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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 131 123
Rank change year-on-year -122 -8 +45
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 121 429 543
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 2.49% 2.76%
As % of the System Software category 9.85% 16.19% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 91 299 471
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £91,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £54,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -20.18% +11.22% -2.00%

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 1,228 2,649 3,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.05% 15.35% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,658 2,930
10th Percentile £28,786 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.83%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 63 (52.07%) Azure
2 46 (38.02%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (27.27%) AWS
4 24 (19.83%) Entra ID
5 13 (10.74%) GitHub
6 12 (9.92%) IaaS
7 11 (9.09%) PaaS
8 10 (8.26%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (4.96%) Nutanix
11 6 (4.96%) OneDrive
12 5 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (4.13%) Cohesity
12 5 (4.13%) Mimecast
13 4 (3.31%) Google Workspace
14 3 (2.48%) IBM Cloud
14 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
15 2 (1.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (38.02%) Firewall
2 39 (32.23%) DNS
2 39 (32.23%) VPN
3 32 (26.45%) DHCP
4 27 (22.31%) WAN
5 26 (21.49%) TCP/IP
6 13 (10.74%) LAN
6 13 (10.74%) SD-WAN
6 13 (10.74%) VLAN
7 11 (9.09%) Wireless
8 9 (7.44%) SAN
9 8 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (5.79%) Wireshark
11 6 (4.96%) BGP
11 6 (4.96%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (4.96%) Network Security
12 5 (4.13%) NAS
13 4 (3.31%) IPsec
13 4 (3.31%) OSPF
14 3 (2.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.48%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Git
2 6 (4.96%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.65%) GitLab
3 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.58%) Finance
3 19 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.74%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.44%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Retail
7 5 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.31%) Marketing
8 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.48%) Banking
9 3 (2.48%) Legal
10 2 (1.65%) Advertising
10 2 (1.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.83%) Back Office
11 1 (0.83%) Electronics
11 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 23 (19.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (16.53%) Support Engineer
3 19 (15.70%) Senior
4 15 (12.40%) Analyst
5 13 (10.74%) IT Support
6 12 (9.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (9.92%) Linux Engineer
6 12 (9.92%) Support Analyst
7 11 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (7.44%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (7.44%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Linux Support
8 9 (7.44%) VMware Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) Network Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (4.96%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.13%) Node.js
2 3 (2.48%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.65%) .NET
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) LAMP
4 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.53%) Data Centre
2 14 (11.57%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (7.44%) Clustering
5 8 (6.61%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.61%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (5.79%) Driving Licence
6 7 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.96%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.96%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.31%) iPad
8 4 (3.31%) iPhone
8 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.31%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.48%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.48%) PKI
9 3 (2.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (52.89%) Windows
2 38 (31.40%) Linux
3 34 (28.10%) Windows Server
4 17 (14.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (13.22%) Unix
6 11 (9.09%) Apple iOS
7 8 (6.61%) Mac OS
8 6 (4.96%) Windows 10
9 5 (4.13%) Android
9 5 (4.13%) Debian
9 5 (4.13%) Mac OS X
9 5 (4.13%) Solaris
9 5 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (2.48%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.65%) CentOS
12 1 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.83%) VMS
12 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.36%) ITIL
2 39 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 24 (19.83%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (19.01%) DevOps
6 20 (16.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (14.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (13.22%) Mentoring
8 16 (13.22%) Migration
8 16 (13.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (10.74%) Service Delivery
11 12 (9.92%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (9.09%) CI/CD
12 11 (9.09%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.09%) Customer Service
12 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
12 11 (9.09%) SIEM
13 10 (8.26%) Change Management
13 10 (8.26%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.66%) PowerShell
2 21 (17.36%) Python
3 11 (9.09%) SQL
4 10 (8.26%) Bash
5 8 (6.61%) Bicep
6 5 (4.13%) Korn
7 1 (0.83%) Go
7 1 (0.83%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (24.79%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (15.70%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.74%) Azure Certification
4 13 (10.74%) Degree
5 12 (9.92%) AWS Certification
6 11 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (7.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (6.61%) MCP
9 7 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.79%) MCSE
10 6 (4.96%) CCNP
11 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (4.13%) MCSA
12 4 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.31%) GCFA
12 4 (3.31%) GCIA
12 4 (3.31%) GCIH
12 4 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (3.31%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.22%) SLA
2 10 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.13%) NIST
4 4 (3.31%) GDPR
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 48 (39.67%) Active Directory
2 44 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 20 (16.53%) vSphere
4 15 (12.40%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (7.44%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.79%) VMware NSX
7 6 (4.96%) NFS
8 4 (3.31%) Docker
8 4 (3.31%) Firmware
8 4 (3.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.65%) XenApp
10 1 (0.83%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 27 (22.31%) Terraform
2 24 (19.83%) Ansible
3 20 (16.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (10.74%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.96%) SCOM
6 5 (4.13%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.48%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.48%) Nessus
8 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.83%) CASB
8 1 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.83%) Icinga
8 1 (0.83%) Kibana
8 1 (0.83%) Nagios
8 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (100.00%) VMware
2 65 (53.72%) Microsoft
3 20 (16.53%) Cisco
4 17 (14.05%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.26%) Dell
6 9 (7.44%) Veeam
7 7 (5.79%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (4.96%) Commvault
8 6 (4.96%) HP
8 6 (4.96%) NetApp
8 6 (4.96%) Pure Storage
8 6 (4.96%) Sophos
8 6 (4.96%) Symantec
9 5 (4.13%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (4.13%) Meraki
9 5 (4.13%) Palo Alto
10 4 (3.31%) Citrix
10 4 (3.31%) Google
10 4 (3.31%) SAP
10 4 (3.31%) Zscaler