VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Coventry

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 32 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 16.84% - 4.27%
As % of the System Software category 68.09% - 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 9
10th Percentile £263 - -
25th Percentile £280 - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 - £418
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.22%
75th Percentile £317 - £488
90th Percentile £346 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £406 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -29.35% +21.05% +11.76%

All System Software Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 47 12 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 24.74% 11.11% 15.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 9 24
10th Percentile - £170 £219
25th Percentile £263 £178 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £330 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% -22.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £461 £400 £488
90th Percentile £538 £475 £496
West Midlands median daily rate £523 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.50 £24.35 £18.50
% change year-on-year +132.08% +31.59% -23.71%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Coventry

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Coventry over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Coventry

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 4 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (78.13%) AWS
2 15 (46.88%) Azure
3 10 (31.25%) Datadog
4 3 (9.38%) GCP
5 2 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) VSAN
2 6 (18.75%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (12.50%) DNS
3 4 (12.50%) LAN
3 4 (12.50%) VPN
3 4 (12.50%) WAN
3 4 (12.50%) Wireless
4 2 (6.25%) BGP
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (6.25%) DHCP
4 2 (6.25%) EIGRP
4 2 (6.25%) HTTP
4 2 (6.25%) HTTPS
4 2 (6.25%) IPv4
4 2 (6.25%) IPv6
4 2 (6.25%) MPLS
4 2 (6.25%) OSPF
4 2 (6.25%) SSL
4 2 (6.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (18.75%) Finance
1 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (65.63%) Analyst
2 20 (62.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 12 (37.50%) Storage Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Firewall Support
5 2 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Server Support
5 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) Flash
2 2 (6.25%) LDAP
2 2 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (62.50%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (31.25%) Replication
3 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (62.50%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.13%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 6 (18.75%) Ticket Management
4 4 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.25%) ITIL
6 2 (6.25%) Load Balancing
6 2 (6.25%) Migration
6 2 (6.25%) Network Architecture
6 2 (6.25%) Network Design
6 2 (6.25%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (6.25%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (6.25%) Security Architecture
6 2 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (6.25%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) AWS Certification
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (6.25%) CCIE
4 2 (6.25%) CCIE Security
4 2 (6.25%) CCNP
4 2 (6.25%) CCSP
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.13%) JNCIE
5 1 (3.13%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
1 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (78.13%) vSphere
2 10 (31.25%) GPFS
2 10 (31.25%) NFS
2 10 (31.25%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (12.50%) VMware NSX
4 3 (9.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (71.88%) vRealize
2 11 (34.38%) VxRail
3 2 (6.25%) Ansible
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.25%) SCCM
3 2 (6.25%) SCOM
3 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (6.25%) Terraform
4 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (84.38%) Cisco
3 20 (62.50%) IBM
4 13 (40.63%) SolarWinds
5 10 (31.25%) AppDynamics
5 10 (31.25%) Commvault
5 10 (31.25%) Oracle
5 10 (31.25%) ServiceNow
6 9 (28.13%) Dell
7 8 (25.00%) HP
7 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
8 4 (12.50%) F5
8 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
9 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
9 2 (6.25%) Meraki
10 1 (3.13%) Forcepoint
10 1 (3.13%) Juniper