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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 147 127
Rank change year-on-year -109 -20 +34
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 115 372 655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 2.28% 2.56%
As % of the System Software category 9.01% 14.46% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 77 238 576
10th Percentile £31,400 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -6.68%

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 1,276 2,573 3,978
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.18% 15.77% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,585 3,430
10th Percentile £28,928 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,438 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £106,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

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 26 January 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 26 (22.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (16.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Apache
3 1 (0.87%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.87%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 60 (52.17%) Azure
2 47 (40.87%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (26.09%) Entra ID
4 26 (22.61%) AWS
5 12 (10.43%) IaaS
6 11 (9.57%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.57%) PaaS
7 10 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (6.96%) GitHub
9 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.22%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.35%) Cohesity
11 4 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.48%) Nutanix
12 3 (2.61%) IBM Cloud
12 3 (2.61%) Mimecast
13 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (1.74%) GCP
13 2 (1.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (37.39%) Firewall
2 41 (35.65%) DNS
3 36 (31.30%) VPN
4 30 (26.09%) DHCP
5 28 (24.35%) TCP/IP
6 27 (23.48%) WAN
7 16 (13.91%) SD-WAN
8 12 (10.43%) VLAN
9 10 (8.70%) LAN
10 9 (7.83%) Wireless
11 8 (6.96%) BGP
11 8 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (6.09%) SAN
12 7 (6.09%) Wireshark
13 6 (5.22%) Network Security
14 5 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (3.48%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (3.48%) IPsec
15 4 (3.48%) OSPF
16 3 (2.61%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.61%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.87%) Power BI
4 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Git
2 3 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.74%) GitLab
3 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (50.43%) Social Skills
2 39 (33.91%) Finance
3 16 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.57%) Retail
6 6 (5.22%) Legal
6 6 (5.22%) Marketing
6 6 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.22%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.35%) Banking
7 5 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.48%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.61%) Aviation
10 2 (1.74%) Advertising
10 2 (1.74%) Local Government
11 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.87%) Back Office
11 1 (0.87%) Electronics
11 1 (0.87%) Law
11 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 25 (21.74%) Senior
2 18 (15.65%) Analyst
3 16 (13.91%) Support Engineer
4 13 (11.30%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (10.43%) Support Analyst
6 11 (9.57%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (9.57%) IT Support
6 11 (9.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.83%) Linux Engineer
7 9 (7.83%) Linux Support
7 9 (7.83%) Network Engineer
7 9 (7.83%) VMware Engineer
7 9 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (5.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) IT Analyst
9 6 (5.22%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) Node.js
1 3 (2.61%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.87%) .NET
2 1 (0.87%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.52%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.30%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.83%) Clustering
4 8 (6.96%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.09%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.22%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.48%) iPad
8 4 (3.48%) iPhone
8 4 (3.48%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.48%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.61%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 63 (54.78%) Windows
2 42 (36.52%) Windows Server
3 31 (26.96%) Linux
4 17 (14.78%) Unix
5 14 (12.17%) Apple iOS
5 14 (12.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (9.57%) Windows 10
7 6 (5.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (4.35%) Debian
8 5 (4.35%) Solaris
9 3 (2.61%) Android
9 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.74%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.87%) CentOS
11 1 (0.87%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.87%) VMS
11 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.30%) ITIL
2 34 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (23.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 25 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
7 18 (15.65%) DevOps
7 18 (15.65%) Service Delivery
8 15 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (11.30%) Migration
10 12 (10.43%) Cloud Operations
10 12 (10.43%) Collaborative Culture
10 12 (10.43%) Cost Management
10 12 (10.43%) SIEM
10 12 (10.43%) Zero Trust
11 11 (9.57%) Identity Access Management
11 11 (9.57%) Incident Response
11 11 (9.57%) Problem Management
12 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.61%) PowerShell
2 20 (17.39%) Python
3 10 (8.70%) Bash
4 7 (6.09%) Bicep
5 6 (5.22%) SQL
6 5 (4.35%) Korn
7 1 (0.87%) Go
7 1 (0.87%) Java
7 1 (0.87%) VB
7 1 (0.87%) VBA
7 1 (0.87%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.61%) Microsoft Certification
1 26 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.91%) Azure Certification
4 14 (12.17%) AWS Certification
5 11 (9.57%) Degree
6 9 (7.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.22%) CCNP
10 5 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.48%) GCFA
11 4 (3.48%) GCIA
11 4 (3.48%) GCIH
11 4 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.48%) MCP
11 4 (3.48%) VCAP
12 3 (2.61%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.91%) SLA
2 8 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (6.09%) NIST
4 4 (3.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 52 (45.22%) Active Directory
2 42 (36.52%) Hyper-V
3 15 (13.04%) vSphere
4 13 (11.30%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (8.70%) VMware NSX
6 6 (5.22%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (4.35%) Firmware
8 4 (3.48%) Docker
8 4 (3.48%) NFS
8 4 (3.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.74%) XenApp
10 1 (0.87%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 23 (20.00%) Terraform
2 22 (19.13%) Ansible
2 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (9.57%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.22%) SCOM
5 4 (3.48%) Proxmox
5 4 (3.48%) SCCM
6 3 (2.61%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.61%) Nessus
7 1 (0.87%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.87%) CASB
7 1 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.87%) Icinga
7 1 (0.87%) Kibana
7 1 (0.87%) Nagios
7 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.87%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) VMware
2 64 (55.65%) Microsoft
3 16 (13.91%) Cisco
4 14 (12.17%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.96%) Dell
6 6 (5.22%) Google
6 6 (5.22%) NetApp
6 6 (5.22%) Symantec
7 5 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.35%) Citrix
7 5 (4.35%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.35%) Veeam
8 4 (3.48%) Commvault
8 4 (3.48%) HP
8 4 (3.48%) IBM
8 4 (3.48%) Meraki
8 4 (3.48%) Pure Storage
8 4 (3.48%) SAP
8 4 (3.48%) Sophos
8 4 (3.48%) Zscaler