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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 144 128
Rank change year-on-year -105 -16 +31
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 115 387 549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 2.35% 2.55%
As % of the System Software category 9.49% 15.06% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 80 256 478
10th Percentile £32,225 £32,500 £32,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,297 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £80,113
UK median annual salary £43,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -21.82% +12.24% -3.92%

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 1,212 2,569 3,487
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.05% 15.59% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 876 1,582 2,991
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,899
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £74,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,722 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.79%

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 10 January 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 24 (20.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (14.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Apache
3 1 (0.87%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.87%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 62 (53.91%) Azure
2 46 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (24.35%) AWS
4 27 (23.48%) Entra ID
5 12 (10.43%) IaaS
6 11 (9.57%) PaaS
7 10 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (8.70%) GitHub
8 9 (7.83%) OneDrive
9 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.22%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.35%) Cohesity
10 5 (4.35%) Mimecast
10 5 (4.35%) Nutanix
11 4 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.61%) IBM Cloud
13 2 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (36.52%) Firewall
2 39 (33.91%) DNS
2 39 (33.91%) VPN
3 30 (26.09%) DHCP
3 30 (26.09%) WAN
4 27 (23.48%) TCP/IP
5 15 (13.04%) SD-WAN
6 14 (12.17%) LAN
7 12 (10.43%) VLAN
8 11 (9.57%) Wireless
9 8 (6.96%) SAN
9 8 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (6.09%) Wireshark
11 6 (5.22%) BGP
11 6 (5.22%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (5.22%) Network Security
12 4 (3.48%) IPsec
12 4 (3.48%) NAS
12 4 (3.48%) OSPF
13 3 (2.61%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.61%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Git
2 3 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.74%) GitLab
3 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (46.96%) Social Skills
2 38 (33.04%) Finance
3 17 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.96%) Retail
6 7 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.35%) Legal
8 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.48%) Marketing
9 4 (3.48%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.61%) Banking
10 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.74%) Advertising
11 2 (1.74%) Aviation
11 2 (1.74%) Local Government
12 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.87%) Back Office
12 1 (0.87%) Electronics
12 1 (0.87%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (16.52%) Senior
3 18 (15.65%) Support Engineer
4 17 (14.78%) Analyst
5 13 (11.30%) IT Support
6 12 (10.43%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (10.43%) Support Analyst
7 11 (9.57%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (9.57%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (9.57%) VMware Engineer
7 11 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.83%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (7.83%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.83%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (7.83%) Linux Support
9 8 (6.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) Network Engineer
11 6 (5.22%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (5.22%) Linux DevOps Engineer
11 6 (5.22%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.61%) Node.js
1 3 (2.61%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.87%) .NET
2 1 (0.87%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.78%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.30%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.83%) Clustering
4 8 (6.96%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (5.22%) Cloud Native
6 6 (5.22%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.35%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.48%) iPad
8 4 (3.48%) iPhone
8 4 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.48%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.48%) Security Posture
8 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.61%) e-Learning
9 3 (2.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 63 (54.78%) Windows
2 37 (32.17%) Windows Server
3 34 (29.57%) Linux
4 16 (13.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (13.91%) Unix
5 14 (12.17%) Apple iOS
6 9 (7.83%) Windows 10
7 8 (6.96%) Mac OS
8 5 (4.35%) Android
8 5 (4.35%) Debian
8 5 (4.35%) Solaris
9 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (2.61%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.74%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.87%) CentOS
12 1 (0.87%) VMS
12 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.78%) ITIL
2 38 (33.04%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 21 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (16.52%) DevOps
6 19 (16.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (16.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 16 (13.91%) Service Delivery
8 15 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (12.17%) Migration
10 12 (10.43%) Collaborative Culture
10 12 (10.43%) Mentoring
10 12 (10.43%) SIEM
11 11 (9.57%) Customer Service
12 10 (8.70%) Cloud Operations
12 10 (8.70%) Cost Management
12 10 (8.70%) Zero Trust
13 9 (7.83%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.87%) PowerShell
2 21 (18.26%) Python
3 10 (8.70%) Bash
4 7 (6.09%) Bicep
4 7 (6.09%) SQL
5 5 (4.35%) Korn
6 1 (0.87%) Go
6 1 (0.87%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
4 15 (13.04%) Azure Certification
5 14 (12.17%) AWS Certification
6 11 (9.57%) Degree
7 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (7.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.22%) CCNP
9 6 (5.22%) MCP
10 5 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (4.35%) MCSE
11 4 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.48%) GCFA
11 4 (3.48%) GCIA
11 4 (3.48%) GCIH
11 4 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.48%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.91%) SLA
2 8 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.22%) NIST
4 4 (3.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 50 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 43 (37.39%) Hyper-V
3 17 (14.78%) vSphere
4 12 (10.43%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (6.09%) VMware NSX
6 6 (5.22%) NFS
7 4 (3.48%) Firmware
7 4 (3.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (2.61%) Docker
9 2 (1.74%) XenApp
10 1 (0.87%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 25 (21.74%) Terraform
2 22 (19.13%) Ansible
2 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (10.43%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.22%) SCOM
5 4 (3.48%) Proxmox
6 3 (2.61%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.61%) Nessus
7 2 (1.74%) SCCM
8 1 (0.87%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.87%) CASB
8 1 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.87%) Icinga
8 1 (0.87%) Kibana
8 1 (0.87%) Nagios
8 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.87%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) VMware
2 65 (56.52%) Microsoft
3 17 (14.78%) Cisco
4 16 (13.91%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.70%) Dell
6 6 (5.22%) Commvault
6 6 (5.22%) Google
6 6 (5.22%) HP
6 6 (5.22%) NetApp
6 6 (5.22%) Pure Storage
6 6 (5.22%) Sophos
6 6 (5.22%) Symantec
6 6 (5.22%) Ubiquiti
6 6 (5.22%) Veeam
7 5 (4.35%) Barracuda Networks
7 5 (4.35%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.48%) Citrix
8 4 (3.48%) Meraki
8 4 (3.48%) SAP
8 4 (3.48%) Zscaler