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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 237 167
Rank change year-on-year +1 -70 -32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 235 216 503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 1.31% 1.99%
As % of the System Software category 12.83% 9.99% 17.16%
Number of salaries quoted 163 187 415
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,938 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% -7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.40% -9.00%

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 1,832 2,162 2,932
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.23% 13.10% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 1,260 2,144
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,438 £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £54,624 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.25% - -9.91%

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 4 August 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 47 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (12.34%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.68%) Apache
3 11 (4.68%) nginx
4 9 (3.83%) IIS
5 5 (2.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.43%) Houdini
3 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (64.26%) Azure
2 89 (37.87%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (23.83%) AWS
4 52 (22.13%) Entra ID
5 29 (12.34%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.09%) GitHub
6 19 (8.09%) IaaS
7 17 (7.23%) PaaS
8 14 (5.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 14 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.11%) Serverless
10 9 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (3.83%) GCP
11 8 (3.40%) Mimecast
11 8 (3.40%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 96 (40.85%) Firewall
2 70 (29.79%) DNS
3 56 (23.83%) DHCP
4 54 (22.98%) VPN
5 42 (17.87%) WAN
6 39 (16.60%) LAN
7 32 (13.62%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.36%) VSAN
9 21 (8.94%) VLAN
10 10 (4.26%) Network Security
10 10 (4.26%) Wireless
11 9 (3.83%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.40%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (3.40%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.98%) BGP
13 7 (2.98%) WebEx
13 7 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.55%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.55%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.98%) Power BI
4 6 (2.55%) MySQL
5 4 (1.70%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.51%) Git
2 6 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 87 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.74%) Finance
3 24 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.79%) Retail
5 20 (8.51%) Law
6 16 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.53%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (5.11%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.26%) Marketing
10 9 (3.83%) Banking
10 9 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.98%) Legal
12 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.70%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (19.57%) Consultant
2 45 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 45 (19.15%) Senior
3 39 (16.60%) Support Engineer
4 29 (12.34%) IT Engineer
5 28 (11.91%) Architect
5 28 (11.91%) IT Support
6 24 (10.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (9.36%) Analyst
7 22 (9.36%) Technical Consultant
8 19 (8.09%) Senior Consultant
8 19 (8.09%) VMware Consultant
9 18 (7.66%) Cloud Consultant
9 18 (7.66%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 18 (7.66%) VMware Architect
10 17 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (6.38%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 15 (6.38%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 15 (6.38%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.83%) Middleware
2 7 (2.98%) XMPP
3 6 (2.55%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 58 (24.68%) Data Centre
2 25 (10.64%) Public Cloud
3 23 (9.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (9.79%) Replication
4 22 (9.36%) Enterprise Storage
5 19 (8.09%) Driving Licence
6 17 (7.23%) Private Cloud
7 15 (6.38%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.11%) Onboarding
8 12 (5.11%) Podcast
9 11 (4.68%) iSeries
9 11 (4.68%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (4.26%) PKI
11 7 (2.98%) CMDB
11 7 (2.98%) FlexPod
12 6 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.55%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (2.13%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (1.70%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 147 (62.55%) Windows
2 95 (40.43%) Windows Server
3 74 (31.49%) Linux
4 15 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.53%) VMS
6 10 (4.26%) Unix
7 9 (3.83%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.83%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.28%) CentOS
11 2 (0.85%) Debian
11 2 (0.85%) Solaris
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (35.74%) Disaster Recovery
2 75 (31.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 70 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.28%) Presales
5 39 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (13.19%) DevOps
7 31 (13.19%) Mentoring
8 30 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (12.34%) High Availability
10 28 (11.91%) Business Continuity
10 28 (11.91%) ITIL
11 26 (11.06%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (10.21%) CI/CD
12 24 (10.21%) Project Delivery
12 24 (10.21%) Roadmaps
13 23 (9.79%) Customer Service
14 21 (8.94%) Task Automation
15 20 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (8.51%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 72 (30.64%) PowerShell
2 30 (12.77%) Python
3 25 (10.64%) SQL
4 22 (9.36%) Bash
5 17 (7.23%) Bicep
6 12 (5.11%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.70%) VB
7 4 (1.70%) VBA
7 4 (1.70%) VBScript
8 2 (0.85%) Rust
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 46 (19.57%) Azure Certification
3 36 (15.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (12.77%) Security Cleared
5 29 (12.34%) VCAP
6 27 (11.49%) SC Cleared
7 24 (10.21%) Degree
8 21 (8.94%) VCDX
9 14 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (5.11%) DV Cleared
11 11 (4.68%) CCNP
12 9 (3.83%) RHCSA
13 7 (2.98%) HNC
13 7 (2.98%) HND
14 6 (2.55%) CCNA
14 6 (2.55%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.70%) LPIC
15 4 (1.70%) MCSE
15 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.51%) SLA
2 15 (6.38%) PMO
3 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.85%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 92 (39.15%) Hyper-V
2 91 (38.72%) Active Directory
3 72 (30.64%) vSphere
4 35 (14.89%) VMware NSX
5 23 (9.79%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (7.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (6.81%) vCloud
8 14 (5.96%) Firmware
9 12 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.40%) KVM
11 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (2.98%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (2.55%) Squid
13 4 (1.70%) Docker
14 3 (1.28%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.28%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.85%) Xen
16 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.43%) iptables
16 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 45 (19.15%) Terraform
2 39 (16.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (11.49%) Ansible
4 19 (8.09%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.96%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.83%) Proxmox
7 8 (3.40%) SCCM
8 7 (2.98%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (2.98%) Grafana
9 6 (2.55%) Avamar
9 6 (2.55%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (2.55%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (2.55%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (2.55%) Packer
9 6 (2.55%) VxRail
10 5 (2.13%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.70%) Graylog
11 4 (1.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.70%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 235 (100.00%) VMware
2 158 (67.23%) Microsoft
3 55 (23.40%) Veeam
4 47 (20.00%) Cisco
5 31 (13.19%) NetApp
6 26 (11.06%) Dell
7 25 (10.64%) Broadcom
8 23 (9.79%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (9.36%) Palo Alto
10 20 (8.51%) EMC
11 18 (7.66%) Fortinet
12 16 (6.81%) Citrix
13 15 (6.38%) IBM
14 14 (5.96%) Red Hat
15 13 (5.53%) HP
16 12 (5.11%) Commvault
16 12 (5.11%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (4.68%) Meraki
17 11 (4.68%) N-able
17 11 (4.68%) ServiceNow