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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 150 126
Rank change year-on-year -113 -24 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 116 365 688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 2.27% 2.50%
As % of the System Software category 8.91% 14.34% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 78 231 604
10th Percentile £33,425 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -8.65%

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 1,302 2,545 4,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.25% 15.85% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 922 1,572 3,618
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,125 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -5.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 2 February 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 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (17.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.86%) Apache
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.86%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 62 (53.45%) Azure
2 49 (42.24%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (28.45%) Entra ID
4 25 (21.55%) AWS
5 12 (10.34%) IaaS
5 12 (10.34%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.48%) PaaS
7 10 (8.62%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (6.03%) GitHub
9 6 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.17%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (3.45%) Cohesity
11 4 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.45%) Nutanix
12 3 (2.59%) IBM Cloud
13 2 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (1.72%) GCP
13 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 46 (39.66%) Firewall
2 44 (37.93%) DNS
3 36 (31.03%) VPN
4 32 (27.59%) DHCP
5 30 (25.86%) TCP/IP
6 26 (22.41%) WAN
7 17 (14.66%) SD-WAN
8 13 (11.21%) VLAN
9 8 (6.90%) BGP
9 8 (6.90%) LAN
9 8 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (6.90%) Wireless
10 7 (6.03%) Wireshark
11 6 (5.17%) Network Security
11 6 (5.17%) SAN
12 5 (4.31%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (3.45%) IPsec
13 4 (3.45%) OSPF
14 3 (2.59%) Broadband
14 3 (2.59%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.59%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.86%) Power BI
4 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Git
1 3 (2.59%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.72%) GitLab
2 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 40 (34.48%) Finance
3 15 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.48%) Retail
6 6 (5.17%) Legal
6 6 (5.17%) Marketing
6 6 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.31%) Banking
8 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.59%) Aviation
10 2 (1.72%) Advertising
10 2 (1.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.86%) Back Office
11 1 (0.86%) Electronics
11 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 28 (24.14%) Senior
2 27 (23.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (16.38%) Analyst
4 15 (12.93%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Support Engineer
6 13 (11.21%) Support Analyst
7 12 (10.34%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (9.48%) IT Support
9 9 (7.76%) Network Engineer
10 8 (6.90%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (6.90%) Linux Support
10 8 (6.90%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.03%) Linux Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Consultant
12 6 (5.17%) IT Analyst
12 6 (5.17%) IT Support Analyst
12 6 (5.17%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) Node.js
1 3 (2.59%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.86%) .NET
2 1 (0.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.24%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.21%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.76%) Clustering
4 8 (6.90%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.03%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.17%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.31%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.45%) iPad
8 4 (3.45%) iPhone
8 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.45%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.59%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.59%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 64 (55.17%) Windows
2 45 (38.79%) Windows Server
3 29 (25.00%) Linux
4 16 (13.79%) Unix
5 14 (12.07%) Apple iOS
6 12 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (10.34%) Windows 10
7 5 (4.31%) Mac OS
8 4 (3.45%) Debian
8 4 (3.45%) Solaris
9 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.72%) Android
10 2 (1.72%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.86%) CentOS
11 1 (0.86%) VMS
11 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) ITIL
2 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (23.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (22.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (19.83%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
8 18 (15.52%) Service Delivery
9 17 (14.66%) DevOps
10 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (11.21%) Cloud Operations
11 13 (11.21%) Cost Management
11 13 (11.21%) Incident Response
11 13 (11.21%) Migration
12 12 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (10.34%) Problem Management
12 12 (10.34%) SIEM
12 12 (10.34%) Zero Trust
13 10 (8.62%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.28%) PowerShell
2 18 (15.52%) Python
3 9 (7.76%) Bash
4 7 (6.03%) Bicep
5 6 (5.17%) SQL
6 4 (3.45%) Korn
7 1 (0.86%) Go
7 1 (0.86%) Java
7 1 (0.86%) VB
7 1 (0.86%) VBA
7 1 (0.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 19 (16.38%) SC Cleared
4 17 (14.66%) Azure Certification
5 14 (12.07%) AWS Certification
6 11 (9.48%) Degree
7 9 (7.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (6.03%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.17%) CCNP
10 5 (4.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.45%) GCFA
11 4 (3.45%) GCIA
11 4 (3.45%) GCIH
11 4 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.45%) VCAP
12 3 (2.59%) CCNA
12 3 (2.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.93%) SLA
2 8 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (6.03%) NIST
4 4 (3.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 54 (46.55%) Active Directory
2 41 (35.34%) Hyper-V
3 14 (12.07%) vSphere
4 13 (11.21%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (8.62%) VMware NSX
6 6 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (4.31%) Firmware
8 4 (3.45%) Docker
8 4 (3.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (2.59%) NFS
10 2 (1.72%) XenApp
11 1 (0.86%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 22 (18.97%) Microsoft Intune
1 22 (18.97%) Terraform
2 21 (18.10%) Ansible
3 10 (8.62%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.17%) SCOM
5 4 (3.45%) Proxmox
5 4 (3.45%) SCCM
6 3 (2.59%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.59%) Nessus
7 1 (0.86%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.86%) CASB
7 1 (0.86%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.86%) Icinga
7 1 (0.86%) Kibana
7 1 (0.86%) Nagios
7 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.86%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 116 (100.00%) VMware
2 65 (56.03%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.93%) Cisco
4 13 (11.21%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.03%) Citrix
5 7 (6.03%) Dell
6 6 (5.17%) Google
6 6 (5.17%) Symantec
7 5 (4.31%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.31%) NetApp
7 5 (4.31%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.31%) Veeam
8 4 (3.45%) IBM
8 4 (3.45%) Meraki
8 4 (3.45%) SAP
8 4 (3.45%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.59%) Commvault
9 3 (2.59%) HP
9 3 (2.59%) Oracle
9 3 (2.59%) Sophos