VMware Infrastructure Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 123 154
Rank change year-on-year -53 +31 -24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 173 509 772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 2.03% 1.76%
As % of the System Software category 12.03% 16.32% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 343 575
10th Percentile £310 £336 £292
25th Percentile £356 £428 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +15.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £534 £465
% change year-on-year -6.32% +14.78% +5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 15
10th Percentile - £48.66 £28.41
25th Percentile £37.63 £62.50 £50.42
Median hourly rate £46.39 £66.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.71% +8.32% +5.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.00 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £49.84
% change year-on-year -38.08% +30.42% -4.15%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,438 3,118 5,423
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 12.43% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 2,232 4,034
10th Percentile £273 £300 £322
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £688 £718 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 101 103
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £54.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £65.91
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

VMware Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

VMware Infrastructure hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 21 (12.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.78%) Confluence
3 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.73%) IIS
4 3 (1.73%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.73%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.73%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.17%) Azure
2 34 (19.65%) AWS
3 26 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (11.56%) IaaS
5 12 (6.94%) PaaS
6 10 (5.78%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (5.78%) GCP
6 10 (5.78%) SaaS
7 9 (5.20%) Nutanix
8 7 (4.05%) Rubrik
9 5 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.31%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.16%) GitHub
11 2 (1.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (1.16%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 53 (30.64%) Firewall
2 34 (19.65%) SAN
3 32 (18.50%) DNS
4 30 (17.34%) DHCP
5 21 (12.14%) TCP/IP
6 18 (10.40%) LAN
6 18 (10.40%) WAN
7 14 (8.09%) NAS
8 12 (6.94%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (5.78%) Internet
9 10 (5.78%) VLAN
9 10 (5.78%) VPN
10 9 (5.20%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (4.05%) Kerberos
11 7 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.89%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.89%) VSAN
13 4 (2.31%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (1.73%) BGP
14 3 (1.73%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.31%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.73%) Metadata
3 3 (1.73%) PowerPivot
3 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Power View
5 1 (0.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.09%) JIRA
2 10 (5.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.62%) Git
4 7 (4.05%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.58%) CppUnit
5 1 (0.58%) GitLab
5 1 (0.58%) PVCS
5 1 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.58%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.58%) Subversion
5 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.76%) Finance
3 15 (8.67%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.20%) Banking
6 6 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Billing
7 5 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.16%) Front Office
9 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Publishing
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Electronics
10 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Marketing
10 1 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (19.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (13.87%) Consultant
3 22 (12.72%) Architect
4 18 (10.40%) Senior
5 15 (8.67%) VMware Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 10 (5.78%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Python Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) VMware Consultant
8 8 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Network Consultant
9 7 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (4.05%) Storage Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Senior Network Consultant
10 6 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.05%) .NET
1 7 (4.05%) LDAP
1 7 (4.05%) Middleware
2 4 (2.31%) REST
3 3 (1.73%) CSS
3 3 (1.73%) EDI
3 3 (1.73%) HTML
4 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.16%) ADSI
4 2 (1.16%) Web Services
4 2 (1.16%) YAML
5 1 (0.58%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.87%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.78%) Clustering
3 8 (4.62%) Replication
4 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.47%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.31%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 3 (1.73%) CCTV
7 3 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.73%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.73%) PKI
7 3 (1.73%) SCADA
7 3 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.16%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.16%) NHS
8 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (43.93%) Windows
2 54 (31.21%) Linux
3 46 (26.59%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (7.51%) Unix
6 12 (6.94%) Solaris
7 11 (6.36%) Oracle Linux
7 11 (6.36%) Windows 10
8 7 (4.05%) VMS
8 7 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.31%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (1.16%) CentOS
12 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.16%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (21.97%) Migration
3 28 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (13.29%) ITIL
5 22 (12.72%) Agile
6 21 (12.14%) DevOps
7 18 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (9.83%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (8.67%) High Availability
10 14 (8.09%) Customer Service
11 13 (7.51%) Containerisation
11 13 (7.51%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (6.36%) Roadmaps
13 11 (6.36%) Security Hardening
13 11 (6.36%) Task Automation
13 11 (6.36%) Time Management
14 10 (5.78%) Network Virtualisation
14 10 (5.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (20.23%) PowerShell
2 24 (13.87%) Python
3 12 (6.94%) Bash
4 7 (4.05%) Perl
5 6 (3.47%) SQL
6 4 (2.31%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.73%) C++
7 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.16%) Java
8 2 (1.16%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.58%) C
9 1 (0.58%) C#
9 1 (0.58%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) PHP
9 1 (0.58%) Ruby
9 1 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (11.56%) Degree
2 15 (8.67%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (6.36%) CCNP
3 11 (6.36%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.05%) CCIE
5 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.47%) CCNA
7 5 (2.89%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.16%) CCENT
10 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.16%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.16%) MCSA
10 2 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.58%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.67%) SLA
2 10 (5.78%) GDPR
3 7 (4.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (3.47%) PMO
5 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 61 (35.26%) Active Directory
2 32 (18.50%) VMware NSX
3 30 (17.34%) vSphere
4 29 (16.76%) Hyper-V
5 16 (9.25%) Docker
6 15 (8.67%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (8.09%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (4.05%) XenApp
9 5 (2.89%) KVM
9 5 (2.89%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (1.16%) Ceph
11 2 (1.16%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.16%) vCloud
11 2 (1.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.16%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.58%) Firmware
12 1 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.58%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (15.03%) Ansible
2 22 (12.72%) Kubernetes
3 17 (9.83%) SCCM
4 14 (8.09%) Terraform
4 14 (8.09%) vCenter Server
5 7 (4.05%) EMC NetWorker
5 7 (4.05%) Netcool
5 7 (4.05%) Tivoli
5 7 (4.05%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (4.05%) WSUS
6 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.89%) Nessus
7 5 (2.89%) Puppet
8 4 (2.31%) Avamar
8 4 (2.31%) VxRail
9 3 (1.73%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.16%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 173 (100.00%) VMware
2 66 (38.15%) Microsoft
3 35 (20.23%) Cisco
4 22 (12.72%) Dell
5 21 (12.14%) Citrix
6 16 (9.25%) ServiceNow
7 15 (8.67%) Qualys
8 13 (7.51%) Oracle
8 13 (7.51%) Red Hat
9 12 (6.94%) Splunk
10 11 (6.36%) CyberArk
10 11 (6.36%) EMC
10 11 (6.36%) Palo Alto
11 8 (4.62%) HP
12 7 (4.05%) IBM
12 7 (4.05%) Isilon
12 7 (4.05%) Serena
13 6 (3.47%) CheckPoint
14 5 (2.89%) Veeam
15 4 (2.31%) Juniper