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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 118 92
Rank change year-on-year -50 -26 +29
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 527 605 890
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.17% 2.44%
As % of the System Software category 13.37% 18.26% 19.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 377 568
10th Percentile £302 £270 £300
25th Percentile £406 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.97% -1.43%
75th Percentile £584 £613 £621
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £503 £518 £513
% change year-on-year -2.90% +0.98% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 52
10th Percentile £31.74 £54.50 £35.56
25th Percentile £66.73 £61.25 £49.01
Median hourly rate £70.00 £88.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +34.13% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.70 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%

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 3,943 3,314 4,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.44% 11.90% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,665 2,151 3,147
10th Percentile £213 £205 £190
25th Percentile £400 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 78 204
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.59 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.95 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £48.72 £28.71 £46.29
Median % change year-on-year +69.73% -37.98% +79.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £68.63
90th Percentile £90.30 £79.00 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £28.41 £50.00
% change year-on-year +71.49% -43.18% +94.17%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -22 133 £500 -9.09% 76
Midlands +28 113 £415 -10.27% 26
London -106 105 £550 +10.00% 47
North of England -7 98 £429 +0.94% 41
West Midlands +21 93 £401 -27.22% 16
North West -14 67 £456 +7.29% 15
South West -38 58 £550 - 22
Yorkshire -20 44 £393 -12.78% 18
East of England 0 32 £488 +39.29% 9
East Midlands -8 20 £450 +20.00% 10
North East -8 2 £513 - 10
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 33 (6.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.42%) Confluence
4 12 (2.28%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.33%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.95%) IIS
6 5 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.38%) CICS
8 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.38%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
1 14 (2.66%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 157 (29.79%) Azure
2 128 (24.29%) AWS
3 53 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (8.54%) GCP
5 34 (6.45%) OpenShift
6 30 (5.69%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.36%) IaaS
8 21 (3.98%) GitHub
9 18 (3.42%) SaaS
10 16 (3.04%) Nutanix
11 14 (2.66%) Datadog
12 13 (2.47%) PaaS
13 10 (1.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
17 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 4 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
17 4 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 167 (31.69%) DNS
2 131 (24.86%) Firewall
3 77 (14.61%) DHCP
4 61 (11.57%) TCP/IP
5 47 (8.92%) VPN
6 44 (8.35%) VLAN
7 39 (7.40%) Network Security
7 39 (7.40%) SAN
8 36 (6.83%) VSAN
9 35 (6.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (6.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 26 (4.93%) WAN
12 24 (4.55%) LAN
13 23 (4.36%) DMZ
14 22 (4.17%) NAS
15 18 (3.42%) BGP
15 18 (3.42%) BIG-IP
15 18 (3.42%) Wireless
16 17 (3.23%) SSL
17 15 (2.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.38%) Redis
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.93%) Jenkins
2 24 (4.55%) Git
3 18 (3.42%) JIRA
4 17 (3.23%) GitLab
5 11 (2.09%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.52%) PVCS
7 8 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.33%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.33%) JMeter
8 7 (1.33%) JUnit
9 5 (0.95%) Subversion
10 4 (0.76%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.57%) RStudio
12 2 (0.38%) Postman
13 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 144 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (10.63%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.54%) Banking
5 44 (8.35%) Finance
6 28 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.74%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.71%) Legal
11 8 (1.52%) Electronics
12 6 (1.14%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.95%) Law
14 4 (0.76%) Military
14 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.57%) Police
15 3 (0.57%) Social Science
15 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (17.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 83 (15.75%) Architect
3 45 (8.54%) Analyst
4 31 (5.88%) Senior
5 29 (5.50%) Network Engineer
6 28 (5.31%) Consultant
6 28 (5.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 28 (5.31%) Support Engineer
7 26 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (4.74%) Infrastructure Architect
8 25 (4.74%) VMware Engineer
9 17 (3.23%) VMware Consultant
10 16 (3.04%) Administrator
10 16 (3.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (3.04%) Storage Analyst
11 15 (2.85%) Infrastructure Support
11 15 (2.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 15 (2.85%) Lead
11 15 (2.85%) Operations Engineer
11 15 (2.85%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.66%) Flash
2 9 (1.71%) REST
