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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 187 132
Rank change year-on-year -61 -55 +28
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 143 237 734
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.82% 2.32%
As % of the System Software category 10.08% 12.02% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 83 211 652
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £47,175 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £79,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £77,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year - +6.38% -10.48%

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 1,418 1,971 4,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.18% 15.15% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 1,558 3,629
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,727 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,500 £113,750 £86,400
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -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 11 April 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 20 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (12.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.80%) Confluence
4 2 (1.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Apache
5 1 (0.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 79 (55.24%) Azure
2 63 (44.06%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (20.28%) AWS
3 29 (20.28%) Entra ID
4 14 (9.79%) OneDrive
5 12 (8.39%) Nutanix
6 8 (5.59%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.20%) GitHub
7 6 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.50%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.80%) IaaS
9 4 (2.80%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.10%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.10%) PaaS
10 3 (2.10%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.40%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (37.06%) Firewall
2 41 (28.67%) DNS
3 33 (23.08%) DHCP
4 31 (21.68%) TCP/IP
4 31 (21.68%) WAN
5 28 (19.58%) VPN
6 13 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 13 (9.09%) VLAN
7 12 (8.39%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (8.39%) LAN
8 10 (6.99%) BGP
9 8 (5.59%) Unified Communications
10 7 (4.90%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (4.90%) Network Security
11 6 (4.20%) VSAN
11 6 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (4.20%) Wireless
12 5 (3.50%) MPLS
12 5 (3.50%) NAS
12 5 (3.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.59%) Power BI
3 5 (3.50%) MySQL
3 5 (3.50%) Tableau
4 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.70%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.70%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 56 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.07%) Finance
3 20 (13.99%) Public Sector
4 16 (11.19%) Retail
5 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.69%) Banking
6 11 (7.69%) Marketing
6 11 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.99%) Legal
8 5 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.10%) Aviation
10 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.10%) Law
11 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.70%) Advertising
12 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.70%) Back Office
12 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 40 (27.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (27.27%) Senior
3 25 (17.48%) Consultant
4 20 (13.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (10.49%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (9.79%) IT Engineer
6 14 (9.79%) IT Support
7 13 (9.09%) Support Engineer
8 12 (8.39%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) Analyst
9 11 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (6.29%) Cloud Consultant
11 8 (5.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
11 8 (5.59%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 8 (5.59%) Lead
11 8 (5.59%) Network Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Senior Consultant
12 7 (4.90%) Support Analyst
12 7 (4.90%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.50%) XMPP
2 1 (0.70%) .NET
2 1 (0.70%) Kafka
2 1 (0.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.68%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.79%) Replication
3 11 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 10 (6.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (6.29%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (6.29%) Private Cloud
5 9 (6.29%) Security Posture
5 9 (6.29%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (5.59%) Clustering
6 8 (5.59%) Driving Licence
7 6 (4.20%) CMDB
7 6 (4.20%) iSeries
8 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (3.50%) FlexPod
8 5 (3.50%) PKI
9 4 (2.80%) iPad
9 4 (2.80%) iPhone
9 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.80%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 86 (60.14%) Windows
2 61 (42.66%) Windows Server
3 55 (38.46%) Linux
4 16 (11.19%) Unix
4 16 (11.19%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.39%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (5.59%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.10%) CentOS
8 2 (1.40%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.70%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.70%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.70%) Solaris
9 1 (0.70%) VMS
9 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (29.37%) Disaster Recovery
3 35 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (17.48%) ITIL
6 23 (16.08%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.29%) Mentoring
10 18 (12.59%) DevOps
11 17 (11.89%) Cloud Operations
11 17 (11.89%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (11.19%) Project Delivery
13 15 (10.49%) Presales
13 15 (10.49%) Service Delivery
14 14 (9.79%) Change Management
14 14 (9.79%) Service Management
15 13 (9.09%) Cost Management
15 13 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
15 13 (9.09%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.87%) PowerShell
2 25 (17.48%) Python
3 7 (4.90%) Bash
3 7 (4.90%) SQL
4 5 (3.50%) VB
4 5 (3.50%) VBA
4 5 (3.50%) VBScript
5 2 (1.40%) Bicep
6 1 (0.70%) Go
6 1 (0.70%) Java
6 1 (0.70%) Perl
6 1 (0.70%) Rust
6 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (16.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (15.38%) Degree
3 18 (12.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 15 (10.49%) Azure Certification
4 15 (10.49%) Security Cleared
5 13 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.09%) VCAP
6 8 (5.59%) AWS Certification
6 8 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.90%) CCNP
7 7 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.20%) CCNA
8 6 (4.20%) MCSE
9 5 (3.50%) LPIC
9 5 (3.50%) RHCSA
10 4 (2.80%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.80%) HNC
10 4 (2.80%) HND
10 4 (2.80%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.79%) SLA
2 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.80%) NIST
3 2 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.40%) PMO
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (39.16%) Active Directory
2 44 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 31 (21.68%) vSphere
4 23 (16.08%) VMware NSX
5 10 (6.99%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (6.29%) Firmware
6 9 (6.29%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (3.50%) vCloud
7 5 (3.50%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (2.80%) Docker
8 4 (2.80%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (2.10%) BitLocker
9 3 (2.10%) KVM
9 3 (2.10%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.40%) Xen
10 2 (1.40%) XenApp
11 1 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.70%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (22.38%) Ansible
2 31 (21.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (18.18%) Terraform
4 15 (10.49%) Kubernetes
5 9 (6.29%) SCCM
5 9 (6.29%) vCenter Server
6 5 (3.50%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (3.50%) Grafana
6 5 (3.50%) Proxmox
7 4 (2.80%) Packer
8 2 (1.40%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.70%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.70%) CASB
9 1 (0.70%) Icinga
9 1 (0.70%) Kibana
9 1 (0.70%) Podman
9 1 (0.70%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.70%) Puppet
9 1 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 143 (100.00%) VMware
2 92 (64.34%) Microsoft
3 35 (24.48%) Cisco
4 18 (12.59%) Red Hat
4 18 (12.59%) Veeam
5 15 (10.49%) Fortinet
5 15 (10.49%) Palo Alto
6 11 (7.69%) EMC
6 11 (7.69%) IBM
6 11 (7.69%) NetApp
7 10 (6.99%) Citrix
8 9 (6.29%) Splunk
9 8 (5.59%) Dell
9 8 (5.59%) Sophos
10 7 (4.90%) Barracuda Networks
10 7 (4.90%) Commvault
10 7 (4.90%) HP
10 7 (4.90%) Meraki
11 6 (4.20%) CheckPoint
11 6 (4.20%) Oracle