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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 180 130
Rank change year-on-year -84 -50 +23
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 131 245 741
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.90% 2.40%
As % of the System Software category 9.44% 11.78% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 75 217 651
10th Percentile £35,565 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,375 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £82,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £77,700 £76,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,250 £47,000
% change year-on-year -7.32% +9.04% -10.48%

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 1,387 2,079 4,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 16.16% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 993 1,558 3,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,467 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,875 £86,250
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 28 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 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (15.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.53%) Confluence
3 2 (1.53%) IIS
4 1 (0.76%) Apache
4 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 71 (54.20%) Azure
2 60 (45.80%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (24.43%) AWS
4 28 (21.37%) Entra ID
5 14 (10.69%) OneDrive
6 11 (8.40%) Nutanix
7 6 (4.58%) GitHub
7 6 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (4.58%) Google Workspace
7 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.82%) IaaS
9 4 (3.05%) PaaS
10 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.29%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (35.88%) Firewall
2 40 (30.53%) DNS
3 32 (24.43%) TCP/IP
4 31 (23.66%) DHCP
5 27 (20.61%) VPN
6 26 (19.85%) WAN
7 14 (10.69%) VLAN
8 13 (9.92%) SD-WAN
9 12 (9.16%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (8.40%) LAN
11 8 (6.11%) Unified Communications
12 7 (5.34%) BGP
12 7 (5.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.58%) VSAN
13 6 (4.58%) Wireless
14 5 (3.82%) Network Security
14 5 (3.82%) WebEx
14 5 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (3.05%) NAS
16 3 (2.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.58%) Power BI
3 5 (3.82%) Tableau
4 3 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.29%) MySQL
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.76%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.76%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Git
2 4 (3.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.76%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 61 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (29.01%) Finance
3 17 (12.98%) Public Sector
3 17 (12.98%) Retail
4 13 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.40%) Banking
5 11 (8.40%) Legal
5 11 (8.40%) Marketing
5 11 (8.40%) Telecoms
6 9 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Aviation
8 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.29%) Law
8 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.53%) Advertising
9 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Local Government
10 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 35 (26.72%) Senior
2 34 (25.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (16.03%) Consultant
4 16 (12.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (11.45%) Analyst
6 14 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (9.92%) IT Support
8 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (7.63%) Support Engineer
10 9 (6.87%) Cloud Consultant
10 9 (6.87%) Support Analyst
11 8 (6.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
11 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 8 (6.11%) IT Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) Lead
11 8 (6.11%) Network Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (5.34%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) XMPP
2 1 (0.76%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) Kafka
2 1 (0.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.03%) Data Centre
2 13 (9.92%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.40%) Public Cloud
4 10 (7.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (6.87%) Security Posture
5 9 (6.87%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (6.11%) Clustering
6 8 (6.11%) Private Cloud
6 8 (6.11%) Replication
7 6 (4.58%) CMDB
7 6 (4.58%) Driving Licence
7 6 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (3.82%) Client/Server
8 5 (3.82%) FlexPod
9 4 (3.05%) iPad
9 4 (3.05%) iPhone
9 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (2.29%) IoT
10 3 (2.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 82 (62.60%) Windows
2 59 (45.04%) Windows Server
3 46 (35.11%) Linux
4 14 (10.69%) Windows 10
5 13 (9.92%) Unix
6 12 (9.16%) Apple iOS
7 8 (6.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (3.05%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.29%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.53%) CentOS
10 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.76%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.76%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.76%) Solaris
11 1 (0.76%) VMS
11 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (25.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (20.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (17.56%) ITIL
6 22 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (13.74%) Cloud Operations
8 18 (13.74%) Mentoring
9 17 (12.98%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (12.21%) DevOps
11 15 (11.45%) Change Management
11 15 (11.45%) Service Delivery
12 14 (10.69%) Presales
12 14 (10.69%) Project Delivery
13 13 (9.92%) Cost Management
13 13 (9.92%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (9.92%) Problem Management
13 13 (9.92%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.95%) PowerShell
2 27 (20.61%) Python
3 7 (5.34%) Bash
3 7 (5.34%) SQL
4 5 (3.82%) VB
4 5 (3.82%) VBA
4 5 (3.82%) VBScript
5 2 (1.53%) Bicep
6 1 (0.76%) Go
6 1 (0.76%) Java
6 1 (0.76%) Perl
6 1 (0.76%) Rust
6 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (12.98%) Degree
2 17 (12.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 16 (12.21%) Azure Certification
4 12 (9.16%) Security Cleared
4 12 (9.16%) VCAP
5 11 (8.40%) AWS Certification
6 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (5.34%) CCNA
8 7 (5.34%) CCNP
9 6 (4.58%) MCSE
10 5 (3.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.82%) LPIC
10 5 (3.82%) RHCSA
11 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.05%) VCDX
12 3 (2.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.92%) SLA
2 5 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.29%) NIST
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.53%) PMO
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 53 (40.46%) Active Directory
2 41 (31.30%) Hyper-V
3 25 (19.08%) vSphere
4 19 (14.50%) VMware NSX
5 8 (6.11%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (5.34%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (3.82%) vCloud
7 5 (3.82%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (3.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (2.29%) Docker
9 3 (2.29%) Firmware
10 2 (1.53%) KVM
10 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.53%) XenApp
11 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.76%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (21.37%) Ansible
1 28 (21.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (19.08%) Terraform
3 12 (9.16%) Kubernetes
4 8 (6.11%) SCCM
5 5 (3.82%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (3.82%) Grafana
5 5 (3.82%) Proxmox
5 5 (3.82%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.05%) Packer
7 2 (1.53%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.76%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.76%) CASB
8 1 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.76%) Icinga
8 1 (0.76%) Kibana
8 1 (0.76%) Podman
8 1 (0.76%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 131 (100.00%) VMware
2 82 (62.60%) Microsoft
3 32 (24.43%) Cisco
4 15 (11.45%) Red Hat
5 14 (10.69%) Palo Alto
6 13 (9.92%) Fortinet
7 11 (8.40%) NetApp
8 10 (7.63%) Veeam
9 8 (6.11%) Citrix
9 8 (6.11%) Oracle
10 7 (5.34%) CheckPoint
10 7 (5.34%) Dell
11 6 (4.58%) Google
11 6 (4.58%) IBM
11 6 (4.58%) Splunk
11 6 (4.58%) Symantec
12 5 (3.82%) Adobe
12 5 (3.82%) F5
12 5 (3.82%) Meraki
12 5 (3.82%) Snow