VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the South West

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 50 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 98 122 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.40% 3.72% 3.25%
As % of the System Software category 38.13% 28.50% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 82 70
10th Percentile £445 £432 £300
25th Percentile £513 £488 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +2.43% +6.33%
75th Percentile £649 £600 £600
90th Percentile £694 £672 £625
England median daily rate £550 £508 £546
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.05% +14.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 15
10th Percentile - - £59.88
25th Percentile - - £60.35
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -36.51% +9.57%
75th Percentile - - £70.25
90th Percentile - £71.93 £84.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £61.35
% change year-on-year -27.50% -34.80% +28.33%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 257 428 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.16% 13.05% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 310 363
10th Percentile £208 £197 £200
25th Percentile £316 £463 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +4.88% +5.13%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £621
90th Percentile £688 £672 £719
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 38
10th Percentile £16.34 - £13.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £40.00 £16.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +12.08% +24.30%
75th Percentile £78.70 £85.00 £73.13
90th Percentile £79.48 £90.00 £88.25
England median hourly rate £29.50 £22.30 £50.00
% change year-on-year +32.29% -55.40% +150.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South West.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South West over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Wiltshire +7 45 £575 +6.88% 23
Bristol +29 22 £513 +2.50% 24
Gloucestershire +32 13 £615 +30.85% 45
Dorset +14 9 £538 +26.47% 20
Somerset -3 4 £633 - 13
Devon +4 1 £475 -13.64% 15
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 28 (28.57%) Confluence
2 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.10%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.04%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.02%) Apache
5 1 (1.02%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (26.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.39%) Azure
2 12 (12.24%) PaaS
3 11 (11.22%) SaaS
4 10 (10.20%) AWS
5 8 (8.16%) OpenShift
6 6 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.04%) Azure Stack
8 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.04%) IaaS
9 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.51%) DNS
2 14 (14.29%) BGP
2 14 (14.29%) DHCP
3 13 (13.27%) VoIP
3 13 (13.27%) VPN
4 12 (12.24%) Firewall
5 10 (10.20%) PBX
6 9 (9.18%) TCP/IP
7 8 (8.16%) Unified Communications
8 7 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (7.14%) DMVPN
8 7 (7.14%) HTTP
8 7 (7.14%) IPsec
8 7 (7.14%) MPLS
8 7 (7.14%) OSPF
8 7 (7.14%) VXLAN
9 6 (6.12%) LAN
9 6 (6.12%) VSAN
9 6 (6.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (28.57%) JIRA
2 11 (11.22%) Bitbucket
2 11 (11.22%) Git
2 11 (11.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.02%) GitLab
General
1 34 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (18.37%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.22%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.14%) Military
6 5 (5.10%) Billing
6 5 (5.10%) Finance
7 4 (4.08%) Legal
8 2 (2.04%) Advertising
9 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Electronics
9 1 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.02%) Marketing
9 1 (1.02%) Police
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 14 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 11 (11.22%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 7 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
4 6 (6.12%) Architect
5 5 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (4.08%) Linux Engineer
6 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.06%) Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Consultant
7 3 (3.06%) Lead
7 3 (3.06%) Project Engineer
7 3 (3.06%) Project Leader
7 3 (3.06%) Senior
7 3 (3.06%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.06%) Test Engineer
8 2 (2.04%) Server Specialist
8 2 (2.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.24%) REST
2 11 (11.22%) Flash
2 11 (11.22%) SOAP
3 7 (7.14%) NETCONF
3 7 (7.14%) RESTCONF
4 5 (5.10%) Spine.js
5 4 (4.08%) Kafka
6 2 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.02%) LDAP
7 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.27%) PKI
2 12 (12.24%) Clustering
3 10 (10.20%) Blackberry
3 10 (10.20%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.04%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) CESG
5 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.02%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 45 (45.92%) Windows
2 27 (27.55%) Linux
2 27 (27.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (8.16%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.16%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (43.88%) Validation
2 40 (40.82%) Service Management
3 33 (33.67%) System Testing
4 31 (31.63%) NsoIT
5 30 (30.61%) Agile
6 29 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (22.45%) Network Virtualisation
9 20 (20.41%) Critical Thinking
10 13 (13.27%) Migration
10 13 (13.27%) Roadmaps
11 12 (12.24%) Configuration Management
11 12 (12.24%) Deployment Automation
12 11 (11.22%) Containerisation
12 11 (11.22%) High Availability
12 11 (11.22%) Infrastructure Automation
12 11 (11.22%) Power Management
12 11 (11.22%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (10.20%) Computer Science
13 10 (10.20%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (30.61%) Python
2 26 (26.53%) PowerShell
3 22 (22.45%) Bash
4 8 (8.16%) Java
5 5 (5.10%) SQL
6 1 (1.02%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 84 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 72 (73.47%) SC Cleared
3 44 (44.90%) Cisco Certification
4 40 (40.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 35 (35.71%) CCNP
6 29 (29.59%) DV Cleared
7 19 (19.39%) Degree
8 11 (11.22%) OCA
8 11 (11.22%) Oracle Certification
9 10 (10.20%) CCNA
9 10 (10.20%) Master's Degree
9 10 (10.20%) RHCA
9 10 (10.20%) RHCE
10 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (5.10%) MCSE
12 4 (4.08%) MCSA
13 3 (3.06%) A+ Certification
14 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
14 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (1.02%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.06%) Def Stans
2 2 (2.04%) SLA
3 1 (1.02%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 24 (24.49%) VMware ESXi
2 22 (22.45%) Active Directory
3 16 (16.33%) VMware NSX
4 15 (15.31%) Hyper-V
5 10 (10.20%) Docker
6 5 (5.10%) vSphere
7 4 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (2.04%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 31 (31.63%) Ansible
2 28 (28.57%) vCenter Server
3 18 (18.37%) Puppet
4 12 (12.24%) Kubernetes
5 10 (10.20%) Progress Chef
6 9 (9.18%) SCCM
6 9 (9.18%) Terraform
7 6 (6.12%) VxRail
8 3 (3.06%) AppManager
8 3 (3.06%) vRealize
9 2 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (2.04%) PowerCLI
10 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (1.02%) Nessus
10 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.02%) SCOM
10 1 (1.02%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (100.00%) VMware
2 46 (46.94%) Cisco
3 25 (25.51%) Atlassian
4 18 (18.37%) Microsoft
5 13 (13.27%) F5
6 12 (12.24%) Oracle
7 10 (10.20%) Avaya
7 10 (10.20%) Ericsson
7 10 (10.20%) Juniper
7 10 (10.20%) Nokia
7 10 (10.20%) Palo Alto
7 10 (10.20%) Red Hat
7 10 (10.20%) Ribbon
8 5 (5.10%) Ivanti
9 3 (3.06%) Citrix
9 3 (3.06%) Infoblox
9 3 (3.06%) Veeam
10 2 (2.04%) NetApp
10 2 (2.04%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.02%) SAP