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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 239 156
Rank change year-on-year -2 -83 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 205 215 684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.34% 2.05%
As % of the System Software category 12.08% 9.61% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 131 184 589
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £32,688 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

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 1,697 2,238 3,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.15% 13.94% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 1,350 3,112
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £37,750 £40,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +4.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -10.00%

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 3 July 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 42 (20.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.90%) IIS
4 5 (2.44%) Confluence
5 2 (0.98%) Apache
5 2 (0.98%) nginx
6 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.49%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.49%) Houdini
3 1 (0.49%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 130 (63.41%) Azure
2 75 (36.59%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (21.95%) Entra ID
4 44 (21.46%) AWS
5 29 (14.15%) Nutanix
6 19 (9.27%) GitHub
7 18 (8.78%) IaaS
8 16 (7.80%) PaaS
9 12 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (5.85%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.85%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.85%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (5.85%) Serverless
10 8 (3.90%) GCP
10 8 (3.90%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.41%) OneDrive
12 5 (2.44%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 77 (37.56%) Firewall
2 55 (26.83%) DNS
3 50 (24.39%) VPN
4 47 (22.93%) DHCP
5 35 (17.07%) WAN
6 32 (15.61%) TCP/IP
7 25 (12.20%) LAN
8 22 (10.73%) VSAN
9 13 (6.34%) VLAN
10 10 (4.88%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (3.90%) Unified Communications
12 7 (3.41%) BGP
12 7 (3.41%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (3.41%) Network Security
12 7 (3.41%) SD-WAN
13 6 (2.93%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.93%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.93%) SAN
13 6 (2.93%) WebEx
14 5 (2.44%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (3.90%) Power BI
4 6 (2.93%) MySQL
5 5 (2.44%) Tableau
6 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.49%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.49%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (9.76%) Git
2 6 (2.93%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.49%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 78 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.10%) Finance
3 23 (11.22%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.80%) Retail
5 15 (7.32%) Law
6 14 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (5.37%) Marketing
7 11 (5.37%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.88%) Banking
9 8 (3.90%) Legal
10 7 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.98%) Aviation
13 2 (0.98%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (25.37%) Senior
2 41 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (19.02%) Consultant
4 30 (14.63%) Support Engineer
5 26 (12.68%) IT Engineer
6 24 (11.71%) Architect
7 23 (11.22%) IT Support
8 22 (10.73%) Analyst
8 22 (10.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 20 (9.76%) Senior Consultant
10 19 (9.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (9.27%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (8.78%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 18 (8.78%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (8.78%) VMware Architect
12 17 (8.29%) Cloud Consultant
12 17 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (7.32%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (7.32%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.90%) Middleware
2 6 (2.93%) XMPP
3 2 (0.98%) Web Services
4 1 (0.49%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 61 (29.76%) Data Centre
2 25 (12.20%) Public Cloud
3 21 (10.24%) Enterprise Storage
3 21 (10.24%) Replication
4 19 (9.27%) Security Posture
5 18 (8.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (7.32%) Private Cloud
7 13 (6.34%) Driving Licence
8 12 (5.85%) Podcast
9 11 (5.37%) iSeries
10 9 (4.39%) PKI
11 8 (3.90%) CMDB
11 8 (3.90%) Onboarding
11 8 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (2.93%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.93%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (2.44%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.95%) Web Conferencing
15 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 121 (59.02%) Windows
2 77 (37.56%) Windows Server
3 63 (30.73%) Linux
4 14 (6.83%) Windows 10
5 13 (6.34%) VMS
6 11 (5.37%) Unix
7 9 (4.39%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.41%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.44%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.46%) CentOS
11 2 (0.98%) Solaris
11 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.49%) Debian
12 1 (0.49%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.49%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (37.07%) Disaster Recovery
2 61 (29.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (21.95%) Presales
5 35 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (15.61%) DevOps
7 30 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (14.15%) Mentoring
9 25 (12.20%) CI/CD
9 25 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (11.71%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (10.24%) Business Continuity
12 21 (10.24%) Task Automation
13 20 (9.76%) ITIL
14 19 (9.27%) Computer Science
14 19 (9.27%) Project Delivery
15 18 (8.78%) Roadmaps
16 17 (8.29%) Customer Engagement
16 17 (8.29%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.71%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.17%) Python
3 24 (11.71%) SQL
4 20 (9.76%) Bash
5 13 (6.34%) Bicep
6 12 (5.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.44%) VB
7 5 (2.44%) VBA
7 5 (2.44%) VBScript
8 2 (0.98%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.49%) Perl
9 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (17.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 31 (15.12%) Azure Certification
3 29 (14.15%) VCAP
4 28 (13.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (11.71%) Degree
6 21 (10.24%) VCDX
7 19 (9.27%) Security Cleared
8 18 (8.78%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (3.41%) CCNP
10 7 (3.41%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.41%) RHCSA
11 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.93%) Dell Certification
12 5 (2.44%) HNC
12 5 (2.44%) HND
13 4 (1.95%) CCNA
13 4 (1.95%) LPIC
13 4 (1.95%) MCSE
14 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.32%) PMO
2 14 (6.83%) SLA
3 5 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.46%) NIST
5 2 (0.98%) GDPR
6 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (37.56%) Active Directory
2 71 (34.63%) Hyper-V
3 70 (34.15%) vSphere
4 36 (17.56%) VMware NSX
5 16 (7.80%) vCloud
6 14 (6.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (6.34%) Firmware
8 10 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (3.90%) KVM
10 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (2.93%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.95%) Docker
12 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.46%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.98%) Squid
13 2 (0.98%) Xen
14 1 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.49%) iptables
14 1 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 41 (20.00%) Terraform
2 34 (16.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (13.66%) Ansible
4 20 (9.76%) Kubernetes
5 14 (6.83%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.39%) Proxmox
7 8 (3.90%) SCCM
8 6 (2.93%) Avamar
8 6 (2.93%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (2.93%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.93%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (2.93%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (2.93%) Grafana
8 6 (2.93%) Packer
8 6 (2.93%) VxRail
9 4 (1.95%) Graylog
9 4 (1.95%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.46%) Puppet
11 2 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.98%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 205 (100.00%) VMware
2 130 (63.41%) Microsoft
3 39 (19.02%) Cisco
3 39 (19.02%) Veeam
4 30 (14.63%) NetApp
5 25 (12.20%) Broadcom
5 25 (12.20%) Dell
6 23 (11.22%) Nimble Storage
7 20 (9.76%) EMC
8 16 (7.80%) IBM
8 16 (7.80%) Palo Alto
9 15 (7.32%) Fortinet
10 14 (6.83%) Red Hat
11 13 (6.34%) Citrix
12 12 (5.85%) Commvault
12 12 (5.85%) HP
12 12 (5.85%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (5.37%) Meraki
13 11 (5.37%) ServiceNow
14 10 (4.88%) Splunk