VMware Infrastructure Jobs in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 106 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 84 176 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.02% 2.18% 2.46%
As % of the System Software category 19.44% 22.92% 19.76%
Number of salaries quoted 56 137 114
10th Percentile - £26,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -3.79%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £53,719 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -11.76% +2.84%

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 432 768 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.40% 9.52% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 332 607 480
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £43,706
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +2.96% -7.99%
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £62,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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
Warwickshire +32 34 £32,500 -23.53% 25
Birmingham +12 29 £50,000 +22.70% 11
Staffordshire +7 11 £53,688 +7.38% 6
Worcestershire +11 5 £47,500 +35.71% 6
Herefordshire +8 2 - - 2
Coventry +6 1 £36,500 -30.48% 4
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 28 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.57%) IIS
4 2 (2.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 57 (67.86%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (36.90%) Azure
3 9 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.95%) SaaS
5 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.57%) AWS
6 3 (3.57%) GitHub
7 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.19%) IaaS
8 1 (1.19%) PaaS
8 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (50.00%) Firewall
2 35 (41.67%) WAN
3 34 (40.48%) LAN
4 20 (23.81%) DHCP
5 19 (22.62%) TCP/IP
6 10 (11.90%) VPN
7 6 (7.14%) SAN
7 6 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (5.95%) DNS
9 3 (3.57%) NAS
9 3 (3.57%) VLAN
10 2 (2.38%) Network Security
10 2 (2.38%) PBX
10 2 (2.38%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.38%) Skype
11 1 (1.19%) BGP
11 1 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.95%) Data Hub
2 5 (5.95%) SQL CLR
3 4 (4.76%) Power BI
4 2 (2.38%) Metadata
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
General
1 25 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (13.10%) Manufacturing
4 8 (9.52%) Finance
5 6 (7.14%) Back Office
6 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Law
7 2 (2.38%) Marketing
8 1 (1.19%) Advertising
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (34.52%) Support Engineer
2 15 (17.86%) ICT Officer
2 15 (17.86%) ICT Support
2 15 (17.86%) ICT Support Officer
2 15 (17.86%) Support Officer
3 14 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 14 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 14 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 10 (11.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (11.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) IT Engineer
7 7 (8.33%) IT Support
8 5 (5.95%) Senior
9 4 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
9 4 (4.76%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) .NET
1 3 (3.57%) .NET Core
1 3 (3.57%) .NET Framework
1 3 (3.57%) Dapper ORM
1 3 (3.57%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.19%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.62%) Data Centre
2 12 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 9 (10.71%) Operational Technology
4 7 (8.33%) Driving Licence
5 5 (5.95%) Clustering
5 5 (5.95%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (2.38%) FMCG
8 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 58 (69.05%) Windows
2 33 (39.29%) Windows Server
3 15 (17.86%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (15.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (9.52%) Linux
6 7 (8.33%) Windows 10
7 5 (5.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (4.76%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.19%) CentOS
10 1 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (20.24%) Proactive Monitoring
4 16 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (16.67%) SIEM
6 13 (15.48%) Mentoring
7 12 (14.29%) Data Security
7 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
7 12 (14.29%) Network Design
8 10 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.33%) Virtual Environments
10 6 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (7.14%) ITIL
10 6 (7.14%) Release Management
11 5 (5.95%) Data Privacy
11 5 (5.95%) High Availability
11 5 (5.95%) Migration
11 5 (5.95%) Performance Tuning
11 5 (5.95%) Wealth Management
11 5 (5.95%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 33 (39.29%) PowerShell
2 15 (17.86%) SQL
3 3 (3.57%) C#
4 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CCNA
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.19%) RHCE
5 1 (1.19%) RHCSA
5 1 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.05%) SLA
2 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.19%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 34 (40.48%) Active Directory
2 28 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 12 (14.29%) XenApp
4 2 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.38%) vSphere
5 1 (1.19%) Firmware
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.57%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.38%) SCCM
3 2 (2.38%) SCOM
3 2 (2.38%) SCOrch
3 2 (2.38%) SCSM
4 1 (1.19%) Ansible
4 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (100.00%) VMware
2 47 (55.95%) Microsoft
3 31 (36.90%) Cisco
4 20 (23.81%) Dell
5 19 (22.62%) Citrix
6 15 (17.86%) Juniper
7 14 (16.67%) McAfee
8 12 (14.29%) CheckPoint
8 12 (14.29%) Meraki
8 12 (14.29%) SonicWALL
9 6 (7.14%) Apple
9 6 (7.14%) Veeam
10 4 (4.76%) HP
11 3 (3.57%) Isilon
11 3 (3.57%) Sophos
12 2 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
13 1 (1.19%) ADVA
13 1 (1.19%) Aruba
13 1 (1.19%) Nimble Storage
13 1 (1.19%) Oracle