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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 251 158
Rank change year-on-year +9 -93 -41
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 233 174 462
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.05% 2.14%
As % of the System Software category 12.51% 9.31% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 161 139 312
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,474
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.89% -7.39%
75th Percentile £85,000 £64,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £79,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,254
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.88% +4.51%

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 1,862 1,868 2,806
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.48% 11.24% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 980 1,654
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £89,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

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 11 October 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 67 (28.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (17.17%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.15%) nginx
4 11 (4.72%) Apache
5 10 (4.29%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
6 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Houdini
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) NUKE
2 1 (0.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (64.81%) Azure
2 93 (39.91%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (29.61%) Entra ID
4 49 (21.03%) AWS
5 24 (10.30%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.15%) IaaS
7 17 (7.30%) PaaS
8 16 (6.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.87%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (6.87%) GitHub
9 13 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (5.15%) Azure Functions
10 12 (5.15%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (5.15%) OneDrive
10 12 (5.15%) Serverless
11 9 (3.86%) GCP
12 8 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (2.15%) Mimecast
15 4 (1.72%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 100 (42.92%) Firewall
2 89 (38.20%) DNS
3 80 (34.33%) VPN
4 71 (30.47%) DHCP
5 37 (15.88%) TCP/IP
6 36 (15.45%) LAN
7 34 (14.59%) WAN
8 31 (13.30%) VLAN
9 17 (7.30%) VSAN
10 12 (5.15%) Network Security
10 12 (5.15%) SAN
11 11 (4.72%) Wireless
12 7 (3.00%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (3.00%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.58%) NAS
14 5 (2.15%) OSPF
14 5 (2.15%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.15%) WLAN
15 4 (1.72%) HTTP
15 4 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.86%) Big Data
3 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.44%) Git
2 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 95 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.45%) Finance
3 22 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.15%) Law
6 17 (7.30%) Retail
7 12 (5.15%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.86%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.86%) Legal
9 7 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.15%) Marketing
11 5 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Banking
12 4 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.86%) Back Office
13 2 (0.86%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (22.75%) Senior
2 45 (19.31%) Support Engineer
3 41 (17.60%) Consultant
4 40 (17.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (15.88%) IT Engineer
6 33 (14.16%) IT Support
7 29 (12.45%) Architect
7 29 (12.45%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (10.30%) Analyst
9 23 (9.87%) Technical Consultant
10 16 (6.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 16 (6.87%) Senior Consultant
10 16 (6.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (6.87%) VMware Architect
10 16 (6.87%) VMware Consultant
11 14 (6.01%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (6.01%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 13 (5.58%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 13 (5.58%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.02%) Terraform
2 8 (3.43%) Middleware
3 6 (2.58%) Web Services
4 3 (1.29%) JSON
4 3 (1.29%) LDAP
4 3 (1.29%) XMPP
5 2 (0.86%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.86%) SAML
6 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.43%) Java SE
6 1 (0.43%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.03%) Data Centre
2 19 (8.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (7.30%) Driving Licence
3 17 (7.30%) Private Cloud
4 16 (6.87%) Enterprise Storage
4 16 (6.87%) Public Cloud
5 15 (6.44%) Replication
6 14 (6.01%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.58%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.15%) Podcast
9 8 (3.43%) PKI
10 7 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.58%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 5 (2.15%) iSeries
13 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
14 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
14 3 (1.29%) CMDB
14 3 (1.29%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 156 (66.95%) Windows
2 111 (47.64%) Windows Server
3 46 (19.74%) Linux
4 13 (5.58%) VMS
5 12 (5.15%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.72%) macOS
7 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.72%) Solaris
10 3 (1.29%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.86%) AIX
11 2 (0.86%) Debian
11 2 (0.86%) Rocky
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) CentOS
12 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (36.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 78 (33.48%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (16.31%) Mentoring
6 37 (15.88%) Root Cause Analysis
7 36 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (15.02%) Presales
9 33 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 32 (13.73%) High Availability
10 32 (13.73%) ITIL
11 30 (12.88%) AI
11 30 (12.88%) Customer Service
12 29 (12.45%) Project Delivery
12 29 (12.45%) Roadmaps
13 27 (11.59%) Cloud Security
13 27 (11.59%) DevOps
14 24 (10.30%) Business Continuity
15 23 (9.87%) CI/CD
16 22 (9.44%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.76%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.73%) Bash
3 22 (9.44%) SQL
4 21 (9.01%) Python
5 18 (7.73%) Bicep
6 12 (5.15%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.86%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (17.60%) Azure Certification
1 41 (17.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 39 (16.74%) Security Cleared
3 32 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 21 (9.01%) VCAP
5 17 (7.30%) DV Cleared
5 17 (7.30%) VCDX
6 16 (6.87%) Degree
7 12 (5.15%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.43%) CCNP
9 6 (2.58%) Dell Certification
10 5 (2.15%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.72%) CCNA
11 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.29%) CCDP
12 3 (1.29%) HNC
12 3 (1.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.73%) SLA
2 15 (6.44%) PMO
3 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 114 (48.93%) Active Directory
2 113 (48.50%) Hyper-V
3 60 (25.75%) vSphere
4 27 (11.59%) VMware NSX
5 26 (11.16%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (9.87%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (7.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (5.15%) vCloud
9 8 (3.43%) Firmware
10 6 (2.58%) KVM
10 6 (2.58%) Squid
11 5 (2.15%) Docker
11 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.86%) NFS
13 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.43%) iptables
13 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 42 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (6.87%) Ansible
3 12 (5.15%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.43%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.00%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.58%) Avamar
6 6 (2.58%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.58%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.58%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.58%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.58%) SCCM
6 6 (2.58%) VxRail
7 5 (2.15%) Grafana
7 5 (2.15%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.72%) Graylog
8 4 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.72%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.86%) Packer
Vendors
1 233 (100.00%) VMware
2 151 (64.81%) Microsoft
3 55 (23.61%) Veeam
4 27 (11.59%) Cisco
5 26 (11.16%) Citrix
5 26 (11.16%) Dell
6 25 (10.73%) NetApp
7 22 (9.44%) Palo Alto
8 21 (9.01%) Broadcom
8 21 (9.01%) Nimble Storage
9 18 (7.73%) Fortinet
10 15 (6.44%) SonicWALL
10 15 (6.44%) WatchGuard
11 13 (5.58%) N-able
12 12 (5.15%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (4.29%) EMC
14 8 (3.43%) Acronis
14 8 (3.43%) Juniper
15 7 (3.00%) Red Hat
15 7 (3.00%) Sophos