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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 249 157
Rank change year-on-year 0 -92 -36
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 238 181 467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.08% 2.08%
As % of the System Software category 12.63% 9.44% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 167 145 314
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.87% -8.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,000 £82,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -

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 1,884 1,917 2,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.55% 11.39% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 1,019 1,684
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,813
90th Percentile £90,400 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 1 October 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 60 (25.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (15.97%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.04%) nginx
4 11 (4.62%) Apache
5 10 (4.20%) IIS
6 3 (1.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.42%) Site Server
7 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Houdini
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) NUKE
2 1 (0.42%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.84%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 152 (63.87%) Azure
2 90 (37.82%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (27.73%) Entra ID
4 48 (20.17%) AWS
5 25 (10.50%) Nutanix
6 18 (7.56%) IaaS
7 17 (7.14%) PaaS
8 16 (6.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (6.72%) GitHub
9 13 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (5.04%) Azure Functions
10 12 (5.04%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (5.04%) Serverless
11 11 (4.62%) OneDrive
12 9 (3.78%) GCP
13 8 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (2.10%) Mimecast
15 5 (2.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 105 (44.12%) Firewall
2 87 (36.55%) DNS
3 76 (31.93%) VPN
4 70 (29.41%) DHCP
5 37 (15.55%) TCP/IP
6 35 (14.71%) WAN
7 34 (14.29%) LAN
8 27 (11.34%) VLAN
9 17 (7.14%) VSAN
10 13 (5.46%) Network Security
11 11 (4.62%) SAN
12 10 (4.20%) Wireless
13 7 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
13 7 (2.94%) iSCSI
13 7 (2.94%) NAS
14 6 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (2.10%) BGP
15 5 (2.10%) OSPF
16 4 (1.68%) Unified Communications
16 4 (1.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.26%) MySQL
4 2 (0.84%) Big Data
4 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.84%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (6.30%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 89 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.29%) Finance
3 23 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.98%) Law
6 16 (6.72%) Retail
7 12 (5.04%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.36%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.36%) Legal
10 6 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.68%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.68%) Marketing
13 3 (1.26%) Banking
14 2 (0.84%) Back Office
14 2 (0.84%) Military
14 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.27%) Senior
2 47 (19.75%) Support Engineer
3 43 (18.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (17.65%) Consultant
5 39 (16.39%) IT Engineer
6 35 (14.71%) IT Support
7 31 (13.03%) IT Support Engineer
8 30 (12.61%) Architect
9 23 (9.66%) Analyst
10 22 (9.24%) Technical Consultant
11 17 (7.14%) VMware Consultant
12 16 (6.72%) Senior Consultant
12 16 (6.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (6.72%) VMware Architect
13 14 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (5.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 13 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 13 (5.46%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 13 (5.46%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.13%) Terraform
2 8 (3.36%) Middleware
3 6 (2.52%) Web Services
4 3 (1.26%) JSON
4 3 (1.26%) LDAP
5 2 (0.84%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.84%) XMPP
6 1 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.42%) Java SE
6 1 (0.42%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.42%) REST
6 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (26.47%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.82%) Enterprise Storage
3 19 (7.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (7.56%) Private Cloud
5 17 (7.14%) Replication
6 16 (6.72%) Driving Licence
7 15 (6.30%) Public Cloud
8 13 (5.46%) Onboarding
8 13 (5.46%) Security Posture
9 12 (5.04%) Podcast
10 10 (4.20%) iSeries
10 10 (4.20%) PKI
11 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.52%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 4 (1.68%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.26%) CMDB
13 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 156 (65.55%) Windows
2 108 (45.38%) Windows Server
3 53 (22.27%) Linux
4 13 (5.46%) VMS
4 13 (5.46%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.62%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.94%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.68%) Solaris
10 3 (1.26%) Unix
10 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.84%) AIX
11 2 (0.84%) CentOS
11 2 (0.84%) Debian
11 2 (0.84%) Rocky
12 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (38.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 89 (37.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 74 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (15.97%) Mentoring
6 36 (15.13%) Presales
7 35 (14.71%) Root Cause Analysis
8 34 (14.29%) ITIL
9 32 (13.45%) Customer Service
9 32 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (13.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (12.61%) DevOps
10 30 (12.61%) High Availability
11 29 (12.18%) AI
12 28 (11.76%) Cloud Security
13 27 (11.34%) Roadmaps
14 25 (10.50%) Project Delivery
15 24 (10.08%) Business Continuity
16 23 (9.66%) CI/CD
17 20 (8.40%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.99%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.50%) Bash
3 24 (10.08%) SQL
4 20 (8.40%) Python
5 18 (7.56%) Bicep
6 12 (5.04%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.84%) Go
9 1 (0.42%) C
9 1 (0.42%) Java
9 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (18.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 40 (16.81%) Azure Certification
3 38 (15.97%) Security Cleared
4 32 (13.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (13.03%) SC Cleared
6 22 (9.24%) VCAP
7 20 (8.40%) Degree
8 18 (7.56%) DV Cleared
9 17 (7.14%) VCDX
10 12 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.36%) CCNP
12 6 (2.52%) Dell Certification
13 5 (2.10%) HNC
13 5 (2.10%) HND
13 5 (2.10%) RHCSA
14 4 (1.68%) CCNA
14 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (1.26%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.92%) SLA
2 15 (6.30%) PMO
3 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 112 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 110 (46.22%) Hyper-V
3 64 (26.89%) vSphere
4 30 (12.61%) VMware NSX
5 27 (11.34%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (10.08%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (5.46%) Firmware
9 12 (5.04%) vCloud
10 7 (2.94%) KVM
11 6 (2.52%) Docker
11 6 (2.52%) Squid
12 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.84%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.84%) NFS
13 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.42%) iptables
14 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.56%) Ansible
3 15 (6.30%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.20%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.94%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.94%) SCCM
6 6 (2.52%) Avamar
6 6 (2.52%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.52%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.52%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.52%) VxRail
7 5 (2.10%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.68%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.68%) Grafana
8 4 (1.68%) Graylog
8 4 (1.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.68%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.26%) Puppet
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.84%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 238 (100.00%) VMware
2 154 (64.71%) Microsoft
3 62 (26.05%) Veeam
4 29 (12.18%) Cisco
5 27 (11.34%) Dell
6 26 (10.92%) Citrix
7 24 (10.08%) NetApp
8 21 (8.82%) Broadcom
8 21 (8.82%) Nimble Storage
9 20 (8.40%) Palo Alto
10 17 (7.14%) Fortinet
11 14 (5.88%) EMC
11 14 (5.88%) N-able
11 14 (5.88%) SonicWALL
11 14 (5.88%) WatchGuard
12 12 (5.04%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (4.62%) Commvault
13 11 (4.62%) HP
14 10 (4.20%) IBM
14 10 (4.20%) Sophos