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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 174 104
Rank change year-on-year +11 -70 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 773 458 747
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.66% 2.26%
As % of the System Software category 16.85% 13.83% 19.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 299 469
10th Percentile £317 £328 £321
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £511
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.59% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 3 7
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.40 £23.24
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.24 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +117.47% +26.05% -60.47%
75th Percentile £78.63 £48.63 £43.37
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £58.50
UK median hourly rate £63.31 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +111.03% +26.05% -62.22%

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 4,587 3,312 3,862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.04% 12.01% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,010 2,129 2,627
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £385 £375 £384
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 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 95 120
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.03 £14.06
25th Percentile £33.70 £22.75 £17.08
Median hourly rate £63.14 £37.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% +55.09% -46.10%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.50 £62.81
90th Percentile £90.00 £91.50 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +100.00% +24.07% -51.64%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -6 217 £538 -6.52% 103
London -7 186 £525 +5.00% 167
North of England +5 163 £455 +6.94% 67
Midlands -8 98 £450 -20.00% 43
North West +1 89 £466 +9.53% 28
South West -23 80 £613 +6.52% 56
West Midlands -16 74 £450 -21.40% 25
Yorkshire -18 64 £519 +25.82% 23
East of England -18 41 £500 -9.09% 48
East Midlands -2 24 £438 -16.03% 18
North East -37 10 £350 -44.00% 20
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 42 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.29%) Confluence
4 9 (1.16%) IIS
4 9 (1.16%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.91%) JBoss
5 7 (0.91%) nginx
5 7 (0.91%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.52%) Apache
6 4 (0.52%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.26%) CMS
8 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.26%) Houdini
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.26%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 14 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 218 (28.20%) Azure
2 134 (17.34%) AWS
3 73 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (7.24%) Entra ID
5 38 (4.92%) OpenShift
6 34 (4.40%) GCP
7 31 (4.01%) GitHub
8 27 (3.49%) IaaS
9 18 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (1.81%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.81%) PaaS
12 14 (1.81%) Power Platform
13 13 (1.68%) SaaS
14 11 (1.42%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.16%) Azure Stack
15 9 (1.16%) Rubrik
16 8 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 260 (33.64%) DNS
2 174 (22.51%) Firewall
3 162 (20.96%) DHCP
4 92 (11.90%) TCP/IP
5 87 (11.25%) VSAN
6 73 (9.44%) VPN
7 66 (8.54%) SAN
8 63 (8.15%) VLAN
9 56 (7.24%) WAN
10 54 (6.99%) Network Security
11 44 (5.69%) LAN
12 40 (5.17%) NAS
12 40 (5.17%) SSL
13 36 (4.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 31 (4.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 29 (3.75%) BIG-IP
16 28 (3.62%) BGP
17 25 (3.23%) HTTP
18 24 (3.10%) Wireshark
19 19 (2.46%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.68%) Power BI
4 10 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.16%) Big Data
5 9 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.78%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 2 (0.26%) Redis
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 29 (3.75%) JIRA
2 25 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.72%) Git
3 21 (2.72%) GitLab
4 15 (1.94%) Fiddler
5 5 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.39%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.26%) CppUnit
7 2 (0.26%) MSI
7 2 (0.26%) PVCS
7 2 (0.26%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 177 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 82 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (9.06%) Finance
4 36 (4.66%) Public Sector
5 28 (3.62%) Banking
6 25 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.10%) Legal
8 15 (1.94%) Investment Banking
8 15 (1.94%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.55%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.03%) Retail
12 6 (0.78%) Law
12 6 (0.78%) Military
13 5 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.65%) Police
14 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 190 (24.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (14.10%) Senior
3 86 (11.13%) VMware Engineer
4 68 (8.80%) Network Engineer
5 59 (7.63%) Architect
6 47 (6.08%) Support Engineer
7 45 (5.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (5.17%) Lead
9 36 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 32 (4.14%) Administrator
12 31 (4.01%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 30 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
13 30 (3.88%) Storage Engineer
14 28 (3.62%) Consultant
15 25 (3.23%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 23 (2.98%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.98%) Senior Network Engineer
