VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 185 159
Rank change year-on-year -77 -26 +52
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 128 178 263
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 1.32% 1.42%
As % of the System Software category 7.62% 12.80% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 98 164
10th Percentile £323 £243 £300
25th Percentile £475 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £603
90th Percentile £684 £661 £671
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 12
10th Percentile £31.94 - £22.01
25th Percentile £45.35 - £22.08
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +155.47% +0.54%
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £112.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +86.67% -7.69%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,680 1,391 1,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.20% 10.34% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,125 918 1,399
10th Percentile £325 £250 £213
25th Percentile £425 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +13.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £625
90th Percentile £750 £813 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 35
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.50 £16.34
25th Percentile £21.61 £23.01 £21.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.11 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +4.42% -26.47%
75th Percentile £42.94 £42.44 £48.37
90th Percentile £67.70 £103.50 £61.50
England median hourly rate £34.00 £28.41 £40.00
% change year-on-year +19.68% -28.98% +1.91%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in London

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 10 February 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 -17 14 £550 +15.79% 14
South London - 6 £165 - 4
West London -17 3 - - 3
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.91%) Confluence
2 5 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.78%) JBoss
4 1 (0.78%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.78%) Traefik
4 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.78%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.13%) Azure
2 14 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.59%) AWS
3 11 (8.59%) GitHub
4 9 (7.03%) Nutanix
5 8 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.69%) IaaS
6 6 (4.69%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.13%) PaaS
8 3 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.34%) GCP
8 3 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.56%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.78%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 31 (24.22%) Firewall
2 24 (18.75%) DNS
3 19 (14.84%) SAN
4 15 (11.72%) NAS
5 14 (10.94%) DHCP
6 13 (10.16%) VPN
7 11 (8.59%) LAN
7 11 (8.59%) WAN
8 7 (5.47%) Network Security
8 7 (5.47%) VSAN
9 4 (3.13%) BGP
9 4 (3.13%) SMTP
9 4 (3.13%) VXLAN
10 3 (2.34%) Calico
10 3 (2.34%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (2.34%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.56%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (1.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.78%) Power BI
3 1 (0.78%) Redis
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.13%) RStudio
1 4 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.34%) GitLab
2 3 (2.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.56%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.56%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) JMeter
3 2 (1.56%) JUnit
3 2 (1.56%) Subversion
3 2 (1.56%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.06%) Finance
3 15 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.47%) Banking
5 7 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.91%) Legal
7 4 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.13%) Social Science
8 3 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Police
9 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (17.97%) Architect
2 20 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (11.72%) VMware Engineer
4 10 (7.81%) Consultant
5 9 (7.03%) Administrator
6 7 (5.47%) VMware Consultant
7 6 (4.69%) Senior
7 6 (4.69%) Storage Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) Lead
8 5 (3.91%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (3.91%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.91%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (3.91%) VMware Architect
8 5 (3.91%) Windows Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.13%) Infrastructure Architect
9 4 (3.13%) IT Support
9 4 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.56%) Hibernate
1 2 (1.56%) Kafka
1 2 (1.56%) OpenTelemetry
1 2 (1.56%) REST
1 2 (1.56%) Spring
2 1 (0.78%) .NET
2 1 (0.78%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.78%) EDI
2 1 (0.78%) Flash
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.78%) web3js
2 1 (0.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.06%) Replication
2 13 (10.16%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.81%) PKI
4 9 (7.03%) Cloud Native
5 8 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (5.47%) Clustering
6 7 (5.47%) Private Cloud
7 6 (4.69%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (4.69%) Hedge funds
8 5 (3.91%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.13%) Management Information System
10 3 (2.34%) Client/Server
10 3 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.34%) Educational Technology
10 3 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (30.47%) Windows
2 33 (25.78%) Windows Server
3 31 (24.22%) Linux
4 11 (8.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.91%) VMS
5 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.13%) Solaris
6 4 (3.13%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.13%) Unix
7 3 (2.34%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.56%) AIX
8 2 (1.56%) CentOS
9 1 (0.78%) Android
9 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.38%) Migration
2 24 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (14.06%) DevOps
4 17 (13.28%) CI/CD
4 17 (13.28%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (10.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (10.16%) Runbook
7 13 (10.16%) Validation
8 12 (9.38%) ITIL
9 11 (8.59%) Capacity Management
9 11 (8.59%) High Availability
9 11 (8.59%) Use Case
10 10 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (7.03%) Data Migration
11 9 (7.03%) Virtual Environments
12 7 (5.47%) Data Protection
12 7 (5.47%) Network Virtualisation
12 7 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (4.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.66%) PowerShell
2 28 (21.88%) Python
3 10 (7.81%) Bash
4 7 (5.47%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.13%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.13%) SQL
6 3 (2.34%) C
6 3 (2.34%) Java
6 3 (2.34%) Perl
7 2 (1.56%) C#
7 2 (1.56%) Korn
8 1 (0.78%) C++
8 1 (0.78%) Go
8 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (32.03%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.31%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (8.59%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.81%) Degree
6 8 (6.25%) CCNP
6 8 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.34%) CCNA
9 2 (1.56%) CCIE
9 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.56%) HP ASE
9 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.56%) RHCE
9 2 (1.56%) RHCSA
9 2 (1.56%) VCAP
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CBAP
10 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.78%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) NIST
1 4 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.56%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) COBIT
3 1 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.78%) NCSC
3 1 (0.78%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.78%) QA
3 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 25 (19.53%) VMware NSX
3 22 (17.19%) vSphere
4 16 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (9.38%) Docker
5 12 (9.38%) Hyper-V
6 11 (8.59%) NFS
7 9 (7.03%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (3.91%) KVM
10 4 (3.13%) BitLocker
10 4 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.56%) vCloud
11 2 (1.56%) Veritas File System
11 2 (1.56%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.78%) etcd
12 1 (0.78%) Firmware
12 1 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.78%) XenApp
12 1 (0.78%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (21.09%) Ansible
2 18 (14.06%) Kubernetes
3 17 (13.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (13.28%) SCCM
4 14 (10.94%) Terraform
5 12 (9.38%) vCenter Server
6 11 (8.59%) vMotion
7 10 (7.81%) vRealize
8 7 (5.47%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (4.69%) Puppet
10 5 (3.91%) Grafana
11 4 (3.13%) Progress Chef
11 4 (3.13%) Rancher
11 4 (3.13%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (3.13%) SCOM
12 3 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (2.34%) Argo
12 3 (2.34%) FortiGate
12 3 (2.34%) Istio
12 3 (2.34%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 128 (100.00%) VMware
2 26 (20.31%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.72%) Cisco
3 15 (11.72%) Red Hat
4 14 (10.94%) Citrix
5 12 (9.38%) Pure Storage
6 11 (8.59%) NetApp
7 10 (7.81%) Dell
8 7 (5.47%) Commvault
9 6 (4.69%) Veeam
10 5 (3.91%) Splunk
11 4 (3.13%) Arista
11 4 (3.13%) Oracle
12 3 (2.34%) CyberArk
12 3 (2.34%) Palo Alto
12 3 (2.34%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.34%) Trend Micro
13 2 (1.56%) Nimble Storage
13 2 (1.56%) SaltStack
13 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow