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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 122 95
Rank change year-on-year -40 -27 +24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 541 585 848
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 2.18% 2.32%
As % of the System Software category 13.40% 18.08% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 365 536
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £384 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £576 £623 £608
90th Percentile £654 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 55
10th Percentile £33.93 £54.50 £28.25
25th Percentile £67.21 £61.25 £40.82
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +34.13% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.13 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%

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 4,037 3,235 4,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.47% 12.06% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,755 2,088 3,071
10th Percentile £213 £200 £190
25th Percentile £400 £366 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -7.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 78 201
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.59 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.10 £18.00
Median hourly rate £37.97 £28.71 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +32.28% -34.52% +13.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £89.13 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £28.71 £50.00
% change year-on-year +46.11% -42.59% +29.87%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -20 140 £500 -9.09% 90
London -102 109 £545 +7.71% 58
Midlands +7 107 £400 -33.33% 29
North of England -39 97 £425 - 43
West Midlands +2 84 £325 -46.46% 14
North West -13 68 £441 +3.82% 13
South West -37 66 £550 -0.09% 50
Yorkshire -26 40 £380 -15.56% 27
East of England +1 32 £475 +18.75% 15
East Midlands -8 23 £442 -1.89% 14
North East -14 2 £513 +57.69% 6
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 30 (5.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.33%) Confluence
4 12 (2.22%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.29%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.92%) IIS
6 5 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.37%) CICS
8 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Traefik
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (3.14%) MS Visio
2 12 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 168 (31.05%) Azure
2 139 (25.69%) AWS
3 50 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (8.87%) GCP
5 35 (6.47%) OpenShift
6 33 (6.10%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.44%) IaaS
8 19 (3.51%) GitHub
9 18 (3.33%) Nutanix
10 15 (2.77%) PaaS
11 14 (2.59%) Datadog
12 8 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.48%) SaaS
13 6 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
15 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 167 (30.87%) DNS
2 135 (24.95%) Firewall
3 84 (15.53%) DHCP
4 58 (10.72%) TCP/IP
5 55 (10.17%) VPN
6 43 (7.95%) Network Security
7 42 (7.76%) VLAN
8 36 (6.65%) SAN
9 34 (6.28%) VSAN
10 33 (6.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 32 (5.91%) WAN
12 31 (5.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 31 (5.73%) LAN
13 23 (4.25%) BGP
13 23 (4.25%) BIG-IP
14 21 (3.88%) SSL
14 21 (3.88%) Wireless
15 19 (3.51%) DMZ
15 19 (3.51%) HTTP
16 18 (3.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.99%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.55%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.25%) Jenkins
2 20 (3.70%) Git
3 18 (3.33%) JIRA
4 15 (2.77%) GitLab
5 12 (2.22%) Fiddler
6 11 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.48%) PVCS
7 8 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.29%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.29%) JMeter
8 7 (1.29%) JUnit
9 5 (0.92%) Subversion
10 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.74%) RStudio
10 4 (0.74%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) GoCD
11 1 (0.18%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 135 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 43 (7.95%) Banking
4 43 (7.95%) Finance
5 30 (5.55%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.44%) Investment Banking
7 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (2.22%) Legal
8 10 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.48%) Electronics
10 6 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.92%) Police
12 4 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.74%) Military
12 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.74%) Social Science
13 3 (0.55%) Law
13 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 73 (13.49%) Architect
3 53 (9.80%) Analyst
4 34 (6.28%) Network Engineer
5 30 (5.55%) Senior
5 30 (5.55%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 28 (5.18%) VMware Engineer
8 26 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (4.62%) Infrastructure Architect
10 23 (4.25%) Consultant
11 19 (3.51%) Storage Analyst
12 17 (3.14%) Wintel Engineer
13 16 (2.96%) Lead
13 16 (2.96%) Storage Engineer
13 16 (2.96%) VMware Consultant
14 15 (2.77%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (2.77%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (2.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (2.77%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.14%) Flash
