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

 6 months to
1 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 139 114
Rank change year-on-year -36 -25 -17
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 655 490 739
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 2.02% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 15.31% 15.85% 18.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 344 486
10th Percentile £318 £350 £287
25th Percentile £425 £463 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £511
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.58% -6.54%
75th Percentile £588 £620 £595
90th Percentile £650 £684 £668
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.37% -5.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 1 29
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.26
25th Percentile £41.50 - £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.42 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.63% -30.00% -36.51%
75th Percentile £72.13 - £46.86
90th Percentile £74.00 - £81.75
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%

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 4,277 3,091 4,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.23% 12.75% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,874 2,103 2,871
10th Percentile £213 £214 £204
25th Percentile £400 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £608
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 71 206
10th Percentile £17.28 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £25.58 £17.73 £14.48
Median hourly rate £52.75 £28.00 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +88.39% +25.98% -57.67%
75th Percentile £72.66 £62.38 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £28.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +84.82% +15.80% -56.04%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +6 186 £538 -6.52% 79
London -53 145 £525 - 43
North of England -8 140 £456 +12.59% 43
Midlands -9 96 £425 -22.73% 32
North West -7 75 £453 +18.27% 26
West Midlands -20 74 £414 -24.95% 21
Yorkshire -23 63 £454 -6.97% 10
South West -59 54 £539 -6.30% 22
East of England -36 35 £475 -13.64% 21
East Midlands -19 22 £443 -18.38% 11
North East -29 2 £575 +64.29% 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 34 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.37%) IIS
4 7 (1.07%) OpenStack
5 6 (0.92%) nginx
5 6 (0.92%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.61%) Confluence
7 3 (0.46%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) CICS
7 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.31%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.68%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 191 (29.16%) Azure
2 127 (19.39%) AWS
3 48 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (6.72%) Entra ID
4 44 (6.72%) OpenShift
5 37 (5.65%) GCP
6 23 (3.51%) GitHub
6 23 (3.51%) IaaS
7 21 (3.21%) Nutanix
8 16 (2.44%) PaaS
9 12 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (1.68%) Rubrik
11 9 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.07%) Cohesity
13 7 (1.07%) Datadog
13 7 (1.07%) Power Platform
14 6 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (0.92%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 185 (28.24%) DNS
2 139 (21.22%) Firewall
3 108 (16.49%) DHCP
4 71 (10.84%) VPN
5 69 (10.53%) SAN
6 67 (10.23%) VSAN
7 60 (9.16%) WAN
8 54 (8.24%) Network Security
9 45 (6.87%) LAN
9 45 (6.87%) TCP/IP
10 44 (6.72%) NAS
11 41 (6.26%) SSL
12 33 (5.04%) BIG-IP
13 31 (4.73%) HTTP
14 30 (4.58%) VLAN
15 28 (4.27%) BGP
15 28 (4.27%) Wireshark
16 27 (4.12%) Cisco ASA
17 24 (3.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 23 (3.51%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.07%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.92%) Power BI
5 5 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.46%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.46%) DataStage
7 3 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (3.66%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.36%) JIRA
3 18 (2.75%) Fiddler
4 13 (1.98%) GitLab
5 12 (1.83%) Git
6 4 (0.61%) PVCS
6 4 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.31%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.31%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.15%) GoCD
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) RStudio
General
1 132 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 52 (7.94%) Finance
3 48 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.26%) Public Sector
5 37 (5.65%) Banking
6 24 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.21%) Legal
8 19 (2.90%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.53%) Police
10 8 (1.22%) Military
11 7 (1.07%) Law
12 6 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.92%) Retail
13 5 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.76%) Local Government
13 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.61%) Electronics
14 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 139 (21.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (13.28%) Architect
3 66 (10.08%) Network Engineer
4 61 (9.31%) Senior
5 53 (8.09%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (4.89%) Analyst
7 29 (4.43%) Lead
8 27 (4.12%) Storage Engineer
9 26 (3.97%) Infrastructure Architect
9 26 (3.97%) Support Engineer
9 26 (3.97%) Wintel Engineer
10 23 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 22 (3.36%) Consultant
11 22 (3.36%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 18 (2.75%) Administrator
12 18 (2.75%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 18 (2.75%) IP Network Engineer
