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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 122 118
Rank change year-on-year -46 -4 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 626 556 749
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 2.29% 1.99%
As % of the System Software category 14.61% 17.49% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 385 481
10th Percentile £316 £300 £263
25th Percentile £410 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £595
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 35
10th Percentile £45.20 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £56.32 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +15.53% -38.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.83 £61.30 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +50.54% +0.69% -28.95%

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 4,286 3,179 4,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.23% 13.11% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 2,203 2,863
10th Percentile £213 £213 £188
25th Percentile £400 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £694 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 81 200
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.46 £15.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% +31.82% -45.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.00 £59.02
90th Percentile £79.75 £86.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +72.41% +16.00% -49.49%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -13 164 £535 -6.43% 71
London -94 137 £528 -4.09% 44
North of England -36 125 £451 +11.23% 71
Midlands -8 117 £400 -26.30% 28
West Midlands -7 93 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -21 75 £445 +4.71% 46
South West -57 57 £550 -4.35% 34
Yorkshire -30 54 £454 -0.33% 22
East of England -7 40 £475 +1.17% 25
East Midlands -20 24 £415 +0.61% 10
North East -15 2 £513 +46.43% 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 37 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.08%) Confluence
4 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.64%) nginx
5 4 (0.64%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.48%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.32%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.72%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 185 (29.55%) Azure
2 141 (22.52%) AWS
3 54 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.15%) OpenShift
5 43 (6.87%) Entra ID
6 38 (6.07%) GCP
7 30 (4.79%) IaaS
8 25 (3.99%) Nutanix
9 20 (3.19%) GitHub
10 18 (2.88%) PaaS
11 15 (2.40%) Datadog
12 10 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.12%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.96%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.96%) SaaS
15 6 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 167 (26.68%) DNS
2 157 (25.08%) Firewall
3 82 (13.10%) DHCP
4 71 (11.34%) VPN
5 60 (9.58%) SAN
5 60 (9.58%) VSAN
6 48 (7.67%) TCP/IP
7 47 (7.51%) Network Security
8 46 (7.35%) WAN
9 39 (6.23%) LAN
10 36 (5.75%) BIG-IP
11 35 (5.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 35 (5.59%) SSL
12 34 (5.43%) NAS
13 31 (4.95%) HTTP
14 29 (4.63%) BGP
14 29 (4.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 29 (4.63%) VLAN
15 27 (4.31%) Wireshark
16 24 (3.83%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.32%) DataStage
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.32%) Power BI
5 2 (0.32%) Redis
6 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.27%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.04%) Fiddler
2 19 (3.04%) JIRA
3 15 (2.40%) Git
4 12 (1.92%) GitLab
5 8 (1.28%) PVCS
5 8 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.64%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.64%) JMeter
7 4 (0.64%) JUnit
8 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.32%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.32%) RStudio
10 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.16%) GoCD
10 1 (0.16%) MSI
10 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 140 (22.36%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.58%) Public Sector
3 54 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.99%) Finance
5 47 (7.51%) Banking
6 26 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.99%) Investment Banking
8 24 (3.83%) Legal
9 11 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.60%) Military
10 10 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.28%) Electronics
12 7 (1.12%) Police
13 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.80%) Local Government
14 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 114 (18.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (15.50%) Architect
3 55 (8.79%) Analyst
3 55 (8.79%) Network Engineer
4 48 (7.67%) Senior
5 44 (7.03%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (5.11%) Infrastructure Architect
7 30 (4.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 30 (4.79%) Lead
8 23 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
9 22 (3.51%) Storage Analyst
10 20 (3.19%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 20 (3.19%) Web Engineer
11 19 (3.04%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 19 (3.04%) Consultant
11 19 (3.04%) IP Network Engineer
12 17 (2.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 17 (2.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (2.72%) Support Engineer
12 17 (2.72%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.35%) Flash
2 16 (2.56%) LDAP
3 12 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.76%) SAML
5 7 (1.12%) Loki
6 6 (0.96%) Kafka
6 6 (0.96%) Middleware
