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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 173 94
Rank change year-on-year +15 -79 +1
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 774 448 770
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.62% 2.32%
As % of the System Software category 16.71% 13.66% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 290 496
10th Percentile £318 £348 £323
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £521
% change year-on-year -5.45% +5.52% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 3 9
10th Percentile £25.92 £28.40 £23.52
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.31 £30.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +111.03% -17.05% -39.09%
75th Percentile £75.88 £48.63 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +110.45% -17.05% -42.60%

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 4,632 3,280 3,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.13% 11.89% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 2,119 2,688
10th Percentile £218 £225 £229
25th Percentile £400 £382 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £685 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 94 128
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.02 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.75 £23.00 £15.70
Median hourly rate £60.17 £40.73 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +47.73% +68.42% -35.52%
75th Percentile £74.26 £81.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £89.28 £91.50 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year +59.42% +42.68% -49.45%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -6 218 £538 -6.52% 87
London -1 191 £525 - 126
North of England -5 162 £483 +10.78% 43
Midlands -5 92 £450 -18.18% 29
North West +1 85 £480 +12.94% 24
South West -32 78 £600 +4.35% 35
West Midlands -25 71 £450 -20.84% 19
Yorkshire -19 69 £500 +11.48% 10
East of England -23 40 £500 -9.09% 29
East Midlands -6 21 £450 -13.63% 10
North East -32 8 £275 -56.00% 12
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 42 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.42%) Confluence
4 10 (1.29%) IIS
5 9 (1.16%) OpenStack
6 8 (1.03%) nginx
6 8 (1.03%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.90%) JBoss
8 4 (0.52%) Apache
8 4 (0.52%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.52%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.26%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.26%) Houdini
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.26%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 13 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 219 (28.29%) Azure
2 141 (18.22%) AWS
3 70 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.46%) Entra ID
5 39 (5.04%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.78%) GCP
7 29 (3.75%) GitHub
7 29 (3.75%) IaaS
8 18 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (2.07%) PaaS
10 15 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (1.94%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.81%) OneDrive
11 14 (1.81%) SaaS
12 13 (1.68%) Rubrik
13 12 (1.55%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.16%) Azure Stack
14 9 (1.16%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 254 (32.82%) DNS
2 175 (22.61%) Firewall
3 161 (20.80%) DHCP
4 92 (11.89%) VSAN
5 88 (11.37%) TCP/IP
6 74 (9.56%) VPN
7 68 (8.79%) SAN
8 61 (7.88%) VLAN
9 59 (7.62%) WAN
10 55 (7.11%) Network Security
11 44 (5.68%) LAN
12 43 (5.56%) SSL
13 39 (5.04%) NAS
14 35 (4.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 30 (3.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 29 (3.75%) BGP
16 29 (3.75%) BIG-IP
17 26 (3.36%) HTTP
18 24 (3.10%) Wireshark
19 20 (2.58%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.81%) Power BI
2 14 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.16%) Big Data
5 9 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.78%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 2 (0.26%) Redis
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (4.13%) JIRA
2 28 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.58%) GitLab
4 19 (2.45%) Git
5 15 (1.94%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.52%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.39%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.26%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.26%) MSI
9 2 (0.26%) PVCS
9 2 (0.26%) Subversion
10 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 177 (22.87%) Social Skills
2 80 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (9.56%) Finance
4 43 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.78%) Banking
6 26 (3.36%) Legal
7 24 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.07%) Investment Banking
9 15 (1.94%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.55%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.03%) Military
12 8 (1.03%) Retail
13 6 (0.78%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.78%) Law
14 5 (0.65%) Police
15 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.52%) Games
15 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (24.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 105 (13.57%) Senior
3 79 (10.21%) VMware Engineer
4 70 (9.04%) Network Engineer
5 62 (8.01%) Architect
6 48 (6.20%) Support Engineer
7 39 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (5.04%) Lead
8 35 (4.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 33 (4.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (4.13%) Storage Engineer
11 30 (3.88%) Consultant
11 30 (3.88%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 28 (3.62%) Administrator
13 27 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.36%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 24 (3.10%) Senior Network Engineer