12 18 (2.75%) VMware Architect
12 18 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (2.75%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.75%) Flash
1 18 (2.75%) LDAP
2 11 (1.68%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (1.53%) REST
3 10 (1.53%) SAML
4 7 (1.07%) 802.1X
4 7 (1.07%) Middleware
5 5 (0.76%) .NET
5 5 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.76%) Software Packaging
6 4 (0.61%) JSON
7 3 (0.46%) Redfish
8 2 (0.31%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.31%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.31%) Blazor
8 2 (0.31%) Kafka
8 2 (0.31%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.31%) OAuth
8 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.31%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 89 (13.59%) Data Centre
2 63 (9.62%) Replication
3 58 (8.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (6.87%) PKI
5 37 (5.65%) Clustering
5 37 (5.65%) Enterprise Storage
6 32 (4.89%) Cloud Native
7 25 (3.82%) Private Cloud
7 25 (3.82%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.51%) Linux Command Line
8 23 (3.51%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.68%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.53%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.22%) EMC VMAX
14 8 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 316 (48.24%) Windows
2 209 (31.91%) Windows Server
3 195 (29.77%) Linux
4 41 (6.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 40 (6.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.21%) VMS
7 21 (3.21%) Windows 10
8 19 (2.90%) Ubuntu
9 18 (2.75%) Data ONTAP
10 15 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (2.14%) Unix
12 10 (1.53%) Mac OS
13 9 (1.37%) Solaris
14 8 (1.22%) CentOS
15 7 (1.07%) CoreOS
15 7 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.61%) AIX
17 4 (0.61%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (27.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (20.46%) Migration
3 101 (15.42%) High Availability
4 99 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (13.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 84 (12.82%) ITIL
7 69 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
7 69 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (9.92%) Agile
9 61 (9.31%) CI/CD
10 60 (9.16%) DevOps
10 60 (9.16%) Load Balancing
10 60 (9.16%) Network Virtualisation
11 56 (8.55%) Change Management
12 47 (7.18%) ITSM
13 44 (6.72%) Data Protection
13 44 (6.72%) Performance Tuning
14 43 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
15 41 (6.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 143 (21.83%) PowerShell
2 79 (12.06%) Python
3 48 (7.33%) Bash
4 27 (4.12%) SQL
5 7 (1.07%) C
5 7 (1.07%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.92%) Bicep
7 5 (0.76%) Java
8 4 (0.61%) C++
8 4 (0.61%) Embedded C
8 4 (0.61%) Embedded C++
8 4 (0.61%) PHP
8 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.46%) C#
9 3 (0.46%) COBOL
9 3 (0.46%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.31%) VBScript
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 273 (41.68%) Security Cleared
2 162 (24.73%) SC Cleared
3 124 (18.93%) DV Cleared
4 58 (8.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 36 (5.50%) Degree
6 35 (5.34%) VCAP
7 31 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (3.05%) MCSE
10 19 (2.90%) Azure Certification
11 17 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.60%) CCNP
11 17 (2.60%) MCSA
12 11 (1.68%) CCNA
13 10 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (1.37%) OCP
15 6 (0.92%) RHCA
16 5 (0.76%) CCSE
16 5 (0.76%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (3.51%) NIST
1 23 (3.51%) SLA
2 15 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (1.68%) NCSC
4 6 (0.92%) GDPR
5 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.61%) QA
6 3 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.31%) ISA99
7 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) COBIT
8 1 (0.15%) DICOM
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 195 (29.77%) Active Directory
2 160 (24.43%) vSphere
3 159 (24.27%) VMware ESXi
4 139 (21.22%) VMware NSX
5 128 (19.54%) Hyper-V
6 88 (13.44%) Virtual Machines
7 37 (5.65%) NFS
8 35 (5.34%) Docker
9 33 (5.04%) Firmware
10 29 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
11 24 (3.66%) KVM
12 13 (1.98%) GPFS
13 11 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (1.68%) vCloud
14 9 (1.37%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.76%) SRDF
17 4 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
17 4 (0.61%) XenDesktop
18 3 (0.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 119 (18.17%) Ansible
1 119 (18.17%) vCenter Server
2 73 (11.15%) Terraform
3 70 (10.69%) Kubernetes
4 46 (7.02%) SCCM
5 38 (5.80%) vRealize
6 37 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (3.97%) SCOM
8 22 (3.36%) Grafana
9 20 (3.05%) Argo
10 19 (2.90%) vMotion
11 18 (2.75%) PowerCLI
12 17 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (2.60%) VxRail
13 14 (2.14%) WSUS
14 13 (1.98%) EMC VPLEX
14 13 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
14 13 (1.98%) SnapMirror
15 12 (1.83%) NetBackup
15 12 (1.83%) Puppet
Vendors
1 655 (100.00%) VMware
2 180 (27.48%) Microsoft
3 147 (22.44%) Cisco
4 59 (9.01%) Citrix
5 57 (8.70%) NetApp
6 49 (7.48%) Red Hat
7 46 (7.02%) F5
8 40 (6.11%) Dell
9 38 (5.80%) ServiceNow
10 37 (5.65%) Palo Alto
11 32 (4.89%) Pure Storage
12 30 (4.58%) Oracle
13 29 (4.43%) IBM
14 27 (4.12%) Veeam
15 26 (3.97%) CheckPoint
16 24 (3.66%) SolarWinds
17 22 (3.36%) Juniper
18 21 (3.21%) McAfee
19 20 (3.05%) Commvault
20 19 (2.90%) Blue Coat
236 VMware Infrastructure jobs in England