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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 223 149
Rank change year-on-year -23 -74 +11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 169 220 669
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 1.51% 2.04%
As % of the System Software category 11.47% 9.82% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 110 189 599
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £37,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £74,000 £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 1,474 2,241 4,140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.78% 15.40% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 1,358 3,333
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £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 £77,750 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,125 £86,000
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 26 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 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (10.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.96%) Confluence
4 2 (1.18%) IIS
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 89 (52.66%) Azure
2 63 (37.28%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (22.49%) AWS
4 31 (18.34%) Entra ID
4 31 (18.34%) Nutanix
5 11 (6.51%) OneDrive
6 8 (4.73%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.14%) GitHub
7 7 (4.14%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.55%) GCP
9 4 (2.37%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.37%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.37%) IaaS
9 4 (2.37%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.78%) PaaS
10 3 (1.78%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 56 (33.14%) Firewall
2 34 (20.12%) DNS
3 31 (18.34%) WAN
4 27 (15.98%) DHCP
5 25 (14.79%) TCP/IP
6 24 (14.20%) VPN
7 19 (11.24%) VSAN
8 17 (10.06%) LAN
9 13 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (6.51%) VLAN
11 10 (5.92%) BGP
11 10 (5.92%) SD-WAN
12 9 (5.33%) Unified Communications
13 8 (4.73%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (3.55%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.55%) iSCSI
14 6 (3.55%) WebEx
15 5 (2.96%) MPLS
15 5 (2.96%) Network Security
16 4 (2.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.73%) Power BI
2 7 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.55%) MySQL
4 5 (2.96%) Tableau
5 3 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.59%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.59%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.73%) Git
2 6 (3.55%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.59%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.59%) Subversion
General
1 49 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 42 (24.85%) Finance
3 21 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.88%) Retail
5 14 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.10%) Banking
6 12 (7.10%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.51%) Marketing
8 10 (5.92%) Legal
8 10 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Aviation
10 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.78%) Law
11 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (28.99%) Senior
2 42 (24.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (23.67%) Consultant
4 21 (12.43%) VMware Consultant
5 20 (11.83%) Architect
5 20 (11.83%) Senior Consultant
5 20 (11.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (10.65%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (10.65%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 18 (10.65%) Technical Consultant
7 17 (10.06%) Cloud Consultant
7 17 (10.06%) IT Engineer
8 16 (9.47%) Support Engineer
9 15 (8.88%) IT Support
9 15 (8.88%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (8.88%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 15 (8.88%) Senior VMware Consultant
9 15 (8.88%) VMware Architect
9 15 (8.88%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 13 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.55%) XMPP
2 1 (0.59%) .NET
2 1 (0.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (33.73%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.65%) Enterprise Storage
2 18 (10.65%) Replication
3 14 (8.28%) Private Cloud
4 12 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (7.10%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.33%) CMDB
5 9 (5.33%) iSeries
5 9 (5.33%) PKI
5 9 (5.33%) Security Posture
6 8 (4.73%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (4.14%) Driving Licence
7 7 (4.14%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.55%) FlexPod
8 6 (3.55%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 5 (2.96%) Clustering
9 5 (2.96%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (2.37%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 87 (51.48%) Windows
2 62 (36.69%) Linux
3 60 (35.50%) Windows Server
4 14 (8.28%) Unix
5 13 (7.69%) Windows 10
6 9 (5.33%) Apple iOS
7 7 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.14%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.37%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.59%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.59%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.59%) Solaris
10 1 (0.59%) VMS
10 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (34.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 55 (32.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (22.49%) Presales
4 37 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (15.98%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (14.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (13.02%) DevOps
9 20 (11.83%) Mentoring
10 18 (10.65%) ITIL
11 15 (8.88%) Project Delivery
12 14 (8.28%) Cloud Operations
12 14 (8.28%) Customer Engagement
12 14 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (8.28%) Service Delivery
12 14 (8.28%) Service Management
13 13 (7.69%) CI/CD
13 13 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
13 13 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 28 (16.57%) Python
3 7 (4.14%) Bash
4 5 (2.96%) SQL
4 5 (2.96%) VB
4 5 (2.96%) VBA
4 5 (2.96%) VBScript
5 1 (0.59%) Bicep
5 1 (0.59%) Perl
5 1 (0.59%) Rust
5 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (18.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (16.57%) VCAP
3 24 (14.20%) Degree
4 18 (10.65%) Security Cleared
4 18 (10.65%) VCDX
5 17 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (10.06%) SC Cleared
6 16 (9.47%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.73%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.55%) CCNP
9 6 (3.55%) Dell Certification
10 5 (2.96%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.96%) HNC
10 5 (2.96%) HND
10 5 (2.96%) RHCSA
11 4 (2.37%) CCNA
11 4 (2.37%) LPIC
11 4 (2.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.88%) PMO
2 12 (7.10%) SLA
3 4 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.37%) NIST
4 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (33.14%) Active Directory
2 49 (28.99%) Hyper-V
2 49 (28.99%) vSphere
3 37 (21.89%) VMware NSX
4 16 (9.47%) vCloud
5 12 (7.10%) Firmware
6 10 (5.92%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (4.14%) KVM
7 7 (4.14%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (3.55%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.78%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.78%) Docker
9 3 (1.78%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.18%) Xen
11 1 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.59%) QEMU
11 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (17.75%) Ansible
1 30 (17.75%) Terraform
2 28 (16.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (11.24%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.92%) vCenter Server
5 9 (5.33%) Proxmox
5 9 (5.33%) SCCM
6 6 (3.55%) Avamar
6 6 (3.55%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (3.55%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (3.55%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (3.55%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (3.55%) Grafana
6 6 (3.55%) Packer
6 6 (3.55%) VxRail
7 4 (2.37%) Graylog
7 4 (2.37%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.59%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.59%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 169 (100.00%) VMware
2 93 (55.03%) Microsoft
3 37 (21.89%) Cisco
4 31 (18.34%) Veeam
5 29 (17.16%) NetApp
6 25 (14.79%) Dell
7 22 (13.02%) Nimble Storage
8 19 (11.24%) Broadcom
8 19 (11.24%) Red Hat
9 17 (10.06%) EMC
9 17 (10.06%) Palo Alto
10 15 (8.88%) Fortinet
11 14 (8.28%) IBM
12 12 (7.10%) Citrix
13 10 (5.92%) Commvault
13 10 (5.92%) HP
13 10 (5.92%) Splunk
14 9 (5.33%) Meraki
14 9 (5.33%) Sophos
15 8 (4.73%) ServiceNow