2 13 (2.40%) LDAP
3 10 (1.85%) REST
3 10 (1.85%) SAML
4 8 (1.48%) Kafka
5 7 (1.29%) Loki
5 7 (1.29%) Spring
6 6 (1.11%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.92%) Middleware
8 4 (0.74%) OAuth
8 4 (0.74%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.74%) OpenID
9 3 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.55%) Swagger
10 2 (0.37%) .NET
10 2 (0.37%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.18%) EDI
11 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.57%) Data Centre
2 59 (10.91%) Replication
3 42 (7.76%) PKI
4 33 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 32 (5.91%) Cloud Native
5 32 (5.91%) Linux Command Line
6 27 (4.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (4.81%) Private Cloud
8 21 (3.88%) Clustering
9 15 (2.77%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.85%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.66%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.48%) Hedge funds
14 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.29%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (0.92%) Driving Licence
16 5 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 231 (42.70%) Windows
2 196 (36.23%) Linux
3 137 (25.32%) Windows Server
4 37 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (6.28%) Windows 10
6 19 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.40%) Mac OS
10 12 (2.22%) VMS
11 11 (2.03%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.85%) Solaris
13 8 (1.48%) CentOS
13 8 (1.48%) Unix
14 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.74%) CatOS
15 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.55%) AIX
17 2 (0.37%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (21.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 99 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (15.90%) Agile
4 72 (13.31%) CI/CD
5 70 (12.94%) Migration
6 68 (12.57%) ITIL
7 67 (12.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 63 (11.65%) DevOps
9 60 (11.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 56 (10.35%) Load Balancing
11 49 (9.06%) High Availability
12 47 (8.69%) Containerisation
13 42 (7.76%) Platform Engineering
14 39 (7.21%) Data Protection
15 38 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.84%) Service Management
17 36 (6.65%) Business Strategy
18 34 (6.28%) Project Delivery
18 34 (6.28%) Zero Trust
19 33 (6.10%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 136 (25.14%) PowerShell
2 103 (19.04%) Python
3 76 (14.05%) Bash
4 28 (5.18%) SQL
5 16 (2.96%) Perl
6 15 (2.77%) Java
7 11 (2.03%) C
8 10 (1.85%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.66%) C++
10 7 (1.29%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.29%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.74%) C#
11 4 (0.74%) Go
11 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.55%) Bicep
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) PHP
13 1 (0.18%) Rust
13 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 211 (39.00%) Security Cleared
2 142 (26.25%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 40 (7.39%) Degree
5 39 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (7.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 31 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (4.81%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.25%) CCNP
9 16 (2.96%) AWS Certification
9 16 (2.96%) MCSE
10 15 (2.77%) VCAP
11 12 (2.22%) CCIE
11 12 (2.22%) CCNA
12 11 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (2.03%) MCSA
12 11 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (2.03%) Server+ Certification
13 8 (1.48%) JNCIE
14 7 (1.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.07%) GDPR
2 18 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.85%) NIST
4 9 (1.66%) SLA
5 7 (1.29%) QA
6 6 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.74%) NCSC
9 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 157 (29.02%) Active Directory
2 109 (20.15%) vSphere
3 87 (16.08%) Hyper-V
4 78 (14.42%) VMware NSX
5 75 (13.86%) VMware ESXi
6 52 (9.61%) Docker
7 45 (8.32%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (4.99%) NFS
9 21 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (3.14%) GPFS
11 15 (2.77%) Firmware
11 15 (2.77%) KVM
12 9 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.74%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.74%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.55%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 94 (17.38%) Ansible
2 73 (13.49%) Terraform
3 67 (12.38%) vCenter Server
4 59 (10.91%) Kubernetes
5 56 (10.35%) SCCM
6 49 (9.06%) vRealize
7 44 (8.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.70%) VxRail
9 18 (3.33%) Grafana
10 17 (3.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.96%) Argo
12 15 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (2.59%) Prometheus
14 12 (2.22%) WSUS
15 11 (2.03%) Progress Chef
15 11 (2.03%) SCOM
16 10 (1.85%) FortiGate
16 10 (1.85%) Puppet
17 8 (1.48%) Red Hat Satellite
18 7 (1.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 541 (100.00%) VMware
2 157 (29.02%) Microsoft
3 138 (25.51%) Cisco
4 64 (11.83%) F5
5 56 (10.35%) Citrix
6 48 (8.87%) Red Hat
7 41 (7.58%) IBM
7 41 (7.58%) SolarWinds
8 38 (7.02%) NetApp
9 36 (6.65%) Oracle
10 35 (6.47%) Dell
11 34 (6.28%) Veeam
12 30 (5.55%) ServiceNow
13 28 (5.18%) Palo Alto
14 16 (2.96%) Google
15 15 (2.77%) HP
15 15 (2.77%) Juniper
16 14 (2.59%) Commvault
16 14 (2.59%) Fortinet
16 14 (2.59%) McAfee