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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 118 116
Rank change year-on-year -47 -2 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 627 561 748
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.29% 1.99%
As % of the System Software category 14.59% 17.42% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 387 481
10th Percentile £316 £300 £263
25th Percentile £410 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +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% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 35
10th Percentile £44.97 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £52.11 £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 £73.00 £55.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.28 £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 4,298 3,221 4,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.30% 13.17% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,937 2,231 2,846
10th Percentile £213 £210 £189
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 £626 £600
90th Percentile £695 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 83 199
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.36 £15.50
Median hourly rate £48.72 £28.41 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +71.49% +28.26% -44.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.55 £85.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +68.00% +16.00% -48.93%

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 29 March 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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -10 166 £525 -8.18% 71
London -82 139 £540 -1.82% 44
North of England -35 126 £445 +7.23% 71
Midlands -7 117 £400 -26.30% 28
West Midlands -2 94 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -21 76 £445 +4.71% 46
South West -58 57 £550 -4.35% 34
Yorkshire -35 55 £425 -6.59% 22
East of England -12 37 £475 +1.17% 25
East Midlands -20 23 £415 +0.61% 10
North East -14 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 35 (5.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.07%) Confluence
4 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.48%) nginx
5 3 (0.48%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.48%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.32%) CICS
6 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.32%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.16%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.71%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 188 (29.98%) Azure
2 139 (22.17%) AWS
3 56 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (7.97%) OpenShift
5 43 (6.86%) Entra ID
6 38 (6.06%) GCP
7 30 (4.78%) IaaS
8 25 (3.99%) Nutanix
9 21 (3.35%) GitHub
10 18 (2.87%) PaaS
11 15 (2.39%) Datadog
12 10 (1.59%) 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
16 5 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 164 (26.16%) DNS
2 158 (25.20%) Firewall
3 80 (12.76%) DHCP
4 70 (11.16%) VPN
5 61 (9.73%) VSAN
6 59 (9.41%) SAN
7 48 (7.66%) Network Security
7 48 (7.66%) TCP/IP
8 45 (7.18%) WAN
9 38 (6.06%) LAN
10 36 (5.74%) BIG-IP
11 35 (5.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 35 (5.58%) SSL
12 33 (5.26%) NAS
13 31 (4.94%) VLAN
14 30 (4.78%) BGP
14 30 (4.78%) HTTP
15 29 (4.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 27 (4.31%) Wireshark
17 24 (3.83%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.87%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.48%) Redis
5 2 (0.32%) DataStage
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.32%) Power BI
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 32 (5.10%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.03%) Fiddler
3 18 (2.87%) JIRA
4 14 (2.23%) Git
5 12 (1.91%) GitLab
6 8 (1.28%) PVCS
6 8 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.64%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.64%) JMeter
8 4 (0.64%) JUnit
9 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.48%) RStudio
10 2 (0.32%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.16%) GoCD
11 1 (0.16%) MSI
11 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 139 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.89%) Public Sector
3 54 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.97%) Finance
5 48 (7.66%) Banking
6 29 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (4.15%) Investment Banking
8 24 (3.83%) Legal
9 11 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.59%) Military
10 10 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.28%) Electronics
12 7 (1.12%) Police
13 5 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.80%) Local Government
14 4 (0.64%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.48%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 114 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (15.63%) Architect
3 56 (8.93%) Analyst
3 56 (8.93%) Network Engineer
4 50 (7.97%) Senior
5 45 (7.18%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (5.10%) Infrastructure Architect
7 31 (4.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 29 (4.63%) Lead
9 23 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (3.51%) Storage Analyst
11 21 (3.35%) Consultant
12 20 (3.19%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 20 (3.19%) Web Engineer
13 19 (3.03%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 19 (3.03%) IP Network Engineer
14 18 (2.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (2.71%) Support Engineer
15 17 (2.71%) VMware Architect
16 16 (2.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.35%) Flash
