VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Chester

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 12 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 6.70% 6.33% -
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 23.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £513 £325 £390
% change year-on-year +57.69% -16.67% -29.09%

All System Software Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 18 21 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 10.06% 26.58% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £190 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £393 £536
% change year-on-year +8.14% -26.61% +9.57%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Chester

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) BIG-IP
1 6 (50.00%) DNS
1 6 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 6 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (25.00%) DMZ
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 6 (50.00%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco