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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 154 103
Rank change year-on-year -21 -51 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 709 484 796
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.77% 2.21%
As % of the System Software category 15.67% 14.66% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 323 516
10th Percentile £325 £329 £306
25th Percentile £425 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £598 £616 £588
90th Percentile £650 £673 £663
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £509
% change year-on-year -8.64% +8.11% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 2 24
10th Percentile £21.28 £28.20 £22.33
25th Percentile £30.17 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -27.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £74.20 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £96.93 £29.80 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +68.97% -27.50% -36.51%

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 4,524 3,302 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.04% 12.05% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,994 2,162 2,863
10th Percentile £213 £214 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 87 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.13 £14.06
25th Percentile £26.00 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% +55.23% -48.76%
75th Percentile £74.00 £79.35 £58.49
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £32.77 £23.80
% change year-on-year +57.92% +37.69% -52.40%

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 19 July 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 July 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 July 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 +1 213 £538 -6.93% 61
London -43 164 £500 -4.76% 39
North of England -7 145 £481 +14.87% 32
Midlands -13 91 £450 -17.09% 21
North West -9 72 £459 +18.45% 22
Yorkshire -21 71 £500 +11.11% 6
South West -48 69 £550 -4.35% 25
West Midlands -28 68 £450 -18.18% 11
East of England -21 33 £500 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -6 23 £450 -15.97% 10
North East -39 2 £588 +62.07% 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 39 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.27%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
4 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.85%) Confluence
7 4 (0.56%) Apache
8 3 (0.42%) CICS
8 3 (0.42%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.28%) Houdini
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 192 (27.08%) Azure
2 124 (17.49%) AWS
3 53 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.63%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.49%) OpenShift
6 30 (4.23%) GCP
7 24 (3.39%) GitHub
8 19 (2.68%) IaaS
9 16 (2.26%) Nutanix
10 12 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.69%) Rubrik
11 11 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.55%) PaaS
12 9 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.13%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.13%) SaaS
14 7 (0.99%) Azure Stack
14 7 (0.99%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 205 (28.91%) DNS
2 157 (22.14%) Firewall
3 122 (17.21%) DHCP
4 77 (10.86%) VSAN
5 76 (10.72%) SAN
6 73 (10.30%) TCP/IP
7 65 (9.17%) VPN
8 60 (8.46%) WAN
9 55 (7.76%) Network Security
10 49 (6.91%) VLAN
11 46 (6.49%) NAS
12 45 (6.35%) LAN
13 43 (6.06%) SSL
14 29 (4.09%) BGP
15 28 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 27 (3.81%) HTTP
17 26 (3.67%) Wireshark
18 25 (3.53%) BIG-IP
19 23 (3.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 22 (3.10%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.85%) Power BI
4 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (0.42%) Big Data
7 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.42%) DataStage
7 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.28%) Redis
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.14%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 27 (3.81%) Jenkins
1 27 (3.81%) JIRA
2 16 (2.26%) Fiddler
2 16 (2.26%) Git
3 12 (1.69%) GitLab
4 3 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.28%) MSI
5 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.28%) Subversion
6 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 156 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 59 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (8.18%) Finance
4 46 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.94%) Banking
6 21 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (2.96%) Legal
7 17 (2.40%) Investment Banking
8 13 (1.83%) Military
9 12 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.99%) Police
11 7 (0.99%) Retail
12 6 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.85%) Law
13 5 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 169 (23.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 80 (11.28%) Senior
3 70 (9.87%) Architect
4 68 (9.59%) Network Engineer
5 65 (9.17%) VMware Engineer
6 38 (5.36%) Support Engineer
7 34 (4.80%) Lead
8 30 (4.23%) Storage Engineer
9 29 (4.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 29 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (3.95%) Consultant
11 26 (3.67%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 24 (3.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (3.39%) Virtualisation Engineer
13 22 (3.10%) Administrator
13 22 (3.10%) Wintel Engineer
14 21 (2.96%) Senior Network Engineer
15 20 (2.82%) VMware Consultant
