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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 169 106
Rank change year-on-year +5 -63 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 779 459 747
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.65% 2.26%
As % of the System Software category 16.93% 13.76% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 300 470
10th Percentile £317 £325 £321
25th Percentile £425 £450 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.80% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £512
% change year-on-year -5.45% +7.45% -2.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 3 7
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.40 £23.24
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.48 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +111.60% +26.05% -60.40%
75th Percentile £75.25 £48.63 £43.37
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £58.50
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +110.45% +26.05% -62.22%

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 4,602 3,335 3,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.06% 12.02% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,018 2,147 2,628
10th Percentile £213 £223 £225
25th Percentile £391 £376 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £684 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 95 120
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.03 £14.06
25th Percentile £33.70 £22.75 £17.08
Median hourly rate £62.50 £37.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +55.09% -44.79%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.50 £62.81
90th Percentile £90.00 £91.50 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £59.37 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +97.89% +24.07% -51.64%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -3 219 £538 -6.52% 88
London +4 188 £525 +5.00% 79
North of England +2 165 £459 +8.00% 49
Midlands -7 97 £450 -20.00% 27
North West +6 90 £466 +9.53% 22
South West -30 80 £600 +4.35% 42
West Midlands -11 73 £450 -21.40% 18
Yorkshire -24 66 £510 +23.52% 14
East of England -12 40 £488 -11.36% 40
East Midlands -1 24 £438 -16.03% 9
North East -29 9 £350 -44.00% 17
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 42 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.16%) Confluence
3 9 (1.16%) IIS
3 9 (1.16%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.90%) JBoss
4 7 (0.90%) nginx
4 7 (0.90%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.51%) Apache
5 4 (0.51%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (0.51%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.26%) Houdini
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.26%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 13 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 219 (28.11%) Azure
2 137 (17.59%) AWS
3 72 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (6.93%) Entra ID
5 40 (5.13%) OpenShift
6 35 (4.49%) GCP
7 31 (3.98%) GitHub
8 28 (3.59%) IaaS
9 18 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (1.93%) PaaS
13 14 (1.80%) OneDrive
13 14 (1.80%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.67%) SaaS
15 11 (1.41%) Nutanix
16 9 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.16%) Azure Stack
16 9 (1.16%) Rubrik
17 8 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 261 (33.50%) DNS
2 177 (22.72%) Firewall
3 164 (21.05%) DHCP
4 93 (11.94%) TCP/IP
5 89 (11.42%) VSAN
6 74 (9.50%) VPN
7 66 (8.47%) SAN
8 63 (8.09%) VLAN
9 58 (7.45%) WAN
10 54 (6.93%) Network Security
11 45 (5.78%) LAN
12 40 (5.13%) NAS
12 40 (5.13%) SSL
13 36 (4.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 31 (3.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 29 (3.72%) BIG-IP
16 28 (3.59%) BGP
17 25 (3.21%) HTTP
18 24 (3.08%) Wireshark
19 19 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.67%) Power BI
4 11 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (1.16%) Big Data
6 9 (1.16%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.77%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.26%) GIS
11 2 (0.26%) Redis
12 1 (0.13%) DataStage
12 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
12 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 28 (3.59%) JIRA
2 25 (3.21%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.70%) Git
3 21 (2.70%) GitLab
4 15 (1.93%) Fiddler
5 5 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.39%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.26%) CppUnit
7 2 (0.26%) MSI
7 2 (0.26%) PVCS
7 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.26%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 178 (22.85%) Social Skills
2 81 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (9.24%) Finance
4 39 (5.01%) Public Sector
5 31 (3.98%) Banking
6 25 (3.21%) Legal
7 24 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.93%) Investment Banking
8 15 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.03%) Retail
12 6 (0.77%) Law
12 6 (0.77%) Military
13 5 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.64%) Police
14 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 194 (24.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (13.99%) Senior
3 87 (11.17%) VMware Engineer
4 68 (8.73%) Network Engineer
5 59 (7.57%) Architect
6 48 (6.16%) Support Engineer
7 45 (5.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 41 (5.26%) Lead
9 37 (4.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 32 (4.11%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 31 (3.98%) Administrator
12 31 (3.98%) Storage Engineer
13 30 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
14 29 (3.72%) Consultant
15 26 (3.34%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 24 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 23 (2.95%) IT Engineer
17 23 (2.95%) Senior Network Engineer
