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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 149 103
Rank change year-on-year -20 -46 0
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 698 494 803
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.82% 2.19%
As % of the System Software category 15.57% 15.04% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 332 523
10th Percentile £325 £329 £305
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +7.84% -4.45%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 26
10th Percentile £20.60 £28.20 £22.19
25th Percentile £29.00 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -27.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £74.26 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £97.56 £29.80 £73.13
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +72.41% -27.50% -36.51%

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 4,484 3,284 4,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 12.10% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,987 2,154 2,895
10th Percentile £213 £222 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 87 190
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.13 £14.06
25th Percentile £25.81 £22.50 £14.74
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% +55.23% -50.47%
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.60 £58.64
90th Percentile £85.00 £89.85 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £29.25 £23.99
% change year-on-year +74.36% +21.93% -52.02%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +1 206 £538 -6.93% 81
London -36 157 £500 -4.76% 44
North of England -9 145 £480 +12.94% 47
Midlands -15 92 £450 -18.18% 32
North West -2 73 £459 +8.00% 31
South West -43 71 £550 -4.35% 38
Yorkshire -25 70 £500 +11.11% 11
West Midlands -33 68 £450 -31.51% 19
East of England -28 33 £500 -9.09% 26
East Midlands -3 24 £450 -17.09% 13
North East -42 2 £588 +62.07% 6
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 39 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.29%) IIS
4 8 (1.15%) nginx
4 8 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.00%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) Confluence
7 3 (0.43%) CICS
7 3 (0.43%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.43%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Houdini
4 1 (0.14%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (27.36%) Azure
2 123 (17.62%) AWS
3 53 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.73%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.59%) OpenShift
6 30 (4.30%) GCP
7 23 (3.30%) GitHub
8 19 (2.72%) IaaS
9 16 (2.29%) Nutanix
10 12 (1.72%) Rubrik
11 11 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.58%) PaaS
12 9 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.15%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.15%) SaaS
14 7 (1.00%) Azure Stack
14 7 (1.00%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 202 (28.94%) DNS
2 149 (21.35%) Firewall
3 119 (17.05%) DHCP
4 76 (10.89%) SAN
5 73 (10.46%) VSAN
6 68 (9.74%) TCP/IP
7 65 (9.31%) VPN
8 61 (8.74%) WAN
9 57 (8.17%) Network Security
10 47 (6.73%) VLAN
11 46 (6.59%) LAN
11 46 (6.59%) NAS
12 41 (5.87%) SSL
13 32 (4.58%) BGP
14 28 (4.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 26 (3.72%) BIG-IP
15 26 (3.72%) HTTP
16 24 (3.44%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 23 (3.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.86%) Power BI
5 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.43%) Big Data
7 3 (0.43%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.43%) DataStage
7 3 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.29%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.14%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 27 (3.87%) Jenkins
2 25 (3.58%) JIRA
3 16 (2.29%) Fiddler
3 16 (2.29%) Git
4 12 (1.72%) GitLab
5 3 (0.43%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.29%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.29%) MSI
6 2 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.29%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.14%) GoCD
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 154 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 58 (8.31%) Finance
3 55 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.73%) Public Sector
5 35 (5.01%) Banking
6 23 (3.30%) Legal
7 21 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.44%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.72%) Military
10 11 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.15%) Police
12 7 (1.00%) Retail
13 6 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.86%) Law
14 4 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.43%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.43%) Local Government
15 3 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 166 (23.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (10.89%) Senior
3 71 (10.17%) Architect
4 66 (9.46%) Network Engineer
5 61 (8.74%) VMware Engineer
6 38 (5.44%) Support Engineer
7 34 (4.87%) Lead
8 29 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 29 (4.15%) Consultant
8 29 (4.15%) Storage Engineer
9 28 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
10 24 (3.44%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 23 (3.30%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 22 (3.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.15%) Wintel Engineer
13 21 (3.01%) Administrator
13 21 (3.01%) VMware Consultant
14 20 (2.87%) Senior Network Engineer
15 18 (2.58%) Analyst
15 18 (2.58%) Data Centre Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.01%) Flash
2 13 (1.86%) LDAP
3 11 (1.58%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.58%) REST
4 10 (1.43%) 802.1X
5 6 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (0.86%) Middleware
6 5 (0.72%) .NET
6 5 (0.72%) JSON
7 4 (0.57%) Redfish
7 4 (0.57%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.43%) Kafka
8 3 (0.43%) SAML
8 3 (0.43%) YAML
9 2 (0.29%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.29%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.29%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.29%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.29%) Qt
9 2 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (8.17%) PKI
4 54 (7.74%) Replication
5 44 (6.30%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.87%) Clustering
7 26 (3.72%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.44%) Cloud Native
9 21 (3.01%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.29%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.72%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.43%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.29%) SCADA
15 9 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.15%) EMC VMAX
17 7 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 353 (50.57%) Windows
2 227 (32.52%) Windows Server
3 205 (29.37%) Linux
4 44 (6.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (3.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.15%) VMS
8 18 (2.58%) Ubuntu
9 17 (2.44%) Data ONTAP
9 17 (2.44%) Windows 10
10 15 (2.15%) Unix
11 13 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.58%) Solaris
13 8 (1.15%) CentOS
13 8 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (1.00%) CoreOS
15 6 (0.86%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.57%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (30.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 142 (20.34%) Migration
3 119 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (15.76%) High Availability
5 90 (12.89%) ITIL
6 89 (12.75%) Disaster Recovery
7 83 (11.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 81 (11.60%) CI/CD
9 71 (10.17%) Network Virtualisation
10 66 (9.46%) Agile
11 63 (9.03%) DevOps
12 60 (8.60%) Capacity Planning
12 60 (8.60%) Change Management
12 60 (8.60%) Load Balancing
13 59 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
14 58 (8.31%) ITSM
14 58 (8.31%) Validation
15 52 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (6.45%) Containerisation
16 45 (6.45%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 155 (22.21%) PowerShell
2 100 (14.33%) Python
3 60 (8.60%) Bash
4 31 (4.44%) SQL
5 12 (1.72%) Java
6 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.86%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.72%) Bicep
8 5 (0.72%) C
8 5 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.57%) PHP
10 3 (0.43%) COBOL
11 2 (0.29%) Lua
11 2 (0.29%) VBScript
12 1 (0.14%) C#
12 1 (0.14%) Go
12 1 (0.14%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 330 (47.28%) Security Cleared
2 186 (26.65%) SC Cleared
3 162 (23.21%) DV Cleared
4 61 (8.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 45 (6.45%) Degree
6 33 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (4.73%) VCAP
7 32 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (3.01%) Azure Certification
8 21 (3.01%) MCSE
9 19 (2.72%) CCNP
9 19 (2.72%) MCSA
10 15 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (2.15%) CCNA
11 10 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (1.29%) OCP
13 8 (1.15%) AWS Certification
14 7 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (1.00%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.72%) NIST
2 21 (3.01%) SLA
3 20 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.72%) NCSC
6 7 (1.00%) QA
7 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.29%) GDPR
10 2 (0.29%) GxP
10 2 (0.29%) ISA99
10 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) DICOM
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 217 (31.09%) Active Directory
2 189 (27.08%) VMware ESXi
3 176 (25.21%) vSphere
4 141 (20.20%) VMware NSX
5 131 (18.77%) Hyper-V
6 90 (12.89%) Virtual Machines
7 46 (6.59%) Docker
8 38 (5.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (4.73%) NFS
10 32 (4.58%) Firmware
11 22 (3.15%) KVM
12 11 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.29%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.29%) GPFS
13 9 (1.29%) vCloud
14 6 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
15 5 (0.72%) SRDF
16 4 (0.57%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 145 (20.77%) vCenter Server
2 139 (19.91%) Ansible
3 90 (12.89%) Terraform
4 85 (12.18%) Kubernetes
5 43 (6.16%) SCCM
6 36 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (5.16%) SCOM
7 35 (5.01%) vRealize
8 25 (3.58%) Grafana
9 23 (3.30%) VxRail
10 21 (3.01%) vMotion
11 20 (2.87%) Argo
12 18 (2.58%) PowerCLI
13 15 (2.15%) Puppet
14 14 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (2.01%) NetBackup
14 14 (2.01%) Prometheus
14 14 (2.01%) WSUS
15 13 (1.86%) EMC VPLEX
16 12 (1.72%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 698 (100.00%) VMware
2 186 (26.65%) Microsoft
3 142 (20.34%) Cisco
4 59 (8.45%) Citrix
5 55 (7.88%) NetApp
6 51 (7.31%) Red Hat
7 44 (6.30%) Dell
8 40 (5.73%) F5
9 33 (4.73%) ServiceNow
10 31 (4.44%) Juniper
11 30 (4.30%) Palo Alto
11 30 (4.30%) Pure Storage
11 30 (4.30%) SolarWinds
12 28 (4.01%) Oracle
13 27 (3.87%) Veeam
14 22 (3.15%) Broadcom
14 22 (3.15%) IBM
15 19 (2.72%) CheckPoint
15 19 (2.72%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.72%) McAfee
253 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England