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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 119 93
Rank change year-on-year -46 -26 +24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 537 565 854
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 2.11% 2.37%
As % of the System Software category 13.63% 17.72% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 351 547
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £405 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £582 £613 £613
90th Percentile £650 £670 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 49
10th Percentile £33.93 £54.50 £34.50
25th Percentile £67.21 £61.25 £54.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +34.13% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.13 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%

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 3,941 3,188 4,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.45% 11.90% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,676 2,059 3,094
10th Percentile £213 £205 £190
25th Percentile £400 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 77 193
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.58 £15.04
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £42.31 £28.41 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.94% -43.18% +53.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £69.62
90th Percentile £89.74 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.96 £55.00
% change year-on-year +69.92% -49.17% +69.23%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -15 138 £500 -9.09% 81
Midlands +29 116 £415 -10.27% 35
London -101 109 £548 +9.50% 43
North of England -31 95 £425 - 51
West Midlands +27 94 £400 -27.40% 22
North West -11 65 £447 +5.12% 21
South West -46 58 £550 - 47
Yorkshire -19 42 £380 -15.56% 23
East of England +5 32 £475 +47.29% 16
East Midlands -8 22 £449 +41.26% 12
North East -13 2 £513 +57.69% 10
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 33 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.35%) Confluence
4 12 (2.23%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.30%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.93%) IIS
6 5 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.37%) CICS
8 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (2.79%) MS Visio
2 13 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 163 (30.35%) Azure
2 134 (24.95%) AWS
3 52 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (8.94%) GCP
5 35 (6.52%) OpenShift
6 31 (5.77%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.66%) IaaS
8 22 (4.10%) GitHub
9 20 (3.72%) SaaS
10 17 (3.17%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.79%) PaaS
12 14 (2.61%) Datadog
13 8 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
16 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
16 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 170 (31.66%) DNS
2 130 (24.21%) Firewall
3 79 (14.71%) DHCP
4 60 (11.17%) TCP/IP
5 51 (9.50%) VPN
6 42 (7.82%) VLAN
7 39 (7.26%) Network Security
8 36 (6.70%) SAN
9 35 (6.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (6.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 32 (5.96%) VSAN
12 27 (5.03%) WAN
13 26 (4.84%) LAN
14 21 (3.91%) DMZ
15 20 (3.72%) BGP
15 20 (3.72%) BIG-IP
16 19 (3.54%) SSL
16 19 (3.54%) Wireless
17 18 (3.35%) NAS
18 17 (3.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.28%) Jenkins
2 21 (3.91%) Git
3 18 (3.35%) JIRA
4 14 (2.61%) GitLab
5 12 (2.23%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.49%) PVCS
7 8 (1.49%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.30%) JMeter
8 7 (1.30%) JUnit
9 5 (0.93%) Subversion
10 4 (0.74%) RStudio
10 4 (0.74%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.37%) Postman
13 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 144 (26.82%) Social Skills
2 66 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.19%) Banking
4 44 (8.19%) Finance
5 28 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (4.66%) Investment Banking
7 12 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.86%) Legal
8 10 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.49%) Electronics
10 6 (1.12%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.74%) Law
12 4 (0.74%) Military
12 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.74%) Police
12 4 (0.74%) Social Science
13 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 83 (15.46%) Architect
3 48 (8.94%) Analyst
4 33 (6.15%) Network Engineer
5 30 (5.59%) Senior
5 30 (5.59%) Support Engineer
6 28 (5.21%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 27 (5.03%) VMware Engineer
8 26 (4.84%) Infrastructure Architect
8 26 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (4.66%) Consultant
10 16 (2.98%) Storage Analyst
10 16 (2.98%) Storage Engineer
11 15 (2.79%) Administrator
11 15 (2.79%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (2.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 15 (2.79%) Lead
11 15 (2.79%) VMware Consultant
12 14 (2.61%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (2.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.61%) Flash
2 9 (1.68%) REST
3 8 (1.49%) Kafka
3 8 (1.49%) SAML
4 7 (1.30%) LDAP
4 7 (1.30%) Loki
