VMware Infrastructure Contracts in Cheshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 50 56
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 9 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.00% 1.59% 1.32%
As % of the System Software category 14.52% 18.18% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £313 £411 £275
25th Percentile £316 £449 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -5.83% +31.18%
75th Percentile - £575 £600
90th Percentile £420 £598 -
North West median daily rate £425 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +30.77% -35.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 62 44 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.81% 8.73% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 18 87
10th Percentile £230 £125 £200
25th Percentile £339 £128 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £363 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -21.62% +19.05%
75th Percentile £463 £428 £575
90th Percentile £537 £560 £638
North West median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £16.69 £12.08
25th Percentile - £17.26 £13.31
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £18.21
Median % change year-on-year - -2.66% -4.18%
75th Percentile - - £33.25
90th Percentile - £17.74 £52.75
North West median hourly rate £55.75 £17.72 £22.41
% change year-on-year +214.62% -20.93% +23.71%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Cheshire

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warrington +3 8 £350 -27.46% 1
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 6 (66.67%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
1 1 (11.11%) MSDE
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Publishing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Administrator
2 6 (66.67%) VMWare Administrator
2 6 (66.67%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2019
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) Patch Management
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) High Availability
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (33.33%) Resource Management
6 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (22.22%) Use Case
7 1 (11.11%) Agile
7 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
7 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) ETL
7 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
7 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 6 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) vCenter Server
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (33.33%) NetApp OnCommand
2 3 (33.33%) vMotion
2 3 (33.33%) WSUS
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (11.11%) Perfmon
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM
4 1 (11.11%) SCOM
4 1 (11.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) McAfee
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec