VMware Infrastructure Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 139 171
Rank change year-on-year -75 +32 +64
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 241 775 901
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.47% 2.29% 2.13%
As % of the System Software category 11.53% 17.84% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 211 641 759
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% +4.00%

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 2,091 4,343 6,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.74% 12.83% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,524 3,472 4,677
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.23%

VMware Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

VMware Infrastructure salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 89 (36.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 18 (7.47%) IIS
4 11 (4.56%) Apache
5 7 (2.90%) nginx
6 4 (1.66%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.83%) Confluence
7 2 (0.83%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.83%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.41%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 133 (55.19%) Azure
2 118 (48.96%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (23.24%) AWS
4 33 (13.69%) SaaS
5 31 (12.86%) Entra ID
6 20 (8.30%) OneDrive
7 19 (7.88%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (6.64%) IaaS
9 13 (5.39%) GCP
10 12 (4.98%) Power Platform
11 10 (4.15%) PaaS
12 8 (3.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.32%) GitHub
12 8 (3.32%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.66%) IBM Cloud
14 3 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 3 (1.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 101 (41.91%) Firewall
2 63 (26.14%) DNS
3 52 (21.58%) DHCP
4 39 (16.18%) WAN
5 34 (14.11%) LAN
5 34 (14.11%) SAN
5 34 (14.11%) TCP/IP
5 34 (14.11%) VPN
6 14 (5.81%) VLAN
7 12 (4.98%) NAS
7 12 (4.98%) Remote Desktop
8 10 (4.15%) VoIP
8 10 (4.15%) Wireless
9 9 (3.73%) VSAN
9 9 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (3.32%) Network Security
10 8 (3.32%) SD-WAN
11 7 (2.90%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (2.49%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (2.49%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (21.58%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.81%) Data Hub
2 14 (5.81%) SQL CLR
3 11 (4.56%) Power BI
3 11 (4.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (4.15%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.73%) Metadata
5 9 (3.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (2.49%) MySQL
7 4 (1.66%) MariaDB
7 4 (1.66%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.66%) Git
3 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 64 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.90%) Finance
3 20 (8.30%) Back Office
4 15 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.22%) Retail
5 12 (4.98%) Legal
5 12 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.32%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.90%) Local Government
8 6 (2.49%) Games
9 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.07%) Law
9 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Automotive
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.83%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.41%) Electronics
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (18.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (17.43%) Support Engineer
3 39 (16.18%) Senior
4 32 (13.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 25 (10.37%) 3rd Line Support
5 25 (10.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 24 (9.96%) IT Engineer
7 15 (6.22%) 2nd Line Support
7 15 (6.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 15 (6.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 15 (6.22%) Analyst
8 14 (5.81%) Administrator
8 14 (5.81%) Lead
9 12 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.15%) Infrastructure Support
10 10 (4.15%) VMWare Administrator
11 9 (3.73%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 9 (3.73%) IT Support
11 9 (3.73%) Senior SQL Developer
11 9 (3.73%) Server Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.07%) .NET
1 5 (2.07%) .NET Core
1 5 (2.07%) .NET Framework
1 5 (2.07%) Dapper ORM
1 5 (2.07%) Entity Framework
1 5 (2.07%) Web Services
2 2 (0.83%) LDAP
2 2 (0.83%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (0.83%) Middleware
2 2 (0.83%) Node.js
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) Kafka
3 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.18%) Data Centre
2 34 (14.11%) Onboarding
3 21 (8.71%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.47%) Clustering
5 14 (5.81%) Private Cloud
5 14 (5.81%) Replication
6 13 (5.39%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.32%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.32%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) PKI
10 3 (1.24%) NHS
11 2 (0.83%) CCTV
11 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 157 (65.15%) Windows
2 123 (51.04%) Windows Server
3 75 (31.12%) Linux
4 33 (13.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (12.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (7.47%) Windows 10
7 17 (7.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (6.64%) Mac OS
9 9 (3.73%) CentOS
9 9 (3.73%) Ubuntu
10 8 (3.32%) AIX
11 7 (2.90%) Android
12 6 (2.49%) Unix
12 6 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.66%) Apple iOS
14 4 (1.66%) SUSE
15 3 (1.24%) Debian
16 2 (0.83%) Solaris
16 2 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.05%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (25.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 51 (21.16%) ITIL
4 50 (20.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 48 (19.92%) Customer Service
6 35 (14.52%) High Availability
7 28 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (11.20%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (11.20%) Mentoring
9 26 (10.79%) Project Delivery
10 24 (9.96%) DevOps
11 23 (9.54%) Infrastructure Management
12 22 (9.13%) Migration
13 20 (8.30%) Virtual Environments
14 19 (7.88%) Change Management
14 19 (7.88%) Patch Management
15 18 (7.47%) Performance Tuning
16 17 (7.05%) CI/CD
16 17 (7.05%) Data Privacy
16 17 (7.05%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.05%) PowerShell
2 35 (14.52%) SQL
3 15 (6.22%) Python
4 13 (5.39%) Bash
5 9 (3.73%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.07%) C#
7 4 (1.66%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.83%) Java
8 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (10.37%) Degree
2 22 (9.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (8.30%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (6.64%) MCSA
5 15 (6.22%) AWS Certification
6 14 (5.81%) Security Cleared
7 10 (4.15%) CCNA
7 10 (4.15%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (4.15%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.73%) MCP
9 8 (3.32%) CCNP
9 8 (3.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (2.90%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.49%) CISSP
11 6 (2.49%) DBS Check
11 6 (2.49%) IBM AIX Certification
11 6 (2.49%) MCSE
12 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.66%) CCSE
13 4 (1.66%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.54%) SLA
2 11 (4.56%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.24%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.24%) NIST
5 2 (0.83%) QA
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 133 (55.19%) Active Directory
2 73 (30.29%) Hyper-V
3 33 (13.69%) VMware ESXi
4 27 (11.20%) vSphere
5 18 (7.47%) XenApp
6 15 (6.22%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (3.73%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (2.49%) Docker
8 6 (2.49%) Terminal Services
8 6 (2.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
11 3 (1.24%) Dovecot
11 3 (1.24%) Firmware
11 3 (1.24%) Postfix
11 3 (1.24%) Squid
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.83%) NFS
12 2 (0.83%) Xen
12 2 (0.83%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (21.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (10.37%) Ansible
3 20 (8.30%) SCCM
4 13 (5.39%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.56%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (4.15%) Terraform
7 9 (3.73%) vCenter Server
8 8 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.90%) Puppet
10 6 (2.49%) Progress Chef
11 5 (2.07%) SCOM
11 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
12 4 (1.66%) ZENworks
13 3 (1.24%) HAProxy
13 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (1.24%) Nagios
13 3 (1.24%) NetBackup
13 3 (1.24%) VxRail
14 2 (0.83%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.83%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 241 (100.00%) VMware
2 166 (68.88%) Microsoft
3 57 (23.65%) Cisco
4 33 (13.69%) Citrix
5 29 (12.03%) Meraki
6 19 (7.88%) Red Hat
7 18 (7.47%) CheckPoint
8 17 (7.05%) SonicWALL
9 16 (6.64%) Dell
9 16 (6.64%) HP
10 13 (5.39%) EMC
11 12 (4.98%) Oracle
11 12 (4.98%) Veeam
12 10 (4.15%) Fortinet
12 10 (4.15%) Symantec
13 9 (3.73%) NetApp
14 8 (3.32%) Google
14 8 (3.32%) Palo Alto
14 8 (3.32%) Veritas
15 7 (2.90%) SolarWinds