4 7 (1.30%) Spring
5 6 (1.12%) Hibernate
6 5 (0.93%) Middleware
7 4 (0.74%) OAuth
7 4 (0.74%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.74%) OpenID
8 3 (0.56%) .NET
8 3 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.56%) Swagger
9 2 (0.37%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.19%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.19%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.10%) Data Centre
2 52 (9.68%) Replication
3 39 (7.26%) PKI
4 35 (6.52%) Management Information System
5 31 (5.77%) Cloud Native
6 29 (5.40%) Linux Command Line
7 26 (4.84%) Private Cloud
8 25 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (3.17%) Clustering
10 15 (2.79%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.86%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.49%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.49%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.12%) SCADA
16 5 (0.93%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 224 (41.71%) Windows
2 191 (35.57%) Linux
3 128 (23.84%) Windows Server
4 43 (8.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (6.33%) Windows 10
6 18 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.23%) VMS
10 11 (2.05%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.86%) Solaris
12 8 (1.49%) Ubuntu
12 8 (1.49%) Unix
13 7 (1.30%) CentOS
14 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.56%) AIX
17 2 (0.37%) CatOS
17 2 (0.37%) zOS
18 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (21.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (14.90%) Agile
4 70 (13.04%) CI/CD
5 68 (12.66%) Migration
6 67 (12.48%) ITIL
7 62 (11.55%) DevOps
7 62 (11.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 59 (10.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (10.61%) Load Balancing
10 46 (8.57%) Containerisation
11 45 (8.38%) High Availability
12 41 (7.64%) Platform Engineering
13 38 (7.08%) Business Strategy
13 38 (7.08%) Data Protection
14 37 (6.89%) Service Management
15 35 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (6.33%) Project Delivery
17 30 (5.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (5.59%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 131 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 102 (18.99%) Python
3 76 (14.15%) Bash
4 30 (5.59%) SQL
5 16 (2.98%) Java
5 16 (2.98%) Perl
6 10 (1.86%) C
6 10 (1.86%) C++
7 9 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.30%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.30%) Embedded C++
9 5 (0.93%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.74%) C#
10 4 (0.74%) Go
11 3 (0.56%) Bicep
12 1 (0.19%) Korn
12 1 (0.19%) Rust
12 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 205 (38.18%) Security Cleared
2 140 (26.07%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.55%) DV Cleared
4 39 (7.26%) Degree
4 39 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (6.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 31 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.28%) CCNP
9 16 (2.98%) AWS Certification
10 15 (2.79%) MCSE
11 12 (2.23%) CCIE
11 12 (2.23%) CCNA
11 12 (2.23%) VCAP
12 11 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (2.05%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.49%) JNCIE
14 8 (1.49%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.49%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.28%) GDPR
2 15 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.68%) SLA
4 7 (1.30%) NIST
4 7 (1.30%) QA
5 6 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.74%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 154 (28.68%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.81%) vSphere
3 89 (16.57%) Hyper-V
4 69 (12.85%) VMware NSX
5 66 (12.29%) VMware ESXi
6 51 (9.50%) Docker
7 41 (7.64%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (4.66%) NFS
9 21 (3.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (2.79%) Firmware
10 15 (2.79%) KVM
11 14 (2.61%) GPFS
12 9 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.12%) Dovecot
13 6 (1.12%) Postfix
14 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.74%) Veritas File System
15 4 (0.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
15 4 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 94 (17.50%) Ansible
2 76 (14.15%) Terraform
3 60 (11.17%) vCenter Server
4 58 (10.80%) Kubernetes
5 55 (10.24%) SCCM
6 45 (8.38%) vRealize
7 42 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (3.54%) VxRail
9 17 (3.17%) Grafana
10 16 (2.98%) Argo
11 14 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (2.61%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (2.23%) WSUS
14 11 (2.05%) Progress Chef
14 11 (2.05%) Puppet
15 10 (1.86%) FortiGate
16 9 (1.68%) SCOM
17 8 (1.49%) Red Hat Satellite
18 7 (1.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 537 (100.00%) VMware
2 158 (29.42%) Microsoft
3 125 (23.28%) Cisco
4 63 (11.73%) F5
5 55 (10.24%) Red Hat
6 54 (10.06%) Citrix
7 41 (7.64%) SolarWinds
8 40 (7.45%) NetApp
9 38 (7.08%) IBM
10 36 (6.70%) Veeam
11 34 (6.33%) Oracle
12 32 (5.96%) Dell
13 28 (5.21%) ServiceNow
14 26 (4.84%) Palo Alto
15 23 (4.28%) Broadcom
16 16 (2.98%) Google
17 15 (2.79%) HP
17 15 (2.79%) Juniper
18 14 (2.61%) Commvault
18 14 (2.61%) McAfee