17 23 (2.95%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (15.53%) Terraform
2 20 (2.57%) REST
3 11 (1.41%) JSON
4 10 (1.28%) 802.1X
5 9 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (1.16%) Kafka
5 9 (1.16%) YAML
6 6 (0.77%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.77%) Flash
6 6 (0.77%) LDAP
6 6 (0.77%) Middleware
7 5 (0.64%) .NET
7 5 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (0.51%) Redfish
9 3 (0.39%) Java SE
9 3 (0.39%) SAML
9 3 (0.39%) XML
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth
10 2 (0.26%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 125 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 69 (8.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (8.22%) PKI
4 48 (6.16%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (5.78%) Clustering
6 40 (5.13%) Replication
7 33 (4.24%) Management Information System
8 30 (3.85%) Public Cloud
9 27 (3.47%) Private Cloud
10 22 (2.82%) Onboarding
11 21 (2.70%) Cloud Native
12 19 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.41%) SCADA
15 10 (1.28%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.16%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.03%) Product Ownership
18 7 (0.90%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 419 (53.79%) Windows
2 280 (35.94%) Windows Server
3 221 (28.37%) Linux
4 47 (6.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (5.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 25 (3.21%) VMS
7 21 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 21 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.44%) Unix
9 18 (2.31%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (1.41%) Data ONTAP
13 9 (1.16%) Solaris
14 8 (1.03%) CentOS
15 7 (0.90%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.77%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
18 4 (0.51%) SUSE
19 3 (0.39%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (33.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 150 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (19.00%) Migration
4 147 (18.87%) ITIL
5 131 (16.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 114 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 102 (13.09%) High Availability
8 100 (12.84%) CI/CD
9 99 (12.71%) Technical Leadership
10 84 (10.78%) Change Management
11 81 (10.40%) ITSM
12 78 (10.01%) Agile
13 76 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
14 74 (9.50%) DevOps
15 72 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 68 (8.73%) Service Management
17 67 (8.60%) Platform Engineering
18 66 (8.47%) Load Balancing
19 65 (8.34%) Root Cause Analysis
20 64 (8.22%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 191 (24.52%) PowerShell
2 111 (14.25%) Python
3 78 (10.01%) Bash
4 51 (6.55%) SQL
5 17 (2.18%) Java
6 8 (1.03%) Bicep
7 7 (0.90%) C
8 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.51%) Go
9 4 (0.51%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.39%) Lua
10 3 (0.39%) VB
10 3 (0.39%) VBScript
11 2 (0.26%) C++
11 2 (0.26%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.26%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) C#
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
12 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 387 (49.68%) Security Cleared
2 223 (28.63%) SC Cleared
3 185 (23.75%) DV Cleared
4 64 (8.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 52 (6.68%) Degree
6 45 (5.78%) VCAP
7 36 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (3.72%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.57%) MCSE
11 17 (2.18%) CCNP
12 16 (2.05%) CCNA
12 16 (2.05%) MCSA
13 15 (1.93%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (0.90%) A+ Certification
17 7 (0.90%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.08%) SLA
2 18 (2.31%) NIST
2 18 (2.31%) QA
3 15 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.67%) NCSC
6 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.51%) GxP
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.26%) GDPR
9 2 (0.26%) ISA99
9 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.26%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 255 (32.73%) Active Directory
2 195 (25.03%) VMware ESXi
3 192 (24.65%) vSphere
4 163 (20.92%) Hyper-V
5 152 (19.51%) VMware NSX
6 82 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (7.32%) Docker
8 37 (4.75%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (4.24%) Firmware
10 16 (2.05%) KVM
11 15 (1.93%) NFS
12 11 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.28%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.16%) BitLocker
15 8 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 7 (0.90%) vCloud
17 6 (0.77%) GPFS
17 6 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
17 6 (0.77%) XenApp
17 6 (0.77%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 158 (20.28%) Ansible
2 152 (19.51%) vCenter Server
3 114 (14.63%) Kubernetes
4 50 (6.42%) SCOM
5 47 (6.03%) SCCM
6 36 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (4.36%) VxRail
8 30 (3.85%) vRealize
9 24 (3.08%) Grafana
10 20 (2.57%) PowerCLI
10 20 (2.57%) Prometheus
10 20 (2.57%) Puppet
11 18 (2.31%) WSUS
12 17 (2.18%) NetBackup
12 17 (2.18%) vMotion
13 15 (1.93%) Microsoft Clustering
14 14 (1.80%) Argo
15 13 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
16 12 (1.54%) Avamar
17 10 (1.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 779 (100.00%) VMware
2 226 (29.01%) Microsoft
3 144 (18.49%) Cisco
4 58 (7.45%) Citrix
5 57 (7.32%) NetApp
6 52 (6.68%) Red Hat
7 46 (5.91%) F5
8 45 (5.78%) Dell
9 42 (5.39%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.49%) Palo Alto
10 35 (4.49%) SolarWinds
11 34 (4.36%) Oracle
12 29 (3.72%) Veeam
13 28 (3.59%) Juniper
14 23 (2.95%) Fortinet
15 21 (2.70%) Broadcom
16 20 (2.57%) IBM
17 18 (2.31%) CheckPoint
18 17 (2.18%) McAfee
19 16 (2.05%) Remedy
298 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England