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

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 162 104
Rank change year-on-year -17 -58 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 719 459 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.66% 2.29%
As % of the System Software category 15.80% 13.95% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 305 498
10th Percentile £325 £339 £313
25th Percentile £444 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £592
90th Percentile £658 £650 £658
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -6.55% +7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 2 8
10th Percentile £25.89 £28.20 £23.38
25th Percentile £33.70 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -50.03%
75th Percentile £74.07 £29.50 £72.94
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
% change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -52.41%

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 4,552 3,291 3,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 11.92% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,997 2,158 2,700
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 85 135
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.12 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £60.00 £37.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +57.56% -40.50%
75th Percentile £74.20 £80.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.88 £90.90 £72.45
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £31.39 £23.80
% change year-on-year +67.28% +31.87% -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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +1 217 £538 -6.52% 87
London -4 174 £525 - 90
North of England -1 139 £485 +17.58% 53
Midlands -24 88 £450 -18.18% 26
North West -8 69 £480 +37.14% 36
West Midlands -28 68 £450 -20.84% 14
South West -51 68 £553 -3.91% 51
Yorkshire -23 67 £500 +11.48% 11
East of England -14 37 £500 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -3 20 £450 -18.18% 12
North East -38 3 £500 -20.00% 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 39 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.39%) Confluence
4 9 (1.25%) IIS
5 8 (1.11%) nginx
5 8 (1.11%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.97%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.56%) Apache
7 4 (0.56%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.56%) JBoss
8 3 (0.42%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.28%) CICS
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.25%) 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 11 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 195 (27.12%) Azure
2 134 (18.64%) AWS
3 54 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.26%) Entra ID
5 39 (5.42%) OpenShift
6 34 (4.73%) GCP
7 26 (3.62%) GitHub
8 22 (3.06%) IaaS
9 16 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.95%) PaaS
11 13 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (1.81%) Power Platform
11 13 (1.81%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.67%) SaaS
13 11 (1.53%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.39%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (1.11%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 226 (31.43%) DNS
2 162 (22.53%) Firewall
3 138 (19.19%) DHCP
4 85 (11.82%) VSAN
5 83 (11.54%) TCP/IP
6 70 (9.74%) VPN
7 67 (9.32%) SAN
8 57 (7.93%) WAN
9 54 (7.51%) VLAN
10 52 (7.23%) Network Security
11 44 (6.12%) SSL
12 41 (5.70%) LAN
13 37 (5.15%) NAS
14 31 (4.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 29 (4.03%) BGP
16 27 (3.76%) HTTP
17 26 (3.62%) BIG-IP
17 26 (3.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 26 (3.62%) Wireshark
18 21 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.67%) Power BI
3 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.25%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.83%) Big Data
7 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.42%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.28%) DataStage
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.28%) Redis
11 1 (0.14%) GIS
11 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 31 (4.31%) JIRA
2 27 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.36%) Git
4 16 (2.23%) Fiddler
5 15 (2.09%) GitLab
6 5 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.42%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.28%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.28%) MSI
9 2 (0.28%) PVCS
9 2 (0.28%) Subversion
10 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 160 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 65 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (8.21%) Finance
4 46 (6.40%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.01%) Banking
6 22 (3.06%) Legal
7 20 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.67%) Military
11 8 (1.11%) Retail
12 7 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.83%) Law
14 5 (0.70%) Police
15 4 (0.56%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.42%) Games
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (24.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (12.93%) Senior
3 73 (10.15%) VMware Engineer
4 72 (10.01%) Network Engineer
5 59 (8.21%) Architect
6 45 (6.26%) Support Engineer
7 38 (5.29%) Lead
8 35 (4.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 34 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
10 32 (4.45%) Storage Engineer
11 29 (4.03%) Consultant
11 29 (4.03%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 28 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (3.34%) Administrator
13 24 (3.34%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 22 (3.06%) Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.06%) Senior Network Engineer
15 21 (2.92%) IT Engineer
15 21 (2.92%) VMware Consultant
15 21 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.53%) Flash
1 11 (1.53%) REST
2 10 (1.39%) 802.1X
3 9 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (0.97%) LDAP
4 7 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (0.70%) .NET
5 5 (0.70%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.70%) JSON
5 5 (0.70%) Middleware
5 5 (0.70%) YAML
6 4 (0.56%) Redfish
7 3 (0.42%) Kafka
7 3 (0.42%) SAML
8 2 (0.28%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.28%) Java SE
8 2 (0.28%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.28%) Qt
8 2 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (15.16%) Data Centre
2 64 (8.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (8.76%) PKI
4 45 (6.26%) Enterprise Storage
5 43 (5.98%) Clustering
5 43 (5.98%) Replication
6 30 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 26 (3.62%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.92%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
10 16 (2.23%) Private Cloud
11 15 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.81%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.53%) SCADA
14 10 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.39%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.39%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.11%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 369 (51.32%) Windows
2 233 (32.41%) Windows Server
3 210 (29.21%) Linux
4 45 (6.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 45 (6.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (3.62%) VMS
6 24 (3.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.36%) Data ONTAP
8 16 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.23%) Windows 10
9 15 (2.09%) Unix
10 12 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
10 12 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.39%) Solaris
12 7 (0.97%) CentOS
12 7 (0.97%) CoreOS
13 6 (0.83%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.56%) SUSE
16 3 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (32.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (20.03%) Migration
3 130 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (15.58%) High Availability
5 103 (14.33%) ITIL
6 100 (13.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 95 (13.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (12.24%) CI/CD
9 78 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
10 76 (10.57%) Network Virtualisation
11 70 (9.74%) Change Management
12 69 (9.60%) Agile
13 67 (9.32%) DevOps
14 64 (8.90%) ITSM
15 59 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (8.21%) Load Balancing
16 58 (8.07%) Capacity Planning
17 54 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
18 53 (7.37%) Platform Engineering
18 53 (7.37%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (23.92%) PowerShell
2 105 (14.60%) Python
3 72 (10.01%) Bash
4 44 (6.12%) SQL
5 16 (2.23%) Java
6 7 (0.97%) Bicep
6 7 (0.97%) C
6 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.56%) Go
9 3 (0.42%) Lua
10 2 (0.28%) C++
10 2 (0.28%) COBOL
10 2 (0.28%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.28%) VBScript
11 1 (0.14%) C#
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) PHP
11 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 359 (49.93%) Security Cleared
2 205 (28.51%) SC Cleared
3 175 (24.34%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (6.95%) Degree
6 39 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (5.42%) VCAP
7 34 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (3.62%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.78%) CCNP
9 20 (2.78%) MCSE
10 19 (2.64%) CCNA
11 15 (2.09%) MCSA
12 14 (1.95%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (1.25%) OCP
16 7 (0.97%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.97%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.20%) SLA
2 20 (2.78%) NIST
3 16 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.81%) NCSC
5 13 (1.81%) QA
6 4 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.56%) GxP
6 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.28%) GDPR
8 2 (0.28%) ISA99
8 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 234 (32.55%) Active Directory
2 188 (26.15%) VMware ESXi
3 178 (24.76%) vSphere
4 149 (20.72%) VMware NSX
5 141 (19.61%) Hyper-V
6 87 (12.10%) Virtual Machines
7 53 (7.37%) Docker
8 35 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (4.31%) Firmware
10 23 (3.20%) NFS
11 19 (2.64%) KVM
12 11 (1.53%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (1.11%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.97%) GPFS
14 7 (0.97%) vCloud
15 6 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.70%) SRDF
17 4 (0.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 147 (20.45%) Ansible
2 146 (20.31%) vCenter Server
3 108 (15.02%) Terraform
4 96 (13.35%) Kubernetes
5 42 (5.84%) SCOM
6 39 (5.42%) SCCM
7 32 (4.45%) vRealize
8 31 (4.31%) VxRail
9 30 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 24 (3.34%) Grafana
11 20 (2.78%) Puppet
12 18 (2.50%) Prometheus
13 17 (2.36%) NetBackup
13 17 (2.36%) vMotion
14 16 (2.23%) Argo
14 16 (2.23%) PowerCLI
15 15 (2.09%) WSUS
16 13 (1.81%) Avamar
16 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Clustering
17 12 (1.67%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 719 (100.00%) VMware
2 195 (27.12%) Microsoft
3 136 (18.92%) Cisco
4 58 (8.07%) NetApp
5 52 (7.23%) Citrix
6 50 (6.95%) Red Hat
7 42 (5.84%) Dell
7 42 (5.84%) F5
8 34 (4.73%) Juniper
8 34 (4.73%) Palo Alto
8 34 (4.73%) SolarWinds
9 33 (4.59%) ServiceNow
10 32 (4.45%) Oracle
11 28 (3.89%) Veeam
12 23 (3.20%) Broadcom
13 20 (2.78%) IBM
14 19 (2.64%) Fortinet
14 19 (2.64%) McAfee
14 19 (2.64%) Pure Storage
15 18 (2.50%) CheckPoint
315 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England