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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 225 173
Rank change year-on-year -17 -52 -39
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 233 215 526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 1.31% 1.97%
As % of the System Software category 12.79% 9.88% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 161 186 445
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £81,500 £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 1,822 2,176 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.27% 13.22% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 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 £53,688 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% - -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 30 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 46 (19.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.02%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.72%) Apache
3 11 (4.72%) nginx
4 9 (3.86%) IIS
5 5 (2.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.43%) Houdini
3 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (63.52%) Azure
2 86 (36.91%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (23.61%) AWS
4 51 (21.89%) Entra ID
5 30 (12.88%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.15%) GitHub
6 19 (8.15%) IaaS
7 17 (7.30%) PaaS
8 12 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (5.15%) Azure Functions
8 12 (5.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.15%) Serverless
9 9 (3.86%) GCP
10 8 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.43%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.43%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 93 (39.91%) Firewall
2 66 (28.33%) DNS
3 53 (22.75%) DHCP
4 52 (22.32%) VPN
5 42 (18.03%) WAN
6 38 (16.31%) LAN
7 32 (13.73%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.44%) VSAN
9 21 (9.01%) VLAN
10 10 (4.29%) Network Security
10 10 (4.29%) Wireless
11 9 (3.86%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (3.43%) Unified Communications
13 7 (3.00%) WebEx
13 7 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.58%) BGP
14 6 (2.58%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.58%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.00%) Power BI
4 6 (2.58%) MySQL
5 4 (1.72%) 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 (8.58%) Git
2 6 (2.58%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 85 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.31%) Finance
3 24 (10.30%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.87%) Retail
5 19 (8.15%) Law
6 16 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.58%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (5.15%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.29%) Marketing
10 9 (3.86%) Banking
11 8 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (3.00%) Legal
13 6 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (19.74%) Senior
2 45 (19.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 43 (18.45%) Consultant
4 37 (15.88%) Support Engineer
5 29 (12.45%) IT Engineer
6 28 (12.02%) Architect
6 28 (12.02%) IT Support
7 24 (10.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 23 (9.87%) Analyst
9 20 (8.58%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (8.15%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (8.15%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (7.73%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (7.73%) VMware Architect
12 17 (7.30%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (7.30%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (6.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 15 (6.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (6.44%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (6.44%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.86%) Middleware
2 7 (3.00%) XMPP
3 6 (2.58%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 60 (25.75%) Data Centre
2 25 (10.73%) Public Cloud
3 23 (9.87%) Replication
4 22 (9.44%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (9.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (8.15%) Driving Licence
7 17 (7.30%) Private Cloud
8 15 (6.44%) Security Posture
9 12 (5.15%) Podcast
10 11 (4.72%) iSeries
10 11 (4.72%) Onboarding
10 11 (4.72%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (4.29%) PKI
12 8 (3.43%) CMDB
13 7 (3.00%) FlexPod
14 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (2.58%) VxBlock/Vblock
15 5 (2.15%) Raspberry Pi
16 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
16 4 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 144 (61.80%) Windows
2 93 (39.91%) Windows Server
3 75 (32.19%) Linux
4 16 (6.87%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.58%) VMS
6 10 (4.29%) Unix
7 9 (3.86%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.86%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.29%) CentOS
11 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.86%) Debian
11 2 (0.86%) Solaris
12 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.62%) Disaster Recovery
2 74 (31.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 66 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.46%) Presales
5 39 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.02%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.30%) DevOps
8 29 (12.45%) High Availability
9 28 (12.02%) Business Continuity
9 28 (12.02%) Mentoring
10 27 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (11.16%) ITIL
12 25 (10.73%) Project Delivery
12 25 (10.73%) Roadmaps
13 24 (10.30%) CI/CD
13 24 (10.30%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (9.01%) Task Automation
15 20 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (8.58%) Customer Engagement
15 20 (8.58%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 71 (30.47%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.30%) Python
3 25 (10.73%) SQL
4 22 (9.44%) Bash
5 15 (6.44%) Bicep
6 12 (5.15%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.72%) VB
7 4 (1.72%) VBA
7 4 (1.72%) VBScript
8 2 (0.86%) Rust
8 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (20.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 43 (18.45%) Azure Certification
3 35 (15.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (12.45%) VCAP
5 28 (12.02%) Security Cleared
6 26 (11.16%) SC Cleared
7 24 (10.30%) Degree
8 21 (9.01%) VCDX
9 13 (5.58%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (4.72%) DV Cleared
11 10 (4.29%) CCNP
12 9 (3.86%) RHCSA
13 7 (3.00%) HNC
13 7 (3.00%) HND
14 6 (2.58%) CCNA
14 6 (2.58%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.72%) LPIC
15 4 (1.72%) MCSE
15 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.30%) SLA
2 15 (6.44%) PMO
3 5 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.86%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (37.77%) Active Directory
1 88 (37.77%) Hyper-V
2 73 (31.33%) vSphere
3 34 (14.59%) VMware NSX
4 24 (10.30%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (6.87%) vCloud
6 14 (6.01%) Firmware
6 14 (6.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.86%) KVM
9 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (3.00%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (2.58%) Squid
11 4 (1.72%) Docker
12 3 (1.29%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.29%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.86%) Xen
14 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.43%) iptables
14 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 43 (18.45%) Terraform
2 40 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (12.02%) Ansible
4 19 (8.15%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.44%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.86%) Proxmox
7 8 (3.43%) SCCM
8 7 (3.00%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (3.00%) Grafana
9 6 (2.58%) Avamar
9 6 (2.58%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.58%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.58%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.58%) Packer
9 6 (2.58%) VxRail
10 5 (2.15%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.72%) Graylog
11 4 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.72%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 233 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (66.52%) Microsoft
3 54 (23.18%) Veeam
4 46 (19.74%) Cisco
5 31 (13.30%) NetApp
6 26 (11.16%) Dell
7 25 (10.73%) Broadcom
8 23 (9.87%) Nimble Storage
9 20 (8.58%) EMC
9 20 (8.58%) Palo Alto
10 17 (7.30%) Citrix
10 17 (7.30%) Fortinet
11 15 (6.44%) IBM
12 14 (6.01%) Red Hat
13 13 (5.58%) HP
14 12 (5.15%) Commvault
14 12 (5.15%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (4.72%) Meraki
15 11 (4.72%) ServiceNow
15 11 (4.72%) Splunk