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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 142 224
Rank change year-on-year +6 +82 -101
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2,132 2,481 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 2.55% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 17.78% 16.37% 10.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,756 1,618 2,190
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,653 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £56,500 £66,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,625 £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 11,994 15,156 30,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.61% 15.60% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,354 9,841 15,534
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 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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 29 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 29 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 +17 1,945 £45,000 -14.29% 418
UK excluding London +1 1,694 £42,500 -5.56% 345
Work from Home +14 733 £50,000 -9.09% 133
London -28 398 £60,000 -4.00% 82
South East +15 397 £42,500 -10.53% 108
South West +1 328 £49,000 +19.51% 51
North of England -22 319 £40,000 -14.89% 71
Midlands +26 313 £44,500 -6.03% 64
West Midlands +55 197 £45,000 - 35
East of England +8 184 £37,500 -25.00% 44
North West -14 153 £42,500 -11.46% 41
East Midlands -26 116 £42,500 -19.05% 29
Yorkshire -6 112 £41,250 +3.13% 26
Scotland -47 101 £50,000 +21.18% 8
North East +20 54 £32,500 -36.59% 5
Wales -15 34 £36,476 -18.94% 9
Northern Ireland +1 10 £40,000 +14.29%
Channel Islands +1 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
1 490 (22.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 304 (14.26%) SharePoint
3 102 (4.78%) IIS
4 61 (2.86%) Apache
5 18 (0.84%) SharePoint 2010
5 18 (0.84%) 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
1 208 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.75%) 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%) Microsoft Project
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 1,083 (50.80%) Azure
2 978 (45.87%) Microsoft 365
3 363 (17.03%) AWS
4 253 (11.87%) Entra ID
5 132 (6.19%) GCP
6 102 (4.78%) SaaS
7 92 (4.32%) OneDrive
8 85 (3.99%) IaaS
9 64 (3.00%) Amazon S3
10 63 (2.95%) Nutanix
11 53 (2.49%) PaaS
12 51 (2.39%) OpenShift
13 42 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 34 (1.59%) Google Workspace
15 29 (1.36%) Power Platform
16 23 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
17 22 (1.03%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.94%) OCI
19 18 (0.84%) Rubrik
20 17 (0.80%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 768 (36.02%) Firewall
2 477 (22.37%) DNS
3 407 (19.09%) DHCP
4 390 (18.29%) WAN
5 332 (15.57%) SAN
6 325 (15.24%) LAN
7 301 (14.12%) VPN
8 241 (11.30%) TCP/IP
9 164 (7.69%) VLAN
10 146 (6.85%) Internet
11 130 (6.10%) Wi-Fi
12 129 (6.05%) Wireless
13 105 (4.92%) NAS
14 91 (4.27%) VoIP
15 84 (3.94%) SD-WAN
16 80 (3.75%) Remote Desktop
17 69 (3.24%) SNMP
18 66 (3.10%) VSAN
19 65 (3.05%) WLAN
20 62 (2.91%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
3 56 (2.63%) MongoDB
4 48 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (1.31%) 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%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.28%) Redis
10 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.23%) InfluxDB
12 4 (0.19%) Metabase
13 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.14%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.14%) Ingres
13 3 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 26 (1.22%) GitLab
2 26 (1.22%) JIRA
3 16 (0.75%) Git
3 16 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.52%) MSI
5 8 (0.38%) Artifactory
5 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 6 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 6 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.28%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.19%) Postman
7 4 (0.19%) Selenium
7 4 (0.19%) Subversion
7 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.14%) JUnit
8 3 (0.14%) TestNG
General
1 594 (27.86%) Social Skills
2 338 (15.85%) Finance
3 180 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.61%) Aerospace
5 75 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
6 70 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 60 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.63%) Legal
8 56 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 50 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 49 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 46 (2.16%) Retail
12 45 (2.11%) Law
13 41 (1.92%) Banking
14 25 (1.17%) Games
15 21 (0.98%) Marketing
16 17 (0.80%) Electronics
17 16 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (0.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 550 (25.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 335 (15.71%) Senior
3 324 (15.20%) Support Engineer
4 255 (11.96%) IT Engineer
5 238 (11.16%) IT Support
6 140 (6.57%) IT Support Engineer
7 139 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support
8 137 (6.43%) Analyst
9 136 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 135 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
11 129 (6.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 120 (5.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 111 (5.21%) Consultant
14 89 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 87 (4.08%) Lead
16 84 (3.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 83 (3.89%) Administrator
18 79 (3.71%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 75 (3.52%) Architect
20 69 (3.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (2.95%) YAML
2 59 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
3 31 (1.45%) .NET