3 8 (1.52%) Kafka
3 8 (1.52%) Middleware
4 7 (1.33%) Loki
4 7 (1.33%) Spring
5 6 (1.14%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.14%) LDAP
5 6 (1.14%) SAML
6 3 (0.57%) .NET
6 3 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.57%) OAuth
6 3 (0.57%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.57%) OpenID
6 3 (0.57%) Swagger
7 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.38%) RESTful
8 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.19%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.19%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.52%) Data Centre
2 53 (10.06%) Replication
3 37 (7.02%) Management Information System
3 37 (7.02%) PKI
4 30 (5.69%) Cloud Native
5 29 (5.50%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (5.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (4.36%) Private Cloud
8 16 (3.04%) Clustering
9 13 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.71%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.52%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.14%) SCADA
15 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
15 5 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 222 (42.13%) Windows
2 189 (35.86%) Linux
3 128 (24.29%) Windows Server
4 44 (8.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (6.64%) Windows 10
6 18 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (2.66%) VMS
10 11 (2.09%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.90%) Solaris
12 9 (1.71%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.33%) CentOS
13 7 (1.33%) Unix
14 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.57%) AIX
16 2 (0.38%) CatOS
16 2 (0.38%) zOS
17 1 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (21.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 95 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (15.18%) Agile
4 70 (13.28%) Migration
5 69 (13.09%) CI/CD
6 66 (12.52%) ITIL
7 63 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 61 (11.57%) DevOps
9 60 (11.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 56 (10.63%) Load Balancing
11 46 (8.73%) Containerisation
12 44 (8.35%) High Availability
13 39 (7.40%) Business Strategy
13 39 (7.40%) Platform Engineering
14 37 (7.02%) Data Protection
15 36 (6.83%) Service Management
16 32 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (6.07%) Project Delivery
17 31 (5.88%) Zero Trust
18 30 (5.69%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 130 (24.67%) PowerShell
2 105 (19.92%) Python
3 77 (14.61%) Bash
4 33 (6.26%) SQL
5 16 (3.04%) Java
5 16 (3.04%) Perl
6 10 (1.90%) C
6 10 (1.90%) C++
7 9 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.33%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.33%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.76%) Go
10 3 (0.57%) Bicep
10 3 (0.57%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) Korn
11 1 (0.19%) Rust
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 201 (38.14%) Security Cleared
2 138 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.39%) DV Cleared
4 41 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (7.40%) Degree
5 39 (7.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 31 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (4.93%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.36%) CCNP
9 17 (3.23%) MCSE
10 16 (3.04%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.28%) CCIE
11 12 (2.28%) CCNA
11 12 (2.28%) VCAP
12 11 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (2.09%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.71%) MCSA
14 8 (1.52%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.55%) GDPR
2 15 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.52%) SLA
4 7 (1.33%) NIST
4 7 (1.33%) QA
5 6 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.76%) NCSC
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 153 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 109 (20.68%) vSphere
3 83 (15.75%) Hyper-V
4 71 (13.47%) VMware NSX
5 65 (12.33%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (9.49%) Docker
7 43 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (5.12%) NFS
9 20 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (2.66%) Firmware
10 14 (2.66%) GPFS
11 13 (2.47%) KVM
12 9 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.14%) Dovecot
13 6 (1.14%) Postfix
14 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.76%) Veritas File System
15 4 (0.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
15 4 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 96 (18.22%) Ansible
2 75 (14.23%) Terraform
3 61 (11.57%) vCenter Server
4 56 (10.63%) Kubernetes
5 53 (10.06%) SCCM
6 48 (9.11%) vRealize
7 41 (7.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.80%) VxRail
9 17 (3.23%) Grafana
10 16 (3.04%) Argo
11 14 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (2.66%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (2.28%) WSUS
14 11 (2.09%) Progress Chef
15 10 (1.90%) FortiGate
15 10 (1.90%) Puppet
16 9 (1.71%) SCOM
17 8 (1.52%) Red Hat Satellite
18 7 (1.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 527 (100.00%) VMware
2 158 (29.98%) Microsoft
3 120 (22.77%) Cisco
4 65 (12.33%) F5
5 56 (10.63%) Red Hat
6 53 (10.06%) Citrix
7 43 (8.16%) NetApp
8 39 (7.40%) SolarWinds
9 38 (7.21%) IBM
9 38 (7.21%) Veeam
10 33 (6.26%) Oracle
11 31 (5.88%) Dell
12 25 (4.74%) ServiceNow
13 23 (4.36%) Broadcom
13 23 (4.36%) Palo Alto
14 16 (3.04%) Google
14 16 (3.04%) HP
14 16 (3.04%) Splunk
15 15 (2.85%) Commvault
16 14 (2.66%) Juniper