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

 6 months to
20 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 142 110
Rank change year-on-year -30 -32 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 659 489 758
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.96% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 15.23% 15.63% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 343 492
10th Percentile £325 £350 £300
25th Percentile £425 £464 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £514
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.06% -6.12%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.37% -5.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 27
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.21
25th Percentile £28.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -36.18%
75th Percentile £72.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £76.20
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -30.00% -38.46%

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 4,328 3,128 4,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 12.56% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,909 2,080 2,914
10th Percentile £213 £214 £206
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £608
90th Percentile £681 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 74 205
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £23.00 £19.91 £14.48
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.61% +27.78% -55.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.15 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £90.68 £72.45
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +82.14% +15.80% -55.22%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -3 186 £538 -6.52% 58
London -45 153 £525 - 25
North of England -14 142 £459 +4.91% 36
Midlands -26 88 £450 -18.18% 37
North West -5 71 £453 +3.54% 25
Yorkshire -25 69 £485 +2.05% 7
West Midlands -30 68 £425 -32.00% 20
South West -60 57 £538 -6.52% 28
East of England -41 33 £475 -13.64% 21
East Midlands -11 20 £450 -18.18% 17
North East -38 2 £588 +67.86% 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 35 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.37%) IIS
4 8 (1.21%) nginx
4 8 (1.21%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.06%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.46%) Apache
6 3 (0.46%) CICS
6 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.30%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (28.98%) Azure
2 124 (18.82%) AWS
3 46 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.83%) OpenShift
5 43 (6.53%) Entra ID
6 36 (5.46%) GCP
7 24 (3.64%) GitHub
8 21 (3.19%) IaaS
9 17 (2.58%) Nutanix
10 15 (2.28%) PaaS
11 11 (1.67%) Rubrik
12 10 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.06%) Azure Stack
14 7 (1.06%) Cohesity
14 7 (1.06%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 189 (28.68%) DNS
2 140 (21.24%) Firewall
3 110 (16.69%) DHCP
4 72 (10.93%) SAN
5 70 (10.62%) VPN
6 64 (9.71%) VSAN
7 63 (9.56%) WAN
8 52 (7.89%) Network Security
9 47 (7.13%) LAN
10 45 (6.83%) TCP/IP
11 43 (6.53%) NAS
12 41 (6.22%) SSL
13 37 (5.61%) VLAN
14 30 (4.55%) BIG-IP
15 28 (4.25%) BGP
15 28 (4.25%) HTTP
16 25 (3.79%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (3.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (3.79%) Wireshark
17 24 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.06%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.91%) Power BI
5 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.46%) Big Data
7 3 (0.46%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.46%) DataStage
7 3 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 23 (3.49%) JIRA
3 17 (2.58%) Fiddler
4 14 (2.12%) Git
5 13 (1.97%) GitLab
6 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.30%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
7 2 (0.30%) PVCS
7 2 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) GoCD
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
General
1 136 (20.64%) Social Skills
2 51 (7.74%) Finance
3 48 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.53%) Public Sector
5 35 (5.31%) Banking
6 24 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.34%) Legal
8 18 (2.73%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.52%) Police
10 9 (1.37%) Military
10 9 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.91%) Law
11 6 (0.91%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.91%) Retail
12 5 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Local Government
13 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 148 (22.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 79 (11.99%) Architect
3 64 (9.71%) Network Engineer
3 64 (9.71%) Senior
4 52 (7.89%) VMware Engineer
5 33 (5.01%) Support Engineer
6 28 (4.25%) Lead
7 26 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 26 (3.95%) Analyst
8 25 (3.79%) Consultant
8 25 (3.79%) Storage Engineer
9 23 (3.49%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 22 (3.34%) Infrastructure Architect
10 22 (3.34%) Wintel Engineer
11 21 (3.19%) Administrator
12 20 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (2.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (2.73%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 17 (2.58%) IP Network Engineer
14 17 (2.58%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.58%) Flash
2 15 (2.28%) LDAP
3 11 (1.67%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.67%) REST
4 9 (1.37%) 802.1X
5 7 (1.06%) SAML
6 6 (0.91%) Middleware
7 5 (0.76%) .NET
7 5 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.76%) JSON
