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

 6 months to
24 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 173 106
Rank change year-on-year +15 -67 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 815 464 709
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.67% 2.18%
As % of the System Software category 17.43% 13.56% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 308 433
10th Percentile £313 £293 £322
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £595
90th Percentile £701 £650 £666
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 3 8
10th Percentile £25.92 £24.40 £23.38
25th Percentile £33.70 £26.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.75 £30.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% +0.06% -54.56%
75th Percentile £89.81 £48.63 £65.50
90th Percentile £95.68 £59.80 £112.00
UK median hourly rate £67.75 £30.00 £29.98
% change year-on-year +125.83% +0.06% -54.56%

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 4,677 3,421 3,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.04% 12.29% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,044 2,193 2,517
10th Percentile £214 £213 £220
25th Percentile £387 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +0.24%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 104 96
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £31.01 £22.50 £17.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £34.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.41% +25.45% -41.29%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £69.77
90th Percentile £92.11 £89.89 £84.28
UK median hourly rate £62.82 £32.77 £27.50
% change year-on-year +91.69% +19.16% -45.00%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -8 203 £538 -2.27% 132
London -10 199 £525 +5.00% 177
North of England +14 180 £482 +13.29% 78
Midlands -13 97 £450 -18.18% 80
North West +2 85 £455 +3.89% 45
Yorkshire -4 79 £525 +27.27% 22
South West -24 77 £638 +14.86% 61
West Midlands -14 72 £450 -21.36% 55
East of England -4 62 £563 +2.27% 55
East Midlands -11 25 £438 -9.33% 25
North East -28 17 £400 - 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 43 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.96%) IIS
4 15 (1.84%) Confluence
5 13 (1.60%) CMS
6 9 (1.10%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.86%) JBoss
7 7 (0.86%) nginx
7 7 (0.86%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.49%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.49%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.37%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.25%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
Applications
1 9 (1.10%) 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 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 225 (27.61%) Azure
2 123 (15.09%) AWS
3 83 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (7.61%) Entra ID
5 41 (5.03%) OpenShift
6 33 (4.05%) GCP
7 28 (3.44%) GitHub
8 26 (3.19%) IaaS
9 18 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.72%) OneDrive
11 14 (1.72%) PaaS
12 13 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.60%) SaaS
13 12 (1.47%) Nutanix
14 11 (1.35%) Rubrik
15 9 (1.10%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.98%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 262 (32.15%) DNS
2 172 (21.10%) Firewall
3 167 (20.49%) DHCP
4 96 (11.78%) TCP/IP
5 75 (9.20%) VSAN
6 69 (8.47%) VPN
7 68 (8.34%) SAN
8 66 (8.10%) VLAN
9 56 (6.87%) Network Security
9 56 (6.87%) WAN
10 47 (5.77%) LAN
11 40 (4.91%) NAS
12 36 (4.42%) SSL
13 30 (3.68%) HTTP
14 28 (3.44%) BGP
14 28 (3.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 27 (3.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 22 (2.70%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.58%) BIG-IP
18 19 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.60%) Power BI
4 10 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.10%) Big Data
5 9 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (1.10%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.74%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.25%) GIS
10 1 (0.12%) DataStage
10 1 (0.12%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.12%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (4.17%) JIRA
2 25 (3.07%) Git
3 23 (2.82%) GitLab
4 20 (2.45%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.47%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.49%) CppUnit
7 4 (0.49%) PVCS
8 3 (0.37%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.25%) MSI
9 2 (0.25%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 190 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 88 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (10.06%) Finance
4 33 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
4 33 (4.05%) Public Sector
5 29 (3.56%) Banking
6 25 (3.07%) Legal
7 18 (2.21%) Telecoms
8 12 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.10%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.98%) Law
11 8 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.86%) Back Office
12 7 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Police
13 6 (0.74%) Retail
14 5 (0.61%) Military
15 4 (0.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 199 (24.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (14.11%) Senior
3 82 (10.06%) VMware Engineer
4 65 (7.98%) Architect
5 56 (6.87%) Network Engineer
6 53 (6.50%) Support Engineer
7 51 (6.26%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (5.64%) Lead
9 41 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (4.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 36 (4.42%) Platform Engineer
11 34 (4.17%) Storage Engineer
12 32 (3.93%) Administrator
13 28 (3.44%) Consultant
14 26 (3.19%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 24 (2.94%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.82%) Wintel Engineer
