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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 186 145
Rank change year-on-year -52 -41 +15
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 163 239 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.77% 2.20%
As % of the System Software category 11.54% 12.75% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 101 210 640
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,125 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.25% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -12.62%

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 1,412 1,874 4,249
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.78% 13.92% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,524 3,492
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,575 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £113,750 £87,500
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 2 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 (11.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (11.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.07%) Confluence
4 2 (1.23%) IIS
5 1 (0.61%) Apache
5 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 87 (53.37%) Azure
2 61 (37.42%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (20.86%) AWS
4 33 (20.25%) Entra ID
5 26 (15.95%) Nutanix
6 14 (8.59%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.29%) GitHub
8 7 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.07%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.45%) GCP
10 4 (2.45%) IaaS
10 4 (2.45%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.84%) PaaS
11 3 (1.84%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (32.52%) Firewall
2 37 (22.70%) DNS
3 31 (19.02%) WAN
4 29 (17.79%) DHCP
5 28 (17.18%) TCP/IP
6 26 (15.95%) VPN
7 13 (7.98%) LAN
7 13 (7.98%) VSAN
8 12 (7.36%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (7.36%) SD-WAN
9 10 (6.13%) BGP
9 10 (6.13%) VLAN
10 8 (4.91%) Unified Communications
11 7 (4.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (3.68%) Wireless
13 5 (3.07%) MPLS
13 5 (3.07%) Network Security
13 5 (3.07%) WebEx
14 4 (2.45%) NAS
15 3 (1.84%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.91%) Power BI
1 8 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.68%) MySQL
3 5 (3.07%) Tableau
4 3 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.61%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Git
2 5 (3.07%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.61%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.61%) Subversion
General
1 54 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 50 (30.67%) Finance
3 23 (14.11%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.20%) Retail
5 13 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.36%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (6.75%) Banking
7 11 (6.75%) Marketing
7 11 (6.75%) Telecoms
8 10 (6.13%) Legal
9 6 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Aviation
11 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.84%) Law
12 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.61%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (28.83%) Senior
2 40 (24.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (23.31%) Consultant
4 20 (12.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (11.66%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (11.04%) VMware Consultant
7 16 (9.82%) Cloud Consultant
7 16 (9.82%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 15 (9.20%) IT Engineer
8 15 (9.20%) Senior Consultant
9 13 (7.98%) Architect
9 13 (7.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
9 13 (7.98%) IT Support
9 13 (7.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (7.98%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.98%) Technical Consultant
10 11 (6.75%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (6.13%) Analyst
11 10 (6.13%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 10 (6.13%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.07%) XMPP
2 1 (0.61%) .NET
2 1 (0.61%) Kafka
2 1 (0.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (30.67%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.82%) Replication
3 14 (8.59%) Enterprise Storage
3 14 (8.59%) Private Cloud
4 12 (7.36%) Public Cloud
5 11 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (5.52%) Onboarding
6 9 (5.52%) Security Posture
6 9 (5.52%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (4.91%) Clustering
7 8 (4.91%) iSeries
8 7 (4.29%) CMDB
8 7 (4.29%) Driving Licence
9 6 (3.68%) PKI
10 5 (3.07%) FlexPod
10 5 (3.07%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (2.45%) iPad
11 4 (2.45%) iPhone
11 4 (2.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 87 (53.37%) Windows
2 62 (38.04%) Windows Server
3 61 (37.42%) Linux
4 16 (9.82%) Unix
4 16 (9.82%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.36%) Apple iOS
6 9 (5.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.91%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.23%) CentOS
8 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.61%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.61%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.61%) Solaris
9 1 (0.61%) VMS
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.74%) Disaster Recovery
2 52 (31.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.18%) Presales
5 27 (16.56%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (14.72%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (13.50%) ITIL
9 21 (12.88%) DevOps
10 20 (12.27%) Mentoring
11 17 (10.43%) Cloud Operations
11 17 (10.43%) Project Delivery
11 17 (10.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (9.82%) Service Delivery
12 16 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (9.20%) Change Management
14 14 (8.59%) Customer Engagement
14 14 (8.59%) Migration
14 14 (8.59%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (22.70%) PowerShell
2 24 (14.72%) Python
3 8 (4.91%) SQL
4 5 (3.07%) Bash
4 5 (3.07%) VB
4 5 (3.07%) VBA
4 5 (3.07%) VBScript
5 2 (1.23%) Bicep
6 1 (0.61%) Go
6 1 (0.61%) Java
6 1 (0.61%) Perl
6 1 (0.61%) Rust
6 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (17.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 24 (14.72%) VCAP
3 23 (14.11%) Degree
4 20 (12.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (11.04%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
7 16 (9.82%) Azure Certification
8 12 (7.36%) VCDX
9 8 (4.91%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.91%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.68%) CCNP
11 6 (3.68%) MCSE
12 5 (3.07%) CCNA
12 5 (3.07%) HNC
12 5 (3.07%) HND
12 5 (3.07%) LPIC
12 5 (3.07%) RHCSA
13 4 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.20%) SLA
2 10 (6.13%) PMO
3 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.45%) NIST
4 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (33.13%) Active Directory
2 49 (30.06%) Hyper-V
3 39 (23.93%) vSphere
4 33 (20.25%) VMware NSX
5 13 (7.98%) vCloud
6 11 (6.75%) Firmware
6 11 (6.75%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (3.07%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.45%) KVM
9 4 (2.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (1.84%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.84%) Docker
10 3 (1.84%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.23%) Xen
12 1 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.61%) QEMU
12 1 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (19.63%) Ansible
2 31 (19.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (17.79%) Terraform
4 18 (11.04%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.52%) SCCM
6 8 (4.91%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.68%) Proxmox
8 5 (3.07%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (3.07%) Grafana
8 5 (3.07%) Packer
9 4 (2.45%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.84%) Avamar
10 3 (1.84%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.84%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (1.84%) VxRail
11 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.61%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.61%) Kibana
12 1 (0.61%) Puppet
12 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 163 (100.00%) VMware
2 93 (57.06%) Microsoft
3 35 (21.47%) Cisco
4 23 (14.11%) Red Hat
5 22 (13.50%) NetApp
5 22 (13.50%) Veeam
6 19 (11.66%) Dell
7 15 (9.20%) Nimble Storage
7 15 (9.20%) Palo Alto
8 14 (8.59%) EMC
8 14 (8.59%) Fortinet
9 13 (7.98%) IBM
10 12 (7.36%) Broadcom
11 11 (6.75%) Citrix
12 9 (5.52%) Commvault
12 9 (5.52%) HP
12 9 (5.52%) Splunk
13 8 (4.91%) Meraki
13 8 (4.91%) Sophos
14 7 (4.29%) Barracuda Networks