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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 174 107
Rank change year-on-year +12 -67 -20
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 795 469 725
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.69% 2.20%
As % of the System Software category 17.05% 13.79% 18.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 310 454
10th Percentile £316 £300 £321
25th Percentile £425 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £695 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £509
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.11% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 2 6
10th Percentile £25.94 £33.58 £23.10
25th Percentile £33.70 £38.94 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £48.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +42.49% +102.73% -62.22%
75th Percentile £89.75 £57.94 £33.51
90th Percentile £95.05 £63.53 £43.37
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £48.25 £23.80
% change year-on-year +40.93% +102.73% -63.93%

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 4,662 3,401 3,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 12.23% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,035 2,184 2,586
10th Percentile £215 £214 £220
25th Percentile £389 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £611
90th Percentile £688 £675 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 97 99
10th Percentile £17.55 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £33.70 £22.50 £17.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% +50.00% -47.77%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £92.11 £90.60 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £34.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +85.69% +36.00% -50.00%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -13 199 £538 -2.27% 117
London -2 194 £525 +5.00% 193
North of England +5 178 £483 +12.00% 73
Midlands -15 96 £450 -18.18% 70
North West -1 86 £459 +4.91% 40
South West -26 77 £638 +12.83% 60
Yorkshire -11 76 £525 +27.27% 19
West Midlands -19 71 £450 -21.36% 50
East of England -5 55 £510 -7.27% 57
East Midlands -7 25 £425 -11.92% 20
North East -35 17 £400 -36.00% 15
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 43 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.01%) IIS
4 13 (1.64%) Confluence
5 9 (1.13%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.88%) JBoss
6 7 (0.88%) nginx
6 7 (0.88%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.50%) Apache
7 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.50%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.38%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.25%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.25%) Houdini
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.25%) NUKE
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (27.67%) Azure
2 123 (15.47%) AWS
3 81 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (7.30%) Entra ID
5 39 (4.91%) OpenShift
6 32 (4.03%) GCP
7 27 (3.40%) GitHub
8 26 (3.27%) IaaS
9 18 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 14 (1.76%) PaaS
12 13 (1.64%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.64%) SaaS
13 12 (1.51%) Rubrik
14 11 (1.38%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.13%) Azure Stack
16 8 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (1.01%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 258 (32.45%) DNS
2 170 (21.38%) Firewall
3 165 (20.75%) DHCP
4 95 (11.95%) TCP/IP
5 75 (9.43%) VSAN
6 67 (8.43%) VPN
7 66 (8.30%) SAN
7 66 (8.30%) VLAN
8 55 (6.92%) Network Security
9 53 (6.67%) WAN
10 44 (5.53%) LAN
11 38 (4.78%) NAS
12 37 (4.65%) SSL
13 31 (3.90%) HTTP
14 30 (3.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 29 (3.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 27 (3.40%) BGP
17 23 (2.89%) Wireshark
18 22 (2.77%) BIG-IP
19 18 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.64%) Power BI
4 10 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.13%) Big Data
5 9 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (1.13%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.75%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.25%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (4.15%) JIRA
2 24 (3.02%) Git
3 22 (2.77%) GitLab
4 20 (2.52%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.64%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.50%) CppUnit
7 4 (0.50%) PVCS
8 3 (0.38%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.25%) Subversion
10 1 (0.13%) MSI
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 184 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 88 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (9.94%) Finance
4 33 (4.15%) Public Sector
5 31 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (3.52%) Banking
7 24 (3.02%) Legal
8 17 (2.14%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.64%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.13%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.01%) Law
13 7 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.75%) Back Office
14 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.75%) Retail
15 5 (0.63%) Military
15 5 (0.63%) Police
16 4 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 195 (24.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (14.47%) Senior
3 82 (10.31%) VMware Engineer
4 63 (7.92%) Architect
5 58 (7.30%) Network Engineer
6 52 (6.54%) Support Engineer
7 50 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 39 (4.91%) Lead
8 39 (4.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 35 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 34 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
10 34 (4.28%) Storage Engineer
11 31 (3.90%) Administrator
12 28 (3.52%) Consultant
13 27 (3.40%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 24 (3.02%) IT Engineer
