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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 137 114
Rank change year-on-year -120 -23 +58
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 122 475 592
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.80% 2.39% 2.83%
As % of the System Software category 9.68% 16.74% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 93 321 505
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £81,200
UK median annual salary £43,500 £53,300 £49,500
% change year-on-year -18.39% +7.68% -1.00%

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 1,260 2,838 3,519
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.24% 14.30% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,738 3,034
10th Percentile £28,971 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £42,784
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 November 2025.

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 29 (23.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.92%) IIS
4 1 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.82%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.82%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 65 (53.28%) Azure
2 48 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (24.59%) AWS
4 23 (18.85%) Entra ID
5 18 (14.75%) GitHub
6 11 (9.02%) IaaS
7 10 (8.20%) PaaS
8 9 (7.38%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (6.56%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.74%) OneDrive
10 7 (5.74%) SaaS
11 6 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (4.10%) Cohesity
12 5 (4.10%) Mimecast
13 4 (3.28%) Nutanix
13 4 (3.28%) Power Platform
14 3 (2.46%) IBM Cloud
15 2 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 43 (35.25%) Firewall
2 34 (27.87%) DNS
2 34 (27.87%) VPN
3 31 (25.41%) DHCP
4 24 (19.67%) TCP/IP
4 24 (19.67%) WAN
5 13 (10.66%) LAN
6 11 (9.02%) VLAN
7 10 (8.20%) SAN
7 10 (8.20%) SD-WAN
8 9 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (6.56%) Wireless
10 7 (5.74%) Wireshark
11 6 (4.92%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (4.10%) NAS
12 5 (4.10%) Network Security
13 3 (2.46%) BGP
13 3 (2.46%) Broadband
13 3 (2.46%) IPsec
13 3 (2.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.10%) Data Hub
2 5 (4.10%) SQL CLR
3 3 (2.46%) Power BI
3 3 (2.46%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) Metadata
5 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Git
1 7 (5.74%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.64%) GitLab
2 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.82%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 35 (28.69%) Finance
3 18 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.38%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Back Office
6 6 (4.92%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.92%) Retail
7 5 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Legal
9 3 (2.46%) Local Government
9 3 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.64%) Advertising
10 2 (1.64%) Marketing
10 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.82%) Banking
11 1 (0.82%) Electronics
11 1 (0.82%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Support Engineer
2 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (13.11%) Senior
4 14 (11.48%) Analyst
5 13 (10.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (10.66%) Linux Engineer
6 12 (9.84%) IT Support
7 11 (9.02%) Support Analyst
8 10 (8.20%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (7.38%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (7.38%) VMware Engineer
9 9 (7.38%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (5.74%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (5.74%) Linux Support
11 7 (5.74%) Technical Engineer
11 7 (5.74%) Technical Support
11 7 (5.74%) Technical Support Engineer
12 6 (4.92%) Linux/Unix DevOps
12 6 (4.92%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) Node.js
2 5 (4.10%) .NET
3 4 (3.28%) .NET Core
3 4 (3.28%) .NET Framework
3 4 (3.28%) Dapper ORM
3 4 (3.28%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.46%) SAP Basis
5 2 (1.64%) LAMP
6 1 (0.82%) Kafka
6 1 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.11%) Data Centre
2 14 (11.48%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.56%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.74%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.74%) Private Cloud
6 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
6 6 (4.92%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.92%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.10%) Clustering
8 4 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (2.46%) CCTV
9 3 (2.46%) iPad
9 3 (2.46%) iPhone
9 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.46%) PKI
9 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (53.28%) Windows
2 37 (30.33%) Linux
3 32 (26.23%) Windows Server
4 16 (13.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (10.66%) Unix
6 10 (8.20%) Mac OS
7 8 (6.56%) Apple iOS
8 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (4.10%) Android
9 5 (4.10%) Debian
9 5 (4.10%) Mac OS X
9 5 (4.10%) Solaris
9 5 (4.10%) Ubuntu
10 4 (3.28%) CentOS
11 3 (2.46%) Windows 10
11 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (1.64%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.61%) ITIL
2 40 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (18.85%) DevOps
3 23 (18.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (18.03%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (13.93%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (13.93%) Mentoring
7 15 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (12.30%) Migration
8 14 (11.48%) Collaborative Culture
9 13 (10.66%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.84%) Computer Science
10 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure Management
10 12 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (9.02%) Customer Service
11 11 (9.02%) SIEM
12 10 (8.20%) Service Delivery
13 9 (7.38%) Containerisation
14 8 (6.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.41%) PowerShell
2 21 (17.21%) Python
3 16 (13.11%) SQL
4 12 (9.84%) Bash
5 8 (6.56%) Bicep
6 5 (4.10%) Korn
7 4 (3.28%) C#
8 1 (0.82%) Go
8 1 (0.82%) Java
8 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (13.93%) SC Cleared
4 15 (12.30%) Degree
5 13 (10.66%) Azure Certification
6 12 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (8.20%) AWS Certification
8 8 (6.56%) MCP
9 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.74%) MCSE
9 7 (5.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (4.92%) CCNP
11 5 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (4.10%) MCSA
12 4 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.28%) GCFA
12 4 (3.28%) GCIA
12 4 (3.28%) GCIH
13 3 (2.46%) CCNA
13 3 (2.46%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) SLA
2 10 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.10%) GDPR
3 5 (4.10%) NIST
4 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
System Software
1 49 (40.16%) Active Directory
2 44 (36.07%) Hyper-V
3 21 (17.21%) vSphere
4 15 (12.30%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.92%) NFS
7 5 (4.10%) Docker
8 3 (2.46%) Firmware
8 3 (2.46%) VMware NSX
8 3 (2.46%) XenApp
9 2 (1.64%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.82%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.82%) Postfix
10 1 (0.82%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 27 (22.13%) Terraform
2 23 (18.85%) Ansible
3 20 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (12.30%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.92%) SCOM
6 4 (3.28%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.46%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.46%) Nessus
8 2 (1.64%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.82%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.82%) Kibana
9 1 (0.82%) Nagios
9 1 (0.82%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.82%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 122 (100.00%) VMware
2 72 (59.02%) Microsoft
3 20 (16.39%) Cisco
4 14 (11.48%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.20%) Dell
6 8 (6.56%) Veeam
7 7 (5.74%) HP
7 7 (5.74%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (4.92%) Commvault
8 6 (4.92%) Meraki
8 6 (4.92%) NetApp
8 6 (4.92%) Pure Storage
8 6 (4.92%) Sophos
9 5 (4.10%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (4.10%) Citrix
9 5 (4.10%) Palo Alto
10 4 (3.28%) Oracle
10 4 (3.28%) SAP
11 3 (2.46%) IBM
11 3 (2.46%) Symantec