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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 235 161
Rank change year-on-year -3 -74 -25
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 226 214 578
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.30% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 12.57% 9.73% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 154 186 494
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £76,250
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 1,798 2,200 3,401
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.30% 13.34% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 1,302 2,604
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 23 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 (19.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.98%) Apache
3 9 (3.98%) IIS
3 9 (3.98%) nginx
4 5 (2.21%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.44%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.44%) Houdini
3 1 (0.44%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 147 (65.04%) Azure
2 86 (38.05%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (22.57%) AWS
4 49 (21.68%) Entra ID
5 30 (13.27%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.41%) GitHub
6 19 (8.41%) IaaS
7 17 (7.52%) PaaS
8 12 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (5.31%) Azure Functions
8 12 (5.31%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.31%) Serverless
9 9 (3.98%) GCP
10 8 (3.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.54%) Mimecast
11 7 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.10%) OneDrive
11 7 (3.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 92 (40.71%) Firewall
2 65 (28.76%) DNS
3 53 (23.45%) DHCP
3 53 (23.45%) VPN
4 41 (18.14%) WAN
5 36 (15.93%) LAN
6 32 (14.16%) TCP/IP
7 22 (9.73%) VSAN
8 20 (8.85%) VLAN
9 10 (4.42%) Network Security
10 9 (3.98%) Wireless
11 8 (3.54%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (3.10%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (3.10%) Unified Communications
12 7 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.65%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.65%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.65%) SAN
13 6 (2.65%) WebEx
14 5 (2.21%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.10%) Power BI
4 6 (2.65%) MySQL
5 4 (1.77%) Tableau
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.85%) Git
2 6 (2.65%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 83 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.37%) Finance
3 23 (10.18%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.85%) Retail
5 18 (7.96%) Law
6 16 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.87%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.87%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.98%) Marketing
10 8 (3.54%) Banking
11 7 (3.10%) Legal
11 7 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.77%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (20.80%) Senior
2 43 (19.03%) Consultant
2 43 (19.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (15.93%) Support Engineer
4 28 (12.39%) IT Engineer
4 28 (12.39%) IT Support
5 26 (11.50%) Architect
6 24 (10.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (9.73%) Analyst
8 20 (8.85%) Technical Consultant
9 19 (8.41%) Senior Consultant
9 19 (8.41%) VMware Consultant
10 18 (7.96%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 18 (7.96%) VMware Architect
11 17 (7.52%) Cloud Consultant
11 17 (7.52%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (7.08%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (7.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (6.64%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 15 (6.64%) Senior VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.98%) Middleware
2 6 (2.65%) XMPP
3 5 (2.21%) Web Services
4 1 (0.44%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 60 (26.55%) Data Centre
2 25 (11.06%) Public Cloud
3 21 (9.29%) Enterprise Storage
3 21 (9.29%) Replication
4 18 (7.96%) Driving Licence
4 18 (7.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (7.52%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.64%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.31%) Podcast
8 11 (4.87%) iSeries
9 10 (4.42%) Onboarding
9 10 (4.42%) PKI
9 10 (4.42%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (3.54%) CMDB
11 6 (2.65%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.65%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (2.21%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 135 (59.73%) Windows
2 88 (38.94%) Windows Server
3 71 (31.42%) Linux
4 15 (6.64%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.75%) VMS
6 10 (4.42%) Unix
7 9 (3.98%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.10%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.33%) CentOS
11 3 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.88%) Debian
12 2 (0.88%) Solaris
13 1 (0.44%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.44%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (35.40%) Disaster Recovery
2 70 (30.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 64 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (22.12%) Presales
5 34 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (14.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.72%) DevOps
8 29 (12.83%) Mentoring
9 26 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (11.06%) High Availability
11 24 (10.62%) Business Continuity
11 24 (10.62%) CI/CD
11 24 (10.62%) ITIL
12 23 (10.18%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (9.73%) Project Delivery
14 21 (9.29%) Roadmaps
14 21 (9.29%) Task Automation
15 20 (8.85%) Customer Engagement
16 19 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
17 18 (7.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 69 (30.53%) PowerShell
2 28 (12.39%) Python
3 25 (11.06%) SQL
4 21 (9.29%) Bash
5 14 (6.19%) Bicep
6 12 (5.31%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.77%) VB
7 4 (1.77%) VBA
7 4 (1.77%) VBScript
8 2 (0.88%) Rust
8 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) C
9 1 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (19.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 42 (18.58%) Azure Certification
3 35 (15.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (12.83%) VCAP
5 26 (11.50%) Degree
6 25 (11.06%) Security Cleared
7 24 (10.62%) SC Cleared
8 21 (9.29%) VCDX
9 12 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (4.42%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.98%) CCNP
11 9 (3.98%) RHCSA
12 7 (3.10%) HNC
12 7 (3.10%) HND
13 6 (2.65%) CCNA
13 6 (2.65%) Dell Certification
14 4 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.77%) LPIC
14 4 (1.77%) MCSE
14 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.08%) SLA
2 15 (6.64%) PMO
3 5 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.44%) NIST
6 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (37.61%) Active Directory
1 85 (37.61%) Hyper-V
2 71 (31.42%) vSphere
3 33 (14.60%) VMware NSX
4 21 (9.29%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (7.08%) vCloud
6 14 (6.19%) Firmware
6 14 (6.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.98%) KVM
9 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.21%) Squid
11 4 (1.77%) Docker
12 3 (1.33%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.33%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.88%) Xen
14 1 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.44%) iptables
14 1 (0.44%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 41 (18.14%) Terraform
2 39 (17.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (11.95%) Ansible
4 19 (8.41%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.64%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.98%) Proxmox
7 6 (2.65%) Avamar
7 6 (2.65%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (2.65%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (2.65%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (2.65%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (2.65%) Grafana
7 6 (2.65%) Packer
7 6 (2.65%) SCCM
7 6 (2.65%) VxRail
8 4 (1.77%) Graylog
8 4 (1.77%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.77%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 226 (100.00%) VMware
2 150 (66.37%) Microsoft
3 49 (21.68%) Veeam
4 43 (19.03%) Cisco
5 30 (13.27%) NetApp
6 25 (11.06%) Broadcom
6 25 (11.06%) Dell
7 23 (10.18%) Nimble Storage
8 20 (8.85%) EMC
9 18 (7.96%) Palo Alto
10 17 (7.52%) Citrix
11 16 (7.08%) Fortinet
12 15 (6.64%) IBM
13 14 (6.19%) Red Hat
14 12 (5.31%) Commvault
14 12 (5.31%) HP
14 12 (5.31%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (4.87%) Meraki
15 11 (4.87%) ServiceNow
16 10 (4.42%) Splunk