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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 144 112
Rank change year-on-year -114 -32 +83
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 154 461 660
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 2.28% 2.88%
As % of the System Software category 8.63% 16.94% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 121 310 526
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £54,450
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -3.58% +8.90%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

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 1,784 2,721 3,788
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.95% 13.43% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,638 3,238
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,451 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,790 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - -

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 October 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 52 (33.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.74%) SharePoint
3 14 (9.09%) IIS
4 2 (1.30%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.30%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 79 (51.30%) Azure
2 62 (40.26%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (22.08%) AWS
4 25 (16.23%) GitHub
5 24 (15.58%) Entra ID
5 24 (15.58%) SaaS
6 14 (9.09%) IaaS
7 12 (7.79%) PaaS
8 9 (5.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.84%) Power Platform
9 8 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (5.19%) OneDrive
10 5 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.25%) Cohesity
10 5 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.25%) Mimecast
10 5 (3.25%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.95%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (37.01%) Firewall
2 37 (24.03%) DHCP
3 33 (21.43%) DNS
3 33 (21.43%) VPN
4 27 (17.53%) WAN
5 24 (15.58%) TCP/IP
6 17 (11.04%) LAN
7 15 (9.74%) SAN
8 11 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (6.49%) SD-WAN
9 10 (6.49%) VLAN
10 9 (5.84%) Wireless
11 7 (4.55%) Wireshark
12 6 (3.90%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (3.25%) NAS
14 4 (2.60%) Network Security
15 3 (1.95%) BGP
15 3 (1.95%) Internet
15 3 (1.95%) IPsec
15 3 (1.95%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.53%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.39%) Data Hub
2 16 (10.39%) SQL CLR
3 8 (5.19%) Power BI
4 6 (3.90%) Metadata
4 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.65%) MySQL
7 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Git
2 9 (5.84%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.95%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 56 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 45 (29.22%) Finance
3 20 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.39%) Back Office
5 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.84%) Retail
7 8 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.55%) Legal
8 7 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.25%) Local Government
9 5 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Advertising
10 2 (1.30%) Electronics
10 2 (1.30%) Law
10 2 (1.30%) Marketing
10 2 (1.30%) Military
10 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.65%) Avionics
11 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (17.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (16.88%) Support Engineer
3 19 (12.34%) Senior
4 15 (9.74%) DevOps Engineer
5 14 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) IT Support
7 11 (7.14%) Analyst
8 10 (6.49%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (6.49%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (6.49%) Head of Development
8 10 (6.49%) ICT Officer
8 10 (6.49%) ICT Support
8 10 (6.49%) ICT Support Officer
8 10 (6.49%) Support Officer
9 9 (5.84%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Support
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.44%) .NET
2 10 (6.49%) .NET Core
2 10 (6.49%) .NET Framework
2 10 (6.49%) Dapper ORM
2 10 (6.49%) Entity Framework
3 8 (5.19%) Node.js
4 3 (1.95%) LAMP
4 3 (1.95%) SAP Basis
5 2 (1.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.65%) LAPP Stack
6 1 (0.65%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.65%) REST
6 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.69%) Onboarding
2 16 (10.39%) Private Cloud
3 15 (9.74%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (6.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 8 (5.19%) Client/Server
5 8 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.90%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.90%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.95%) Clustering
9 3 (1.95%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.95%) PKI
9 3 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.30%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 86 (55.84%) Windows
2 57 (37.01%) Windows Server
3 39 (25.32%) Linux
4 15 (9.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (9.09%) Mac OS
5 14 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (7.14%) Unix
6 11 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (5.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.90%) Android
9 5 (3.25%) Apple iOS
9 5 (3.25%) Debian
9 5 (3.25%) Mac OS X
9 5 (3.25%) Solaris
10 4 (2.60%) CentOS
10 4 (2.60%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.95%) Windows 10
11 3 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (1.30%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (25.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (24.03%) ITIL
4 26 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (16.88%) DevOps
5 24 (15.58%) Mentoring
6 21 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
6 21 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (12.99%) Performance Tuning
8 19 (12.34%) CI/CD
9 18 (11.69%) High Availability
9 18 (11.69%) Migration
9 18 (11.69%) Workflow
10 17 (11.04%) Data Privacy
11 16 (10.39%) Customer Service
11 16 (10.39%) Fintech
11 16 (10.39%) SIEM
11 16 (10.39%) Wealth Management
12 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 45 (29.22%) PowerShell
2 29 (18.83%) SQL
3 20 (12.99%) Python
4 11 (7.14%) Bash
5 10 (6.49%) C#
6 7 (4.55%) Bicep
7 6 (3.90%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.25%) Korn
9 1 (0.65%) Java
9 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 21 (13.64%) Degree
3 21 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.44%) Azure Certification
4 13 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (7.14%) MCP
6 8 (5.19%) AWS Certification
6 8 (5.19%) MCSA
7 7 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 7 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.55%) MCSE
8 6 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (3.25%) CCNP
10 4 (2.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.60%) GCFA
10 4 (2.60%) GCIA
10 4 (2.60%) GCIH
10 4 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (7.79%) SLA
2 6 (3.90%) NIST
3 5 (3.25%) GDPR
4 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 65 (42.21%) Active Directory
2 44 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 23 (14.94%) vSphere
4 15 (9.74%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (4.55%) Docker
7 6 (3.90%) NFS
8 5 (3.25%) XenApp
9 3 (1.95%) Firmware
10 2 (1.30%) KVM
10 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.65%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.65%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.65%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.65%) Postfix
11 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (17.53%) Terraform
2 24 (15.58%) Ansible
2 24 (15.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (9.74%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.19%) SCOM
5 6 (3.90%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (3.25%) Proxmox
7 4 (2.60%) ZENworks
8 3 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.95%) Nessus
8 3 (1.95%) SmoothWall
8 3 (1.95%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.30%) Puppet
9 2 (1.30%) SCCM
9 2 (1.30%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.30%) SCSM
9 2 (1.30%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.65%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 154 (100.00%) VMware
2 100 (64.94%) Microsoft
3 28 (18.18%) Cisco
4 14 (9.09%) Meraki
5 10 (6.49%) Dell
5 10 (6.49%) Red Hat
6 9 (5.84%) HP
6 9 (5.84%) NetApp
7 7 (4.55%) Oracle
7 7 (4.55%) Palo Alto
7 7 (4.55%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (3.90%) Citrix
8 6 (3.90%) Commvault
8 6 (3.90%) Pure Storage
8 6 (3.90%) Sophos
8 6 (3.90%) Veeam
9 5 (3.25%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (3.25%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.25%) SAP
9 5 (3.25%) SonicWALL