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

 6 months to
12 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 172 102
Rank change year-on-year +11 -70 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 742 445 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 1.61% 2.30%
As % of the System Software category 16.15% 13.54% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 290 494
10th Percentile £325 £348 £321
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £672 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £524
% change year-on-year -6.36% +5.01% -0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 2 9
10th Percentile £25.90 £28.20 £23.52
25th Percentile £33.70 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -19.81% -38.44%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +117.71% -19.81% -42.60%

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 4,594 3,287 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.08% 11.87% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,028 2,136 2,691
10th Percentile £219 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £384 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 90 131
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.15 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.00 £23.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.75 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.84% +60.26% -33.30%
75th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £32.77 £24.18
% change year-on-year +60.21% +35.53% -49.75%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +1 220 £538 -6.52% 103
London -8 182 £525 - 185
North of England -5 144 £485 +14.12% 66
Midlands -17 88 £450 -18.18% 35
North West +1 75 £483 +13.65% 41
South West -29 75 £575 - 58
West Midlands -19 67 £450 -20.84% 20
Yorkshire -24 64 £500 +11.48% 14
East of England -15 38 £500 -9.09% 32
East Midlands +2 21 £450 -18.18% 15
North East -39 5 £350 -44.00% 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 41 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.48%) Confluence
4 10 (1.35%) IIS
5 8 (1.08%) nginx
5 8 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.08%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.81%) JBoss
7 4 (0.54%) Apache
7 4 (0.54%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.54%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.40%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Houdini
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.27%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 212 (28.57%) Azure
2 137 (18.46%) AWS
3 63 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 41 (5.53%) OpenShift
6 35 (4.72%) GCP
7 30 (4.04%) GitHub
8 28 (3.77%) IaaS
9 17 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.02%) PaaS
12 14 (1.89%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.89%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.89%) Rubrik
13 13 (1.75%) SaaS
14 11 (1.48%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.21%) Azure Stack
16 8 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 241 (32.48%) DNS
2 167 (22.51%) Firewall
3 151 (20.35%) DHCP
4 88 (11.86%) TCP/IP
4 88 (11.86%) VSAN
5 73 (9.84%) VPN
6 66 (8.89%) SAN
7 60 (8.09%) WAN
8 59 (7.95%) VLAN
9 52 (7.01%) Network Security
10 45 (6.06%) LAN
11 43 (5.80%) SSL
12 37 (4.99%) NAS
13 32 (4.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 29 (3.91%) BGP
15 27 (3.64%) BIG-IP
15 27 (3.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 26 (3.50%) HTTP
17 24 (3.23%) Wireshark
18 20 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.75%) Power BI
2 13 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.08%) Big Data
6 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.27%) Redis
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 32 (4.31%) JIRA
2 29 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.56%) GitLab
4 18 (2.43%) Git
5 15 (2.02%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.40%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.27%) MSI
8 2 (0.27%) PVCS
8 2 (0.27%) Subversion
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 169 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (8.63%) Finance
4 46 (6.20%) Public Sector
5 34 (4.58%) Banking
6 25 (3.37%) Legal
7 23 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.16%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.21%) Military
12 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.08%) Retail
13 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Law
14 5 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.67%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.54%) Games
16 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (24.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (13.34%) Senior
3 74 (9.97%) VMware Engineer
4 70 (9.43%) Network Engineer
5 62 (8.36%) Architect
6 48 (6.47%) Support Engineer
7 40 (5.39%) Lead
8 35 (4.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 34 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 31 (4.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (4.18%) Storage Engineer
11 30 (4.04%) Consultant
12 29 (3.91%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 26 (3.50%) Administrator
14 24 (3.23%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 23 (3.10%) IT Engineer
15 23 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) Senior Network Engineer
16 22 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.83%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.02%) REST
2 10 (1.35%) Flash
3 9 (1.21%) 802.1X
3 9 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (1.21%) JSON
4 7 (0.94%) Middleware
4 7 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
4 7 (0.94%) YAML
5 6 (0.81%) LDAP
6 5 (0.67%) .NET
6 5 (0.67%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.54%) Redfish
8 3 (0.40%) Kafka
8 3 (0.40%) SAML
9 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.27%) Java SE
9 2 (0.27%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.27%) Qt
9 2 (0.27%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 114 (15.36%) Data Centre
2 68 (9.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (8.63%) PKI
4 47 (6.33%) Clustering
5 46 (6.20%) Enterprise Storage
6 42 (5.66%) Replication
7 28 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 28 (3.77%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.83%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
9 19 (2.56%) Private Cloud
10 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (2.02%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.48%) SCADA
12 10 (1.35%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.08%) EMC VMAX
14 7 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 391 (52.70%) Windows
2 252 (33.96%) Windows Server
3 214 (28.84%) Linux
4 48 (6.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 46 (6.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (3.50%) VMS
7 25 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (2.43%) Windows 10
9 17 (2.29%) Unix
10 15 (2.02%) Data ONTAP
10 15 (2.02%) Ubuntu
10 15 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (1.21%) Solaris
13 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.94%) CentOS
14 6 (0.81%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.67%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.54%) SUSE
16 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (32.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (20.08%) Migration
3 142 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (15.50%) ITIL
5 112 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 111 (14.96%) High Availability
7 101 (13.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 95 (12.80%) CI/CD
9 84 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
10 77 (10.38%) Network Virtualisation
11 74 (9.97%) Agile
12 73 (9.84%) Change Management
13 72 (9.70%) DevOps
14 70 (9.43%) ITSM
15 61 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 60 (8.09%) Load Balancing
17 58 (7.82%) Service Management
17 58 (7.82%) Validation
18 56 (7.55%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 184 (24.80%) PowerShell
2 110 (14.82%) Python
3 75 (10.11%) Bash
4 47 (6.33%) SQL
5 16 (2.16%) Java
6 8 (1.08%) Bicep
7 7 (0.94%) C
7 7 (0.94%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.54%) Go
9 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.54%) VBScript
10 3 (0.40%) Lua
10 3 (0.40%) VB
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) C#
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 366 (49.33%) Security Cleared
2 213 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 178 (23.99%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (6.74%) Degree
6 40 (5.39%) VCAP
7 38 (5.12%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (3.64%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.70%) MCSE
11 18 (2.43%) CCNP
12 17 (2.29%) CCNA
13 16 (2.16%) MCSA
14 14 (1.89%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
17 7 (0.94%) A+ Certification
17 7 (0.94%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.94%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.23%) SLA
2 19 (2.56%) NIST
3 16 (2.16%) QA
4 15 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.89%) NCSC
6 5 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.54%) GxP
8 3 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.27%) GDPR
9 2 (0.27%) ISA99
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 240 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 188 (25.34%) VMware ESXi
3 182 (24.53%) vSphere
4 152 (20.49%) VMware NSX
5 148 (19.95%) Hyper-V
6 87 (11.73%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (7.41%) Docker
8 38 (5.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (3.77%) Firmware
10 20 (2.70%) NFS
11 18 (2.43%) KVM
12 10 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (1.21%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.94%) GPFS
14 7 (0.94%) vCloud
15 6 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.67%) SRDF
17 4 (0.54%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 153 (20.62%) Ansible
2 145 (19.54%) vCenter Server
3 114 (15.36%) Terraform
4 100 (13.48%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.20%) SCOM
6 44 (5.93%) SCCM
7 34 (4.58%) VxRail
8 32 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
9 31 (4.18%) vRealize
10 25 (3.37%) Grafana
11 21 (2.83%) Puppet
12 19 (2.56%) Prometheus
13 18 (2.43%) NetBackup
13 18 (2.43%) WSUS
14 16 (2.16%) Argo
14 16 (2.16%) PowerCLI
15 15 (2.02%) vMotion
16 14 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
17 13 (1.75%) Avamar
18 12 (1.62%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 742 (100.00%) VMware
2 214 (28.84%) Microsoft
3 141 (19.00%) Cisco
4 55 (7.41%) NetApp
5 53 (7.14%) Citrix
6 51 (6.87%) Red Hat
7 44 (5.93%) Dell
8 43 (5.80%) F5
9 39 (5.26%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.72%) Palo Alto
11 33 (4.45%) Juniper
11 33 (4.45%) Oracle
11 33 (4.45%) SolarWinds
12 29 (3.91%) Veeam
13 23 (3.10%) Broadcom
14 20 (2.70%) IBM
15 19 (2.56%) Fortinet
16 18 (2.43%) McAfee
17 17 (2.29%) CheckPoint
17 17 (2.29%) Pure Storage
457 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England