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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 225 173
Rank change year-on-year -18 -52 -39
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 230 215 526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 1.31% 1.97%
As % of the System Software category 12.74% 9.88% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 159 186 445
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,938 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.98% -6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £79,500
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 1,806 2,176 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.25% 13.22% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 1,274 2,346
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -9.09%

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 29 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 45 (19.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (11.74%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.78%) Apache
3 11 (4.78%) nginx
4 9 (3.91%) IIS
5 5 (2.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.43%) Houdini
3 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (64.35%) Azure
2 84 (36.52%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (23.04%) AWS
4 49 (21.30%) Entra ID
5 30 (13.04%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.26%) GitHub
6 19 (8.26%) IaaS
7 17 (7.39%) PaaS
8 12 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (5.22%) Azure Functions
8 12 (5.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.22%) Serverless
9 9 (3.91%) GCP
10 8 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.48%) Mimecast
11 7 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.04%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 92 (40.00%) Firewall
2 66 (28.70%) DNS
3 53 (23.04%) DHCP
4 52 (22.61%) VPN
5 41 (17.83%) WAN
6 37 (16.09%) LAN
7 32 (13.91%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.57%) VSAN
9 20 (8.70%) VLAN
10 10 (4.35%) Network Security
10 10 (4.35%) Wireless
11 8 (3.48%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (3.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (3.04%) Unified Communications
12 7 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.61%) BGP
13 6 (2.61%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.61%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.61%) SAN
13 6 (2.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.04%) Power BI
4 6 (2.61%) MySQL
5 4 (1.74%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.70%) Git
2 6 (2.61%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 84 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.09%) Finance
3 23 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.57%) Retail
5 19 (8.26%) Law
6 16 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.65%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.78%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (3.91%) Marketing
12 8 (3.48%) Banking
12 8 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (3.04%) Legal
14 6 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.74%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.87%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (19.57%) Senior
2 44 (19.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (18.70%) Consultant
4 37 (16.09%) Support Engineer
5 29 (12.61%) IT Engineer
6 28 (12.17%) IT Support
7 27 (11.74%) Architect
8 24 (10.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (10.00%) Analyst
10 20 (8.70%) Technical Consultant
11 19 (8.26%) Senior Consultant
11 19 (8.26%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (7.83%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 18 (7.83%) VMware Architect
13 17 (7.39%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (6.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 15 (6.52%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 15 (6.52%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (6.52%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.91%) Middleware
2 6 (2.61%) Web Services
2 6 (2.61%) XMPP
3 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 60 (26.09%) Data Centre
2 25 (10.87%) Public Cloud
3 22 (9.57%) Replication
4 21 (9.13%) Enterprise Storage
5 19 (8.26%) Driving Licence
5 19 (8.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (7.39%) Private Cloud
7 15 (6.52%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.22%) Podcast
9 11 (4.78%) iSeries
10 10 (4.35%) Onboarding
10 10 (4.35%) PKI
10 10 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (3.48%) CMDB
12 6 (2.61%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.61%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (2.17%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.74%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.74%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 141 (61.30%) Windows
2 91 (39.57%) Windows Server
3 74 (32.17%) Linux
4 16 (6.96%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.65%) VMS
6 10 (4.35%) Unix
7 9 (3.91%) Ubuntu
8 8 (3.48%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.30%) CentOS
12 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.87%) Debian
12 2 (0.87%) Solaris
13 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (35.65%) Disaster Recovery
2 72 (31.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 66 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.74%) Presales
5 38 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (14.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.48%) DevOps
8 28 (12.17%) High Availability
9 27 (11.74%) Business Continuity
9 27 (11.74%) Mentoring
10 26 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (11.30%) ITIL
11 25 (10.87%) Project Delivery
12 24 (10.43%) CI/CD
12 24 (10.43%) Roadmaps
12 24 (10.43%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (9.13%) Task Automation
14 20 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
14 20 (8.70%) Customer Service
15 19 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 70 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.61%) Python
3 25 (10.87%) SQL
4 22 (9.57%) Bash
5 15 (6.52%) Bicep
6 12 (5.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.74%) VB
7 4 (1.74%) VBA
7 4 (1.74%) VBScript
8 2 (0.87%) Rust
8 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (20.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 43 (18.70%) Azure Certification
3 35 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (12.61%) VCAP
5 28 (12.17%) Security Cleared
6 26 (11.30%) SC Cleared
7 24 (10.43%) Degree
8 21 (9.13%) VCDX
9 13 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (4.78%) DV Cleared
11 10 (4.35%) CCNP
12 9 (3.91%) RHCSA
13 7 (3.04%) HNC
13 7 (3.04%) HND
14 6 (2.61%) CCNA
14 6 (2.61%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.74%) LPIC
15 4 (1.74%) MCSE
15 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.39%) SLA
2 15 (6.52%) PMO
3 5 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.87%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (38.26%) Hyper-V
2 86 (37.39%) Active Directory
3 71 (30.87%) vSphere
4 34 (14.78%) VMware NSX
5 23 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.96%) vCloud
7 14 (6.09%) Firmware
7 14 (6.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (3.91%) KVM
10 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (2.61%) Squid
10 6 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.74%) Docker
12 3 (1.30%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.30%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.87%) Xen
14 1 (0.43%) iptables
14 1 (0.43%) QEMU
14 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 42 (18.26%) Terraform
2 40 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (11.74%) Ansible
4 19 (8.26%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.52%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.91%) Proxmox
7 7 (3.04%) SCCM
8 6 (2.61%) Avamar
8 6 (2.61%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (2.61%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.61%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (2.61%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (2.61%) Grafana
8 6 (2.61%) Packer
8 6 (2.61%) VxRail
9 5 (2.17%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.74%) Graylog
10 4 (1.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (1.74%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 230 (100.00%) VMware
2 153 (66.52%) Microsoft
3 53 (23.04%) Veeam
4 45 (19.57%) Cisco
5 30 (13.04%) NetApp
6 26 (11.30%) Dell
7 25 (10.87%) Broadcom
8 23 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
9 20 (8.70%) EMC
10 19 (8.26%) Palo Alto
11 16 (6.96%) Citrix
11 16 (6.96%) Fortinet
12 15 (6.52%) IBM
13 14 (6.09%) Red Hat
14 13 (5.65%) HP
15 12 (5.22%) Commvault
15 12 (5.22%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (4.78%) Meraki
16 11 (4.78%) ServiceNow
17 10 (4.35%) Splunk