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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 252 162
Rank change year-on-year +7 -90 -44
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 240 182 473
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 1.08% 2.10%
As % of the System Software category 12.69% 9.49% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 168 146 320
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,125 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

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 1,891 1,917 2,810
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.58% 11.36% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 1,014 1,698
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,575 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 2 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 62 (25.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (16.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.00%) nginx
4 11 (4.58%) Apache
5 10 (4.17%) IIS
6 3 (1.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.42%) Site Server
7 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Houdini
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) NUKE
2 1 (0.42%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 153 (63.75%) Azure
2 92 (38.33%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (27.50%) Entra ID
4 48 (20.00%) AWS
5 25 (10.42%) Nutanix
6 18 (7.50%) IaaS
7 17 (7.08%) PaaS
8 16 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (6.67%) GitHub
9 13 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (5.00%) Azure Functions
10 12 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (5.00%) OneDrive
10 12 (5.00%) Serverless
11 9 (3.75%) GCP
12 8 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (2.08%) Mimecast
14 5 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 107 (44.58%) Firewall
2 87 (36.25%) DNS
3 78 (32.50%) VPN
4 70 (29.17%) DHCP
5 37 (15.42%) TCP/IP
6 35 (14.58%) WAN
7 34 (14.17%) LAN
8 29 (12.08%) VLAN
9 17 (7.08%) VSAN
10 13 (5.42%) Network Security
11 11 (4.58%) SAN
12 10 (4.17%) Wireless
13 7 (2.92%) Fibre Channel
13 7 (2.92%) iSCSI
13 7 (2.92%) NAS
14 6 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (2.08%) BGP
15 5 (2.08%) OSPF
16 4 (1.67%) HTTP
16 4 (1.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.25%) MySQL
4 2 (0.83%) Big Data
4 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.83%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (6.25%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 91 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.75%) Finance
3 23 (9.58%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.92%) Law
6 16 (6.67%) Retail
7 12 (5.00%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.75%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.33%) Legal
11 6 (2.50%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (1.67%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (1.67%) Marketing
14 3 (1.25%) Banking
15 2 (0.83%) Back Office
15 2 (0.83%) Military
15 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.08%) Senior
2 47 (19.58%) Support Engineer
3 44 (18.33%) Consultant
4 43 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 39 (16.25%) IT Engineer
6 35 (14.58%) IT Support
7 31 (12.92%) IT Support Engineer
8 30 (12.50%) Architect
9 23 (9.58%) Analyst
9 23 (9.58%) Technical Consultant
10 17 (7.08%) VMware Consultant
11 16 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (6.67%) VMware Architect
12 14 (5.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (5.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (5.42%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (5.42%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 13 (5.42%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 13 (5.42%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.58%) Terraform
2 8 (3.33%) Middleware
3 6 (2.50%) Web Services
4 3 (1.25%) JSON
4 3 (1.25%) LDAP
5 2 (0.83%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.83%) XMPP
6 1 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.42%) Java SE
6 1 (0.42%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.42%) REST
6 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (26.25%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.75%) Enterprise Storage
3 19 (7.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (7.50%) Private Cloud
5 17 (7.08%) Driving Licence
5 17 (7.08%) Replication
6 15 (6.25%) Public Cloud
7 13 (5.42%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.42%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.00%) Podcast
9 10 (4.17%) iSeries
9 10 (4.17%) PKI
10 6 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (2.50%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 4 (1.67%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.25%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.25%) CMDB
12 3 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 157 (65.42%) Windows
2 109 (45.42%) Windows Server
3 52 (21.67%) Linux
4 13 (5.42%) VMS
4 13 (5.42%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.58%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.92%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.67%) Solaris
10 3 (1.25%) Unix
10 3 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.83%) AIX
11 2 (0.83%) CentOS
11 2 (0.83%) Debian
11 2 (0.83%) Rocky
12 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (38.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 90 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 75 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (16.25%) Mentoring
6 36 (15.00%) Presales
7 35 (14.58%) ITIL
7 35 (14.58%) Root Cause Analysis
8 32 (13.33%) Customer Service
8 32 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (12.50%) High Availability
10 29 (12.08%) AI
10 29 (12.08%) DevOps
11 28 (11.67%) Cloud Security
11 28 (11.67%) Roadmaps
12 27 (11.25%) Project Delivery
13 24 (10.00%) Business Continuity
14 23 (9.58%) CI/CD
15 20 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.33%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.42%) Bash
3 24 (10.00%) SQL
4 20 (8.33%) Python
5 18 (7.50%) Bicep
6 12 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.25%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.83%) Go
9 1 (0.42%) C
9 1 (0.42%) Java
9 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (17.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 40 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 39 (16.25%) Security Cleared
4 32 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 22 (9.17%) VCAP
6 20 (8.33%) Degree
7 19 (7.92%) DV Cleared
8 17 (7.08%) VCDX
9 12 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.33%) CCNP
11 6 (2.50%) Dell Certification
12 5 (2.08%) HNC
12 5 (2.08%) HND
12 5 (2.08%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.67%) CCNA
13 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (1.25%) CCDP
14 3 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.83%) SLA
2 15 (6.25%) PMO
3 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 113 (47.08%) Active Directory
2 112 (46.67%) Hyper-V
3 64 (26.67%) vSphere
4 30 (12.50%) VMware NSX
5 27 (11.25%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (7.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (5.42%) Firmware
9 12 (5.00%) vCloud
10 7 (2.92%) KVM
11 6 (2.50%) Docker
11 6 (2.50%) Squid
12 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.83%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.83%) NFS
13 2 (0.83%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.42%) iptables
14 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 38 (15.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.50%) Ansible
3 14 (5.83%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.17%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.92%) Proxmox
5 7 (2.92%) SCCM
6 6 (2.50%) Avamar
6 6 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.50%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.50%) VxRail
7 5 (2.08%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.67%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.67%) Grafana
8 4 (1.67%) Graylog
8 4 (1.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.67%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.25%) Puppet
10 2 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.83%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 240 (100.00%) VMware
2 156 (65.00%) Microsoft
3 62 (25.83%) Veeam
4 29 (12.08%) Cisco
5 27 (11.25%) Dell
6 26 (10.83%) Citrix
7 24 (10.00%) NetApp
8 21 (8.75%) Broadcom
8 21 (8.75%) Nimble Storage
8 21 (8.75%) Palo Alto
9 18 (7.50%) Fortinet
10 15 (6.25%) SonicWALL
10 15 (6.25%) WatchGuard
11 14 (5.83%) EMC
11 14 (5.83%) N-able
12 12 (5.00%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (4.58%) Commvault
13 11 (4.58%) HP
14 10 (4.17%) Red Hat
14 10 (4.17%) Sophos