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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 202 151
Rank change year-on-year -41 -51 +18
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 167 248 695
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 1.73% 2.14%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 11.84% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 104 215 622
10th Percentile £35,900 £31,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,563 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.13% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% +11.11% -13.53%

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 1,420 2,095 4,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.74% 14.58% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,514 3,431
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 £79,500 £82,188 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 9 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 19 (11.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.99%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 89 (53.29%) Azure
2 62 (37.13%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (20.36%) AWS
4 33 (19.76%) Entra ID
5 28 (16.77%) Nutanix
6 14 (8.38%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.19%) GitHub
8 7 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.99%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.40%) IaaS
10 4 (2.40%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.80%) GCP
11 3 (1.80%) PaaS
11 3 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.20%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 55 (32.93%) Firewall
2 37 (22.16%) DNS
3 31 (18.56%) WAN
4 29 (17.37%) DHCP
5 28 (16.77%) TCP/IP
6 26 (15.57%) VPN
7 15 (8.98%) VSAN
8 14 (8.38%) LAN
9 13 (7.78%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (7.19%) SD-WAN
11 11 (6.59%) VLAN
12 10 (5.99%) BGP
13 9 (5.39%) Unified Communications
14 8 (4.79%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (3.59%) WebEx
15 6 (3.59%) Wireless
16 5 (2.99%) MPLS
16 5 (2.99%) Network Security
17 4 (2.40%) NAS
18 3 (1.80%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.79%) Power BI
1 8 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.59%) MySQL
3 5 (2.99%) Tableau
4 3 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
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 (4.79%) Git
2 6 (3.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 54 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 51 (30.54%) Finance
3 23 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.98%) Retail
5 14 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.59%) Banking
7 11 (6.59%) Marketing
7 11 (6.59%) Telecoms
8 10 (5.99%) Legal
9 7 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.80%) Aviation
11 3 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.80%) Law
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (28.14%) Senior
2 41 (24.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (22.75%) Consultant
4 21 (12.57%) Azure Engineer
5 20 (11.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (11.38%) VMware Consultant
7 16 (9.58%) Cloud Consultant
7 16 (9.58%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 15 (8.98%) IT Engineer
9 14 (8.38%) Architect
9 14 (8.38%) Technical Consultant
10 13 (7.78%) IT Support
10 13 (7.78%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (7.78%) Support Engineer
11 12 (7.19%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
12 11 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (6.59%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 11 (6.59%) Senior VMware Consultant
12 11 (6.59%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.59%) XMPP
2 1 (0.60%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 54 (32.34%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.78%) Replication
3 15 (8.98%) Enterprise Storage
3 15 (8.98%) Private Cloud
4 12 (7.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (7.19%) Public Cloud
5 10 (5.99%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.99%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (5.39%) iSeries
6 9 (5.39%) Security Posture
7 8 (4.79%) Clustering
7 8 (4.79%) CMDB
8 7 (4.19%) Driving Licence
8 7 (4.19%) PKI
9 6 (3.59%) FlexPod
10 5 (2.99%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (2.40%) iPad
11 4 (2.40%) iPhone
11 4 (2.40%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 90 (53.89%) Windows
2 64 (38.32%) Windows Server
3 63 (37.72%) Linux
4 16 (9.58%) Unix
4 16 (9.58%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.19%) Apple iOS
6 9 (5.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.20%) CentOS
8 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.60%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.60%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.60%) Solaris
9 1 (0.60%) VMS
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (34.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 54 (32.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (17.96%) Presales
5 27 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (14.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (13.77%) ITIL
9 21 (12.57%) DevOps
10 20 (11.98%) Mentoring
11 17 (10.18%) Cloud Operations
11 17 (10.18%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (9.58%) Change Management
12 16 (9.58%) Project Delivery
12 16 (9.58%) Service Delivery
13 15 (8.98%) Customer Engagement
13 15 (8.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (8.38%) Infrastructure Automation
14 14 (8.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (23.95%) PowerShell
2 26 (15.57%) Python
3 7 (4.19%) SQL
4 5 (2.99%) Bash
4 5 (2.99%) VB
4 5 (2.99%) VBA
4 5 (2.99%) VBScript
5 2 (1.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.60%) Perl
6 1 (0.60%) Rust
6 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (17.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 26 (15.57%) VCAP
3 24 (14.37%) Degree
4 19 (11.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (10.78%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.18%) Azure Certification
6 17 (10.18%) SC Cleared
7 14 (8.38%) VCDX
8 8 (4.79%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.79%) DV Cleared
9 7 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.99%) CCNP
11 5 (2.99%) HNC
11 5 (2.99%) HND
11 5 (2.99%) MCSE
12 4 (2.40%) CCNA
12 4 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (2.40%) LPIC
12 4 (2.40%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.98%) SLA
2 11 (6.59%) PMO
3 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.40%) NIST
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (33.53%) Active Directory
2 50 (29.94%) Hyper-V
3 41 (24.55%) vSphere
4 35 (20.96%) VMware NSX
5 15 (8.98%) vCloud
6 12 (7.19%) Firmware
7 11 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (4.79%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.99%) KVM
11 4 (2.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 3 (1.80%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.80%) Docker
12 3 (1.80%) 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 (19.76%) Ansible
2 31 (18.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (17.37%) Terraform
4 19 (11.38%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.39%) SCCM
6 8 (4.79%) vCenter Server
7 7 (4.19%) Proxmox
8 6 (3.59%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (3.59%) Grafana
8 6 (3.59%) Packer
9 4 (2.40%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.80%) Avamar
10 3 (1.80%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.80%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (1.80%) VxRail
11 2 (1.20%) Graylog
11 2 (1.20%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.60%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 167 (100.00%) VMware
2 96 (57.49%) Microsoft
3 36 (21.56%) Cisco
4 25 (14.97%) NetApp
5 24 (14.37%) Veeam
6 23 (13.77%) Red Hat
7 21 (12.57%) Dell
8 17 (10.18%) Nimble Storage
8 17 (10.18%) Palo Alto
9 16 (9.58%) EMC
10 15 (8.98%) Fortinet
11 14 (8.38%) Broadcom
11 14 (8.38%) IBM
12 12 (7.19%) Citrix
13 10 (5.99%) Commvault
13 10 (5.99%) HP
13 10 (5.99%) Splunk
14 8 (4.79%) Meraki
14 8 (4.79%) Sophos
15 7 (4.19%) ServiceNow