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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 190 148
Rank change year-on-year -65 -42 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 156 240 717
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.78% 2.21%
As % of the System Software category 11.06% 12.34% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 95 213 642
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% +8.70% -12.38%

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 1,411 1,945 4,297
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.84% 14.40% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,552 3,527
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £81,250 £82,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £102,575 £112,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,048 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.37% +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 25 April 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 (12.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.56%) Confluence
4 2 (1.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 85 (54.49%) Azure
2 62 (39.74%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (20.51%) AWS
4 31 (19.87%) Entra ID
5 21 (13.46%) Nutanix
6 14 (8.97%) OneDrive
7 8 (5.13%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.49%) GitHub
8 7 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.21%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.56%) IaaS
10 4 (2.56%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.92%) GCP
11 3 (1.92%) PaaS
11 3 (1.92%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (32.69%) Firewall
2 39 (25.00%) DNS
3 32 (20.51%) WAN
4 31 (19.87%) DHCP
5 30 (19.23%) TCP/IP
6 27 (17.31%) VPN
7 13 (8.33%) LAN
7 13 (8.33%) SD-WAN
8 12 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (7.69%) VLAN
9 10 (6.41%) BGP
9 10 (6.41%) VSAN
10 8 (5.13%) Unified Communications
11 7 (4.49%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (4.49%) Network Security
12 6 (3.85%) Wireless
13 5 (3.21%) MPLS
13 5 (3.21%) WebEx
14 4 (2.56%) NAS
14 4 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.13%) Power BI
2 7 (4.49%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.21%) MySQL
3 5 (3.21%) Tableau
4 3 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.64%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.64%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Git
2 5 (3.21%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.64%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 56 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 48 (30.77%) Finance
3 22 (14.10%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.62%) Retail
5 13 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (7.05%) Banking
7 11 (7.05%) Marketing
7 11 (7.05%) Telecoms
8 10 (6.41%) Legal
9 6 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.92%) Aviation
11 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.92%) Law
12 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.64%) Back Office
12 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 44 (28.21%) Senior
2 40 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (21.79%) Consultant
4 20 (12.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (11.54%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (8.97%) Cloud Consultant
6 14 (8.97%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 14 (8.97%) VMware Consultant
7 13 (8.33%) IT Engineer
8 12 (7.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
8 12 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
8 12 (7.69%) Support Engineer
9 11 (7.05%) Architect
9 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (7.05%) IT Support
9 11 (7.05%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (6.41%) Analyst
10 10 (6.41%) Technical Consultant
11 9 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (5.13%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) XMPP
2 1 (0.64%) .NET
2 1 (0.64%) Kafka
2 1 (0.64%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (27.56%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.62%) Replication
3 13 (8.33%) Private Cloud
4 12 (7.69%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 11 (7.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
7 9 (5.77%) Security Posture
7 9 (5.77%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (5.13%) Clustering
8 8 (5.13%) Driving Licence
9 7 (4.49%) CMDB
9 7 (4.49%) iSeries
10 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (3.21%) FlexPod
10 5 (3.21%) PKI
11 4 (2.56%) iPad
11 4 (2.56%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 86 (55.13%) Windows
2 60 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 58 (37.18%) Linux
4 16 (10.26%) Unix
4 16 (10.26%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.69%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.28%) CentOS
8 2 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.64%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.64%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.64%) Solaris
9 1 (0.64%) VMS
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.05%) Disaster Recovery
1 50 (32.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 25 (16.03%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (15.38%) ITIL
5 24 (15.38%) Presales
6 23 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (13.46%) Mentoring
8 20 (12.82%) DevOps
9 17 (10.90%) Cloud Operations
9 17 (10.90%) Project Delivery
9 17 (10.90%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (10.26%) Service Delivery
11 15 (9.62%) Change Management
11 15 (9.62%) Service Management
11 15 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (8.33%) Migration
12 13 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.72%) PowerShell
2 25 (16.03%) Python
3 7 (4.49%) SQL
4 6 (3.85%) Bash
5 5 (3.21%) VB
5 5 (3.21%) VBA
5 5 (3.21%) VBScript
6 2 (1.28%) Bicep
7 1 (0.64%) Go
7 1 (0.64%) Java
7 1 (0.64%) Perl
7 1 (0.64%) Rust
7 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 23 (14.74%) Degree
2 23 (14.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (12.82%) VCAP
4 17 (10.90%) Security Cleared
5 16 (10.26%) Azure Certification
5 16 (10.26%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.77%) VCDX
7 8 (5.13%) AWS Certification
7 8 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.49%) CCNP
8 7 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.85%) CCNA
9 6 (3.85%) MCSE
10 5 (3.21%) LPIC
10 5 (3.21%) RHCSA
11 4 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (2.56%) HNC
11 4 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.97%) SLA
2 7 (4.49%) PMO
3 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.56%) NIST
4 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 55 (35.26%) Active Directory
2 47 (30.13%) Hyper-V
3 35 (22.44%) vSphere
4 29 (18.59%) VMware NSX
5 10 (6.41%) Firmware
5 10 (6.41%) vCloud
5 10 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (3.21%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (2.56%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (1.92%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.92%) Docker
9 3 (1.92%) KVM
9 3 (1.92%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.28%) Xen
11 1 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.64%) QEMU
11 1 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (20.51%) Ansible
2 31 (19.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (17.95%) Terraform
4 17 (10.90%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.77%) SCCM
6 8 (5.13%) vCenter Server
7 5 (3.21%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (3.21%) Grafana
7 5 (3.21%) Packer
7 5 (3.21%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.28%) Avamar
9 2 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.28%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (1.28%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.28%) VxRail
10 1 (0.64%) CASB
10 1 (0.64%) Podman
10 1 (0.64%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 156 (100.00%) VMware
2 92 (58.97%) Microsoft
3 35 (22.44%) Cisco
4 21 (13.46%) Red Hat
5 20 (12.82%) Veeam
6 18 (11.54%) NetApp
7 15 (9.62%) Dell
7 15 (9.62%) Palo Alto
8 14 (8.97%) Fortinet
9 13 (8.33%) EMC
10 12 (7.69%) IBM
11 11 (7.05%) Nimble Storage
12 10 (6.41%) Citrix
13 9 (5.77%) Broadcom
13 9 (5.77%) Splunk
14 8 (5.13%) Commvault
14 8 (5.13%) HP
14 8 (5.13%) Sophos
15 7 (4.49%) Barracuda Networks
15 7 (4.49%) Meraki