VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in South Wales

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 43 31
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +22
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 3 2 18
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.85% 0.53% 4.74%
As % of the System Software category 9.68% 3.85% 30.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 16
10th Percentile £430 - £300
25th Percentile £466 £188 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £200 £575
Median % change year-on-year +175.00% -65.22% -
75th Percentile £575 £213 £628
90th Percentile - - £638
Wales median daily rate £550 £200 £575
% change year-on-year +175.00% -65.22% -

All System Software Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 31 52 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 8.73% 13.68% 15.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 48
10th Percentile £190 £126 £140
25th Percentile £256 £140 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £225 £303
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% -25.62% -43.72%
75th Percentile £300 £419 £600
90th Percentile £575 £575 £638
Wales median daily rate £290 £225 £303
% change year-on-year +28.89% -25.62% -37.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £12.73
25th Percentile £75.00 £47.50 £12.96
Median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £13.33
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +275.09% +6.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £52.50 £84.67
90th Percentile - - £127.47
Wales median hourly rate £49.25 £50.00 £13.33
% change year-on-year -1.50% +275.09% -11.13%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in South Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in South Wales over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in South Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
Newport +9 3 £550 - 2
VMware Infrastructure
Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Database Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Veeam