VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 38 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 4 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.11% 0.53% 1.02%
As % of the System Software category 14.29% 8.00% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £579 - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £513 £650
% change year-on-year +7.32% -21.15% +52.94%

All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 28 25 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.80% 6.67% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 15
10th Percentile £273 £303 £177
25th Percentile £406 £419 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 - £537
90th Percentile £710 £560 £570
East of England median daily rate £452 £381 £500
% change year-on-year +18.56% -23.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile - £18.54 -
25th Percentile - - £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +48.00% +6.15%
75th Percentile - £60.63 £14.75
90th Percentile - £63.75 £15.63
East of England median hourly rate £54.00 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% -13.46% +314.61%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Cambridgeshire

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
Cambridge - 3 £445 - 11
Peterborough - 1 £500 -
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) CentOS
3 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Dell
2 2 (50.00%) Intel
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) NVIDIA