VMware Infrastructure Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 115 149
Rank change year-on-year -53 +34 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 179 506 799
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 2.12% 1.82%
As % of the System Software category 12.40% 17.23% 15.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 330 600
10th Percentile £313 £352 £302
25th Percentile £404 £441 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £646 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £506 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -5.81% +13.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 12
10th Percentile - £47.68 £28.41
25th Percentile £37.63 £62.50 £43.54
Median hourly rate £40.25 £66.00 £61.97
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +6.51% +16.37%
75th Percentile £46.44 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £48.58 £87.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.46% +36.84% -5.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

VMware Infrastructure falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,443 2,936 5,276
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.77% 12.30% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,077 2,081 3,924
10th Percentile £290 £280 £320
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £625
90th Percentile £675 £719 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 112 87
10th Percentile - £18.13 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.68 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.83 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.90% +174.15% -

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

VMware Infrastructure
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

VMware Infrastructure
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 10 June 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

VMware Infrastructure
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 24 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.15%) Confluence
3 6 (3.35%) OpenStack
4 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.68%) IIS
5 3 (1.68%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (1.68%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.56%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Azure
2 36 (20.11%) AWS
3 24 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.82%) IaaS
5 10 (5.59%) PaaS
6 9 (5.03%) GCP
7 8 (4.47%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.91%) Nutanix
8 7 (3.91%) SaaS
9 5 (2.79%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.79%) Rubrik
9 5 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.23%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.12%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.12%) GitHub
12 2 (1.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (1.12%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 49 (27.37%) Firewall
2 30 (16.76%) DNS
3 28 (15.64%) DHCP
3 28 (15.64%) SAN
4 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
5 16 (8.94%) WAN
6 15 (8.38%) LAN
7 12 (6.70%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (6.15%) NAS
8 11 (6.15%) VLAN
9 9 (5.03%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (5.03%) Internet
9 9 (5.03%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.47%) VPN
11 6 (3.35%) Wireless
12 5 (2.79%) Kerberos
12 5 (2.79%) NetScaler
12 5 (2.79%) NX-OS
12 5 (2.79%) VSAN
12 5 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.79%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.68%) Metadata
4 3 (1.68%) PowerPivot
4 3 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Power View
6 1 (0.56%) DB2
6 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (8.94%) JIRA
2 9 (5.03%) Git
3 8 (4.47%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.79%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.56%) Subversion
5 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.08%) Finance
3 14 (7.82%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.47%) Banking
7 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.79%) Billing
9 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Military
11 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.12%) Front Office
11 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Publishing
12 1 (0.56%) Electronics
12 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.56%) Local Government
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (16.76%) Architect
2 29 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (12.29%) Consultant
4 14 (7.82%) Senior
4 14 (7.82%) VMware Engineer
5 10 (5.59%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 8 (4.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (4.47%) IT Engineer
6 8 (4.47%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.47%) VMware Consultant
7 7 (3.91%) Network Architect
7 7 (3.91%) Network Consultant
7 7 (3.91%) Python Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (3.35%) Senior Network Consultant
8 6 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.35%) Storage Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.91%) Middleware
2 6 (3.35%) .NET
3 5 (2.79%) LDAP
3 5 (2.79%) YAML
4 4 (2.23%) REST
5 3 (1.68%) CSS
5 3 (1.68%) EDI
5 3 (1.68%) HTML
6 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.12%) ADSI
6 2 (1.12%) Web Services
7 1 (0.56%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.20%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.47%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.91%) Clustering
3 7 (3.91%) Replication
4 6 (3.35%) PKI
4 6 (3.35%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.23%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 3 (1.68%) CCTV
7 3 (1.68%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.68%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.68%) SCADA
7 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.12%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 75 (41.90%) Windows
2 52 (29.05%) Linux
3 43 (24.02%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (7.26%) Unix
6 11 (6.15%) Solaris
6 11 (6.15%) Windows 10
6 11 (6.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (5.59%) Oracle Linux
7 10 (5.59%) VMS
8 7 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (2.23%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.68%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.12%) CentOS
11 2 (1.12%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.56%) Android
12 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.67%) Migration
2 35 (19.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (13.41%) Agile
5 21 (11.73%) ITIL
6 19 (10.61%) DevOps
7 18 (10.06%) Network Virtualisation
8 15 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (7.26%) Containerisation
9 13 (7.26%) Customer Service
9 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (7.26%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (6.70%) High Availability
10 12 (6.70%) Task Automation
11 11 (6.15%) Data Migration
11 11 (6.15%) Time Management
12 10 (5.59%) Roadmaps
13 9 (5.03%) Computer Science
13 9 (5.03%) Database Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (20.67%) PowerShell
2 20 (11.17%) Python
3 11 (6.15%) SQL
4 10 (5.59%) Bash
5 6 (3.35%) Perl
6 4 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.12%) C++
8 2 (1.12%) Java
8 2 (1.12%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.56%) C#
9 1 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.56%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) Ruby
9 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (11.73%) SC Cleared
1 21 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.17%) Degree
3 13 (7.26%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (6.70%) CCNP
5 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.91%) CCIE
7 5 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.79%) MCSE
7 5 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.23%) CCNA
8 4 (2.23%) MCSA
8 4 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.12%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.82%) SLA
2 9 (5.03%) GDPR
3 6 (3.35%) PMO
4 5 (2.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 54 (30.17%) Active Directory
2 38 (21.23%) VMware NSX
3 36 (20.11%) vSphere
4 28 (15.64%) Hyper-V
5 16 (8.94%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (7.26%) Docker
7 12 (6.70%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.91%) KVM
9 6 (3.35%) XenApp
10 5 (2.79%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (2.23%) XenDesktop
12 2 (1.12%) Ceph
12 2 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (1.12%) QEMU
12 2 (1.12%) Terminal Services
12 2 (1.12%) vCloud
12 2 (1.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.56%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (14.53%) Ansible
2 19 (10.61%) Kubernetes
3 17 (9.50%) SCCM
4 15 (8.38%) Terraform
5 10 (5.59%) vCenter Server
6 8 (4.47%) Puppet
7 6 (3.35%) Nessus
8 5 (2.79%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (2.79%) Netcool
8 5 (2.79%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.79%) Tivoli
8 5 (2.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (2.79%) WSUS
9 4 (2.23%) Avamar
9 4 (2.23%) Salt
9 4 (2.23%) VxRail
10 3 (1.68%) CSIRT
10 3 (1.68%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 179 (100.00%) VMware
2 68 (37.99%) Microsoft
3 35 (19.55%) Cisco
4 19 (10.61%) Dell
5 18 (10.06%) Citrix
6 14 (7.82%) Qualys
6 14 (7.82%) Red Hat
7 13 (7.26%) ServiceNow
8 12 (6.70%) Oracle
9 10 (5.59%) EMC
9 10 (5.59%) Palo Alto
9 10 (5.59%) Splunk
10 9 (5.03%) CyberArk
11 6 (3.35%) HP
11 6 (3.35%) Veeam
12 5 (2.79%) Apple
12 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.79%) IBM
12 5 (2.79%) Isilon
12 5 (2.79%) Serena