VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Newport

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 5.56% 5.17% 1.11%
As % of the System Software category 28.57% 18.75% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £376 - -
25th Percentile £395 £285 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £290 £425
Median % change year-on-year +65.95% -31.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £575 £295 £438
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £481 £290 £388
% change year-on-year +65.95% -25.16% -29.55%

All System Software Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 14 16 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 19.44% 27.59% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 5
10th Percentile £384 £182 £160
25th Percentile £436 £210 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £200
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% +82.50% -63.64%
75th Percentile £688 £429 £438
90th Percentile £731 £544 £498
South Wales median daily rate £330 £414 £500
% change year-on-year -20.24% -17.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £28.50 -
25th Percentile £82.50 £31.88 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +126.67% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.13 £37.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -43.67% +200.00% -23.99%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Newport

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Newport over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Newport

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Runbook
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow Development
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) BMC
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam