VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 37 55
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 26 14 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.42% 2.70% 1.29%
As % of the System Software category 20.63% 29.79% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 5
10th Percentile £317 £271 £423
25th Percentile £405 £453 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% -1.32% -1.79%
75th Percentile £475 £550 £575
90th Percentile - - £725
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £72.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £75.25 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +50.54% +16.25% -38.46%

All System Software Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 126 47 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.74% 9.06% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 28 60
10th Percentile £131 £185 £145
25th Percentile £163 £250 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year -22.06% +25.93% -10.00%
75th Percentile £491 £537 £500
90th Percentile £656 £550 £579
England median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £15.71 - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £45.22
Median hourly rate £74.00 £15.09 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +390.39% -68.93% +108.95%
75th Percentile - - £51.91
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £28.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +100.89% +33.33% -58.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2026. 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
Derbyshire -3 8 £333 -39.55%
Northamptonshire -16 6 £450 +73.08% 4
Lincolnshire - 6 - -
Nottinghamshire -22 5 £415 -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (7.69%) Nutanix
6 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) DHCP
1 8 (30.77%) DNS
2 7 (26.92%) VLAN
3 6 (23.08%) IPv4
3 6 (23.08%) IPv6
4 5 (19.23%) Network Security
5 4 (15.38%) SAN
6 1 (3.85%) Firewall
6 1 (3.85%) NAS
6 1 (3.85%) VPN
6 1 (3.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Fire and Rescue
2 5 (19.23%) Local Government
2 5 (19.23%) Police
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Help Desk Technician
3 5 (19.23%) ICT Technician
3 5 (19.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.85%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Nutanix Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (19.23%) Driving Licence
2 5 (19.23%) Onboarding
2 5 (19.23%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Replication
3 1 (3.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) Windows
2 16 (61.54%) Windows Server
3 9 (34.62%) Windows 10
4 5 (19.23%) Linux
5 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (30.77%) Decision-Making
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
4 6 (23.08%) Agile
5 5 (19.23%) Business Continuity
5 5 (19.23%) ITSM
5 5 (19.23%) Mathematics
5 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.54%) Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 2 (7.69%) Application Packaging
8 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (7.69%) High Availability
8 2 (7.69%) IT Strategy
8 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (3.85%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.85%) VCAP
4 1 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) GDPR
1 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (42.31%) Hyper-V
2 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (15.38%) vSphere
4 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) SCCM
1 6 (23.08%) WSUS
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (30.77%) Citrix
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.54%) Dell
6 2 (7.69%) Google
7 1 (3.85%) Remedy