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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 137 130
Rank change year-on-year -120 -7 +36
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 120 406 537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 2.40% 2.61%
As % of the System Software category 9.73% 15.63% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 88 275 465
10th Percentile £32,125 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £38,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,125 £91,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -20.91% +12.24% -3.27%

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 1,233 2,598 3,430
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.16% 15.36% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,608 2,942
10th Percentile £28,821 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,798
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 £74,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.06%

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 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 23 (19.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.83%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 65 (54.17%) Azure
2 48 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (27.50%) AWS
4 26 (21.67%) Entra ID
5 12 (10.00%) GitHub
5 12 (10.00%) IaaS
6 11 (9.17%) PaaS
7 10 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (5.83%) OneDrive
10 6 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (5.00%) Google Workspace
10 6 (5.00%) Nutanix
11 5 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (4.17%) Cohesity
11 5 (4.17%) Mimecast
12 3 (2.50%) IBM Cloud
12 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
13 2 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (37.50%) Firewall
2 39 (32.50%) DNS
2 39 (32.50%) VPN
3 31 (25.83%) DHCP
4 29 (24.17%) WAN
5 26 (21.67%) TCP/IP
6 14 (11.67%) LAN
6 14 (11.67%) SD-WAN
7 12 (10.00%) VLAN
8 11 (9.17%) Wireless
9 9 (7.50%) SAN
10 8 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (5.83%) Wireshark
12 6 (5.00%) BGP
12 6 (5.00%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (5.00%) Network Security
13 5 (4.17%) NAS
14 4 (3.33%) IPsec
14 4 (3.33%) OSPF
15 3 (2.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.50%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.67%) Power BI
4 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Git
2 5 (4.17%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.67%) GitLab
3 2 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 54 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.83%) Finance
3 18 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.83%) Retail
7 6 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.17%) Legal
9 4 (3.33%) Marketing
9 4 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.50%) Banking
11 2 (1.67%) Advertising
11 2 (1.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.83%) Back Office
12 1 (0.83%) Electronics
12 1 (0.83%) Law
12 1 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (15.83%) Support Engineer
3 18 (15.00%) Senior
4 16 (13.33%) Analyst
5 13 (10.83%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (10.83%) IT Support
6 12 (10.00%) Support Analyst
7 11 (9.17%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (9.17%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) VMware Engineer
7 11 (9.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (7.50%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Linux Support
9 7 (5.83%) Network Engineer
10 6 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (5.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.00%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.33%) Node.js
2 3 (2.50%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.67%) .NET
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 14 (11.67%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.50%) Clustering
4 8 (6.67%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 6 (5.00%) Driving Licence
6 6 (5.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (3.33%) iPad
7 4 (3.33%) iPhone
7 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.33%) Private Cloud
7 4 (3.33%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.50%) e-Learning
8 3 (2.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 65 (54.17%) Windows
2 36 (30.00%) Linux
2 36 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (13.33%) Unix
4 12 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 8 (6.67%) Mac OS
6 7 (5.83%) Windows 10
7 5 (4.17%) Android
7 5 (4.17%) Debian
7 5 (4.17%) Solaris
7 5 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.33%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.67%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.83%) CentOS
10 1 (0.83%) VMS
10 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.00%) ITIL
2 40 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (19.17%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (18.33%) DevOps
5 22 (18.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (15.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (14.17%) Root Cause Analysis
8 16 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.33%) Migration
9 15 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 14 (11.67%) Service Delivery
11 12 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (10.00%) SIEM
12 11 (9.17%) Customer Service
12 11 (9.17%) Project Delivery
13 10 (8.33%) Change Management
13 10 (8.33%) CI/CD
13 10 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
13 10 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 26 (21.67%) PowerShell
2 21 (17.50%) Python
3 11 (9.17%) SQL
4 10 (8.33%) Bash
5 8 (6.67%) Bicep
6 5 (4.17%) Korn
7 1 (0.83%) Go
7 1 (0.83%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 25 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 14 (11.67%) AWS Certification
6 12 (10.00%) Degree
7 10 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (7.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.83%) MCP
10 6 (5.00%) CCNP
10 6 (5.00%) MCSE
11 5 (4.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.33%) GCIA
12 4 (3.33%) GCIH
12 4 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (3.33%) MCSA
12 4 (3.33%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.33%) SLA
2 10 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.00%) NIST
4 4 (3.33%) GDPR
5 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 50 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 45 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 19 (15.83%) vSphere
4 14 (11.67%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.83%) VMware NSX
7 6 (5.00%) NFS
8 4 (3.33%) Docker
8 4 (3.33%) Firmware
8 4 (3.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.67%) XenApp
10 1 (0.83%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 27 (22.50%) Terraform
2 23 (19.17%) Ansible
3 22 (18.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (10.83%) Kubernetes
5 6 (5.00%) SCOM
6 5 (4.17%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.50%) Nessus
8 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.83%) CASB
8 1 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.83%) Icinga
8 1 (0.83%) Kibana
8 1 (0.83%) Nagios
8 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) SCCM
8 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (100.00%) VMware
2 67 (55.83%) Microsoft
3 18 (15.00%) Cisco
4 16 (13.33%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.33%) Dell
6 7 (5.83%) Ubiquiti
6 7 (5.83%) Veeam
7 6 (5.00%) Commvault
7 6 (5.00%) Google
7 6 (5.00%) HP
7 6 (5.00%) NetApp
7 6 (5.00%) Pure Storage
7 6 (5.00%) Sophos
7 6 (5.00%) Symantec
8 5 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
8 5 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.33%) Citrix
9 4 (3.33%) Meraki
9 4 (3.33%) SAP
9 4 (3.33%) Zscaler