VMware Infrastructure Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 150 154
Rank change year-on-year -130 +4 +83
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 215 749 837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 2.09% 2.26%
As % of the System Software category 7.87% 17.48% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 182 593 670
10th Percentile £30,125 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,500 £57,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 2,732 4,286 5,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.94% 11.98% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 3,257 4,164
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% -0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,410 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

VMware Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

VMware Infrastructure salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 97 (45.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (13.49%) SharePoint
3 27 (12.56%) IIS
4 8 (3.72%) Apache
5 4 (1.86%) nginx
5 4 (1.86%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.93%) Confluence
6 2 (0.93%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.47%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (53.49%) Azure
2 100 (46.51%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (20.47%) AWS
4 38 (17.67%) SaaS
5 22 (10.23%) Entra ID
6 21 (9.77%) OneDrive
7 18 (8.37%) GitHub
8 17 (7.91%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (6.05%) IaaS
9 13 (6.05%) Power Platform
10 9 (4.19%) GCP
11 8 (3.72%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.33%) PaaS
13 4 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
15 2 (0.93%) Rubrik
16 1 (0.47%) Azure AKS
16 1 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 82 (38.14%) Firewall
2 48 (22.33%) DHCP
3 45 (20.93%) DNS
4 35 (16.28%) TCP/IP
5 33 (15.35%) WAN
6 30 (13.95%) SAN
7 26 (12.09%) LAN
7 26 (12.09%) VPN
8 12 (5.58%) NAS
9 9 (4.19%) Remote Desktop
9 9 (4.19%) VLAN
10 8 (3.72%) SD-WAN
10 8 (3.72%) Wireless
11 7 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.33%) Network Security
12 5 (2.33%) VoIP
13 4 (1.86%) Multicast
13 4 (1.86%) Unified Communications
14 3 (1.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (1.40%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (28.37%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.09%) Data Hub
2 26 (12.09%) SQL CLR
3 13 (6.05%) Metadata
3 13 (6.05%) Power BI
3 13 (6.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 13 (6.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (4.19%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.26%) MySQL
6 4 (1.86%) MariaDB
6 4 (1.86%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.26%) Git
2 4 (1.86%) JIRA
3 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.40%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 67 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 60 (27.91%) Finance
3 31 (14.42%) Back Office
4 17 (7.91%) Legal
5 16 (7.44%) Retail
6 12 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.58%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.72%) Local Government
8 6 (2.79%) Games
9 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Law
11 2 (0.93%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Military
11 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Avionics
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Electronics
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (18.14%) Support Engineer
2 32 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (13.95%) Senior
4 28 (13.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 21 (9.77%) 3rd Line Support
5 21 (9.77%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 19 (8.84%) IT Engineer
7 18 (8.37%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (6.51%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 14 (6.51%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
9 13 (6.05%) Developer
9 13 (6.05%) Head of Development
9 13 (6.05%) ICT Officer
9 13 (6.05%) ICT Support
9 13 (6.05%) ICT Support Officer
9 13 (6.05%) SaaS Developer
9 13 (6.05%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.05%) Senior SQL Developer
9 13 (6.05%) SQL Developer
9 13 (6.05%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.98%) .NET
2 13 (6.05%) .NET Core
2 13 (6.05%) .NET Framework
2 13 (6.05%) Dapper ORM
2 13 (6.05%) Entity Framework
3 5 (2.33%) Node.js
4 2 (0.93%) Kafka
4 2 (0.93%) LDAP
4 2 (0.93%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.93%) Middleware
4 2 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) JSON
5 1 (0.47%) LAMP
5 1 (0.47%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.95%) Onboarding
2 26 (12.09%) Private Cloud
3 23 (10.70%) Data Centre
4 18 (8.37%) Clustering
5 15 (6.98%) Management Information System
6 13 (6.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 12 (5.58%) Replication
8 7 (3.26%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.26%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (2.79%) Security Posture
10 5 (2.33%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
14 1 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
14 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 136 (63.26%) Windows
2 110 (51.16%) Windows Server
3 54 (25.12%) Linux
4 31 (14.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 30 (13.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (8.37%) Mac OS
7 14 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (6.05%) Windows 10
9 9 (4.19%) CentOS
9 9 (4.19%) Ubuntu
10 7 (3.26%) Unix
10 7 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (2.33%) Android
11 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.86%) AIX
13 3 (1.40%) Debian
14 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.93%) Solaris
14 2 (0.93%) SUSE
14 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.70%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (29.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (19.53%) High Availability
4 40 (18.60%) Customer Service
5 37 (17.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (15.81%) ITIL
7 29 (13.49%) Data Privacy
7 29 (13.49%) Performance Tuning
8 26 (12.09%) Fintech
8 26 (12.09%) Mentoring
8 26 (12.09%) Wealth Management
8 26 (12.09%) Workflow
9 25 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (10.70%) Collaborative Culture
10 23 (10.70%) DevOps
10 23 (10.70%) Infrastructure Management
11 22 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (9.77%) Migration
12 21 (9.77%) Virtual Environments
13 20 (9.30%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (31.16%) PowerShell
2 43 (20.00%) SQL
3 17 (7.91%) Python
4 13 (6.05%) Bash
4 13 (6.05%) C#
4 13 (6.05%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.86%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.40%) Java
6 3 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (13.02%) Degree
2 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (7.44%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.05%) MCSA
5 12 (5.58%) AWS Certification
6 10 (4.65%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.72%) DBS Check
8 7 (3.26%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.79%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.33%) CCNA
10 5 (2.33%) MCP
10 5 (2.33%) MCSE
10 5 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.86%) Linux+ Certification
12 3 (1.40%) CISSP
12 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.40%) IBM AIX Certification
12 3 (1.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.84%) SLA
2 11 (5.12%) GDPR
3 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.40%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.93%) QA
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 114 (53.02%) Active Directory
2 57 (26.51%) Hyper-V
3 23 (10.70%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (10.23%) vSphere
5 15 (6.98%) XenApp
6 13 (6.05%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (3.72%) Docker
7 8 (3.72%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (2.79%) Terminal Services
8 6 (2.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (1.86%) KVM
10 3 (1.40%) Dovecot
10 3 (1.40%) Postfix
10 3 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.40%) Xen
11 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.93%) NFS
11 2 (0.93%) SRDF
12 1 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.47%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 45 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (11.63%) Ansible
3 14 (6.51%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.05%) Failover Clustering
5 10 (4.65%) Terraform
6 8 (3.72%) Puppet
6 8 (3.72%) SCCM
7 6 (2.79%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.79%) ZABBIX
8 4 (1.86%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.86%) ZENworks
9 3 (1.40%) Nagios
9 3 (1.40%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.93%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.93%) SCOM
10 2 (0.93%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.93%) SCSM
10 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (100.00%) VMware
2 154 (71.63%) Microsoft
3 40 (18.60%) Cisco
4 24 (11.16%) Meraki
5 22 (10.23%) Citrix
6 17 (7.91%) SonicWALL
7 16 (7.44%) Red Hat
8 14 (6.51%) CheckPoint
9 13 (6.05%) EMC
9 13 (6.05%) HP
9 13 (6.05%) NetApp
10 12 (5.58%) Dell
10 12 (5.58%) Oracle
11 7 (3.26%) Symantec
12 5 (2.33%) Apple
12 5 (2.33%) Veeam
12 5 (2.33%) Veritas
13 4 (1.86%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.86%) TOWER Software
14 3 (1.40%) Remedy