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

 6 months to
18 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 140 123
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 629 486 679
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.99% 1.86%
As % of the System Software category 14.95% 15.87% 17.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 345 441
10th Percentile £318 £316 £265
25th Percentile £421 £440 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £579 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £683 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 28
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.23
25th Percentile £46.25 - £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -30.22% -36.43%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £52.96
90th Percentile £74.26 - £82.63
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £28.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +141.79% -30.43% -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 4,207 3,062 3,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.27% 12.51% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,851 2,109 2,782
10th Percentile £213 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £381 £350
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 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 70 209
10th Percentile £18.03 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £26.66 £18.13 £14.48
Median hourly rate £56.25 £28.71 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.96% +36.69% -58.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £94.10 £88.08 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £28.21 £22.40
% change year-on-year +86.14% +25.92% -58.52%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -4 181 £531 -7.61% 81
London -51 139 £525 - 44
North of England -14 131 £449 +12.25% 41
Midlands -24 93 £402 -26.91% 30
West Midlands -23 71 £394 -28.54% 21
North West -6 70 £449 +11.14% 23
Yorkshire -22 59 £420 -4.55% 13
South West -54 51 £539 -6.30% 24
East of England -29 37 £475 -13.64% 17
East Midlands -19 22 £443 -18.38% 9
North East -23 2 £575 +64.29% 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 34 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.27%) IIS
4 6 (0.95%) nginx
4 6 (0.95%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.64%) Confluence
7 3 (0.48%) Apache
7 3 (0.48%) CICS
7 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.32%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 180 (28.62%) Azure
2 125 (19.87%) AWS
3 47 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 41 (6.52%) OpenShift
6 32 (5.09%) GCP
7 25 (3.97%) IaaS
8 22 (3.50%) GitHub
9 20 (3.18%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.70%) PaaS
11 13 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (1.27%) Rubrik
14 7 (1.11%) Datadog
14 7 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.95%) Azure Stack
15 6 (0.95%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.95%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (28.14%) DNS
2 143 (22.73%) Firewall
3 100 (15.90%) DHCP
4 69 (10.97%) VPN
5 64 (10.17%) SAN
6 62 (9.86%) VSAN
7 54 (8.59%) WAN
8 47 (7.47%) Network Security
8 47 (7.47%) TCP/IP
9 42 (6.68%) LAN
9 42 (6.68%) NAS
10 39 (6.20%) SSL
11 33 (5.25%) BIG-IP
12 31 (4.93%) HTTP
13 28 (4.45%) VLAN
14 27 (4.29%) Wireshark
15 25 (3.97%) BGP
16 24 (3.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 23 (3.66%) Cisco ASA
18 21 (3.34%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.79%) Power BI
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.48%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.48%) DataStage
5 3 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
5 3 (0.48%) Redis
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (3.50%) Jenkins
2 21 (3.34%) JIRA
3 18 (2.86%) Fiddler
4 13 (2.07%) GitLab
5 12 (1.91%) Git
6 6 (0.95%) PVCS
6 6 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.48%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.32%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.32%) MSI
9 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.16%) GoCD
9 1 (0.16%) Postman
9 1 (0.16%) RStudio
General
1 124 (19.71%) Social Skills
2 51 (8.11%) Finance
3 50 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.15%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.04%) Banking
6 22 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.50%) Legal
7 19 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 9 (1.43%) Military
8 9 (1.43%) Police
9 6 (0.95%) Electronics
10 5 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
10 5 (0.79%) Law
10 5 (0.79%) Local Government
10 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.79%) Retail
11 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.64%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 129 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 83 (13.20%) Architect
3 62 (9.86%) Network Engineer
4 58 (9.22%) Senior
5 49 (7.79%) VMware Engineer
6 38 (6.04%) Analyst
7 30 (4.77%) Lead
8 27 (4.29%) Infrastructure Architect
9 25 (3.97%) Wintel Engineer
10 23 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 23 (3.66%) Support Engineer
11 20 (3.18%) Consultant
11 20 (3.18%) Storage Engineer
12 19 (3.02%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 18 (2.86%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 18 (2.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 18 (2.86%) IP Network Engineer
13 18 (2.86%) Web Engineer
14 17 (2.70%) Storage Analyst
14 17 (2.70%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.18%) Flash
2 19 (3.02%) LDAP
3 11 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.59%) SAML
5 7 (1.11%) Middleware
5 7 (1.11%) REST
6 5 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.79%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.48%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.48%) JSON
7 3 (0.48%) Kafka
7 3 (0.48%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.32%) OAuth
8 2 (0.32%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.32%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.32%) OpenID
8 2 (0.32%) Qt
8 2 (0.32%) Redfish
8 2 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.40%) Data Centre
2 64 (10.17%) Replication
3 51 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 44 (7.00%) PKI
5 36 (5.72%) Clustering
6 33 (5.25%) Cloud Native
7 31 (4.93%) Enterprise Storage
8 25 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
9 24 (3.82%) Private Cloud
10 21 (3.34%) Management Information System
10 21 (3.34%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.75%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.27%) Security Posture
16 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
17 6 (0.95%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 299 (47.54%) Windows
2 199 (31.64%) Windows Server
3 198 (31.48%) Linux
4 41 (6.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 40 (6.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.34%) Windows 10
8 20 (3.18%) Ubuntu
8 20 (3.18%) VMS
9 16 (2.54%) Data ONTAP
10 15 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (2.23%) Unix
12 10 (1.59%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.59%) Solaris
13 8 (1.27%) CentOS
14 7 (1.11%) CoreOS
14 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.64%) AIX
16 4 (0.64%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (26.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 119 (18.92%) Migration
3 103 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (15.74%) High Availability
5 85 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 81 (12.88%) ITIL
7 67 (10.65%) Capacity Planning
8 66 (10.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 65 (10.33%) Agile
10 63 (10.02%) CI/CD
11 58 (9.22%) DevOps
11 58 (9.22%) Load Balancing
12 51 (8.11%) Change Management
12 51 (8.11%) Network Virtualisation
13 42 (6.68%) Data Protection
13 42 (6.68%) Performance Tuning
14 41 (6.52%) Platform Engineering
15 40 (6.36%) Containerisation
16 39 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (6.20%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 144 (22.89%) PowerShell
2 80 (12.72%) Python
3 51 (8.11%) Bash
4 27 (4.29%) SQL
5 8 (1.27%) C
6 7 (1.11%) Bicep
6 7 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.95%) C++
7 6 (0.95%) Embedded C
7 6 (0.95%) Embedded C++
8 5 (0.79%) Java
9 4 (0.64%) C#
9 4 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.64%) PHP
9 4 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.48%) COBOL
11 2 (0.32%) Perl
11 2 (0.32%) VBScript
12 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 264 (41.97%) Security Cleared
2 162 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 115 (18.28%) DV Cleared
4 53 (8.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 34 (5.41%) Degree
6 30 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.77%) VCAP
7 24 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (3.02%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (3.02%) MCSE
9 17 (2.70%) CCNP
10 16 (2.54%) MCSA
11 10 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
12 9 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.43%) OCP
13 8 (1.27%) CCNA
14 6 (0.95%) CCSM
14 6 (0.95%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (3.50%) SLA
2 18 (2.86%) NIST
3 15 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.59%) NCSC
5 7 (1.11%) GDPR
6 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.48%) QA
8 2 (0.32%) ISA99
8 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.16%) COBIT
9 1 (0.16%) DICOM
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 186 (29.57%) Active Directory
2 149 (23.69%) vSphere
3 142 (22.58%) VMware ESXi
4 127 (20.19%) VMware NSX
5 122 (19.40%) Hyper-V
6 83 (13.20%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (6.68%) Docker
8 39 (6.20%) NFS
9 32 (5.09%) Firmware
10 28 (4.45%) Virtual Desktop
11 23 (3.66%) KVM
12 15 (2.38%) GPFS
13 11 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.43%) BitLocker
14 9 (1.43%) vCloud
15 5 (0.79%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
16 4 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.48%) SRDF
17 3 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 117 (18.60%) Ansible
2 107 (17.01%) vCenter Server
3 73 (11.61%) Terraform
4 69 (10.97%) Kubernetes
5 48 (7.63%) SCCM
6 42 (6.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 41 (6.52%) vRealize
8 23 (3.66%) SCOM
9 22 (3.50%) Grafana
10 20 (3.18%) Argo
11 19 (3.02%) vMotion
12 18 (2.86%) VxRail
13 17 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (2.38%) PowerCLI
14 15 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
14 15 (2.38%) WSUS
15 12 (1.91%) Puppet
16 11 (1.75%) EMC VPLEX
16 11 (1.75%) NetBackup
16 11 (1.75%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 629 (100.00%) VMware
2 177 (28.14%) Microsoft
3 136 (21.62%) Cisco
4 64 (10.17%) Citrix
5 56 (8.90%) NetApp
6 48 (7.63%) Red Hat
7 46 (7.31%) F5
8 37 (5.88%) ServiceNow
9 34 (5.41%) IBM
10 33 (5.25%) Dell
10 33 (5.25%) Oracle
10 33 (5.25%) Palo Alto
11 31 (4.93%) Pure Storage
12 26 (4.13%) Veeam
13 25 (3.97%) CheckPoint
14 22 (3.50%) McAfee
15 21 (3.34%) Commvault
16 19 (3.02%) SolarWinds
17 18 (2.86%) Blue Coat
18 17 (2.70%) Juniper
229 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England