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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 56 61
Rank change year-on-year +20 +5 -17
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 39 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.27% 1.36% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 34.82% 8.08% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £413 £435 -
25th Percentile £483 £450 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £500 £165
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +203.03% -56.00%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £173
90th Percentile £589 £565 -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £573 £584
% change year-on-year -21.40% -1.97% +22.95%

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 112 99 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.25% 16.84% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 58 29
10th Percentile £193 £119 £145
25th Percentile £258 £300 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £455 £225
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +102.22% -43.75%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £425
90th Percentile £638 £545 £658
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -10.00% -0.50% +11.67%
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 - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £70.00 £56.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +23.89% +253.13% -28.09%

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 5 September 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 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Apache
2 2 (5.13%) CloudStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
1 4 (10.26%) OpenShift
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) IaaS
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (58.97%) DNS
2 21 (53.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 21 (53.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 15 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 14 (35.90%) BIG-IP
4 14 (35.90%) HTTP
4 14 (35.90%) SSL
4 14 (35.90%) Wireshark
5 7 (17.95%) DMZ
5 7 (17.95%) Network Security
6 4 (10.26%) SAN
7 3 (7.69%) HTTPS
7 3 (7.69%) NAS
8 2 (5.13%) Firewall
8 2 (5.13%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (2.56%) DHCP
9 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.56%) VLAN
9 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (35.90%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (35.90%) Banking
1 14 (35.90%) Investment Banking
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Finance
3 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Blue Coat Engineer
1 14 (35.90%) IP Network Engineer
1 14 (35.90%) Network Engineer
1 14 (35.90%) Web Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) VMware Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Consultant
4 5 (12.82%) VMware Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) IT Support
7 1 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Storage Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 21 (53.85%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.56%) Unix
4 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Load Balancing
2 14 (35.90%) Data Loss Prevention
2 14 (35.90%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 12 (30.77%) Migration
4 11 (28.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (12.82%) Business Strategy
5 5 (12.82%) High Availability
6 4 (10.26%) DevOps
6 4 (10.26%) RBAC
7 3 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Data Protection
7 3 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 3 (7.69%) Server Management
8 2 (5.13%) Business Continuity
8 2 (5.13%) ITSM
8 2 (5.13%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Bash
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.56%) Python
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.13%) CCNP
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Firmware
2 8 (20.51%) vSphere
3 6 (15.38%) VMware NSX
4 5 (12.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
5 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.56%) KVM
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (15.38%) vCenter Server
3 3 (7.69%) Grafana
4 2 (5.13%) Ansible
4 2 (5.13%) Check_MK
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.56%) Argo
5 1 (2.56%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (53.85%) F5
3 14 (35.90%) Blue Coat
3 14 (35.90%) McAfee
3 14 (35.90%) NetApp
4 8 (20.51%) Veeam
5 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
6 3 (7.69%) Cisco
6 3 (7.69%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.13%) Commvault
7 2 (5.13%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.56%) Citrix
8 1 (2.56%) Dell
8 1 (2.56%) EMC
8 1 (2.56%) Isilon
8 1 (2.56%) Pure Storage
8 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.56%) Splunk