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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 124 108
Rank change year-on-year -43 -16 +7
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 581 563 807
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 2.17% 2.14%
As % of the System Software category 13.87% 17.30% 18.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 372 505
10th Percentile £302 £263 £300
25th Percentile £403 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £654 £684 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 60
10th Percentile £33.93 £74.40 £22.08
25th Percentile £67.70 £88.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £112.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +86.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £71.07 - £76.53
90th Percentile £77.13 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 4,190 3,255 4,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.03% 12.54% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,853 2,148 2,975
10th Percentile £205 £203 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £695 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £480
% change year-on-year -2.91% +7.29% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 80 221
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.43 £14.06
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.03 £17.22
Median hourly rate £31.86 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.86% -27.50% +1.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £80.40 £82.88 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £29.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +17.24% -33.71% +9.38%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -7 147 £500 -9.09% 88
London -91 133 £540 +2.86% 60
Midlands +7 116 £402 -27.04% 35
North of England -40 106 £441 +3.82% 58
West Midlands -1 88 £340 -43.99% 26
North West -15 68 £445 +4.71% 30
South West -42 64 £550 -4.35% 43
Yorkshire -32 47 £425 -5.56% 26
East of England -7 30 £475 +1.82% 23
East Midlands -9 28 £447 -14.86% 8
North East -20 2 £513 +46.43% 5
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 36 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.93%) Confluence
4 9 (1.55%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.20%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.34%) CICS
7 2 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) nginx
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.93%) MS Visio
2 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 174 (29.95%) Azure
2 136 (23.41%) AWS
3 56 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.09%) OpenShift
5 42 (7.23%) GCP
6 40 (6.88%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.13%) IaaS
7 24 (4.13%) Nutanix
8 21 (3.61%) GitHub
9 16 (2.75%) PaaS
10 13 (2.24%) Datadog
11 8 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.69%) SaaS
14 4 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 174 (29.95%) DNS
2 139 (23.92%) Firewall
3 86 (14.80%) DHCP
4 57 (9.81%) VPN
5 56 (9.64%) TCP/IP
6 46 (7.92%) SAN
7 44 (7.57%) Network Security
8 39 (6.71%) VLAN
9 34 (5.85%) VSAN
10 32 (5.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 30 (5.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 30 (5.16%) LAN
11 30 (5.16%) WAN
12 28 (4.82%) NAS
13 27 (4.65%) BGP
13 27 (4.65%) BIG-IP
14 25 (4.30%) SSL
15 24 (4.13%) HTTP
16 23 (3.96%) Wireshark
17 18 (3.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.34%) DataStage
5 2 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.93%) Git
3 16 (2.75%) Fiddler
3 16 (2.75%) JIRA
4 12 (2.07%) GitLab
5 11 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.38%) PVCS
6 8 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.20%) JMeter
7 7 (1.20%) JUnit
8 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.69%) RStudio
9 3 (0.52%) Subversion
10 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.17%) GoCD
11 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 141 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (10.50%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.78%) Finance
5 44 (7.57%) Banking
6 30 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (4.48%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.93%) Legal
9 14 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.72%) Military
10 10 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.38%) Electronics
12 7 (1.20%) Police
13 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.86%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.86%) Local Government
15 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 104 (17.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (13.94%) Architect
3 55 (9.47%) Analyst
4 42 (7.23%) Network Engineer
5 31 (5.34%) Support Engineer
6 30 (5.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 30 (5.16%) Platform Engineer
6 30 (5.16%) Senior
6 30 (5.16%) VMware Engineer
7 25 (4.30%) Consultant
7 25 (4.30%) Infrastructure Architect
8 22 (3.79%) Lead
9 19 (3.27%) Storage Analyst
10 18 (3.10%) VMware Consultant
11 17 (2.93%) Web Engineer
11 17 (2.93%) Wintel Engineer
12 16 (2.75%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 16 (2.75%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (2.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 15 (2.58%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.10%) Flash
2 14 (2.41%) LDAP
3 10 (1.72%) SAML
4 8 (1.38%) Kafka
5 7 (1.20%) Loki
