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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 117 94
Rank change year-on-year -44 -23 +26
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 566 578 852
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.17% 2.29%
As % of the System Software category 13.76% 17.83% 19.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 366 539
10th Percentile £300 £263 £299
25th Percentile £400 £394 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 62
10th Percentile £33.93 £54.50 £22.10
25th Percentile £67.21 £61.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +44.49% -5.77%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.46
90th Percentile £77.13 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +21.74% -8.00% -3.85%

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 4,114 3,241 4,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.52% 12.18% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,803 2,094 3,099
10th Percentile £206 £200 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -8.02%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £493
% change year-on-year -2.44% +4.06% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 79 209
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.60 £14.45
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.15 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +44.62% -33.71% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £76.82
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +44.62% -38.95% +29.25%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -20 144 £500 -9.09% 82
London -83 119 £535 +3.38% 64
Midlands +3 111 £400 -33.33% 30
North of England -34 102 £425 -2.86% 39
West Midlands +8 85 £325 -46.46% 18
North West -11 70 £441 -1.94% 12
South West -35 69 £550 -0.18% 34
Yorkshire -25 43 £371 -13.33% 26
East of England +7 32 £475 +18.75% 13
East Midlands -10 26 £447 -0.67% 12
North East -16 2 £513 +57.69% 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 32 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.18%) Confluence
4 12 (2.12%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.24%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.88%) IIS
6 5 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.35%) CICS
8 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Traefik
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (3.00%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 175 (30.92%) Azure
2 141 (24.91%) AWS
3 54 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.30%) GCP
5 38 (6.71%) Entra ID
5 38 (6.71%) OpenShift
6 24 (4.24%) IaaS
7 21 (3.71%) Nutanix
8 19 (3.36%) GitHub
9 15 (2.65%) PaaS
10 14 (2.47%) Datadog
11 8 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.06%) SaaS
12 6 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.71%) AWS Direct Connect
14 4 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 170 (30.04%) DNS
2 138 (24.38%) Firewall
3 87 (15.37%) DHCP
4 58 (10.25%) TCP/IP
5 56 (9.89%) VPN
6 46 (8.13%) Network Security
7 41 (7.24%) VLAN
8 40 (7.07%) SAN
9 35 (6.18%) VSAN
10 34 (6.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 32 (5.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 32 (5.65%) WAN
12 31 (5.48%) LAN
13 25 (4.42%) BGP
14 24 (4.24%) BIG-IP
15 22 (3.89%) SSL
16 21 (3.71%) NAS
16 21 (3.71%) Wireless
17 20 (3.53%) HTTP
18 19 (3.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.35%) Redis
5 1 (0.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.06%) Jenkins
2 20 (3.53%) Git
3 18 (3.18%) JIRA
4 15 (2.65%) GitLab
5 13 (2.30%) Fiddler
6 11 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.41%) PVCS
7 8 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.24%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.24%) JMeter
8 7 (1.24%) JUnit
9 5 (0.88%) Subversion
10 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.71%) RStudio
10 4 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) GoCD
11 1 (0.18%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 139 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 72 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (10.78%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.13%) Finance
5 44 (7.77%) Banking
6 33 (5.83%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.42%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.94%) Legal
10 10 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.41%) Electronics
12 7 (1.24%) Police
13 6 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.88%) Local Government
15 4 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.71%) Military
15 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.71%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 103 (18.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 75 (13.25%) Architect
3 55 (9.72%) Analyst
4 35 (6.18%) Network Engineer
5 31 (5.48%) Senior
6 30 (5.30%) Support Engineer
7 29 (5.12%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 29 (5.12%) VMware Engineer
8 27 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
9 26 (4.59%) Infrastructure Architect
10 23 (4.06%) Consultant
11 19 (3.36%) Storage Analyst
12 18 (3.18%) Wintel Engineer
13 17 (3.00%) Lead
14 16 (2.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (2.83%) Storage Engineer
14 16 (2.83%) VMware Consultant
14 16 (2.83%) Windows Engineer
15 15 (2.65%) Administrator
15 15 (2.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.00%) Flash
