VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 3.88% 1.24% 0.62%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 8.00% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £425 £290 -
25th Percentile £436 £336 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £418 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% - -
75th Percentile £490 £506 -
90th Percentile £523 £555 -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £375 £300
% change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -27.27%

All System Software Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 20 25 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.75% 15.53% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 14
10th Percentile £393 £308 £169
25th Percentile £409 £396 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £435 £225
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% +93.17% -18.18%
75th Percentile £478 £499 £487
90th Percentile £491 £531 £546
East Midlands median daily rate £411 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +9.67% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.71
25th Percentile - £23.10 £17.39
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £19.89
Median % change year-on-year - +21.68% +12.23%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £22.48
90th Percentile - - £23.23
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £21.26 £21.00
% change year-on-year +11.51% +1.24% +35.48%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Northamptonshire

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Northampton -9 10 £465 +11.38% 2
VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (70.00%) AWS
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (70.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Director
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Mac OS
3 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (10.00%) AIX
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (80.00%) Thought Leadership
1 8 (80.00%) User Experience
2 7 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (70.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (70.00%) Zero Trust
3 4 (40.00%) Application Packaging
3 4 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (70.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) GDPR
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) SCCM
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) Citrix
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat