VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.88% - -
As % of the System Software category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North West median daily rate £458 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +7.76% +3.03% -3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £70.38 - £43.75
% change year-on-year - - -32.69%

All System Software Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 28 7 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.15% 4.70% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 10
10th Percentile £149 £210 £168
25th Percentile £338 £328 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £623
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -19.68% +38.33%
75th Percentile - £563 £645
90th Percentile £581 £588 £658
North West median daily rate £425 £425 £425
% change year-on-year - - -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £40.98 - £26.51
25th Percentile £41.94 - £30.65
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £40.33
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.54%
75th Percentile - - £44.49
90th Percentile - - £45.32
North West median hourly rate £19.50 £22.09 £18.50
% change year-on-year -11.72% +19.41% -57.76%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Lancashire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Preston - 3 £550 - 2
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) Perl
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCDP
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft