VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 61 79
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 +34
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 3 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.49% 1.40% 0.70%
As % of the System Software category 6.12% 12.20% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £501 £431 £445
25th Percentile £503 £447 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £497 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.12% -3.50% +5.64%
75th Percentile £528 £511 £559
90th Percentile £534 £519 £576
Scotland median daily rate £483 £499 £575
% change year-on-year -3.21% -13.30% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £18.38 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -76.44% -

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 49 82 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.94% 11.50% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 49 78
10th Percentile £341 £191 £209
25th Percentile £463 £240 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £467
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.73% -1.74%
75th Percentile £525 £494 £529
90th Percentile £546 £537 £550
Scotland median daily rate £475 £440 £495
% change year-on-year +8.08% -11.21% +8.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £15.70 -
25th Percentile - £18.55 £60.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.23 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +237.34% -63.55% +244.24%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £61.50
90th Percentile - £49.59 -
Scotland median hourly rate £49.38 £22.23 £56.40
% change year-on-year +122.08% -60.58% +218.28%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Email Filtering
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) vRealize
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft