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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 255 160
Rank change year-on-year +11 -95 -41
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 232 176 467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.05% 2.15%
As % of the System Software category 12.59% 9.36% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 161 141 316
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,000 £51,724
Median % change year-on-year +35.87% -11.07% -5.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £77,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% +4.00%

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 1,843 1,881 2,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.44% 11.20% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 989 1,668
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,375 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.44% -9.45% -

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 October 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 66 (28.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (17.24%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.17%) nginx
4 11 (4.74%) Apache
5 10 (4.31%) IIS
6 2 (0.86%) Confluence
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.43%) Site Server
7 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Houdini
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) NUKE
2 1 (0.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 150 (64.66%) Azure
2 93 (40.09%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (29.74%) Entra ID
4 48 (20.69%) AWS
5 24 (10.34%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.19%) IaaS
7 17 (7.33%) PaaS
8 16 (6.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (6.90%) GitHub
9 13 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (5.17%) Azure Functions
10 12 (5.17%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (5.17%) OneDrive
10 12 (5.17%) Serverless
11 9 (3.88%) GCP
12 8 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (2.16%) Mimecast
14 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 100 (43.10%) Firewall
2 89 (38.36%) DNS
3 79 (34.05%) VPN
4 71 (30.60%) DHCP
5 36 (15.52%) TCP/IP
6 34 (14.66%) LAN
7 32 (13.79%) WAN
8 29 (12.50%) VLAN
9 17 (7.33%) VSAN
10 12 (5.17%) Network Security
10 12 (5.17%) SAN
11 10 (4.31%) Wireless
12 7 (3.02%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (3.02%) iSCSI
12 7 (3.02%) NAS
13 5 (2.16%) OSPF
13 5 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.16%) WLAN
14 4 (1.72%) HTTP
14 4 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.86%) Big Data
3 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.86%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.47%) Git
2 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 93 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.50%) Finance
3 22 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.19%) Law
6 16 (6.90%) Retail
7 12 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.88%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.88%) Legal
10 6 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.59%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.72%) Marketing
13 3 (1.29%) Banking
14 2 (0.86%) Back Office
14 2 (0.86%) Military
15 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (22.84%) Senior
2 47 (20.26%) Support Engineer
3 41 (17.67%) Consultant
4 40 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (16.38%) IT Engineer
6 35 (15.09%) IT Support
7 31 (13.36%) IT Support Engineer
8 29 (12.50%) Architect
9 24 (10.34%) Analyst
10 23 (9.91%) Technical Consultant
11 16 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 16 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (6.90%) VMware Architect
11 16 (6.90%) VMware Consultant
12 14 (6.03%) 3rd Line Support
12 14 (6.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 14 (6.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 13 (5.60%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 13 (5.60%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.66%) Terraform
2 8 (3.45%) Middleware
3 6 (2.59%) Web Services
4 3 (1.29%) JSON
4 3 (1.29%) LDAP
5 2 (0.86%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.86%) SAML
5 2 (0.86%) XMPP
6 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.43%) Java SE
6 1 (0.43%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (7.33%) Private Cloud
4 16 (6.90%) Driving Licence
4 16 (6.90%) Enterprise Storage
5 15 (6.47%) Public Cloud
6 14 (6.03%) Replication
7 13 (5.60%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.60%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.17%) Podcast
9 8 (3.45%) PKI
10 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (2.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (2.16%) iSeries
12 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
13 3 (1.29%) CMDB
13 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (67.24%) Windows
2 111 (47.84%) Windows Server
3 46 (19.83%) Linux
4 13 (5.60%) VMS
5 12 (5.17%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.74%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.72%) Solaris
9 4 (1.72%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.86%) AIX
11 2 (0.86%) Debian
11 2 (0.86%) Rocky
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) CentOS
12 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (37.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (37.07%) Disaster Recovery
3 77 (33.19%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (15.95%) Mentoring
5 37 (15.95%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (15.09%) Presales
7 34 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (13.79%) High Availability
8 32 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 32 (13.79%) ITIL
9 31 (13.36%) Customer Service
10 30 (12.93%) AI
11 29 (12.50%) Roadmaps
12 28 (12.07%) Project Delivery
13 27 (11.64%) Cloud Security
13 27 (11.64%) DevOps
14 24 (10.34%) Business Continuity
15 23 (9.91%) CI/CD
16 21 (9.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.88%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.78%) Bash
3 23 (9.91%) SQL
4 20 (8.62%) Python
5 18 (7.76%) Bicep
6 12 (5.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.86%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (17.67%) Azure Certification
1 41 (17.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 38 (16.38%) Security Cleared
3 32 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (13.36%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.05%) VCAP
6 17 (7.33%) Degree
6 17 (7.33%) DV Cleared
6 17 (7.33%) VCDX
7 12 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.45%) CCNP
9 6 (2.59%) Dell Certification
10 5 (2.16%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.72%) CCNA
11 4 (1.72%) HNC
11 4 (1.72%) HND
11 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.29%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.21%) SLA
2 15 (6.47%) PMO
3 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 114 (49.14%) Active Directory
2 112 (48.28%) Hyper-V
3 60 (25.86%) vSphere
4 27 (11.64%) VMware NSX
5 25 (10.78%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (10.34%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (7.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (5.17%) vCloud
9 8 (3.45%) Firmware
10 6 (2.59%) KVM
10 6 (2.59%) Squid
11 5 (2.16%) Docker
12 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.86%) NFS
14 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.43%) iptables
14 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (18.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.47%) Ansible
3 12 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.02%) Proxmox
4 7 (3.02%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.59%) Avamar
5 6 (2.59%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (2.59%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (2.59%) EMC VPLEX
5 6 (2.59%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.59%) SCCM
5 6 (2.59%) VxRail
6 5 (2.16%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.72%) Grafana
7 4 (1.72%) Graylog
7 4 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (1.72%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.86%) Puppet
8 2 (0.86%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 232 (100.00%) VMware
2 151 (65.09%) Microsoft
3 55 (23.71%) Veeam
4 27 (11.64%) Cisco
5 26 (11.21%) Citrix
5 26 (11.21%) Dell
6 24 (10.34%) NetApp
7 21 (9.05%) Broadcom
7 21 (9.05%) Nimble Storage
7 21 (9.05%) Palo Alto
8 17 (7.33%) Fortinet
9 15 (6.47%) SonicWALL
9 15 (6.47%) WatchGuard
10 13 (5.60%) N-able
11 12 (5.17%) ScienceLogic
12 9 (3.88%) EMC
13 8 (3.45%) Acronis
13 8 (3.45%) Juniper
13 8 (3.45%) Sophos
14 7 (3.02%) Red Hat