5 7 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.20%) REST
5 7 (1.20%) Spring
6 6 (1.03%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.86%) Middleware
7 5 (0.86%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.69%) OAuth
8 4 (0.69%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.69%) OpenID
9 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.17%) React
10 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.02%) Data Centre
2 59 (10.15%) Replication
3 44 (7.57%) PKI
4 36 (6.20%) Cloud Native
5 34 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (5.34%) Management Information System
7 30 (5.16%) Linux Command Line
8 23 (3.96%) Private Cloud
9 17 (2.93%) Clustering
10 15 (2.58%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.72%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.72%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.55%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.20%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.20%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 248 (42.69%) Windows
2 210 (36.14%) Linux
3 150 (25.82%) Windows Server
4 39 (6.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (5.16%) Windows 10
6 22 (3.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (2.58%) Mac OS
9 15 (2.58%) VMS
10 13 (2.24%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.72%) Unix
12 9 (1.55%) Solaris
13 6 (1.03%) CentOS
14 5 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.69%) AIX
15 4 (0.69%) CatOS
16 3 (0.52%) Data ONTAP
17 2 (0.34%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (22.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 107 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (17.21%) Migration
4 85 (14.63%) Agile
5 75 (12.91%) Disaster Recovery
6 73 (12.56%) CI/CD
7 70 (12.05%) ITIL
8 68 (11.70%) DevOps
9 64 (11.02%) Load Balancing
10 61 (10.50%) High Availability
11 58 (9.98%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (8.95%) Containerisation
13 50 (8.61%) Platform Engineering
14 43 (7.40%) Data Protection
15 40 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (6.54%) Service Management
17 37 (6.37%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (5.85%) Stakeholder Management
18 34 (5.85%) Zero Trust
19 33 (5.68%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (22.72%) PowerShell
2 106 (18.24%) Python
3 74 (12.74%) Bash
4 17 (2.93%) SQL
5 14 (2.41%) Perl
6 11 (1.89%) C
7 8 (1.38%) C++
7 8 (1.38%) Java
8 7 (1.20%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.20%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.86%) Bicep
10 4 (0.69%) C#
10 4 (0.69%) PHP
10 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) COBOL
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
12 1 (0.17%) Go
12 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 229 (39.41%) Security Cleared
2 151 (25.99%) SC Cleared
3 72 (12.39%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.40%) Degree
5 42 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (6.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 29 (4.99%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.82%) Azure Certification
9 24 (4.13%) CCNP
10 17 (2.93%) MCSE
11 14 (2.41%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.41%) CCNA
11 14 (2.41%) VCAP
12 12 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (2.07%) MCSA
13 11 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (1.89%) Server+ Certification
14 10 (1.72%) CCIE
15 7 (1.20%) Master's Degree
16 6 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.10%) GDPR
3 16 (2.75%) NIST
4 9 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.20%) SLA
6 5 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.69%) QA
7 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.52%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) COBIT
10 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 172 (29.60%) Active Directory
2 130 (22.38%) vSphere
3 98 (16.87%) Hyper-V
4 87 (14.97%) VMware NSX
5 80 (13.77%) VMware ESXi
6 53 (9.12%) Virtual Machines
7 51 (8.78%) Docker
8 35 (6.02%) NFS
9 27 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
10 23 (3.96%) Firmware
11 19 (3.27%) KVM
12 16 (2.75%) GPFS
13 7 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.86%) BitLocker
14 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.69%) vCloud
16 3 (0.52%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.34%) Sendmail
17 2 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 97 (16.70%) Ansible
2 75 (12.91%) Terraform
3 69 (11.88%) vCenter Server
4 68 (11.70%) Kubernetes
5 58 (9.98%) SCCM
6 56 (9.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 46 (7.92%) vRealize
8 23 (3.96%) Grafana
9 22 (3.79%) Argo
10 21 (3.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (3.27%) VxRail
12 16 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (2.41%) SCOM
14 13 (2.24%) Prometheus
15 12 (2.07%) vMotion
16 11 (1.89%) FortiGate
16 11 (1.89%) Progress Chef
17 9 (1.55%) EMC VPLEX
17 9 (1.55%) PowerCLI
17 9 (1.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 581 (100.00%) VMware
2 171 (29.43%) Microsoft
3 136 (23.41%) Cisco
4 63 (10.84%) Citrix
5 59 (10.15%) F5
5 59 (10.15%) Red Hat
6 42 (7.23%) IBM
7 39 (6.71%) SolarWinds
8 38 (6.54%) Dell
9 36 (6.20%) NetApp
10 30 (5.16%) Oracle
10 30 (5.16%) ServiceNow
10 30 (5.16%) Veeam
11 28 (4.82%) Palo Alto
11 28 (4.82%) Pure Storage
12 23 (3.96%) Commvault
13 18 (3.10%) McAfee
14 17 (2.93%) Blue Coat
15 16 (2.75%) HP
15 16 (2.75%) Splunk