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

 6 months to
13 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 177 99
Rank change year-on-year +8 -78 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 745 446 769
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.61% 2.31%
As % of the System Software category 16.29% 13.63% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 290 497
10th Percentile £325 £350 £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 £659 £650 £661
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -6.36% +5.26% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 2 9
10th Percentile £25.92 £28.20 £23.52
25th Percentile £33.70 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.31 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +118.30% -19.81% -38.44%
75th Percentile £75.88 £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 4,574 3,272 3,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.04% 11.84% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 2,121 2,695
10th Percentile £218 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £384 £387
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 190 90 130
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.15 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.25 £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 £74.20 £80.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £73.73
UK median hourly rate £52.75 £32.77 £24.18
% change year-on-year +60.97% +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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +4 219 £538 -6.52% 91
London -16 184 £525 - 102
North of England +2 148 £483 +10.78% 50
Midlands -16 89 £450 -18.18% 27
North West +6 78 £483 +13.65% 29
South West -29 74 £575 - 32
West Midlands -16 69 £450 -20.84% 16
Yorkshire -23 64 £500 +11.48% 9
East of England -17 38 £500 -9.09% 29
East Midlands -8 20 £450 -18.18% 11
North East -38 6 £275 -56.00% 15
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 40 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.48%) Confluence
4 10 (1.34%) IIS
5 8 (1.07%) nginx
5 8 (1.07%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.07%) 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 (1.34%) 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 13 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 213 (28.59%) Azure
2 139 (18.66%) AWS
3 63 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.31%) Entra ID
5 40 (5.37%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.97%) GCP
7 29 (3.89%) GitHub
8 28 (3.76%) IaaS
9 17 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.01%) PaaS
11 15 (2.01%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.88%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.88%) Rubrik
13 13 (1.74%) SaaS
14 11 (1.48%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.21%) Azure Stack
16 8 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 242 (32.48%) DNS
2 168 (22.55%) Firewall
3 152 (20.40%) DHCP
4 89 (11.95%) TCP/IP
5 88 (11.81%) VSAN
6 73 (9.80%) VPN
7 65 (8.72%) SAN
8 59 (7.92%) WAN
9 58 (7.79%) VLAN
10 53 (7.11%) Network Security
11 44 (5.91%) LAN
11 44 (5.91%) SSL
12 37 (4.97%) NAS
13 34 (4.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 29 (3.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 28 (3.76%) BGP
15 28 (3.76%) BIG-IP
16 27 (3.62%) HTTP
17 25 (3.36%) Wireshark
18 20 (2.68%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.88%) Power BI
2 14 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.07%) Big Data
7 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.27%) Redis
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.13%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 32 (4.30%) JIRA
2 28 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.55%) GitLab
4 18 (2.42%) Git
5 16 (2.15%) 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
1 170 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (8.86%) Finance
4 46 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.70%) Banking
6 26 (3.49%) Legal
7 23 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.28%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.01%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.61%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.07%) Military
12 8 (1.07%) Retail
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
1 185 (24.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (13.29%) Senior
3 76 (10.20%) VMware Engineer
4 70 (9.40%) Network Engineer
5 62 (8.32%) Architect
6 47 (6.31%) Support Engineer
7 39 (5.23%) Lead
8 35 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 33 (4.43%) Storage Engineer
10 31 (4.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (4.03%) Consultant
12 29 (3.89%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 27 (3.62%) Administrator
14 24 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (3.22%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 23 (3.09%) IT Engineer
16 22 (2.95%) Senior Network Engineer
16 22 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.82%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) REST
2 10 (1.34%) 802.1X
2 10 (1.34%) Flash
2 10 (1.34%) JSON
3 9 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (0.94%) Middleware
