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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 52 72
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +32
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 3 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.51% 1.93% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 5.45% 20.37% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £501 £443 £445
25th Percentile £503 £478 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +9.39% +3.16%
75th Percentile £528 £592 £528
90th Percentile £534 £601 £541
Scotland median daily rate £458 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +5.00% +10.13%

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 55 54 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.31% 9.46% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 60
10th Percentile £328 £179 £198
25th Percentile £464 £363 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% +5.32%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £542
90th Percentile £625 £686 £638
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £503
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.54% +13.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - £21.00 £21.49
25th Percentile - £23.05 £35.93
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.27% -21.52% +238.60%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £60.75
90th Percentile - £73.50 £61.20
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £47.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year +59.27% -21.52% +238.60%

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 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Email Filtering
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
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
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
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
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam