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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 175 99
Rank change year-on-year +9 -76 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 755 455 767
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.64% 2.31%
As % of the System Software category 16.37% 13.76% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 296 496
10th Percentile £325 £350 £323
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £519 £550 £521
% change year-on-year -5.64% +5.52% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 3 9
10th Percentile £25.92 £28.40 £23.52
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.31 £30.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +111.03% -17.05% -38.44%
75th Percentile £75.88 £48.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +110.45% -17.05% -42.60%

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 4,613 3,306 3,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.09% 11.89% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,037 2,140 2,691
10th Percentile £213 £225 £230
25th Percentile £398 £385 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £682 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 95 128
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.03 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.75 £22.75 £15.70
Median hourly rate £60.17 £40.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.41% +65.43% -30.91%
75th Percentile £74.26 £81.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £89.28 £91.50 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £33.64 £24.18
% change year-on-year +63.52% +39.10% -49.09%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -2 219 £538 -6.52% 91
London -5 187 £525 - 129
North of England -6 152 £485 +11.24% 56
Midlands -15 89 £450 -18.18% 33
North West +9 79 £484 +13.88% 31
South West -29 76 £575 - 41
West Midlands -23 69 £450 -20.35% 20
Yorkshire -15 66 £500 +11.48% 12
East of England -17 39 £500 -9.09% 29
East Midlands -9 20 £450 -13.63% 13
North East -37 7 £200 -68.00% 16
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 40 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.46%) Confluence
4 10 (1.32%) IIS
5 8 (1.06%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.93%) JBoss
6 7 (0.93%) nginx
6 7 (0.93%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.53%) Apache
7 4 (0.53%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.40%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.26%) Houdini
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.26%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 13 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 213 (28.21%) Azure
2 141 (18.68%) AWS
3 65 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 40 (5.30%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.90%) GCP
7 29 (3.84%) GitHub
7 29 (3.84%) IaaS
8 18 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (2.12%) PaaS
10 15 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (1.99%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.85%) OneDrive
11 14 (1.85%) SaaS
12 13 (1.72%) Rubrik
13 12 (1.59%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.19%) Azure Stack
14 9 (1.19%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 247 (32.72%) DNS
2 171 (22.65%) Firewall
3 156 (20.66%) DHCP
4 89 (11.79%) TCP/IP
4 89 (11.79%) VSAN
5 73 (9.67%) VPN
6 67 (8.87%) SAN
7 59 (7.81%) VLAN
7 59 (7.81%) WAN
8 53 (7.02%) Network Security
9 44 (5.83%) LAN
9 44 (5.83%) SSL
10 38 (5.03%) NAS
11 36 (4.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 31 (4.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 30 (3.97%) BIG-IP
14 29 (3.84%) BGP
15 26 (3.44%) HTTP
16 25 (3.31%) Wireshark
17 20 (2.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.85%) Power BI
2 14 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.19%) Big Data
5 9 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.79%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.26%) Redis
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) GIS
11 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 32 (4.24%) JIRA
2 27 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.65%) GitLab
4 18 (2.38%) Git
5 16 (2.12%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.53%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.26%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.26%) MSI
9 2 (0.26%) PVCS
9 2 (0.26%) Subversion
10 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 171 (22.65%) Social Skills
2 79 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (9.27%) Finance
4 45 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.77%) Banking
6 26 (3.44%) Legal
7 23 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 15 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.06%) Military
12 8 (1.06%) Retail
13 6 (0.79%) Law
14 5 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.66%) Police
15 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.53%) Games
16 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 186 (24.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 104 (13.77%) Senior
3 78 (10.33%) VMware Engineer
4 71 (9.40%) Network Engineer
5 64 (8.48%) Architect
6 47 (6.23%) Support Engineer
7 38 (5.03%) Lead
8 37 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (4.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 33 (4.37%) Storage Engineer
10 32 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (3.97%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 29 (3.84%) Consultant
13 28 (3.71%) Administrator
14 25 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
15 24 (3.18%) Senior Network Engineer
15 24 (3.18%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 23 (3.05%) IT Engineer
