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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 161 104
Rank change year-on-year -4 -57 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 731 463 764
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.68% 2.29%
As % of the System Software category 15.96% 13.96% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 309 494
10th Percentile £325 £350 £315
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £603 £595
90th Percentile £659 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -6.36% +5.77% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 2 8
10th Percentile £25.90 £28.20 £23.38
25th Percentile £33.70 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -50.03%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £72.94
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £29.98
% change year-on-year +117.71% -3.28% -52.41%

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 4,581 3,316 3,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.04% 12.02% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,015 2,168 2,695
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £385 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 88 132
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.14 £14.06
25th Percentile £28.00 £22.88 £15.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +54.84% +62.82% -40.50%
75th Percentile £74.26 £80.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £32.77 £23.80
% change year-on-year +60.21% +37.69% -52.40%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +3 223 £538 -6.52% 78
London -16 178 £525 - 92
North of England -15 137 £484 +13.88% 60
Midlands -23 88 £450 -18.18% 20
South West -45 71 £575 - 36
North West -1 69 £482 +37.57% 38
West Midlands -33 68 £450 -20.84% 12
Yorkshire -21 65 £500 +11.48% 12
East of England -19 38 £500 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -7 20 £450 -18.18% 8
North East -41 3 £500 -20.00% 12
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 40 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.50%) Confluence
4 10 (1.37%) IIS
5 8 (1.09%) nginx
5 8 (1.09%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.55%) Apache
6 4 (0.55%) FactoryTalk
6 4 (0.55%) JBoss
7 3 (0.41%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) CICS
8 2 (0.27%) CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.27%) Houdini
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.27%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 12 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 204 (27.91%) Azure
2 134 (18.33%) AWS
3 57 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.43%) Entra ID
5 40 (5.47%) OpenShift
6 33 (4.51%) GCP
7 26 (3.56%) GitHub
8 25 (3.42%) IaaS
9 16 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (2.19%) PaaS
10 14 (1.92%) Power Platform
11 13 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (1.78%) Rubrik
11 13 (1.78%) SaaS
12 11 (1.50%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.37%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (1.09%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 235 (32.15%) DNS
2 168 (22.98%) Firewall
3 145 (19.84%) DHCP
4 87 (11.90%) TCP/IP
4 87 (11.90%) VSAN
5 72 (9.85%) VPN
6 66 (9.03%) SAN
7 57 (7.80%) WAN
8 55 (7.52%) VLAN
9 53 (7.25%) Network Security
10 44 (6.02%) SSL
11 41 (5.61%) LAN
12 38 (5.20%) NAS
13 31 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 29 (3.97%) BGP
15 27 (3.69%) HTTP
16 26 (3.56%) BIG-IP
16 26 (3.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 26 (3.56%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.87%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (1.78%) Power BI
2 13 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (1.23%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 9 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.82%) Big Data
5 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.41%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.27%) DataStage
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.27%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) GIS
9 1 (0.14%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 32 (4.38%) JIRA
2 27 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.33%) Git
4 16 (2.19%) Fiddler
5 15 (2.05%) GitLab
6 5 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.41%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.27%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.27%) MSI
9 2 (0.27%) PVCS
9 2 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 164 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 72 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (8.34%) Finance
4 47 (6.43%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.79%) Banking
6 21 (2.87%) Legal
7 20 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.33%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.92%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.64%) Military
11 8 (1.09%) Retail
12 7 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.82%) Law
14 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.68%) Police
15 4 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.55%) Games
16 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (24.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (13.41%) Senior
3 72 (9.85%) Network Engineer
3 72 (9.85%) VMware Engineer
4 60 (8.21%) Architect
5 46 (6.29%) Support Engineer
6 38 (5.20%) Lead
7 35 (4.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 34 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (4.38%) Storage Engineer
10 31 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (3.97%) Consultant
11 29 (3.97%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 24 (3.28%) Administrator
