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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 95 108
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +42
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 17 22 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.81% 1.25% 0.90%
As % of the System Software category 10.56% 10.38% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 13
10th Percentile £465 £165 £228
25th Percentile £465 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +33.33% -19.90%
75th Percentile £575 £665 £475
90th Percentile £605 £675 £575
Central London median daily rate £510 £550 £413
% change year-on-year -7.27% +33.33% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

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 161 212 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 7.69% 12.01% 10.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 137 185
10th Percentile £247 £231 £240
25th Percentile £394 £404 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £543 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% +11.28% -11.36%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £678 £725 £728
Central London median daily rate £525 £530 £475
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £24.32 - -
25th Percentile £29.57 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.02 £112.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +180.00% +119.57%
75th Percentile £50.72 £149.75 -
90th Percentile £56.12 £172.40 £46.15
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -77.26% +180.00% +92.77%

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 20 March 2026.

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 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Cohesity
3 2 (11.76%) IaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) NAS
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
1 2 (11.76%) VSAN
2 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Consultant
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) Migration Architect
4 2 (11.76%) NetApp Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior VMware Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior VMware Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
1 2 (11.76%) Clustering
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Data ONTAP
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (17.65%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Operations
4 2 (11.76%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (5.88%) Application Security
5 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
5 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
3 3 (17.65%) VCAP
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) NFS
1 3 (17.65%) vSphere
2 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (11.76%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Terraform
2 4 (23.53%) vRealize
3 3 (17.65%) Ansible
3 3 (17.65%) PowerCLI
4 2 (11.76%) SCCM
4 2 (11.76%) SnapMirror
4 2 (11.76%) vCenter Server
5 1 (5.88%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
5 1 (5.88%) vMotion
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (17.65%) Pure Storage
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) NetApp
4 1 (5.88%) Broadcom
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco
4 1 (5.88%) Commvault