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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 168 103
Rank change year-on-year -5 -65 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 709 468 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.71% 2.23%
As % of the System Software category 15.78% 14.28% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 315 502
10th Percentile £326 £330 £313
25th Percentile £425 £463 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £595 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £514
% change year-on-year -6.68% +7.06% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 2 10
10th Percentile £23.86 £28.20 £22.37
25th Percentile £30.17 £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 £74.20 £29.50 £63.44
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.20
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £29.00 £29.98
% change year-on-year +68.97% -3.28% -52.03%

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 4,492 3,277 3,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.96% 11.94% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,964 2,147 2,754
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £694 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 88 154
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.14 £14.06
25th Percentile £26.17 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.57 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.61% +65.45% -46.47%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £83.33 £90.45 £70.46
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +70.00% +36.36% -56.00%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 0 214 £538 -6.93% 69
London -23 168 £525 - 59
North of England -5 143 £485 +17.58% 41
Midlands -15 91 £450 -18.18% 22
Yorkshire -11 72 £500 +8.11% 10
West Midlands -21 70 £450 -20.84% 11
North West -3 69 £476 +36.00% 27
South West -43 66 £550 -4.35% 28
East of England -24 34 £500 -9.09% 25
East Midlands -5 21 £450 -18.18% 11
North East -44 2 £588 +62.07% 6
VMware Infrastructure
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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 39 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.27%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) Confluence
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
4 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.56%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.42%) CICS
7 3 (0.42%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.42%) JBoss
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.28%) Houdini
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 189 (26.66%) Azure
2 128 (18.05%) AWS
3 53 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.35%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.21%) OpenShift
6 32 (4.51%) GCP
7 28 (3.95%) GitHub
8 21 (2.96%) IaaS
9 14 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.83%) PaaS
11 12 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (1.69%) Rubrik
12 11 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (1.55%) Nutanix
13 10 (1.41%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.41%) Power Platform
14 9 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.27%) SaaS
15 8 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (0.99%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 211 (29.76%) DNS
2 153 (21.58%) Firewall
3 126 (17.77%) DHCP
4 78 (11.00%) VSAN
5 77 (10.86%) TCP/IP
6 72 (10.16%) SAN
7 67 (9.45%) VPN
8 59 (8.32%) WAN
9 53 (7.48%) Network Security
10 52 (7.33%) VLAN
11 43 (6.06%) LAN
11 43 (6.06%) NAS
11 43 (6.06%) SSL
12 30 (4.23%) BGP
13 29 (4.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 27 (3.81%) HTTP
15 26 (3.67%) Wireshark
16 25 (3.53%) BIG-IP
17 24 (3.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 22 (3.10%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.27%) Power BI
3 9 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.71%) Big Data
5 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.42%) DataStage
7 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.28%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 30 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 29 (4.09%) JIRA
3 17 (2.40%) Git
4 16 (2.26%) Fiddler
5 14 (1.97%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.28%) MSI
7 2 (0.28%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 157 (22.14%) Social Skills
2 62 (8.74%) Finance
3 61 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.94%) Banking
6 22 (3.10%) Legal
7 17 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.40%) Investment Banking
8 13 (1.83%) Military
8 13 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (0.99%) Retail
11 6 (0.85%) Law
11 6 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (0.85%) Police
12 4 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.42%) Games
13 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 169 (23.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (11.42%) Senior
3 69 (9.73%) Network Engineer
4 65 (9.17%) Architect
4 65 (9.17%) VMware Engineer
5 41 (5.78%) Support Engineer
6 36 (5.08%) Lead
7 32 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (4.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 31 (4.37%) Storage Engineer
9 29 (4.09%) Consultant
10 26 (3.67%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 24 (3.39%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 23 (3.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (3.10%) Administrator
14 21 (2.96%) Senior Network Engineer
14 21 (2.96%) VMware Consultant
15 19 (2.68%) IT Engineer
16 18 (2.54%) Data Centre Engineer
16 18 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) Flash
2 11 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (1.55%) REST
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 9 (1.27%) LDAP
5 8 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 5 (0.71%) .NET
7 5 (0.71%) JSON
8 4 (0.56%) Redfish
8 4 (0.56%) YAML
9 3 (0.42%) Kafka
9 3 (0.42%) SAML
9 3 (0.42%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.28%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.28%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.28%) Java SE
10 2 (0.28%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.28%) Qt
10 2 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (15.09%) Data Centre
2 60 (8.46%) PKI
3 59 (8.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 48 (6.77%) Replication
5 44 (6.21%) Enterprise Storage
6 38 (5.36%) Clustering
7 28 (3.95%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.39%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.24%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.26%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.55%) SCADA
14 10 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.41%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.27%) Operational Technology
16 8 (1.13%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 358 (50.49%) Windows
2 223 (31.45%) Windows Server
3 206 (29.06%) Linux
4 45 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 40 (5.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (3.53%) VMS
7 23 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.40%) Data ONTAP
8 17 (2.40%) Ubuntu
9 16 (2.26%) Unix
9 16 (2.26%) Windows 10
10 11 (1.55%) Solaris
11 10 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.99%) CentOS
13 7 (0.99%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.56%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (31.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (20.31%) Migration
3 121 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (16.08%) High Availability
5 94 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 94 (13.26%) ITIL
6 89 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 88 (12.41%) CI/CD
8 73 (10.30%) Network Virtualisation
9 66 (9.31%) Agile
9 66 (9.31%) Technical Leadership
10 65 (9.17%) Change Management
10 65 (9.17%) DevOps
11 60 (8.46%) Load Balancing
12 58 (8.18%) Capacity Planning
12 58 (8.18%) ITSM
12 58 (8.18%) Validation
13 56 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (7.05%) Performance Tuning
15 49 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (22.99%) PowerShell
2 108 (15.23%) Python
3 69 (9.73%) Bash
4 38 (5.36%) SQL
5 15 (2.12%) Java
6 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.71%) C
7 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.56%) Bicep
9 3 (0.42%) COBOL
9 3 (0.42%) Go
9 3 (0.42%) Lua
9 3 (0.42%) PHP
10 2 (0.28%) VBScript
11 1 (0.14%) C#
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
11 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 343 (48.38%) Security Cleared
2 196 (27.64%) SC Cleared
3 169 (23.84%) DV Cleared
4 59 (8.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 46 (6.49%) Degree
6 36 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.94%) VCAP
8 30 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.96%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.82%) CCNP
11 19 (2.68%) MCSE
12 17 (2.40%) CCNA
13 15 (2.12%) MCSA
14 12 (1.69%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
16 9 (1.27%) OCP
17 7 (0.99%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 7 (0.99%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.39%) NIST
2 21 (2.96%) SLA
3 18 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.69%) NCSC
6 10 (1.41%) QA
7 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.56%) GxP
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.28%) GDPR
10 2 (0.28%) ISA99
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 224 (31.59%) Active Directory
2 186 (26.23%) VMware ESXi
3 176 (24.82%) vSphere
4 145 (20.45%) VMware NSX
5 136 (19.18%) Hyper-V
6 88 (12.41%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (7.05%) Docker
8 38 (5.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (4.37%) Firmware
10 28 (3.95%) NFS
11 24 (3.39%) KVM
12 11 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.99%) GPFS
14 7 (0.99%) vCloud
15 6 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.71%) SRDF
17 4 (0.56%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 146 (20.59%) vCenter Server
2 143 (20.17%) Ansible
3 99 (13.96%) Terraform
4 93 (13.12%) Kubernetes
5 39 (5.50%) SCCM
5 39 (5.50%) SCOM
6 34 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (4.65%) vRealize
8 28 (3.95%) VxRail
9 26 (3.67%) Grafana
10 20 (2.82%) Argo
11 19 (2.68%) Puppet
12 18 (2.54%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.54%) vMotion
13 16 (2.26%) Prometheus
14 14 (1.97%) NetBackup
14 14 (1.97%) WSUS
15 12 (1.69%) Avamar
15 12 (1.69%) SnapMirror
16 10 (1.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 709 (100.00%) VMware
2 187 (26.38%) Microsoft
3 135 (19.04%) Cisco
4 58 (8.18%) NetApp
5 55 (7.76%) Citrix
6 53 (7.48%) Red Hat
7 42 (5.92%) Dell
8 40 (5.64%) F5
9 32 (4.51%) Juniper
9 32 (4.51%) Palo Alto
9 32 (4.51%) ServiceNow
10 31 (4.37%) SolarWinds
11 27 (3.81%) Oracle
11 27 (3.81%) Pure Storage
11 27 (3.81%) Veeam
12 23 (3.24%) Broadcom
13 21 (2.96%) IBM
14 19 (2.68%) Commvault
14 19 (2.68%) Fortinet
14 19 (2.68%) McAfee
226 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England