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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 133 108
Rank change year-on-year -137 -25 +68
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 125 464 654
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.80% 2.33% 2.99%
As % of the System Software category 9.64% 16.43% 17.70%
Number of salaries quoted 96 315 517
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,375 £37,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +0.96% +0.97%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £84,250
UK median annual salary £43,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% +6.60% -

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 1,297 2,824 3,695
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.29% 14.20% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,681 3,142
10th Percentile £28,803 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,819
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,125 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -1.46% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £88,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 15 November 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 35 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.60%) SharePoint
3 10 (8.00%) IIS
4 2 (1.60%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.80%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 68 (54.40%) Azure
2 52 (41.60%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (24.80%) AWS
4 23 (18.40%) GitHub
5 21 (16.80%) Entra ID
6 13 (10.40%) SaaS
7 11 (8.80%) IaaS
8 10 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (8.00%) PaaS
9 7 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (4.80%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.80%) Power Platform
11 5 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (4.00%) Cohesity
11 5 (4.00%) Mimecast
12 3 (2.40%) IBM Cloud
12 3 (2.40%) Nutanix
13 2 (1.60%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (34.40%) Firewall
2 31 (24.80%) DHCP
2 31 (24.80%) DNS
2 31 (24.80%) VPN
3 23 (18.40%) WAN
4 22 (17.60%) TCP/IP
5 14 (11.20%) LAN
6 11 (8.80%) VLAN
7 10 (8.00%) SAN
8 9 (7.20%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (6.40%) SD-WAN
10 7 (5.60%) Wireshark
11 6 (4.80%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (4.80%) Wireless
12 5 (4.00%) NAS
12 5 (4.00%) Network Security
13 3 (2.40%) BGP
13 3 (2.40%) Broadband
13 3 (2.40%) IPsec
13 3 (2.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.80%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.00%) Data Hub
2 10 (8.00%) SQL CLR
3 5 (4.00%) Power BI
4 3 (2.40%) Metadata
4 3 (2.40%) SAP HANA
4 3 (2.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.80%) MySQL
5 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) Git
1 9 (7.20%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.60%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.60%) GitLab
2 2 (1.60%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.60%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 53 (42.40%) Social Skills
2 34 (27.20%) Finance
3 18 (14.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.80%) Back Office
5 9 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.60%) Retail
8 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.00%) Legal
9 5 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.40%) Local Government
11 2 (1.60%) Advertising
11 2 (1.60%) Marketing
11 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.80%) Banking
12 1 (0.80%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (19.20%) Support Engineer
2 20 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (12.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (12.00%) Senior
4 13 (10.40%) Linux Engineer
5 12 (9.60%) IT Support
6 11 (8.80%) Analyst
6 11 (8.80%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (8.00%) VMware Engineer
8 9 (7.20%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (7.20%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.20%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.40%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.40%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (6.40%) Technical Support
9 8 (6.40%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (5.60%) Head of Development
10 7 (5.60%) ICT Officer
10 7 (5.60%) ICT Support
10 7 (5.60%) ICT Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.00%) .NET
2 8 (6.40%) Node.js
3 7 (5.60%) .NET Core
3 7 (5.60%) .NET Framework
3 7 (5.60%) Dapper ORM
3 7 (5.60%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.40%) LAMP
4 3 (2.40%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.80%) Kafka
5 1 (0.80%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.20%) Data Centre
1 14 (11.20%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.80%) Private Cloud
3 9 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.40%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (4.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (4.80%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.80%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.20%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.40%) CCTV
9 3 (2.40%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.40%) PKI
10 2 (1.60%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.80%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 65 (52.00%) Windows
2 34 (27.20%) Linux
3 33 (26.40%) Windows Server
4 14 (11.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (8.80%) Mac OS
5 11 (8.80%) Unix
6 6 (4.80%) Apple iOS
6 6 (4.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (4.00%) Android
7 5 (4.00%) Debian
7 5 (4.00%) Mac OS X
7 5 (4.00%) Solaris
7 5 (4.00%) Ubuntu
8 4 (3.20%) CentOS
8 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.60%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.80%) VMS
11 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.60%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (28.00%) ITIL
3 25 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (18.40%) DevOps
4 23 (18.40%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (14.40%) Mentoring
6 17 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (13.60%) Migration
7 16 (12.80%) CI/CD
8 15 (12.00%) Collaborative Culture
9 14 (11.20%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (10.40%) Computer Science
10 13 (10.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (9.60%) Workflow
12 11 (8.80%) High Availability
12 11 (8.80%) Infrastructure Management
12 11 (8.80%) SIEM
13 10 (8.00%) Data Privacy
13 10 (8.00%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 34 (27.20%) PowerShell
2 22 (17.60%) SQL
3 21 (16.80%) Python
4 13 (10.40%) Bash
5 7 (5.60%) Bicep
5 7 (5.60%) C#
6 5 (4.00%) Korn
7 3 (2.40%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.60%) Java
9 1 (0.80%) Go
9 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (14.40%) SC Cleared
4 15 (12.00%) Degree
5 13 (10.40%) Azure Certification
5 13 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (6.40%) AWS Certification
6 8 (6.40%) MCP
7 7 (5.60%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.80%) CCNP
8 6 (4.80%) MCSE
8 6 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (4.00%) MCSA
10 4 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.20%) GCFA
10 4 (3.20%) GCIA
10 4 (3.20%) GCIH
11 3 (2.40%) CCNA
11 3 (2.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.20%) SLA
3 6 (4.80%) NIST
4 5 (4.00%) GDPR
5 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
System Software
1 50 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 43 (34.40%) Hyper-V
3 22 (17.60%) vSphere
4 14 (11.20%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (5.60%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.80%) Docker
6 6 (4.80%) NFS
7 4 (3.20%) XenApp
8 3 (2.40%) Firmware
9 2 (1.60%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.80%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.80%) KVM
10 1 (0.80%) Postfix
10 1 (0.80%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (22.40%) Terraform
2 21 (16.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (16.00%) Ansible
4 16 (12.80%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.80%) SCOM
6 5 (4.00%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.40%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.40%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (2.40%) Nessus
8 2 (1.60%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.80%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.80%) Icinga
9 1 (0.80%) Kibana
9 1 (0.80%) Nagios
9 1 (0.80%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.80%) Puppet
9 1 (0.80%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.80%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 125 (100.00%) VMware
2 77 (61.60%) Microsoft
3 21 (16.80%) Cisco
4 10 (8.00%) Dell
4 10 (8.00%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.40%) Veeam
6 7 (5.60%) HP
6 7 (5.60%) Meraki
6 7 (5.60%) Ubiquiti
7 6 (4.80%) Commvault
7 6 (4.80%) Pure Storage
7 6 (4.80%) Sophos
8 5 (4.00%) Barracuda Networks
8 5 (4.00%) Citrix
8 5 (4.00%) NetApp
8 5 (4.00%) Oracle
8 5 (4.00%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.20%) SAP
10 3 (2.40%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.40%) IBM