VMware Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median VMware Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 343 386
Rank change year-on-year -37 +43 +159
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Infrastructure Engineer 5 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.058% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.062% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 10
10th Percentile £592 £350 £462
25th Percentile £610 £359 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £446 £493
Median % change year-on-year +43.42% -9.39% -10.05%
75th Percentile - £575 £524
90th Percentile - £587 £535
England median daily rate £500 £550 £493
% change year-on-year -9.09% +11.68% +3.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,118 12,952 16,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.49% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,690 8,338 12,206
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 140 237
10th Percentile £17.93 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £23.80 £20.02
Median hourly rate £32.48 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £61.50 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £70.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.54% +24.29%

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London -6 1 - -
West London - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure Engineer
England

VMware Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, VMware Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring VMware Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Docker
3 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 3 (60.00%) Server Management
3 3 (60.00%) Ubuntu
3 3 (60.00%) Veeam
3 3 (60.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (20.00%) Ansible
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V

VMware Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (60.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Ubuntu
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (60.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Docker
2 3 (60.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) Ansible
3 1 (20.00%) vRealize
3 1 (20.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Veeam