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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 133 119
Rank change year-on-year -123 -14 +50
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 121 447 568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 2.38% 2.75%
As % of the System Software category 9.74% 16.19% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 91 311 492
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,375 £75,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £79,950
UK median annual salary £43,500 £53,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -18.69% +9.18% -2.00%

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 1,242 2,761 3,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.12% 14.68% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 950 1,714 3,018
10th Percentile £28,910 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,188 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,762 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.33% +1.39% -1.79%

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 12 December 2025.

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 28 (23.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (11.57%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.96%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.83%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 62 (51.24%) Azure
2 46 (38.02%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (23.97%) AWS
4 24 (19.83%) Entra ID
5 17 (14.05%) GitHub
6 11 (9.09%) IaaS
7 10 (8.26%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (8.26%) PaaS
8 7 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (5.79%) OneDrive
8 7 (5.79%) SaaS
9 6 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (4.96%) Nutanix
10 5 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.13%) Cohesity
10 5 (4.13%) Mimecast
11 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
12 3 (2.48%) IBM Cloud
13 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.88%) Firewall
2 35 (28.93%) DNS
2 35 (28.93%) VPN
3 31 (25.62%) DHCP
4 24 (19.83%) TCP/IP
4 24 (19.83%) WAN
5 12 (9.92%) LAN
6 11 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 11 (9.09%) VLAN
7 10 (8.26%) SAN
8 9 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (7.44%) Wireless
9 7 (5.79%) Wireshark
10 6 (4.96%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (4.13%) NAS
11 5 (4.13%) Network Security
12 3 (2.48%) BGP
12 3 (2.48%) Broadband
12 3 (2.48%) IPsec
12 3 (2.48%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.13%) Data Hub
2 5 (4.13%) SQL CLR
3 3 (2.48%) Power BI
3 3 (2.48%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.83%) Metadata
5 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Git
2 6 (4.96%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.65%) GitLab
3 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 38 (31.40%) Finance
3 17 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.44%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Back Office
6 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.13%) Retail
8 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Legal
9 3 (2.48%) Local Government
10 2 (1.65%) Advertising
10 2 (1.65%) Marketing
10 2 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.83%) Banking
11 1 (0.83%) Electronics
11 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (16.53%) Support Engineer
3 17 (14.05%) Senior
4 15 (12.40%) Analyst
5 13 (10.74%) Linux Engineer
6 12 (9.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (9.92%) IT Support
6 12 (9.92%) Support Analyst
7 10 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (7.44%) VMware Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Linux Support
10 7 (5.79%) 3rd Line Support
11 6 (4.96%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (4.96%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.96%) Technical Engineer
11 6 (4.96%) Technical Support
11 6 (4.96%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.13%) .NET
1 5 (4.13%) Node.js
2 4 (3.31%) .NET Core
2 4 (3.31%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.31%) Dapper ORM
2 4 (3.31%) Entity Framework
3 3 (2.48%) SAP Basis
4 2 (1.65%) LAMP
5 1 (0.83%) Kafka
5 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.05%) Data Centre
2 14 (11.57%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (7.44%) Private Cloud
5 8 (6.61%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.61%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (5.79%) Clustering
6 7 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.96%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
7 6 (4.96%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.31%) iPad
8 4 (3.31%) iPhone
8 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.48%) CCTV
9 3 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.48%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 64 (52.89%) Windows
2 36 (29.75%) Linux
3 33 (27.27%) Windows Server
4 17 (14.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (11.57%) Unix
6 9 (7.44%) Apple iOS
6 9 (7.44%) Mac OS
7 6 (4.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (4.13%) Android
8 5 (4.13%) Debian
8 5 (4.13%) Mac OS X
8 5 (4.13%) Solaris
8 5 (4.13%) Ubuntu
9 4 (3.31%) CentOS
9 4 (3.31%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.65%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.83%) VMS
11 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (35.54%) ITIL
2 41 (33.88%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (19.01%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (18.18%) DevOps
5 21 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (17.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (14.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (14.05%) Migration
8 16 (13.22%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (13.22%) Mentoring
9 13 (10.74%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (9.92%) CI/CD
11 11 (9.09%) Computer Science
11 11 (9.09%) Customer Service
11 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
11 11 (9.09%) Service Delivery
11 11 (9.09%) SIEM
12 9 (7.44%) Change Management
12 9 (7.44%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.14%) PowerShell
2 20 (16.53%) Python
3 16 (13.22%) SQL
4 11 (9.09%) Bash
5 8 (6.61%) Bicep
6 5 (4.13%) Korn
7 4 (3.31%) C#
8 1 (0.83%) Go
8 1 (0.83%) Java
8 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (13.22%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.57%) Degree
5 13 (10.74%) Azure Certification
6 11 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 11 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (7.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (6.61%) MCP
9 7 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.79%) MCSE
10 6 (4.96%) CCNP
11 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (4.13%) MCSA
12 4 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.31%) GCFA
12 4 (3.31%) GCIA
12 4 (3.31%) GCIH
12 4 (3.31%) VCAP
13 3 (2.48%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.40%) SLA
2 9 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.13%) GDPR
3 5 (4.13%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (38.84%) Active Directory
2 44 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 20 (16.53%) vSphere
4 15 (12.40%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (7.44%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.96%) NFS
7 5 (4.13%) Docker
7 5 (4.13%) VMware NSX
8 3 (2.48%) Firmware
8 3 (2.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.65%) XenApp
10 1 (0.83%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.83%) Postfix
10 1 (0.83%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 26 (21.49%) Terraform
2 23 (19.01%) Ansible
3 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (11.57%) Kubernetes
5 6 (4.96%) SCOM
6 4 (3.31%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.48%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.48%) Nessus
8 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.83%) Kibana
8 1 (0.83%) Nagios
8 1 (0.83%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (100.00%) VMware
2 71 (58.68%) Microsoft
3 19 (15.70%) Cisco
4 17 (14.05%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.26%) Dell
6 8 (6.61%) Veeam
7 7 (5.79%) HP
7 7 (5.79%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (4.96%) Commvault
8 6 (4.96%) NetApp
8 6 (4.96%) Pure Storage
8 6 (4.96%) Sophos
9 5 (4.13%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (4.13%) Meraki
9 5 (4.13%) Palo Alto
10 4 (3.31%) Citrix
10 4 (3.31%) Oracle
10 4 (3.31%) SAP
10 4 (3.31%) Symantec
11 3 (2.48%) IBM