VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 142 219
Rank change year-on-year +7 +77 -98
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2,126 2,490 3,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.07% 2.56% 1.88%
As % of the System Software category 17.75% 16.36% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,759 1,631 2,208
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,719 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £38,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £66,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure.

Salary trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +15 1,940 £45,000 -14.29% 413
UK excluding London +2 1,689 £42,500 -5.56% 342
Work from Home +15 732 £50,000 -9.09% 133
South East +13 397 £42,500 -10.53% 108
London -12 397 £60,459 -3.27% 80
South West +1 329 £49,000 +19.51% 52
North of England -22 320 £40,000 -11.60% 74
Midlands +32 309 £43,864 -7.10% 61
West Midlands +53 194 £45,000 - 35
East of England +1 182 £37,500 -25.00% 41
North West -11 152 £42,500 -10.53% 42
East Midlands -15 115 £42,500 -19.05% 26
Yorkshire -6 114 £43,750 +9.38% 28
Scotland -43 101 £50,000 +21.18% 8
North East +16 54 £32,500 -36.59% 5
Wales -17 33 £36,476 -18.94% 9
Northern Ireland -4 10 £40,000 +14.29%
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 491 (23.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 302 (14.21%) SharePoint
3 102 (4.80%) IIS
4 61 (2.87%) Apache
5 18 (0.85%) SharePoint 2010
5 18 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
6 13 (0.61%) OpenStack
7 11 (0.52%) Confluence
8 10 (0.47%) SAS
9 9 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 9 (0.42%) nginx
10 8 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
10 8 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.38%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.19%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.094%) IBM Domino
13 2 (0.094%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.094%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.094%) Tomcat
Applications
1 206 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.047%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.14%) Epicor Tropos
1 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.094%) Eikon
3 1 (0.047%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.047%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,080 (50.80%) Azure
2 973 (45.77%) Microsoft 365
3 364 (17.12%) AWS
4 250 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 129 (6.07%) GCP
6 103 (4.84%) SaaS
7 92 (4.33%) OneDrive
8 87 (4.09%) IaaS
9 65 (3.06%) Amazon S3
10 64 (3.01%) Nutanix
11 54 (2.54%) PaaS
12 51 (2.40%) OpenShift
13 41 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
14 34 (1.60%) Google Workspace
15 29 (1.36%) Power Platform
16 24 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
17 22 (1.03%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.94%) OCI
19 18 (0.85%) Rubrik
20 17 (0.80%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 766 (36.03%) Firewall
2 479 (22.53%) DNS
3 407 (19.14%) DHCP
4 392 (18.44%) WAN
5 332 (15.62%) SAN
6 327 (15.38%) LAN
7 303 (14.25%) VPN
8 240 (11.29%) TCP/IP
9 163 (7.67%) VLAN
10 146 (6.87%) Internet
11 130 (6.11%) Wireless
12 129 (6.07%) Wi-Fi
13 105 (4.94%) NAS
14 90 (4.23%) VoIP
15 85 (4.00%) SD-WAN
16 79 (3.72%) Remote Desktop
17 69 (3.25%) SNMP
18 66 (3.10%) VSAN
19 65 (3.06%) WLAN
20 62 (2.92%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (10.11%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
3 56 (2.63%) MongoDB
4 49 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (1.36%) MySQL
6 16 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (0.66%) Power BI
8 8 (0.38%) DB2
8 8 (0.38%) MariaDB
9 7 (0.33%) Big Data
9 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.28%) Redis
11 5 (0.24%) InfluxDB
12 4 (0.19%) Metabase
13 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.14%) Ingres
13 3 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (1.93%) Jenkins
2 27 (1.27%) JIRA
3 26 (1.22%) GitLab
4 16 (0.75%) Git
4 16 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.52%) MSI
6 8 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) AdminStudio
7 6 (0.28%) InstallShield
7 6 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.28%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (0.19%) Postman
8 4 (0.19%) Selenium
8 4 (0.19%) Subversion
8 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.14%) JUnit
9 3 (0.14%) TestNG
General
1 594 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 338 (15.90%) Finance
3 180 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 74 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
6 67 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 60 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.63%) Legal
9 55 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 49 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 46 (2.16%) Retail
13 45 (2.12%) Law
14 41 (1.93%) Banking
15 25 (1.18%) Games
16 21 (0.99%) Marketing
17 17 (0.80%) Electronics
18 15 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
20 12 (0.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 549 (25.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 331 (15.57%) Senior
3 323 (15.19%) Support Engineer
4 256 (12.04%) IT Engineer
5 239 (11.24%) IT Support
6 141 (6.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 139 (6.54%) 3rd Line Support
8 136 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
8 136 (6.40%) Analyst
8 136 (6.40%) Systems Engineer
9 129 (6.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 120 (5.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 110 (5.17%) Consultant
12 89 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 86 (4.05%) Lead
14 84 (3.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 83 (3.90%) Administrator
16 79 (3.72%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 76 (3.57%) Architect
18 69 (3.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (2.96%) YAML
2 59 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
3 31 (1.46%) .NET
4 24 (1.13%) ARM Templates
5 21 (0.99%) REST
6 19 (0.89%) WebRTC
7 15 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (0.56%) JSON
