VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in England

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 170 101
Rank change year-on-year +5 -69 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 739 454 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.64% 2.30%
As % of the System Software category 16.00% 13.77% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 297 493
10th Percentile £325 £343 £321
25th Percentile £434 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £603 £595
90th Percentile £667 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 2 8
10th Percentile £25.90 £28.20 £23.38
25th Percentile £33.70 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -50.03%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £72.94
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
% change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -52.41%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,619 3,297 3,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.09% 11.94% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,038 2,147 2,695
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 89 133
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.14 £14.06
25th Percentile £27.22 £23.00 £15.65
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +68.07% -40.50%
75th Percentile £74.20 £81.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £84.63 £91.50 £72.85
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £33.64 £23.99
% change year-on-year +56.09% +40.20% -52.02%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in England

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
South East +8 225 £538 -6.93% 79
London -16 179 £525 - 89
North of England -13 140 £483 +13.65% 52
Midlands -17 88 £450 -18.18% 21
South West -38 73 £575 - 33
North West -1 71 £482 +24.26% 32
West Midlands -23 68 £450 -20.84% 12
Yorkshire -21 65 £500 +11.48% 11
East of England -14 38 £500 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -4 20 £450 -18.18% 9
North East -41 4 £350 -44.00% 11
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 41 (5.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.49%) Confluence
4 10 (1.35%) IIS
5 8 (1.08%) nginx
5 8 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.08%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.68%) JBoss
7 4 (0.54%) Apache
7 4 (0.54%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.41%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.27%) CICS
9 2 (0.27%) CMS
9 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Houdini
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.27%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 208 (28.15%) Azure
2 135 (18.27%) AWS
3 59 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.50%) Entra ID
5 40 (5.41%) OpenShift
6 34 (4.60%) GCP
7 29 (3.92%) IaaS
8 28 (3.79%) GitHub
9 17 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (2.30%) PaaS
10 16 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.89%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.76%) Rubrik
12 13 (1.76%) SaaS
13 12 (1.62%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.35%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.22%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 239 (32.34%) DNS
2 170 (23.00%) Firewall
3 148 (20.03%) DHCP
4 88 (11.91%) TCP/IP
4 88 (11.91%) VSAN
5 73 (9.88%) VPN
6 67 (9.07%) SAN
7 59 (7.98%) WAN
8 56 (7.58%) VLAN
9 53 (7.17%) Network Security
10 44 (5.95%) SSL
11 43 (5.82%) LAN
12 38 (5.14%) NAS
13 31 (4.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 30 (4.06%) BGP
15 27 (3.65%) HTTP
16 26 (3.52%) BIG-IP
16 26 (3.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 26 (3.52%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.84%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.87%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (1.76%) Power BI
2 13 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (1.22%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.95%) Big Data
5 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.54%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.27%) DataStage
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.27%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 32 (4.33%) JIRA
2 28 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.30%) Git
3 17 (2.30%) GitLab
4 16 (2.17%) Fiddler
5 5 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.41%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.27%) MSI
8 2 (0.27%) PVCS
8 2 (0.27%) Subversion
9 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 165 (22.33%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (8.25%) Finance
4 48 (6.50%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.74%) Banking
6 24 (3.25%) Legal
7 20 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.30%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.62%) Military
11 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.08%) Retail
12 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Law
14 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.68%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.54%) Games
16 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (24.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (13.40%) Senior
3 72 (9.74%) Network Engineer
3 72 (9.74%) VMware Engineer
4 62 (8.39%) Architect
5 47 (6.36%) Support Engineer
6 39 (5.28%) Lead
7 35 (4.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 35 (4.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 32 (4.33%) Storage Engineer
9 31 (4.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (3.92%) Consultant
10 29 (3.92%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 25 (3.38%) Administrator
12 24 (3.25%) Virtualisation Engineer
13 23 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
14 22 (2.98%) IT Engineer
14 22 (2.98%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.84%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.76%) REST
2 11 (1.49%) Flash
3 10 (1.35%) 802.1X
4 9 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.08%) JSON
5 8 (1.08%) Middleware
6 7 (0.95%) LDAP
6 7 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (0.81%) YAML
8 5 (0.68%) .NET
8 5 (0.68%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.54%) Redfish
10 3 (0.41%) Kafka
10 3 (0.41%) SAML
11 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.27%) Java SE
11 2 (0.27%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.27%) Qt
11 2 (0.27%) Unreal Engine
11 2 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (15.29%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (8.93%) PKI
4 47 (6.36%) Clustering
5 46 (6.22%) Enterprise Storage
6 42 (5.68%) Replication
7 30 (4.06%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 21 (2.84%) Cloud Native
10 19 (2.57%) Linux Command Line
11 18 (2.44%) Private Cloud
12 15 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.89%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.49%) SCADA
15 10 (1.35%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.22%) Product Ownership
17 8 (1.08%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 390 (52.77%) Windows
2 252 (34.10%) Windows Server
3 220 (29.77%) Linux
4 48 (6.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (3.65%) VMS
7 25 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.30%) Unix
9 16 (2.17%) Ubuntu
9 16 (2.17%) Windows 10
10 15 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
10 15 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (1.35%) Solaris
13 7 (0.95%) CentOS
14 6 (0.81%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.68%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.54%) SUSE
16 4 (0.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (32.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 146 (19.76%) Migration
3 138 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (15.56%) High Availability
5 112 (15.16%) ITIL
6 110 (14.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 98 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 94 (12.72%) CI/CD
9 83 (11.23%) Technical Leadership
10 77 (10.42%) Network Virtualisation
11 74 (10.01%) Agile
12 72 (9.74%) Change Management
13 71 (9.61%) DevOps
14 67 (9.07%) ITSM
15 60 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (8.12%) Load Balancing
16 58 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
17 56 (7.58%) Capacity Planning
18 55 (7.44%) Validation
19 54 (7.31%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 110 (14.88%) Python
3 76 (10.28%) Bash
4 47 (6.36%) SQL
5 16 (2.17%) Java
6 8 (1.08%) Bicep
7 7 (0.95%) C
7 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.54%) Go
9 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.41%) Lua
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) COBOL
11 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
11 2 (0.27%) VBScript
12 1 (0.14%) C#
12 1 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 368 (49.80%) Security Cleared
2 211 (28.55%) SC Cleared
3 182 (24.63%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (6.77%) Degree
6 40 (5.41%) VCAP
7 39 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.52%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.71%) MCSE
11 19 (2.57%) CCNP
12 18 (2.44%) CCNA
13 16 (2.17%) MCSA
14 15 (2.03%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
17 7 (0.95%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.95%) OCP
17 7 (0.95%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.11%) SLA
2 20 (2.71%) NIST
3 17 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.03%) NCSC
4 15 (2.03%) QA
5 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.54%) GxP
7 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.27%) GDPR
8 2 (0.27%) ISA99
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.27%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) DICOM
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 243 (32.88%) Active Directory
2 189 (25.58%) VMware ESXi
3 179 (24.22%) vSphere
4 152 (20.57%) Hyper-V
5 150 (20.30%) VMware NSX
6 88 (11.91%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (7.44%) Docker
8 37 (5.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (4.19%) Firmware
10 20 (2.71%) NFS
11 19 (2.57%) KVM
12 11 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
14 8 (1.08%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.95%) GPFS
15 7 (0.95%) vCloud
16 6 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
17 5 (0.68%) SRDF
18 4 (0.54%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 152 (20.57%) Ansible
2 147 (19.89%) vCenter Server
3 112 (15.16%) Terraform
4 99 (13.40%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.22%) SCOM
6 41 (5.55%) SCCM
7 34 (4.60%) VxRail
8 31 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.19%) vRealize
9 25 (3.38%) Grafana
10 21 (2.84%) Puppet
11 19 (2.57%) Prometheus
12 18 (2.44%) NetBackup
13 17 (2.30%) WSUS
14 16 (2.17%) Argo
14 16 (2.17%) PowerCLI
14 16 (2.17%) vMotion
15 14 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
16 13 (1.76%) Avamar
17 11 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 739 (100.00%) VMware
2 212 (28.69%) Microsoft
3 139 (18.81%) Cisco
4 56 (7.58%) NetApp
5 53 (7.17%) Citrix
6 49 (6.63%) Red Hat
7 43 (5.82%) Dell
8 42 (5.68%) F5
9 36 (4.87%) Palo Alto
10 35 (4.74%) ServiceNow
11 34 (4.60%) Juniper
11 34 (4.60%) SolarWinds
12 33 (4.47%) Oracle
13 29 (3.92%) Veeam
14 23 (3.11%) Broadcom
15 20 (2.71%) IBM
16 19 (2.57%) Fortinet
16 19 (2.57%) McAfee
17 18 (2.44%) CheckPoint
17 18 (2.44%) Pure Storage
281 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England