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

 6 months to
20 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 136 123
Rank change year-on-year -36 -13 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 629 489 679
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 2.01% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 15.00% 16.00% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 345 441
10th Percentile £318 £316 £265
25th Percentile £422 £440 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £588
90th Percentile £650 £683 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 28
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.23
25th Percentile £46.00 - £37.63
Median hourly rate £67.70 £28.00 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +141.79% -30.22% -36.43%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £52.96
90th Percentile £74.00 - £82.63
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%

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 4,194 3,056 3,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.20% 12.58% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,842 2,099 2,784
10th Percentile £213 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -2.39% +2.45% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 71 209
10th Percentile £16.93 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £25.44 £18.13 £14.48
Median hourly rate £52.50 £29.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.03% +38.10% -58.00%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.80 £88.00 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £28.41 £22.40
% change year-on-year +82.15% +26.83% -58.52%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -7 179 £531 -7.61% 85
London -60 135 £525 - 43
North of England -3 134 £450 +12.50% 43
Midlands -22 96 £402 -26.91% 36
West Midlands -15 74 £402 -27.04% 21
North West -9 71 £450 +11.38% 24
Yorkshire -17 61 £420 -11.58% 12
South West -63 52 £539 -6.30% 22
East of England -32 36 £475 -13.64% 15
East Midlands -21 22 £443 -18.38% 15
North East -26 2 £575 +64.29% 8
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 34 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.43%) IIS
4 6 (0.95%) nginx
4 6 (0.95%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.64%) Confluence
7 3 (0.48%) Apache
7 3 (0.48%) CICS
7 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.32%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 181 (28.78%) Azure
2 121 (19.24%) AWS
3 49 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (7.15%) Entra ID
5 41 (6.52%) OpenShift
6 32 (5.09%) GCP
7 25 (3.97%) IaaS
8 22 (3.50%) GitHub
9 20 (3.18%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.70%) PaaS
11 13 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.59%) Rubrik
13 9 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.11%) Datadog
14 7 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.95%) Azure Stack
15 6 (0.95%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.95%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (28.14%) DNS
2 137 (21.78%) Firewall
3 99 (15.74%) DHCP
4 69 (10.97%) VPN
5 65 (10.33%) SAN
6 60 (9.54%) VSAN
7 55 (8.74%) WAN
8 49 (7.79%) Network Security
9 44 (7.00%) TCP/IP
10 43 (6.84%) LAN
11 41 (6.52%) NAS
12 38 (6.04%) SSL
13 33 (5.25%) BIG-IP
14 31 (4.93%) HTTP
15 28 (4.45%) VLAN
16 27 (4.29%) Wireshark
17 25 (3.97%) BGP
18 24 (3.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
19 23 (3.66%) Cisco ASA
20 21 (3.34%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.79%) Power BI
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.48%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.48%) DataStage
5 3 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
5 3 (0.48%) Redis
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (3.50%) Jenkins
1 22 (3.50%) JIRA
2 18 (2.86%) Fiddler
3 13 (2.07%) GitLab
4 12 (1.91%) Git
5 6 (0.95%) PVCS
5 6 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.48%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.32%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.32%) MSI
8 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) GoCD
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 126 (20.03%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.27%) Finance
3 49 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.84%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.04%) Banking
6 22 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.34%) Legal
8 19 (3.02%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.43%) Military
9 9 (1.43%) Police
10 6 (0.95%) Electronics
11 5 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (0.79%) Law
11 5 (0.79%) Local Government
11 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.79%) Retail
12 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (20.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (12.88%) Architect
3 63 (10.02%) Network Engineer
4 54 (8.59%) Senior
5 48 (7.63%) VMware Engineer
6 37 (5.88%) Analyst
7 30 (4.77%) Lead
8 26 (4.13%) Infrastructure Architect
9 25 (3.97%) Support Engineer
9 25 (3.97%) Wintel Engineer
10 23 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (3.34%) Consultant
12 20 (3.18%) Storage Engineer
13 19 (3.02%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 18 (2.86%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 18 (2.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 18 (2.86%) IP Network Engineer
14 18 (2.86%) VMware Architect
14 18 (2.86%) Web Engineer
15 17 (2.70%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.02%) Flash
