VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the South East

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 40 48
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 230 287 349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.14% 4.96% 4.50%
As % of the System Software category 29.41% 33.80% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 211 258
10th Percentile £331 £305 £249
25th Percentile £413 £409 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +10.85%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £612
90th Percentile £608 £675 £675
England median daily rate £501 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -8.91% +15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile £29.40 £44.50 -
25th Percentile £42.75 £48.40 £20.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £60.48
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% -2.85% +77.87%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.75 £67.13
90th Percentile £79.00 £86.27 £67.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £49.84
% change year-on-year -38.46% +30.42% -1.31%

All System Software Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 782 849 1,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.09% 14.69% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 597 906
10th Percentile £200 £204 £163
25th Percentile £350 £358 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 45 57
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £51.50 £54.56 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +172.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £24.25
90th Percentile £66.00 £75.00 £67.71
England median hourly rate £21.50 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% +163.16% -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -15 88 £500 -2.44% 29
Hampshire -7 85 £538 -5.70% 39
Berkshire -19 71 £501 -15.08% 17
West Sussex +8 26 £456 -21.74% 3
Surrey +19 22 £380 +22.58% 5
Buckinghamshire -3 9 £500 +9.84% 2
Oxfordshire +9 8 £483 +12.87% 10
Kent +4 7 £338 -2.53% 15
East Sussex +5 2 £475 +19.87% 6
VMware Infrastructure
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VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 20 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.65%) Confluence
3 5 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.87%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.35%) Azure
2 23 (10.00%) AWS
3 15 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.65%) OCI
5 12 (5.22%) IaaS
5 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.48%) GitHub
7 7 (3.04%) GCP
8 6 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.61%) PaaS
8 6 (2.61%) SaaS
9 4 (1.74%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.74%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.30%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.30%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.30%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.87%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 72 (31.30%) DNS
2 56 (24.35%) DHCP
3 47 (20.43%) Firewall
4 33 (14.35%) SAN
5 17 (7.39%) VSAN
6 16 (6.96%) VPN
6 16 (6.96%) WAN
7 13 (5.65%) NAS
7 13 (5.65%) TCP/IP
8 12 (5.22%) LAN
8 12 (5.22%) Wireless
9 9 (3.91%) Network Security
9 9 (3.91%) VLAN
9 9 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.61%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (2.17%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (2.17%) iSCSI
12 4 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.74%) SSL
12 4 (1.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.04%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.17%) MySQL
5 4 (1.74%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.87%) CouchDB
6 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.70%) Robot Framework
2 16 (6.96%) JIRA
3 14 (6.09%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (5.22%) GitLab
5 6 (2.61%) Selenium
6 4 (1.74%) Git
7 3 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.43%) MSI
9 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 69 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (3.91%) Military
4 8 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.74%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.30%) Front Office
7 3 (1.30%) Marketing
8 2 (0.87%) Back Office
8 2 (0.87%) Finance
8 2 (0.87%) Legal
8 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Advertising
9 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 63 (27.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (10.87%) Architect
3 22 (9.57%) Integration Engineer
4 17 (7.39%) Senior
5 16 (6.96%) Storage Engineer
6 13 (5.65%) Analyst
6 13 (5.65%) Network Engineer
6 13 (5.65%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (5.22%) Security Architect
8 11 (4.78%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.35%) Test Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) Linux Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Server Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Wintel Engineer
12 7 (3.04%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 7 (3.04%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.04%) .NET
2 3 (1.30%) EDI
2 3 (1.30%) HTML
2 3 (1.30%) Web Services
2 3 (1.30%) XMPP
3 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.87%) CSS
3 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.87%) Node.js
3 2 (0.87%) React
3 2 (0.87%) Vue
3 2 (0.87%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.17%) PKI
2 24 (10.43%) Data Centre
3 20 (8.70%) Client/Server
4 12 (5.22%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.91%) Clustering
6 8 (3.48%) Replication
7 6 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.74%) CCTV
9 4 (1.74%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.30%) SCADA
11 2 (0.87%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.87%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.43%) CMDB
12 1 (0.43%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.43%) Smart Meter
12 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 137 (59.57%) Windows
2 113 (49.13%) Windows Server
3 84 (36.52%) Linux
4 44 (19.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 42 (18.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (12.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (11.30%) Windows 10
8 19 (8.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (5.65%) Unix
9 13 (5.65%) Windows XP
10 7 (3.04%) Ubuntu
10 7 (3.04%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (2.61%) Solaris
12 5 (2.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.43%) CentOS
14 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.43%) Debian
14 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (23.04%) Agile
3 43 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.35%) Migration
5 29 (12.61%) DevOps
5 29 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (11.74%) ITIL
7 24 (10.43%) Storage Management
8 22 (9.57%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (9.57%) Test Automation
9 19 (8.26%) Patch Management
9 19 (8.26%) Release Management
10 18 (7.83%) Application Packaging
10 18 (7.83%) Application Virtualisation
11 17 (7.39%) Proactive Monitoring
11 17 (7.39%) Project Delivery
11 17 (7.39%) Server Management
12 16 (6.96%) Change Management
12 16 (6.96%) Scrum
13 15 (6.52%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.61%) PowerShell
2 49 (21.30%) Python
3 19 (8.26%) Bash
3 19 (8.26%) VBScript
4 13 (5.65%) SQL
5 5 (2.17%) C#
5 5 (2.17%) Java
5 5 (2.17%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.30%) C++
6 3 (1.30%) PHP
6 3 (1.30%) Ruby
6 3 (1.30%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.87%) Go
7 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 120 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 57 (24.78%) DV Cleared
3 45 (19.57%) SC Cleared
4 35 (15.22%) Degree
5 24 (10.43%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (9.13%) CCNA
7 20 (8.70%) CCNP
7 20 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 19 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (6.09%) MCSE
10 10 (4.35%) MCSA
11 6 (2.61%) VCAP
12 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.17%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.87%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.48%) SLA
2 7 (3.04%) RMADS
3 5 (2.17%) GDPR
4 4 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.30%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (44.35%) Active Directory
2 49 (21.30%) Hyper-V
3 37 (16.09%) vSphere
4 29 (12.61%) VMware NSX
5 28 (12.17%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (6.09%) XenApp
7 9 (3.91%) vCloud
8 5 (2.17%) Docker
9 4 (1.74%) Firmware
9 4 (1.74%) KVM
10 3 (1.30%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.87%) Ceph
11 2 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.87%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.43%) UAG
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (16.96%) WSUS
2 35 (15.22%) Ansible
3 32 (13.91%) vCenter Server
4 31 (13.48%) SCCM
5 26 (11.30%) Terraform
6 19 (8.26%) Kubernetes
7 17 (7.39%) SCOM
8 13 (5.65%) EMC NetWorker
8 13 (5.65%) NetBackup
9 7 (3.04%) Nessus
9 7 (3.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (2.61%) Rancher
10 6 (2.61%) vRealize
11 5 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (1.74%) Avamar
13 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (1.30%) AppManager
13 3 (1.30%) Packer
13 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 230 (100.00%) VMware
2 81 (35.22%) Microsoft
3 36 (15.65%) Cisco
4 28 (12.17%) Oracle
5 23 (10.00%) Red Hat
6 21 (9.13%) Dell
7 18 (7.83%) EMC
7 18 (7.83%) HP
7 18 (7.83%) Juniper
8 17 (7.39%) Citrix
8 17 (7.39%) Palo Alto
8 17 (7.39%) Veeam
9 15 (6.52%) Symantec
10 13 (5.65%) 3PAR
10 13 (5.65%) Extreme Networks
11 11 (4.78%) Ivanti
11 11 (4.78%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.04%) Meraki
12 7 (3.04%) Splunk
13 6 (2.61%) Google