8 12 (0.56%) LDAP
9 11 (0.52%) HTML
10 8 (0.38%) WebSphere MQ
11 7 (0.33%) Middleware
12 6 (0.28%) Web Services
12 6 (0.28%) XML
13 5 (0.24%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.24%) CSS
13 5 (0.24%) jQuery
13 5 (0.24%) LAMP
14 4 (0.19%) Gherkin
14 4 (0.19%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 345 (16.23%) Data Centre
2 138 (6.49%) Replication
3 114 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 103 (4.84%) Clustering
4 103 (4.84%) Public Cloud
4 103 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.67%) Driving Licence
6 73 (3.43%) PKI
7 64 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 46 (2.16%) Private Cloud
9 38 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
10 32 (1.51%) CCTV
11 31 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.22%) IoT
13 24 (1.13%) Operational Technology
14 22 (1.03%) PMI
15 20 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (0.94%) iPad
16 19 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
16 19 (0.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1,523 (71.64%) Windows
2 956 (44.97%) Windows Server
3 614 (28.88%) Linux
4 328 (15.43%) Windows 10
5 227 (10.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 199 (9.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 180 (8.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 104 (4.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 98 (4.61%) Windows 7
10 69 (3.25%) Unix
11 62 (2.92%) Ubuntu
12 54 (2.54%) Data ONTAP
12 54 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
13 51 (2.40%) Mac OS
14 49 (2.30%) Windows 8
15 43 (2.02%) CentOS
16 33 (1.55%) Apple iOS
17 31 (1.46%) Android
18 24 (1.13%) Windows XP
19 23 (1.08%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (29.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 487 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
3 461 (21.68%) ITIL
4 251 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
5 229 (10.77%) Customer Service
6 226 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 218 (10.25%) Project Management
8 190 (8.94%) Agile
9 182 (8.56%) DevOps
10 139 (6.54%) Mentoring
11 131 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (5.46%) Actionable Insight
12 116 (5.46%) Project Delivery
13 112 (5.27%) Change Management
14 111 (5.22%) Migration
15 109 (5.13%) Infrastructure Management
16 105 (4.94%) Storage Management
17 102 (4.80%) Line Management
18 99 (4.66%) Collaborative Working
19 95 (4.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 433 (20.37%) PowerShell
2 271 (12.75%) SQL
3 208 (9.78%) Python
4 150 (7.06%) Bash
5 62 (2.92%) Java
6 47 (2.21%) C#
7 30 (1.41%) Perl
8 23 (1.08%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.89%) VB
10 17 (0.80%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.61%) ActionScript
12 12 (0.56%) VBScript
13 11 (0.52%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.47%) RPG
15 9 (0.42%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.28%) C++
16 6 (0.28%) Ruby
17 4 (0.19%) C
17 4 (0.19%) Groovy
17 4 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 362 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 320 (15.05%) Degree
3 209 (9.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 186 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
5 182 (8.56%) SC Cleared
6 179 (8.42%) DV Cleared
7 155 (7.29%) CCNA
8 127 (5.97%) MCSE
9 102 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 60 (2.82%) MCSA
11 59 (2.78%) CCNP
12 54 (2.54%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 39 (1.83%) MCP
14 28 (1.32%) DBS Check
15 25 (1.18%) A+ Certification
15 25 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
15 25 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
16 23 (1.08%) PMI Certification
17 21 (0.99%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (5.60%) SLA
2 54 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (1.22%) GDPR
4 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.75%) SOC 2
5 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 11 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.42%) PMO
8 8 (0.38%) NIST
9 7 (0.33%) QA
10 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) SOC 1
12 3 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.094%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.094%) NCSC
14 1 (0.047%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.047%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.047%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,141 (53.67%) Active Directory
2 812 (38.19%) Hyper-V
3 251 (11.81%) vSphere
4 240 (11.29%) VMware ESXi
5 154 (7.24%) Docker
6 96 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
7 90 (4.23%) XenApp
8 85 (4.00%) XenDesktop
9 76 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 60 (2.82%) VMware NSX
11 49 (2.30%) VirtualBox
12 48 (2.26%) Virtual Servers
13 35 (1.65%) Firmware
14 26 (1.22%) KVM
15 25 (1.18%) VMware Server
16 20 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
17 15 (0.71%) Terminal Services
18 13 (0.61%) OpenSSH
19 11 (0.52%) vCloud
20 9 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 219 (10.30%) SCCM
2 210 (9.88%) Ansible
3 208 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 199 (9.36%) vCenter Server
5 164 (7.71%) Kubernetes
6 98 (4.61%) Terraform
7 90 (4.23%) Puppet
8 85 (4.00%) WSUS
9 67 (3.15%) SCOM
10 64 (3.01%) Prometheus
11 42 (1.98%) ZABBIX
12 38 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
12 38 (1.79%) FortiGate
13 36 (1.69%) NetBackup
14 33 (1.55%) Nagios
15 28 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
16 27 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
17 26 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 23 (1.08%) SmoothWall
19 22 (1.03%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2,126 (100.00%) VMware
2 1,147 (53.95%) Microsoft
3 392 (18.44%) Cisco
4 349 (16.42%) Veeam
5 346 (16.27%) Citrix
6 195 (9.17%) HP
7 186 (8.75%) Red Hat
8 157 (7.38%) NetApp
9 129 (6.07%) Dell
10 110 (5.17%) Google
11 92 (4.33%) Palo Alto
12 69 (3.25%) IBM
13 65 (3.06%) Fortinet
14 57 (2.68%) SolarWinds
15 56 (2.63%) Oracle
16 54 (2.54%) Meraki
16 54 (2.54%) SolidFire
17 53 (2.49%) Apple
18 51 (2.40%) EMC
19 47 (2.21%) Juniper