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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 251 176
Rank change year-on-year +9 -75 -55
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 241 187 460
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 1.15% 1.97%
As % of the System Software category 12.82% 9.46% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 169 151 330
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,544 £32,500 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -

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 1,880 1,977 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.80% 12.17% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,097 1,740
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%

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 16 September 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 56 (23.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (14.94%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.98%) nginx
4 11 (4.56%) Apache
5 8 (3.32%) IIS
6 5 (2.07%) Confluence
7 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.41%) Site Server
7 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Houdini
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) NUKE
2 1 (0.41%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 152 (63.07%) Azure
2 91 (37.76%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (25.31%) Entra ID
4 49 (20.33%) AWS
5 29 (12.03%) Nutanix
6 19 (7.88%) IaaS
7 18 (7.47%) PaaS
8 17 (7.05%) GitHub
9 16 (6.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 16 (6.64%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.98%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.98%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.98%) Serverless
12 9 (3.73%) GCP
12 9 (3.73%) OneDrive
13 8 (3.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (2.90%) Mimecast
15 6 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (2.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 106 (43.98%) Firewall
2 82 (34.02%) DNS
3 69 (28.63%) DHCP
4 68 (28.22%) VPN
5 39 (16.18%) WAN
6 37 (15.35%) TCP/IP
7 36 (14.94%) LAN
8 23 (9.54%) VLAN
9 21 (8.71%) VSAN
10 14 (5.81%) Network Security
11 10 (4.15%) Wireless
12 9 (3.73%) SAN
13 7 (2.90%) BGP
13 7 (2.90%) Fibre Channel
13 7 (2.90%) iSCSI
13 7 (2.90%) NAS
13 7 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (2.07%) OSPF
15 4 (1.66%) MPLS
15 4 (1.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.49%) MySQL
4 3 (1.24%) Power BI
5 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (7.05%) Git
2 4 (1.66%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 87 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.35%) Finance
3 24 (9.96%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.30%) Law
5 18 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.05%) Retail
7 12 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.98%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.73%) Legal
9 7 (2.90%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.07%) Marketing
12 4 (1.66%) Banking
12 4 (1.66%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 50 (20.75%) Senior
2 44 (18.26%) Consultant
2 44 (18.26%) Support Engineer
3 43 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (14.52%) IT Engineer
5 34 (14.11%) Architect
6 32 (13.28%) IT Support
7 28 (11.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (10.37%) Technical Consultant
9 22 (9.13%) Analyst
10 19 (7.88%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (7.47%) Senior Consultant
11 18 (7.47%) VMware Architect
12 16 (6.64%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (6.22%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 15 (6.22%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (6.22%) VMware Technical Consultant
14 14 (5.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
14 14 (5.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.01%) Terraform
2 8 (3.32%) Middleware
3 6 (2.49%) Web Services
4 3 (1.24%) XMPP
5 1 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.41%) Java SE
5 1 (0.41%) JSON
5 1 (0.41%) LDAP
5 1 (0.41%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (26.14%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.30%) Enterprise Storage
2 20 (8.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (7.88%) Private Cloud
3 19 (7.88%) Replication
4 18 (7.47%) Public Cloud
5 17 (7.05%) Driving Licence
6 14 (5.81%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.39%) PKI
7 13 (5.39%) Security Posture
8 12 (4.98%) Podcast
9 11 (4.56%) iSeries
10 7 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.49%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (2.07%) CMDB
12 5 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
14 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (1.24%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 153 (63.49%) Windows
2 105 (43.57%) Windows Server
3 59 (24.48%) Linux
4 14 (5.81%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.39%) VMS
6 11 (4.56%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.73%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.49%) Unix
9 5 (2.07%) Solaris
9 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (1.24%) CentOS
12 2 (0.83%) AIX
12 2 (0.83%) Debian
12 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (38.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 85 (35.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (17.84%) Presales
6 37 (15.35%) Mentoring
7 35 (14.52%) ITIL
8 33 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (12.86%) Customer Service
9 31 (12.86%) High Availability
10 29 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (12.03%) DevOps
10 29 (12.03%) Root Cause Analysis
11 28 (11.62%) Business Continuity
12 27 (11.20%) AI
12 27 (11.20%) Roadmaps
13 25 (10.37%) Cloud Security
14 24 (9.96%) Project Delivery
15 22 (9.13%) CI/CD
16 20 (8.30%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (30.29%) PowerShell
2 26 (10.79%) SQL
3 23 (9.54%) Bash
4 21 (8.71%) Python
5 19 (7.88%) Bicep
6 12 (4.98%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.41%) C
7 1 (0.41%) Go
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.41%) Rust
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (19.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 43 (17.84%) Azure Certification
3 36 (14.94%) Security Cleared
4 33 (13.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (12.86%) SC Cleared
6 27 (11.20%) VCAP
7 26 (10.79%) Degree
8 21 (8.71%) VCDX
9 17 (7.05%) DV Cleared
10 13 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.73%) CCNP
12 7 (2.90%) HNC
12 7 (2.90%) HND
13 6 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.49%) Dell Certification
13 6 (2.49%) RHCSA
14 5 (2.07%) CCNA
15 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (1.24%) CCDP
16 3 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.37%) SLA
2 17 (7.05%) PMO
3 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (44.81%) Active Directory
2 102 (42.32%) Hyper-V
3 71 (29.46%) vSphere
4 37 (15.35%) VMware NSX
5 25 (10.37%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (8.30%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (7.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (6.64%) vCloud
9 14 (5.81%) Firmware
10 7 (2.90%) Docker
10 7 (2.90%) KVM
11 6 (2.49%) Squid
12 3 (1.24%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (1.24%) Terminal Services
12 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.41%) iptables
13 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.41%) QEMU
13 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 38 (15.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (9.54%) Ansible
3 17 (7.05%) Kubernetes
4 13 (5.39%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.90%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.90%) SCCM
6 6 (2.49%) Avamar
6 6 (2.49%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.49%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.49%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.49%) VxRail
7 5 (2.07%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.66%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.66%) Grafana
8 4 (1.66%) Graylog
8 4 (1.66%) Packer
8 4 (1.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.66%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (1.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 241 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (64.32%) Microsoft
3 62 (25.73%) Veeam
4 38 (15.77%) Cisco
5 29 (12.03%) Dell
6 28 (11.62%) NetApp
7 25 (10.37%) Broadcom
8 24 (9.96%) Nimble Storage
9 20 (8.30%) Citrix
9 20 (8.30%) Palo Alto
10 17 (7.05%) EMC
10 17 (7.05%) Fortinet
11 14 (5.81%) N-able
12 13 (5.39%) Commvault
13 12 (4.98%) HP
13 12 (4.98%) Red Hat
13 12 (4.98%) ScienceLogic
13 12 (4.98%) SonicWALL
14 11 (4.56%) IBM
14 11 (4.56%) Sophos