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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 122 89
Rank change year-on-year -44 -33 +44
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 521 662 981
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 2.15% 2.53%
As % of the System Software category 13.50% 18.29% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 398 629
10th Percentile £300 £275 £310
25th Percentile £411 £394 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -2.64% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £513
% change year-on-year +2.94% -0.49% -0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 54
10th Percentile £22.50 £23.24 £25.90
25th Percentile £30.00 £29.69 £46.05
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -24.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile £74.26 £88.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.20 £112.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £37.08 £65.98
% change year-on-year +88.77% -43.80% +1.51%

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 3,858 3,620 5,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.63% 11.74% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,317 3,486
10th Percentile £213 £213 £195
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £685 £723 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 81 229
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.39
25th Percentile £20.96 £21.46 £18.25
Median hourly rate £33.39 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.23% +33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.35 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £31.75 £43.75
% change year-on-year -5.51% -27.43% +75.00%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -23 135 £513 -2.38% 104
London -90 119 £525 +5.00% 50
Midlands +18 99 £450 -11.11% 41
North of England -14 93 £438 -2.78% 27
West Midlands +26 82 £475 -17.39% 28
South West -26 60 £550 +4.76% 44
North West -3 58 £475 +5.56% 9
Yorkshire +1 48 £413 -8.84% 13
East of England +1 27 £488 +63.87% 33
East Midlands -19 17 £450 +20.00% 13
North East -9 2 £550 +83.33% 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 36 (6.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 21 (4.03%) Confluence
4 10 (1.92%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.54%) Apache
5 8 (1.54%) IIS
6 7 (1.34%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.58%) nginx
8 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.38%) CICS
9 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.38%) WordPress
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) Traefik
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.73%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 154 (29.56%) Azure
2 118 (22.65%) AWS
3 49 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (8.25%) GCP
5 31 (5.95%) OpenShift
6 29 (5.57%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.61%) GitHub
8 21 (4.03%) IaaS
9 20 (3.84%) SaaS
10 16 (3.07%) Nutanix
11 11 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (2.11%) Datadog
11 11 (2.11%) PaaS
12 8 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
16 3 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
16 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 156 (29.94%) DNS
2 126 (24.18%) Firewall
3 70 (13.44%) DHCP
4 69 (13.24%) TCP/IP
5 50 (9.60%) VLAN
6 40 (7.68%) SAN
7 38 (7.29%) VPN
8 34 (6.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 34 (6.53%) Network Security
9 33 (6.33%) VSAN
10 30 (5.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 28 (5.37%) WAN
12 27 (5.18%) DMZ
13 25 (4.80%) LAN
14 23 (4.41%) NAS
15 19 (3.65%) BGP
16 18 (3.45%) iSCSI
17 16 (3.07%) Fibre Channel
17 16 (3.07%) Wireless
18 15 (2.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.38%) MySQL
4 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (7.10%) Jenkins
2 28 (5.37%) Git
3 18 (3.45%) GitLab
4 16 (3.07%) JIRA
5 13 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.54%) Subversion
7 7 (1.34%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.34%) Fiddler
7 7 (1.34%) JMeter
7 7 (1.34%) JUnit
7 7 (1.34%) Postman
8 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.58%) MSI
9 3 (0.58%) PVCS
9 3 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.58%) RStudio
10 2 (0.38%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.38%) Vagrant
General
1 149 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 50 (9.60%) Finance
5 44 (8.45%) Banking
6 30 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.03%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.30%) Legal
10 12 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.15%) Law
11 6 (1.15%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.96%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.96%) Electronics
12 5 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.58%) Military
14 3 (0.58%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 85 (16.31%) Architect
1 85 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (6.91%) Senior
3 35 (6.72%) Analyst
3 35 (6.72%) Consultant
4 31 (5.95%) Support Engineer
5 26 (4.99%) Infrastructure Architect
6 23 (4.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 23 (4.41%) Network Engineer
6 23 (4.41%) Platform Engineer
7 19 (3.65%) VMware Engineer
8 18 (3.45%) Administrator
8 18 (3.45%) VMware Consultant
9 17 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support
9 17 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 17 (3.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (3.07%) VMware Architect
11 15 (2.88%) IT Engineer
