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

 6 months to
24 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 160 101
Rank change year-on-year -10 -59 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 711 478 772
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.75% 2.21%
As % of the System Software category 15.77% 14.55% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 322 506
10th Percentile £325 £329 £311
25th Percentile £425 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £590 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £650 £670
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -6.82% +5.77% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 2 15
10th Percentile £22.63 £28.20 £22.17
25th Percentile £32.52 £28.50 £23.10
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -19.81% -39.73%
75th Percentile £74.82 £29.50 £58.72
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £76.80
UK median hourly rate £56.57 £29.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +95.06% -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 4,509 3,286 4,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.03% 12.01% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,977 2,157 2,808
10th Percentile £213 £223 £220
25th Percentile £400 £378 £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 £694 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 88 167
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.14 £14.06
25th Percentile £26.50 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £56.25 £35.57 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.13% +61.69% -46.99%
75th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.45 £70.26
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £22.23
% change year-on-year +75.00% +34.98% -55.55%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +6 216 £538 -6.93% 62
London -39 167 £519 -1.19% 46
North of England -1 141 £484 +17.33% 36
Midlands -14 92 £450 -18.18% 22
Yorkshire -18 71 £500 +11.11% 9
West Midlands -30 69 £450 -20.84% 11
North West -2 68 £476 +36.00% 24
South West -50 67 £550 -4.35% 32
East of England -23 34 £500 -9.09% 23
East Midlands -2 23 £450 -18.18% 11
North East -38 2 £588 +62.07% 4
VMware Infrastructure
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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 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.27%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
4 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.98%) Confluence
5 7 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.56%) Apache
7 3 (0.42%) CICS
7 3 (0.42%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) JBoss
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 6 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 192 (27.00%) Azure
2 129 (18.14%) AWS
3 54 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.75%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.47%) OpenShift
6 32 (4.50%) GCP
7 28 (3.94%) GitHub
8 21 (2.95%) IaaS
9 14 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.83%) PaaS
11 12 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (1.69%) Nutanix
11 12 (1.69%) Rubrik
12 11 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.27%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.13%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.13%) SaaS
15 7 (0.98%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 210 (29.54%) DNS
2 154 (21.66%) Firewall
3 126 (17.72%) DHCP
4 78 (10.97%) VSAN
5 76 (10.69%) SAN
6 75 (10.55%) TCP/IP
7 67 (9.42%) VPN
8 60 (8.44%) WAN
9 52 (7.31%) Network Security
10 51 (7.17%) VLAN
11 45 (6.33%) NAS
12 44 (6.19%) LAN
13 43 (6.05%) SSL
14 30 (4.22%) BGP
15 28 (3.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 27 (3.80%) HTTP
17 26 (3.66%) Wireshark
18 25 (3.52%) BIG-IP
19 23 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 22 (3.09%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.98%) Power BI
4 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.56%) Big Data
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.42%) DataStage
7 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.28%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.14%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 30 (4.22%) Jenkins
2 28 (3.94%) JIRA
3 17 (2.39%) Git
4 16 (2.25%) Fiddler
5 14 (1.97%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.28%) MSI
7 2 (0.28%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 158 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 59 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (8.16%) Finance
4 47 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.92%) Banking
6 21 (2.95%) Legal
7 18 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.39%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.83%) Military
10 12 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.98%) Police
12 7 (0.98%) Retail
13 6 (0.84%) Law
14 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.42%) Games
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 168 (23.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 80 (11.25%) Senior
3 69 (9.70%) Network Engineer
4 67 (9.42%) Architect
5 64 (9.00%) VMware Engineer
6 40 (5.63%) Support Engineer
7 37 (5.20%) Lead
8 32 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
9 31 (4.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 31 (4.36%) Storage Engineer
10 29 (4.08%) Consultant
11 26 (3.66%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 24 (3.38%) Virtualisation Engineer
13 22 (3.09%) Administrator
13 22 (3.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (2.95%) Senior Network Engineer
