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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 241 155
Rank change year-on-year -4 -86 -11
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 177 215 678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.45% 2.02%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 9.66% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 116 185 599
10th Percentile £35,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,188 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,125 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.54% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £74,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 1,505 2,225 4,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.85% 14.99% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 1,340 3,302
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,299
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 3 June 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 25 (14.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (10.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.82%) Confluence
4 2 (1.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (55.93%) Azure
2 68 (38.42%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (20.90%) AWS
4 34 (19.21%) Entra ID
5 30 (16.95%) Nutanix
6 10 (5.65%) OneDrive
7 9 (5.08%) GitHub
8 8 (4.52%) IaaS
8 8 (4.52%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.95%) GCP
9 7 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.39%) PaaS
11 4 (2.26%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.26%) Google Workspace
11 4 (2.26%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 63 (35.59%) Firewall
2 37 (20.90%) DNS
3 33 (18.64%) WAN
4 30 (16.95%) DHCP
5 29 (16.38%) VPN
6 25 (14.12%) TCP/IP
7 19 (10.73%) LAN
7 19 (10.73%) VSAN
8 13 (7.34%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (6.78%) VLAN
10 10 (5.65%) BGP
10 10 (5.65%) SD-WAN
11 9 (5.08%) Unified Communications
12 8 (4.52%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (3.95%) Network Security
14 6 (3.39%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.39%) iSCSI
14 6 (3.39%) WebEx
15 5 (2.82%) MPLS
15 5 (2.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.52%) Power BI
2 7 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.39%) MySQL
4 5 (2.82%) Tableau
5 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.56%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.65%) Git
2 6 (3.39%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.56%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 55 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.47%) Finance
3 22 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.04%) Retail
5 14 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.78%) Banking
6 12 (6.78%) Marketing
6 12 (6.78%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.21%) Legal
8 8 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.82%) Law
11 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.69%) Aviation
12 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (27.68%) Senior
2 45 (25.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (22.03%) Consultant
4 21 (11.86%) IT Engineer
5 20 (11.30%) Architect
5 20 (11.30%) Senior Consultant
5 20 (11.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (11.30%) VMware Consultant
6 18 (10.17%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (10.17%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 18 (10.17%) Support Engineer
6 18 (10.17%) Technical Consultant
7 17 (9.60%) Cloud Consultant
7 17 (9.60%) IT Support
7 17 (9.60%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (8.47%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 15 (8.47%) Senior VMware Consultant
8 15 (8.47%) VMware Architect
8 15 (8.47%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 13 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.39%) XMPP
2 1 (0.56%) .NET
2 1 (0.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 59 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 21 (11.86%) Replication
3 20 (11.30%) Enterprise Storage
4 14 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (7.91%) Private Cloud
4 14 (7.91%) Public Cloud
5 12 (6.78%) Security Posture
6 11 (6.21%) iSeries
7 9 (5.08%) CMDB
7 9 (5.08%) PKI
8 7 (3.95%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (3.39%) FlexPod
9 6 (3.39%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.39%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 5 (2.82%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 94 (53.11%) Windows
2 65 (36.72%) Windows Server
3 60 (33.90%) Linux
4 13 (7.34%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.78%) Unix
6 8 (4.52%) Apple iOS
7 7 (3.95%) Ubuntu
8 6 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.82%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.69%) VMS
11 2 (1.13%) CentOS
11 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.56%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.56%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.56%) Solaris
12 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (36.72%) Disaster Recovery
2 61 (34.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (22.03%) Presales
4 38 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (16.38%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (12.99%) DevOps
8 23 (12.99%) Mentoring
9 22 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (9.04%) ITIL
11 15 (8.47%) CI/CD
11 15 (8.47%) Customer Engagement
11 15 (8.47%) Project Delivery
11 15 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (7.91%) Business Continuity
12 14 (7.91%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (7.91%) Service Delivery
12 14 (7.91%) Service Management
12 14 (7.91%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 27 (15.25%) Python
3 9 (5.08%) Bash
4 7 (3.95%) SQL
5 5 (2.82%) VB
5 5 (2.82%) VBA
5 5 (2.82%) VBScript
6 3 (1.69%) Bicep
7 2 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.56%) Perl
8 1 (0.56%) Rust
8 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (17.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 27 (15.25%) VCAP
3 24 (13.56%) Degree
4 20 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (10.73%) Azure Certification
6 18 (10.17%) Security Cleared
6 18 (10.17%) VCDX
7 17 (9.60%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.52%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.39%) CCNP
10 6 (3.39%) Dell Certification
11 5 (2.82%) HNC
11 5 (2.82%) HND
11 5 (2.82%) RHCSA
12 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.26%) CCNA
12 4 (2.26%) LPIC
12 4 (2.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.47%) PMO
2 12 (6.78%) SLA
3 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.26%) NIST
4 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 63 (35.59%) Active Directory
2 55 (31.07%) Hyper-V
3 52 (29.38%) vSphere
4 36 (20.34%) VMware NSX
5 16 (9.04%) vCloud
6 14 (7.91%) Firmware
7 9 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.95%) KVM
9 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (1.69%) BitLocker
11 3 (1.69%) Docker
11 3 (1.69%) Terminal Services
12 2 (1.13%) Xen
13 1 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.56%) QEMU
13 1 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.56%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 32 (18.08%) Terraform
2 28 (15.82%) Ansible
3 27 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (10.73%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.65%) vCenter Server
6 9 (5.08%) Proxmox
6 9 (5.08%) SCCM
7 6 (3.39%) Avamar
7 6 (3.39%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (3.39%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (3.39%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (3.39%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (3.39%) Grafana
7 6 (3.39%) Packer
7 6 (3.39%) VxRail
8 4 (2.26%) Graylog
8 4 (2.26%) ZABBIX
9 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.13%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 177 (100.00%) VMware
2 104 (58.76%) Microsoft
3 39 (22.03%) Cisco
4 36 (20.34%) Veeam
5 30 (16.95%) NetApp
6 25 (14.12%) Dell
7 23 (12.99%) Nimble Storage
8 21 (11.86%) Broadcom
9 20 (11.30%) EMC
10 17 (9.60%) Palo Alto
11 16 (9.04%) Fortinet
11 16 (9.04%) IBM
11 16 (9.04%) Red Hat
12 12 (6.78%) Citrix
12 12 (6.78%) Commvault
12 12 (6.78%) HP
13 11 (6.21%) Meraki
13 11 (6.21%) Sophos
14 10 (5.65%) Splunk
15 8 (4.52%) ServiceNow