VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in the City of London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 96 94
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +56
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 10 27 53
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.59% 1.29% 1.89%
As % of the System Software category 6.45% 10.71% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 33
10th Percentile - £355 £418
25th Percentile £500 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £605 £638
90th Percentile £660 £713 £698
Central London median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.85% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £23.88
25th Percentile - - £27.81
Median hourly rate - £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year - +208.97% +85.90%
75th Percentile - - £45.31
90th Percentile - - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year - +208.97% +85.90%

All System Software Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 155 252 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.09% 12.03% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 159 234
10th Percentile £300 £334 £261
25th Percentile £425 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £664 £663 £688
90th Percentile £688 £730 £809
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £84.40 £23.88
25th Percentile £26.75 £94.75 £27.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +208.97% +76.83%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £45.31
90th Percentile - - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.99 £112.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -75.91% +208.97% +79.01%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the City of London

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the City of London

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VLAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Operations Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Subject Matter Expert
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Application Security
3 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Runbook
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) MCSA
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Firmware
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
1 2 (20.00%) vRealize
2 1 (10.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) PowerCLI
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (10.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Infoblox
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Pure Storage