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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 118 113
Rank change year-on-year -44 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 587 568 780
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.29% 2.05%
As % of the System Software category 13.97% 17.60% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 385 491
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £404 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £595
90th Percentile £663 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £537 £500
% change year-on-year -6.80% +7.30% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 46
10th Percentile £22.00 £74.40 £22.04
25th Percentile £67.70 £88.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £112.00 £48.14
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +132.68% -25.95%
75th Percentile - - £75.94
90th Percentile £76.56 - £79.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.90% +60.91% -15.38%

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 4,203 3,227 4,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.61% 13.04% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,880 2,189 2,896
10th Percentile £205 £206 £188
25th Percentile £400 £390 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 80 215
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.32 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% +36.67% -41.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.30 £88.00 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year +36.39% -2.38% -21.25%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -1 153 £525 -6.87% 80
London -86 129 £550 +2.33% 40
North of England -41 115 £441 +3.65% 64
Midlands -9 114 £401 -27.22% 25
West Midlands -18 86 £340 -43.99% 21
North West -23 68 £441 +3.65% 35
South West -53 59 £550 -4.35% 42
Yorkshire -26 54 £425 -6.08% 27
East of England -13 31 £475 +1.82% 16
East Midlands -15 28 £447 -14.86% 4
North East -18 2 £513 +46.43% 3
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 38 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.56%) Confluence
4 6 (1.02%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.85%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.34%) CICS
7 2 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.34%) nginx
7 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (3.07%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 173 (29.47%) Azure
2 133 (22.66%) AWS
3 58 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (8.18%) OpenShift
5 46 (7.84%) GCP
6 45 (7.67%) Entra ID
7 27 (4.60%) IaaS
8 26 (4.43%) Nutanix
9 19 (3.24%) GitHub
10 17 (2.90%) PaaS
11 14 (2.39%) Datadog
12 8 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.02%) Rubrik
14 5 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.85%) Cohesity
14 5 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 164 (27.94%) DNS
2 141 (24.02%) Firewall
3 79 (13.46%) DHCP
4 61 (10.39%) VPN
5 53 (9.03%) SAN
6 49 (8.35%) TCP/IP
7 43 (7.33%) Network Security
8 41 (6.98%) VSAN
9 36 (6.13%) WAN
10 33 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 32 (5.45%) BIG-IP
11 32 (5.45%) LAN
12 31 (5.28%) SSL
13 30 (5.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 28 (4.77%) HTTP
14 28 (4.77%) NAS
14 28 (4.77%) VLAN
15 26 (4.43%) Wireshark
16 24 (4.09%) BGP
17 19 (3.24%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.51%) Redis
5 2 (0.34%) DataStage
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.34%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (5.11%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.07%) Fiddler
2 18 (3.07%) JIRA
3 15 (2.56%) Git
4 12 (2.04%) GitLab
5 9 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.36%) PVCS
6 8 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.19%) JMeter
7 7 (1.19%) JUnit
8 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.51%) RStudio
9 2 (0.34%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.34%) Subversion
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.17%) GoCD
10 1 (0.17%) MSI
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 140 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 60 (10.22%) Public Sector
3 59 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.03%) Finance
5 52 (8.86%) Banking
6 27 (4.60%) Investment Banking
7 25 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.75%) Legal
9 15 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.87%) Military
11 10 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.36%) Electronics
13 7 (1.19%) Police
14 6 (1.02%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.85%) Local Government
16 4 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 3 (0.51%) Social Science
18 2 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 108 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 86 (14.65%) Architect
3 57 (9.71%) Analyst
4 46 (7.84%) Network Engineer
5 35 (5.96%) Senior
6 32 (5.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 31 (5.28%) VMware Engineer
8 29 (4.94%) Infrastructure Architect
9 27 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.09%) Lead
11 23 (3.92%) Consultant
12 22 (3.75%) Storage Analyst
12 22 (3.75%) Support Engineer
13 19 (3.24%) Web Engineer
14 18 (3.07%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 18 (3.07%) IP Network Engineer
14 18 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (2.90%) Wintel Engineer
16 16 (2.73%) VMware Architect
16 16 (2.73%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.58%) Flash
2 15 (2.56%) LDAP
3 11 (1.87%) SAML
