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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 123 94
Rank change year-on-year -41 -29 +23
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 551 568 866
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.11% 2.36%
As % of the System Software category 13.80% 17.59% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 357 551
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £402 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +4.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £582 £613 £613
90th Percentile £650 £672 £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 51
10th Percentile £33.93 £54.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £67.21 £61.25 £48.14
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 £77.13 - £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 3,994 3,230 4,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.50% 12.00% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,737 2,086 3,132
10th Percentile £213 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £363 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.25% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.20% +0.20% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 79 198
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.60 £15.33
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £18.61
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.50 £49.94
Median % change year-on-year +52.51% -44.93% +46.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.50 £69.62
90th Percentile £89.50 £75.00 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +55.22% -50.00% +61.76%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -11 141 £500 -9.09% 89
Midlands +35 121 £414 -10.54% 30
London -86 110 £548 +9.50% 51
West Midlands +27 98 £400 -21.07% 16
North of England -37 95 £425 - 43
North West -12 65 £438 +2.94% 20
South West -39 62 £550 - 43
Yorkshire -23 42 £380 -15.56% 18
East of England +1 32 £475 +18.75% 16
East Midlands -12 23 £449 +41.26% 13
North East -12 2 £513 +57.69% 8
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 31 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.27%) Confluence
4 12 (2.18%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.27%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.91%) IIS
6 5 (0.91%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
8 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.36%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Traefik
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (3.09%) MS Visio
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 167 (30.31%) Azure
2 138 (25.05%) AWS
3 51 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (8.71%) GCP
5 35 (6.35%) OpenShift
6 33 (5.99%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.54%) IaaS
8 22 (3.99%) GitHub
9 20 (3.63%) SaaS
10 17 (3.09%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.72%) PaaS
12 14 (2.54%) Datadog
13 8 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
16 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.73%) AWS Direct Connect
16 4 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 175 (31.76%) DNS
2 131 (23.77%) Firewall
3 84 (15.25%) DHCP
4 60 (10.89%) TCP/IP
5 56 (10.16%) VPN
6 42 (7.62%) VLAN
7 41 (7.44%) Network Security
8 36 (6.53%) SAN
9 34 (6.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (5.99%) VSAN
11 32 (5.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 31 (5.63%) WAN
13 30 (5.44%) LAN
14 23 (4.17%) BGP
14 23 (4.17%) BIG-IP
15 21 (3.81%) SSL
15 21 (3.81%) Wireless
16 20 (3.63%) DMZ
17 19 (3.45%) HTTP
18 18 (3.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.36%) Redis
5 1 (0.18%) Power BI
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 21 (3.81%) Git
3 18 (3.27%) JIRA
4 14 (2.54%) GitLab
5 12 (2.18%) Fiddler
6 11 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.45%) PVCS
7 8 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.27%) JMeter
8 7 (1.27%) JUnit
9 5 (0.91%) Subversion
10 4 (0.73%) RStudio
10 4 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.36%) Postman
13 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.18%) GoCD
13 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 148 (26.86%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.99%) Banking
4 44 (7.99%) Finance
5 29 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (4.54%) Investment Banking
7 13 (2.36%) Legal
8 12 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.45%) Electronics
11 6 (1.09%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.91%) Police
13 4 (0.73%) Law
13 4 (0.73%) Military
13 4 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.73%) Social Science
14 3 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 94 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 85 (15.43%) Architect
3 53 (9.62%) Analyst
4 34 (6.17%) Network Engineer
5 30 (5.44%) Senior
5 30 (5.44%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 27 (4.90%) Infrastructure Architect
7 27 (4.90%) VMware Engineer
8 26 (4.72%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (4.54%) Consultant
10 19 (3.45%) Storage Analyst
11 16 (2.90%) Lead
11 16 (2.90%) Storage Engineer
11 16 (2.90%) VMware Consultant
12 15 (2.72%) Infrastructure Support
12 15 (2.72%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (2.54%) Administrator
13 14 (2.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (2.54%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.09%) Flash