14 21 (2.95%) VMware Consultant
15 18 (2.53%) Data Centre Engineer
15 18 (2.53%) IT Engineer
15 18 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) Flash
2 11 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (1.55%) REST
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 9 (1.27%) LDAP
5 8 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.84%) 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%) Kafka
9 3 (0.42%) SAML
9 3 (0.42%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.28%) ASP.NET
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
1 105 (14.77%) Data Centre
2 60 (8.44%) PKI
3 59 (8.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 48 (6.75%) Replication
5 45 (6.33%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.78%) Clustering
7 27 (3.80%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.38%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.23%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (2.39%) Private Cloud
12 16 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.55%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.41%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.41%) SCADA
14 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.13%) EMC VMAX
15 8 (1.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 358 (50.35%) Windows
2 224 (31.50%) Windows Server
3 207 (29.11%) Linux
4 45 (6.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (3.38%) VMS
6 24 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.39%) Data ONTAP
7 17 (2.39%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.25%) Unix
8 16 (2.25%) Windows 10
9 11 (1.55%) Solaris
10 10 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.98%) CentOS
12 7 (0.98%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.56%) AIX
14 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.56%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (30.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (20.25%) Migration
3 120 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (15.75%) High Availability
5 91 (12.80%) Disaster Recovery
5 91 (12.80%) ITIL
6 89 (12.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 88 (12.38%) CI/CD
8 73 (10.27%) Network Virtualisation
9 67 (9.42%) Agile
10 66 (9.28%) DevOps
10 66 (9.28%) Technical Leadership
11 63 (8.86%) Change Management
12 59 (8.30%) Load Balancing
13 58 (8.16%) Capacity Planning
13 58 (8.16%) Validation
14 57 (8.02%) ITSM
15 56 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (6.89%) Performance Tuning
17 47 (6.61%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 159 (22.36%) PowerShell
2 108 (15.19%) Python
3 69 (9.70%) Bash
4 35 (4.92%) SQL
5 15 (2.11%) Java
6 7 (0.98%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.70%) Bicep
7 5 (0.70%) C
7 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.42%) COBOL
8 3 (0.42%) Go
8 3 (0.42%) Lua
8 3 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.28%) VBScript
10 1 (0.14%) C#
10 1 (0.14%) Korn
10 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.14%) Perl
10 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 344 (48.38%) Security Cleared
2 194 (27.29%) SC Cleared
3 171 (24.05%) DV Cleared
4 59 (8.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (6.19%) Degree
6 35 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (4.92%) VCAP
7 30 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (3.09%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.81%) CCNP
10 18 (2.53%) MCSE
11 16 (2.25%) CCNA
12 15 (2.11%) MCSA
13 12 (1.69%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (1.27%) OCP
16 7 (0.98%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.98%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.98%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.38%) NIST
2 21 (2.95%) SLA
3 18 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.69%) NCSC
6 8 (1.13%) QA
7 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.42%) GxP
10 2 (0.28%) GDPR
10 2 (0.28%) ISA99
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 225 (31.65%) Active Directory
2 186 (26.16%) VMware ESXi
3 176 (24.75%) vSphere
4 145 (20.39%) VMware NSX
5 135 (18.99%) Hyper-V
6 87 (12.24%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (7.03%) Docker
8 38 (5.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (4.50%) Firmware
10 30 (4.22%) NFS
11 24 (3.38%) KVM
12 11 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.98%) GPFS
14 7 (0.98%) vCloud
15 6 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.70%) SRDF
17 4 (0.56%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 145 (20.39%) vCenter Server
2 143 (20.11%) Ansible
3 100 (14.06%) Terraform
4 94 (13.22%) Kubernetes
5 39 (5.49%) SCCM
6 38 (5.34%) SCOM
7 34 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 33 (4.64%) vRealize
9 28 (3.94%) VxRail
10 26 (3.66%) Grafana
11 20 (2.81%) Argo
11 20 (2.81%) vMotion
12 18 (2.53%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.53%) Puppet
13 16 (2.25%) Prometheus
14 14 (1.97%) NetBackup
14 14 (1.97%) WSUS
15 12 (1.69%) Avamar
15 12 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
15 12 (1.69%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 711 (100.00%) VMware
2 186 (26.16%) Microsoft
3 134 (18.85%) Cisco
4 57 (8.02%) NetApp
5 56 (7.88%) Citrix
6 53 (7.45%) Red Hat
7 43 (6.05%) Dell
8 39 (5.49%) F5
9 32 (4.50%) Juniper
9 32 (4.50%) Palo Alto
9 32 (4.50%) SolarWinds
10 31 (4.36%) ServiceNow
11 30 (4.22%) Pure Storage
12 27 (3.80%) Oracle
12 27 (3.80%) Veeam
13 24 (3.38%) Broadcom
14 21 (2.95%) IBM
15 20 (2.81%) Commvault
16 19 (2.67%) Fortinet
16 19 (2.67%) McAfee
204 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England