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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 232 166
Rank change year-on-year +2 -66 -34
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 238 217 503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 1.32% 2.00%
As % of the System Software category 12.77% 10.09% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 166 188 413
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £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 £80,813 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% -7.50%

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 1,864 2,151 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.25% 13.05% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 1,247 2,120
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,375 £41,250
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 £89,250 £86,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -10.71%

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 7 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 49 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.62%) Apache
3 11 (4.62%) nginx
4 9 (3.78%) IIS
5 5 (2.10%) Confluence
6 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.42%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Houdini
3 1 (0.42%) NUKE
3 1 (0.42%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.84%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 152 (63.87%) Azure
2 90 (37.82%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (23.53%) AWS
4 54 (22.69%) Entra ID
5 29 (12.18%) Nutanix
6 20 (8.40%) IaaS
7 18 (7.56%) GitHub
7 18 (7.56%) PaaS
8 14 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 14 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.04%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.04%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (5.04%) Serverless
10 9 (3.78%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (3.78%) GCP
10 9 (3.78%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.36%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.94%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 97 (40.76%) Firewall
2 72 (30.25%) DNS
3 57 (23.95%) DHCP
4 55 (23.11%) VPN
5 42 (17.65%) WAN
6 39 (16.39%) LAN
7 34 (14.29%) TCP/IP
8 22 (9.24%) VLAN
8 22 (9.24%) VSAN
9 11 (4.62%) Network Security
10 10 (4.20%) Wireless
11 9 (3.78%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (3.36%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.94%) BGP
13 7 (2.94%) WebEx
13 7 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.52%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.52%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.94%) Power BI
4 6 (2.52%) MySQL
5 4 (1.68%) Tableau
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.98%) Git
2 6 (2.52%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 88 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.81%) Finance
3 24 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.66%) Retail
5 20 (8.40%) Law
6 17 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.46%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (5.04%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.20%) Marketing
10 9 (3.78%) Banking
10 9 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.94%) Legal
12 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.68%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (1.26%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.84%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (19.33%) Consultant
1 46 (19.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 46 (19.33%) Senior
2 39 (16.39%) Support Engineer
3 30 (12.61%) Architect
3 30 (12.61%) IT Engineer
4 28 (11.76%) IT Support
5 24 (10.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 22 (9.24%) Analyst
6 22 (9.24%) Technical Consultant
7 19 (7.98%) Senior Consultant
7 19 (7.98%) VMware Consultant
8 18 (7.56%) Cloud Consultant
8 18 (7.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 18 (7.56%) VMware Architect
9 17 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (6.30%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 15 (6.30%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 15 (6.30%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) Middleware
2 7 (2.94%) XMPP
3 6 (2.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 58 (24.37%) Data Centre
2 25 (10.50%) Public Cloud
3 24 (10.08%) Replication
4 23 (9.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 22 (9.24%) Enterprise Storage
6 19 (7.98%) Driving Licence
7 17 (7.14%) Private Cloud
8 15 (6.30%) Security Posture
9 12 (5.04%) Onboarding
9 12 (5.04%) Podcast
10 11 (4.62%) iSeries
10 11 (4.62%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (4.20%) PKI
12 7 (2.94%) CMDB
12 7 (2.94%) FlexPod
13 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (2.52%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
14 5 (2.10%) Raspberry Pi
15 4 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 150 (63.03%) Windows
2 97 (40.76%) Windows Server
3 73 (30.67%) Linux
4 15 (6.30%) Windows 10
5 13 (5.46%) VMS
6 10 (4.20%) Mac OS
6 10 (4.20%) Unix
7 9 (3.78%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.26%) CentOS
11 2 (0.84%) Debian
11 2 (0.84%) Solaris
12 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.42%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.42%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (36.13%) Disaster Recovery
2 77 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 70 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.01%) Presales
5 40 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (15.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (13.45%) DevOps
8 31 (13.03%) Mentoring
9 30 (12.61%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (12.18%) Business Continuity
10 29 (12.18%) High Availability
11 28 (11.76%) ITIL
12 27 (11.34%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (10.50%) Roadmaps
14 24 (10.08%) Project Delivery
15 23 (9.66%) CI/CD
15 23 (9.66%) Customer Service
16 21 (8.82%) Task Automation
17 20 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
17 20 (8.40%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 72 (30.25%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.18%) Python
3 25 (10.50%) SQL
4 22 (9.24%) Bash
5 17 (7.14%) Bicep
6 12 (5.04%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.68%) VB
7 4 (1.68%) VBA
7 4 (1.68%) VBScript
8 1 (0.42%) C
8 1 (0.42%) Rust
8 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (19.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 46 (19.33%) Azure Certification
3 36 (15.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (12.61%) Security Cleared
5 29 (12.18%) VCAP
6 27 (11.34%) SC Cleared
7 23 (9.66%) Degree
8 21 (8.82%) VCDX
9 15 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (5.46%) DV Cleared
11 11 (4.62%) CCNP
12 9 (3.78%) RHCSA
13 7 (2.94%) CCNA
13 7 (2.94%) HNC
13 7 (2.94%) HND
14 6 (2.52%) Dell Certification
15 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.68%) LPIC
15 4 (1.68%) MCSE
15 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.40%) SLA
2 15 (6.30%) PMO
3 4 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (39.50%) Active Directory
2 93 (39.08%) Hyper-V
3 72 (30.25%) vSphere
4 35 (14.71%) VMware NSX
5 24 (10.08%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (6.72%) vCloud
8 14 (5.88%) Firmware
9 12 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.36%) KVM
11 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (2.52%) Squid
13 4 (1.68%) Docker
14 3 (1.26%) BitLocker
14 3 (1.26%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.42%) iptables
15 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (19.33%) Terraform
2 39 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (11.76%) Ansible
4 19 (7.98%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.88%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.78%) Proxmox
6 9 (3.78%) SCCM
7 7 (2.94%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (2.94%) Grafana
8 6 (2.52%) Avamar
8 6 (2.52%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.52%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (2.52%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (2.52%) Packer
8 6 (2.52%) VxRail
9 5 (2.10%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.68%) Graylog
10 4 (1.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (1.68%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 238 (100.00%) VMware
2 160 (67.23%) Microsoft
3 57 (23.95%) Veeam
4 49 (20.59%) Cisco
5 31 (13.03%) NetApp
6 26 (10.92%) Dell
7 25 (10.50%) Broadcom
8 23 (9.66%) Nimble Storage
9 22 (9.24%) Palo Alto
10 20 (8.40%) EMC
11 18 (7.56%) Fortinet
12 17 (7.14%) Citrix
13 15 (6.30%) IBM
14 14 (5.88%) Red Hat
15 13 (5.46%) HP
16 12 (5.04%) Commvault
16 12 (5.04%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (4.62%) N-able
17 11 (4.62%) ServiceNow
17 11 (4.62%) Splunk