1 19 (3.02%) LDAP
2 11 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (1.59%) SAML
4 7 (1.11%) Middleware
4 7 (1.11%) REST
5 5 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.79%) Software Packaging
6 4 (0.64%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.48%) JSON
7 3 (0.48%) Kafka
7 3 (0.48%) Keycloak
7 3 (0.48%) Redfish
8 2 (0.32%) .NET
8 2 (0.32%) OAuth
8 2 (0.32%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.32%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.32%) OpenID
8 2 (0.32%) Qt
8 2 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.72%) Data Centre
2 62 (9.86%) Replication
3 53 (8.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (6.20%) PKI
5 36 (5.72%) Clustering
6 32 (5.09%) Enterprise Storage
7 30 (4.77%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (3.82%) Private Cloud
9 22 (3.50%) Management Information System
10 21 (3.34%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.75%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.27%) Security Posture
17 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
18 6 (0.95%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 300 (47.69%) Windows
2 202 (32.11%) Windows Server
3 193 (30.68%) Linux
4 42 (6.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 40 (6.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.34%) Windows 10
8 20 (3.18%) Ubuntu
9 19 (3.02%) VMS
10 16 (2.54%) Data ONTAP
10 16 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (2.23%) Unix
12 10 (1.59%) Mac OS
13 9 (1.43%) Solaris
14 8 (1.27%) CentOS
15 7 (1.11%) CoreOS
15 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.64%) CatOS
17 4 (0.64%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (26.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 124 (19.71%) Migration
3 99 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (15.42%) High Availability
5 85 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 83 (13.20%) ITIL
7 68 (10.81%) Capacity Planning
8 66 (10.49%) Agile
9 63 (10.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 59 (9.38%) CI/CD
11 58 (9.22%) DevOps
11 58 (9.22%) Load Balancing
12 53 (8.43%) Network Virtualisation
13 51 (8.11%) Change Management
14 43 (6.84%) Data Protection
15 42 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (6.68%) Performance Tuning
16 40 (6.36%) ITSM
17 38 (6.04%) Validation
18 36 (5.72%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 139 (22.10%) PowerShell
2 75 (11.92%) Python
3 46 (7.31%) Bash
4 27 (4.29%) SQL
5 8 (1.27%) C
6 7 (1.11%) Bicep
6 7 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.95%) C++
7 6 (0.95%) Embedded C
7 6 (0.95%) Embedded C++
8 5 (0.79%) Java
9 4 (0.64%) C#
9 4 (0.64%) PHP
9 4 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.48%) COBOL
10 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.32%) VBScript
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 261 (41.49%) Security Cleared
2 159 (25.28%) SC Cleared
3 114 (18.12%) DV Cleared
4 49 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 37 (5.88%) Degree
6 30 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.77%) VCAP
7 23 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (3.02%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.02%) MCSE
9 18 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.54%) MCSA
11 15 (2.38%) CCNP
12 10 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
13 9 (1.43%) CCNA
13 9 (1.43%) OCP
14 6 (0.95%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.95%) RHCA
15 5 (0.79%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (3.50%) SLA
2 18 (2.86%) NIST
3 15 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.59%) NCSC
5 6 (0.95%) GDPR
6 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.48%) QA
8 2 (0.32%) ISA99
8 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.16%) COBIT
9 1 (0.16%) DICOM
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 187 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 152 (24.17%) vSphere
3 144 (22.89%) VMware ESXi
4 127 (20.19%) VMware NSX
5 122 (19.40%) Hyper-V
6 84 (13.35%) Virtual Machines
7 38 (6.04%) Docker
8 37 (5.88%) NFS
9 33 (5.25%) Firmware
10 29 (4.61%) Virtual Desktop
11 23 (3.66%) KVM
12 14 (2.23%) GPFS
13 11 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.43%) BitLocker
14 9 (1.43%) vCloud
15 5 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.79%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
17 3 (0.48%) SRDF
17 3 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 112 (17.81%) Ansible
2 108 (17.17%) vCenter Server
3 69 (10.97%) Terraform
4 67 (10.65%) Kubernetes
5 49 (7.79%) SCCM
6 41 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (6.20%) vRealize
8 23 (3.66%) SCOM
9 22 (3.50%) Grafana
10 20 (3.18%) Argo
11 19 (3.02%) vMotion
12 18 (2.86%) VxRail
13 17 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (2.38%) PowerCLI
14 15 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
14 15 (2.38%) WSUS
15 12 (1.91%) Puppet
16 11 (1.75%) EMC VPLEX
16 11 (1.75%) NetBackup
16 11 (1.75%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 629 (100.00%) VMware
2 176 (27.98%) Microsoft
3 135 (21.46%) Cisco
4 62 (9.86%) Citrix
5 55 (8.74%) NetApp
6 47 (7.47%) F5
6 47 (7.47%) Red Hat
7 36 (5.72%) ServiceNow
8 34 (5.41%) Dell
9 33 (5.25%) IBM
10 32 (5.09%) Palo Alto
11 31 (4.93%) Oracle
11 31 (4.93%) Pure Storage
12 27 (4.29%) Veeam
13 24 (3.82%) CheckPoint
14 22 (3.50%) McAfee
15 21 (3.34%) Commvault
15 21 (3.34%) SolarWinds
16 20 (3.18%) Juniper
17 18 (2.86%) Blue Coat
234 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England