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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 254 149
Rank change year-on-year +4 -105 -33
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 230 174 459
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 1.06% 2.22%
As % of the System Software category 12.23% 9.36% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 155 139 309
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.87% -12.38% -3.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £64,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £102,750 £79,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

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 1,881 1,859 2,773
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.47% 11.32% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,380 982 1,647
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

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 16 October 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 71 (30.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (18.26%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.22%) nginx
4 11 (4.78%) Apache
5 10 (4.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
6 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Houdini
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) NUKE
2 1 (0.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 152 (66.09%) Azure
2 97 (42.17%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (31.74%) Entra ID
4 48 (20.87%) AWS
5 20 (8.70%) IaaS
5 20 (8.70%) Nutanix
6 17 (7.39%) PaaS
7 16 (6.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 16 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (6.96%) GitHub
8 13 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.22%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.22%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.22%) OneDrive
9 12 (5.22%) Serverless
10 8 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.48%) GCP
11 6 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.61%) Mimecast
12 5 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 100 (43.48%) Firewall
2 95 (41.30%) DNS
3 83 (36.09%) VPN
4 75 (32.61%) DHCP
5 37 (16.09%) TCP/IP
6 36 (15.65%) LAN
7 34 (14.78%) WAN
8 31 (13.48%) VLAN
9 14 (6.09%) VSAN
10 12 (5.22%) Network Security
10 12 (5.22%) SAN
11 11 (4.78%) Wireless
12 6 (2.61%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.61%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.61%) NAS
13 5 (2.17%) OSPF
13 5 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.17%) Software-Defined Networking
13 5 (2.17%) Unified Communications
13 5 (2.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.87%) Big Data
3 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.52%) Git
2 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 98 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.30%) Finance
3 22 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.26%) Law
6 17 (7.39%) Retail
7 12 (5.22%) Legal
7 12 (5.22%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.91%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.17%) Marketing
11 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.74%) Banking
12 4 (1.74%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.87%) Back Office
13 2 (0.87%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (23.04%) Senior
2 48 (20.87%) Support Engineer
3 41 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (17.39%) IT Engineer
5 36 (15.65%) Consultant
5 36 (15.65%) IT Support
6 32 (13.91%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (11.74%) Architect
8 25 (10.87%) Analyst
9 20 (8.70%) Technical Consultant
10 19 (8.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (7.39%) 3rd Line Support
11 17 (7.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 17 (7.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (6.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 15 (6.52%) Senior IT Engineer
13 14 (6.09%) VMware Architect
14 13 (5.65%) Senior Consultant
14 13 (5.65%) Senior IT Support
15 12 (5.22%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.78%) Terraform
2 8 (3.48%) Middleware
3 6 (2.61%) Web Services
4 4 (1.74%) SAML
5 3 (1.30%) JSON
5 3 (1.30%) LDAP
5 3 (1.30%) XMPP
6 2 (0.87%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.43%) Java SE
7 1 (0.43%) OpenLayers
7 1 (0.43%) REST
7 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.17%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (7.39%) Driving Licence
4 16 (6.96%) Onboarding
4 16 (6.96%) Public Cloud
5 15 (6.52%) Private Cloud
5 15 (6.52%) Replication
6 14 (6.09%) Enterprise Storage
7 13 (5.65%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.22%) Podcast
9 8 (3.48%) PKI
10 7 (3.04%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (2.17%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 4 (1.74%) iSeries
13 4 (1.74%) Management Information System
14 3 (1.30%) CMDB
14 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (1.30%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 160 (69.57%) Windows
2 116 (50.43%) Windows Server
3 46 (20.00%) Linux
4 13 (5.65%) VMS
5 12 (5.22%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.78%) macOS
7 8 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.74%) Solaris
10 3 (1.30%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.87%) AIX
11 2 (0.87%) Debian
11 2 (0.87%) Rocky
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) CentOS
12 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (39.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (36.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 79 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (17.39%) Mentoring
6 39 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (16.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 34 (14.78%) High Availability
9 33 (14.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 33 (14.35%) ITIL
10 32 (13.91%) AI
11 31 (13.48%) Presales
11 31 (13.48%) Roadmaps
12 30 (13.04%) Customer Service
12 30 (13.04%) Project Delivery
13 29 (12.61%) Cloud Security
14 26 (11.30%) DevOps
15 25 (10.87%) Business Continuity
15 25 (10.87%) Service Delivery
16 23 (10.00%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 71 (30.87%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.87%) Bash
3 22 (9.57%) SQL
4 21 (9.13%) Python
5 18 (7.83%) Bicep
6 12 (5.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.30%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.87%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (18.70%) Azure Certification
2 38 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 37 (16.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 32 (13.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (13.48%) SC Cleared
6 18 (7.83%) Degree
7 17 (7.39%) DV Cleared
7 17 (7.39%) VCAP
8 14 (6.09%) VCDX
9 12 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.48%) CCNP
11 5 (2.17%) Dell Certification
11 5 (2.17%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.74%) CCNA
12 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.30%) CCDP
13 3 (1.30%) HNC
13 3 (1.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.87%) SLA
2 12 (5.22%) PMO
3 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 118 (51.30%) Active Directory
2 117 (50.87%) Hyper-V
3 56 (24.35%) vSphere
4 26 (11.30%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (10.43%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (10.00%) VMware NSX
7 18 (7.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (3.91%) vCloud
9 7 (3.04%) Firmware
10 6 (2.61%) KVM
10 6 (2.61%) Squid
11 5 (2.17%) Docker
11 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.87%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.87%) NFS
13 1 (0.43%) iptables
13 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 46 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (6.96%) Ansible
3 11 (4.78%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.48%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.48%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.04%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.61%) SCCM
6 6 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.17%) Avamar
7 5 (2.17%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.17%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (2.17%) EMC VPLEX
7 5 (2.17%) Grafana
7 5 (2.17%) HAProxy
7 5 (2.17%) VxRail
8 4 (1.74%) Graylog
8 4 (1.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.74%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.87%) Puppet
Vendors
1 230 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (67.39%) Microsoft
3 54 (23.48%) Veeam
4 27 (11.74%) Cisco
5 26 (11.30%) Citrix
6 22 (9.57%) Dell
6 22 (9.57%) Palo Alto
7 21 (9.13%) NetApp
8 18 (7.83%) Broadcom
8 18 (7.83%) Fortinet
9 17 (7.39%) Nimble Storage
10 15 (6.52%) SonicWALL
10 15 (6.52%) WatchGuard
11 13 (5.65%) N-able
12 12 (5.22%) ScienceLogic
13 9 (3.91%) EMC
14 8 (3.48%) Acronis
14 8 (3.48%) Juniper
15 7 (3.04%) Sophos
15 7 (3.04%) Zscaler