8 4 (0.61%) Redfish
8 4 (0.61%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.30%) Java SE
9 2 (0.30%) OAuth
9 2 (0.30%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.30%) OpenID
9 2 (0.30%) Qt
9 2 (0.30%) XML
9 2 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (14.11%) Data Centre
2 58 (8.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (8.04%) Replication
4 48 (7.28%) PKI
5 40 (6.07%) Enterprise Storage
6 35 (5.31%) Clustering
7 31 (4.70%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.49%) Management Information System
10 21 (3.19%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (3.03%) Private Cloud
12 17 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.67%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.37%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.37%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.21%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (1.21%) Security Posture
17 7 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 322 (48.86%) Windows
2 219 (33.23%) Windows Server
3 198 (30.05%) Linux
4 40 (6.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 40 (6.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (3.03%) VMS
7 17 (2.58%) Data ONTAP
7 17 (2.58%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.43%) Unix
8 16 (2.43%) Windows 10
9 13 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.67%) Solaris
11 8 (1.21%) CentOS
11 8 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.06%) CoreOS
12 7 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.76%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.61%) AIX
14 4 (0.61%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (28.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 141 (21.40%) Migration
3 104 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (15.48%) High Availability
5 85 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 81 (12.29%) ITIL
7 72 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 70 (10.62%) CI/CD
9 63 (9.56%) Capacity Planning
9 63 (9.56%) DevOps
10 62 (9.41%) Agile
11 59 (8.95%) Load Balancing
12 57 (8.65%) Network Virtualisation
13 54 (8.19%) Change Management
14 52 (7.89%) ITSM
15 51 (7.74%) Validation
16 46 (6.98%) Performance Tuning
17 43 (6.53%) Technical Leadership
18 42 (6.37%) Data Protection
19 41 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 141 (21.40%) PowerShell
2 87 (13.20%) Python
3 45 (6.83%) Bash
4 29 (4.40%) SQL
5 7 (1.06%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.91%) Java
6 6 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.76%) Bicep
7 5 (0.76%) C
8 4 (0.61%) PHP
8 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.46%) COBOL
10 2 (0.30%) C#
10 2 (0.30%) C++
10 2 (0.30%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.30%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.30%) VBScript
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 287 (43.55%) Security Cleared
2 169 (25.64%) SC Cleared
3 128 (19.42%) DV Cleared
4 60 (9.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 39 (5.92%) Degree
6 33 (5.01%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (4.70%) VCAP
8 30 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 20 (3.03%) MCSE
10 19 (2.88%) CCNP
11 17 (2.58%) MCSA
12 15 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (2.28%) CCNA
13 10 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (1.37%) OCP
15 7 (1.06%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 6 (0.91%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.79%) NIST
2 23 (3.49%) SLA
3 20 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.82%) NCSC
6 7 (1.06%) QA
7 6 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.30%) ISA99
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) DICOM
10 1 (0.15%) GDPR
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) HL7
10 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 196 (29.74%) Active Directory
2 175 (26.56%) VMware ESXi
3 155 (23.52%) vSphere
4 137 (20.79%) VMware NSX
5 134 (20.33%) Hyper-V
6 90 (13.66%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (5.46%) Docker
8 35 (5.31%) NFS
9 34 (5.16%) Firmware
10 32 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (3.95%) KVM
12 13 (1.97%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (1.82%) GPFS
14 11 (1.67%) BitLocker
14 11 (1.67%) vCloud
15 6 (0.91%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.76%) SRDF
17 4 (0.61%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.61%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 127 (19.27%) vCenter Server
2 126 (19.12%) Ansible
3 77 (11.68%) Terraform
4 71 (10.77%) Kubernetes
5 43 (6.53%) SCCM
6 37 (5.61%) vRealize
7 33 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (4.40%) SCOM
9 23 (3.49%) vMotion
10 22 (3.34%) Grafana
11 20 (3.03%) Argo
12 18 (2.73%) PowerCLI
13 16 (2.43%) VxRail
14 15 (2.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 14 (2.12%) Puppet
15 14 (2.12%) WSUS
16 13 (1.97%) EMC VPLEX
16 13 (1.97%) NetBackup
17 12 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
17 12 (1.82%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 659 (100.00%) VMware
2 175 (26.56%) Microsoft
3 147 (22.31%) Cisco
4 59 (8.95%) Citrix
5 53 (8.04%) NetApp
6 48 (7.28%) Red Hat
7 41 (6.22%) F5
8 38 (5.77%) Dell
8 38 (5.77%) ServiceNow
9 35 (5.31%) Palo Alto
10 33 (5.01%) Oracle
11 32 (4.86%) Pure Storage
12 26 (3.95%) Juniper
13 25 (3.79%) IBM
13 25 (3.79%) SolarWinds
14 24 (3.64%) Veeam
15 23 (3.49%) CheckPoint
16 20 (3.03%) McAfee
17 18 (2.73%) Blue Coat
17 18 (2.73%) Fortinet
189 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England