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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 222 155
Rank change year-on-year -25 -67 +6
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 166 238 675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 1.58% 2.07%
As % of the System Software category 11.58% 10.14% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 108 206 604
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £53,250 £37,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £74,375 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 1,434 2,347 4,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.63% 15.55% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 997 1,457 3,363
10th Percentile £32,650 £30,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,700 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 20 May 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 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.01%) Confluence
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 87 (52.41%) Azure
2 62 (37.35%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (21.08%) AWS
4 32 (19.28%) Entra ID
5 30 (18.07%) Nutanix
6 12 (7.23%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.22%) GitHub
8 7 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.41%) GCP
10 4 (2.41%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.41%) IaaS
10 4 (2.41%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.81%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.81%) PaaS
11 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 54 (32.53%) Firewall
2 35 (21.08%) DNS
3 32 (19.28%) WAN
4 28 (16.87%) DHCP
5 26 (15.66%) TCP/IP
6 24 (14.46%) VPN
7 18 (10.84%) VSAN
8 16 (9.64%) LAN
9 13 (7.83%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (6.63%) SD-WAN
10 11 (6.63%) VLAN
11 10 (6.02%) BGP
12 9 (5.42%) Unified Communications
13 8 (4.82%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (3.61%) WebEx
15 5 (3.01%) MPLS
15 5 (3.01%) Network Security
15 5 (3.01%) Wireless
16 4 (2.41%) iSCSI
16 4 (2.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.82%) Power BI
2 7 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.61%) MySQL
4 5 (3.01%) Tableau
5 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.60%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Git
2 6 (3.61%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 49 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 46 (27.71%) Finance
3 22 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.04%) Retail
5 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.63%) Banking
7 11 (6.63%) Marketing
7 11 (6.63%) Telecoms
8 10 (6.02%) Legal
9 7 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.81%) Aviation
10 3 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.81%) Law
11 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 46 (27.71%) Senior
2 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (23.49%) Consultant
4 20 (12.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (12.05%) VMware Consultant
5 18 (10.84%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (10.84%) Senior Consultant
6 17 (10.24%) Architect
6 17 (10.24%) Cloud Consultant
6 17 (10.24%) IT Engineer
7 16 (9.64%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 16 (9.64%) Technical Consultant
8 15 (9.04%) IT Support
8 15 (9.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (9.04%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.83%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 13 (7.83%) Senior VMware Consultant
9 13 (7.83%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 12 (7.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 12 (7.23%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.61%) XMPP
2 1 (0.60%) .NET
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (34.34%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.84%) Replication
3 16 (9.64%) Enterprise Storage
4 14 (8.43%) Private Cloud
5 12 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (7.23%) Public Cloud
6 9 (5.42%) iSeries
6 9 (5.42%) Security Posture
7 8 (4.82%) CMDB
7 8 (4.82%) Onboarding
7 8 (4.82%) PKI
7 8 (4.82%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (4.22%) Clustering
8 7 (4.22%) Driving Licence
9 6 (3.61%) FlexPod
10 5 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.41%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 4 (2.41%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 87 (52.41%) Windows
2 63 (37.95%) Linux
3 61 (36.75%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.64%) Unix
5 14 (8.43%) Windows 10
6 10 (6.02%) Apple iOS
7 9 (5.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (4.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (2.41%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.60%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.60%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.60%) Solaris
11 1 (0.60%) VMS
11 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (34.94%) Disaster Recovery
2 54 (32.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (20.48%) Presales
5 27 (16.27%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (12.65%) ITIL
9 20 (12.05%) DevOps
9 20 (12.05%) Mentoring
10 15 (9.04%) Cloud Operations
10 15 (9.04%) Customer Engagement
10 15 (9.04%) Project Delivery
10 15 (9.04%) Service Delivery
11 14 (8.43%) Change Management
11 14 (8.43%) Infrastructure Automation
11 14 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (8.43%) Service Management
11 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.89%) PowerShell
2 27 (16.27%) Python
3 6 (3.61%) Bash
4 5 (3.01%) SQL
4 5 (3.01%) VB
4 5 (3.01%) VBA
4 5 (3.01%) VBScript
5 1 (0.60%) Bicep
5 1 (0.60%) Perl
5 1 (0.60%) Rust
5 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (18.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (16.87%) VCAP
3 24 (14.46%) Degree
4 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (10.84%) Security Cleared
5 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
5 17 (10.24%) VCDX
6 16 (9.64%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.82%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.22%) AWS Certification
8 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (3.01%) CCNP
10 5 (3.01%) HNC
10 5 (3.01%) HND
10 5 (3.01%) MCSE
11 4 (2.41%) CCNA
11 4 (2.41%) Dell Certification
11 4 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (2.41%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) SLA
2 13 (7.83%) PMO
3 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) NIST
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (33.73%) Active Directory
2 47 (28.31%) Hyper-V
3 46 (27.71%) vSphere
4 37 (22.29%) VMware NSX
5 16 (9.64%) vCloud
6 12 (7.23%) Firmware
7 9 (5.42%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.61%) KVM
9 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (1.81%) BitLocker
11 3 (1.81%) Docker
11 3 (1.81%) Terminal Services
12 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (1.20%) Xen
13 1 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.60%) QEMU
13 1 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (19.28%) Ansible
2 28 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (16.87%) Terraform
3 17 (10.24%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.42%) SCCM
4 9 (5.42%) vCenter Server
5 8 (4.82%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.61%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (3.61%) Grafana
6 6 (3.61%) Packer
7 5 (3.01%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (2.41%) Avamar
8 4 (2.41%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (2.41%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (2.41%) VxRail
9 3 (1.81%) Graylog
9 3 (1.81%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.60%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 166 (100.00%) VMware
2 93 (56.02%) Microsoft
3 37 (22.29%) Cisco
4 27 (16.27%) NetApp
4 27 (16.27%) Veeam
5 23 (13.86%) Dell
6 22 (13.25%) Red Hat
7 20 (12.05%) Nimble Storage
8 18 (10.84%) Broadcom
9 17 (10.24%) EMC
9 17 (10.24%) Palo Alto
10 15 (9.04%) Fortinet
11 14 (8.43%) IBM
12 12 (7.23%) Citrix
13 10 (6.02%) Commvault
13 10 (6.02%) HP
13 10 (6.02%) Splunk
14 9 (5.42%) Meraki
14 9 (5.42%) Sophos
15 7 (4.22%) Barracuda Networks