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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 241 160
Rank change year-on-year -1 -81 -24
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 195 213 685
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 1.37% 1.98%
As % of the System Software category 11.91% 9.60% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 126 181 589
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,063 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -11.76%

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 1,637 2,219 4,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.05% 14.26% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 1,330 3,213
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,375 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £76,213 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,410 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%

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 23 June 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 40 (20.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.56%) Confluence
3 5 (2.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.51%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (61.54%) Azure
2 74 (37.95%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (22.05%) Entra ID
4 39 (20.00%) AWS
5 29 (14.87%) Nutanix
6 17 (8.72%) GitHub
7 16 (8.21%) IaaS
8 14 (7.18%) PaaS
9 10 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 10 (5.13%) Azure Functions
9 10 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
9 10 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (5.13%) Serverless
10 8 (4.10%) OneDrive
10 8 (4.10%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (3.59%) GCP
11 7 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (2.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 68 (34.87%) Firewall
2 47 (24.10%) DNS
3 45 (23.08%) VPN
4 41 (21.03%) DHCP
5 32 (16.41%) WAN
6 28 (14.36%) TCP/IP
7 22 (11.28%) VSAN
8 20 (10.26%) LAN
9 13 (6.67%) VLAN
10 10 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (4.10%) SD-WAN
11 8 (4.10%) Unified Communications
12 7 (3.59%) BGP
12 7 (3.59%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (3.59%) Network Security
13 6 (3.08%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (3.08%) iSCSI
13 6 (3.08%) SAN
13 6 (3.08%) WebEx
14 5 (2.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.10%) Power BI
3 6 (3.08%) MySQL
4 5 (2.56%) Tableau
5 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.51%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (9.23%) Git
2 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 70 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.41%) Finance
3 21 (10.77%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.69%) Retail
5 13 (6.67%) Law
6 12 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.64%) Marketing
8 10 (5.13%) Banking
8 10 (5.13%) Legal
8 10 (5.13%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.54%) Aviation
12 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 52 (26.67%) Senior
2 44 (22.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (19.49%) Consultant
4 25 (12.82%) Support Engineer
5 24 (12.31%) IT Engineer
6 23 (11.79%) Architect
7 20 (10.26%) IT Support
7 20 (10.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 20 (10.26%) Senior Consultant
7 20 (10.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (9.74%) Analyst
8 19 (9.74%) VMware Consultant
9 18 (9.23%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (9.23%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 18 (9.23%) Technical Consultant
9 18 (9.23%) VMware Architect
10 17 (8.72%) Cloud Consultant
10 17 (8.72%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (7.69%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 15 (7.69%) Senior VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.08%) XMPP
2 5 (2.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 61 (31.28%) Data Centre
2 22 (11.28%) Public Cloud
3 21 (10.77%) Enterprise Storage
3 21 (10.77%) Replication
4 18 (9.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (9.23%) Security Posture
5 14 (7.18%) Private Cloud
6 11 (5.64%) Driving Licence
6 11 (5.64%) iSeries
7 10 (5.13%) Podcast
8 9 (4.62%) PKI
9 8 (4.10%) CMDB
10 7 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (3.08%) FlexPod
11 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
11 6 (3.08%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (2.05%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 113 (57.95%) Windows
2 72 (36.92%) Windows Server
3 59 (30.26%) Linux
4 13 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.64%) VMS
6 10 (5.13%) Unix
7 8 (4.10%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.59%) Mac OS
9 6 (3.08%) Apple iOS
10 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.03%) CentOS
11 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.51%) Debian
12 1 (0.51%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.51%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.51%) Solaris
12 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.41%) Disaster Recovery
2 61 (31.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (22.05%) Presales
5 33 (16.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (15.90%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (14.87%) DevOps
8 28 (14.36%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (11.79%) CI/CD
10 23 (11.79%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (9.74%) Task Automation
13 18 (9.23%) Business Continuity
13 18 (9.23%) Computer Science
13 18 (9.23%) ITIL
14 17 (8.72%) Project Delivery
14 17 (8.72%) Service Delivery
15 16 (8.21%) Customer Engagement
15 16 (8.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 58 (29.74%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.33%) Python
3 19 (9.74%) SQL
4 17 (8.72%) Bash
5 11 (5.64%) Bicep
6 10 (5.13%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.56%) VB
7 5 (2.56%) VBA
7 5 (2.56%) VBScript
8 1 (0.51%) Perl
8 1 (0.51%) Rust
8 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (16.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 29 (14.87%) VCAP
3 27 (13.85%) Azure Certification
4 26 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (12.31%) Degree
6 21 (10.77%) VCDX
7 16 (8.21%) Security Cleared
8 15 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.59%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.08%) CCNP
10 6 (3.08%) Dell Certification
11 5 (2.56%) HNC
11 5 (2.56%) HND
11 5 (2.56%) RHCSA
12 4 (2.05%) CCNA
12 4 (2.05%) LPIC
12 4 (2.05%) MCSE
13 3 (1.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.69%) PMO
2 14 (7.18%) SLA
3 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.05%) NIST
5 3 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.03%) GDPR
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 75 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 66 (33.85%) Hyper-V
2 66 (33.85%) vSphere
3 36 (18.46%) VMware NSX
4 16 (8.21%) vCloud
5 13 (6.67%) Firmware
6 12 (6.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (4.10%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (3.59%) KVM
10 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (3.08%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.05%) Docker
12 3 (1.54%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.54%) Terminal Services
13 2 (1.03%) Xen
14 1 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.51%) iptables
14 1 (0.51%) QEMU
14 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 39 (20.00%) Terraform
2 30 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (13.85%) Ansible
4 20 (10.26%) Kubernetes
5 14 (7.18%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.62%) Proxmox
6 9 (4.62%) SCCM
7 6 (3.08%) Avamar
7 6 (3.08%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (3.08%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (3.08%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (3.08%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (3.08%) Grafana
7 6 (3.08%) Packer
7 6 (3.08%) VxRail
8 4 (2.05%) Graylog
8 4 (2.05%) ZABBIX
9 2 (1.03%) Puppet
9 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.03%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 195 (100.00%) VMware
2 123 (63.08%) Microsoft
3 38 (19.49%) Cisco
4 37 (18.97%) Veeam
5 30 (15.38%) NetApp
6 25 (12.82%) Broadcom
6 25 (12.82%) Dell
7 23 (11.79%) Nimble Storage
8 20 (10.26%) EMC
9 16 (8.21%) IBM
9 16 (8.21%) Palo Alto
10 15 (7.69%) Fortinet
11 13 (6.67%) Red Hat
12 12 (6.15%) Citrix
12 12 (6.15%) Commvault
12 12 (6.15%) HP
13 11 (5.64%) Meraki
13 11 (5.64%) ServiceNow
14 10 (5.13%) Sophos
14 10 (5.13%) Splunk