4 9 (1.53%) Kafka
5 7 (1.19%) Loki
5 7 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.19%) Spring
6 6 (1.02%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.02%) REST
7 5 (0.85%) Middleware
7 5 (0.85%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.68%) OAuth
8 4 (0.68%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.68%) OpenID
9 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.34%) Keycloak
10 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.39%) Data Centre
2 57 (9.71%) Replication
3 41 (6.98%) PKI
4 37 (6.30%) Cloud Native
5 33 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (4.94%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (4.94%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.92%) Private Cloud
8 21 (3.58%) Clustering
9 17 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.90%) Public Cloud
10 16 (2.73%) Enterprise Storage
11 14 (2.39%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.87%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.70%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.36%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
16 6 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
17 5 (0.85%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 256 (43.61%) Windows
2 207 (35.26%) Linux
3 159 (27.09%) Windows Server
4 45 (7.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (4.26%) Windows 10
7 23 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.90%) Ubuntu
8 17 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (2.73%) VMS
10 15 (2.56%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.70%) Unix
12 9 (1.53%) Data ONTAP
13 7 (1.19%) CentOS
13 7 (1.19%) Solaris
14 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.85%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.68%) AIX
16 4 (0.68%) CatOS
17 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (23.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 105 (17.89%) Migration
3 98 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (15.16%) Agile
5 74 (12.61%) CI/CD
6 71 (12.10%) High Availability
7 69 (11.75%) DevOps
7 69 (11.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 67 (11.41%) Load Balancing
9 63 (10.73%) ITIL
10 57 (9.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 51 (8.69%) Containerisation
12 50 (8.52%) Data Protection
13 49 (8.35%) Platform Engineering
14 42 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (6.81%) Roadmaps
16 39 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
17 38 (6.47%) Capacity Planning
18 37 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
19 35 (5.96%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 141 (24.02%) PowerShell
2 102 (17.38%) Python
3 73 (12.44%) Bash
4 16 (2.73%) SQL
5 13 (2.21%) Perl
6 11 (1.87%) C
7 8 (1.36%) C++
7 8 (1.36%) Java
8 7 (1.19%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.19%) Embedded C++
9 5 (0.85%) Bicep
9 5 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.68%) PHP
11 3 (0.51%) C#
12 2 (0.34%) COBOL
12 2 (0.34%) Korn
12 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 228 (38.84%) Security Cleared
2 149 (25.38%) SC Cleared
3 74 (12.61%) DV Cleared
4 44 (7.50%) Degree
5 38 (6.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 30 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.58%) Azure Certification
9 20 (3.41%) CCNP
10 15 (2.56%) VCAP
11 14 (2.39%) MCSE
12 13 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (2.04%) CCNA
13 12 (2.04%) MCSA
14 11 (1.87%) AWS Certification
15 9 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (1.02%) CCDP
16 6 (1.02%) CCIE
16 6 (1.02%) CISSP
16 6 (1.02%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.90%) GDPR
3 16 (2.73%) NIST
4 9 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.19%) SLA
6 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.68%) QA
7 3 (0.51%) NCSC
7 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) COBIT
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 179 (30.49%) Active Directory
2 133 (22.66%) vSphere
3 94 (16.01%) Hyper-V
3 94 (16.01%) VMware NSX
4 87 (14.82%) VMware ESXi
5 53 (9.03%) Docker
6 50 (8.52%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (6.64%) NFS
8 27 (4.60%) Firmware
9 26 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (2.90%) KVM
11 16 (2.73%) GPFS
12 6 (1.02%) BitLocker
12 6 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.68%) vCloud
13 4 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.51%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.51%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.34%) SRDF
15 2 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 101 (17.21%) Ansible
2 75 (12.78%) Terraform
3 70 (11.93%) vCenter Server
4 69 (11.75%) Kubernetes
5 58 (9.88%) SCCM
6 57 (9.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 45 (7.67%) vRealize
8 23 (3.92%) Grafana
9 22 (3.75%) Argo
10 20 (3.41%) VxRail
11 19 (3.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (2.56%) Progress Chef
14 14 (2.39%) Prometheus
15 13 (2.21%) SCOM
15 13 (2.21%) vMotion
16 11 (1.87%) FortiGate
16 11 (1.87%) PowerCLI
16 11 (1.87%) Puppet
17 9 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 587 (100.00%) VMware
2 165 (28.11%) Microsoft
3 125 (21.29%) Cisco
4 63 (10.73%) Citrix
5 59 (10.05%) F5
6 58 (9.88%) Red Hat
7 45 (7.67%) NetApp
8 42 (7.16%) IBM
9 35 (5.96%) Dell
10 34 (5.79%) SolarWinds
11 33 (5.62%) ServiceNow
12 30 (5.11%) Pure Storage
13 29 (4.94%) Oracle
13 29 (4.94%) Palo Alto
14 26 (4.43%) Veeam
15 24 (4.09%) Commvault
16 22 (3.75%) McAfee
17 19 (3.24%) Blue Coat
18 17 (2.90%) HP
19 16 (2.73%) Google