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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 166 128
Rank change year-on-year -111 -38 +32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 114 333 704
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 2.12% 2.54%
As % of the System Software category 8.56% 13.20% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 73 221 616
10th Percentile £30,888 £34,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,500 £62,625
90th Percentile £89,750 £88,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -9.52%

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 1,332 2,522 4,159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 16.06% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,563 3,593
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £113,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.17% +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 15 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 28 (24.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (18.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.88%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 63 (55.26%) Azure
2 52 (45.61%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (29.82%) Entra ID
4 26 (22.81%) AWS
5 13 (11.40%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.65%) IaaS
7 10 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (8.77%) PaaS
8 7 (6.14%) GitHub
9 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.26%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (4.39%) Nutanix
11 3 (2.63%) IBM Cloud
12 2 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.75%) Cohesity
12 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.75%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (42.11%) Firewall
2 44 (38.60%) DNS
3 36 (31.58%) VPN
4 31 (27.19%) DHCP
5 30 (26.32%) TCP/IP
6 25 (21.93%) WAN
7 17 (14.91%) SD-WAN
8 13 (11.40%) VLAN
9 8 (7.02%) BGP
9 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.14%) LAN
11 6 (5.26%) Network Security
11 6 (5.26%) Wireless
12 5 (4.39%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (4.39%) Wireshark
13 4 (3.51%) IPsec
13 4 (3.51%) OSPF
13 4 (3.51%) SAN
14 3 (2.63%) Broadband
14 3 (2.63%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.63%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.75%) Power BI
3 2 (1.75%) Tableau
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Git
1 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.63%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 60 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 38 (33.33%) Finance
3 15 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.65%) Retail
6 7 (6.14%) Legal
7 6 (5.26%) Marketing
7 6 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.39%) Banking
9 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.63%) Aviation
10 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.75%) Advertising
11 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.75%) Local Government
12 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.88%) Electronics
12 1 (0.88%) Law
12 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 28 (24.56%) Senior
2 25 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (16.67%) Analyst
4 15 (13.16%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Support Analyst
5 13 (11.40%) Support Engineer
6 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
6 12 (10.53%) IT Support
7 9 (7.89%) Network Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Consultant
9 7 (6.14%) VMware Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (5.26%) Linux Support
10 6 (5.26%) Unix Support
11 5 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) Node.js
1 3 (2.63%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.88%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) Kafka
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.40%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.89%) Clustering
4 8 (7.02%) Client/Server
4 8 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.14%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.51%) iPad
8 4 (3.51%) iPhone
8 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.51%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.63%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.63%) IoT
9 3 (2.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 63 (55.26%) Windows
2 48 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 25 (21.93%) Linux
4 13 (11.40%) Unix
4 13 (11.40%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.53%) Apple iOS
6 9 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.75%) Debian
8 2 (1.75%) Solaris
8 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.88%) CentOS
9 1 (0.88%) VMS
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (28.95%) ITIL
3 29 (25.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (22.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (19.30%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (18.42%) Root Cause Analysis
8 16 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (14.04%) DevOps
8 16 (14.04%) Service Delivery
9 15 (13.16%) Migration
10 13 (11.40%) Cloud Operations
10 13 (11.40%) Cost Management
11 12 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (10.53%) Problem Management
11 12 (10.53%) Zero Trust
12 11 (9.65%) Incident Response
12 11 (9.65%) Service Management
12 11 (9.65%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 17 (14.91%) Python
3 7 (6.14%) Bicep
4 6 (5.26%) Bash
4 6 (5.26%) SQL
5 2 (1.75%) Korn
5 2 (1.75%) VB
5 2 (1.75%) VBA
5 2 (1.75%) VBScript
6 1 (0.88%) Go
6 1 (0.88%) Java
6 1 (0.88%) Perl
6 1 (0.88%) Rust
6 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
3 20 (17.54%) SC Cleared
4 17 (14.91%) Azure Certification
5 14 (12.28%) AWS Certification
6 12 (10.53%) Degree
7 10 (8.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.26%) CCNP
10 5 (4.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.51%) VCAP
12 3 (2.63%) CCNA
12 3 (2.63%) CISSP
12 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (1.75%) GCIA
13 2 (1.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) SLA
2 9 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.39%) NIST
4 4 (3.51%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 54 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 43 (37.72%) Hyper-V
3 14 (12.28%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (12.28%) vSphere
4 10 (8.77%) VMware NSX
5 7 (6.14%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (5.26%) Firmware
7 4 (3.51%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (2.63%) Docker
9 2 (1.75%) NFS
9 2 (1.75%) XenApp
10 1 (0.88%) KVM
10 1 (0.88%) vCloud
10 1 (0.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (17.54%) Terraform
3 18 (15.79%) Ansible
4 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
5 6 (5.26%) SCOM
6 5 (4.39%) SCCM
7 4 (3.51%) Proxmox
8 3 (2.63%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (2.63%) Nessus
9 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.88%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.88%) CASB
10 1 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.88%) Icinga
10 1 (0.88%) Kibana
10 1 (0.88%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (100.00%) VMware
2 67 (58.77%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.28%) Cisco
4 12 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.14%) Citrix
6 6 (5.26%) Google
6 6 (5.26%) Symantec
7 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.39%) Dell
7 5 (4.39%) IBM
7 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.39%) Veeam
8 4 (3.51%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.51%) Meraki
8 4 (3.51%) Oracle
8 4 (3.51%) SAP
8 4 (3.51%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.63%) Draytek
9 3 (2.63%) NetApp
9 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds