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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 138 113
Rank change year-on-year -130 -25 +66
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 136 460 634
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 2.32% 2.90%
As % of the System Software category 8.48% 16.67% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 109 309 500
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% - +3.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 1,604 2,760 3,669
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.06% 13.89% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,619 3,124
10th Percentile £28,575 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,850 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 5 November 2025.

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 41 (30.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (9.56%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.82%) IIS
4 2 (1.47%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.74%) Apache
5 1 (0.74%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.74%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 72 (52.94%) Azure
2 57 (41.91%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (22.06%) AWS
4 23 (16.91%) Entra ID
4 23 (16.91%) GitHub
5 17 (12.50%) SaaS
6 12 (8.82%) IaaS
7 11 (8.09%) PaaS
8 9 (6.62%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.15%) OneDrive
10 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
11 6 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (3.68%) Cohesity
12 5 (3.68%) Mimecast
13 4 (2.94%) Nutanix
14 3 (2.21%) IBM Cloud
15 2 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (36.03%) Firewall
2 33 (24.26%) DHCP
2 33 (24.26%) VPN
3 32 (23.53%) DNS
4 24 (17.65%) WAN
5 23 (16.91%) TCP/IP
6 16 (11.76%) LAN
7 11 (8.09%) SAN
7 11 (8.09%) VLAN
8 9 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (5.15%) SD-WAN
9 7 (5.15%) Wireless
9 7 (5.15%) Wireshark
10 6 (4.41%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (3.68%) NAS
11 5 (3.68%) Network Security
12 3 (2.21%) BGP
12 3 (2.21%) IPsec
12 3 (2.21%) OSPF
13 2 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.82%) Data Hub
2 12 (8.82%) SQL CLR
3 6 (4.41%) Power BI
4 4 (2.94%) Metadata
4 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.21%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.74%) MySQL
6 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.35%) Git
2 9 (6.62%) TeamCity
3 3 (2.21%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 54 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.47%) Finance
3 18 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.56%) Back Office
5 8 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.88%) Retail
6 6 (4.41%) Legal
6 6 (4.41%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.94%) Local Government
9 2 (1.47%) Advertising
9 2 (1.47%) Military
10 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.74%) Avionics
10 1 (0.74%) Electronics
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (19.12%) Support Engineer
2 21 (15.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (11.03%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (11.03%) Senior
4 14 (10.29%) Linux Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) IT Support
6 10 (7.35%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (7.35%) Analyst
7 9 (6.62%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (6.62%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (6.62%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Head of Development
8 8 (5.88%) ICT Officer
8 8 (5.88%) ICT Support
8 8 (5.88%) ICT Support Officer
8 8 (5.88%) Support Officer
8 8 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Technical Support
8 8 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.09%) .NET
2 8 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 8 (5.88%) .NET Framework
2 8 (5.88%) Dapper ORM
2 8 (5.88%) Entity Framework
2 8 (5.88%) Node.js
3 3 (2.21%) LAMP
3 3 (2.21%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.74%) Kafka
4 1 (0.74%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.74%) REST
4 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 14 (10.29%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.82%) Private Cloud
4 9 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.88%) Client/Server
5 8 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 7 (5.15%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.41%) Driving Licence
7 6 (4.41%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.21%) CCTV
9 3 (2.21%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.21%) PKI
9 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.47%) Clustering
10 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (55.15%) Windows
2 43 (31.62%) Windows Server
3 35 (25.74%) Linux
4 15 (11.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (9.56%) Mac OS
6 11 (8.09%) Unix
7 8 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (3.68%) Android
10 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
10 5 (3.68%) Debian
10 5 (3.68%) Mac OS X
10 5 (3.68%) Solaris
11 4 (2.94%) CentOS
11 4 (2.94%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.47%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (1.47%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.74%) VMS
13 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (27.21%) ITIL
3 30 (22.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (17.65%) DevOps
5 23 (16.91%) Mentoring
6 22 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (16.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 17 (12.50%) Migration
8 16 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
9 15 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (10.29%) High Availability
10 14 (10.29%) Workflow
11 13 (9.56%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.56%) Customer Service
12 12 (8.82%) Data Privacy
12 12 (8.82%) Fintech
12 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Management
12 12 (8.82%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (28.68%) PowerShell
2 22 (16.18%) Python
2 22 (16.18%) SQL
3 13 (9.56%) Bash
4 8 (5.88%) C#
5 7 (5.15%) Bicep
6 5 (3.68%) Korn
7 4 (2.94%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.74%) Java
8 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (13.97%) SC Cleared
4 18 (13.24%) Degree
5 13 (9.56%) Azure Certification
5 13 (9.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.88%) AWS Certification
6 8 (5.88%) MCP
7 6 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.68%) CCNP
8 5 (3.68%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.68%) MCSA
8 5 (3.68%) MCSE
9 4 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.94%) GCFA
9 4 (2.94%) GCIA
9 4 (2.94%) GCIH
9 4 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.88%) SLA
3 6 (4.41%) NIST
4 5 (3.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
System Software
1 57 (41.91%) Active Directory
2 42 (30.88%) Hyper-V
3 24 (17.65%) vSphere
4 14 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.15%) Docker
7 6 (4.41%) NFS
7 6 (4.41%) XenApp
8 3 (2.21%) Firmware
9 2 (1.47%) KVM
10 1 (0.74%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.74%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.74%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.74%) Postfix
10 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.74%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (19.85%) Terraform
2 24 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (16.18%) Ansible
4 16 (11.76%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.41%) SCOM
6 5 (3.68%) Proxmox
7 4 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (2.21%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (2.21%) Nessus
9 2 (1.47%) Puppet
9 2 (1.47%) SmoothWall
9 2 (1.47%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.74%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.74%) Kibana
10 1 (0.74%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (100.00%) VMware
2 85 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 27 (19.85%) Cisco
4 10 (7.35%) Dell
4 10 (7.35%) Red Hat
5 9 (6.62%) Meraki
5 9 (6.62%) NetApp
6 8 (5.88%) HP
6 8 (5.88%) Veeam
7 7 (5.15%) Citrix
7 7 (5.15%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (4.41%) Commvault
8 6 (4.41%) Oracle
8 6 (4.41%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.41%) Pure Storage
8 6 (4.41%) Sophos
9 5 (3.68%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (3.68%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.94%) SAP
10 4 (2.94%) SonicWALL