VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 63 119
Rank change year-on-year -1 +56 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 79 101 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.68% 3.14% 1.84%
As % of the System Software category 24.92% 21.91% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 62 64
10th Percentile £255 £316 £205
25th Percentile £425 £364 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £399
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +26.65% +12.32%
75th Percentile £633 £675 £496
90th Percentile £675 £715 £575
England median daily rate £511 £548 £475
% change year-on-year -6.62% +15.26% +9.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £12.40
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% - -66.80%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.68 £43.62
% change year-on-year -36.18% +43.70% -12.76%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 317 461 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.75% 14.32% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 318 453
10th Percentile £160 £158 £130
25th Percentile £250 £231 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £441 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +17.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £500
90th Percentile £660 £700 £580
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 23 38
10th Percentile £14.77 £12.81 £12.61
25th Percentile £15.74 £15.25 £13.56
Median hourly rate £17.98 £25.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% +44.93% +27.78%
75th Percentile £22.80 £34.50 £20.45
90th Percentile £37.83 £65.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.40 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.20% +163.16% +2.43%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 2024. 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
West Midlands +17 57 £570 +23.24% 39
East Midlands -6 21 £450 -30.77% 24
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (20.25%) Azure
3 4 (5.06%) AWS
4 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (24.05%) DNS
2 18 (22.78%) DHCP
3 16 (20.25%) WAN
4 14 (17.72%) SD-WAN
4 14 (17.72%) TCP/IP
5 12 (15.19%) LAN
6 11 (13.92%) Firewall
6 11 (13.92%) SAN
7 10 (12.66%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (11.39%) NX-OS
9 6 (7.59%) VLAN
9 6 (7.59%) VPN
10 5 (6.33%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (6.33%) Internet
10 5 (6.33%) MPLS
11 3 (3.80%) Network Security
11 3 (3.80%) VoIP
11 3 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (2.53%) Wireless
13 1 (1.27%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Git
2 4 (5.06%) GitLab
General
1 18 (22.78%) Public Sector
2 15 (18.99%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.80%) Local Government
5 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Finance
5 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (24.05%) Architect
3 11 (13.92%) Network Architect
4 8 (10.13%) Administrator
5 5 (6.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.33%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Server Administrator
5 5 (6.33%) Support Officer
5 5 (6.33%) Technical Support
5 5 (6.33%) Technical Support Officer
5 5 (6.33%) VMWare Administrator
6 4 (5.06%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) DevOps Specialist
7 3 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.13%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.33%) Grid Computing
3 5 (6.33%) PKI
4 4 (5.06%) Clustering
5 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (68.35%) Windows
2 29 (36.71%) Windows Server
3 25 (31.65%) Linux
4 24 (30.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (12.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (10.13%) Windows 10
7 8 (10.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (6.33%) Unix
9 4 (5.06%) CentOS
9 4 (5.06%) Ubuntu
10 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
10 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (20.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 15 (18.99%) Network Virtualisation
4 15 (18.99%) Validation
5 11 (13.92%) Configuration Management
5 11 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Automation
6 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.39%) Incident Response
7 9 (11.39%) Network Packet Capture
8 8 (10.13%) Computer Security
8 8 (10.13%) Password Management
8 8 (10.13%) Task Automation
9 7 (8.86%) Migration
9 7 (8.86%) Virtual Environments
10 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Monitoring
11 5 (6.33%) Mobile Device Management
11 5 (6.33%) Security Hardening
11 5 (6.33%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.91%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.33%) C#
2 5 (6.33%) Java
3 4 (5.06%) Bash
4 3 (3.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (44.30%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.44%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.13%) Degree
4 6 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.27%) CCNA
6 1 (1.27%) CCNP
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) NIST
2 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (29.11%) Active Directory
2 22 (27.85%) VMware NSX
3 16 (20.25%) vSphere
4 14 (17.72%) Hyper-V
4 14 (17.72%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (17.72%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (10.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (10.13%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (6.33%) VMware Server
7 3 (3.80%) VMFS
8 2 (2.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (16.46%) SCCM
2 11 (13.92%) Ansible
2 11 (13.92%) Progress Chef
2 11 (13.92%) Puppet
2 11 (13.92%) Salt
2 11 (13.92%) SCOM
2 11 (13.92%) Terraform
2 11 (13.92%) vCenter Server
3 8 (10.13%) CSIRT
4 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (5.06%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (5.06%) SCSM
6 3 (3.80%) Autotask
6 3 (3.80%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (3.80%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) VMware
2 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
3 16 (20.25%) Cisco
4 15 (18.99%) Red Hat
5 9 (11.39%) SaltStack
6 7 (8.86%) Veeam
7 5 (6.33%) Citrix
7 5 (6.33%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.06%) Apple
9 3 (3.80%) Datto
10 2 (2.53%) NetApp
11 1 (1.27%) Aerohive Networks
11 1 (1.27%) Avaya
11 1 (1.27%) Commvault
11 1 (1.27%) Dell
11 1 (1.27%) EMC
11 1 (1.27%) Google
11 1 (1.27%) Mitel
11 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.27%) Sophos