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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 190 145
Rank change year-on-year -60 -45 +14
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 149 232 725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.76% 2.23%
As % of the System Software category 10.42% 11.97% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 89 207 647
10th Percentile £36,150 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £76,650 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - +7.53% -11.43%

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 1,430 1,938 4,367
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.07% 14.66% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 1,551 3,574
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £72,433
90th Percentile £102,650 £113,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,024 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +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 18 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 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (12.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.68%) Confluence
4 2 (1.34%) IIS
5 1 (0.67%) Apache
5 1 (0.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 82 (55.03%) Azure
2 63 (42.28%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (20.13%) AWS
3 30 (20.13%) Entra ID
4 17 (11.41%) Nutanix
5 14 (9.40%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.03%) GitHub
7 6 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.36%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.68%) IaaS
9 4 (2.68%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.01%) PaaS
10 3 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.34%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.34%) GCP
11 2 (1.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (34.90%) Firewall
2 40 (26.85%) DNS
3 32 (21.48%) DHCP
3 32 (21.48%) WAN
4 31 (20.81%) TCP/IP
5 27 (18.12%) VPN
6 13 (8.72%) LAN
6 13 (8.72%) SD-WAN
7 12 (8.05%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (8.05%) VLAN
8 10 (6.71%) BGP
9 8 (5.37%) Unified Communications
9 8 (5.37%) VSAN
10 7 (4.70%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (4.70%) Network Security
11 6 (4.03%) Wireless
12 5 (3.36%) MPLS
12 5 (3.36%) WebEx
12 5 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (2.68%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.37%) Power BI
1 8 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.36%) MySQL
2 5 (3.36%) Tableau
3 3 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.67%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.67%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Git
2 4 (2.68%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) GitLab
4 1 (0.67%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 56 (37.58%) Social Skills
2 46 (30.87%) Finance
3 21 (14.09%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.07%) Retail
5 12 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.38%) Banking
6 11 (7.38%) Marketing
6 11 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (7.38%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.71%) Legal
8 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.01%) Aviation
10 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.01%) Law
11 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.67%) Back Office
11 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (28.19%) Senior
2 40 (26.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (20.13%) Consultant
4 20 (13.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (10.74%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (9.40%) IT Engineer
7 13 (8.72%) Support Engineer
8 12 (8.05%) Cloud Consultant
8 12 (8.05%) IT Support
8 12 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (7.38%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 11 (7.38%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (7.38%) VMware Consultant
10 10 (6.71%) Analyst
10 10 (6.71%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 10 (6.71%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (6.04%) Architect
12 8 (5.37%) Network Engineer
12 8 (5.37%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (5.37%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.36%) XMPP
2 1 (0.67%) .NET
2 1 (0.67%) Kafka
2 1 (0.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.50%) Data Centre
2 15 (10.07%) Replication
3 11 (7.38%) Enterprise Storage
3 11 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (7.38%) Private Cloud
3 11 (7.38%) Public Cloud
4 10 (6.71%) Onboarding
5 9 (6.04%) Security Posture
5 9 (6.04%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (5.37%) Clustering
6 8 (5.37%) Driving Licence
7 7 (4.70%) iSeries
8 6 (4.03%) CMDB
9 5 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (3.36%) FlexPod
9 5 (3.36%) PKI
10 4 (2.68%) iPad
10 4 (2.68%) iPhone
10 4 (2.68%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.68%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 84 (56.38%) Windows
2 59 (39.60%) Windows Server
3 55 (36.91%) Linux
4 16 (10.74%) Unix
4 16 (10.74%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.05%) Apple iOS
6 7 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (4.70%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.34%) CentOS
7 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.67%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.67%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.67%) Solaris
8 1 (0.67%) VMS
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (31.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 37 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (16.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (16.11%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (16.11%) ITIL
6 23 (15.44%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (13.42%) Presales
9 19 (12.75%) Mentoring
10 18 (12.08%) DevOps
11 17 (11.41%) Cloud Operations
11 17 (11.41%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (10.74%) Project Delivery
12 16 (10.74%) Service Delivery
13 15 (10.07%) Service Management
14 14 (9.40%) Change Management
14 14 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (8.72%) Cost Management
15 13 (8.72%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (24.16%) PowerShell
2 24 (16.11%) Python
3 7 (4.70%) SQL
4 6 (4.03%) Bash
5 5 (3.36%) VB
5 5 (3.36%) VBA
5 5 (3.36%) VBScript
6 2 (1.34%) Bicep
7 1 (0.67%) Go
7 1 (0.67%) Java
7 1 (0.67%) Perl
7 1 (0.67%) Rust
7 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (15.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (14.77%) Degree
3 21 (14.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 17 (11.41%) VCAP
5 15 (10.07%) Azure Certification
5 15 (10.07%) Security Cleared
6 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
7 8 (5.37%) AWS Certification
7 8 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.70%) CCNP
8 7 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.70%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.70%) VCDX
9 6 (4.03%) CCNA
9 6 (4.03%) MCSE
10 5 (3.36%) LPIC
10 5 (3.36%) RHCSA
11 4 (2.68%) HNC
11 4 (2.68%) HND
11 4 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.40%) SLA
2 5 (3.36%) PMO
3 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.68%) NIST
4 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (36.24%) Active Directory
2 45 (30.20%) Hyper-V
3 33 (22.15%) vSphere
4 26 (17.45%) VMware NSX
5 10 (6.71%) Firmware
5 10 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (5.37%) vCloud
6 8 (5.37%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (3.36%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (2.68%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (2.01%) BitLocker
9 3 (2.01%) Docker
9 3 (2.01%) KVM
9 3 (2.01%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.34%) Xen
11 1 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (20.81%) Ansible
1 31 (20.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (17.45%) Terraform
3 15 (10.07%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.04%) SCCM
5 8 (5.37%) vCenter Server
6 5 (3.36%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (3.36%) Grafana
6 5 (3.36%) Proxmox
7 4 (2.68%) Packer
8 2 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (1.34%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.67%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.67%) CASB
9 1 (0.67%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.67%) Icinga
9 1 (0.67%) Kibana
9 1 (0.67%) Nagios
9 1 (0.67%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.67%) Puppet
Vendors
1 149 (100.00%) VMware
2 92 (61.74%) Microsoft
3 34 (22.82%) Cisco
4 19 (12.75%) Red Hat
4 19 (12.75%) Veeam
5 15 (10.07%) NetApp
6 14 (9.40%) Fortinet
6 14 (9.40%) Palo Alto
7 12 (8.05%) Dell
7 12 (8.05%) EMC
7 12 (8.05%) IBM
8 10 (6.71%) Citrix
9 9 (6.04%) Splunk
10 8 (5.37%) Commvault
10 8 (5.37%) HP
10 8 (5.37%) Nimble Storage
10 8 (5.37%) Sophos
11 7 (4.70%) Barracuda Networks
11 7 (4.70%) Broadcom
11 7 (4.70%) Meraki