11 15 (2.88%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (2.69%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.11%) Flash
2 10 (1.92%) REST
3 8 (1.54%) Kafka
4 7 (1.34%) Loki
4 7 (1.34%) Middleware
4 7 (1.34%) Spring
5 6 (1.15%) Hibernate
6 4 (0.77%) RESTful
6 4 (0.77%) YAML
7 3 (0.58%) .NET
7 3 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.58%) LDAP
7 3 (0.58%) OAuth
7 3 (0.58%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.58%) OpenID
7 3 (0.58%) SAML
7 3 (0.58%) Swagger
8 2 (0.38%) EDI
8 2 (0.38%) LAMP
8 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 68 (13.05%) Data Centre
2 45 (8.64%) Replication
3 40 (7.68%) PKI
4 34 (6.53%) Management Information System
5 30 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (4.41%) Linux Command Line
7 22 (4.22%) Cloud Native
7 22 (4.22%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.92%) Clustering
9 10 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.54%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.54%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.34%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.15%) NHS
12 6 (1.15%) SCADA
13 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 227 (43.57%) Windows
2 193 (37.04%) Linux
3 127 (24.38%) Windows Server
4 51 (9.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (6.72%) Windows 10
6 22 (4.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (2.88%) CentOS
8 15 (2.88%) VMS
9 14 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (2.50%) Ubuntu
11 12 (2.30%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.92%) Solaris
13 8 (1.54%) Unix
14 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.58%) AIX
16 2 (0.38%) Debian
16 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (19.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 98 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (15.55%) Agile
4 72 (13.82%) CI/CD
5 68 (13.05%) DevOps
5 68 (13.05%) Migration
6 64 (12.28%) Disaster Recovery
7 60 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 60 (11.52%) ITIL
8 53 (10.17%) Containerisation
9 48 (9.21%) Load Balancing
10 45 (8.64%) High Availability
11 44 (8.45%) Business Strategy
12 40 (7.68%) Data Protection
13 36 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (6.72%) Service Management
15 33 (6.33%) Platform Engineering
16 32 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (5.57%) Mentoring
18 28 (5.37%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 128 (24.57%) PowerShell
2 124 (23.80%) Python
3 83 (15.93%) Bash
4 41 (7.87%) SQL
5 18 (3.45%) Java
5 18 (3.45%) Perl
6 11 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.54%) C++
7 8 (1.54%) PHP
8 7 (1.34%) Go
8 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.96%) C
10 2 (0.38%) C#
10 2 (0.38%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.38%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.19%) Korn
11 1 (0.19%) Rust
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 200 (38.39%) Security Cleared
2 135 (25.91%) SC Cleared
3 68 (13.05%) DV Cleared
4 47 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (7.87%) Degree
6 39 (7.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 35 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (5.18%) Azure Certification
9 26 (4.99%) CCNP
10 20 (3.84%) MCSE
11 16 (3.07%) AWS Certification
11 16 (3.07%) CCNA
12 13 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.30%) CCIE
13 12 (2.30%) Master's Degree
14 11 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (2.11%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (1.92%) VCAP
16 9 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (1.54%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.80%) GDPR
2 14 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.92%) QA
4 8 (1.54%) SLA
5 7 (1.34%) NIST
6 6 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.77%) NCSC
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 158 (30.33%) Active Directory
2 101 (19.39%) vSphere
3 77 (14.78%) Hyper-V
4 69 (13.24%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (11.71%) VMware NSX
6 51 (9.79%) Docker
7 37 (7.10%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (5.76%) NFS
9 19 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (2.11%) Firmware
10 11 (2.11%) GPFS
10 11 (2.11%) KVM
10 11 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (1.15%) Dovecot
11 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (1.15%) Postfix
11 6 (1.15%) Terminal Services
11 6 (1.15%) UAG
12 5 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.77%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 108 (20.73%) Ansible
2 81 (15.55%) Terraform
3 62 (11.90%) vCenter Server
4 51 (9.79%) SCCM
5 50 (9.60%) Kubernetes
6 40 (7.68%) vRealize
7 34 (6.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (3.45%) Puppet
8 18 (3.45%) VxRail
9 17 (3.26%) Grafana
10 16 (3.07%) Argo
11 14 (2.69%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (2.50%) Progress Chef
13 11 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
13 11 (2.11%) WSUS
14 10 (1.92%) NetBackup
15 9 (1.73%) FortiGate
15 9 (1.73%) Oracle RMAN
15 9 (1.73%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 521 (100.00%) VMware
2 162 (31.09%) Microsoft
3 107 (20.54%) Cisco
4 60 (11.52%) F5
5 56 (10.75%) Red Hat
6 53 (10.17%) Citrix
7 43 (8.25%) NetApp
8 42 (8.06%) Veeam
9 34 (6.53%) SolarWinds
10 33 (6.33%) Dell
10 33 (6.33%) Oracle
11 27 (5.18%) IBM
12 23 (4.41%) Broadcom
12 23 (4.41%) Splunk
13 19 (3.65%) Palo Alto
14 17 (3.26%) ServiceNow
15 15 (2.88%) Google
15 15 (2.88%) Juniper
16 14 (2.69%) CyberArk
16 14 (2.69%) Fortinet
264 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England