VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Somerset

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 +11
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 5 16 7
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 2.86% 8.79% 3.72%
As % of the System Software category 11.90% 45.71% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile £547 £439 -
25th Percentile £616 £505 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £575 £275
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +109.09% -37.78%
75th Percentile £649 £649 £288
90th Percentile - £784 -
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.02
25th Percentile - - £46.05
Median hourly rate - - £46.09
75th Percentile - - £46.14
90th Percentile - - £46.16
South West median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All System Software Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 42 35 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 24.00% 19.23% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 18 17
10th Percentile £200 £221 £139
25th Percentile £221 £250 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £508 £190
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +167.11% -56.17%
75th Percentile £538 £646 £419
90th Percentile £649 £836 £663
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £541
% change year-on-year +2.33% -0.69% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £57.90 - £46.02
25th Percentile £58.50 £12.50 £46.05
Median hourly rate £64.00 £13.00 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year +392.31% -71.79% +49.89%
75th Percentile £70.50 £15.00 £46.14
90th Percentile £71.70 £15.90 £46.16
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £16.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +315.63% -73.88% +22.50%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Somerset

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Bath -2 4 £633 -
Taunton -1 1 £550 -
VMware Infrastructure
South West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) BGP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) IPsec
1 4 (80.00%) MPLS
1 4 (80.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Switch Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) NETCONF
1 4 (80.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 4 (80.00%) NsoIT
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) ESRI
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft