Hybrid/Remote VMware Infrastructure Job Trends

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 230 154
Rank change year-on-year -13 -76 -18
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 215 216 667
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 1.31% 2.09%
As % of the System Software category 12.24% 9.66% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 143 187 574
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,625 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £82,625 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £74,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,757 2,235 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.23% 13.55% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 1,344 2,966
10th Percentile £32,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,528
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.87% -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,600 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

VMware Infrastructure salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 44 (20.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.19%) IIS
4 5 (2.33%) Apache
4 5 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (2.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.47%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Houdini
3 1 (0.47%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (64.65%) Azure
2 80 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (21.86%) AWS
4 45 (20.93%) Entra ID
5 30 (13.95%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.84%) GitHub
7 18 (8.37%) IaaS
8 16 (7.44%) PaaS
9 12 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.58%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.58%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.58%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (5.58%) Serverless
10 9 (4.19%) GCP
11 8 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (3.72%) Power Platform
12 7 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (3.26%) Mimecast
12 7 (3.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 85 (39.53%) Firewall
2 61 (28.37%) DNS
3 51 (23.72%) DHCP
3 51 (23.72%) VPN
4 39 (18.14%) WAN
5 32 (14.88%) LAN
5 32 (14.88%) TCP/IP
6 22 (10.23%) VSAN
7 18 (8.37%) VLAN
8 8 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (3.26%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (3.26%) Network Security
9 7 (3.26%) Unified Communications
9 7 (3.26%) Wireless
10 6 (2.79%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (2.79%) iSCSI
10 6 (2.79%) SAN
10 6 (2.79%) WebEx
10 6 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.72%) Power BI
4 6 (2.79%) MySQL
5 5 (2.33%) Tableau
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.47%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (9.30%) Git
2 6 (2.79%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 79 (36.74%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.81%) Finance
3 22 (10.23%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.44%) Law
5 15 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.98%) Retail
6 12 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.65%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (4.19%) Marketing
9 8 (3.72%) Banking
9 8 (3.72%) Legal
10 7 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.79%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.93%) Military
14 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 48 (22.33%) Senior
2 43 (20.00%) Consultant
2 43 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (15.35%) Support Engineer
4 27 (12.56%) IT Engineer
5 26 (12.09%) IT Support
6 25 (11.63%) Architect
7 23 (10.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (9.77%) Analyst
9 20 (9.30%) Senior Consultant
9 20 (9.30%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (8.84%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (8.37%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (8.37%) VMware Architect
12 17 (7.91%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (7.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (7.91%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (7.44%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (6.98%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (6.98%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.19%) Middleware
2 6 (2.79%) XMPP
3 3 (1.40%) Web Services
4 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 59 (27.44%) Data Centre
2 25 (11.63%) Public Cloud
3 21 (9.77%) Enterprise Storage
3 21 (9.77%) Replication
4 18 (8.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (7.44%) Driving Licence
5 16 (7.44%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.98%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.58%) Podcast
8 11 (5.12%) iSeries
9 10 (4.65%) PKI
10 9 (4.19%) Onboarding
10 9 (4.19%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (3.72%) CMDB
12 6 (2.79%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.79%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
15 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 126 (58.60%) Windows
2 82 (38.14%) Windows Server
3 66 (30.70%) Linux
4 13 (6.05%) VMS
4 13 (6.05%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.12%) Unix
6 9 (4.19%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.26%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.86%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.40%) CentOS
10 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.93%) Debian
11 2 (0.93%) Solaris
12 1 (0.47%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.47%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (35.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 66 (30.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (22.33%) Presales
5 33 (15.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (14.42%) DevOps
7 29 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (13.49%) Mentoring
8 25 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (11.16%) CI/CD
10 23 (10.70%) Business Continuity
10 23 (10.70%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (10.23%) ITIL
11 22 (10.23%) Project Delivery
11 22 (10.23%) Task Automation
12 21 (9.77%) High Availability
13 20 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (9.30%) Roadmaps
14 19 (8.84%) Customer Engagement
15 17 (7.91%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (31.16%) PowerShell
2 28 (13.02%) Python
3 25 (11.63%) SQL
4 20 (9.30%) Bash
5 14 (6.51%) Bicep
6 12 (5.58%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.33%) VB
7 5 (2.33%) VBA
7 5 (2.33%) VBScript
8 2 (0.93%) Rust
8 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) C
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 36 (16.74%) Azure Certification
3 30 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (13.49%) VCAP
5 25 (11.63%) Degree
6 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
6 21 (9.77%) VCDX
7 20 (9.30%) SC Cleared
8 10 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.19%) DV Cleared
10 8 (3.72%) CCNP
10 8 (3.72%) RHCSA
11 7 (3.26%) HNC
11 7 (3.26%) HND
12 6 (2.79%) Dell Certification
13 5 (2.33%) CCNA
14 4 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.86%) LPIC
14 4 (1.86%) MCSE
15 3 (1.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.44%) SLA
2 15 (6.98%) PMO
3 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.93%) GDPR
6 1 (0.47%) NIST
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (36.74%) Active Directory
1 79 (36.74%) Hyper-V
2 70 (32.56%) vSphere
3 33 (15.35%) VMware NSX
4 16 (7.44%) vCloud
4 16 (7.44%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (6.51%) Firmware
5 14 (6.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (4.19%) KVM
8 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (2.79%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.86%) Docker
10 3 (1.40%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.40%) Squid
10 3 (1.40%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.93%) Xen
12 1 (0.47%) iptables
12 1 (0.47%) QEMU
12 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 41 (19.07%) Terraform
2 35 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (13.02%) Ansible
4 19 (8.84%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.98%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.19%) Proxmox
7 7 (3.26%) SCCM
8 6 (2.79%) Avamar
8 6 (2.79%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (2.79%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.79%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (2.79%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (2.79%) Grafana
8 6 (2.79%) Packer
8 6 (2.79%) VxRail
9 4 (1.86%) Graylog
9 4 (1.86%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.40%) Puppet
10 3 (1.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.93%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 215 (100.00%) VMware
2 140 (65.12%) Microsoft
3 44 (20.47%) Veeam
4 40 (18.60%) Cisco
5 30 (13.95%) NetApp
6 25 (11.63%) Broadcom
6 25 (11.63%) Dell
7 23 (10.70%) Nimble Storage
8 20 (9.30%) EMC
9 18 (8.37%) Palo Alto
10 16 (7.44%) Citrix
10 16 (7.44%) Fortinet
10 16 (7.44%) IBM
11 14 (6.51%) Red Hat
12 12 (5.58%) Commvault
12 12 (5.58%) HP
12 12 (5.58%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (5.12%) Meraki
13 11 (5.12%) ServiceNow
14 10 (4.65%) Splunk