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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 223 169
Rank change year-on-year -15 -54 -42
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 240 220 498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.33% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 12.62% 10.64% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 170 187 390
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,063 £32,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% -8.68%
75th Percentile £83,750 £57,500 £60,918
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -5.00%

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 1,901 2,068 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 12.50% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 1,203 2,019
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.91%

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 25 August 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 52 (21.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.00%) nginx
4 11 (4.58%) Apache
5 9 (3.75%) IIS
6 5 (2.08%) Confluence
7 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.42%) Site Server
7 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Houdini
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) NUKE
2 1 (0.42%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (62.92%) Azure
2 91 (37.92%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (23.75%) Entra ID
4 52 (21.67%) AWS
5 30 (12.50%) Nutanix
6 20 (8.33%) IaaS
7 18 (7.50%) GitHub
7 18 (7.50%) PaaS
8 16 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (5.00%) Azure Functions
10 12 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (5.00%) Serverless
11 9 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (3.75%) GCP
12 8 (3.33%) Mimecast
13 7 (2.92%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.92%) Power Platform
14 6 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 101 (42.08%) Firewall
2 76 (31.67%) DNS
3 63 (26.25%) DHCP
4 58 (24.17%) VPN
5 40 (16.67%) WAN
6 37 (15.42%) LAN
7 36 (15.00%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.17%) VSAN
9 21 (8.75%) VLAN
10 13 (5.42%) Network Security
11 10 (4.17%) SAN
11 10 (4.17%) Wireless
12 8 (3.33%) BGP
13 7 (2.92%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (2.92%) NAS
13 7 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.50%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (2.50%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.50%) iSCSI
15 5 (2.08%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.50%) MySQL
4 4 (1.67%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.92%) Git
2 6 (2.50%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.42%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 87 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.67%) Finance
3 25 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.75%) Retail
5 20 (8.33%) Law
6 17 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (3.33%) Marketing
12 7 (2.92%) Banking
12 7 (2.92%) Legal
13 6 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.67%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.67%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.83%) Military
16 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 47 (19.58%) Senior
2 46 (19.17%) Consultant
2 46 (19.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 34 (14.17%) Architect
5 31 (12.92%) IT Engineer
6 28 (11.67%) IT Support
7 24 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
8 22 (9.17%) Analyst
9 19 (7.92%) VMware Consultant
10 18 (7.50%) Azure Engineer
10 18 (7.50%) Senior Consultant
10 18 (7.50%) VMware Architect
11 17 (7.08%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 17 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (6.67%) Cloud Consultant
13 15 (6.25%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 15 (6.25%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (6.25%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (19.17%) Terraform
2 8 (3.33%) Middleware
3 6 (2.50%) Web Services
4 5 (2.08%) XMPP
5 1 (0.42%) Java SE
5 1 (0.42%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 60 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.58%) Public Cloud
3 22 (9.17%) Replication
4 21 (8.75%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (8.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (7.50%) Driving Licence
5 18 (7.50%) Private Cloud
6 14 (5.83%) Security Posture
7 13 (5.42%) Onboarding
8 12 (5.00%) PKI
8 12 (5.00%) Podcast
9 11 (4.58%) iSeries
10 9 (3.75%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (2.92%) CMDB
12 6 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.50%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (2.08%) FlexPod
13 5 (2.08%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 153 (63.75%) Windows
2 100 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 66 (27.50%) Linux
4 14 (5.83%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.00%) VMS
6 11 (4.58%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.75%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.92%) Unix
9 6 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.25%) CentOS
12 3 (1.25%) Solaris
13 2 (0.83%) Debian
13 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 83 (34.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 70 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (20.00%) Presales
5 41 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (15.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (13.75%) Mentoring
8 32 (13.33%) ITIL
9 31 (12.92%) DevOps
10 30 (12.50%) Business Continuity
10 30 (12.50%) High Availability
11 29 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (11.25%) Roadmaps
12 27 (11.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (10.42%) Customer Service
14 24 (10.00%) Project Delivery
15 23 (9.58%) CI/CD
16 21 (8.75%) AI
17 20 (8.33%) Customer Engagement
18 19 (7.92%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 73 (30.42%) PowerShell
2 26 (10.83%) Python
2 26 (10.83%) SQL
3 23 (9.58%) Bash
4 19 (7.92%) Bicep
5 12 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.42%) C
6 1 (0.42%) Java
6 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.42%) Rust
6 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.42%) VB
6 1 (0.42%) VBA
6 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (20.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 47 (19.58%) Azure Certification
3 34 (14.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (13.75%) Security Cleared
5 29 (12.08%) VCAP
6 28 (11.67%) SC Cleared
7 25 (10.42%) Degree
8 21 (8.75%) VCDX
9 17 (7.08%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (6.25%) DV Cleared
11 12 (5.00%) CCNP
12 8 (3.33%) RHCSA
13 7 (2.92%) CCNA
13 7 (2.92%) HNC
13 7 (2.92%) HND
14 6 (2.50%) Dell Certification
15 5 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (1.67%) MCSE
16 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.58%) SLA
2 15 (6.25%) PMO
3 5 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 101 (42.08%) Active Directory
2 98 (40.83%) Hyper-V
3 73 (30.42%) vSphere
4 38 (15.83%) VMware NSX
5 25 (10.42%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (7.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (6.67%) vCloud
8 15 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (5.42%) Firmware
10 7 (2.92%) KVM
11 6 (2.50%) Docker
11 6 (2.50%) Squid
12 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (1.25%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.25%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.42%) QEMU
14 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 37 (15.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (11.25%) Ansible
3 18 (7.50%) Kubernetes
4 14 (5.83%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.92%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.92%) SCCM
6 6 (2.50%) Avamar
6 6 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.50%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.50%) Packer
6 6 (2.50%) VxRail
7 5 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (2.08%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.08%) Grafana
7 5 (2.08%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.67%) Graylog
8 4 (1.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.67%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 240 (100.00%) VMware
2 157 (65.42%) Microsoft
3 58 (24.17%) Veeam
4 49 (20.42%) Cisco
5 31 (12.92%) NetApp
6 26 (10.83%) Dell
7 25 (10.42%) Broadcom
8 24 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
9 21 (8.75%) Palo Alto
10 20 (8.33%) EMC
11 17 (7.08%) Citrix
12 16 (6.67%) Fortinet
13 13 (5.42%) HP
13 13 (5.42%) Red Hat
14 12 (5.00%) Commvault
14 12 (5.00%) IBM
14 12 (5.00%) N-able
14 12 (5.00%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (4.58%) ServiceNow
16 10 (4.17%) Meraki