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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 118 88
Rank change year-on-year -50 -30 +31
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 532 626 916
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 2.19% 2.48%
As % of the System Software category 13.49% 18.41% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 388 586
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £408 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £512 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -0.05% -2.38%
75th Percentile £587 £613 £624
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £511 £513 £501
% change year-on-year -0.24% +2.30% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 53
10th Percentile £25.80 £54.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.31 £61.25 £46.18
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 3,944 3,401 4,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.41% 11.92% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,658 2,205 3,219
10th Percentile £213 £205 £191
25th Percentile £400 £368 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £695 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 78 211
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.59 £15.72
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.05 £18.27
Median hourly rate £47.50 £29.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% -35.70% +83.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.88 £66.62
90th Percentile £90.00 £79.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £28.41 £48.89
% change year-on-year +67.19% -41.89% +95.55%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 -17 139 £500 -9.09% 89
Midlands +21 111 £425 -8.11% 43
London -105 108 £550 +10.00% 85
North of England -21 99 £436 +2.59% 68
West Midlands +30 91 £400 -27.40% 25
North West -4 68 £456 +7.29% 25
South West -34 58 £550 - 43
Yorkshire -13 43 £413 -8.33% 28
East of England -4 30 £500 +42.86% 22
East Midlands -10 20 £450 +20.00% 18
North East -6 3 £513 - 18
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 (6.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.38%) Confluence
4 12 (2.26%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.32%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.94%) IIS
6 5 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.56%) 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 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.63%) MS Visio
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 (29.89%) Azure
2 128 (24.06%) AWS
3 59 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.83%) GCP
5 34 (6.39%) Entra ID
5 34 (6.39%) OpenShift
6 24 (4.51%) IaaS
7 21 (3.95%) GitHub
8 18 (3.38%) SaaS
9 17 (3.20%) Nutanix
10 14 (2.63%) Datadog
10 14 (2.63%) PaaS
11 10 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
15 4 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 168 (31.58%) DNS
2 132 (24.81%) Firewall
3 78 (14.66%) DHCP
4 61 (11.47%) TCP/IP
5 48 (9.02%) VPN
6 45 (8.46%) VLAN
7 40 (7.52%) SAN
8 38 (7.14%) Network Security
9 36 (6.77%) VSAN
10 35 (6.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 33 (6.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 28 (5.26%) WAN
13 26 (4.89%) LAN
14 25 (4.70%) DMZ
15 22 (4.14%) NAS
16 19 (3.57%) Wireless
17 18 (3.38%) BGP
18 17 (3.20%) BIG-IP
19 16 (3.01%) SSL
20 14 (2.63%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.32%) Git
3 17 (3.20%) GitLab
3 17 (3.20%) JIRA
4 10 (1.88%) Fiddler
4 10 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.32%) JMeter
5 7 (1.32%) JUnit
5 7 (1.32%) PVCS
5 7 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.94%) Subversion
7 4 (0.75%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.56%) RStudio
9 2 (0.38%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 149 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 67 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (10.90%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.27%) Banking
4 44 (8.27%) Finance
5 30 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.51%) Investment Banking
7 13 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.88%) Legal
8 10 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.32%) Electronics
9 7 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.13%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.13%) Law
11 5 (0.94%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.75%) Military
12 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Social Science
13 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (17.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (16.35%) Architect
3 44 (8.27%) Analyst
4 31 (5.83%) Senior
5 30 (5.64%) Consultant
5 30 (5.64%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.45%) Network Engineer
7 28 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 27 (5.08%) Infrastructure Architect
9 26 (4.89%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.70%) VMware Engineer
11 17 (3.20%) Infrastructure Support
11 17 (3.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 17 (3.20%) VMware Consultant
12 16 (3.01%) Administrator
12 16 (3.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (2.82%) Lead
13 15 (2.82%) Operations Engineer
13 15 (2.82%) Storage Analyst
13 15 (2.82%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.44%) Flash
2 8 (1.50%) Kafka
