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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 125 116
Rank change year-on-year -34 -9 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 649 548 733
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.25% 1.96%
As % of the System Software category 15.07% 17.39% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 382 472
10th Percentile £314 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £588
90th Percentile £669 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 34
10th Percentile £41.49 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £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 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.71 £61.30 £86.13
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year +50.54% +6.07% -32.55%

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 4,307 3,151 4,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.97% 12.91% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,954 2,185 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
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 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 82 204
10th Percentile £16.08 £15.16 £14.06
25th Percentile £22.26 £21.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £54.00 £29.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.21% +38.10% -52.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.33 £85.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £29.00 £22.30
% change year-on-year +81.03% +30.04% -55.40%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -18 167 £538 -6.52% 80
London -66 144 £525 -4.55% 57
North of England -25 130 £458 +7.65% 60
Midlands -11 121 £394 -28.41% 26
West Midlands -6 96 £333 -39.59% 14
North West -7 74 £456 +7.29% 23
Yorkshire -27 58 £482 +3.66% 28
South West -62 56 £550 -4.35% 29
East of England -12 43 £475 +1.17% 32
East Midlands -23 25 £415 -22.50% 12
North East -19 3 £550 +57.14% 13
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 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.85%) Confluence
4 6 (0.92%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.77%) nginx
5 5 (0.77%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.46%) CICS
6 3 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.62%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 187 (28.81%) Azure
2 145 (22.34%) AWS
3 52 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (7.40%) OpenShift
5 45 (6.93%) Entra ID
6 39 (6.01%) GCP
7 30 (4.62%) IaaS
8 23 (3.54%) GitHub
9 22 (3.39%) Nutanix
10 18 (2.77%) PaaS
11 16 (2.47%) Datadog
12 9 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.08%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.92%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 176 (27.12%) DNS
2 158 (24.35%) Firewall
3 93 (14.33%) DHCP
4 70 (10.79%) VPN
5 63 (9.71%) SAN
5 63 (9.71%) VSAN
6 51 (7.86%) Network Security
6 51 (7.86%) WAN
7 48 (7.40%) TCP/IP
8 42 (6.47%) LAN
9 40 (6.16%) NAS
10 38 (5.86%) SSL
11 36 (5.55%) BIG-IP
12 33 (5.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 32 (4.93%) HTTP
14 31 (4.78%) BGP
14 31 (4.78%) VLAN
15 28 (4.31%) Wireshark
16 27 (4.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 25 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.46%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.46%) DataStage
4 3 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.46%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.46%) Redis
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.31%) Power BI
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (5.24%) Jenkins
2 19 (2.93%) Fiddler
2 19 (2.93%) JIRA
3 17 (2.62%) Git
4 15 (2.31%) GitLab
5 8 (1.23%) PVCS
5 8 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
7 3 (0.46%) JUnit
8 2 (0.31%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.31%) RStudio
9 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.15%) GoCD
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 141 (21.73%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (8.63%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.32%) Finance
5 46 (7.09%) Banking
6 26 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 24 (3.70%) Legal
8 12 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.54%) Military
9 10 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.23%) Electronics
11 7 (1.08%) Police
12 5 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.77%) Local Government
13 4 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 125 (19.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (15.25%) Architect
3 57 (8.78%) Network Engineer
4 55 (8.47%) Analyst
5 51 (7.86%) Senior
6 49 (7.55%) VMware Engineer
7 32 (4.93%) Lead
8 31 (4.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 31 (4.78%) Infrastructure Architect
9 23 (3.54%) Storage Analyst
10 22 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (3.24%) Consultant
11 21 (3.24%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 19 (2.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 19 (2.93%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 19 (2.93%) IP Network Engineer
12 19 (2.93%) Web Engineer
13 17 (2.62%) Storage Engineer
13 17 (2.62%) Support Engineer
13 17 (2.62%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.39%) Flash
2 17 (2.62%) LDAP
3 12 (1.85%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (1.85%) SAML
4 7 (1.08%) Middleware
4 7 (1.08%) REST
5 6 (0.92%) Kafka
