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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 202 144
Rank change year-on-year -37 -58 +21
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 166 240 716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.68% 2.20%
As % of the System Software category 11.74% 11.51% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 102 210 641
10th Percentile £35,800 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -13.46%

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 1,414 2,085 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.70% 14.63% 12.99%
Number of salaries quoted 982 1,518 3,472
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £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 £79,932 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,125 £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 7 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 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.01%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 88 (53.01%) Azure
2 60 (36.14%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (20.48%) AWS
4 33 (19.88%) Entra ID
5 28 (16.87%) Nutanix
6 14 (8.43%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.82%) GitHub
7 8 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.01%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.41%) GCP
9 4 (2.41%) IaaS
9 4 (2.41%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.81%) PaaS
10 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (31.33%) Firewall
2 37 (22.29%) DNS
3 30 (18.07%) WAN
4 29 (17.47%) DHCP
5 28 (16.87%) TCP/IP
6 25 (15.06%) VPN
7 15 (9.04%) VSAN
8 13 (7.83%) LAN
9 12 (7.23%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (7.23%) SD-WAN
10 10 (6.02%) BGP
10 10 (6.02%) VLAN
11 8 (4.82%) Unified Communications
12 7 (4.22%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (3.61%) Wireless
14 5 (3.01%) MPLS
14 5 (3.01%) Network Security
14 5 (3.01%) WebEx
15 4 (2.41%) NAS
16 3 (1.81%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.82%) Power BI
1 8 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.61%) MySQL
3 5 (3.01%) Tableau
4 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
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%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Git
2 6 (3.61%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) GitLab
4 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 55 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 51 (30.72%) Finance
3 23 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.04%) Retail
5 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.63%) Banking
7 11 (6.63%) Marketing
7 11 (6.63%) Telecoms
8 10 (6.02%) Legal
9 7 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.81%) Aviation
11 3 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.81%) Law
12 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (28.92%) Senior
2 39 (23.49%) Consultant
2 39 (23.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (12.65%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (12.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (11.45%) VMware Consultant
6 17 (10.24%) Cloud Consultant
7 16 (9.64%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 16 (9.64%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (9.04%) IT Engineer
9 14 (8.43%) Architect
9 14 (8.43%) Technical Consultant
10 13 (7.83%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 13 (7.83%) IT Support
10 13 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (7.83%) Support Engineer
11 11 (6.63%) Infrastructure Support
11 11 (6.63%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 11 (6.63%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 11 (6.63%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) XMPP
2 1 (0.60%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) Kafka
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (31.93%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.64%) Replication
3 15 (9.04%) Private Cloud
4 14 (8.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 13 (7.83%) Public Cloud
6 11 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (5.42%) Onboarding
7 9 (5.42%) Security Posture
7 9 (5.42%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (4.82%) Clustering
8 8 (4.82%) CMDB
8 8 (4.82%) iSeries
9 7 (4.22%) Driving Licence
10 6 (3.61%) PKI
11 5 (3.01%) FlexPod
11 5 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (2.41%) iPad
12 4 (2.41%) iPhone
12 4 (2.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 89 (53.61%) Windows
2 63 (37.95%) Linux
2 63 (37.95%) Windows Server
3 16 (9.64%) Unix
3 16 (9.64%) Windows 10
4 12 (7.23%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (4.82%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.20%) CentOS
7 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.60%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.60%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.60%) Solaris
8 1 (0.60%) VMS
8 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.34%) Disaster Recovery
2 51 (30.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (18.07%) Presales
5 27 (16.27%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (15.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (13.25%) DevOps
8 22 (13.25%) ITIL
9 21 (12.65%) Mentoring
10 17 (10.24%) Cloud Operations
10 17 (10.24%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (9.64%) Change Management
11 16 (9.64%) Project Delivery
11 16 (9.64%) Service Delivery
11 16 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (9.04%) Customer Engagement
13 14 (8.43%) Service Management
14 13 (7.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.49%) PowerShell
2 25 (15.06%) Python
3 8 (4.82%) SQL
4 5 (3.01%) Bash
4 5 (3.01%) VB
4 5 (3.01%) VBA
4 5 (3.01%) VBScript
5 2 (1.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.60%) Go
6 1 (0.60%) Java
6 1 (0.60%) Perl
6 1 (0.60%) Rust
6 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (18.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 26 (15.66%) VCAP
3 24 (14.46%) Degree
4 20 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (10.84%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.24%) Azure Certification
6 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
7 14 (8.43%) VCDX
8 8 (4.82%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.82%) DV Cleared
9 7 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.61%) CCNP
10 6 (3.61%) MCSE
11 5 (3.01%) CCNA
11 5 (3.01%) HNC
11 5 (3.01%) HND
11 5 (3.01%) LPIC
11 5 (3.01%) RHCSA
12 4 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) SLA
2 11 (6.63%) PMO
3 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (33.73%) Active Directory
2 48 (28.92%) Hyper-V
3 41 (24.70%) vSphere
4 35 (21.08%) VMware NSX
5 15 (9.04%) vCloud
6 11 (6.63%) Firmware
6 11 (6.63%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (4.82%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (3.01%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.41%) KVM
9 4 (2.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.81%) Docker
10 3 (1.81%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.20%) Xen
12 1 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.60%) QEMU
12 1 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 33 (19.88%) Ansible
2 31 (18.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (18.07%) Terraform
4 19 (11.45%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.42%) SCCM
6 8 (4.82%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.61%) Packer
7 6 (3.61%) Proxmox
8 5 (3.01%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (3.01%) Grafana
9 4 (2.41%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.81%) Avamar
10 3 (1.81%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (1.81%) VxRail
11 1 (0.60%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.60%) Graylog
11 1 (0.60%) Icinga
11 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 166 (100.00%) VMware
2 93 (56.02%) Microsoft
3 36 (21.69%) Cisco
4 24 (14.46%) NetApp
5 23 (13.86%) Red Hat
6 22 (13.25%) Veeam
7 21 (12.65%) Dell
8 17 (10.24%) Nimble Storage
9 16 (9.64%) Palo Alto
10 15 (9.04%) EMC
11 14 (8.43%) Broadcom
11 14 (8.43%) Fortinet
12 13 (7.83%) IBM
13 12 (7.23%) Citrix
14 9 (5.42%) Commvault
14 9 (5.42%) HP
14 9 (5.42%) Splunk
15 8 (4.82%) Meraki
15 8 (4.82%) Sophos
16 7 (4.22%) Barracuda Networks