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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 107 89
Rank change year-on-year -61 -18 +42
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 467 725 1,098
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.68% 2.20% 2.62%
As % of the System Software category 13.81% 18.83% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 452 710
10th Percentile £300 £321 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -3.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £667 £683
UK median daily rate £550 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +8.37% -3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 58
10th Percentile £33.58 £23.10 £38.94
25th Percentile £38.94 - £47.97
Median hourly rate £48.25 £23.80 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.73% -62.22% +37.34%
75th Percentile £57.94 £33.51 £76.46
90th Percentile £63.53 £43.37 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £48.25 £23.80 £65.98
% change year-on-year +102.73% -63.93% +37.57%

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 3,382 3,850 5,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.17% 11.69% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,173 2,584 3,763
10th Percentile £214 £218 £198
25th Percentile £375 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £638
90th Percentile £675 £693 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.10% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 101 245
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.00 £18.28
Median hourly rate £37.50 £24.50 £47.90
Median % change year-on-year +53.06% -48.85% +117.70%
75th Percentile £81.00 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.60 £80.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £24.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +38.78% -51.00% +127.27%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -26 119 £550 +2.33% 89
London -70 112 £500 +11.11% 78
North of England +20 73 £431 +1.47% 82
South West -16 66 £565 +5.12% 30
Midlands -26 59 £550 -3.51% 49
Yorkshire +26 48 £413 -26.67% 26
West Midlands -22 41 £572 -2.18% 16
East of England +20 34 £550 +4.76% 23
North West -15 31 £438 +18.24% 38
East Midlands -4 18 £483 +17.11% 33
North East 0 2 £625 +108.33% 21
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (9.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.50%) Confluence
2 21 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.57%) Apache
3 12 (2.57%) IIS
4 9 (1.93%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.50%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.64%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) CICS
7 2 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.21%) Traefik
8 1 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 114 (24.41%) Azure
2 85 (18.20%) AWS
3 46 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (8.57%) GCP
5 32 (6.85%) Entra ID
6 27 (5.78%) IaaS
7 26 (5.57%) SaaS
8 22 (4.71%) PaaS
9 21 (4.50%) OpenShift
10 20 (4.28%) Cohesity
11 17 (3.64%) GitHub
12 8 (1.71%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (1.07%) Asana
14 5 (1.07%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
16 2 (0.43%) AWS Direct Connect
16 2 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.43%) Datadog
16 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 154 (32.98%) DNS
2 105 (22.48%) Firewall
3 66 (14.13%) DHCP
4 63 (13.49%) TCP/IP
5 56 (11.99%) SAN
6 48 (10.28%) VPN
7 39 (8.35%) VLAN
8 30 (6.42%) WAN
9 26 (5.57%) VSAN
10 25 (5.35%) iSCSI
10 25 (5.35%) LAN
11 23 (4.93%) NAS
12 22 (4.71%) Fibre Channel
13 20 (4.28%) Network Security
13 20 (4.28%) SMTP
14 19 (4.07%) MPLS
15 18 (3.85%) BGP
16 17 (3.64%) VoIP
17 16 (3.43%) DMZ
18 15 (3.21%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.36%) Big Data
2 11 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.86%) MySQL
5 4 (0.86%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.43%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (8.14%) Jenkins
2 31 (6.64%) Git
3 26 (5.57%) JIRA
4 17 (3.64%) GitLab
5 16 (3.43%) Postman
6 12 (2.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.71%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.50%) Subversion
9 5 (1.07%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.86%) MSI
10 4 (0.86%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.64%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.64%) JMeter
11 3 (0.64%) JUnit
11 3 (0.64%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.43%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.43%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.21%) RStudio
General
1 123 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 53 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 48 (10.28%) Finance
5 24 (5.14%) Banking
6 22 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.36%) Legal
9 8 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.50%) Law
11 6 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.07%) Billing
13 4 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.86%) Military
14 3 (0.64%) Electronics
14 3 (0.64%) Marketing
14 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (16.92%) Architect
2 72 (15.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (8.35%) Support Engineer
4 34 (7.28%) Consultant
5 27 (5.78%) VMware Architect
6 26 (5.57%) Infrastructure Architect
6 26 (5.57%) Senior
7 24 (5.14%) Infrastructure Support
8 23 (4.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 21 (4.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 20 (4.28%) VMware Engineer
11 19 (4.07%) Administrator
12 17 (3.64%) Windows Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) Network Engineer
14 15 (3.21%) 3rd Line Support
14 15 (3.21%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 13 (2.78%) Automation Engineer
15 13 (2.78%) Server Engineer
16 12 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.57%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.57%) Middleware
2 10 (2.14%) REST
3 7 (1.50%) .NET
3 7 (1.50%) NETCONF
3 7 (1.50%) RESTCONF
4 5 (1.07%) YAML
5 4 (0.86%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.86%) Flash
5 4 (0.86%) RESTful
6 3 (0.64%) Hibernate
6 3 (0.64%) Kafka
6 3 (0.64%) React
6 3 (0.64%) Spring
6 3 (0.64%) Swagger
7 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.43%) LAMP
7 2 (0.43%) Node.js
7 2 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.43%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.35%) Data Centre
2 46 (9.85%) PKI
3 29 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (5.57%) Replication
5 23 (4.93%) Clustering
6 22 (4.71%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.64%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.14%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.14%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.71%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.71%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.07%) Blackberry
12 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 239 (51.18%) Windows
2 151 (32.33%) Linux
3 135 (28.91%) Windows Server
4 47 (10.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (9.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 35 (7.49%) Windows 10
7 32 (6.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.28%) CentOS
8 20 (4.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (3.21%) Ubuntu
10 14 (3.00%) Mac OS
11 11 (2.36%) Solaris
11 11 (2.36%) Unix
11 11 (2.36%) VMS
12 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.86%) AIX
13 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.64%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.64%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (18.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 80 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (14.13%) Agile
4 64 (13.70%) DevOps
5 58 (12.42%) Migration
6 52 (11.13%) ITIL
7 51 (10.92%) Disaster Recovery
8 38 (8.14%) High Availability
9 35 (7.49%) Configuration Management
9 35 (7.49%) Data Protection
10 34 (7.28%) Validation
11 33 (7.07%) Service Management
12 32 (6.85%) CI/CD
12 32 (6.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (6.64%) Business Strategy
14 29 (6.21%) Deployment Automation
15 28 (6.00%) Roadmaps
16 27 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (5.78%) Network Virtualisation
17 25 (5.35%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 122 (26.12%) PowerShell
2 97 (20.77%) Python
3 46 (9.85%) SQL
4 45 (9.64%) Bash
5 14 (3.00%) Java
6 12 (2.57%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.57%) Shell Script
7 10 (2.14%) Perl
8 9 (1.93%) PHP
9 8 (1.71%) Go
10 5 (1.07%) C#
10 5 (1.07%) C++
11 2 (0.43%) VB
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Rust
12 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 199 (42.61%) Security Cleared
2 110 (23.55%) SC Cleared
3 104 (22.27%) DV Cleared
4 42 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (8.35%) Degree
6 36 (7.71%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (7.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 27 (5.78%) CCNP
9 21 (4.50%) MCSE
10 16 (3.43%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.36%) VCP5
11 11 (2.36%) VCP6
12 10 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.14%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.93%) CCIE
13 9 (1.93%) CCNA
13 9 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.93%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (1.93%) VCAP
14 6 (1.28%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.07%) GDPR
2 14 (3.00%) SLA
3 12 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.71%) QA
5 4 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.64%) NCSC
7 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 186 (39.83%) Active Directory
2 94 (20.13%) VMware ESXi
3 80 (17.13%) vSphere
4 72 (15.42%) Hyper-V
5 48 (10.28%) VMware NSX
6 43 (9.21%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (6.85%) Docker
8 28 (6.00%) Virtual Servers
9 25 (5.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 24 (5.14%) NFS
11 21 (4.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 16 (3.43%) Terminal Services
13 12 (2.57%) KVM
14 10 (2.14%) BitLocker
14 10 (2.14%) Microsoft App-V
15 8 (1.71%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (1.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 6 (1.28%) Dovecot
17 6 (1.28%) Postfix
17 6 (1.28%) UAG
Systems Management
1 126 (26.98%) Ansible
2 68 (14.56%) SCCM
3 66 (14.13%) vCenter Server
4 42 (8.99%) Terraform
5 39 (8.35%) Puppet
6 32 (6.85%) Kubernetes
7 31 (6.64%) WSUS
8 25 (5.35%) vRealize
9 23 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 16 (3.43%) vMotion
11 15 (3.21%) VxRail
12 14 (3.00%) Microsoft Clustering
13 11 (2.36%) Nagios
14 10 (2.14%) NetBackup
14 10 (2.14%) Progress Chef
15 9 (1.93%) Oracle RMAN
16 8 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 7 (1.50%) PowerCLI
17 7 (1.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
18 6 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 467 (100.00%) VMware
2 185 (39.61%) Microsoft
3 84 (17.99%) Cisco
4 58 (12.42%) Citrix
5 54 (11.56%) NetApp
6 44 (9.42%) Splunk
7 38 (8.14%) F5
8 36 (7.71%) Veeam
9 34 (7.28%) Red Hat
10 23 (4.93%) Broadcom
10 23 (4.93%) Oracle
11 22 (4.71%) Google
12 21 (4.50%) Dell
13 17 (3.64%) MuleSoft
14 14 (3.00%) CyberArk
14 14 (3.00%) HP
15 13 (2.78%) Juniper
15 13 (2.78%) SolarWinds
16 12 (2.57%) Veritas
17 10 (2.14%) Palo Alto