VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield 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 60 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 28 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 3.88% 1.62% -
As % of the System Software category 18.67% 7.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £364 £472 -
25th Percentile £406 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £583 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.26% - -
75th Percentile £638 £623 -
90th Percentile £695 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £447 £583 -
% change year-on-year -23.26% - -

All System Software Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 150 64 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 20.80% 20.78% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 46 46
10th Percentile £355 £236 £220
25th Percentile £420 £471 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £430
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +27.91% -21.82%
75th Percentile £538 £624 £592
90th Percentile £624 £688 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £484 £550 £430
% change year-on-year -12.09% +27.91% -21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - £20.50 £18.88
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +100.82%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Sheffield

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Sheffield

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (7.14%) CICS
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
1 2 (7.14%) Tomcat
1 2 (7.14%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.57%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
2 4 (14.29%) GCP
2 4 (14.29%) OpenShift
3 2 (7.14%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 20 (71.43%) DNS
2 16 (57.14%) Network Security
3 15 (53.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 15 (53.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 14 (50.00%) DMZ
5 9 (32.14%) Firewall
6 4 (14.29%) NAS
6 4 (14.29%) SAN
7 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
8 2 (7.14%) BIG-IP
8 2 (7.14%) VSAN
9 1 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (3.57%) DHCP
9 1 (3.57%) iSCSI
9 1 (3.57%) LAN
9 1 (3.57%) SSL
9 1 (3.57%) VPN
9 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) NoSQL
1 2 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 5 (17.86%) Git
3 3 (10.71%) GitLab
3 3 (10.71%) JIRA
4 2 (7.14%) Postman
5 1 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (64.29%) Banking
2 14 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Migration Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Server Migration Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Server Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Virtualisation Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Citrix Expert
5 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Lead
5 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Middleware
2 3 (10.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Clustering
2 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.14%) Mainframe
2 2 (7.14%) Replication
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (3.57%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.14%) Solaris
4 2 (7.14%) VMS
4 2 (7.14%) zOS
5 1 (3.57%) MVS
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Business Strategy
1 15 (53.57%) Load Balancing
2 14 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 7 (25.00%) Migration
4 6 (21.43%) Agile
5 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (14.29%) Scrum
6 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (10.71%) Kanban
6 3 (10.71%) Server Migrations
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.14%) Configuration Management
7 2 (7.14%) Data Protection
7 2 (7.14%) DevOps
7 2 (7.14%) High Availability
7 2 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
4 2 (7.14%) Java
5 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) CCA
2 1 (3.57%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) VMware NSX
2 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.86%) vSphere
3 3 (10.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.14%) KVM
5 1 (3.57%) Docker
5 1 (3.57%) NFS
5 1 (3.57%) SRDF
5 1 (3.57%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.57%) Xen
5 1 (3.57%) XenApp
5 1 (3.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (35.71%) Ansible
2 4 (14.29%) Terraform
2 4 (14.29%) vCenter Server
3 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (10.71%) Puppet
3 3 (10.71%) vRealize
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (7.14%) SCCM
5 1 (3.57%) Argo
5 1 (3.57%) Podman
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (82.14%) F5
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.29%) Red Hat
5 3 (10.71%) NetApp
6 2 (7.14%) Citrix
6 2 (7.14%) EMC
6 2 (7.14%) Infoblox
6 2 (7.14%) MuleSoft
6 2 (7.14%) NetScout
6 2 (7.14%) Oracle
6 2 (7.14%) SevOne
7 1 (3.57%) Google
7 1 (3.57%) IBM
7 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.57%) Pure Storage