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

 6 months to
26 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 150 108
Rank change year-on-year -24 -42 0
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 663 482 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.91% 2.05%
As % of the System Software category 15.24% 15.23% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 335 497
10th Percentile £321 £330 £299
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -6.76%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £658
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 28
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.23
25th Percentile £28.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -35.48%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile £74.10 - £75.90
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -30.00% -38.46%

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 4,349 3,164 4,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 12.55% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,906 2,094 2,916
10th Percentile £213 £215 £207
25th Percentile £400 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 73 201
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £23.00 £21.25 £14.48
Median hourly rate £53.00 £28.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +85.96% +27.23% -55.20%
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.60 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +82.14% +15.80% -55.22%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +4 183 £538 -6.52% 63
London -36 155 £506 -3.57% 34
North of England -1 145 £459 +8.00% 34
Midlands -24 92 £450 -18.18% 37
North West -3 73 £453 +6.59% 24
Yorkshire -13 70 £488 +2.63% 7
West Midlands -25 70 £438 -33.41% 18
South West -57 58 £539 -6.30% 26
East of England -35 32 £475 -13.64% 24
East Midlands -1 22 £450 -18.18% 19
North East -34 2 £588 +67.86% 3
VMware Infrastructure
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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 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.36%) IIS
4 8 (1.21%) nginx
4 8 (1.21%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.90%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.60%) Apache
6 4 (0.60%) Confluence
7 3 (0.45%) CICS
7 3 (0.45%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.45%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 189 (28.51%) Azure
2 122 (18.40%) AWS
3 46 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.79%) OpenShift
5 43 (6.49%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.13%) GCP
7 24 (3.62%) GitHub
8 21 (3.17%) IaaS
9 17 (2.56%) Nutanix
10 14 (2.11%) PaaS
11 11 (1.66%) Rubrik
12 10 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.21%) SaaS
15 7 (1.06%) Azure Stack
15 7 (1.06%) Cohesity
15 7 (1.06%) Power Platform
16 6 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 186 (28.05%) DNS
2 140 (21.12%) Firewall
3 108 (16.29%) DHCP
4 75 (11.31%) SAN
5 67 (10.11%) VPN
6 63 (9.50%) VSAN
6 63 (9.50%) WAN
7 51 (7.69%) Network Security
8 48 (7.24%) LAN
9 45 (6.79%) TCP/IP
10 44 (6.64%) NAS
11 41 (6.18%) SSL
12 38 (5.73%) VLAN
13 29 (4.37%) BIG-IP
14 28 (4.22%) BGP
14 28 (4.22%) HTTP
15 26 (3.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (3.77%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (3.77%) Wireshark
17 24 (3.62%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.06%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.90%) Power BI
5 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.45%) Big Data
7 3 (0.45%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.45%) DataStage
7 3 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.07%) Jenkins
2 25 (3.77%) JIRA
3 17 (2.56%) Fiddler
4 13 (1.96%) Git
5 12 (1.81%) GitLab
6 3 (0.45%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.30%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) GoCD
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) PVCS
8 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
General
1 140 (21.12%) Social Skills
2 53 (7.99%) Finance
3 49 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 35 (5.28%) Banking
6 23 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (3.47%) Legal
7 18 (2.71%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.51%) Police
8 10 (1.51%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.36%) Military
10 7 (1.06%) Retail
11 6 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.90%) Law
11 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.75%) Local Government
13 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 147 (22.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (11.46%) Architect
3 66 (9.95%) Network Engineer
4 65 (9.80%) Senior
5 56 (8.45%) VMware Engineer
6 33 (4.98%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.22%) Lead
8 26 (3.92%) Consultant
9 25 (3.77%) Analyst
10 24 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 24 (3.62%) Storage Engineer
11 23 (3.47%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 22 (3.32%) Wintel Engineer
13 21 (3.17%) Administrator
14 20 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (3.02%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 19 (2.87%) Infrastructure Architect
15 19 (2.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (2.71%) VMware Consultant
17 17 (2.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.41%) Flash
2 15 (2.26%) LDAP
3 11 (1.66%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.51%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.51%) REST
5 7 (1.06%) SAML
6 6 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.90%) Middleware
7 5 (0.75%) .NET
7 5 (0.75%) JSON
8 4 (0.60%) Redfish
8 4 (0.60%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.30%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.30%) Kafka
9 2 (0.30%) OAuth
9 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.30%) OpenID
9 2 (0.30%) Qt
9 2 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (14.78%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (7.84%) Replication
4 47 (7.09%) PKI
5 41 (6.18%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (5.13%) Clustering
7 28 (4.22%) Cloud Native
8 24 (3.62%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.62%) Public Cloud
9 20 (3.02%) Linux Command Line
10 19 (2.87%) Private Cloud
11 18 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.66%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.51%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.36%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.21%) EMC VMAX
17 7 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 324 (48.87%) Windows
2 220 (33.18%) Windows Server
3 196 (29.56%) Linux
4 40 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.02%) VMS
8 18 (2.71%) Ubuntu
9 17 (2.56%) Data ONTAP
9 17 (2.56%) Windows 10
10 16 (2.41%) Unix
11 13 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.66%) Solaris
13 8 (1.21%) CentOS
13 8 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (1.06%) CoreOS
15 6 (0.90%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.60%) AIX
16 4 (0.60%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (28.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (21.72%) Migration
3 106 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (15.54%) High Availability
5 85 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 83 (12.52%) ITIL
7 72 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 69 (10.41%) CI/CD
9 63 (9.50%) Capacity Planning
10 62 (9.35%) DevOps
11 61 (9.20%) Agile
12 59 (8.90%) Load Balancing
13 57 (8.60%) Network Virtualisation
14 55 (8.30%) Change Management
15 54 (8.14%) Validation
16 52 (7.84%) ITSM
17 45 (6.79%) Performance Tuning
18 44 (6.64%) Data Protection
18 44 (6.64%) Technical Leadership
19 41 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 140 (21.12%) PowerShell
2 86 (12.97%) Python
3 45 (6.79%) Bash
4 29 (4.37%) SQL
5 7 (1.06%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.90%) Java
6 6 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.75%) Bicep
8 4 (0.60%) C
8 4 (0.60%) PHP
8 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.45%) COBOL
10 2 (0.30%) C#
10 2 (0.30%) VBScript
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 291 (43.89%) Security Cleared
2 175 (26.40%) SC Cleared
3 127 (19.16%) DV Cleared
4 60 (9.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 41 (6.18%) Degree
6 34 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (4.52%) VCAP
8 21 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 20 (3.02%) CCNP
9 20 (3.02%) MCSE
10 17 (2.56%) MCSA
11 16 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (2.26%) CCNA
13 10 (1.51%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (1.36%) OCP
15 7 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 7 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.06%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.77%) NIST
2 22 (3.32%) SLA
3 20 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.81%) NCSC
6 7 (1.06%) QA
7 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.30%) GDPR
10 2 (0.30%) ISA99
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) DICOM
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) HL7
11 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 199 (30.02%) Active Directory
2 177 (26.70%) VMware ESXi
3 156 (23.53%) vSphere
4 135 (20.36%) VMware NSX
5 132 (19.91%) Hyper-V
6 89 (13.42%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (5.28%) Docker
8 34 (5.13%) Firmware
8 34 (5.13%) NFS
9 33 (4.98%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (3.92%) KVM
11 12 (1.81%) Microsoft App-V
12 11 (1.66%) GPFS
12 11 (1.66%) vCloud
13 10 (1.51%) BitLocker
14 6 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
15 5 (0.75%) SRDF
16 4 (0.60%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 129 (19.46%) vCenter Server
2 126 (19.00%) Ansible
3 78 (11.76%) Terraform
4 70 (10.56%) Kubernetes
5 44 (6.64%) SCCM
6 36 (5.43%) vRealize
7 33 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (4.37%) SCOM
9 23 (3.47%) Grafana
10 22 (3.32%) vMotion
11 20 (3.02%) Argo
12 18 (2.71%) PowerCLI
13 16 (2.41%) VxRail
14 15 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 14 (2.11%) WSUS
16 13 (1.96%) EMC VPLEX
16 13 (1.96%) NetBackup
16 13 (1.96%) Puppet
17 12 (1.81%) SnapMirror
18 11 (1.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 663 (100.00%) VMware
2 176 (26.55%) Microsoft
3 147 (22.17%) Cisco
4 60 (9.05%) Citrix
5 52 (7.84%) NetApp
6 48 (7.24%) Red Hat
7 41 (6.18%) F5
8 38 (5.73%) Dell
9 37 (5.58%) ServiceNow
10 34 (5.13%) Palo Alto
11 32 (4.83%) Oracle
11 32 (4.83%) Pure Storage
12 28 (4.22%) Juniper
13 26 (3.92%) Veeam
14 25 (3.77%) SolarWinds
15 23 (3.47%) CheckPoint
15 23 (3.47%) IBM
16 20 (3.02%) McAfee
17 19 (2.87%) Fortinet
18 18 (2.71%) Broadcom
200 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England