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

 6 months to
31 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 164 102
Rank change year-on-year -11 -62 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 710 459 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.67% 2.25%
As % of the System Software category 15.75% 14.02% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 309 501
10th Percentile £345 £331 £313
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £658 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £514
% change year-on-year -6.55% +7.06% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 2 9
10th Percentile £25.18 £28.20 £23.52
25th Percentile £32.52 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -19.81% -39.52%
75th Percentile £74.82 £29.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £50.75 £29.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +75.00% -19.81% -42.14%

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 4,509 3,275 3,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.95% 11.90% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,973 2,145 2,733
10th Percentile £218 £225 £221
25th Percentile £400 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 86 147
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.12 £14.06
25th Percentile £26.75 £22.63 £14.99
Median hourly rate £56.25 £37.07 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +51.73% +65.50% -44.00%
75th Percentile £74.20 £80.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £84.88 £90.75 £70.90
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £32.77 £23.80
% change year-on-year +60.21% +37.69% -52.40%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +1 216 £538 -6.52% 75
London -20 172 £525 - 62
North of England -7 138 £485 +17.58% 37
Midlands -16 89 £450 -18.18% 26
West Midlands -29 70 £450 -20.84% 16
North West -10 68 £476 +36.00% 26
Yorkshire -25 68 £500 +8.11% 7
South West -45 68 £551 -4.13% 32
East of England -22 34 £500 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -7 19 £450 -18.18% 10
North East -46 2 £588 +62.07% 6
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 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.27%) Confluence
3 9 (1.27%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
4 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.56%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) FactoryTalk
6 4 (0.56%) JBoss
7 3 (0.42%) CICS
7 3 (0.42%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.28%) Houdini
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 190 (26.76%) Azure
2 131 (18.45%) AWS
3 53 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (6.20%) Entra ID
5 41 (5.77%) OpenShift
6 33 (4.65%) GCP
7 29 (4.08%) GitHub
8 22 (3.10%) IaaS
9 16 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.97%) PaaS
11 13 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.69%) Rubrik
13 11 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.55%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.55%) SaaS
14 10 (1.41%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.27%) Nutanix
16 8 (1.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 222 (31.27%) DNS
2 158 (22.25%) Firewall
3 133 (18.73%) DHCP
4 83 (11.69%) VSAN
5 81 (11.41%) TCP/IP
6 68 (9.58%) SAN
7 67 (9.44%) VPN
8 59 (8.31%) WAN
9 54 (7.61%) VLAN
10 51 (7.18%) Network Security
11 43 (6.06%) LAN
11 43 (6.06%) SSL
12 38 (5.35%) NAS
13 29 (4.08%) BGP
13 29 (4.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 27 (3.80%) HTTP
15 26 (3.66%) Wireshark
16 25 (3.52%) BIG-IP
17 24 (3.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 21 (2.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.41%) Power BI
3 10 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.85%) Big Data
5 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.42%) DataStage
8 3 (0.42%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.28%) Redis
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 30 (4.23%) Jenkins
1 30 (4.23%) JIRA
2 17 (2.39%) Git
3 16 (2.25%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.11%) GitLab
5 3 (0.42%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.28%) MSI
6 2 (0.28%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 159 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 64 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (8.45%) Finance
4 48 (6.76%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.07%) Banking
6 21 (2.96%) Legal
7 18 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.39%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.69%) Military
11 11 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.99%) Retail
13 6 (0.85%) Law
13 6 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.70%) Police
15 4 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.42%) Games
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 172 (24.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (12.25%) Senior
3 70 (9.86%) Network Engineer
4 67 (9.44%) VMware Engineer
5 63 (8.87%) Architect
6 43 (6.06%) Support Engineer
7 38 (5.35%) Lead
8 34 (4.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 34 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
9 31 (4.37%) Storage Engineer
10 30 (4.23%) Consultant
11 28 (3.94%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 26 (3.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (3.24%) Administrator
13 23 (3.24%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 21 (2.96%) Senior Network Engineer
14 21 (2.96%) VMware Consultant
15 19 (2.68%) IT Engineer
15 19 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) Flash
