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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 230 154
Rank change year-on-year -3 -76 -21
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 222 217 622
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 1.31% 2.07%
As % of the System Software category 12.46% 9.78% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 150 188 535
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,813 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 1,782 2,218 3,589
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.28% 13.42% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 1,321 2,767
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £40,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.82% +2.12% -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 20 July 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 44 (19.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (12.16%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.05%) IIS
4 8 (3.60%) Apache
4 8 (3.60%) nginx
5 5 (2.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.45%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.45%) Houdini
3 1 (0.45%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (64.41%) Azure
2 82 (36.94%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (22.52%) AWS
4 46 (20.72%) Entra ID
5 30 (13.51%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.56%) GitHub
7 18 (8.11%) IaaS
8 16 (7.21%) PaaS
9 12 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.41%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.41%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (5.41%) Serverless
10 9 (4.05%) GCP
11 8 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (3.60%) Power Platform
12 7 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (3.15%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 89 (40.09%) Firewall
2 63 (28.38%) DNS
3 51 (22.97%) DHCP
3 51 (22.97%) VPN
4 40 (18.02%) WAN
5 35 (15.77%) LAN
6 31 (13.96%) TCP/IP
7 22 (9.91%) VSAN
8 19 (8.56%) VLAN
9 9 (4.05%) Wireless
10 8 (3.60%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (3.60%) Network Security
11 7 (3.15%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (3.15%) Unified Communications
11 7 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (2.70%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.70%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.70%) SAN
12 6 (2.70%) WebEx
13 5 (2.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.60%) Power BI
4 6 (2.70%) MySQL
5 5 (2.25%) Tableau
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (9.01%) Git
2 6 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 82 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.22%) Finance
3 23 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.56%) Retail
5 17 (7.66%) Law
6 15 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.95%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.50%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (4.05%) Marketing
11 8 (3.60%) Banking
11 8 (3.60%) Legal
12 7 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.80%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.90%) Military
16 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 47 (21.17%) Senior
2 43 (19.37%) Consultant
2 43 (19.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (15.77%) Support Engineer
4 28 (12.61%) IT Engineer
5 27 (12.16%) IT Support
6 26 (11.71%) Architect
7 24 (10.81%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (9.91%) Analyst
9 20 (9.01%) Senior Consultant
9 20 (9.01%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (8.56%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (8.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (8.11%) VMware Architect
12 17 (7.66%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (7.66%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (7.21%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (7.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (6.76%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 15 (6.76%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.05%) Middleware
2 6 (2.70%) XMPP
3 4 (1.80%) Web Services
4 1 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 59 (26.58%) Data Centre
2 25 (11.26%) Public Cloud
3 21 (9.46%) Enterprise Storage
3 21 (9.46%) Replication
4 18 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (7.66%) Driving Licence
5 17 (7.66%) Private Cloud
6 15 (6.76%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.41%) Podcast
8 11 (4.95%) iSeries
9 10 (4.50%) Onboarding
9 10 (4.50%) PKI
9 10 (4.50%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (3.60%) CMDB
11 6 (2.70%) FlexPod
11 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.70%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (2.25%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.80%) Web Conferencing
14 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 131 (59.01%) Windows
2 85 (38.29%) Windows Server
3 70 (31.53%) Linux
4 14 (6.31%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.86%) VMS
6 11 (4.95%) Unix
7 9 (4.05%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.15%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.35%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.35%) CentOS
11 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.90%) Debian
12 2 (0.90%) Solaris
13 1 (0.45%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.45%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 71 (31.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (28.38%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (22.07%) Presales
5 33 (14.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (13.96%) DevOps
8 29 (13.06%) Mentoring
9 25 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (10.81%) CI/CD
10 24 (10.81%) High Availability
11 23 (10.36%) Business Continuity
11 23 (10.36%) ITIL
12 22 (9.91%) Project Delivery
12 22 (9.91%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (9.91%) Task Automation
13 21 (9.46%) Roadmaps
14 20 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (8.56%) Customer Engagement
16 18 (8.11%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 70 (31.53%) PowerShell
2 29 (13.06%) Python
3 25 (11.26%) SQL
4 21 (9.46%) Bash
5 14 (6.31%) Bicep
6 12 (5.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.25%) VB
7 5 (2.25%) VBA
7 5 (2.25%) VBScript
8 2 (0.90%) Rust
8 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.45%) C
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (19.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 39 (17.57%) Azure Certification
3 33 (14.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (13.06%) VCAP
5 26 (11.71%) Degree
6 23 (10.36%) Security Cleared
7 22 (9.91%) SC Cleared
8 21 (9.46%) VCDX
9 11 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (4.05%) CCNP
10 9 (4.05%) DV Cleared
10 9 (4.05%) RHCSA
11 7 (3.15%) HNC
11 7 (3.15%) HND
12 6 (2.70%) Dell Certification
13 5 (2.25%) CCNA
14 4 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.80%) LPIC
14 4 (1.80%) MCSE
14 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.21%) SLA
2 15 (6.76%) PMO
3 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.90%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) NIST
6 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 82 (36.94%) Hyper-V
2 81 (36.49%) Active Directory
3 71 (31.98%) vSphere
4 33 (14.86%) VMware NSX
5 19 (8.56%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (7.21%) vCloud
7 14 (6.31%) Firmware
7 14 (6.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (4.05%) KVM
10 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.80%) Docker
11 4 (1.80%) Squid
12 3 (1.35%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.35%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.90%) Xen
14 1 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.45%) iptables
14 1 (0.45%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 41 (18.47%) Terraform
2 37 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (12.61%) Ansible
4 19 (8.56%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.76%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.05%) Proxmox
7 7 (3.15%) SCCM
8 6 (2.70%) Avamar
8 6 (2.70%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (2.70%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.70%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (2.70%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (2.70%) Grafana
8 6 (2.70%) Packer
8 6 (2.70%) VxRail
9 4 (1.80%) Graylog
9 4 (1.80%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.80%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 222 (100.00%) VMware
2 146 (65.77%) Microsoft
3 47 (21.17%) Veeam
4 42 (18.92%) Cisco
5 30 (13.51%) NetApp
6 25 (11.26%) Broadcom
6 25 (11.26%) Dell
7 23 (10.36%) Nimble Storage
8 20 (9.01%) EMC
9 18 (8.11%) Palo Alto
10 17 (7.66%) Citrix
11 16 (7.21%) Fortinet
11 16 (7.21%) IBM
12 14 (6.31%) Red Hat
13 12 (5.41%) Commvault
13 12 (5.41%) HP
13 12 (5.41%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (4.95%) Meraki
14 11 (4.95%) ServiceNow
15 10 (4.50%) Splunk