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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 154 127
Rank change year-on-year -121 -27 +29
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 114 339 692
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 2.15% 2.52%
As % of the System Software category 8.55% 13.45% 16.79%
Number of salaries quoted 74 227 604
10th Percentile £31,458 £33,680 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,625 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £84,375 £75,500 £63,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £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 1,333 2,521 4,121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.19% 16.02% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 936 1,582 3,553
10th Percentile £29,188 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,313 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £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 12 February 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 (24.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (18.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.88%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 63 (55.26%) Azure
2 52 (45.61%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (29.82%) Entra ID
4 26 (22.81%) AWS
5 13 (11.40%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.65%) IaaS
7 10 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (8.77%) PaaS
8 7 (6.14%) GitHub
9 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.26%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (4.39%) Nutanix
11 3 (2.63%) IBM Cloud
12 2 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.75%) Cohesity
12 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (41.23%) Firewall
2 44 (38.60%) DNS
3 35 (30.70%) VPN
4 31 (27.19%) DHCP
5 30 (26.32%) TCP/IP
6 25 (21.93%) WAN
7 17 (14.91%) SD-WAN
8 13 (11.40%) VLAN
9 8 (7.02%) BGP
9 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.14%) LAN
11 6 (5.26%) Network Security
11 6 (5.26%) Wireless
11 6 (5.26%) Wireshark
12 5 (4.39%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (3.51%) IPsec
13 4 (3.51%) OSPF
13 4 (3.51%) SAN
14 3 (2.63%) Broadband
14 3 (2.63%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.63%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Git
1 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.63%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 59 (51.75%) Social Skills
2 38 (33.33%) Finance
3 15 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.65%) Retail
6 6 (5.26%) Legal
6 6 (5.26%) Marketing
6 6 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.39%) Banking
8 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.63%) Aviation
10 2 (1.75%) Advertising
10 2 (1.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.88%) Back Office
11 1 (0.88%) Electronics
11 1 (0.88%) Law
11 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (23.68%) Senior
2 25 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (16.67%) Analyst
4 15 (13.16%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Support Analyst
5 13 (11.40%) Support Engineer
6 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
6 12 (10.53%) IT Support
7 9 (7.89%) Network Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) VMware Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Consultant
10 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (5.26%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (5.26%) Linux Support
10 6 (5.26%) Unix Support
11 5 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) Node.js
1 3 (2.63%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.88%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) Kafka
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.40%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.89%) Clustering
4 8 (7.02%) Client/Server
4 8 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.14%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.51%) iPad
8 4 (3.51%) iPhone
8 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.51%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.63%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 63 (55.26%) Windows
2 48 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 25 (21.93%) Linux
4 13 (11.40%) Unix
4 13 (11.40%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.53%) Apple iOS
6 9 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.75%) Debian
8 2 (1.75%) Solaris
8 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.88%) CentOS
9 1 (0.88%) VMS
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.82%) ITIL
2 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (25.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (22.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (18.42%) Root Cause Analysis
8 16 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (14.04%) DevOps
8 16 (14.04%) Service Delivery
9 15 (13.16%) Migration
10 13 (11.40%) Cloud Operations
10 13 (11.40%) Cost Management
11 12 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (10.53%) Incident Response
11 12 (10.53%) Problem Management
11 12 (10.53%) SIEM
11 12 (10.53%) Zero Trust
12 11 (9.65%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 16 (14.04%) Python
3 7 (6.14%) Bicep
4 6 (5.26%) Bash
4 6 (5.26%) SQL
5 2 (1.75%) Korn
6 1 (0.88%) Go
6 1 (0.88%) Java
6 1 (0.88%) Perl
6 1 (0.88%) Rust
6 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.88%) VB
6 1 (0.88%) VBA
6 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
3 20 (17.54%) SC Cleared
4 17 (14.91%) Azure Certification
5 14 (12.28%) AWS Certification
6 12 (10.53%) Degree
7 10 (8.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.26%) CCNP
10 5 (4.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.51%) VCAP
12 3 (2.63%) CCNA
12 3 (2.63%) CISSP
12 3 (2.63%) GCIA
12 3 (2.63%) GCIH
12 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) SLA
2 9 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.26%) NIST
4 4 (3.51%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 55 (48.25%) Active Directory
2 43 (37.72%) Hyper-V
3 14 (12.28%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (12.28%) vSphere
4 10 (8.77%) VMware NSX
5 7 (6.14%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (5.26%) Firmware
7 4 (3.51%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (2.63%) Docker
9 2 (1.75%) NFS
9 2 (1.75%) XenApp
10 1 (0.88%) KVM
10 1 (0.88%) vCloud
10 1 (0.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (17.54%) Terraform
3 18 (15.79%) Ansible
4 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
5 6 (5.26%) SCOM
6 4 (3.51%) Proxmox
6 4 (3.51%) SCCM
7 3 (2.63%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.63%) Nessus
8 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.88%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.88%) CASB
9 1 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.88%) Icinga
9 1 (0.88%) Kibana
9 1 (0.88%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (100.00%) VMware
2 66 (57.89%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.28%) Cisco
4 12 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.14%) Citrix
6 6 (5.26%) Google
6 6 (5.26%) Symantec
7 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.39%) Dell
7 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.39%) Veeam
8 4 (3.51%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.51%) IBM
8 4 (3.51%) Meraki
8 4 (3.51%) SAP
8 4 (3.51%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.63%) Draytek
9 3 (2.63%) NetApp
9 3 (2.63%) Oracle
9 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds