VMware Infrastructure Contracts in Scotland

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 89 109
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 29 39 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.80% 1.76% 1.89%
As % of the System Software category 15.68% 12.62% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 33
10th Percentile £409 - £321
25th Percentile £415 £313 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £467 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -1.68% +10.14%
75th Percentile £575 £621 £508
90th Percentile £588 £679 £765
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £548
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.68% +15.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.79
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £26.93
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £46.50 £40.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.53% -38.08% +30.21%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 185 309 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.46% 13.92% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 190 326
10th Percentile £208 £188 £194
25th Percentile £410 £324 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £538
90th Percentile £589 £650 £629
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - £60.00 £29.66
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% +48.72% -8.58%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £50.80
90th Percentile - - £55.57
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +23.20% -57.88% +167.13%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in Scotland

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Scotland

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Scotland

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Scotland

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow -3 15 £455 +14.90% 6
Edinburgh +2 12 £550 +25.57% 5
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) Apache
3 1 (3.45%) IIS
3 1 (3.45%) nginx
3 1 (3.45%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
1 6 (20.69%) IaaS
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) OpenShift
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) PaaS
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) DNS
2 3 (10.34%) DHCP
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) Network Security
2 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.45%) HTTP
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.45%) SSL
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Git
2 5 (17.24%) Jenkins
3 3 (10.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Linux Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Python Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Applications Support
3 4 (13.79%) Architect
3 4 (13.79%) VMware Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Support
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Linux Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Linux Support
4 3 (10.34%) Support Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Designer
5 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Loki
2 2 (6.90%) Middleware
3 1 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.45%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (3.45%) Ajax
3 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.45%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) Entity Framework
3 1 (3.45%) HTML
3 1 (3.45%) JMS
3 1 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (20.69%) Data Centre
3 5 (17.24%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 5 (17.24%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) PKI
4 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Linux
2 13 (44.83%) Unix
3 9 (31.03%) Windows
4 5 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.45%) AIX
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (3.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Data Protection
2 8 (27.59%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) High Availability
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
4 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (17.24%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
6 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
6 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 2 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (6.90%) JVM Tuning
7 2 (6.90%) Observability
7 2 (6.90%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (6.90%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) Python
2 8 (27.59%) SQL
3 5 (17.24%) Erlang
3 5 (17.24%) Perl
3 5 (17.24%) Prolog
4 4 (13.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) Java
5 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.45%) VB
5 1 (3.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
1 2 (6.90%) CCNA
1 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.90%) Docker
3 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.90%) VMware NSX
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Ansible
2 7 (24.14%) Terraform
3 5 (17.24%) Grafana
3 5 (17.24%) Prometheus
4 3 (10.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Red Hat
3 5 (17.24%) Splunk
3 5 (17.24%) Veritas
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco
4 4 (13.79%) Citrix
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle
6 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.45%) Aruba
7 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.45%) Dell
7 1 (3.45%) F5
7 1 (3.45%) HP
7 1 (3.45%) NVIDIA
7 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 1 (3.45%) Tanium