2 15 (2.39%) LDAP
3 12 (1.91%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.75%) SAML
5 7 (1.12%) Loki
6 6 (0.96%) Kafka
7 5 (0.80%) 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%) Elastic Stack
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%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.00%) Data Centre
2 63 (10.05%) Replication
3 44 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 42 (6.70%) Cloud Native
4 42 (6.70%) PKI
5 32 (5.10%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (4.47%) Management Information System
7 26 (4.15%) Clustering
8 25 (3.99%) Private Cloud
9 20 (3.19%) Public Cloud
10 19 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
11 15 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.23%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.59%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.44%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.28%) Onboarding
16 8 (1.28%) SCADA
17 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
18 5 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 266 (42.42%) Windows
2 216 (34.45%) Linux
3 167 (26.63%) Windows Server
4 49 (7.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (4.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.35%) VMS
7 21 (3.35%) Windows 10
8 18 (2.87%) Ubuntu
9 17 (2.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (1.91%) Data ONTAP
11 10 (1.59%) Mac OS
12 8 (1.28%) Unix
13 7 (1.12%) Solaris
13 7 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.80%) CentOS
14 5 (0.80%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.64%) AIX
15 4 (0.64%) CatOS
15 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (23.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 124 (19.78%) Migration
3 102 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (14.04%) High Availability
5 84 (13.40%) Agile
6 80 (12.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 77 (12.28%) CI/CD
7 77 (12.28%) Load Balancing
8 69 (11.00%) DevOps
9 66 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 66 (10.53%) ITIL
10 53 (8.45%) Containerisation
11 49 (7.81%) Platform Engineering
12 47 (7.50%) Capacity Planning
13 46 (7.34%) Data Protection
14 44 (7.02%) Network Virtualisation
15 40 (6.38%) Change Management
16 39 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
17 38 (6.06%) Roadmaps
17 38 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (22.97%) PowerShell
2 104 (16.59%) Python
3 70 (11.16%) Bash
4 16 (2.55%) SQL
5 11 (1.75%) C
6 10 (1.59%) Perl
7 8 (1.28%) C++
8 7 (1.12%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.12%) Embedded C++
9 6 (0.96%) Java
9 6 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.80%) Bicep
11 4 (0.64%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.64%) PHP
12 3 (0.48%) C#
13 2 (0.32%) COBOL
13 2 (0.32%) Korn
13 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 247 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 159 (25.36%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.40%) DV Cleared
4 43 (6.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (6.70%) Degree
6 25 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (3.83%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.67%) VCAP
9 20 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.87%) CCNP
11 17 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.91%) MCSE
12 12 (1.91%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.75%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.75%) MCSA
14 9 (1.44%) CCNA
14 9 (1.44%) OCP
15 6 (0.96%) CCIE
15 6 (0.96%) CISSP
15 6 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.19%) NIST
3 12 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (1.91%) GDPR
4 10 (1.59%) SLA
5 7 (1.12%) NCSC
6 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.64%) QA
7 2 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.32%) ISA99
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.16%) COBIT
8 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
System Software
1 169 (26.95%) Active Directory
2 156 (24.88%) vSphere
3 124 (19.78%) VMware NSX
4 112 (17.86%) VMware ESXi
5 101 (16.11%) Hyper-V
6 62 (9.89%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (8.29%) Docker
8 39 (6.22%) NFS
9 31 (4.94%) Firmware
10 26 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 16 (2.55%) GPFS
11 16 (2.55%) KVM
12 8 (1.28%) BitLocker
12 8 (1.28%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.64%) vCloud
14 3 (0.48%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.48%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.32%) SRDF
15 2 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 113 (18.02%) Ansible
2 89 (14.19%) vCenter Server
3 85 (13.56%) Terraform
4 75 (11.96%) Kubernetes
5 53 (8.45%) SCCM
6 52 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 49 (7.81%) vRealize
8 27 (4.31%) Argo
8 27 (4.31%) Grafana
9 25 (3.99%) VxRail
10 19 (3.03%) PowerCLI
11 18 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
12 17 (2.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (2.71%) vMotion
13 14 (2.23%) Prometheus
14 13 (2.07%) Progress Chef
14 13 (2.07%) SCOM
15 10 (1.59%) FortiGate
15 10 (1.59%) Puppet
16 9 (1.44%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 627 (100.00%) VMware
2 161 (25.68%) Microsoft
3 129 (20.57%) Cisco
4 62 (9.89%) F5
5 61 (9.73%) Red Hat
6 59 (9.41%) Citrix
7 52 (8.29%) NetApp
8 43 (6.86%) IBM
9 40 (6.38%) Dell
10 36 (5.74%) Pure Storage
11 35 (5.58%) Palo Alto
11 35 (5.58%) ServiceNow
12 31 (4.94%) Oracle
13 30 (4.78%) SolarWinds
14 24 (3.83%) Commvault
15 23 (3.67%) McAfee
15 23 (3.67%) Veeam
16 20 (3.19%) Blue Coat
17 19 (3.03%) HP
18 17 (2.71%) Broadcom