12 24 (3.28%) Virtualisation Engineer
13 23 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
14 22 (3.01%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.01%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.87%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.64%) REST
2 11 (1.50%) Flash
3 10 (1.37%) 802.1X
4 9 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.96%) LDAP
5 7 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
6 6 (0.82%) Middleware
7 5 (0.68%) .NET
7 5 (0.68%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.68%) JSON
7 5 (0.68%) YAML
8 4 (0.55%) Redfish
9 3 (0.41%) Kafka
9 3 (0.41%) SAML
10 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.27%) Java SE
10 2 (0.27%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.27%) Qt
10 2 (0.27%) Unreal Engine
10 2 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (15.18%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (9.03%) PKI
4 46 (6.29%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (6.16%) Clustering
6 42 (5.75%) Replication
7 30 (4.10%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.83%) Public Cloud
9 21 (2.87%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.19%) Private Cloud
12 15 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.50%) SCADA
15 10 (1.37%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.23%) Product Ownership
17 8 (1.09%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 384 (52.53%) Windows
2 246 (33.65%) Windows Server
3 214 (29.27%) Linux
4 47 (6.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 43 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (3.69%) VMS
7 24 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (2.19%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.19%) Windows 10
9 15 (2.05%) Data ONTAP
9 15 (2.05%) Unix
10 14 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.37%) Solaris
12 7 (0.96%) CentOS
13 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.68%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.55%) SUSE
15 4 (0.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (32.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 145 (19.84%) Migration
3 135 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (15.46%) High Availability
5 108 (14.77%) ITIL
6 107 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 97 (13.27%) Disaster Recovery
8 91 (12.45%) CI/CD
9 81 (11.08%) Technical Leadership
10 77 (10.53%) Network Virtualisation
11 73 (9.99%) Agile
12 72 (9.85%) Change Management
13 70 (9.58%) DevOps
14 66 (9.03%) ITSM
15 60 (8.21%) Load Balancing
16 59 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 56 (7.66%) Capacity Planning
19 53 (7.25%) Platform Engineering
19 53 (7.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 181 (24.76%) PowerShell
2 109 (14.91%) Python
3 76 (10.40%) Bash
4 47 (6.43%) SQL
5 16 (2.19%) Java
6 8 (1.09%) Bicep
7 7 (0.96%) C
7 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.55%) Go
9 4 (0.55%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.41%) Lua
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) COBOL
11 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.27%) Korn
11 2 (0.27%) VBScript
12 1 (0.14%) C#
12 1 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 364 (49.79%) Security Cleared
2 208 (28.45%) SC Cleared
3 181 (24.76%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (6.84%) Degree
6 40 (5.47%) VCAP
7 39 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.56%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.74%) MCSE
11 19 (2.60%) CCNP
12 18 (2.46%) CCNA
13 16 (2.19%) MCSA
14 15 (2.05%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
17 7 (0.96%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.96%) OCP
17 7 (0.96%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.15%) SLA
2 20 (2.74%) NIST
3 17 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.92%) QA
6 13 (1.78%) NCSC
7 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.55%) GxP
9 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.27%) GDPR
10 2 (0.27%) ISA99
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 241 (32.97%) Active Directory
2 189 (25.85%) VMware ESXi
3 179 (24.49%) vSphere
4 150 (20.52%) VMware NSX
5 148 (20.25%) Hyper-V
6 87 (11.90%) Virtual Machines
7 54 (7.39%) Docker
8 35 (4.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (4.24%) Firmware
10 20 (2.74%) NFS
11 19 (2.60%) KVM
12 11 (1.50%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (1.09%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.96%) GPFS
14 7 (0.96%) vCloud
14 7 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.68%) SRDF
17 4 (0.55%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 150 (20.52%) Ansible
2 147 (20.11%) vCenter Server
3 111 (15.18%) Terraform
4 98 (13.41%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.29%) SCOM
6 39 (5.34%) SCCM
7 33 (4.51%) VxRail
8 31 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.24%) vRealize
9 25 (3.42%) Grafana
10 20 (2.74%) Puppet
11 19 (2.60%) Prometheus
12 18 (2.46%) NetBackup
13 16 (2.19%) Argo
13 16 (2.19%) PowerCLI
13 16 (2.19%) vMotion
13 16 (2.19%) WSUS
14 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Clustering
15 13 (1.78%) Avamar
16 10 (1.37%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 731 (100.00%) VMware
2 207 (28.32%) Microsoft
3 137 (18.74%) Cisco
4 56 (7.66%) NetApp
5 51 (6.98%) Citrix
6 47 (6.43%) Red Hat
7 43 (5.88%) Dell
8 42 (5.75%) F5
9 34 (4.65%) Juniper
9 34 (4.65%) Palo Alto
9 34 (4.65%) ServiceNow
9 34 (4.65%) SolarWinds
10 33 (4.51%) Oracle
11 29 (3.97%) Veeam
12 23 (3.15%) Broadcom
13 20 (2.74%) IBM
14 19 (2.60%) Fortinet
14 19 (2.60%) McAfee
15 18 (2.46%) CheckPoint
15 18 (2.46%) Pure Storage
293 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England