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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 150 223
Rank change year-on-year +16 +73 -103
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2,130 2,431 3,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 2.45% 1.91%
As % of the System Software category 17.78% 15.81% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 1,628 2,184
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,070 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
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 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £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 18 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 18 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 +19 1,940 £45,000 -14.29% 465
UK excluding London +10 1,680 £42,500 -5.56% 373
Work from Home +24 735 £50,000 -9.09% 146
London -1 408 £62,500 - 110
South East +23 399 £42,500 -10.53% 119
North of England -4 325 £40,000 -11.11% 82
South West +10 322 £49,000 +19.51% 51
Midlands +28 307 £43,227 -9.00% 74
West Midlands +54 194 £45,000 -2.17% 43
East of England +2 174 £37,500 -25.00% 43
North West -12 156 £42,500 -8.60% 48
Yorkshire +10 116 £45,000 +12.50% 27
East Midlands -7 113 £42,500 -19.05% 31
Scotland -42 99 £50,000 +17.65% 9
North East +14 53 £32,500 -38.10% 9
Wales -11 35 £36,476 -18.94% 4
Northern Ireland 0 11 £41,250 +17.86% 1
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
1 496 (23.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 301 (14.13%) SharePoint
3 100 (4.69%) IIS
4 60 (2.82%) Apache
5 17 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
5 17 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
6 13 (0.61%) Confluence
6 13 (0.61%) OpenStack
7 10 (0.47%) SAS
8 9 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.38%) nginx
9 8 (0.38%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.19%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.094%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.094%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.094%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.047%) Site Server
Applications
1 201 (9.44%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.66%) 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 4 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.094%) Eikon
4 1 (0.047%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.047%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,084 (50.89%) Azure
2 989 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
3 357 (16.76%) AWS
4 256 (12.02%) Entra ID
5 129 (6.06%) GCP
6 104 (4.88%) SaaS
7 92 (4.32%) OneDrive
8 91 (4.27%) IaaS
9 63 (2.96%) Amazon S3
10 61 (2.86%) Nutanix
11 59 (2.77%) PaaS
12 48 (2.25%) OpenShift
13 42 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 35 (1.64%) Google Workspace
15 31 (1.46%) Power Platform
16 28 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
17 21 (0.99%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.94%) OCI
19 18 (0.85%) Mimecast
19 18 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 767 (36.01%) Firewall
2 479 (22.49%) DNS
3 408 (19.15%) DHCP
4 389 (18.26%) WAN
5 331 (15.54%) SAN
6 324 (15.21%) LAN
7 309 (14.51%) VPN
8 236 (11.08%) TCP/IP
9 164 (7.70%) VLAN
10 144 (6.76%) Internet
11 133 (6.24%) Wi-Fi
12 130 (6.10%) Wireless
13 106 (4.98%) NAS
14 96 (4.51%) VoIP
15 81 (3.80%) SD-WAN
16 77 (3.62%) Remote Desktop
17 71 (3.33%) SNMP
18 67 (3.15%) VSAN
18 67 (3.15%) WLAN
19 62 (2.91%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (10.09%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
3 57 (2.68%) MongoDB
4 49 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (1.36%) MySQL
6 16 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.75%) Power BI
7 9 (0.42%) Big Data
8 8 (0.38%) DB2
8 8 (0.38%) MariaDB
8 8 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.28%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.28%) Redis
11 4 (0.19%) Metabase
11 4 (0.19%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.14%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.14%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 36 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.31%) JIRA
3 23 (1.08%) GitLab
4 15 (0.70%) Git
4 15 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.42%) MSI
6 8 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.19%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.19%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 4 (0.19%) Postman
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
9 4 (0.19%) Subversion
9 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.14%) JUnit
10 3 (0.14%) Travis CI
General
1 594 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 336 (15.77%) Finance
3 182 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
5 70 (3.29%) Aerospace
6 67 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 65 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (2.77%) Legal
9 55 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 52 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.35%) Retail
12 48 (2.25%) Law
12 48 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 43 (2.02%) Banking
14 25 (1.17%) Games
15 21 (0.99%) Marketing
16 17 (0.80%) Electronics
17 14 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (0.56%) Police
18 12 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 538 (25.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 335 (15.73%) Senior
3 323 (15.16%) Support Engineer
4 258 (12.11%) IT Engineer
5 240 (11.27%) IT Support
6 142 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 140 (6.57%) 3rd Line Support
8 138 (6.48%) 2nd Line Support
9 135 (6.34%) Analyst
10 131 (6.15%) Systems Engineer
11 125 (5.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 118 (5.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 110 (5.16%) Consultant
14 89 (4.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 89 (4.18%) Lead
15 84 (3.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 83 (3.90%) Architect
17 81 (3.80%) Administrator
17 81 (3.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 71 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (3.10%) YAML
