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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 232 155
Rank change year-on-year -4 -77 -11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 187 213 690
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.40% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 12.07% 9.61% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 124 183 596
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £59,000 £58,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £74,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% -13.50%

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 1,549 2,217 4,170
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.84% 14.55% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 1,334 3,269
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,175 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 13 June 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 32 (17.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (12.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.67%) Confluence
4 4 (2.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache
5 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.53%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (58.29%) Azure
2 72 (38.50%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (21.39%) Entra ID
4 37 (19.79%) AWS
5 29 (15.51%) Nutanix
6 11 (5.88%) GitHub
7 10 (5.35%) IaaS
8 9 (4.81%) OneDrive
9 8 (4.28%) PaaS
9 8 (4.28%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (3.74%) GCP
10 7 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Functions
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.14%) Cloudflare
12 4 (2.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 66 (35.29%) Firewall
2 44 (23.53%) DNS
3 38 (20.32%) DHCP
4 36 (19.25%) VPN
5 34 (18.18%) WAN
6 28 (14.97%) TCP/IP
7 21 (11.23%) LAN
7 21 (11.23%) VSAN
8 12 (6.42%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (6.42%) VLAN
9 9 (4.81%) BGP
9 9 (4.81%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.28%) Unified Communications
11 7 (3.74%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (3.21%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (3.21%) iSCSI
12 6 (3.21%) Network Security
12 6 (3.21%) SAN
12 6 (3.21%) WebEx
13 5 (2.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.28%) Power BI
3 6 (3.21%) MySQL
4 5 (2.67%) Tableau
5 4 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.53%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.53%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Git
2 6 (3.21%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 64 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.72%) Finance
3 23 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 17 (9.09%) Retail
5 14 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.95%) Marketing
7 12 (6.42%) Banking
7 12 (6.42%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.88%) Legal
9 7 (3.74%) Law
9 7 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.60%) Aviation
13 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (26.20%) Senior
2 46 (24.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (20.32%) Consultant
4 23 (12.30%) IT Engineer
5 22 (11.76%) Architect
5 22 (11.76%) Support Engineer
6 20 (10.70%) Senior Consultant
6 20 (10.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (10.16%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (10.16%) IT Support
7 19 (10.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (10.16%) VMware Consultant
8 18 (9.63%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 18 (9.63%) Technical Consultant
9 17 (9.09%) Cloud Consultant
9 17 (9.09%) VMware Architect
10 15 (8.02%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 15 (8.02%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 15 (8.02%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (8.02%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) XMPP
2 3 (1.60%) Middleware
3 1 (0.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 61 (32.62%) Data Centre
2 21 (11.23%) Enterprise Storage
2 21 (11.23%) Replication
3 16 (8.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (8.56%) Public Cloud
4 14 (7.49%) Private Cloud
4 14 (7.49%) Security Posture
5 11 (5.88%) iSeries
6 10 (5.35%) Driving Licence
7 9 (4.81%) CMDB
7 9 (4.81%) PKI
8 7 (3.74%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (3.21%) FlexPod
9 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.21%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 5 (2.67%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.14%) Podcast
11 4 (2.14%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (55.08%) Windows
2 70 (37.43%) Windows Server
3 60 (32.09%) Linux
4 13 (6.95%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.88%) Unix
6 7 (3.74%) Apple iOS
6 7 (3.74%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.74%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.67%) VMS
8 2 (1.07%) CentOS
8 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.53%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.53%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.53%) Solaris
9 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (37.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 63 (33.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (21.93%) Presales
5 32 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (15.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (13.37%) DevOps
9 24 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (12.83%) Mentoring
10 18 (9.63%) ITIL
10 18 (9.63%) Project Delivery
11 17 (9.09%) CI/CD
11 17 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (9.09%) Service Delivery
12 16 (8.56%) Business Continuity
13 15 (8.02%) Customer Engagement
13 15 (8.02%) Incident Response
14 14 (7.49%) Infrastructure Automation
14 14 (7.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (26.20%) PowerShell
2 27 (14.44%) Python
3 11 (5.88%) Bash
3 11 (5.88%) SQL
4 5 (2.67%) Bicep
4 5 (2.67%) VB
4 5 (2.67%) VBA
4 5 (2.67%) VBScript
5 4 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.53%) Perl
6 1 (0.53%) Rust
6 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (17.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (14.97%) VCAP
3 24 (12.83%) Degree
4 21 (11.23%) Azure Certification
4 21 (11.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (10.70%) VCDX
6 18 (9.63%) Security Cleared
7 17 (9.09%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.74%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.21%) CCNP
9 6 (3.21%) Dell Certification
10 5 (2.67%) HNC
10 5 (2.67%) HND
10 5 (2.67%) RHCSA
11 4 (2.14%) CCNA
11 4 (2.14%) LPIC
11 4 (2.14%) MCSE
12 3 (1.60%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.02%) PMO
2 14 (7.49%) SLA
3 7 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.14%) NIST
5 2 (1.07%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 68 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 62 (33.16%) Hyper-V
3 58 (31.02%) vSphere
4 37 (19.79%) VMware NSX
5 16 (8.56%) vCloud
6 13 (6.95%) Firmware
7 9 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.74%) KVM
8 7 (3.74%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (3.21%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.60%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.60%) Docker
10 3 (1.60%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.07%) Xen
12 1 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.53%) QEMU
12 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 34 (18.18%) Terraform
2 29 (15.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (14.44%) Ansible
4 19 (10.16%) Kubernetes
5 13 (6.95%) vCenter Server
6 10 (5.35%) Proxmox
7 9 (4.81%) SCCM
8 6 (3.21%) Avamar
8 6 (3.21%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (3.21%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (3.21%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (3.21%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (3.21%) Grafana
8 6 (3.21%) Packer
8 6 (3.21%) VxRail
9 4 (2.14%) Graylog
9 4 (2.14%) ZABBIX
10 2 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.07%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.53%) CASB
Vendors
1 187 (100.00%) VMware
2 113 (60.43%) Microsoft
3 39 (20.86%) Cisco
4 36 (19.25%) Veeam
5 30 (16.04%) NetApp
6 25 (13.37%) Dell
7 24 (12.83%) Broadcom
8 23 (12.30%) Nimble Storage
9 20 (10.70%) EMC
10 16 (8.56%) IBM
10 16 (8.56%) Palo Alto
11 15 (8.02%) Fortinet
12 14 (7.49%) Red Hat
13 12 (6.42%) Citrix
13 12 (6.42%) Commvault
13 12 (6.42%) HP
14 11 (5.88%) Meraki
15 10 (5.35%) ServiceNow
15 10 (5.35%) Sophos
15 10 (5.35%) Splunk