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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 176 114
Rank change year-on-year +11 -62 -25
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 809 456 683
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.63% 2.12%
As % of the System Software category 17.39% 13.19% 18.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 304 407
10th Percentile £315 £279 £318
25th Percentile £425 £425 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £707 £650 £664
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 3 8
10th Percentile £25.89 £24.40 £23.38
25th Percentile £33.70 £26.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.75 £30.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% +0.06% -54.56%
75th Percentile £89.94 £48.63 £65.50
90th Percentile £96.93 £59.80 £112.00
UK median hourly rate £67.75 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +125.83% +26.05% -63.93%

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 4,652 3,456 3,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.99% 12.37% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,021 2,222 2,463
10th Percentile £218 £213 £220
25th Percentile £387 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.86% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 103 91
10th Percentile £17.73 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.50 £18.67
Median hourly rate £65.00 £34.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.41% +25.45% -40.22%
75th Percentile £74.83 £80.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £89.93 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £62.82 £34.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +84.76% +23.64% -42.50%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -2 204 £538 -0.19% 139
London -7 197 £533 +6.50% 203
North of England +16 179 £479 +12.71% 86
Midlands -21 92 £450 -18.18% 71
Yorkshire -2 82 £525 +27.27% 27
North West -1 81 £450 +2.86% 47
South West -25 77 £638 +14.86% 61
West Midlands -13 69 £450 -21.40% 49
East of England +2 62 £600 +9.09% 44
East Midlands -9 23 £438 -10.71% 22
North East -21 17 £400 - 13
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 43 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.98%) Confluence
3 16 (1.98%) IIS
4 14 (1.73%) CMS
5 9 (1.11%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.87%) JBoss
7 5 (0.62%) nginx
7 5 (0.62%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.49%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.49%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.37%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.25%) Houdini
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.25%) NUKE
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 224 (27.69%) Azure
2 119 (14.71%) AWS
3 83 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (7.91%) Entra ID
5 44 (5.44%) OpenShift
6 34 (4.20%) GCP
7 28 (3.46%) GitHub
8 25 (3.09%) IaaS
9 18 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (1.85%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.61%) PaaS
12 13 (1.61%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.61%) Rubrik
13 12 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (1.48%) Nutanix
13 12 (1.48%) SaaS
14 8 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (0.99%) Cohesity
15 7 (0.87%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 264 (32.63%) DNS
2 170 (21.01%) Firewall
3 168 (20.77%) DHCP
4 96 (11.87%) TCP/IP
5 71 (8.78%) VSAN
6 67 (8.28%) SAN
7 66 (8.16%) VPN
8 61 (7.54%) VLAN
9 55 (6.80%) Network Security
9 55 (6.80%) WAN
10 50 (6.18%) LAN
11 38 (4.70%) NAS
12 36 (4.45%) SSL
13 30 (3.71%) BGP
14 29 (3.58%) HTTP
15 26 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (3.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 21 (2.60%) Wireshark
18 20 (2.47%) BIG-IP
18 20 (2.47%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.61%) Power BI
4 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.11%) Big Data
5 9 (1.11%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.74%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.25%) GIS
11 1 (0.12%) DataStage
11 1 (0.12%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.12%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.12%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (4.33%) JIRA
2 24 (2.97%) Git
3 23 (2.84%) GitLab
4 20 (2.47%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.36%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.49%) CppUnit
7 4 (0.49%) PVCS
8 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.25%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.25%) MSI
9 2 (0.25%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 187 (23.11%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.75%) Finance
3 85 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (3.96%) Public Sector
5 31 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (3.34%) Banking
7 23 (2.84%) Legal
8 18 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.36%) Investment Banking
10 10 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.99%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.99%) Law
11 8 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.87%) Back Office
12 7 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.74%) Police
13 6 (0.74%) Retail
14 5 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 202 (24.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 112 (13.84%) Senior
3 80 (9.89%) VMware Engineer
4 63 (7.79%) Architect
5 55 (6.80%) Network Engineer
6 53 (6.55%) Support Engineer
7 50 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 45 (5.56%) Lead
9 43 (5.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (4.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 36 (4.45%) Storage Engineer
12 35 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
13 30 (3.71%) Administrator
14 29 (3.58%) Consultant
15 24 (2.97%) Server Engineer
16 23 (2.84%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.84%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 23 (2.84%) Wintel Engineer
17 22 (2.72%) Systems Engineer
17 22 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (14.34%) Terraform
2 26 (3.21%) REST
3 21 (2.60%) JSON
4 17 (2.10%) Kafka
5 13 (1.61%) XMPP
6 12 (1.48%) 802.1X
6 12 (1.48%) YAML
7 11 (1.36%) LDAP
8 8 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.87%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.74%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.74%) Middleware
11 5 (0.62%) .NET
12 4 (0.49%) Flash
12 4 (0.49%) Redfish
13 3 (0.37%) Java SE
13 3 (0.37%) XML
14 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
14 2 (0.25%) EJB
14 2 (0.25%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 141 (17.43%) Data Centre
2 67 (8.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 67 (8.28%) PKI
3 49 (6.06%) Enterprise Storage
4 42 (5.19%) Clustering
5 35 (4.33%) Private Cloud
6 34 (4.20%) Replication
7 29 (3.58%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.46%) Onboarding
9 26 (3.21%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.47%) Cloud Native
11 19 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
12 18 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.85%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.73%) Product Ownership
17 13 (1.61%) SCADA
18 11 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
19 9 (1.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 449 (55.50%) Windows
2 305 (37.70%) Windows Server
3 205 (25.34%) Linux
4 45 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 44 (5.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (3.09%) Windows 10
7 21 (2.60%) Unix
7 21 (2.60%) VMS
8 18 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.48%) Ubuntu
10 12 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (1.36%) Data ONTAP
12 9 (1.11%) Solaris
13 8 (0.99%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.87%) CentOS
15 6 (0.74%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.62%) AIX
17 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
18 3 (0.37%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (34.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 167 (20.64%) ITIL
3 158 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (19.04%) Migration
5 144 (17.80%) Infrastructure as Code
6 120 (14.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 116 (14.34%) Technical Leadership
8 99 (12.24%) Change Management
8 99 (12.24%) CI/CD
9 85 (10.51%) High Availability
9 85 (10.51%) ITSM
10 83 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
11 82 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 81 (10.01%) Platform Engineering
13 80 (9.89%) Agile
14 79 (9.77%) Project Delivery
15 77 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
16 73 (9.02%) Service Management
16 73 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 66 (8.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 195 (24.10%) PowerShell
2 111 (13.72%) Python
3 69 (8.53%) Bash
4 48 (5.93%) SQL
5 18 (2.22%) Java
6 9 (1.11%) Bicep
6 9 (1.11%) C
7 4 (0.49%) C++
7 4 (0.49%) Go
7 4 (0.49%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.37%) Korn
8 3 (0.37%) Lua
8 3 (0.37%) VB
9 2 (0.25%) VBScript
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
10 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 406 (50.19%) Security Cleared
2 234 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 195 (24.10%) DV Cleared
4 62 (7.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (7.05%) Degree
6 47 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (5.07%) VCAP
8 35 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.21%) CCNP
10 25 (3.09%) Azure Certification
11 20 (2.47%) MCSE
12 19 (2.35%) CCNA
13 17 (2.10%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.98%) MCSA
15 12 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.99%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.99%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.60%) SLA
2 19 (2.35%) QA
3 17 (2.10%) NIST
4 13 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.36%) NCSC
6 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.49%) GxP
7 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.37%) GRC
9 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.25%) GDPR
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 298 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 201 (24.85%) vSphere
3 196 (24.23%) VMware ESXi
4 182 (22.50%) Hyper-V
5 125 (15.45%) VMware NSX
6 84 (10.38%) Virtual Machines
7 53 (6.55%) Docker
8 42 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (3.83%) Firmware
10 21 (2.60%) NFS
11 20 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (1.73%) KVM
13 13 (1.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 10 (1.24%) XenApp
15 9 (1.11%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.87%) oVirt
16 7 (0.87%) vCloud
17 6 (0.74%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 138 (17.06%) vCenter Server
2 135 (16.69%) Ansible
3 124 (15.33%) Kubernetes
4 57 (7.05%) SCCM
4 57 (7.05%) SCOM
5 45 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (4.45%) VxRail
7 21 (2.60%) vRealize
8 19 (2.35%) Prometheus
9 18 (2.22%) Grafana
10 17 (2.10%) Cisco CUCM
10 17 (2.10%) Puppet
11 13 (1.61%) Avamar
11 13 (1.61%) NetBackup
11 13 (1.61%) PowerCLI
12 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Clustering
12 12 (1.48%) vMotion
12 12 (1.48%) WSUS
13 11 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
13 11 (1.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 809 (100.00%) VMware
2 256 (31.64%) Microsoft
3 150 (18.54%) Cisco
4 63 (7.79%) Citrix
5 58 (7.17%) NetApp
6 54 (6.67%) Red Hat
7 52 (6.43%) Dell
8 42 (5.19%) SolarWinds
9 41 (5.07%) ServiceNow
10 36 (4.45%) Veeam
11 35 (4.33%) F5
12 28 (3.46%) Juniper
12 28 (3.46%) Oracle
12 28 (3.46%) Palo Alto
13 25 (3.09%) Fortinet
14 21 (2.60%) Remedy
15 20 (2.47%) Broadcom
16 18 (2.22%) McAfee
17 17 (2.10%) Commvault
17 17 (2.10%) IBM