17 22 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
18 21 (2.58%) Server Engineer
18 21 (2.58%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (14.23%) Terraform
2 25 (3.07%) REST
3 21 (2.58%) JSON
4 17 (2.09%) Kafka
5 12 (1.47%) 802.1X
5 12 (1.47%) LDAP
5 12 (1.47%) XMPP
5 12 (1.47%) YAML
6 8 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.86%) Middleware
7 7 (0.86%) Regular Expression
8 6 (0.74%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.61%) .NET
10 4 (0.49%) Flash
10 4 (0.49%) Redfish
11 3 (0.37%) Java SE
11 3 (0.37%) XML
12 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.25%) OAuth
12 2 (0.25%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 135 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 70 (8.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (8.22%) PKI
4 48 (5.89%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (5.52%) Clustering
6 38 (4.66%) Replication
7 37 (4.54%) Private Cloud
8 31 (3.80%) Management Information System
9 29 (3.56%) Onboarding
10 26 (3.19%) Public Cloud
11 19 (2.33%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
15 15 (1.84%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.72%) Product Ownership
16 14 (1.72%) SCADA
17 11 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 454 (55.71%) Windows
2 306 (37.55%) Windows Server
3 212 (26.01%) Linux
4 49 (6.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (3.31%) Windows 10
7 26 (3.19%) VMS
8 20 (2.45%) Unix
9 18 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.72%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (1.47%) Data ONTAP
13 11 (1.35%) Solaris
14 8 (0.98%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.98%) CentOS
15 6 (0.74%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.61%) AIX
17 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.49%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (33.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 169 (20.74%) ITIL
3 161 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (18.90%) Migration
5 140 (17.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 120 (14.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 114 (13.99%) Technical Leadership
8 100 (12.27%) CI/CD
9 99 (12.15%) Change Management
10 89 (10.92%) High Availability
11 87 (10.67%) ITSM
12 82 (10.06%) Root Cause Analysis
13 81 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 81 (9.94%) Platform Engineering
14 80 (9.82%) Agile
15 76 (9.33%) Service Management
16 75 (9.20%) Project Delivery
17 74 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
18 73 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 71 (8.71%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 198 (24.29%) PowerShell
2 114 (13.99%) Python
3 72 (8.83%) Bash
4 51 (6.26%) SQL
5 19 (2.33%) Java
6 9 (1.10%) Bicep
6 9 (1.10%) C
7 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.49%) C++
8 4 (0.49%) Go
8 4 (0.49%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.37%) Korn
9 3 (0.37%) Lua
9 3 (0.37%) VB
10 2 (0.25%) VBScript
11 1 (0.12%) C#
11 1 (0.12%) COBOL
11 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 410 (50.31%) Security Cleared
2 237 (29.08%) SC Cleared
3 194 (23.80%) DV Cleared
4 64 (7.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (6.99%) Degree
6 46 (5.64%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (5.03%) VCAP
8 36 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.44%) Azure Certification
10 24 (2.94%) CCNP
11 21 (2.58%) MCSE
12 18 (2.21%) CCNA
13 17 (2.09%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.96%) MCSA
15 12 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.98%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.82%) SLA
2 18 (2.21%) QA
3 16 (1.96%) NIST
4 14 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.35%) NCSC
7 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.49%) GxP
9 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.37%) GRC
9 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.25%) GDPR
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) DICOM
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) HL7
System Software
1 290 (35.58%) Active Directory
2 201 (24.66%) VMware ESXi
3 200 (24.54%) vSphere
4 181 (22.21%) Hyper-V
5 129 (15.83%) VMware NSX
6 92 (11.29%) Virtual Machines
7 56 (6.87%) Docker
8 41 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.29%) Firmware
10 21 (2.58%) NFS
11 17 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
12 15 (1.84%) KVM
13 12 (1.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.23%) XenApp
15 9 (1.10%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 7 (0.86%) oVirt
16 7 (0.86%) vCloud
17 6 (0.74%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 143 (17.55%) vCenter Server
2 140 (17.18%) Ansible
3 121 (14.85%) Kubernetes
4 58 (7.12%) SCCM
5 57 (6.99%) SCOM
6 44 (5.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (4.66%) VxRail
8 23 (2.82%) vRealize
9 19 (2.33%) Prometheus
10 18 (2.21%) Grafana
11 17 (2.09%) Puppet
12 16 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
12 16 (1.96%) PowerCLI
13 15 (1.84%) Microsoft Clustering
14 14 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
14 14 (1.72%) vMotion
14 14 (1.72%) WSUS
15 13 (1.60%) Avamar
15 13 (1.60%) NetBackup
16 11 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 815 (100.00%) VMware
2 249 (30.55%) Microsoft
3 147 (18.04%) Cisco
4 62 (7.61%) Citrix
5 57 (6.99%) NetApp
6 54 (6.63%) Red Hat
7 53 (6.50%) Dell
8 41 (5.03%) ServiceNow
9 39 (4.79%) SolarWinds
10 37 (4.54%) F5
11 33 (4.05%) Veeam
12 31 (3.80%) Oracle
13 28 (3.44%) Juniper
14 27 (3.31%) Palo Alto
15 25 (3.07%) Fortinet
16 20 (2.45%) Remedy
17 19 (2.33%) Broadcom
17 19 (2.33%) IBM
17 19 (2.33%) McAfee
18 15 (1.84%) Thales
603 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England