2 12 (2.18%) LDAP
3 10 (1.81%) SAML
4 9 (1.63%) REST
5 8 (1.45%) Kafka
6 7 (1.27%) Loki
6 7 (1.27%) Spring
7 6 (1.09%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.91%) Middleware
9 4 (0.73%) OAuth
9 4 (0.73%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.73%) OpenID
10 3 (0.54%) .NET
10 3 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.54%) Swagger
11 2 (0.36%) ModSecurity
11 2 (0.36%) RESTful
11 2 (0.36%) Software Packaging
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
12 1 (0.18%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.80%) Data Centre
2 55 (9.98%) Replication
3 42 (7.62%) PKI
4 34 (6.17%) Management Information System
5 32 (5.81%) Linux Command Line
6 31 (5.63%) Cloud Native
7 26 (4.72%) Private Cloud
8 25 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (3.09%) Clustering
10 15 (2.72%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.81%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.45%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.45%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.09%) SCADA
16 5 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 230 (41.74%) Windows
2 198 (35.93%) Linux
3 133 (24.14%) Windows Server
4 43 (7.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (6.17%) Windows 10
6 21 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.18%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.18%) VMS
10 11 (2.00%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.81%) Solaris
12 8 (1.45%) CentOS
12 8 (1.45%) Unix
13 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.73%) CatOS
14 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.54%) AIX
16 2 (0.36%) zOS
17 1 (0.18%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 97 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (15.43%) Agile
4 71 (12.89%) CI/CD
5 69 (12.52%) ITIL
5 69 (12.52%) Migration
6 63 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 62 (11.25%) DevOps
8 59 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (10.34%) Load Balancing
10 46 (8.35%) Containerisation
10 46 (8.35%) High Availability
11 42 (7.62%) Platform Engineering
12 39 (7.08%) Data Protection
13 37 (6.72%) Business Strategy
13 37 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (6.72%) Service Management
14 33 (5.99%) Project Delivery
15 31 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.14%) PowerShell
2 104 (18.87%) Python
3 76 (13.79%) Bash
4 30 (5.44%) SQL
5 16 (2.90%) Java
5 16 (2.90%) Perl
6 10 (1.81%) C
6 10 (1.81%) C++
6 10 (1.81%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.27%) Embedded C
7 7 (1.27%) Embedded C++
8 5 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.73%) C#
9 4 (0.73%) Go
10 3 (0.54%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) Korn
11 1 (0.18%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) Rust
11 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 212 (38.48%) Security Cleared
2 145 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 64 (11.62%) DV Cleared
4 40 (7.26%) Degree
5 38 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (6.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 31 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.72%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.17%) CCNP
10 16 (2.90%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.72%) MCSE
12 12 (2.18%) CCIE
12 12 (2.18%) CCNA
12 12 (2.18%) VCAP
13 11 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (2.00%) Server+ Certification
14 8 (1.45%) JNCIE
14 8 (1.45%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.45%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.17%) GDPR
2 18 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.81%) NIST
4 9 (1.63%) SLA
5 7 (1.27%) QA
6 6 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.73%) NCSC
9 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 158 (28.68%) Active Directory
2 106 (19.24%) vSphere
3 90 (16.33%) Hyper-V
4 73 (13.25%) VMware ESXi
4 73 (13.25%) VMware NSX
5 51 (9.26%) Docker
6 41 (7.44%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (5.26%) NFS
8 21 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (3.09%) GPFS
10 15 (2.72%) Firmware
10 15 (2.72%) KVM
11 9 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.09%) Dovecot
12 6 (1.09%) Postfix
13 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.73%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.73%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 95 (17.24%) Ansible
2 76 (13.79%) Terraform
3 63 (11.43%) vCenter Server
4 58 (10.53%) Kubernetes
5 56 (10.16%) SCCM
6 49 (8.89%) vRealize
7 44 (7.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.63%) VxRail
9 17 (3.09%) Grafana
10 16 (2.90%) Argo
11 15 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (2.54%) Prometheus
13 12 (2.18%) WSUS
14 11 (2.00%) Progress Chef
14 11 (2.00%) Puppet
14 11 (2.00%) SCOM
15 10 (1.81%) FortiGate
16 8 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
17 7 (1.27%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 551 (100.00%) VMware
2 159 (28.86%) Microsoft
3 133 (24.14%) Cisco
4 65 (11.80%) F5
5 56 (10.16%) Citrix
6 54 (9.80%) Red Hat
7 41 (7.44%) IBM
7 41 (7.44%) SolarWinds
8 40 (7.26%) NetApp
9 37 (6.72%) Oracle
10 36 (6.53%) Veeam
11 34 (6.17%) Dell
12 31 (5.63%) ServiceNow
13 28 (5.08%) Palo Alto
14 23 (4.17%) Broadcom
15 16 (2.90%) Google
16 15 (2.72%) HP
16 15 (2.72%) Juniper
17 14 (2.54%) Commvault
17 14 (2.54%) McAfee