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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 94 107
Rank change year-on-year -44 +13 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 62 89 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.72% 2.58% 1.99%
As % of the System Software category 19.62% 21.45% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54 57 78
10th Percentile £30,200 £29,900 £27,275
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £53,688 £59,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -5.00%

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 316 415 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.68% 12.01% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 230 315 393
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,875 £77,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 29 August 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 29 August 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
Worcestershire -13 16 £88,000 +85.26% 1
Warwickshire -28 16 £33,250 +2.31% 5
Birmingham -54 14 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Staffordshire +6 9 £50,000 -6.87% 3
Herefordshire -10 9 £110,000 -
Coventry -18 2 £42,250 +15.75%
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £42,500 - 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 22 (35.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (30.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (11.29%) nginx
4 6 (9.68%) Apache
4 6 (9.68%) IIS
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 43 (69.35%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (51.61%) Azure
3 29 (46.77%) Entra ID
4 9 (14.52%) Azure AKS
4 9 (14.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (11.29%) AWS
6 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (9.68%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.23%) GCP
7 2 (3.23%) SaaS
8 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (48.39%) VPN
2 27 (43.55%) Firewall
3 25 (40.32%) DNS
4 19 (30.65%) DHCP
5 12 (19.35%) Network Security
5 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
6 9 (14.52%) WAN
7 8 (12.90%) SAN
7 8 (12.90%) VLAN
8 7 (11.29%) LAN
9 6 (9.68%) Wireless
10 3 (4.84%) VoIP
10 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (3.23%) NAS
12 1 (1.61%) HTTP
12 1 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.61%) GIS
1 1 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.45%) Finance
3 4 (6.45%) Legal
3 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.23%) Automotive
4 2 (3.23%) Retail
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Support Engineer
2 25 (40.32%) IT Engineer
3 16 (25.81%) IT Support
4 15 (24.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (17.74%) Technical Support
6 10 (16.13%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Technical Support Engineer
7 9 (14.52%) Architect
7 9 (14.52%) Azure Architect
7 9 (14.52%) Technical Architect
8 8 (12.90%) Senior
9 7 (11.29%) Senior Support Engineer
10 6 (9.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (8.06%) Senior Technical Engineer
11 5 (8.06%) Senior Technical Support
11 5 (8.06%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
12 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
12 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 4 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.13%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) Java SE
2 1 (1.61%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (14.52%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.84%) Replication
5 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.23%) CCTV
5 2 (3.23%) CMDB
5 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 49 (79.03%) Windows
2 36 (58.06%) Windows Server
3 16 (25.81%) Linux
4 6 (9.68%) Mac OS
4 6 (9.68%) Ubuntu
4 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.84%) Android
6 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
6 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.61%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (29.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (25.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (24.19%) Service Delivery
5 14 (22.58%) ITIL
6 11 (17.74%) AI
6 11 (17.74%) Cloud Security
6 11 (17.74%) ITSM
7 10 (16.13%) CI/CD
7 10 (16.13%) Containerisation
8 9 (14.52%) DevSecOps
8 9 (14.52%) GitOps
8 9 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (14.52%) Network Virtualisation
8 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (11.29%) Migration
9 7 (11.29%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (11.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 20 (32.26%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.52%) Bicep
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
3 3 (4.84%) Python
4 1 (1.61%) Java
4 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.97%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.74%) Degree
4 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
5 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (8.06%) A+ Certification
7 4 (6.45%) Azure Certification
7 4 (6.45%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (3.23%) CCNA
8 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
8 2 (3.23%) MCSE
9 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) SLA
2 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 43 (69.35%) Active Directory
2 29 (46.77%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.23%) vSphere
5 1 (1.61%) Docker
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (14.52%) Kubernetes
3 6 (9.68%) SCCM
4 1 (1.61%) Ansible
4 1 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) VMware
2 51 (82.26%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.13%) Cisco
4 8 (12.90%) Citrix
4 8 (12.90%) Dell
5 7 (11.29%) SonicWALL
5 7 (11.29%) Veeam
6 6 (9.68%) McAfee
7 5 (8.06%) Juniper
7 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
9 2 (3.23%) Isilon
9 2 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (3.23%) NetApp
9 2 (3.23%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (3.23%) Sage
9 2 (3.23%) Sophos
9 2 (3.23%) Splunk
10 1 (1.61%) Aruba
10 1 (1.61%) Meraki