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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 145 125
Rank change year-on-year -19 -20 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 650 481 684
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.98% 1.86%
As % of the System Software category 15.24% 15.77% 17.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 337 441
10th Percentile £317 £317 £270
25th Percentile £417 £440 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.97%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 30
10th Percentile £20.13 £31.70 £22.08
25th Percentile £46.38 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +15.89% -38.27%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £65.15
90th Percentile £74.23 £61.30 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £68.85 £46.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year +48.06% +15.53% -38.08%

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 4,266 3,051 4,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.47% 12.56% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,899 2,113 2,788
10th Percentile £213 £213 £197
25th Percentile £400 £388 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £720 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 69 212
10th Percentile £19.00 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £27.00 £18.13 £14.48
Median hourly rate £57.77 £28.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.30% +33.33% -58.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £95.00 £88.00 £74.63
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £27.97 £22.50
% change year-on-year +89.49% +24.31% -58.33%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -4 180 £525 -8.70% 82
London -62 145 £525 - 44
North of England -9 131 £449 +12.25% 44
Midlands -17 101 £402 -26.91% 39
West Midlands -18 77 £382 -30.60% 30
North West -4 70 £449 +5.65% 23
Yorkshire -16 60 £420 +3.70% 15
South West -65 53 £550 -4.35% 20
East of England -19 44 £475 -5.00% 21
East Midlands -22 24 £436 -19.67% 9
North East -21 2 £575 +64.29% 8
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 37 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.23%) IIS
4 7 (1.08%) Confluence
5 6 (0.92%) nginx
5 6 (0.92%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.46%) CICS
7 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.31%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 180 (27.69%) Azure
2 126 (19.38%) AWS
3 50 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (7.08%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.77%) OpenShift
6 32 (4.92%) GCP
7 26 (4.00%) GitHub
8 23 (3.54%) IaaS
9 20 (3.08%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.62%) PaaS
11 11 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.38%) Datadog
12 9 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (1.23%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.92%) Cohesity
14 6 (0.92%) SaaS
15 5 (0.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 177 (27.23%) DNS
2 144 (22.15%) Firewall
3 101 (15.54%) DHCP
4 68 (10.46%) SAN
5 67 (10.31%) VPN
6 61 (9.38%) VSAN
7 53 (8.15%) WAN
8 49 (7.54%) TCP/IP
9 48 (7.38%) Network Security
10 43 (6.62%) NAS
11 41 (6.31%) LAN
12 40 (6.15%) SSL
13 34 (5.23%) BIG-IP
14 32 (4.92%) HTTP
15 28 (4.31%) VLAN
15 28 (4.31%) Wireshark
16 26 (4.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 25 (3.85%) BGP
18 22 (3.38%) Cisco ASA
18 22 (3.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle BI EE
5 4 (0.62%) Power BI
5 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.46%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.46%) DataStage
6 3 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (0.46%) Redis
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 26 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 24 (3.69%) JIRA
3 19 (2.92%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.31%) Git
5 12 (1.85%) GitLab
6 8 (1.23%) PVCS
6 8 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 3 (0.46%) JUnit
8 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.31%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.31%) MSI
9 2 (0.31%) RStudio
10 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.15%) GoCD
10 1 (0.15%) Postman
General
1 131 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 53 (8.15%) Finance
2 53 (8.15%) Public Sector
3 50 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (5.85%) Banking
5 23 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.38%) Legal
7 21 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.69%) Police
9 10 (1.54%) Military
10 8 (1.23%) Electronics
11 6 (0.92%) Law
11 6 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.77%) Local Government
12 5 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 128 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 86 (13.23%) Architect
3 62 (9.54%) Senior
4 60 (9.23%) Network Engineer
5 50 (7.69%) VMware Engineer
6 41 (6.31%) Analyst
7 31 (4.77%) Lead
8 29 (4.46%) Infrastructure Architect
9 22 (3.38%) Support Engineer
9 22 (3.38%) Wintel Engineer
10 21 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 21 (3.23%) Consultant
11 19 (2.92%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 19 (2.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 19 (2.92%) IP Network Engineer
11 19 (2.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (2.92%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 19 (2.92%) Storage Engineer
11 19 (2.92%) Web Engineer
12 17 (2.62%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.92%) LDAP
2 18 (2.77%) Flash
3 12 (1.85%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.54%) SAML
5 7 (1.08%) Middleware
5 7 (1.08%) REST
6 6 (0.92%) Kafka
7 5 (0.77%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.46%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.46%) Keycloak
8 3 (0.46%) Spring
9 2 (0.31%) JSON
9 2 (0.31%) OAuth
9 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.31%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.31%) OpenID
9 2 (0.31%) Qt
9 2 (0.31%) Redfish
9 2 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.69%) Data Centre
2 64 (9.85%) Replication
3 48 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 47 (7.23%) PKI
5 37 (5.69%) Cloud Native
6 36 (5.54%) Clustering
7 30 (4.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 25 (3.85%) Private Cloud
9 24 (3.69%) Linux Command Line
10 23 (3.54%) Management Information System
11 21 (3.23%) Public Cloud
12 14 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.69%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.54%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.38%) Operational Technology
16 9 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.38%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.23%) SCADA
17 8 (1.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 298 (45.85%) Windows
2 201 (30.92%) Windows Server
3 198 (30.46%) Linux
4 40 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (4.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.38%) VMS
8 19 (2.92%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.77%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (2.46%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.54%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.54%) Solaris
12 10 (1.54%) Unix
13 8 (1.23%) CentOS
14 7 (1.08%) CoreOS
14 7 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.62%) AIX
16 4 (0.62%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (25.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 123 (18.92%) Migration
3 108 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (15.08%) High Availability
5 87 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 79 (12.15%) ITIL
7 74 (11.38%) Agile
8 66 (10.15%) Capacity Planning
8 66 (10.15%) CI/CD
9 65 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 60 (9.23%) Load Balancing
11 59 (9.08%) DevOps
12 54 (8.31%) Network Virtualisation
13 46 (7.08%) Change Management
14 44 (6.77%) Data Protection
15 42 (6.46%) Performance Tuning
15 42 (6.46%) Platform Engineering
16 41 (6.31%) Containerisation
17 37 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
18 35 (5.38%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 144 (22.15%) PowerShell
2 82 (12.62%) Python
3 51 (7.85%) Bash
4 26 (4.00%) SQL
5 10 (1.54%) C
6 8 (1.23%) C++
6 8 (1.23%) Java
7 7 (1.08%) Embedded C
7 7 (1.08%) Embedded C++
7 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.77%) Bicep
9 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.62%) PHP
9 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.46%) C#
10 3 (0.46%) COBOL
11 2 (0.31%) Perl
11 2 (0.31%) VBScript
12 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 272 (41.85%) Security Cleared
2 169 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 112 (17.23%) DV Cleared
4 53 (8.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 36 (5.54%) Degree
6 32 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (4.62%) VCAP
8 22 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (3.08%) MCSE
11 18 (2.77%) Azure Certification
12 17 (2.62%) MCSA
13 14 (2.15%) CCNP
14 11 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.54%) AWS Certification
16 9 (1.38%) OCP
17 8 (1.23%) CCNA
18 7 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 6 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
19 6 (0.92%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.92%) SLA
3 18 (2.77%) NIST
4 15 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.54%) NCSC
6 7 (1.08%) GDPR
7 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.31%) ISA99
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.31%) QA
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) DICOM
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 194 (29.85%) Active Directory
2 145 (22.31%) vSphere
3 138 (21.23%) VMware ESXi
4 129 (19.85%) VMware NSX
5 125 (19.23%) Hyper-V
6 85 (13.08%) Virtual Machines
7 43 (6.62%) Docker
8 37 (5.69%) NFS
9 33 (5.08%) Firmware
10 26 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
11 24 (3.69%) KVM
12 13 (2.00%) GPFS
13 11 (1.69%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.38%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.92%) vCloud
16 5 (0.77%) XenDesktop
17 4 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
17 4 (0.62%) XenApp
18 3 (0.46%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.46%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 123 (18.92%) Ansible
2 104 (16.00%) vCenter Server
3 74 (11.38%) Terraform
4 68 (10.46%) Kubernetes
5 53 (8.15%) SCCM
6 44 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 42 (6.46%) vRealize
8 21 (3.23%) Argo
8 21 (3.23%) Grafana
9 19 (2.92%) vMotion
9 19 (2.92%) VxRail
10 18 (2.77%) SCOM
11 17 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (2.62%) PowerCLI
12 16 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (2.31%) WSUS
14 12 (1.85%) Progress Chef
14 12 (1.85%) Puppet
15 11 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
15 11 (1.69%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 650 (100.00%) VMware
2 178 (27.38%) Microsoft
3 136 (20.92%) Cisco
4 64 (9.85%) Citrix
5 57 (8.77%) NetApp
6 48 (7.38%) F5
6 48 (7.38%) Red Hat
7 36 (5.54%) IBM
7 36 (5.54%) ServiceNow
8 34 (5.23%) Dell
8 34 (5.23%) Oracle
9 32 (4.92%) Palo Alto
9 32 (4.92%) Pure Storage
10 25 (3.85%) Veeam
11 23 (3.54%) McAfee
12 22 (3.38%) CheckPoint
13 21 (3.23%) SolarWinds
14 20 (3.08%) Commvault
15 19 (2.92%) Blue Coat
15 19 (2.92%) Broadcom
234 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England