4 23 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 21 (0.98%) REST
6 19 (0.89%) WebRTC
7 15 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
8 13 (0.61%) LDAP
9 11 (0.52%) HTML
9 11 (0.52%) JSON
10 8 (0.38%) WebSphere MQ
11 7 (0.33%) Middleware
12 6 (0.28%) Web Services
12 6 (0.28%) XML
13 5 (0.23%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.23%) CSS
13 5 (0.23%) jQuery
13 5 (0.23%) LAMP
14 4 (0.19%) WPF
14 4 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 346 (16.23%) Data Centre
2 139 (6.52%) Replication
3 117 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 103 (4.83%) Clustering
5 102 (4.78%) Public Cloud
5 102 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
6 79 (3.71%) Driving Licence
7 73 (3.42%) PKI
8 65 (3.05%) Onboarding
9 46 (2.16%) Private Cloud
10 39 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
11 32 (1.50%) CCTV
12 31 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.22%) IoT
14 24 (1.13%) Operational Technology
15 22 (1.03%) PMI
16 20 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
16 20 (0.94%) iPad
17 19 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
17 19 (0.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1,523 (71.44%) Windows
2 956 (44.84%) Windows Server
3 612 (28.71%) Linux
4 329 (15.43%) Windows 10
5 227 (10.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 200 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 180 (8.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 104 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 99 (4.64%) Windows 7
10 68 (3.19%) Unix
11 62 (2.91%) Ubuntu
12 54 (2.53%) Data ONTAP
12 54 (2.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 52 (2.44%) Mac OS
14 49 (2.30%) Windows 8
15 43 (2.02%) CentOS
16 35 (1.64%) Apple iOS
17 33 (1.55%) Android
18 24 (1.13%) Windows XP
19 23 (1.08%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (29.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 488 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
3 464 (21.76%) ITIL
4 253 (11.87%) Cybersecurity
5 233 (10.93%) Customer Service
6 225 (10.55%) Disaster Recovery
7 218 (10.23%) Project Management
8 189 (8.86%) Agile
9 180 (8.44%) DevOps
10 141 (6.61%) Mentoring
11 130 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (5.44%) Actionable Insight
13 115 (5.39%) Project Delivery
14 113 (5.30%) Change Management
15 110 (5.16%) Migration
16 109 (5.11%) Infrastructure Management
17 106 (4.97%) Storage Management
18 103 (4.83%) Line Management
19 99 (4.64%) Collaborative Working
20 94 (4.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 435 (20.40%) PowerShell
2 272 (12.76%) SQL
3 208 (9.76%) Python
4 149 (6.99%) Bash
5 62 (2.91%) Java
6 47 (2.20%) C#
7 30 (1.41%) Perl
8 23 (1.08%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.89%) VB
10 16 (0.75%) 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
1 364 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 324 (15.20%) Degree
3 209 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 185 (8.68%) Cisco Certification
5 183 (8.58%) SC Cleared
6 179 (8.40%) DV Cleared
7 154 (7.22%) CCNA
8 125 (5.86%) MCSE
9 104 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 60 (2.81%) CCNP
10 60 (2.81%) MCSA
11 56 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 40 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 40 (1.88%) MCP
13 28 (1.31%) DBS Check
14 25 (1.17%) A+ Certification
14 25 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
15 23 (1.08%) Citrix Certification
15 23 (1.08%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (5.63%) SLA
2 55 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (1.27%) GDPR
4 26 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.75%) SOC 2
6 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.42%) PMO
9 8 (0.38%) NIST
10 7 (0.33%) QA
11 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.23%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.094%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.094%) NCSC
15 1 (0.047%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.047%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.047%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,147 (53.80%) Active Directory
2 815 (38.23%) Hyper-V
3 256 (12.01%) vSphere
4 241 (11.30%) VMware ESXi
5 154 (7.22%) Docker
6 97 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
7 93 (4.36%) XenApp
8 88 (4.13%) XenDesktop
9 76 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
10 62 (2.91%) VMware NSX
11 49 (2.30%) VirtualBox
12 48 (2.25%) Virtual Servers
13 35 (1.64%) Firmware
14 26 (1.22%) KVM
15 25 (1.17%) VMware Server
16 20 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
17 15 (0.70%) Terminal Services
18 13 (0.61%) OpenSSH
19 11 (0.52%) vCloud
20 9 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 221 (10.37%) SCCM
2 212 (9.94%) Ansible
3 211 (9.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 200 (9.38%) vCenter Server
5 164 (7.69%) Kubernetes
6 98 (4.60%) Terraform
7 90 (4.22%) Puppet
8 86 (4.03%) WSUS
9 67 (3.14%) SCOM
10 64 (3.00%) Prometheus
11 42 (1.97%) ZABBIX
12 38 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
12 38 (1.78%) FortiGate
13 36 (1.69%) NetBackup
14 33 (1.55%) Nagios
15 28 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
16 27 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
17 26 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 24 (1.13%) SmoothWall
19 23 (1.08%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2,132 (100.00%) VMware
2 1,151 (53.99%) Microsoft
3 392 (18.39%) Cisco
4 350 (16.42%) Citrix
5 349 (16.37%) Veeam
6 193 (9.05%) HP
7 186 (8.72%) Red Hat
8 157 (7.36%) NetApp
9 130 (6.10%) Dell
10 112 (5.25%) Google
11 93 (4.36%) Palo Alto
12 69 (3.24%) IBM
13 67 (3.14%) Fortinet
14 56 (2.63%) Oracle
14 56 (2.63%) SolarWinds
15 54 (2.53%) Meraki
15 54 (2.53%) SolidFire
16 53 (2.49%) Apple
17 51 (2.39%) EMC
18 48 (2.25%) Juniper