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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 245 166
Rank change year-on-year +4 -79 -43
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 243 188 465
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 1.16% 1.98%
As % of the System Software category 12.81% 9.44% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 170 154 345
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -

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 1,897 1,991 2,765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.93% 12.27% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 1,114 1,789
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -3.60% -7.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,425 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.66% -3.64%

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 September 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 57 (23.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (15.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.94%) nginx
4 11 (4.53%) Apache
5 8 (3.29%) IIS
6 5 (2.06%) Confluence
7 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.41%) Site Server
7 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Houdini
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) NUKE
2 1 (0.41%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.82%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (64.20%) Azure
2 95 (39.09%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (25.51%) Entra ID
4 50 (20.58%) AWS
5 29 (11.93%) Nutanix
6 20 (8.23%) IaaS
7 18 (7.41%) PaaS
8 17 (7.00%) GitHub
9 16 (6.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 16 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.94%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.94%) Serverless
12 9 (3.70%) GCP
12 9 (3.70%) OneDrive
13 8 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (3.29%) Mimecast
14 6 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (2.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 107 (44.03%) Firewall
2 82 (33.74%) DNS
3 69 (28.40%) DHCP
4 66 (27.16%) VPN
5 40 (16.46%) WAN
6 37 (15.23%) LAN
6 37 (15.23%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.88%) VLAN
8 21 (8.64%) VSAN
9 14 (5.76%) Network Security
10 10 (4.12%) Wireless
11 9 (3.70%) SAN
12 7 (2.88%) BGP
12 7 (2.88%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (2.88%) iSCSI
12 7 (2.88%) NAS
12 7 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.06%) OSPF
14 4 (1.65%) MPLS
14 4 (1.65%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.47%) MySQL
4 3 (1.23%) Power BI
5 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.41%) GIS
5 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.41%) Git
2 5 (2.06%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 88 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.64%) Finance
3 24 (9.88%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.23%) Law
5 18 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (7.41%) Retail
6 12 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.94%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.70%) Legal
8 8 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.29%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.47%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.47%) Marketing
11 5 (2.06%) Banking
11 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.82%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (20.16%) Senior
2 46 (18.93%) Consultant
3 45 (18.52%) Support Engineer
4 43 (17.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (14.81%) IT Engineer
6 35 (14.40%) Architect
7 33 (13.58%) IT Support
8 29 (11.93%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (10.70%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (9.05%) Analyst
11 19 (7.82%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
12 18 (7.41%) VMware Architect
13 17 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (6.17%) Infrastructure Consultant
14 15 (6.17%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 15 (6.17%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (6.17%) VMware Technical Consultant
15 14 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (17.70%) Terraform
2 8 (3.29%) Middleware
3 6 (2.47%) Web Services
4 4 (1.65%) XMPP
5 1 (0.41%) Java SE
5 1 (0.41%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.41%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 62 (25.51%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.23%) Enterprise Storage
2 20 (8.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 20 (8.23%) Public Cloud
2 20 (8.23%) Replication
3 18 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 18 (7.41%) Private Cloud
4 15 (6.17%) Onboarding
5 13 (5.35%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.94%) PKI
6 12 (4.94%) Podcast
7 11 (4.53%) iSeries
8 8 (3.29%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (2.47%) CMDB
9 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.47%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 5 (2.06%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.65%) FlexPod
11 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 156 (64.20%) Windows
2 105 (43.21%) Windows Server
3 61 (25.10%) Linux
4 14 (5.76%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.94%) VMS
6 11 (4.53%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.70%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.47%) Unix
9 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.65%) Solaris
11 3 (1.23%) CentOS
12 2 (0.82%) Debian
12 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.41%) AIX
13 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (37.45%) Disaster Recovery
2 86 (35.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (18.52%) Presales
5 44 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (15.23%) Mentoring
7 34 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (13.99%) ITIL
8 31 (12.76%) High Availability
9 30 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (11.93%) Business Continuity
10 29 (11.93%) Customer Service
10 29 (11.93%) DevOps
11 28 (11.52%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 26 (10.70%) AI
14 25 (10.29%) Project Delivery
15 24 (9.88%) Cloud Security
16 22 (9.05%) CI/CD
17 20 (8.23%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (29.22%) PowerShell
2 26 (10.70%) SQL
3 22 (9.05%) Bash
3 22 (9.05%) Python
4 19 (7.82%) Bicep
5 12 (4.94%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) Java
6 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.41%) Rust
6 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (19.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 45 (18.52%) Azure Certification
3 34 (13.99%) Security Cleared
4 33 (13.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (12.35%) SC Cleared
6 28 (11.52%) VCAP
7 27 (11.11%) Degree
8 21 (8.64%) VCDX
9 16 (6.58%) DV Cleared
10 14 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (4.12%) CCNP
12 7 (2.88%) HNC
12 7 (2.88%) HND
12 7 (2.88%) RHCSA
13 6 (2.47%) CCNA
13 6 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.47%) Dell Certification
14 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (1.23%) CCDP
15 3 (1.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.29%) SLA
2 16 (6.58%) PMO
3 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.82%) GDPR
5 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 107 (44.03%) Active Directory
2 104 (42.80%) Hyper-V
3 72 (29.63%) vSphere
4 38 (15.64%) VMware NSX
5 24 (9.88%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (7.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (6.58%) vCloud
8 13 (5.35%) Firmware
9 7 (2.88%) Docker
9 7 (2.88%) KVM
10 6 (2.47%) Squid
11 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (1.23%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.23%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.41%) iptables
13 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (16.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (9.88%) Ansible
3 17 (7.00%) Kubernetes
4 14 (5.76%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.88%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.47%) Avamar
6 6 (2.47%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.47%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.47%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.47%) SCCM
6 6 (2.47%) VxRail
7 5 (2.06%) HAProxy
7 5 (2.06%) Packer
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.65%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.65%) Grafana
8 4 (1.65%) Graylog
8 4 (1.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.65%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 243 (100.00%) VMware
2 160 (65.84%) Microsoft
3 61 (25.10%) Veeam
4 42 (17.28%) Cisco
5 29 (11.93%) NetApp
6 28 (11.52%) Dell
7 25 (10.29%) Broadcom
8 24 (9.88%) Nimble Storage
9 23 (9.47%) Palo Alto
10 20 (8.23%) Citrix
11 19 (7.82%) Fortinet
12 18 (7.41%) EMC
13 15 (6.17%) N-able
14 13 (5.35%) Commvault
15 12 (4.94%) HP
15 12 (4.94%) Red Hat
15 12 (4.94%) ScienceLogic
15 12 (4.94%) Sophos
16 11 (4.53%) IBM
16 11 (4.53%) SonicWALL