VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.77% - 0.82%
As % of the System Software category 26.09% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £475 £473 £650
% change year-on-year +0.53% -27.31% -1.66%

All System Software Skills
Bedfordshire

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 requiring system software skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 23 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 6.78% 9.55% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 9
10th Percentile £248 £174 £173
25th Percentile £475 £207 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% +36.36% -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £388
90th Percentile - - £526
East of England median daily rate £450 £468 £425
% change year-on-year -3.74% +10.00% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £41.06 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £85.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £88.00 -
90th Percentile - £90.70 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £14.16
% change year-on-year +4.85% +51.55% -42.49%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Bedfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Bedford - 5 £475 -
Dunstable - 1 £300 - 1
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Unix Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Solaris
3 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) ITSM
1 4 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
1 4 (66.67%) Service Management
1 4 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Barracuda Networks
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat