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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 119 88
Rank change year-on-year -42 -31 +29
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 534 626 924
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.19% 2.50%
As % of the System Software category 13.53% 18.35% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 388 592
10th Percentile £302 £275 £300
25th Percentile £408 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -0.05% -2.38%
75th Percentile £586 £613 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £506
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 53
10th Percentile £25.80 £54.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.31 £61.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +34.13% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.70 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +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 3,946 3,411 4,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.42% 11.92% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,658 2,213 3,242
10th Percentile £213 £205 £193
25th Percentile £400 £369 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £695 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 78 209
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.59 £15.74
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.05 £18.28
Median hourly rate £48.11 £29.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +63.08% -32.71% +75.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.88 £65.98
90th Percentile £89.96 £79.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £28.41 £47.70
% change year-on-year +67.19% -40.44% +90.79%

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 December 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 26 December 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 26 December 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 -20 139 £500 -9.09% 82
Midlands +14 111 £425 -8.11% 31
London -99 110 £550 +10.00% 54
North of England -29 99 £436 +2.59% 52
West Midlands +22 91 £400 -27.40% 19
North West -10 67 £458 +7.76% 17
South West -36 59 £550 - 36
Yorkshire -10 44 £406 -9.72% 26
East of England -5 30 £500 +33.33% 17
East Midlands -9 20 £450 +20.00% 12
North East -9 3 £513 - 12
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 34 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.37%) Confluence
4 12 (2.25%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.31%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.94%) IIS
6 5 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.37%) CICS
8 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.62%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 159 (29.78%) Azure
2 127 (23.78%) AWS
3 59 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.80%) GCP
5 35 (6.55%) Entra ID
6 34 (6.37%) OpenShift
7 24 (4.49%) IaaS
8 21 (3.93%) GitHub
9 19 (3.56%) Nutanix
10 18 (3.37%) SaaS
11 14 (2.62%) Datadog
11 14 (2.62%) PaaS
12 11 (2.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
16 4 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
16 4 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 166 (31.09%) DNS
2 133 (24.91%) Firewall
3 77 (14.42%) DHCP
4 61 (11.42%) TCP/IP
5 47 (8.80%) VPN
6 45 (8.43%) VLAN
7 39 (7.30%) SAN
8 38 (7.12%) Network Security
9 37 (6.93%) VSAN
10 35 (6.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 33 (6.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 28 (5.24%) WAN
13 26 (4.87%) LAN
14 25 (4.68%) DMZ
15 22 (4.12%) NAS
16 19 (3.56%) Wireless
17 18 (3.37%) BGP
18 17 (3.18%) BIG-IP
19 16 (3.00%) SSL
20 14 (2.62%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.24%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.31%) Git
3 17 (3.18%) GitLab
3 17 (3.18%) JIRA
4 10 (1.87%) Fiddler
4 10 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.31%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.31%) JMeter
5 7 (1.31%) JUnit
5 7 (1.31%) PVCS
5 7 (1.31%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.94%) Subversion
7 4 (0.75%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.56%) RStudio
9 2 (0.37%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 149 (27.90%) Social Skills
2 68 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.43%) Banking
4 45 (8.43%) Finance
5 29 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.49%) Investment Banking
7 13 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.87%) Legal
9 9 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.31%) Electronics
10 7 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.12%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.12%) Law
12 5 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.75%) Military
13 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Social Science
14 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 91 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (16.29%) Architect
3 43 (8.05%) Analyst
4 31 (5.81%) Consultant
4 31 (5.81%) Senior
5 30 (5.62%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.43%) Network Engineer
7 28 (5.24%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 26 (4.87%) Infrastructure Architect
8 26 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (4.68%) VMware Engineer
10 18 (3.37%) VMware Consultant
11 17 (3.18%) Infrastructure Support
11 17 (3.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 16 (3.00%) Administrator
12 16 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.81%) Lead