16 23 (2.98%) Server Engineer
16 23 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (15.52%) Terraform
2 20 (2.59%) REST
3 11 (1.42%) JSON
4 10 (1.29%) 802.1X
5 9 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (1.16%) Kafka
5 9 (1.16%) YAML
6 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.78%) LDAP
6 6 (0.78%) Middleware
7 5 (0.65%) .NET
7 5 (0.65%) Flash
7 5 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (0.52%) Redfish
9 3 (0.39%) Java SE
9 3 (0.39%) SAML
9 3 (0.39%) XML
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth
10 2 (0.26%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 125 (16.17%) Data Centre
2 68 (8.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (8.02%) PKI
4 47 (6.08%) Enterprise Storage
5 44 (5.69%) Clustering
6 39 (5.05%) Replication
7 33 (4.27%) Management Information System
8 30 (3.88%) Public Cloud
9 26 (3.36%) Private Cloud
10 22 (2.85%) Onboarding
11 21 (2.72%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.42%) SCADA
15 10 (1.29%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (1.16%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.03%) Product Ownership
18 7 (0.91%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 416 (53.82%) Windows
2 279 (36.09%) Windows Server
3 216 (27.94%) Linux
4 47 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (5.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (3.10%) VMS
7 21 (2.72%) Windows 10
8 19 (2.46%) Unix
8 19 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (2.33%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (1.29%) Data ONTAP
13 9 (1.16%) Solaris
14 7 (0.91%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.91%) CentOS
15 6 (0.78%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.52%) SUSE
16 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.39%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (33.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (19.28%) Migration
2 149 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (19.15%) ITIL
4 132 (17.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 112 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 101 (13.07%) CI/CD
7 100 (12.94%) High Availability
8 99 (12.81%) Technical Leadership
9 84 (10.87%) Change Management
10 82 (10.61%) ITSM
11 76 (9.83%) Network Virtualisation
12 74 (9.57%) Agile
13 73 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 73 (9.44%) DevOps
14 69 (8.93%) Service Management
15 67 (8.67%) Platform Engineering
16 66 (8.54%) Load Balancing
16 66 (8.54%) Root Cause Analysis
16 66 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 188 (24.32%) PowerShell
2 108 (13.97%) Python
3 79 (10.22%) Bash
4 52 (6.73%) SQL
5 17 (2.20%) Java
6 8 (1.03%) Bicep
7 7 (0.91%) C
8 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.52%) Go
10 4 (0.52%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.39%) Lua
11 3 (0.39%) VB
11 3 (0.39%) VBScript
12 2 (0.26%) C++
12 2 (0.26%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.26%) Korn
13 1 (0.13%) C#
13 1 (0.13%) COBOL
13 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 383 (49.55%) Security Cleared
2 221 (28.59%) SC Cleared
3 183 (23.67%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 51 (6.60%) Degree
6 44 (5.69%) VCAP
7 36 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (3.75%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.59%) MCSE
11 17 (2.20%) CCNP
12 16 (2.07%) CCNA
12 16 (2.07%) MCSA
13 15 (1.94%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (0.91%) A+ Certification
17 7 (0.91%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.10%) SLA
2 18 (2.33%) NIST
2 18 (2.33%) QA
3 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.68%) NCSC
6 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.52%) GxP
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.26%) GDPR
9 2 (0.26%) ISA99
9 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.26%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 253 (32.73%) Active Directory
2 195 (25.23%) VMware ESXi
3 190 (24.58%) vSphere
4 163 (21.09%) Hyper-V
5 149 (19.28%) VMware NSX
6 82 (10.61%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (7.37%) Docker
8 37 (4.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (4.27%) Firmware
10 16 (2.07%) KVM
11 13 (1.68%) NFS
12 11 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (1.03%) BitLocker
14 8 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 7 (0.91%) vCloud
16 6 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.78%) XenApp
16 6 (0.78%) XenDesktop
17 5 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 154 (19.92%) Ansible
2 148 (19.15%) vCenter Server
3 112 (14.49%) Kubernetes
4 50 (6.47%) SCOM
5 47 (6.08%) SCCM
6 37 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (4.27%) VxRail
8 27 (3.49%) vRealize
9 25 (3.23%) Grafana
10 21 (2.72%) Prometheus
11 19 (2.46%) Puppet
12 18 (2.33%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.33%) WSUS
13 17 (2.20%) NetBackup
14 16 (2.07%) vMotion
15 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
16 14 (1.81%) Argo
17 13 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
18 12 (1.55%) Avamar
19 10 (1.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 773 (100.00%) VMware
2 223 (28.85%) Microsoft
3 143 (18.50%) Cisco
4 57 (7.37%) Citrix
5 56 (7.24%) NetApp
6 51 (6.60%) Red Hat
7 46 (5.95%) F5
8 45 (5.82%) Dell
9 40 (5.17%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.53%) Palo Alto
10 35 (4.53%) SolarWinds
11 34 (4.40%) Oracle
12 30 (3.88%) Veeam
13 28 (3.62%) Juniper
14 22 (2.85%) Fortinet
15 21 (2.72%) Broadcom
16 19 (2.46%) IBM
17 18 (2.33%) CheckPoint
18 17 (2.20%) Remedy
19 16 (2.07%) McAfee
460 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England