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

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 153 110
Rank change year-on-year -19 -43 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 672 488 758
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.90% 2.04%
As % of the System Software category 15.30% 15.27% 18.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 338 495
10th Percentile £325 £331 £298
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -6.42%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £659
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 27
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.21
25th Percentile £28.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -34.80%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile £74.10 - £72.75
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -30.00% -36.74%

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 4,393 3,196 4,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 12.47% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,939 2,110 2,895
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £379 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £603 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 75 197
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.03 £14.06
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £53.00 £29.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +82.76% +30.04% -55.40%
75th Percentile £74.00 £69.25 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £23.99
% change year-on-year +82.14% +16.72% -55.03%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -5 188 £531 -7.61% 63
London -42 158 £500 -4.76% 52
North of England -9 145 £466 +9.65% 42
Midlands -16 95 £450 -18.18% 39
North West +4 73 £458 +7.65% 27
Yorkshire -16 70 £494 +3.95% 10
West Midlands -19 70 £438 -33.41% 21
South West -56 58 £539 -6.30% 32
East of England -28 31 £475 -13.64% 23
East Midlands -1 25 £450 -18.18% 18
North East -35 2 £588 +67.86% 5
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 38 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.34%) IIS
4 8 (1.19%) nginx
4 8 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.89%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.60%) Apache
6 4 (0.60%) Confluence
7 3 (0.45%) CICS
7 3 (0.45%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.45%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.15%) Houdini
4 1 (0.15%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (28.42%) Azure
2 122 (18.15%) AWS
3 49 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.70%) Entra ID
4 45 (6.70%) OpenShift
5 34 (5.06%) GCP
6 24 (3.57%) GitHub
7 21 (3.13%) IaaS
8 17 (2.53%) Nutanix
9 14 (2.08%) PaaS
10 11 (1.64%) Rubrik
11 10 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.19%) SaaS
14 7 (1.04%) Azure Stack
14 7 (1.04%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.89%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 189 (28.13%) DNS
2 139 (20.68%) Firewall
3 110 (16.37%) DHCP
4 76 (11.31%) SAN
5 66 (9.82%) VPN
5 66 (9.82%) WAN
6 63 (9.38%) VSAN
7 51 (7.59%) Network Security
8 50 (7.44%) LAN
9 49 (7.29%) TCP/IP
10 45 (6.70%) NAS
11 42 (6.25%) SSL
12 39 (5.80%) VLAN
13 29 (4.32%) BIG-IP
13 29 (4.32%) HTTP
14 28 (4.17%) BGP
15 26 (3.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (3.72%) Wireshark
17 24 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.04%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.89%) Power BI
5 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.45%) Big Data
7 3 (0.45%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.45%) DataStage
7 3 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.02%) Jenkins
2 26 (3.87%) JIRA
3 17 (2.53%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.23%) Git
5 12 (1.79%) GitLab
6 3 (0.45%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.30%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
7 2 (0.30%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) GoCD
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) PVCS
8 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
General
1 143 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 53 (7.89%) Finance
3 49 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.40%) Public Sector
5 35 (5.21%) Banking
6 23 (3.42%) Legal
7 22 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.68%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.49%) Military
9 10 (1.49%) Police
9 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.04%) Retail
11 6 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.89%) Law
11 6 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.74%) Local Government
13 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 151 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 75 (11.16%) Architect
3 66 (9.82%) Network Engineer
4 65 (9.67%) Senior
5 57 (8.48%) VMware Engineer
6 35 (5.21%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.17%) Lead
8 26 (3.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (3.87%) Consultant
9 25 (3.72%) Storage Engineer
10 24 (3.57%) Analyst
11 23 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
11 23 (3.42%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 22 (3.27%) Wintel Engineer
13 21 (3.13%) Administrator
13 21 (3.13%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 19 (2.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (2.68%) Data Centre Engineer
15 18 (2.68%) Infrastructure Architect
15 18 (2.68%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.38%) Flash
2 15 (2.23%) LDAP
3 11 (1.64%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.49%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.49%) REST