2 59 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
3 29 (1.36%) .NET
3 29 (1.36%) ARM Templates
4 21 (0.99%) REST
5 19 (0.89%) WebRTC
6 16 (0.75%) JSON
7 13 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (0.56%) HTML
8 12 (0.56%) LDAP
9 8 (0.38%) WebSphere MQ
10 6 (0.28%) Middleware
10 6 (0.28%) Web Services
10 6 (0.28%) XML
11 5 (0.23%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.23%) CSS
11 5 (0.23%) jQuery
11 5 (0.23%) LAMP
12 4 (0.19%) Gherkin
12 4 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 346 (16.24%) Data Centre
2 140 (6.57%) Replication
3 116 (5.45%) Management Information System
4 108 (5.07%) Public Cloud
5 101 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
6 98 (4.60%) Clustering
7 76 (3.57%) Driving Licence
8 74 (3.47%) PKI
9 66 (3.10%) Onboarding
10 48 (2.25%) Private Cloud
11 36 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
12 32 (1.50%) CCTV
13 30 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
14 24 (1.13%) 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 18 (0.85%) BYOD
17 18 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1,529 (71.78%) Windows
2 971 (45.59%) Windows Server
3 606 (28.45%) Linux
4 337 (15.82%) Windows 10
5 231 (10.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 202 (9.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 184 (8.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 100 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 97 (4.55%) Windows 7
10 68 (3.19%) Unix
11 61 (2.86%) Ubuntu
12 54 (2.54%) Data ONTAP
12 54 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
13 51 (2.39%) Mac OS
14 50 (2.35%) Windows 8
15 43 (2.02%) CentOS
16 32 (1.50%) Apple iOS
17 30 (1.41%) Android
18 23 (1.08%) AIX
18 23 (1.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (29.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 489 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
3 460 (21.60%) ITIL
4 265 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
5 228 (10.70%) Customer Service
6 222 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 216 (10.14%) Project Management
8 186 (8.73%) Agile
9 180 (8.45%) DevOps
10 137 (6.43%) Mentoring
11 134 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (5.82%) Project Delivery
13 116 (5.45%) Actionable Insight
13 116 (5.45%) Change Management
14 111 (5.21%) Migration
15 108 (5.07%) Infrastructure Management
16 105 (4.93%) Storage Management
17 103 (4.84%) Line Management
18 97 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
19 94 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 437 (20.52%) PowerShell
2 278 (13.05%) SQL
3 205 (9.62%) Python
4 144 (6.76%) Bash
5 59 (2.77%) Java
6 46 (2.16%) C#
7 25 (1.17%) Perl
8 23 (1.08%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.70%) VB
10 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 12 (0.56%) VBScript
12 11 (0.52%) ActionScript
13 10 (0.47%) RPG
13 10 (0.47%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.23%) C++
16 4 (0.19%) C
16 4 (0.19%) Groovy
17 3 (0.14%) R
17 3 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 359 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 311 (14.60%) Degree
3 210 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 189 (8.87%) Cisco Certification
5 181 (8.50%) SC Cleared
6 174 (8.17%) DV Cleared
7 155 (7.28%) CCNA
8 132 (6.20%) MCSE
9 106 (4.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 61 (2.86%) MCSA
11 60 (2.82%) CCNP
12 53 (2.49%) Azure Certification
13 39 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (1.78%) MCP
15 32 (1.50%) DBS Check
16 26 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
16 26 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
17 25 (1.17%) A+ Certification
18 23 (1.08%) PMI Certification
19 21 (0.99%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (5.59%) SLA
2 54 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (1.31%) GDPR
4 26 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.75%) SOC 2
6 15 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.47%) PMO
10 8 (0.38%) NIST
11 7 (0.33%) QA
12 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.23%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.094%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.094%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.094%) NCSC
16 1 (0.047%) GxP
16 1 (0.047%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 1,155 (54.23%) Active Directory
2 808 (37.93%) Hyper-V
3 251 (11.78%) VMware ESXi
4 248 (11.64%) vSphere
5 147 (6.90%) Docker
6 95 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
7 86 (4.04%) XenApp
8 83 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 83 (3.90%) XenDesktop
9 57 (2.68%) VMware NSX
10 49 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
11 48 (2.25%) VirtualBox
12 37 (1.74%) Firmware
13 25 (1.17%) VMware Server
14 23 (1.08%) KVM
15 20 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
16 15 (0.70%) Terminal Services
17 12 (0.56%) vCloud
18 11 (0.52%) OpenSSH
19 10 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 221 (10.38%) SCCM
2 209 (9.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 203 (9.53%) Ansible
4 199 (9.34%) vCenter Server
5 155 (7.28%) Kubernetes
6 99 (4.65%) Terraform
7 86 (4.04%) WSUS
8 84 (3.94%) Puppet
9 64 (3.00%) SCOM
10 62 (2.91%) Prometheus
11 39 (1.83%) FortiGate
11 39 (1.83%) ZABBIX
12 38 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
13 36 (1.69%) NetBackup
14 31 (1.46%) Nagios
15 29 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
16 26 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
17 25 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 25 (1.17%) SmoothWall
18 20 (0.94%) vRealize
Vendors
1 2,130 (100.00%) VMware
2 1,156 (54.27%) Microsoft
3 391 (18.36%) Cisco
4 352 (16.53%) Veeam
5 345 (16.20%) Citrix
6 194 (9.11%) HP
7 177 (8.31%) Red Hat
8 156 (7.32%) NetApp
9 124 (5.82%) Dell
10 110 (5.16%) Google
11 96 (4.51%) Palo Alto
12 65 (3.05%) Fortinet
13 64 (3.00%) IBM
14 58 (2.72%) Meraki
15 57 (2.68%) SolarWinds
16 56 (2.63%) Oracle
17 54 (2.54%) SolidFire
18 52 (2.44%) Apple
19 48 (2.25%) Aruba
19 48 (2.25%) EMC