VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
West Midlands > Birmingham

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 55 65
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 36 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.93% 1.94% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 33.96% 10.71% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £425 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £165
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +172.73% -56.00%
75th Percentile £569 £475 £173
90th Percentile £610 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £573 £585
% change year-on-year -21.40% -2.14% +23.16%

All System Software Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 106 112 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.56% 18.12% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 64 31
10th Percentile £207 £117 £150
25th Percentile £222 £250 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £425 £200
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +112.50% -50.00%
75th Percentile £520 £488 £463
90th Percentile £691 £596 £656
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% +17.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.95%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £56.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +11.74% +253.13% -17.95%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) Apache
1 2 (5.56%) CloudStack
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (8.33%) GitHub
2 3 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) IaaS
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (52.78%) DNS
2 18 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 18 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 12 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 12 (33.33%) Wireshark
4 11 (30.56%) BIG-IP
4 11 (30.56%) HTTP
4 11 (30.56%) SSL
5 7 (19.44%) DMZ
5 7 (19.44%) Network Security
6 4 (11.11%) BGP
6 4 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (11.11%) NX-OS
6 4 (11.11%) SAN
7 3 (8.33%) Firewall
7 3 (8.33%) NAS
7 3 (8.33%) TACACS
7 3 (8.33%) VXLAN
8 2 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (2.78%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (30.56%) Fiddler
2 3 (8.33%) Git
2 3 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 11 (30.56%) Banking
1 11 (30.56%) Investment Banking
2 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Finance
3 1 (2.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) IP Network Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) Web Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Consultant
5 5 (13.89%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Automation Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Data Centre Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Network Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) IT Support
8 1 (2.78%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) JSON
1 3 (8.33%) REST
1 3 (8.33%) YAML
2 2 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 18 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (8.33%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (13.89%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.33%) Linux
4 2 (5.56%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.78%) Unix
5 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 14 (38.89%) Migration
3 11 (30.56%) Data Loss Prevention
3 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (30.56%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.89%) Business Strategy
5 5 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.89%) Validation
6 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.11%) High Availability
6 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (8.33%) Change Control
7 3 (8.33%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.33%) Regression Testing
7 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CCNP
4 2 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.78%) CCIE
System Software
1 11 (30.56%) Firmware
2 8 (22.22%) VMware NSX
2 8 (22.22%) vSphere
3 6 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (8.33%) Docker
4 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) Kubernetes
2 5 (13.89%) vCenter Server
3 3 (8.33%) Ansible
4 2 (5.56%) Check_MK
4 2 (5.56%) Grafana
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.78%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (52.78%) F5
3 11 (30.56%) Blue Coat
3 11 (30.56%) McAfee
3 11 (30.56%) NetApp
4 8 (22.22%) Veeam
5 7 (19.44%) Cisco
6 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 4 (11.11%) Red Hat
6 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
7 3 (8.33%) Infoblox
8 2 (5.56%) Commvault
8 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.78%) Citrix
9 1 (2.78%) Dell
9 1 (2.78%) EMC
9 1 (2.78%) Isilon