4 7 (0.94%) YAML
5 6 (0.81%) LDAP
5 6 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
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
8 3 (0.40%) XML
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
Miscellaneous
1 114 (15.30%) Data Centre
2 66 (8.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (8.59%) PKI
4 48 (6.44%) Clustering
5 47 (6.31%) Enterprise Storage
6 43 (5.77%) Replication
7 30 (4.03%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.76%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.68%) Cloud Native
10 19 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
10 19 (2.55%) Private Cloud
11 16 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (2.01%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.48%) SCADA
14 10 (1.34%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.34%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.07%) EMC VMAX
16 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 390 (52.35%) Windows
2 251 (33.69%) Windows Server
3 214 (28.72%) Linux
4 48 (6.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 46 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (3.62%) VMS
7 24 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.28%) Unix
8 17 (2.28%) Windows 10
9 15 (2.01%) Data ONTAP
9 15 (2.01%) Ubuntu
9 15 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.88%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (1.21%) Solaris
12 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.94%) CentOS
13 6 (0.81%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.67%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.54%) SUSE
15 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (32.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (20.00%) Migration
3 140 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (15.84%) ITIL
5 110 (14.77%) High Availability
5 110 (14.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 101 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 94 (12.62%) CI/CD
8 85 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
9 77 (10.34%) Network Virtualisation
10 74 (9.93%) Agile
10 74 (9.93%) ITSM
11 73 (9.80%) Change Management
12 71 (9.53%) DevOps
13 62 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 61 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (8.19%) Load Balancing
15 60 (8.05%) Service Management
16 58 (7.79%) Validation
17 56 (7.52%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 185 (24.83%) PowerShell
2 111 (14.90%) Python
3 75 (10.07%) Bash
4 48 (6.44%) SQL
5 16 (2.15%) Java
6 7 (0.94%) Bicep
6 7 (0.94%) C
6 7 (0.94%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.54%) Go
8 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.40%) Lua
9 3 (0.40%) VB
9 3 (0.40%) VBScript
10 2 (0.27%) C++
10 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.27%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) C#
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 367 (49.26%) Security Cleared
2 214 (28.72%) SC Cleared
3 178 (23.89%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 52 (6.98%) Degree
6 40 (5.37%) VCAP
7 38 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.49%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.68%) MCSE
11 18 (2.42%) CCNP
12 17 (2.28%) CCNA
13 16 (2.15%) MCSA
14 14 (1.88%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (1.07%) Oracle Certification
18 7 (0.94%) A+ Certification
18 7 (0.94%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.94%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.22%) SLA
2 19 (2.55%) NIST
3 17 (2.28%) QA
4 15 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.88%) 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%) Data Quality
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%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 237 (31.81%) Active Directory
2 188 (25.23%) VMware ESXi
3 182 (24.43%) vSphere
4 150 (20.13%) VMware NSX
5 148 (19.87%) Hyper-V
6 88 (11.81%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (7.38%) Docker
8 37 (4.97%) Virtual Desktop
9 29 (3.89%) Firmware
10 20 (2.68%) NFS
11 18 (2.42%) KVM
12 10 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (1.34%) 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
1 154 (20.67%) Ansible
2 144 (19.33%) vCenter Server
3 113 (15.17%) Terraform
4 99 (13.29%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.17%) SCOM
6 44 (5.91%) SCCM
7 34 (4.56%) VxRail
8 31 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.16%) vRealize
9 24 (3.22%) Grafana
10 21 (2.82%) Puppet
11 19 (2.55%) Prometheus
12 18 (2.42%) NetBackup
12 18 (2.42%) WSUS
13 16 (2.15%) PowerCLI
14 15 (2.01%) Argo
14 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (2.01%) vMotion
15 13 (1.74%) Avamar
16 12 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 745 (100.00%) VMware
2 216 (28.99%) Microsoft
3 140 (18.79%) Cisco
4 57 (7.65%) NetApp
5 53 (7.11%) Citrix
6 50 (6.71%) Red Hat
7 45 (6.04%) F5
8 44 (5.91%) Dell
9 41 (5.50%) ServiceNow
10 35 (4.70%) Oracle
10 35 (4.70%) Palo Alto
11 33 (4.43%) SolarWinds
12 32 (4.30%) Juniper
13 29 (3.89%) Veeam
14 23 (3.09%) Broadcom
15 22 (2.95%) IBM
16 19 (2.55%) Fortinet
16 19 (2.55%) McAfee
17 17 (2.28%) Blue Coat
17 17 (2.28%) CheckPoint
311 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England