13 15 (2.81%) Operations Engineer
13 15 (2.81%) Storage Analyst
13 15 (2.81%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.43%) Flash
2 8 (1.50%) Kafka
2 8 (1.50%) Middleware
2 8 (1.50%) REST
3 7 (1.31%) Loki
3 7 (1.31%) Spring
4 6 (1.12%) Hibernate
4 6 (1.12%) LDAP
4 6 (1.12%) SAML
5 4 (0.75%) RESTful
6 3 (0.56%) .NET
6 3 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.56%) OAuth
6 3 (0.56%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.56%) OpenID
6 3 (0.56%) Swagger
7 2 (0.37%) EDI
7 2 (0.37%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.19%) XML
8 1 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.36%) Data Centre
2 52 (9.74%) Replication
3 37 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 37 (6.93%) PKI
4 28 (5.24%) Cloud Native
4 28 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (5.24%) Linux Command Line
5 24 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 16 (3.00%) Clustering
7 11 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.69%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.50%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.31%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.12%) SCADA
12 5 (0.94%) NHS
13 4 (0.75%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 228 (42.70%) Windows
2 187 (35.02%) Linux
3 131 (24.53%) Windows Server
4 45 (8.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (7.30%) Windows 10
6 20 (3.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (2.81%) Mac OS
8 15 (2.81%) VMS
9 10 (1.87%) Solaris
9 10 (1.87%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.50%) CentOS
11 7 (1.31%) Unix
12 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.56%) AIX
15 2 (0.37%) CatOS
15 2 (0.37%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (20.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 98 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (14.79%) Agile
4 70 (13.11%) CI/CD
4 70 (13.11%) ITIL
5 68 (12.73%) Migration
6 64 (11.99%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (11.42%) DevOps
7 61 (11.42%) Infrastructure as Code
8 56 (10.49%) Load Balancing
9 47 (8.80%) Containerisation
10 45 (8.43%) Business Strategy
11 44 (8.24%) High Availability
12 41 (7.68%) Data Protection
13 39 (7.30%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (6.74%) Service Management
15 34 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (6.18%) Zero Trust
17 31 (5.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.91%) PowerShell
2 107 (20.04%) Python
3 81 (15.17%) Bash
4 36 (6.74%) SQL
5 16 (3.00%) Java
5 16 (3.00%) Perl
6 9 (1.69%) C
6 9 (1.69%) C++
6 9 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.31%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.12%) Embedded C
8 6 (1.12%) Embedded C++
9 4 (0.75%) Go
10 3 (0.56%) Bicep
10 3 (0.56%) 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
1 204 (38.20%) Security Cleared
2 139 (26.03%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.61%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (7.49%) Degree
5 40 (7.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 31 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (5.06%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.31%) CCNP
9 18 (3.37%) MCSE
10 16 (3.00%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.25%) CCIE
11 12 (2.25%) CCNA
11 12 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.06%) Master's Degree
12 11 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (2.06%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (2.06%) VCAP
13 9 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.69%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.43%) GDPR
2 19 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.50%) SLA
4 7 (1.31%) NIST
4 7 (1.31%) QA
5 6 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 160 (29.96%) Active Directory
2 110 (20.60%) vSphere
3 79 (14.79%) Hyper-V
4 70 (13.11%) VMware NSX
5 65 (12.17%) VMware ESXi
6 51 (9.55%) Docker
7 43 (8.05%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (5.06%) NFS
9 21 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (2.43%) GPFS
11 12 (2.25%) Firmware
12 11 (2.06%) KVM
13 9 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (1.12%) Dovecot
14 6 (1.12%) Postfix
15 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.94%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.75%) Veritas File System
16 4 (0.75%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (18.16%) Ansible
2 74 (13.86%) Terraform
3 63 (11.80%) vCenter Server
4 58 (10.86%) SCCM
5 56 (10.49%) Kubernetes
6 47 (8.80%) vRealize
7 45 (8.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (3.93%) VxRail
9 17 (3.18%) Grafana
10 16 (3.00%) Argo
11 15 (2.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (2.62%) Prometheus
13 13 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
14 12 (2.25%) WSUS
15 11 (2.06%) Progress Chef
16 10 (1.87%) FortiGate
16 10 (1.87%) Puppet
17 9 (1.69%) SCOM
18 8 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
19 7 (1.31%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) VMware
2 166 (31.09%) Microsoft
3 119 (22.28%) Cisco
4 65 (12.17%) F5
5 60 (11.24%) Citrix
6 57 (10.67%) Red Hat
7 43 (8.05%) NetApp
8 39 (7.30%) SolarWinds
9 38 (7.12%) Veeam
10 36 (6.74%) IBM
11 33 (6.18%) Oracle
12 31 (5.81%) Dell
13 23 (4.31%) Broadcom
13 23 (4.31%) ServiceNow
14 22 (4.12%) Palo Alto
15 17 (3.18%) Google
15 17 (3.18%) Splunk
16 16 (3.00%) HP
17 15 (2.81%) Commvault
18 14 (2.62%) Juniper