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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 216 154
Rank change year-on-year -39 -62 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 166 240 690
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.65% 2.13%
As % of the System Software category 11.62% 10.17% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 106 207 617
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,719 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.44% +11.11% -11.94%

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 1,429 2,359 4,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.72% 16.23% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,468 3,392
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 14 May 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 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (10.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) Apache
4 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 86 (51.81%) Azure
2 60 (36.14%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (19.88%) AWS
4 32 (19.28%) Entra ID
5 30 (18.07%) Nutanix
6 13 (7.83%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.22%) GitHub
8 7 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.41%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.41%) IaaS
9 4 (2.41%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.81%) GCP
10 3 (1.81%) PaaS
10 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.20%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 54 (32.53%) Firewall
2 36 (21.69%) DNS
3 31 (18.67%) WAN
4 28 (16.87%) DHCP
5 27 (16.27%) TCP/IP
6 25 (15.06%) VPN
7 17 (10.24%) VSAN
8 15 (9.04%) LAN
9 13 (7.83%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (6.63%) SD-WAN
10 11 (6.63%) VLAN
11 10 (6.02%) BGP
12 9 (5.42%) Unified Communications
13 8 (4.82%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (3.61%) WebEx
15 5 (3.01%) MPLS
15 5 (3.01%) Network Security
15 5 (3.01%) Wireless
16 4 (2.41%) NAS
17 3 (1.81%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.82%) Power BI
1 8 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.61%) MySQL
3 5 (3.01%) Tableau
4 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Git
2 6 (3.61%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 51 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.52%) Finance
3 23 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.04%) Retail
5 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.63%) Banking
7 11 (6.63%) Marketing
7 11 (6.63%) Telecoms
8 9 (5.42%) Legal
9 7 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.81%) Aviation
11 3 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.81%) Law
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (28.31%) Senior
2 40 (24.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (23.49%) Consultant
4 20 (12.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (12.05%) VMware Consultant
5 19 (11.45%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (10.24%) Cloud Consultant
6 17 (10.24%) Senior Consultant
7 16 (9.64%) IT Engineer
8 15 (9.04%) Architect
8 15 (9.04%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 15 (9.04%) Technical Consultant
9 14 (8.43%) IT Support
9 14 (8.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (8.43%) Support Engineer
10 12 (7.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 12 (7.23%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 12 (7.23%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 12 (7.23%) VMware Technical Consultant
11 11 (6.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.61%) XMPP
2 1 (0.60%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (33.73%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.24%) Replication
3 15 (9.04%) Enterprise Storage
3 15 (9.04%) Private Cloud
4 12 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (7.23%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.42%) iSeries
5 9 (5.42%) Onboarding
5 9 (5.42%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.42%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (4.82%) Clustering
6 8 (4.82%) CMDB
7 7 (4.22%) Driving Licence
7 7 (4.22%) PKI
8 6 (3.61%) FlexPod
9 5 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (2.41%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.81%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 89 (53.61%) Windows
2 63 (37.95%) Linux
2 63 (37.95%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.64%) Unix
4 15 (9.04%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.63%) Apple iOS
6 9 (5.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.81%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.60%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.60%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.60%) Solaris
10 1 (0.60%) VMS
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (34.94%) Disaster Recovery
2 53 (31.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (19.28%) Presales
5 27 (16.27%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
6 24 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (14.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (13.25%) ITIL
8 21 (12.65%) DevOps
9 20 (12.05%) Mentoring
10 16 (9.64%) Cloud Operations
10 16 (9.64%) Customer Engagement
10 16 (9.64%) Project Delivery
10 16 (9.64%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (9.64%) Service Delivery
11 15 (9.04%) Change Management
11 15 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (8.43%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (8.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.49%) PowerShell
2 26 (15.66%) Python
3 6 (3.61%) SQL
4 5 (3.01%) Bash
4 5 (3.01%) VB
4 5 (3.01%) VBA
4 5 (3.01%) VBScript
5 2 (1.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.60%) Perl
6 1 (0.60%) Rust
6 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (18.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (16.87%) VCAP
3 24 (14.46%) Degree
4 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (10.84%) Security Cleared
5 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
6 16 (9.64%) Azure Certification
6 16 (9.64%) VCDX
7 8 (4.82%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.22%) AWS Certification
8 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (3.01%) CCNP
10 5 (3.01%) HNC
10 5 (3.01%) HND
10 5 (3.01%) MCSE
11 4 (2.41%) CCNA
11 4 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (2.41%) LPIC
11 4 (2.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) SLA
2 12 (7.23%) PMO
3 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 55 (33.13%) Active Directory
2 47 (28.31%) Hyper-V
3 43 (25.90%) vSphere
4 37 (22.29%) VMware NSX
5 17 (10.24%) vCloud
6 12 (7.23%) Firmware
7 10 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (4.82%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (3.01%) KVM
11 4 (2.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.81%) Docker
12 3 (1.81%) Terminal Services
13 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (1.20%) Xen
14 1 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.60%) QEMU
14 1 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 33 (19.88%) Ansible
2 29 (17.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (17.47%) Terraform
3 18 (10.84%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.42%) SCCM
5 8 (4.82%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.22%) Proxmox
7 6 (3.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (3.61%) Grafana
7 6 (3.61%) Packer
8 4 (2.41%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.81%) Avamar
9 3 (1.81%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.81%) VxRail
10 2 (1.20%) Graylog
10 2 (1.20%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 166 (100.00%) VMware
2 93 (56.02%) Microsoft
3 36 (21.69%) Cisco
4 27 (16.27%) NetApp
5 24 (14.46%) Veeam
6 23 (13.86%) Red Hat
7 22 (13.25%) Dell
8 19 (11.45%) Nimble Storage
9 17 (10.24%) Palo Alto
10 16 (9.64%) Broadcom
10 16 (9.64%) EMC
11 15 (9.04%) Fortinet
12 14 (8.43%) IBM
13 12 (7.23%) Citrix
14 10 (6.02%) Commvault
14 10 (6.02%) HP
14 10 (6.02%) Splunk
15 8 (4.82%) Meraki
15 8 (4.82%) Sophos
16 7 (4.22%) ServiceNow