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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 123 98
Rank change year-on-year -31 -25 +20
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 568 572 868
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.16% 2.28%
As % of the System Software category 13.89% 17.65% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 364 545
10th Percentile £300 £263 £275
25th Percentile £400 £392 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £576 £623 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £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 64
10th Percentile £33.93 £54.50 £22.08
25th Percentile £67.21 £61.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +47.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.32
90th Percentile £77.13 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -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 4,090 3,241 4,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.43% 12.23% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,788 2,094 3,139
10th Percentile £205 £200 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -8.02%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £600
90th Percentile £700 £729 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £493
% change year-on-year -2.49% +4.11% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 80 221
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.74 £21.03 £17.75
Median hourly rate £37.97 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.93% -27.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.23 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +36.39% -33.41% +25.66%

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 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 1 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 1 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 -14 143 £500 -9.09% 89
London -80 122 £540 +2.86% 65
Midlands +5 112 £400 -33.33% 37
North of England -38 101 £425 - 43
West Midlands +3 84 £325 -46.46% 27
South West -38 69 £550 -0.09% 38
North West -14 68 £438 - 18
Yorkshire -24 43 £375 -12.28% 24
East of England -2 31 £475 +8.57% 13
East Midlands -3 28 £447 -14.86% 10
North East -20 2 £513 +46.43% 4
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 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.99%) Confluence
4 11 (1.94%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.23%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.88%) IIS
6 5 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) CICS
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) Traefik
Applications
1 17 (2.99%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 175 (30.81%) Azure
2 141 (24.82%) AWS
3 54 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (8.10%) GCP
5 40 (7.04%) OpenShift
6 38 (6.69%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.23%) IaaS
7 24 (4.23%) Nutanix
8 18 (3.17%) GitHub
9 15 (2.64%) PaaS
10 14 (2.46%) Datadog
11 8 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.88%) SaaS
14 4 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.70%) AWS Direct Connect
14 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 168 (29.58%) DNS
2 138 (24.30%) Firewall
3 87 (15.32%) DHCP
4 55 (9.68%) TCP/IP
4 55 (9.68%) VPN
5 44 (7.75%) Network Security
6 42 (7.39%) SAN
7 39 (6.87%) VLAN
8 34 (5.99%) VSAN
9 32 (5.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 30 (5.28%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 30 (5.28%) WAN
11 29 (5.11%) LAN
12 24 (4.23%) BGP
12 24 (4.23%) BIG-IP
13 23 (4.05%) NAS
14 22 (3.87%) SSL
15 20 (3.52%) HTTP
15 20 (3.52%) Wireless
16 19 (3.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.35%) Redis
5 1 (0.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (3.87%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.17%) Git
3 17 (2.99%) JIRA
4 15 (2.64%) GitLab
5 13 (2.29%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.41%) PVCS
7 8 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.23%) JMeter
8 7 (1.23%) JUnit
9 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.70%) RStudio
9 4 (0.70%) Subversion
10 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) GoCD
11 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 138 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 73 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.56%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.27%) Finance
5 43 (7.57%) Banking
6 32 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (4.23%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.11%) Legal
9 10 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.41%) Electronics
11 7 (1.23%) Police
12 6 (1.06%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.88%) Local Government
13 5 (0.88%) Military
14 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 105 (18.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (13.38%) Architect
3 55 (9.68%) Analyst
4 34 (5.99%) Network Engineer
5 30 (5.28%) Senior
5 30 (5.28%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 28 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (4.93%) VMware Engineer
8 25 (4.40%) Infrastructure Architect
9 22 (3.87%) Consultant
10 19 (3.35%) Storage Analyst
11 18 (3.17%) Lead
12 17 (2.99%) Wintel Engineer
13 16 (2.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (2.82%) VMware Consultant
13 16 (2.82%) Windows Engineer
14 15 (2.64%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (2.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 14 (2.46%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.99%) Flash
2 14 (2.46%) LDAP
3 10 (1.76%) SAML
4 9 (1.58%) REST
5 8 (1.41%) Kafka
6 7 (1.23%) Loki
6 7 (1.23%) Spring
7 6 (1.06%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.70%) Middleware
8 4 (0.70%) OAuth
8 4 (0.70%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.70%) OpenID
9 3 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.53%) Swagger
10 2 (0.35%) .NET
10 2 (0.35%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.35%) RESTful
10 2 (0.35%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.15%) Data Centre
2 63 (11.09%) Replication
3 44 (7.75%) PKI
4 33 (5.81%) Cloud Native
5 32 (5.63%) Linux Command Line
5 32 (5.63%) Management Information System
6 29 (5.11%) Private Cloud
7 28 (4.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (3.17%) Clustering
9 17 (2.99%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.76%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Storage
12 9 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.58%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.41%) Hedge funds
14 7 (1.23%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 244 (42.96%) Windows
2 205 (36.09%) Linux
3 144 (25.35%) Windows Server
4 36 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (5.99%) Windows 10
6 23 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.29%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.29%) Ubuntu
9 13 (2.29%) VMS
10 8 (1.41%) Solaris
10 8 (1.41%) Unix
11 7 (1.23%) CentOS
12 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.70%) CatOS
13 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.53%) AIX
15 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (22.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 105 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (15.85%) Agile
4 86 (15.14%) Migration
5 72 (12.68%) CI/CD
5 72 (12.68%) ITIL
6 69 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 65 (11.44%) DevOps
8 61 (10.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 58 (10.21%) Load Balancing
10 52 (9.15%) High Availability
11 50 (8.80%) Containerisation
12 45 (7.92%) Data Protection
12 45 (7.92%) Platform Engineering
13 40 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (6.69%) Service Management
15 35 (6.16%) Zero Trust
16 34 (5.99%) Business Continuity
16 34 (5.99%) Network Virtualisation
16 34 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (24.65%) PowerShell
2 106 (18.66%) Python
3 76 (13.38%) Bash
4 27 (4.75%) SQL
5 15 (2.64%) Perl
6 14 (2.46%) Java
7 12 (2.11%) C
8 10 (1.76%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.58%) C++
10 7 (1.23%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.23%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.70%) Bicep
11 4 (0.70%) C#
11 4 (0.70%) Go
11 4 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.53%) PHP
13 2 (0.35%) Korn
14 1 (0.18%) Rust
14 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 225 (39.61%) Security Cleared
2 151 (26.58%) SC Cleared
3 72 (12.68%) DV Cleared
4 42 (7.39%) Degree
5 41 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (7.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 30 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (4.75%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.05%) CCNP
10 17 (2.99%) MCSE
11 16 (2.82%) VCAP
12 15 (2.64%) AWS Certification
13 12 (2.11%) CCNA
13 12 (2.11%) MCSA
14 11 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.94%) CCIE
14 11 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.94%) Server+ Certification
15 7 (1.23%) JNCIE
15 7 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.52%) GDPR
1 20 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.11%) NIST
3 9 (1.58%) SLA
4 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.06%) QA
6 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.70%) NCSC
8 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) COBIT
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 166 (29.23%) Active Directory
2 119 (20.95%) vSphere
3 90 (15.85%) Hyper-V
4 82 (14.44%) VMware NSX
5 79 (13.91%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (9.51%) Docker
7 51 (8.98%) Virtual Machines
8 32 (5.63%) NFS
9 23 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (3.17%) Firmware
10 18 (3.17%) KVM
11 17 (2.99%) GPFS
12 7 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.70%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.70%) vCloud
14 4 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.53%) Veritas File System
15 3 (0.53%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 94 (16.55%) Ansible
2 73 (12.85%) Terraform
3 70 (12.32%) vCenter Server
4 62 (10.92%) Kubernetes
5 59 (10.39%) SCCM
6 51 (8.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 49 (8.63%) vRealize
8 22 (3.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (3.35%) Grafana
10 18 (3.17%) VxRail
11 17 (2.99%) Argo
12 16 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (2.46%) Prometheus
13 14 (2.46%) SCOM
14 12 (2.11%) WSUS
15 11 (1.94%) Progress Chef
16 10 (1.76%) FortiGate
16 10 (1.76%) vMotion
17 8 (1.41%) Puppet
18 7 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 568 (100.00%) VMware
2 164 (28.87%) Microsoft
3 138 (24.30%) Cisco
4 63 (11.09%) F5
5 58 (10.21%) Citrix
6 50 (8.80%) Red Hat
7 40 (7.04%) IBM
7 40 (7.04%) SolarWinds
8 37 (6.51%) Dell
9 36 (6.34%) NetApp
10 35 (6.16%) Oracle
11 34 (5.99%) Veeam
12 32 (5.63%) ServiceNow
13 27 (4.75%) Palo Alto
14 19 (3.35%) Commvault
15 18 (3.17%) Pure Storage
16 15 (2.64%) Google
16 15 (2.64%) HP
16 15 (2.64%) McAfee
17 14 (2.46%) Juniper