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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 238 172
Rank change year-on-year -1 -66 -39
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 232 217 495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.31% 1.96%
As % of the System Software category 12.66% 9.96% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 160 187 418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,969 £32,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% -7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £82,063 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -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 1,833 2,179 2,930
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.23% 13.14% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,378 1,274 2,164
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £86,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.34%

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 August 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 46 (19.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.07%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.74%) Apache
3 11 (4.74%) nginx
4 9 (3.88%) IIS
5 5 (2.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.43%) Houdini
3 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (63.79%) Azure
2 87 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (23.71%) AWS
4 50 (21.55%) Entra ID
5 30 (12.93%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.19%) GitHub
6 19 (8.19%) IaaS
7 17 (7.33%) PaaS
8 12 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (5.17%) Azure Functions
8 12 (5.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (5.17%) Serverless
9 9 (3.88%) GCP
10 8 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.45%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.45%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 93 (40.09%) Firewall
2 66 (28.45%) DNS
3 53 (22.84%) DHCP
4 52 (22.41%) VPN
5 41 (17.67%) WAN
6 38 (16.38%) LAN
7 30 (12.93%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.48%) VSAN
9 21 (9.05%) VLAN
10 10 (4.31%) Network Security
10 10 (4.31%) Wireless
11 9 (3.88%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (3.45%) Unified Communications
13 7 (3.02%) WebEx
13 7 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.59%) BGP
14 6 (2.59%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.59%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.59%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.02%) Power BI
4 6 (2.59%) MySQL
5 4 (1.72%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.62%) Git
2 6 (2.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 86 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.95%) Finance
3 24 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.91%) Retail
5 19 (8.19%) Law
6 16 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.60%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (5.17%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.31%) Marketing
10 9 (3.88%) Banking
11 8 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (3.02%) Legal
13 6 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (19.40%) Senior
2 44 (18.97%) Consultant
3 43 (18.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (16.38%) Support Engineer
5 29 (12.50%) IT Engineer
6 28 (12.07%) Architect
6 28 (12.07%) IT Support
7 24 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (9.48%) Analyst
9 20 (8.62%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (8.19%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (8.19%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (7.76%) Cloud Consultant
11 18 (7.76%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (7.76%) VMware Architect
12 17 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (6.47%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 15 (6.47%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (6.47%) VMware Technical Consultant
14 14 (6.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.88%) Middleware
2 7 (3.02%) XMPP
3 6 (2.59%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.43%) Data Centre
2 25 (10.78%) Public Cloud
3 23 (9.91%) Replication
4 22 (9.48%) Enterprise Storage
5 21 (9.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (8.19%) Driving Licence
7 17 (7.33%) Private Cloud
8 15 (6.47%) Security Posture
9 12 (5.17%) Podcast
10 11 (4.74%) iSeries
10 11 (4.74%) Onboarding
10 11 (4.74%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (4.31%) PKI
12 8 (3.45%) CMDB
13 7 (3.02%) FlexPod
14 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (2.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
15 5 (2.16%) Raspberry Pi
16 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
16 4 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 144 (62.07%) Windows
2 93 (40.09%) Windows Server
3 74 (31.90%) Linux
4 15 (6.47%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.60%) VMS
6 10 (4.31%) Unix
7 9 (3.88%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.88%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.29%) CentOS
11 2 (0.86%) Debian
11 2 (0.86%) Solaris
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 71 (30.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (28.88%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.55%) Presales
5 39 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.36%) DevOps
8 29 (12.50%) High Availability
9 28 (12.07%) Business Continuity
9 28 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (12.07%) Mentoring
10 26 (11.21%) ITIL
11 25 (10.78%) Project Delivery
11 25 (10.78%) Roadmaps
12 24 (10.34%) CI/CD
12 24 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (9.05%) Customer Service
13 21 (9.05%) Task Automation
14 20 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (8.62%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 71 (30.60%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.36%) Python
3 25 (10.78%) SQL
4 22 (9.48%) Bash
5 15 (6.47%) Bicep
6 12 (5.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.72%) VB
7 4 (1.72%) VBA
7 4 (1.72%) VBScript
8 2 (0.86%) Rust
8 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (20.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 43 (18.53%) Azure Certification
3 35 (15.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (12.50%) VCAP
5 28 (12.07%) Security Cleared
6 26 (11.21%) SC Cleared
7 24 (10.34%) Degree
8 21 (9.05%) VCDX
9 13 (5.60%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (4.74%) DV Cleared
11 10 (4.31%) CCNP
12 9 (3.88%) RHCSA
13 7 (3.02%) HNC
13 7 (3.02%) HND
14 6 (2.59%) CCNA
14 6 (2.59%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.72%) LPIC
15 4 (1.72%) MCSE
15 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.76%) SLA
2 15 (6.47%) PMO
3 5 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.86%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 90 (38.79%) Hyper-V
2 88 (37.93%) Active Directory
3 73 (31.47%) vSphere
4 34 (14.66%) VMware NSX
5 24 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.90%) vCloud
7 14 (6.03%) Firmware
7 14 (6.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (3.88%) KVM
10 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 7 (3.02%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (2.59%) Squid
12 4 (1.72%) Docker
13 3 (1.29%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.29%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.86%) Xen
15 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.43%) iptables
15 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 43 (18.53%) Terraform
2 39 (16.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (12.07%) Ansible
4 19 (8.19%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.47%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.88%) Proxmox
7 8 (3.45%) SCCM
8 7 (3.02%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (3.02%) Grafana
9 6 (2.59%) Avamar
9 6 (2.59%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.59%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.59%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.59%) Packer
9 6 (2.59%) VxRail
10 5 (2.16%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.72%) Graylog
11 4 (1.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.72%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 232 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (66.81%) Microsoft
3 55 (23.71%) Veeam
4 46 (19.83%) Cisco
5 31 (13.36%) NetApp
6 26 (11.21%) Dell
7 25 (10.78%) Broadcom
8 23 (9.91%) Nimble Storage
9 21 (9.05%) Palo Alto
10 20 (8.62%) EMC
11 18 (7.76%) Fortinet
12 16 (6.90%) Citrix
13 15 (6.47%) IBM
14 14 (6.03%) Red Hat
15 13 (5.60%) HP
16 12 (5.17%) Commvault
16 12 (5.17%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (4.74%) Meraki
17 11 (4.74%) N-able
17 11 (4.74%) ServiceNow