5 7 (1.04%) SAML
6 6 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.89%) Middleware
7 5 (0.74%) .NET
7 5 (0.74%) JSON
8 4 (0.60%) Redfish
8 4 (0.60%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.30%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.30%) Blazor
9 2 (0.30%) Java SE
9 2 (0.30%) Kafka
9 2 (0.30%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (14.43%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (7.74%) Replication
4 48 (7.14%) PKI
5 41 (6.10%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (5.06%) Clustering
7 27 (4.02%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.72%) Management Information System
9 24 (3.57%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.98%) Linux Command Line
11 19 (2.83%) Private Cloud
12 18 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.64%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.49%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.34%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (1.19%) EMC VMAX
18 7 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
18 7 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 329 (48.96%) Windows
2 222 (33.04%) Windows Server
3 196 (29.17%) Linux
4 40 (5.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (5.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (2.98%) VMS
8 18 (2.68%) Ubuntu
9 17 (2.53%) Data ONTAP
9 17 (2.53%) Windows 10
10 16 (2.38%) Unix
11 14 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.64%) Solaris
13 8 (1.19%) CentOS
13 8 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (1.04%) CoreOS
15 6 (0.89%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.60%) AIX
16 4 (0.60%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (29.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 142 (21.13%) Migration
3 106 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (15.48%) High Availability
5 87 (12.95%) ITIL
6 86 (12.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 74 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
8 70 (10.42%) CI/CD
9 63 (9.38%) DevOps
10 62 (9.23%) Agile
10 62 (9.23%) Capacity Planning
11 59 (8.78%) Load Balancing
12 58 (8.63%) Network Virtualisation
13 56 (8.33%) Change Management
14 55 (8.18%) Validation
15 53 (7.89%) ITSM
16 45 (6.70%) Performance Tuning
16 45 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
17 44 (6.55%) Data Protection
18 42 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 142 (21.13%) PowerShell
2 87 (12.95%) Python
3 46 (6.85%) Bash
4 29 (4.32%) SQL
5 8 (1.19%) Java
6 7 (1.04%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.74%) Bicep
9 4 (0.60%) C
9 4 (0.60%) PHP
9 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.45%) COBOL
11 2 (0.30%) C#
11 2 (0.30%) VBScript
12 1 (0.15%) C++
12 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.15%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.15%) Perl
12 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 300 (44.64%) Security Cleared
2 177 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 134 (19.94%) DV Cleared
4 60 (8.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 41 (6.10%) Degree
6 34 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (4.46%) VCAP
9 21 (3.13%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.13%) MCSE
10 20 (2.98%) CCNP
11 18 (2.68%) MCSA
12 16 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (2.23%) CCNA
14 10 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (1.34%) OCP
16 7 (1.04%) AWS Certification
16 7 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (1.04%) ISTQB
16 7 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.72%) NIST
2 22 (3.27%) SLA
3 20 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.79%) NCSC
6 7 (1.04%) QA
7 6 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.30%) GDPR
10 2 (0.30%) ISA99
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) DICOM
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) HL7
11 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 203 (30.21%) Active Directory
2 180 (26.79%) VMware ESXi
3 162 (24.11%) vSphere
4 136 (20.24%) VMware NSX
5 130 (19.35%) Hyper-V
6 88 (13.10%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (5.36%) NFS
8 35 (5.21%) Docker
9 34 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 33 (4.91%) Firmware
11 24 (3.57%) KVM
12 12 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (1.64%) GPFS
13 11 (1.64%) vCloud
14 10 (1.49%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.74%) SRDF
17 4 (0.60%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 133 (19.79%) vCenter Server
2 127 (18.90%) Ansible
3 79 (11.76%) Terraform
4 72 (10.71%) Kubernetes
5 44 (6.55%) SCCM
6 36 (5.36%) vRealize
7 34 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.61%) SCOM
9 23 (3.42%) Grafana
10 22 (3.27%) vMotion
11 20 (2.98%) Argo
12 19 (2.83%) VxRail
13 18 (2.68%) PowerCLI
14 15 (2.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (2.23%) Puppet
15 14 (2.08%) WSUS
16 13 (1.93%) EMC VPLEX
16 13 (1.93%) NetBackup
17 12 (1.79%) Prometheus
17 12 (1.79%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 672 (100.00%) VMware
2 184 (27.38%) Microsoft
3 146 (21.73%) Cisco
4 60 (8.93%) Citrix
5 53 (7.89%) NetApp
6 48 (7.14%) Red Hat
7 41 (6.10%) Dell
7 41 (6.10%) F5
8 36 (5.36%) ServiceNow
9 33 (4.91%) Palo Alto
10 31 (4.61%) Oracle
10 31 (4.61%) Pure Storage
11 29 (4.32%) Juniper
12 27 (4.02%) SolarWinds
13 25 (3.72%) Veeam
14 23 (3.42%) CheckPoint
14 23 (3.42%) IBM
15 20 (2.98%) McAfee
16 19 (2.83%) Broadcom
16 19 (2.83%) Fortinet
236 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England