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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 172 133
Rank change year-on-year -108 -39 +22
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 115 295 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.99% 2.51%
As % of the System Software category 8.58% 12.38% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 70 211 628
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -9.52%

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 1,341 2,383 4,177
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.15% 16.10% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 950 1,530 3,597
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,156 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £113,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 1 March 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 28 (24.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Apache
3 1 (0.87%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 68 (59.13%) Azure
2 54 (46.96%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 29 (25.22%) AWS
5 13 (11.30%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.57%) IaaS
7 10 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (8.70%) PaaS
8 6 (5.22%) Google Workspace
8 6 (5.22%) Nutanix
9 5 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (3.48%) Power Platform
11 3 (2.61%) GitHub
11 3 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.61%) IBM Cloud
12 2 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.74%) GCP
12 2 (1.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 48 (41.74%) Firewall
2 43 (37.39%) DNS
3 36 (31.30%) VPN
4 29 (25.22%) DHCP
5 28 (24.35%) TCP/IP
6 24 (20.87%) WAN
7 16 (13.91%) SD-WAN
8 15 (13.04%) VLAN
9 7 (6.09%) BGP
9 7 (6.09%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (6.09%) LAN
9 7 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (5.22%) Wireless
11 5 (4.35%) Network Security
11 5 (4.35%) Unified Communications
12 3 (2.61%) Broadband
12 3 (2.61%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (2.61%) IPsec
12 3 (2.61%) NAS
12 3 (2.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.48%) Power BI
2 4 (3.48%) Tableau
3 3 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.61%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.74%) Git
2 2 (1.74%) GitLab
3 1 (0.87%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.87%) Subversion
3 1 (0.87%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (53.04%) Social Skills
2 37 (32.17%) Finance
3 15 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.43%) Retail
5 9 (7.83%) Legal
6 7 (6.09%) Banking
6 7 (6.09%) Marketing
6 7 (6.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.61%) Aviation
8 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Advertising
9 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.74%) Law
9 2 (1.74%) Local Government
9 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.87%) Back Office
10 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (25.22%) Senior
2 27 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (16.52%) Analyst
4 15 (13.04%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (12.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (11.30%) Support Analyst
7 12 (10.43%) Infrastructure Support
7 12 (10.43%) IT Support
8 11 (9.57%) Consultant
8 11 (9.57%) Support Engineer
9 8 (6.96%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.96%) Network Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) Lead
11 6 (5.22%) IT Analyst
11 6 (5.22%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (5.22%) Unix Support
12 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
12 5 (4.35%) Security Manager
12 5 (4.35%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) SAP Basis
2 2 (1.74%) XMPP
3 1 (0.87%) .NET
3 1 (0.87%) Kafka
3 1 (0.87%) Middleware
3 1 (0.87%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.52%) Data Centre
2 15 (13.04%) Onboarding
3 12 (10.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (7.83%) Clustering
5 8 (6.96%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (6.96%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.22%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (4.35%) Cloud Native
8 4 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.48%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.48%) iPad
8 4 (3.48%) iPhone
8 4 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.48%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.48%) Replication
8 4 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.61%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (57.39%) Windows
2 51 (44.35%) Windows Server
3 26 (22.61%) Linux
4 13 (11.30%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.43%) Apple iOS
6 10 (8.70%) Unix
7 7 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.61%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.74%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.74%) VMS
10 1 (0.87%) CentOS
10 1 (0.87%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.87%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (26.96%) Disaster Recovery
2 31 (26.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (26.96%) ITIL
3 28 (24.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (19.13%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (16.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 17 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (13.91%) Migration
8 15 (13.04%) Service Delivery
9 14 (12.17%) Cloud Operations
9 14 (12.17%) DevOps
10 13 (11.30%) Cost Management
10 13 (11.30%) Identity Access Management
10 13 (11.30%) Problem Management
10 13 (11.30%) Service Management
10 13 (11.30%) Zero Trust
11 12 (10.43%) Mentoring
11 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.57%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 32 (27.83%) PowerShell
2 18 (15.65%) Python
3 7 (6.09%) Bicep
4 6 (5.22%) SQL
5 5 (4.35%) Bash
6 4 (3.48%) VB
6 4 (3.48%) VBA
6 4 (3.48%) VBScript
7 1 (0.87%) Go
7 1 (0.87%) Java
7 1 (0.87%) Perl
7 1 (0.87%) Rust
7 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (25.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (15.65%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.78%) Azure Certification
3 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
4 14 (12.17%) AWS Certification
5 11 (9.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (8.70%) Degree
7 7 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (5.22%) CCNP
9 5 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (4.35%) VCAP
10 4 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.48%) CCNA
10 4 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.61%) CISSP
11 3 (2.61%) MCSE
11 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (1.74%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.43%) SLA
2 7 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.61%) GDPR
3 3 (2.61%) NIST
4 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 54 (46.96%) Active Directory
2 45 (39.13%) Hyper-V
3 12 (10.43%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (10.43%) vSphere
4 11 (9.57%) VMware NSX
5 7 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (4.35%) Firmware
7 4 (3.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (2.61%) Docker
9 2 (1.74%) KVM
9 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.74%) XenApp
10 1 (0.87%) vCloud
10 1 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.87%) Xen
Systems Management
1 24 (20.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (19.13%) Terraform
3 17 (14.78%) Ansible
4 8 (6.96%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.09%) SCCM
6 6 (5.22%) Proxmox
6 6 (5.22%) SCOM
7 3 (2.61%) Nessus
8 2 (1.74%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (1.74%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.74%) Grafana
8 2 (1.74%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.87%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.87%) CASB
9 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.87%) Icinga
9 1 (0.87%) Kibana
9 1 (0.87%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) VMware
2 75 (65.22%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.17%) Cisco
4 12 (10.43%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.96%) Citrix
6 7 (6.09%) IBM
6 7 (6.09%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.22%) Fortinet
7 6 (5.22%) Google
7 6 (5.22%) Oracle
7 6 (5.22%) Symantec
8 5 (4.35%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.35%) Veeam
9 4 (3.48%) Adobe
9 4 (3.48%) Dell
9 4 (3.48%) Meraki
9 4 (3.48%) Snow
10 3 (2.61%) ConnectWise
10 3 (2.61%) Datto
10 3 (2.61%) Zscaler