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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 123 108
Rank change year-on-year -47 -15 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 594 554 792
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.20% 2.10%
As % of the System Software category 13.94% 17.29% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 372 499
10th Percentile £311 £263 £274
25th Percentile £405 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% +7.75% -6.04%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £608
90th Percentile £665 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 51
10th Percentile £22.00 £74.40 £22.08
25th Percentile £67.70 £88.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £112.00 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +124.54% -23.26%
75th Percentile - - £76.39
90th Percentile £76.56 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 4,262 3,205 4,212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.85% 12.73% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 2,145 2,911
10th Percentile £205 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £388 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £600
90th Percentile £700 £740 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 77 210
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.40 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.16 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £27.38
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +18.69% -28.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.95 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £38.47 £33.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.70% -16.88% -

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -6 147 £513 -6.99% 89
London -85 137 £530 +0.95% 57
Midlands -2 113 £401 -27.22% 28
North of England -39 113 £445 +4.71% 69
West Midlands -11 85 £326 -46.35% 19
North West -28 67 £441 +0.86% 34
South West -52 65 £550 -2.22% 42
Yorkshire -30 53 £454 +0.22% 33
East of England -5 31 £475 +1.82% 19
East Midlands -13 28 £447 -14.86% 7
North East -18 2 £513 +46.43% 3
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 39 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.69%) Confluence
4 7 (1.18%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.34%) CICS
6 2 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.34%) nginx
6 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.34%) WordPress
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Traefik
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.86%) MS Visio
2 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 176 (29.63%) Azure
2 134 (22.56%) AWS
3 59 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (8.25%) OpenShift
5 44 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 44 (7.41%) GCP
6 27 (4.55%) Nutanix
7 26 (4.38%) IaaS
8 20 (3.37%) GitHub
9 17 (2.86%) PaaS
10 14 (2.36%) Datadog
11 8 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (1.01%) Rubrik
13 5 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.84%) Cohesity
14 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 169 (28.45%) DNS
2 145 (24.41%) Firewall
3 85 (14.31%) DHCP
4 58 (9.76%) VPN
5 53 (8.92%) SAN
6 50 (8.42%) TCP/IP
7 43 (7.24%) Network Security
8 39 (6.57%) VSAN
9 34 (5.72%) VLAN
10 33 (5.56%) WAN
11 31 (5.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 30 (5.05%) LAN
13 29 (4.88%) BIG-IP
13 29 (4.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 29 (4.88%) NAS
13 29 (4.88%) SSL
14 26 (4.38%) HTTP
15 24 (4.04%) BGP
15 24 (4.04%) Wireshark
16 17 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.34%) DataStage
5 2 (0.34%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.20%) JIRA
3 17 (2.86%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.53%) Git
5 12 (2.02%) GitLab
6 9 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.35%) PVCS
7 8 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.18%) JMeter
8 7 (1.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.67%) RStudio
10 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.34%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.34%) Subversion
12 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
12 1 (0.17%) GoCD
12 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 144 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.77%) Public Sector
3 63 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.60%) Finance
5 51 (8.59%) Banking
6 27 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (4.38%) Investment Banking
8 19 (3.20%) Legal
9 14 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.68%) Military
10 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.35%) Electronics
12 7 (1.18%) Police
13 6 (1.01%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.84%) Local Government
15 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Social Science
16 3 (0.51%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 108 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 85 (14.31%) Architect
3 58 (9.76%) Analyst
4 42 (7.07%) Network Engineer
5 32 (5.39%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 31 (5.22%) Senior
6 31 (5.22%) VMware Engineer
7 29 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (4.71%) Infrastructure Architect
9 27 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 24 (4.04%) Consultant
10 24 (4.04%) Lead
11 21 (3.54%) Storage Analyst
12 18 (3.03%) Web Engineer
12 18 (3.03%) Wintel Engineer
13 17 (2.86%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 17 (2.86%) IP Network Engineer
13 17 (2.86%) VMware Consultant
14 16 (2.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 16 (2.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.54%) Flash
2 14 (2.36%) LDAP
3 10 (1.68%) SAML
4 8 (1.35%) Kafka
5 7 (1.18%) Loki
5 7 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.18%) Spring
6 6 (1.01%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.01%) REST
7 5 (0.84%) Middleware
7 5 (0.84%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.67%) OAuth
8 4 (0.67%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.67%) OpenID
9 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.17%) React
10 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.61%) Data Centre
2 58 (9.76%) Replication
3 46 (7.74%) PKI
4 36 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 35 (5.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
7 28 (4.71%) Management Information System
8 24 (4.04%) Private Cloud
9 21 (3.54%) Clustering
10 16 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Storage
11 15 (2.53%) Public Cloud
12 13 (2.19%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.68%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.68%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.35%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.18%) Driving Licence
16 5 (0.84%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 259 (43.60%) Windows
2 212 (35.69%) Linux
3 158 (26.60%) Windows Server
4 44 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (5.05%) Windows 10
6 24 (4.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (3.03%) VMS
9 17 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (2.53%) Mac OS
11 13 (2.19%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.85%) Unix
13 9 (1.52%) Data ONTAP
14 8 (1.35%) Solaris
15 7 (1.18%) CentOS
16 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.84%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.67%) AIX
18 4 (0.67%) CatOS
19 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (23.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (18.18%) Migration
3 102 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (14.81%) Agile
5 75 (12.63%) CI/CD
6 74 (12.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 69 (11.62%) DevOps
8 68 (11.45%) High Availability
8 68 (11.45%) ITIL
9 65 (10.94%) Load Balancing
10 57 (9.60%) Infrastructure as Code
11 52 (8.75%) Containerisation
12 50 (8.42%) Platform Engineering
13 48 (8.08%) Data Protection
14 40 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (6.40%) Roadmaps
16 37 (6.23%) Capacity Planning
16 37 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (5.89%) Change Management
17 35 (5.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (23.74%) PowerShell
2 107 (18.01%) Python
3 73 (12.29%) Bash
4 17 (2.86%) SQL
5 13 (2.19%) Perl
6 11 (1.85%) C
7 8 (1.35%) C++
7 8 (1.35%) Java
8 7 (1.18%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.18%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.84%) Bicep
10 4 (0.67%) C#
10 4 (0.67%) PHP
10 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
11 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) Go
12 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 233 (39.23%) Security Cleared
2 153 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 78 (13.13%) DV Cleared
4 46 (7.74%) Degree
5 41 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 35 (5.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.87%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.87%) CCNP
9 16 (2.69%) MCSE
10 15 (2.53%) VCAP
11 14 (2.36%) CCNA
12 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (2.02%) MCSA
13 9 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (1.18%) CCIE
14 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.86%) GDPR
3 16 (2.69%) NIST
4 9 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.52%) SLA
5 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.67%) QA
6 3 (0.51%) NCSC
6 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) COBIT
8 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 181 (30.47%) Active Directory
2 134 (22.56%) vSphere
3 96 (16.16%) Hyper-V
4 92 (15.49%) VMware NSX
5 88 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (9.43%) Virtual Machines
7 53 (8.92%) Docker
8 39 (6.57%) NFS
9 26 (4.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (4.21%) Firmware
11 18 (3.03%) KVM
12 16 (2.69%) GPFS
13 6 (1.01%) BitLocker
13 6 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.67%) vCloud
16 3 (0.51%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.51%) XenDesktop
17 2 (0.34%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 100 (16.84%) Ansible
2 75 (12.63%) Terraform
3 74 (12.46%) vCenter Server
4 70 (11.78%) Kubernetes
5 60 (10.10%) SCCM
6 58 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 48 (8.08%) vRealize
8 23 (3.87%) Grafana
9 22 (3.70%) Argo
10 21 (3.54%) VxRail
11 20 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (2.36%) Progress Chef
13 14 (2.36%) SCOM
14 13 (2.19%) Prometheus
14 13 (2.19%) vMotion
15 12 (2.02%) PowerCLI
16 11 (1.85%) FortiGate
16 11 (1.85%) Puppet
17 9 (1.52%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 594 (100.00%) VMware
2 173 (29.12%) Microsoft
3 130 (21.89%) Cisco
4 64 (10.77%) Citrix
5 60 (10.10%) Red Hat
6 58 (9.76%) F5
7 45 (7.58%) NetApp
8 42 (7.07%) IBM
9 38 (6.40%) Dell
10 36 (6.06%) SolarWinds
11 33 (5.56%) ServiceNow
12 30 (5.05%) Oracle
13 29 (4.88%) Pure Storage
14 28 (4.71%) Palo Alto
15 27 (4.55%) Veeam
16 24 (4.04%) Commvault
17 21 (3.54%) McAfee
18 18 (3.03%) Blue Coat
19 17 (2.86%) HP
20 16 (2.69%) Google