2 11 (1.55%) REST
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
4 9 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.99%) LDAP
6 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 5 (0.70%) .NET
7 5 (0.70%) JSON
8 4 (0.56%) Redfish
8 4 (0.56%) YAML
9 3 (0.42%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.42%) Kafka
9 3 (0.42%) SAML
9 3 (0.42%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.28%) Java SE
10 2 (0.28%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.28%) Qt
10 2 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
10 2 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (15.49%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.87%) PKI
3 61 (8.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (6.34%) Enterprise Storage
5 43 (6.06%) Replication
6 40 (5.63%) Clustering
7 28 (3.94%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.38%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.24%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.25%) Private Cloud
12 15 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.69%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.55%) SCADA
15 10 (1.41%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.27%) Operational Technology
17 8 (1.13%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 364 (51.27%) Windows
2 228 (32.11%) Windows Server
3 206 (29.01%) Linux
4 46 (6.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 46 (6.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (3.66%) VMS
6 24 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.39%) Data ONTAP
8 16 (2.25%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.25%) Unix
8 16 (2.25%) Windows 10
9 12 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
9 12 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.55%) Solaris
11 7 (0.99%) CentOS
11 7 (0.99%) CoreOS
12 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.56%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (31.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 140 (19.72%) Migration
3 129 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (15.77%) High Availability
5 97 (13.66%) ITIL
6 95 (13.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 94 (13.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 90 (12.68%) CI/CD
9 76 (10.70%) Network Virtualisation
10 73 (10.28%) Technical Leadership
11 67 (9.44%) Agile
11 67 (9.44%) Change Management
12 66 (9.30%) DevOps
13 60 (8.45%) ITSM
14 59 (8.31%) Load Balancing
15 58 (8.17%) Capacity Planning
15 58 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (7.89%) Validation
17 50 (7.04%) Performance Tuning
18 49 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 165 (23.24%) PowerShell
2 107 (15.07%) Python
3 72 (10.14%) Bash
4 42 (5.92%) SQL
5 16 (2.25%) Java
6 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.70%) Bicep
7 5 (0.70%) C
7 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.56%) Go
9 3 (0.42%) COBOL
9 3 (0.42%) Lua
10 2 (0.28%) VBScript
11 1 (0.14%) C#
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
11 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) PHP
11 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 351 (49.44%) Security Cleared
2 196 (27.61%) SC Cleared
3 175 (24.65%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 48 (6.76%) Degree
6 39 (5.49%) VCAP
7 37 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.38%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.82%) CCNP
11 19 (2.68%) MCSE
12 18 (2.54%) CCNA
13 15 (2.11%) MCSA
14 14 (1.97%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
17 9 (1.27%) OCP
18 7 (0.99%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 7 (0.99%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.24%) SLA
2 22 (3.10%) NIST
3 16 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.69%) NCSC
6 11 (1.55%) QA
7 4 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.56%) GxP
7 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.28%) GDPR
9 2 (0.28%) ISA99
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 232 (32.68%) Active Directory
2 186 (26.20%) VMware ESXi
3 177 (24.93%) vSphere
4 148 (20.85%) VMware NSX
5 136 (19.15%) Hyper-V
6 84 (11.83%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (7.32%) Docker
8 37 (5.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (4.23%) Firmware
10 24 (3.38%) NFS
11 20 (2.82%) KVM
12 11 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.99%) GPFS
14 7 (0.99%) vCloud
15 6 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.70%) SRDF
16 5 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
17 4 (0.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 148 (20.85%) Ansible
2 147 (20.70%) vCenter Server
3 106 (14.93%) Terraform
4 97 (13.66%) Kubernetes
5 41 (5.77%) SCOM
6 40 (5.63%) SCCM
7 33 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (4.65%) vRealize
8 32 (4.51%) VxRail
9 26 (3.66%) Grafana
10 20 (2.82%) Puppet
11 19 (2.68%) Argo
12 17 (2.39%) PowerCLI
12 17 (2.39%) Prometheus
12 17 (2.39%) vMotion
13 16 (2.25%) NetBackup
14 15 (2.11%) WSUS
15 13 (1.83%) Avamar
16 12 (1.69%) SnapMirror
17 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 710 (100.00%) VMware
2 191 (26.90%) Microsoft
3 135 (19.01%) Cisco
4 58 (8.17%) NetApp
5 53 (7.46%) Citrix
6 52 (7.32%) Red Hat
7 44 (6.20%) Dell
8 39 (5.49%) F5
9 34 (4.79%) Juniper
10 33 (4.65%) SolarWinds
11 32 (4.51%) Palo Alto
12 31 (4.37%) ServiceNow
13 30 (4.23%) Oracle
14 28 (3.94%) Veeam
15 23 (3.24%) Broadcom
16 22 (3.10%) Pure Storage
17 21 (2.96%) IBM
18 19 (2.68%) Fortinet
18 19 (2.68%) McAfee
19 18 (2.54%) CheckPoint
239 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England