6 5 (0.77%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.62%) OAuth
7 4 (0.62%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.62%) OpenID
8 3 (0.46%) Keycloak
8 3 (0.46%) Loki
8 3 (0.46%) Spring
9 2 (0.31%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.31%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.31%) JSON
10 1 (0.15%) Jinja
10 1 (0.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.56%) Data Centre
2 65 (10.02%) Replication
3 43 (6.63%) PKI
4 42 (6.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (6.32%) Cloud Native
6 34 (5.24%) Linux Command Line
7 29 (4.47%) Clustering
8 27 (4.16%) Management Information System
8 27 (4.16%) Private Cloud
9 25 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (3.08%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.31%) Product Ownership
12 14 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.54%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.39%) Onboarding
15 8 (1.23%) SCADA
15 8 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 280 (43.14%) Windows
2 222 (34.21%) Linux
3 183 (28.20%) Windows Server
4 45 (6.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (5.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (4.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.39%) VMS
8 20 (3.08%) Windows 10
9 19 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (2.62%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.47%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.54%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.54%) Solaris
12 10 (1.54%) Unix
13 8 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (0.92%) CentOS
14 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.77%) AIX
15 5 (0.77%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.62%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (25.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 129 (19.88%) Migration
3 110 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (14.02%) High Availability
5 84 (12.94%) Agile
6 82 (12.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 76 (11.71%) DevOps
8 75 (11.56%) CI/CD
8 75 (11.56%) Load Balancing
9 69 (10.63%) ITIL
10 68 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 55 (8.47%) Containerisation
12 52 (8.01%) Platform Engineering
13 51 (7.86%) Capacity Planning
14 50 (7.70%) Network Virtualisation
15 48 (7.40%) Data Protection
16 41 (6.32%) Change Management
16 41 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
17 40 (6.16%) Roadmaps
18 39 (6.01%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 142 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 97 (14.95%) Python
3 66 (10.17%) Bash
4 17 (2.62%) SQL
5 11 (1.69%) C
6 8 (1.23%) C++
6 8 (1.23%) Perl
7 7 (1.08%) Embedded C
7 7 (1.08%) Embedded C++
7 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.92%) Java
9 5 (0.77%) Bicep
10 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.62%) PHP
10 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.46%) C#
11 3 (0.46%) COBOL
12 2 (0.31%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) VBScript
13 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 260 (40.06%) Security Cleared
2 165 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 98 (15.10%) DV Cleared
4 44 (6.78%) Degree
4 44 (6.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 26 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (3.39%) VCAP
7 21 (3.24%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.77%) CCNP
9 13 (2.00%) MCSE
10 12 (1.85%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.69%) MCSA
12 9 (1.39%) CCNA
12 9 (1.39%) OCP
13 6 (0.92%) CCIE
13 6 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.93%) NIST
3 14 (2.16%) SLA
4 13 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.85%) GDPR
6 8 (1.23%) NCSC
7 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.62%) QA
8 2 (0.31%) ISA99
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 181 (27.89%) Active Directory
2 158 (24.35%) vSphere
3 133 (20.49%) VMware NSX
4 128 (19.72%) VMware ESXi
5 113 (17.41%) Hyper-V
6 65 (10.02%) Virtual Machines
7 53 (8.17%) Docker
8 40 (6.16%) NFS
9 31 (4.78%) Firmware
10 26 (4.01%) Virtual Desktop
11 20 (3.08%) KVM
12 17 (2.62%) GPFS
13 9 (1.39%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (0.77%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
15 4 (0.62%) vCloud
15 4 (0.62%) XenApp
16 3 (0.46%) SRDF
16 3 (0.46%) UAG
Systems Management
1 121 (18.64%) Ansible
2 96 (14.79%) vCenter Server
3 86 (13.25%) Terraform
4 73 (11.25%) Kubernetes
5 56 (8.63%) SCCM
6 51 (7.86%) vRealize
7 49 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 27 (4.16%) Argo
9 25 (3.85%) VxRail
10 24 (3.70%) Grafana
11 20 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 19 (2.93%) Single Sign-On
13 18 (2.77%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.77%) vMotion
14 15 (2.31%) SCOM
15 13 (2.00%) WSUS
16 12 (1.85%) Progress Chef
17 11 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
17 11 (1.69%) Prometheus
17 11 (1.69%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 649 (100.00%) VMware
2 167 (25.73%) Microsoft
3 139 (21.42%) Cisco
4 64 (9.86%) Citrix
5 62 (9.55%) F5
6 61 (9.40%) Red Hat
7 57 (8.78%) NetApp
8 47 (7.24%) IBM
9 38 (5.86%) Dell
10 37 (5.70%) Palo Alto
10 37 (5.70%) ServiceNow
11 36 (5.55%) Pure Storage
12 34 (5.24%) Oracle
13 32 (4.93%) SolarWinds
14 26 (4.01%) Veeam
15 25 (3.85%) Commvault
16 23 (3.54%) McAfee
17 20 (3.08%) CheckPoint
18 19 (2.93%) Blue Coat
18 19 (2.93%) HP