VMware Infrastructure Contracts in London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 196 197
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 145 205 360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.16% 1.15% 1.33%
As % of the System Software category 10.48% 11.54% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 120 258
10th Percentile £315 £300 £313
25th Percentile £408 £380 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £638
90th Percentile £692 £651 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £22.05 £64.41
25th Percentile - £22.08 £67.01
Median hourly rate - £22.30 £71.34
Median % change year-on-year - -68.74% +44.97%
75th Percentile - £23.80 £75.67
90th Percentile - £33.02 £78.27
England median hourly rate £46.50 £40.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.25% -38.46% +30.42%

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 1,384 1,777 3,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.03% 9.97% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,262 2,297
10th Percentile £300 £213 £250
25th Percentile £438 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +2.22%
75th Percentile £671 £615 £688
90th Percentile £800 £719 £775
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 42
10th Percentile £22.64 £17.23 £15.73
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.50 £22.85
Median hourly rate £28.41 £22.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.27% -50.00% +83.67%
75th Percentile £35.75 £25.00 £73.63
90th Percentile £91.50 £48.89 £85.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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
Central London -9 16 £550 +27.54% 25
West London +13 7 £750 +50.00% 8
East London +11 3 £245 -51.00% 3
South London +8 3 £450 -33.33% 1
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (12.41%) SharePoint
2 16 (11.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.83%) OpenStack
4 6 (4.14%) Confluence
5 3 (2.07%) Apache
6 2 (1.38%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.69%) CMS
7 1 (0.69%) IIS
7 1 (0.69%) JBoss
7 1 (0.69%) nginx
7 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (33.10%) Azure
2 37 (25.52%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (24.83%) AWS
4 17 (11.72%) Entra ID
5 13 (8.97%) IaaS
6 11 (7.59%) OpenShift
7 10 (6.90%) GitHub
8 9 (6.21%) GCP
9 8 (5.52%) OneDrive
10 7 (4.83%) Nutanix
11 6 (4.14%) Azure Stack
11 6 (4.14%) PaaS
11 6 (4.14%) SaaS
12 5 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (2.76%) Rubrik
14 3 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (1.38%) Serverless
15 2 (1.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (22.76%) Firewall
2 29 (20.00%) DNS
3 24 (16.55%) TCP/IP
4 17 (11.72%) DHCP
4 17 (11.72%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (10.34%) Network Security
6 11 (7.59%) NAS
6 11 (7.59%) SAN
6 11 (7.59%) VPN
6 11 (7.59%) WAN
7 10 (6.90%) LAN
7 10 (6.90%) VLAN
7 10 (6.90%) VSAN
8 6 (4.14%) VoIP
9 5 (3.45%) BGP
9 5 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (3.45%) OSPF
10 4 (2.76%) 4G
10 4 (2.76%) VXLAN
11 3 (2.07%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.14%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.76%) Big Data
5 4 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.76%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.76%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (2.07%) Couchbase
6 3 (2.07%) OLTP
6 3 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.38%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.38%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.38%) MySQL
7 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.38%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.52%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Git
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (3.45%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.76%) Subversion
4 3 (2.07%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.07%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.69%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) Serena SBM
General
1 42 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.76%) Finance
3 12 (8.28%) Banking
4 11 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.90%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.14%) Legal
8 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.07%) Law
8 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Back Office
9 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.69%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Local Government
9 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.69%) Marketing
9 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (14.48%) Architect
3 16 (11.03%) VMware Engineer
4 15 (10.34%) Senior
5 12 (8.28%) Network Engineer
6 11 (7.59%) Linux Engineer
7 9 (6.21%) Administrator
7 9 (6.21%) Consultant
8 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Architect
8 8 (5.52%) Lead
8 8 (5.52%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.14%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 4 (2.76%) Azure Architect
12 4 (2.76%) Network Systems Engineer
12 4 (2.76%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.45%) .NET