2 15 (2.65%) LDAP
3 10 (1.77%) REST
3 10 (1.77%) SAML
4 8 (1.41%) Kafka
5 7 (1.24%) Loki
5 7 (1.24%) Spring
6 6 (1.06%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.88%) Middleware
8 4 (0.71%) OAuth
8 4 (0.71%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.71%) OpenID
9 3 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.53%) Swagger
10 2 (0.35%) .NET
10 2 (0.35%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.35%) RESTful
10 2 (0.35%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.18%) EDI
11 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.19%) Data Centre
2 61 (10.78%) Replication
3 44 (7.77%) PKI
4 34 (6.01%) Management Information System
5 32 (5.65%) Cloud Native
5 32 (5.65%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (4.95%) Private Cloud
7 21 (3.71%) Clustering
8 16 (2.83%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Storage
10 10 (1.77%) Operational Technology
11 9 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.59%) Hedge funds
11 9 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.24%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 244 (43.11%) Windows
2 205 (36.22%) Linux
3 143 (25.27%) Windows Server
4 38 (6.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (6.01%) Windows 10
6 22 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (3.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.30%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.30%) Ubuntu
10 12 (2.12%) VMS
11 10 (1.77%) Solaris
12 8 (1.41%) CentOS
12 8 (1.41%) Unix
13 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.71%) CatOS
14 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.53%) AIX
16 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (22.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 102 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (16.08%) Agile
4 79 (13.96%) Migration
5 73 (12.90%) CI/CD
6 71 (12.54%) ITIL
7 68 (12.01%) Disaster Recovery
8 65 (11.48%) DevOps
9 61 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 58 (10.25%) Load Balancing
11 52 (9.19%) High Availability
12 49 (8.66%) Containerisation
13 45 (7.95%) Data Protection
14 44 (7.77%) Platform Engineering
15 40 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.54%) Service Management
17 35 (6.18%) Business Strategy
17 35 (6.18%) Zero Trust
18 34 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (6.01%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (24.73%) PowerShell
2 107 (18.90%) Python
3 77 (13.60%) Bash
4 28 (4.95%) SQL
5 16 (2.83%) Perl
6 15 (2.65%) Java
7 12 (2.12%) C
8 10 (1.77%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.59%) C++
10 7 (1.24%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.24%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.71%) Bicep
11 4 (0.71%) C#
11 4 (0.71%) Go
11 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.53%) PHP
13 2 (0.35%) Korn
14 1 (0.18%) Rust
14 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 222 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 150 (26.50%) SC Cleared
3 70 (12.37%) DV Cleared
4 42 (7.42%) Degree
5 41 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (7.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 31 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (4.77%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.06%) CCNP
10 17 (3.00%) MCSE
11 16 (2.83%) AWS Certification
11 16 (2.83%) VCAP
12 12 (2.12%) CCIE
12 12 (2.12%) CCNA
12 12 (2.12%) MCSA
13 11 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (1.94%) Server+ Certification
14 8 (1.41%) JNCIE
15 7 (1.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.71%) GDPR
2 20 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.12%) NIST
4 9 (1.59%) SLA
5 7 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.24%) QA
6 6 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 165 (29.15%) Active Directory
2 116 (20.49%) vSphere
3 88 (15.55%) Hyper-V
4 81 (14.31%) VMware NSX
5 79 (13.96%) VMware ESXi
6 53 (9.36%) Docker
7 49 (8.66%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (5.30%) NFS
9 23 (4.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (3.18%) Firmware
11 17 (3.00%) GPFS
11 17 (3.00%) KVM
12 8 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.71%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.71%) vCloud
14 4 (0.71%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.71%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.53%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 96 (16.96%) Ansible
2 74 (13.07%) Terraform
3 70 (12.37%) vCenter Server
4 61 (10.78%) Kubernetes
5 59 (10.42%) SCCM
6 50 (8.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 49 (8.66%) vRealize
8 21 (3.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (3.53%) VxRail
10 18 (3.18%) Grafana
11 16 (2.83%) Argo
11 16 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (2.47%) Prometheus
12 14 (2.47%) SCOM
13 12 (2.12%) WSUS
14 11 (1.94%) Progress Chef
15 10 (1.77%) FortiGate
15 10 (1.77%) Puppet
16 8 (1.41%) Red Hat Satellite
16 8 (1.41%) vMotion
Vendors
1 566 (100.00%) VMware
2 163 (28.80%) Microsoft
3 142 (25.09%) Cisco
4 66 (11.66%) F5
5 58 (10.25%) Citrix
6 50 (8.83%) Red Hat
7 41 (7.24%) IBM
7 41 (7.24%) SolarWinds
8 38 (6.71%) NetApp
9 37 (6.54%) Dell
10 36 (6.36%) Oracle
11 34 (6.01%) Veeam
12 32 (5.65%) ServiceNow
13 27 (4.77%) Palo Alto
14 17 (3.00%) Commvault
15 16 (2.83%) Google
16 15 (2.65%) HP
16 15 (2.65%) Juniper
16 15 (2.65%) McAfee
17 14 (2.47%) Blue Coat