VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 29 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 8.63% - 3.51%
As % of the System Software category 37.18% - 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile - - £203
25th Percentile £156 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -63.64%
75th Percentile £345 - £248
90th Percentile - - £312
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -28.21%

All System Software Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 78 28 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 23.21% 16.87% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 24 18
10th Percentile £131 £133 £143
25th Percentile £133 £143 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £154 £225
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -31.67% -47.83%
75th Percentile £170 £223 £246
90th Percentile £345 £413 £312
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £17.09 - -
25th Percentile £17.23 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.92 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.57%
75th Percentile £21.07 - £18.38
90th Percentile £21.48 - £19.25
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £55.75 £17.72
% change year-on-year +33.20% +214.62% -16.43%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Merseyside

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Merseyside over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Merseyside

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Liverpool - 29 £175 - 1
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) AWS
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (13.79%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (100.00%) DNS
2 23 (79.31%) TCP/IP
3 22 (75.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 22 (75.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 19 (65.52%) BIG-IP
4 19 (65.52%) HTTP
4 19 (65.52%) SSL
4 19 (65.52%) Wireshark
5 7 (24.14%) DHCP
6 4 (13.79%) Firewall
6 4 (13.79%) NetScaler
7 3 (10.34%) DMZ
7 3 (10.34%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 19 (65.52%) Fiddler
General
1 22 (75.86%) Banking
1 22 (75.86%) Investment Banking
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
1 19 (65.52%) IP Network Engineer
1 19 (65.52%) Network Engineer
1 19 (65.52%) Web Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) IT Support
3 3 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (75.86%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Private Cloud
2 4 (13.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
1 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
1 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2019
2 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) Load Balancing
2 19 (65.52%) Data Loss Prevention
2 19 (65.52%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.79%) Business Continuity
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
4 4 (13.79%) Operational Stability
4 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Business Strategy
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.34%) Design Patterns
6 2 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
System Software
1 19 (65.52%) Firmware
2 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (13.79%) Docker
3 4 (13.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (13.79%) vSphere
4 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) VMware
2 26 (89.66%) F5
3 19 (65.52%) Blue Coat
3 19 (65.52%) McAfee
3 19 (65.52%) NetApp
4 4 (13.79%) Veeam