17 22 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 21 (2.78%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.25%) REST
2 11 (1.46%) JSON
3 10 (1.32%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.32%) Flash
4 9 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.06%) YAML
6 6 (0.79%) LDAP
6 6 (0.79%) Middleware
7 5 (0.66%) .NET
7 5 (0.66%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.66%) Kafka
7 5 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (0.53%) Redfish
9 3 (0.40%) SAML
9 3 (0.40%) XML
10 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.26%) Java SE
10 2 (0.26%) NETCONF
10 2 (0.26%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 120 (15.89%) Data Centre
2 65 (8.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 65 (8.61%) PKI
3 49 (6.49%) Clustering
4 48 (6.36%) Enterprise Storage
5 42 (5.56%) Replication
6 30 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.97%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.78%) Private Cloud
8 19 (2.52%) Cloud Native
8 19 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.25%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.46%) SCADA
12 10 (1.32%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.06%) EMC VMAX
13 8 (1.06%) Product Ownership
14 7 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 395 (52.32%) Windows
2 253 (33.51%) Windows Server
3 219 (29.01%) Linux
4 46 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 46 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (3.58%) VMS
6 23 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.25%) Unix
7 17 (2.25%) Windows 10
8 15 (1.99%) Data ONTAP
8 15 (1.99%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (1.06%) Solaris
11 7 (0.93%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.93%) CentOS
12 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.66%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.53%) SUSE
14 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (32.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (19.74%) Migration
3 143 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (16.29%) ITIL
5 115 (15.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 110 (14.57%) High Availability
7 104 (13.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 95 (12.58%) CI/CD
9 88 (11.66%) Technical Leadership
10 78 (10.33%) Network Virtualisation
11 77 (10.20%) Change Management
12 76 (10.07%) ITSM
13 75 (9.93%) Agile
14 70 (9.27%) DevOps
15 62 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 61 (8.08%) Load Balancing
16 61 (8.08%) Service Management
17 59 (7.81%) Capacity Planning
17 59 (7.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 187 (24.77%) PowerShell
2 113 (14.97%) Python
3 76 (10.07%) Bash
4 47 (6.23%) SQL
5 16 (2.12%) Java
6 7 (0.93%) Bicep
6 7 (0.93%) C
7 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.66%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.53%) Go
9 4 (0.53%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.40%) Lua
10 3 (0.40%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) 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%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 367 (48.61%) Security Cleared
2 214 (28.34%) SC Cleared
3 179 (23.71%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 53 (7.02%) Degree
6 41 (5.43%) VCAP
7 38 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (3.58%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.65%) MCSE
11 18 (2.38%) CCNP
12 17 (2.25%) CCNA
13 16 (2.12%) MCSA
14 15 (1.99%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.93%) A+ Certification
16 7 (0.93%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.93%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.31%) SLA
2 19 (2.52%) NIST
3 17 (2.25%) QA
4 15 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.85%) NCSC
6 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.53%) GxP
8 3 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 239 (31.66%) Active Directory
2 191 (25.30%) VMware ESXi
3 184 (24.37%) vSphere
4 153 (20.26%) VMware NSX
5 150 (19.87%) Hyper-V
6 88 (11.66%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (7.28%) Docker
8 37 (4.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (3.97%) Firmware
10 19 (2.52%) NFS
11 18 (2.38%) KVM
12 10 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (1.19%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.93%) GPFS
14 7 (0.93%) vCloud
15 6 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.66%) SRDF
17 4 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
17 4 (0.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 156 (20.66%) Ansible
2 145 (19.21%) vCenter Server
3 114 (15.10%) Terraform
4 102 (13.51%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.09%) SCCM
5 46 (6.09%) SCOM
6 35 (4.64%) VxRail
7 32 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.11%) vRealize
9 23 (3.05%) Grafana
10 22 (2.91%) Puppet
11 19 (2.52%) Prometheus
12 18 (2.38%) NetBackup
12 18 (2.38%) WSUS
13 16 (2.12%) PowerCLI
14 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (1.99%) vMotion
15 14 (1.85%) Argo
16 13 (1.72%) Avamar
16 13 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 755 (100.00%) VMware
2 217 (28.74%) Microsoft
3 143 (18.94%) Cisco
4 58 (7.68%) NetApp
5 53 (7.02%) Citrix
6 50 (6.62%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.23%) F5
8 44 (5.83%) Dell
9 42 (5.56%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.64%) Palo Alto
11 34 (4.50%) Oracle
12 33 (4.37%) SolarWinds
13 31 (4.11%) Juniper
14 29 (3.84%) Veeam
15 23 (3.05%) Broadcom
16 21 (2.78%) IBM
17 19 (2.52%) McAfee
18 18 (2.38%) Fortinet
19 17 (2.25%) Blue Coat
19 17 (2.25%) CheckPoint
352 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England