7 5 (0.80%) REST
7 5 (0.80%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.64%) OAuth
8 4 (0.64%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.64%) OpenID
8 4 (0.64%) Spring
9 3 (0.48%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.32%) Keycloak
11 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.16%) Apache NiFi
11 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.16%) cloud-init
11 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.86%) Data Centre
2 63 (10.06%) Replication
3 43 (6.87%) PKI
4 42 (6.71%) Cloud Native
4 42 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 32 (5.11%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (4.47%) Management Information System
7 27 (4.31%) Clustering
8 25 (3.99%) Private Cloud
9 22 (3.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (3.19%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.40%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.60%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.60%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.44%) Onboarding
15 8 (1.28%) SCADA
16 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 6 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 267 (42.65%) Windows
2 219 (34.98%) Linux
3 167 (26.68%) Windows Server
4 50 (7.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (4.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.51%) Windows 10
8 21 (3.35%) VMS
9 17 (2.72%) Ubuntu
9 17 (2.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (2.08%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (1.60%) Mac OS
12 8 (1.28%) Solaris
12 8 (1.28%) Unix
12 8 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (0.96%) CentOS
14 5 (0.80%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.64%) AIX
15 4 (0.64%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (24.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 124 (19.81%) Migration
3 104 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (14.22%) High Availability
5 84 (13.42%) Agile
6 80 (12.78%) Disaster Recovery
7 77 (12.30%) CI/CD
7 77 (12.30%) Load Balancing
8 70 (11.18%) DevOps
9 67 (10.70%) ITIL
10 65 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 54 (8.63%) Containerisation
12 49 (7.83%) Platform Engineering
13 47 (7.51%) Capacity Planning
14 46 (7.35%) Data Protection
15 44 (7.03%) Network Virtualisation
16 41 (6.55%) Change Management
17 39 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
17 39 (6.23%) Roadmaps
17 39 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (22.68%) PowerShell
2 100 (15.97%) Python
3 70 (11.18%) Bash
4 16 (2.56%) SQL
5 11 (1.76%) C
6 10 (1.60%) Perl
7 8 (1.28%) C++
8 7 (1.12%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.12%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.96%) Java
10 5 (0.80%) Bicep
11 4 (0.64%) PHP
12 3 (0.48%) C#
12 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.32%) COBOL
13 2 (0.32%) Korn
13 2 (0.32%) VBScript
14 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 251 (40.10%) Security Cleared
2 161 (25.72%) SC Cleared
3 87 (13.90%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.71%) Degree
4 42 (6.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 26 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (3.83%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.51%) VCAP
8 19 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.72%) CCNP
10 12 (1.92%) MCSE
10 12 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.76%) MCSA
12 9 (1.44%) CCNA
12 9 (1.44%) OCP
13 6 (0.96%) CCIE
13 6 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.04%) NIST
3 12 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (1.92%) GDPR
3 12 (1.92%) SLA
4 6 (0.96%) NCSC
5 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.64%) QA
6 2 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.32%) ISA99
6 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.16%) COBIT
7 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 170 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 155 (24.76%) vSphere
3 123 (19.65%) VMware NSX
4 115 (18.37%) VMware ESXi
5 101 (16.13%) Hyper-V
6 62 (9.90%) Virtual Machines
7 54 (8.63%) Docker
8 39 (6.23%) NFS
9 31 (4.95%) Firmware
10 26 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (2.72%) KVM
12 16 (2.56%) GPFS
13 9 (1.44%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.44%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.64%) vCloud
15 3 (0.48%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.48%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.32%) Sendmail
16 2 (0.32%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 114 (18.21%) Ansible
2 89 (14.22%) vCenter Server
3 81 (12.94%) Terraform
4 75 (11.98%) Kubernetes
5 53 (8.47%) SCCM
6 52 (8.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 48 (7.67%) vRealize
8 28 (4.47%) Argo
9 26 (4.15%) Grafana
10 24 (3.83%) VxRail
11 18 (2.88%) PowerCLI
11 18 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (2.88%) vMotion
12 17 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 13 (2.08%) Progress Chef
13 13 (2.08%) Prometheus
13 13 (2.08%) SCOM
14 11 (1.76%) Puppet
15 10 (1.60%) WSUS
16 9 (1.44%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 626 (100.00%) VMware
2 161 (25.72%) Microsoft
3 130 (20.77%) Cisco
4 63 (10.06%) Red Hat
5 62 (9.90%) F5
6 61 (9.74%) Citrix
7 54 (8.63%) NetApp
8 44 (7.03%) IBM
9 37 (5.91%) Dell
10 35 (5.59%) Pure Storage
10 35 (5.59%) ServiceNow
11 34 (5.43%) Palo Alto
12 32 (5.11%) Oracle
13 30 (4.79%) SolarWinds
14 24 (3.83%) Commvault
15 23 (3.67%) McAfee
16 22 (3.51%) Veeam
17 20 (3.19%) Blue Coat
18 19 (3.04%) HP
19 17 (2.72%) CheckPoint