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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 56 67
Rank change year-on-year +21 +11 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 39 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.24% 1.32% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 35.14% 7.55% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £459 £425 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £165
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% +172.73% -56.00%
75th Percentile £553 £475 £173
90th Percentile £596 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £572 £585
% change year-on-year -21.36% -2.18% +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 111 106 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.07% 17.52% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 28
10th Percentile £191 £116 £143
25th Percentile £211 £256 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £425 £200
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +112.50% -50.00%
75th Percentile £537 £488 £444
90th Percentile £638 £545 £659
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
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 £63.14 £56.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +11.74% +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 19 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
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) GitHub
3 2 (5.13%) IaaS
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (53.85%) DNS
2 20 (51.28%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 20 (51.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 14 (35.90%) TCP/IP
3 14 (35.90%) Wireshark
4 13 (33.33%) BIG-IP
4 13 (33.33%) HTTP
4 13 (33.33%) SSL
5 7 (17.95%) DMZ
5 7 (17.95%) Network Security
6 4 (10.26%) SAN
7 3 (7.69%) BGP
7 3 (7.69%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (7.69%) Firewall
7 3 (7.69%) HTTPS
7 3 (7.69%) NAS
7 3 (7.69%) NX-OS
8 2 (5.13%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (5.13%) TACACS
8 2 (5.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (33.33%) Fiddler
2 2 (5.13%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) GitLab
General
1 13 (33.33%) Banking
1 13 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Network Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Blue Coat Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Web Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Consultant
5 5 (12.82%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Automation Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
8 1 (2.56%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (5.13%) JSON
1 2 (5.13%) REST
1 2 (5.13%) YAML
2 1 (2.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (51.28%) Management Information System
2 7 (17.95%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.69%) Linux
4 2 (5.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.56%) Unix
5 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Load Balancing
2 13 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 13 (33.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 13 (33.33%) Migration
3 11 (28.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.82%) Business Strategy
4 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (10.26%) High Availability
5 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.26%) Validation
6 3 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (7.69%) CI/CD
6 3 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.69%) RBAC
6 3 (7.69%) Server Management
7 2 (5.13%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
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%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.56%) CCIE
System Software
1 13 (33.33%) Firmware
2 7 (17.95%) VMware NSX
2 7 (17.95%) vSphere
3 5 (12.82%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
5 2 (5.13%) Docker
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.82%) vCenter Server
3 2 (5.13%) Ansible
3 2 (5.13%) Check_MK
3 2 (5.13%) Grafana
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.56%) PowerCLI
4 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (53.85%) F5
3 13 (33.33%) Blue Coat
3 13 (33.33%) McAfee
3 13 (33.33%) NetApp
4 8 (20.51%) Veeam
5 6 (15.38%) Cisco
6 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
7 3 (7.69%) Red Hat
7 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 2 (5.13%) Commvault
8 2 (5.13%) Fortinet
8 2 (5.13%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.56%) Citrix
9 1 (2.56%) Dell
9 1 (2.56%) EMC
9 1 (2.56%) Isilon