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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 129 116
Rank change year-on-year -36 -13 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 641 540 736
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.21% 1.97%
As % of the System Software category 14.91% 17.12% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 376 473
10th Percentile £313 £311 £263
25th Percentile £411 £424 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 34
10th Percentile £41.49 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +15.53% -38.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.71 £61.30 £86.13
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year +50.54% +6.07% -32.55%

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 4,298 3,155 4,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 12.91% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,945 2,191 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
25th Percentile £400 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £599 £625 £600
90th Percentile £692 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.02% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 79 207
10th Percentile £16.33 £15.14 £14.06
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.13 £14.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.66% +38.10% -52.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.50 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.55 £86.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £29.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +81.03% +28.89% -55.00%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -16 164 £538 -6.52% 78
London -85 144 £525 -4.55% 57
North of England -27 124 £456 +9.88% 62
Midlands -15 121 £394 -28.41% 25
West Midlands -5 96 £333 -39.59% 17
North West -10 67 £450 +5.88% 24
Yorkshire -25 59 £454 -2.47% 28
South West -65 55 £550 -4.35% 24
East of England -3 44 £475 +1.17% 25
East Midlands -22 25 £415 -22.50% 8
North East -20 3 £550 +57.14% 14
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 38 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.72%) Confluence
4 6 (0.94%) nginx
4 6 (0.94%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.47%) CICS
5 3 (0.47%) IIS
5 3 (0.47%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.47%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.65%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 181 (28.24%) Azure
2 138 (21.53%) AWS
3 51 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (7.18%) Entra ID
5 45 (7.02%) OpenShift
6 36 (5.62%) GCP
7 26 (4.06%) IaaS
8 23 (3.59%) GitHub
9 22 (3.43%) Nutanix
10 18 (2.81%) PaaS
11 16 (2.50%) Datadog
12 9 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.09%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.94%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 173 (26.99%) DNS
2 154 (24.02%) Firewall
3 94 (14.66%) DHCP
4 68 (10.61%) VPN
5 65 (10.14%) SAN
6 64 (9.98%) VSAN
7 52 (8.11%) WAN
8 51 (7.96%) Network Security
9 48 (7.49%) TCP/IP
10 42 (6.55%) LAN
11 41 (6.40%) NAS
12 38 (5.93%) SSL
13 36 (5.62%) BIG-IP
14 32 (4.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 32 (4.99%) HTTP
15 31 (4.84%) BGP
15 31 (4.84%) VLAN
16 28 (4.37%) Wireshark
17 26 (4.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 25 (3.90%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.47%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.47%) DataStage
4 3 (0.47%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.47%) Redis
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.31%) Power BI
6 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.52%) Jenkins
2 20 (3.12%) JIRA
3 19 (2.96%) Fiddler
4 16 (2.50%) Git
5 15 (2.34%) GitLab
6 8 (1.25%) PVCS
6 8 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.47%) JMeter
8 3 (0.47%) JUnit
9 2 (0.31%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.31%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.31%) RStudio
10 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.16%) GoCD
10 1 (0.16%) MSI
10 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 141 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (8.58%) Finance
3 55 (8.58%) Public Sector
4 45 (7.02%) Banking
5 26 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (3.74%) Investment Banking
6 24 (3.74%) Legal
7 12 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.56%) Military
8 10 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.25%) Electronics
10 7 (1.09%) Police
11 5 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (0.78%) Local Government
12 4 (0.62%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.62%) Retail
12 4 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 128 (19.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (15.13%) Architect
3 55 (8.58%) Analyst
3 55 (8.58%) Network Engineer
4 52 (8.11%) Senior
5 49 (7.64%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (4.99%) Lead
7 31 (4.84%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 31 (4.84%) Infrastructure Architect
8 23 (3.59%) Storage Analyst
9 20 (3.12%) Consultant
10 19 (2.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (2.96%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 19 (2.96%) IP Network Engineer
10 19 (2.96%) Web Engineer
11 18 (2.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (2.65%) Storage Engineer
12 17 (2.65%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 17 (2.65%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.43%) Flash
2 18 (2.81%) LDAP
3 13 (2.03%) SAML
4 12 (1.87%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (1.25%) REST
6 7 (1.09%) Middleware
7 6 (0.94%) Kafka
8 5 (0.78%) OAuth
8 5 (0.78%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.78%) OpenID
8 5 (0.78%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.47%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.47%) Loki
9 3 (0.47%) Spring
10 2 (0.31%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.31%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.31%) JSON
11 1 (0.16%) Apache NiFi
11 1 (0.16%) cloud-init
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.70%) Data Centre
2 65 (10.14%) Replication
3 44 (6.86%) PKI
4 43 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 42 (6.55%) Cloud Native
6 34 (5.30%) Linux Command Line
7 29 (4.52%) Clustering
8 28 (4.37%) Private Cloud
9 27 (4.21%) Management Information System
10 26 (4.06%) Enterprise Storage
11 20 (3.12%) Public Cloud
12 15 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (2.34%) Product Ownership
13 14 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.56%) Operational Technology
15 8 (1.25%) Onboarding
15 8 (1.25%) SCADA
15 8 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.94%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 278 (43.37%) Windows
2 213 (33.23%) Linux
3 185 (28.86%) Windows Server
4 45 (7.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (5.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (3.74%) VMS
8 20 (3.12%) Windows 10
9 19 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (2.81%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.50%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.56%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.56%) Solaris
12 10 (1.56%) Unix
13 8 (1.25%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (1.09%) CentOS
15 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.78%) AIX
16 5 (0.78%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.62%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (26.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 127 (19.81%) Migration
3 110 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (14.35%) High Availability
5 84 (13.10%) Agile
6 81 (12.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 70 (10.92%) ITIL
8 69 (10.76%) Load Balancing
9 67 (10.45%) CI/CD
9 67 (10.45%) DevOps
10 64 (9.98%) Infrastructure as Code
11 53 (8.27%) Capacity Planning
12 51 (7.96%) Network Virtualisation
13 48 (7.49%) Data Protection
13 48 (7.49%) Platform Engineering
14 45 (7.02%) Containerisation
15 41 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
16 40 (6.24%) Change Management
16 40 (6.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (6.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 140 (21.84%) PowerShell
2 88 (13.73%) Python
3 55 (8.58%) Bash
4 17 (2.65%) SQL
5 11 (1.72%) C
6 8 (1.25%) C++
7 7 (1.09%) Embedded C
7 7 (1.09%) Embedded C++
7 7 (1.09%) Perl
7 7 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.94%) Java
9 5 (0.78%) Bicep
10 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.62%) PHP
10 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.47%) C#
11 3 (0.47%) COBOL
12 2 (0.31%) Korn
12 2 (0.31%) VBScript
13 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 257 (40.09%) Security Cleared
2 161 (25.12%) SC Cleared
3 99 (15.44%) DV Cleared
4 45 (7.02%) Degree
4 45 (7.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (3.59%) VCAP
7 21 (3.28%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.81%) CCNP
9 14 (2.18%) MCSE
10 12 (1.87%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.72%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.72%) MCSA
12 10 (1.56%) CCNA
13 9 (1.40%) OCP
14 6 (0.94%) CCIE
14 6 (0.94%) CISSP
14 6 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.12%) NIST
3 14 (2.18%) SLA
4 13 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.87%) GDPR
6 9 (1.40%) NCSC
7 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.62%) QA
8 2 (0.31%) ISA99
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) COBIT
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
System Software
1 182 (28.39%) Active Directory
2 151 (23.56%) vSphere
3 130 (20.28%) VMware ESXi
3 130 (20.28%) VMware NSX
4 113 (17.63%) Hyper-V
5 65 (10.14%) Virtual Machines
6 42 (6.55%) Docker
7 40 (6.24%) NFS
8 33 (5.15%) Firmware
9 26 (4.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (3.12%) KVM
11 17 (2.65%) GPFS
12 9 (1.40%) BitLocker
12 9 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.78%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.62%) vCloud
14 4 (0.62%) XenApp
15 3 (0.47%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.47%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 119 (18.56%) Ansible
2 94 (14.66%) vCenter Server
3 79 (12.32%) Terraform
4 65 (10.14%) Kubernetes
5 56 (8.74%) SCCM
6 51 (7.96%) vRealize
7 50 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (3.90%) VxRail
9 23 (3.59%) Argo
9 23 (3.59%) Grafana
10 20 (3.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (2.81%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.81%) vMotion
13 15 (2.34%) SCOM
14 13 (2.03%) WSUS
15 12 (1.87%) Progress Chef
15 12 (1.87%) Puppet
16 11 (1.72%) EMC VPLEX
16 11 (1.72%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 641 (100.00%) VMware
2 167 (26.05%) Microsoft
3 137 (21.37%) Cisco
4 65 (10.14%) Citrix
5 58 (9.05%) Red Hat
6 57 (8.89%) F5
6 57 (8.89%) NetApp
7 47 (7.33%) IBM
8 38 (5.93%) Dell
9 37 (5.77%) ServiceNow
10 34 (5.30%) Oracle
11 33 (5.15%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.99%) Pure Storage
12 32 (4.99%) SolarWinds
13 26 (4.06%) Veeam
14 25 (3.90%) Commvault
15 23 (3.59%) McAfee
16 20 (3.12%) CheckPoint
17 19 (2.96%) Blue Coat
17 19 (2.96%) HP