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

 6 months to
11 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 118 94
Rank change year-on-year -43 -24 +25
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 524 570 868
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 2.12% 2.38%
As % of the System Software category 13.53% 17.83% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 355 557
10th Percentile £302 £263 £300
25th Percentile £406 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £582 £614 £613
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 15 4 50
10th Percentile £31.74 £54.50 £38.76
25th Percentile £66.73 £61.25 £50.91
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 3,873 3,197 4,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.44% 11.87% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,625 2,068 3,108
10th Percentile £213 £205 £188
25th Percentile £402 £363 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 78 202
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.59 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.94 £28.71 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year +46.11% -39.82% +58.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £69.37
90th Percentile £89.78 £79.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £28.41 £52.50
% change year-on-year +67.19% -45.89% +75.00%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -10 133 £500 -9.09% 76
Midlands +26 113 £415 -10.27% 31
London -83 105 £545 +9.00% 42
North of England -17 94 £425 -2.86% 44
West Midlands +27 92 £401 -27.22% 22
North West -12 65 £447 +5.12% 17
South West -43 57 £550 - 35
Yorkshire -20 41 £380 -15.56% 20
East of England +3 32 £475 +47.29% 9
East Midlands -8 21 £450 +41.73% 8
North East -9 2 £513 - 11
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 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.44%) Confluence
4 12 (2.29%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.34%) 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 (2.67%) MS Visio
2 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 159 (30.34%) Azure
2 133 (25.38%) AWS
3 52 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.97%) GCP
5 34 (6.49%) OpenShift
6 29 (5.53%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.77%) IaaS
8 21 (4.01%) GitHub
9 20 (3.82%) SaaS
10 17 (3.24%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.86%) PaaS
12 14 (2.67%) Datadog
13 8 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
16 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
16 4 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 164 (31.30%) DNS
2 126 (24.05%) Firewall
3 77 (14.69%) DHCP
4 59 (11.26%) TCP/IP
5 48 (9.16%) VPN
6 42 (8.02%) VLAN
7 39 (7.44%) Network Security
8 36 (6.87%) SAN
9 34 (6.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (6.30%) VSAN
11 32 (6.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 25 (4.77%) LAN
12 25 (4.77%) WAN
13 21 (4.01%) DMZ
14 20 (3.82%) BGP
15 18 (3.44%) BIG-IP
15 18 (3.44%) NAS
15 18 (3.44%) Wireless
16 17 (3.24%) SSL
17 15 (2.86%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.39%) Jenkins
2 21 (4.01%) Git
3 18 (3.44%) JIRA
4 14 (2.67%) GitLab
5 11 (2.10%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.53%) PVCS
7 8 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.34%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.34%) JMeter
8 7 (1.34%) 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
1 143 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 66 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (10.69%) Public Sector
4 43 (8.21%) Banking
4 43 (8.21%) Finance
5 27 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.58%) Investment Banking
7 12 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (1.72%) Legal
10 8 (1.53%) Electronics
11 6 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.76%) Law
13 4 (0.76%) Military
13 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Police
14 3 (0.57%) Social Science
14 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (15.46%) Architect
3 46 (8.78%) Analyst
4 31 (5.92%) Network Engineer
5 29 (5.53%) Senior
5 29 (5.53%) Support Engineer
6 28 (5.34%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 26 (4.96%) Consultant
7 26 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
8 25 (4.77%) Infrastructure Architect
8 25 (4.77%) VMware Engineer
9 16 (3.05%) Storage Analyst
9 16 (3.05%) Storage Engineer
9 16 (3.05%) VMware Consultant
10 15 (2.86%) Administrator
10 15 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support
10 15 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 15 (2.86%) Lead
11 14 (2.67%) Operations Engineer
11 14 (2.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.67%) Flash
2 9 (1.72%) REST
3 8 (1.53%) Kafka
4 7 (1.34%) Loki
4 7 (1.34%) Spring
5 6 (1.15%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.15%) LDAP
5 6 (1.15%) SAML
6 5 (0.95%) Middleware
7 3 (0.57%) .NET
7 3 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.57%) OAuth
7 3 (0.57%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.57%) OpenID