16 18 (2.54%) Data Centre Engineer
16 18 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) Flash
2 11 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (1.55%) REST
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.41%) LDAP
4 6 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (0.85%) Middleware
5 5 (0.71%) .NET
5 5 (0.71%) JSON
6 4 (0.56%) Redfish
7 3 (0.42%) Kafka
7 3 (0.42%) SAML
7 3 (0.42%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.42%) YAML
8 2 (0.28%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.28%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.28%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.28%) Qt
8 2 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (14.81%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (8.04%) PKI
4 54 (7.62%) Replication
5 45 (6.35%) Enterprise Storage
6 37 (5.22%) Clustering
7 27 (3.81%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.39%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.39%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (2.40%) Private Cloud
11 16 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.55%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.41%) SCADA
14 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.13%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (1.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 359 (50.63%) Windows
2 228 (32.16%) Windows Server
3 203 (28.63%) Linux
4 44 (6.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (3.39%) VMS
6 24 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.40%) Data ONTAP
7 17 (2.40%) Windows 10
8 15 (2.12%) Ubuntu
8 15 (2.12%) Unix
9 12 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.55%) Solaris
11 8 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.99%) CentOS
12 7 (0.99%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.71%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.56%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (30.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (20.31%) Migration
3 121 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (16.08%) High Availability
5 91 (12.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (12.69%) ITIL
7 85 (11.99%) Infrastructure as Code
8 83 (11.71%) CI/CD
9 74 (10.44%) Network Virtualisation
10 66 (9.31%) DevOps
11 65 (9.17%) Agile
12 63 (8.89%) Capacity Planning
12 63 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
13 62 (8.74%) Change Management
14 59 (8.32%) Load Balancing
15 58 (8.18%) Validation
16 56 (7.90%) ITSM
17 54 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (6.63%) Performance Tuning
18 47 (6.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (22.71%) PowerShell
2 102 (14.39%) Python
3 63 (8.89%) Bash
4 33 (4.65%) SQL
5 13 (1.83%) Java
6 7 (0.99%) C
6 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.71%) Bicep
7 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.42%) COBOL
8 3 (0.42%) Lua
8 3 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.28%) VBScript
10 1 (0.14%) C#
10 1 (0.14%) Go
10 1 (0.14%) Korn
10 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.14%) Perl
10 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 339 (47.81%) Security Cleared
2 190 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 167 (23.55%) DV Cleared
4 62 (8.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 46 (6.49%) Degree
6 37 (5.22%) VCAP
7 33 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.96%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.96%) MCSE
9 19 (2.68%) CCNP
9 19 (2.68%) MCSA
10 15 (2.12%) CCNA
11 14 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
13 9 (1.27%) OCP
14 7 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.99%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.24%) NIST
2 21 (2.96%) SLA
3 17 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.69%) NCSC
6 7 (0.99%) QA
7 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.42%) GxP
10 2 (0.28%) GDPR
10 2 (0.28%) ISA99
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 224 (31.59%) Active Directory
2 188 (26.52%) VMware ESXi
3 179 (25.25%) vSphere
4 147 (20.73%) VMware NSX
5 131 (18.48%) Hyper-V
6 92 (12.98%) Virtual Machines
7 48 (6.77%) Docker
8 38 (5.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (4.51%) Firmware
10 31 (4.37%) NFS
11 24 (3.39%) KVM
12 11 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.27%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.27%) vCloud
14 7 (0.99%) GPFS
15 6 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.71%) SRDF
17 4 (0.56%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 147 (20.73%) vCenter Server
2 141 (19.89%) Ansible
3 93 (13.12%) Terraform
4 89 (12.55%) Kubernetes
5 42 (5.92%) SCCM
6 36 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (5.08%) SCOM
7 32 (4.51%) vRealize
8 25 (3.53%) Grafana
8 25 (3.53%) VxRail
9 21 (2.96%) vMotion
10 20 (2.82%) Argo
11 18 (2.54%) PowerCLI
12 16 (2.26%) Puppet
13 14 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.97%) NetBackup
13 14 (1.97%) Prometheus
13 14 (1.97%) WSUS
14 13 (1.83%) EMC VPLEX
15 12 (1.69%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 709 (100.00%) VMware
2 186 (26.23%) Microsoft
3 140 (19.75%) Cisco
4 58 (8.18%) Citrix
5 56 (7.90%) NetApp
6 52 (7.33%) Red Hat
7 44 (6.21%) Dell
8 39 (5.50%) F5
9 31 (4.37%) Juniper
9 31 (4.37%) Palo Alto
9 31 (4.37%) ServiceNow
9 31 (4.37%) SolarWinds
10 30 (4.23%) Pure Storage
11 28 (3.95%) Veeam
12 26 (3.67%) Oracle
13 23 (3.24%) Broadcom
14 21 (2.96%) IBM
15 20 (2.82%) Commvault
16 19 (2.68%) CheckPoint
16 19 (2.68%) McAfee