6 (12.77%) Veeam
9 2 (4.26%) Citrix
9 2 (4.26%) Isilon
9 2 (4.26%) Sophos
10 1 (2.13%) Aruba
10 1 (2.13%) Autodesk
10 1 (2.13%) Commvault
10 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.13%) Meraki
10 1 (2.13%) NetApp
10 1 (2.13%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (2.13%) SAP
10 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard