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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +35 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 96 92 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.65% 2.92% 3.60%
As % of the System Software category 34.29% 26.59% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 67 83
10th Percentile £440 £400 £320
25th Percentile £513 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £613
90th Percentile £699 £718 £724
England median daily rate £550 £500 £549
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.93% +15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 17
10th Percentile - - £59.92
25th Percentile - - £60.70
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -36.51% +6.40%
75th Percentile - £43.20 £65.00
90th Percentile - £71.25 £80.59
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.13 £63.12
% change year-on-year -30.22% -36.43% +30.34%

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 280 346 554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.49% 10.98% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 260 418
10th Percentile £209 £169 £200
25th Percentile £403 £374 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £623
90th Percentile £700 £684 £725
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 32 38
10th Percentile £16.05 - £14.78
25th Percentile £17.38 £40.00 £17.31
Median hourly rate £40.63 £68.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +14.58% +23.76%
75th Percentile £68.05 £86.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.44 £90.00 £80.85
England median hourly rate £28.71 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +36.69% -58.00% +163.16%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +25 48 £575 +6.98% 13
Gloucestershire +35 20 £615 +11.82% 23
Bristol +12 18 £470 -6.00% 11
Dorset +13 8 £550 +20.55% 10
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 24 (25.00%) Confluence
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.08%) IIS
4 2 (2.08%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.04%) Apache
5 1 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.92%) Azure
2 17 (17.71%) AWS
3 14 (14.58%) OpenShift
4 10 (10.42%) PaaS
4 10 (10.42%) SaaS
5 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (26.04%) DNS
2 20 (20.83%) DHCP
3 17 (17.71%) TCP/IP
4 14 (14.58%) HTTP
5 12 (12.50%) Firewall
5 12 (12.50%) VoIP
6 10 (10.42%) PBX
7 7 (7.29%) BGP
7 7 (7.29%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (7.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (7.29%) DMVPN
7 7 (7.29%) OSPF
7 7 (7.29%) VXLAN
8 6 (6.25%) VSAN
9 5 (5.21%) SAN
9 5 (5.21%) VPN
10 4 (4.17%) LAN
10 4 (4.17%) VLAN
10 4 (4.17%) WAN
11 3 (3.13%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (26.04%) JIRA
2 11 (11.46%) Bitbucket
2 11 (11.46%) Git
2 11 (11.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 23 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 18 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.46%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.29%) Military
6 6 (6.25%) Legal
7 3 (3.13%) Billing
7 3 (3.13%) Finance
8 2 (2.08%) Advertising
9 1 (1.04%) Electronics
9 1 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.04%) Marketing
9 1 (1.04%) Police
9 1 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (14.58%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 9 (9.38%) Automation Engineer
4 8 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (7.29%) Network Engineer
6 5 (5.21%) Linux Engineer
7 4 (4.17%) Architect
8 3 (3.13%) Consultant
8 3 (3.13%) Lead
8 3 (3.13%) Project Engineer
8 3 (3.13%) Project Leader
8 3 (3.13%) Test Engineer
9 2 (2.08%) Azure Architect
9 2 (2.08%) Cloud Specialist
9 2 (2.08%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 2 (2.08%) Senior
9 2 (2.08%) Server Specialist
9 2 (2.08%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.58%) Flash
2 11 (11.46%) REST
2 11 (11.46%) SOAP
3 5 (5.21%) Spine.js
4 4 (4.17%) Kafka
5 2 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (1.04%) LDAP
6 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) Clustering
2 10 (10.42%) Blackberry
2 10 (10.42%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (8.33%) PKI
4 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.04%) CESG
5 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.04%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 51 (53.13%) Windows
2 38 (39.58%) Windows Server
3 34 (35.42%) Linux
4 15 (15.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (10.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (7.29%) Windows 10
7 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (3.13%) VMS
9 1 (1.04%) Android
9 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.04%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (45.83%) Service Management
2 39 (40.63%) Validation
3 32 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (32.29%) Agile
5 29 (30.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (30.21%) System Testing
6 27 (28.13%) NsoIT
7 19 (19.79%) Containerisation
8 16 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
8 16 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
9 15 (15.63%) High Availability
10 14 (14.58%) Power Management
11 13 (13.54%) Computer Science
11 13 (13.54%) Migration
11 13 (13.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (12.50%) Configuration Management
12 12 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
12 12 (12.50%) Waterfall
13 11 (11.46%) Infrastructure Automation
14 10 (10.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (34.38%) PowerShell
2 32 (33.33%) Python
3 31 (32.29%) Bash
4 15 (15.63%) Java
5 5 (5.21%) SQL
6 2 (2.08%) VBScript
7 1 (1.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 68 (70.83%) SC Cleared
3 43 (44.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 40 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (32.29%) DV Cleared
6 30 (31.25%) CCNP
7 16 (16.67%) Degree
8 13 (13.54%) CCNA
8 13 (13.54%) Master's Degree
9 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (11.46%) OCA
9 11 (11.46%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (10.42%) RHCA
10 10 (10.42%) RHCE
11 8 (8.33%) MCSE
12 7 (7.29%) MCSA
13 2 (2.08%) A+ Certification
13 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
14 1 (1.04%) CISSP
14 1 (1.04%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.13%) Def Stans
2 2 (2.08%) SLA
3 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.04%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (21.88%) Hyper-V
2 20 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (19.79%) Docker
3 19 (19.79%) VMware NSX
4 18 (18.75%) Active Directory
5 6 (6.25%) vSphere
6 3 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.08%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.04%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (35.42%) Ansible
2 33 (34.38%) vCenter Server
3 25 (26.04%) Puppet
4 20 (20.83%) Kubernetes
5 18 (18.75%) Terraform
6 10 (10.42%) Progress Chef
7 6 (6.25%) SCCM
8 4 (4.17%) VxRail
9 3 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (3.13%) SCOM
9 3 (3.13%) vRealize
10 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (2.08%) PowerCLI
10 2 (2.08%) WSUS
11 1 (1.04%) AppManager
11 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (1.04%) Nessus
11 1 (1.04%) NetApp OnCommand
11 1 (1.04%) vMotion
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) VMware
2 42 (43.75%) Cisco
3 21 (21.88%) Atlassian
4 18 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 18 (18.75%) Red Hat
5 13 (13.54%) F5
6 12 (12.50%) Oracle
7 10 (10.42%) Avaya
7 10 (10.42%) Ericsson
7 10 (10.42%) Juniper
7 10 (10.42%) Nokia
7 10 (10.42%) Palo Alto
7 10 (10.42%) Ribbon
8 4 (4.17%) NetApp
9 3 (3.13%) Infoblox
9 3 (3.13%) Veeam
10 2 (2.08%) Broadcom
10 2 (2.08%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 1 (1.04%) Splunk