7 3 (0.57%) Swagger
8 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.38%) RESTful
9 1 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.19%) React
9 1 (0.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.60%) Data Centre
2 51 (9.73%) Replication
3 39 (7.44%) PKI
4 34 (6.49%) Management Information System
5 31 (5.92%) Cloud Native
6 29 (5.53%) Linux Command Line
7 26 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (4.39%) Private Cloud
9 17 (3.24%) Clustering
10 14 (2.67%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.91%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.53%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.53%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.34%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.15%) SCADA
16 5 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 219 (41.79%) Windows
2 190 (36.26%) Linux
3 123 (23.47%) Windows Server
4 43 (8.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (6.49%) Windows 10
6 17 (3.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.29%) VMS
9 11 (2.10%) Mac OS
10 10 (1.91%) Solaris
11 8 (1.53%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.53%) Unix
12 7 (1.34%) CentOS
13 5 (0.95%) 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%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (20.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (15.08%) Agile
4 69 (13.17%) CI/CD
5 66 (12.60%) ITIL
5 66 (12.60%) Migration
6 62 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (11.64%) DevOps
8 59 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 55 (10.50%) Load Balancing
10 46 (8.78%) Containerisation
11 44 (8.40%) High Availability
12 40 (7.63%) Platform Engineering
13 38 (7.25%) Business Strategy
14 37 (7.06%) Service Management
15 36 (6.87%) Data Protection
16 34 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (6.30%) Project Delivery
18 31 (5.92%) Zero Trust
19 30 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (24.43%) PowerShell
2 101 (19.27%) Python
3 76 (14.50%) Bash
4 30 (5.73%) SQL
5 16 (3.05%) Java
5 16 (3.05%) Perl
6 10 (1.91%) C
6 10 (1.91%) C++
7 9 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.34%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.34%) Embedded C++
9 5 (0.95%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.76%) Go
11 3 (0.57%) Bicep
11 3 (0.57%) C#
12 1 (0.19%) Korn
12 1 (0.19%) Rust
12 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 201 (38.36%) Security Cleared
2 138 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 61 (11.64%) DV Cleared
4 39 (7.44%) Degree
5 38 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (7.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 30 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.96%) Azure Certification
9 22 (4.20%) CCNP
10 16 (3.05%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.86%) MCSE
12 12 (2.29%) CCIE
12 12 (2.29%) CCNA
12 12 (2.29%) VCAP
13 11 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (2.10%) Server+ Certification
14 9 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (1.53%) JNCIE
15 8 (1.53%) Master's Degree
15 8 (1.53%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.39%) GDPR
2 15 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.53%) SLA
4 7 (1.34%) NIST
4 7 (1.34%) QA
5 6 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.76%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 148 (28.24%) Active Directory
2 102 (19.47%) vSphere
3 86 (16.41%) Hyper-V
4 68 (12.98%) VMware NSX
5 65 (12.40%) VMware ESXi
6 51 (9.73%) Docker
7 40 (7.63%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (4.77%) NFS
9 20 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (2.67%) Firmware
10 14 (2.67%) GPFS
10 14 (2.67%) KVM
11 9 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.15%) Dovecot
12 6 (1.15%) Postfix
13 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.76%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.57%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 94 (17.94%) Ansible
2 75 (14.31%) Terraform
3 59 (11.26%) vCenter Server
4 57 (10.88%) Kubernetes
5 53 (10.11%) SCCM
6 45 (8.59%) vRealize
7 40 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (3.63%) VxRail
9 17 (3.24%) Grafana
10 16 (3.05%) Argo
11 14 (2.67%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 12 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (2.29%) WSUS
14 11 (2.10%) Progress Chef
14 11 (2.10%) Puppet
15 10 (1.91%) FortiGate
16 9 (1.72%) SCOM
17 8 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
18 7 (1.34%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 524 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (29.58%) Microsoft
3 122 (23.28%) Cisco
4 61 (11.64%) F5
5 55 (10.50%) Red Hat
6 52 (9.92%) Citrix
7 40 (7.63%) SolarWinds
8 39 (7.44%) NetApp
9 38 (7.25%) IBM
10 36 (6.87%) Veeam
11 34 (6.49%) Oracle
12 32 (6.11%) Dell
13 26 (4.96%) ServiceNow
14 24 (4.58%) Palo Alto
15 23 (4.39%) Broadcom
16 16 (3.05%) Google
17 15 (2.86%) HP
18 14 (2.67%) Commvault
18 14 (2.67%) Fortinet
18 14 (2.67%) Juniper
215 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England