16 23 (2.97%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.71%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.33%) REST
2 11 (1.42%) JSON
3 10 (1.29%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.29%) Flash
4 9 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.03%) YAML
6 7 (0.90%) Kafka
6 7 (0.90%) Middleware
7 6 (0.78%) LDAP
8 5 (0.65%) .NET
8 5 (0.65%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.52%) Redfish
10 3 (0.39%) Java SE
10 3 (0.39%) SAML
10 3 (0.39%) XML
11 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.26%) EJB
11 2 (0.26%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 120 (15.50%) Data Centre
2 67 (8.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 65 (8.40%) PKI
4 50 (6.46%) Enterprise Storage
5 49 (6.33%) Clustering
6 42 (5.43%) Replication
7 30 (3.88%) Management Information System
8 29 (3.75%) Public Cloud
9 24 (3.10%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.58%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.45%) Cloud Native
11 19 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.42%) SCADA
14 10 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.29%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.29%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.03%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 411 (53.10%) Windows
2 268 (34.63%) Windows Server
3 224 (28.94%) Linux
4 48 (6.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (6.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (3.49%) VMS
7 24 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.84%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.33%) Unix
10 16 (2.07%) Ubuntu
10 16 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (1.94%) Data ONTAP
12 14 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (1.16%) Solaris
14 8 (1.03%) CentOS
15 7 (0.90%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.78%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.52%) SUSE
18 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (32.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (19.25%) Migration
3 148 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (17.31%) ITIL
5 123 (15.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 110 (14.21%) High Availability
7 108 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 101 (13.05%) CI/CD
9 93 (12.02%) Technical Leadership
10 79 (10.21%) Change Management
11 78 (10.08%) Agile
12 77 (9.95%) ITSM
12 77 (9.95%) Network Virtualisation
13 75 (9.69%) DevOps
14 66 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (8.40%) Service Management
16 63 (8.14%) Load Balancing
17 62 (8.01%) Capacity Planning
17 62 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
18 61 (7.88%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (24.55%) PowerShell
2 113 (14.60%) Python
3 77 (9.95%) Bash
4 49 (6.33%) SQL
5 17 (2.20%) Java
6 7 (0.90%) Bicep
6 7 (0.90%) C
6 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.52%) Go
8 4 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.39%) Lua
9 3 (0.39%) VB
9 3 (0.39%) VBScript
10 2 (0.26%) C++
10 2 (0.26%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.26%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) C#
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 376 (48.58%) Security Cleared
2 220 (28.42%) SC Cleared
3 181 (23.39%) DV Cleared
4 65 (8.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 53 (6.85%) Degree
6 44 (5.68%) VCAP
7 38 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.58%) MCSE
11 18 (2.33%) CCNP
12 17 (2.20%) CCNA
13 16 (2.07%) MCSA
14 15 (1.94%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.90%) A+ Certification
16 7 (0.90%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.23%) SLA
2 18 (2.33%) NIST
3 17 (2.20%) QA
4 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.68%) NCSC
6 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.52%) GxP
8 3 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.26%) GDPR
9 2 (0.26%) ISA99
9 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.26%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 249 (32.17%) Active Directory
2 197 (25.45%) VMware ESXi
3 189 (24.42%) vSphere
4 157 (20.28%) Hyper-V
5 155 (20.03%) VMware NSX
6 87 (11.24%) Virtual Machines
7 56 (7.24%) Docker
8 37 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (3.88%) Firmware
10 19 (2.45%) NFS
11 17 (2.20%) KVM
12 11 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.29%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.16%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.90%) GPFS
15 7 (0.90%) vCloud
16 6 (0.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 6 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.78%) XenDesktop
17 5 (0.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 160 (20.67%) Ansible
2 149 (19.25%) vCenter Server
3 119 (15.37%) Terraform
4 108 (13.95%) Kubernetes
5 48 (6.20%) SCCM
6 46 (5.94%) SCOM
7 36 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (4.52%) VxRail
9 31 (4.01%) vRealize
10 23 (2.97%) Grafana
11 22 (2.84%) Puppet
12 19 (2.45%) Prometheus
13 18 (2.33%) NetBackup
13 18 (2.33%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.33%) WSUS
14 16 (2.07%) vMotion
15 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
16 14 (1.81%) Argo
17 13 (1.68%) Avamar
17 13 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 774 (100.00%) VMware
2 226 (29.20%) Microsoft
3 145 (18.73%) Cisco
4 59 (7.62%) NetApp
5 58 (7.49%) Citrix
6 51 (6.59%) Red Hat
7 46 (5.94%) F5
8 45 (5.81%) Dell
9 42 (5.43%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.52%) Oracle
10 35 (4.52%) Palo Alto
11 33 (4.26%) SolarWinds
12 31 (4.01%) Juniper
13 29 (3.75%) Veeam
14 23 (2.97%) Broadcom
15 22 (2.84%) IBM
16 20 (2.58%) Fortinet
17 18 (2.33%) CheckPoint
17 18 (2.33%) McAfee
18 16 (2.07%) Remedy