15 23 (2.89%) Wintel Engineer
16 22 (2.77%) Systems Engineer
17 21 (2.64%) Server Engineer
17 21 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (13.96%) Terraform
2 24 (3.02%) REST
3 20 (2.52%) JSON
4 17 (2.14%) Kafka
5 12 (1.51%) LDAP
6 11 (1.38%) 802.1X
6 11 (1.38%) YAML
7 8 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.88%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.75%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.75%) Middleware
10 5 (0.63%) .NET
11 4 (0.50%) Flash
11 4 (0.50%) Redfish
12 3 (0.38%) Java SE
12 3 (0.38%) XML
12 3 (0.38%) XMPP
13 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
13 2 (0.25%) OpenGL
13 2 (0.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (16.10%) Data Centre
2 68 (8.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (8.43%) PKI
4 48 (6.04%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (5.66%) Clustering
6 37 (4.65%) Replication
7 36 (4.53%) Private Cloud
8 32 (4.03%) Management Information System
9 30 (3.77%) Onboarding
10 26 (3.27%) Public Cloud
11 19 (2.39%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (1.89%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.76%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.76%) SCADA
16 12 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
18 9 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 445 (55.97%) Windows
2 300 (37.74%) Windows Server
3 210 (26.42%) Linux
4 47 (5.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (3.40%) Windows 10
7 25 (3.14%) VMS
8 19 (2.39%) Unix
9 17 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.76%) Ubuntu
12 13 (1.64%) Data ONTAP
12 13 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (1.26%) Solaris
14 8 (1.01%) Apple iOS
15 7 (0.88%) CentOS
16 6 (0.75%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.50%) AIX
17 4 (0.50%) SUSE
18 3 (0.38%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (34.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 162 (20.38%) ITIL
3 155 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
4 148 (18.62%) Migration
5 135 (16.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 117 (14.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 111 (13.96%) Technical Leadership
8 100 (12.58%) CI/CD
9 95 (11.95%) Change Management
10 88 (11.07%) High Availability
11 86 (10.82%) ITSM
12 79 (9.94%) Platform Engineering
12 79 (9.94%) Root Cause Analysis
13 78 (9.81%) Agile
14 76 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 72 (9.06%) Service Management
16 71 (8.93%) Capacity Planning
16 71 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
16 71 (8.93%) Network Virtualisation
17 69 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (24.65%) PowerShell
2 112 (14.09%) Python
3 72 (9.06%) Bash
4 51 (6.42%) SQL
5 19 (2.39%) Java
6 9 (1.13%) C
7 8 (1.01%) Bicep
8 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.50%) C++
9 4 (0.50%) Go
9 4 (0.50%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.38%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.38%) Korn
10 3 (0.38%) Lua
10 3 (0.38%) VB
11 2 (0.25%) VBScript
12 1 (0.13%) C#
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 397 (49.94%) Security Cleared
2 228 (28.68%) SC Cleared
3 191 (24.03%) DV Cleared
4 62 (7.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 54 (6.79%) Degree
6 41 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
7 40 (5.03%) VCAP
8 36 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.52%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.64%) MCSE
11 19 (2.39%) CCNP
12 18 (2.26%) CCNA
13 17 (2.14%) AWS Certification
14 16 (2.01%) MCSA
15 12 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
18 8 (1.01%) A+ Certification
18 8 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
19 7 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.89%) SLA
2 18 (2.26%) QA
3 17 (2.14%) NIST
4 13 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.51%) NCSC
6 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.50%) GxP
8 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.25%) GDPR
9 2 (0.25%) GRC
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 283 (35.60%) Active Directory
2 198 (24.91%) VMware ESXi
3 195 (24.53%) vSphere
4 176 (22.14%) Hyper-V
5 129 (16.23%) VMware NSX
6 93 (11.70%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (6.92%) Docker
8 40 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.40%) Firmware
10 22 (2.77%) NFS
11 16 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
12 15 (1.89%) KVM
13 11 (1.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 9 (1.13%) XenApp
15 8 (1.01%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.88%) oVirt
16 7 (0.88%) vCloud
17 6 (0.75%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
17 6 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 143 (17.99%) vCenter Server
2 139 (17.48%) Ansible
3 120 (15.09%) Kubernetes
4 57 (7.17%) SCOM
5 56 (7.04%) SCCM
6 43 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (4.78%) VxRail
8 23 (2.89%) vRealize
9 19 (2.39%) Prometheus
10 18 (2.26%) Grafana
11 17 (2.14%) PowerCLI
11 17 (2.14%) Puppet
12 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
13 14 (1.76%) vMotion
13 14 (1.76%) WSUS
14 13 (1.64%) Avamar
14 13 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (1.51%) NetBackup
16 11 (1.38%) Dell DRAC
17 10 (1.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 795 (100.00%) VMware
2 244 (30.69%) Microsoft
3 136 (17.11%) Cisco
4 61 (7.67%) Citrix
5 58 (7.30%) NetApp
6 52 (6.54%) Dell
7 51 (6.42%) Red Hat
8 40 (5.03%) ServiceNow
9 39 (4.91%) F5
9 39 (4.91%) SolarWinds
10 31 (3.90%) Oracle
10 31 (3.90%) Veeam
11 28 (3.52%) Juniper
11 28 (3.52%) Palo Alto
12 25 (3.14%) Fortinet
13 20 (2.52%) McAfee
14 19 (2.39%) Broadcom
14 19 (2.39%) IBM
14 19 (2.39%) Remedy
15 15 (1.89%) CheckPoint
575 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England