2 8 (1.50%) Middleware
2 8 (1.50%) REST
3 7 (1.32%) Loki
3 7 (1.32%) Spring
4 6 (1.13%) Hibernate
4 6 (1.13%) LDAP
4 6 (1.13%) SAML
5 3 (0.56%) .NET
5 3 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.56%) OAuth
5 3 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.56%) OpenID
5 3 (0.56%) Swagger
6 2 (0.38%) EDI
6 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.38%) RESTful
7 1 (0.19%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.19%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.41%) Data Centre
2 52 (9.77%) Replication
3 37 (6.95%) Management Information System
3 37 (6.95%) PKI
4 29 (5.45%) Cloud Native
5 28 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
6 24 (4.51%) Private Cloud
7 16 (3.01%) Clustering
8 12 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.26%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.69%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.50%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.50%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.13%) SCADA
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 230 (43.23%) Windows
2 187 (35.15%) Linux
3 132 (24.81%) Windows Server
4 45 (8.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (7.33%) Windows 10
6 20 (3.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (2.82%) Mac OS
9 15 (2.82%) VMS
10 10 (1.88%) Solaris
10 10 (1.88%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.50%) CentOS
12 7 (1.32%) Unix
13 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.56%) AIX
16 2 (0.38%) CatOS
16 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (20.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 98 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (14.85%) Agile
4 70 (13.16%) CI/CD
4 70 (13.16%) ITIL
5 68 (12.78%) Migration
6 64 (12.03%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (11.47%) DevOps
7 61 (11.47%) Infrastructure as Code
8 56 (10.53%) Load Balancing
9 46 (8.65%) Containerisation
10 45 (8.46%) High Availability
11 44 (8.27%) Business Strategy
12 39 (7.33%) Data Protection
12 39 (7.33%) Platform Engineering
13 36 (6.77%) Service Management
14 35 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (6.20%) Zero Trust
16 31 (5.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 133 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 104 (19.55%) Python
3 80 (15.04%) Bash
4 34 (6.39%) SQL
5 16 (3.01%) Java
5 16 (3.01%) Perl
6 9 (1.69%) C
6 9 (1.69%) C++
6 9 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.32%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.13%) Embedded C
8 6 (1.13%) Embedded C++
9 4 (0.75%) Go
10 3 (0.56%) Bicep
10 3 (0.56%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) Korn
11 1 (0.19%) Rust
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 203 (38.16%) Security Cleared
2 138 (25.94%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.65%) DV Cleared
4 46 (8.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (7.89%) Degree
6 39 (7.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 31 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.89%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.32%) CCNP
10 18 (3.38%) MCSE
11 16 (3.01%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.26%) CCIE
12 12 (2.26%) CCNA
12 12 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (2.07%) Master's Degree
13 11 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (2.07%) Server+ Certification
13 11 (2.07%) VCAP
14 9 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.69%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.45%) GDPR
2 19 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.50%) SLA
4 7 (1.32%) NIST
4 7 (1.32%) QA
5 6 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 159 (29.89%) Active Directory
2 109 (20.49%) vSphere
3 81 (15.23%) Hyper-V
4 69 (12.97%) VMware NSX
5 66 (12.41%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (9.40%) Docker
7 43 (8.08%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (5.08%) NFS
9 21 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (2.44%) GPFS
11 12 (2.26%) Firmware
11 12 (2.26%) KVM
12 9 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.13%) Dovecot
13 6 (1.13%) Postfix
14 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.94%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.75%) Veritas File System
15 4 (0.75%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 98 (18.42%) Ansible
2 75 (14.10%) Terraform
3 62 (11.65%) vCenter Server
4 58 (10.90%) SCCM
5 56 (10.53%) Kubernetes
6 47 (8.83%) vRealize
7 45 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.76%) VxRail
9 17 (3.20%) Grafana
10 16 (3.01%) Argo
11 14 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (2.63%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (2.26%) WSUS
14 11 (2.07%) Progress Chef
15 10 (1.88%) FortiGate
15 10 (1.88%) Puppet
16 9 (1.69%) SCOM
17 8 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
18 7 (1.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 532 (100.00%) VMware
2 166 (31.20%) Microsoft
3 119 (22.37%) Cisco
4 65 (12.22%) F5
5 60 (11.28%) Citrix
6 57 (10.71%) Red Hat
7 43 (8.08%) NetApp
8 39 (7.33%) SolarWinds
8 39 (7.33%) Veeam
9 36 (6.77%) IBM
10 33 (6.20%) Oracle
11 31 (5.83%) Dell
12 23 (4.32%) Broadcom
12 23 (4.32%) ServiceNow
13 22 (4.14%) Palo Alto
14 17 (3.20%) Splunk
15 16 (3.01%) Google
15 16 (3.01%) HP
16 15 (2.82%) Commvault
17 14 (2.63%) Juniper