1 5 (3.45%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.07%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (2.07%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (2.07%) CSS
2 3 (2.07%) HTML
2 3 (2.07%) Kafka
2 3 (2.07%) LDAP
2 3 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (2.07%) REST
3 2 (1.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.38%) React
4 1 (0.69%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) Middleware
4 1 (0.69%) Node.js
4 1 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.55%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.28%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (7.59%) Private Cloud
4 9 (6.21%) Clustering
4 9 (6.21%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.83%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.83%) PKI
5 7 (4.83%) Replication
6 6 (4.14%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.07%) EMC VMAX
7 3 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.07%) iPad
7 3 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.38%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (53.79%) Windows
2 48 (33.10%) Linux
3 40 (27.59%) Windows Server
4 27 (18.62%) Windows 10
5 18 (12.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (5.52%) CentOS
6 8 (5.52%) Unix
7 7 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (3.45%) Solaris
8 5 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (2.76%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.76%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.07%) Android
11 2 (1.38%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.38%) Rocky
11 2 (1.38%) SUSE
11 2 (1.38%) VMS
11 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.90%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (23.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (15.17%) Migration
4 20 (13.79%) High Availability
5 19 (13.10%) DevOps
6 18 (12.41%) ITSM
7 16 (11.03%) ITIL
7 16 (11.03%) Roadmaps
8 14 (9.66%) Service Delivery
9 13 (8.97%) Containerisation
9 13 (8.97%) Network Virtualisation
10 11 (7.59%) Agile
10 11 (7.59%) Customer Service
11 10 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (6.21%) Data Protection
12 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Management
12 9 (6.21%) Performance Tuning
12 9 (6.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.93%) PowerShell
2 23 (15.86%) Python
3 18 (12.41%) SQL
4 10 (6.90%) Bash
5 7 (4.83%) C#
5 7 (4.83%) Perl
6 6 (4.14%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.76%) Java
8 3 (2.07%) Scala
9 2 (1.38%) VB
10 1 (0.69%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.69%) C
10 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Ruby
10 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (6.21%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.83%) CCIE
5 7 (4.83%) CCNP
6 6 (4.14%) Degree
7 5 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.07%) CCNA
8 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.07%) RHCSA
8 3 (2.07%) VCAP
9 2 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.38%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.69%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) GDPR
2 4 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.07%) Government Security Classifications
3 3 (2.07%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (2.07%) NIST
3 3 (2.07%) SLA
4 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.38%) QA
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 59 (40.69%) Active Directory
2 26 (17.93%) vSphere
3 22 (15.17%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (14.48%) Docker
5 13 (8.97%) Hyper-V
6 12 (8.28%) VMware NSX
7 8 (5.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (3.45%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (2.76%) NFS
10 3 (2.07%) BitLocker
10 3 (2.07%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (2.07%) vCloud
10 3 (2.07%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (2.07%) Veritas File System
10 3 (2.07%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (1.38%) KVM
11 2 (1.38%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.69%) Firmware
12 1 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 22 (15.17%) Ansible
3 12 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (6.90%) SCCM
5 9 (6.21%) Progress Chef
5 9 (6.21%) Terraform
6 7 (4.83%) Puppet
7 6 (4.14%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (4.14%) vCenter Server
7 6 (4.14%) VxRail
8 4 (2.76%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.76%) QRadar
8 4 (2.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (2.07%) Kibana
9 3 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.07%) Tivoli
10 2 (1.38%) Control-M
10 2 (1.38%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.38%) Netcool
10 2 (1.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 145 (100.00%) VMware
2 58 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 38 (26.21%) Cisco
4 28 (19.31%) Red Hat
5 14 (9.66%) Oracle
6 13 (8.97%) EMC
7 9 (6.21%) Citrix
7 9 (6.21%) Meraki
7 9 (6.21%) SolarWinds
7 9 (6.21%) Splunk
8 8 (5.52%) NetApp
9 7 (4.83%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.14%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.45%) CyberArk
11 5 (3.45%) F5
11 5 (3.45%) Qualys
11 5 (3.45%) Veritas
12 4 (2.76%) AppDynamics
12 4 (2.76%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.76%) Symantec