VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 42 42
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +36
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 84 130 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.17% 4.57% 4.68%
As % of the System Software category 24.71% 36.52% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 101 124
10th Percentile £325 £350 £347
25th Percentile £406 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £513 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% +9.63% -1.58%
75th Percentile £608 £615 £623
90th Percentile - £688 £673
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 4
10th Percentile - £48.22 -
25th Percentile - £48.40 -
Median hourly rate - £54.56 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +172.80% -
75th Percentile - £75.75 £31.88
90th Percentile - £82.60 £53.25
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £56.66 £60.48
% change year-on-year +32.38% -6.32% +77.87%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 340 356 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.83% 12.50% 15.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 266 390
10th Percentile £177 £230 £150
25th Percentile £313 £363 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £453
Median % change year-on-year +14.52% +6.14% +3.43%
75th Percentile £608 £573 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 13
10th Percentile £16.25 £33.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £48.40 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +243.75% -14.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £20.00
90th Percentile - £78.56 £58.00
South East median hourly rate £53.19 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.52% +172.80% -9.09%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Thames Valley

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Berkshire -15 69 £526 -8.61% 15
Oxfordshire +13 8 £483 +12.87% 10
Buckinghamshire -4 7 £500 +9.84% 4
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.48%) Azure
2 14 (16.67%) OCI
3 9 (10.71%) IaaS
4 7 (8.33%) AWS
4 7 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (7.14%) PaaS
5 6 (7.14%) SaaS
6 3 (3.57%) Azure API Management
6 3 (3.57%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.38%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.38%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.14%) DNS
2 25 (29.76%) DHCP
2 25 (29.76%) Firewall
3 17 (20.24%) SAN
4 13 (15.48%) VSAN
5 8 (9.52%) WAN
6 7 (8.33%) Network Security
7 6 (7.14%) VPN
8 4 (4.76%) LAN
8 4 (4.76%) TCP/IP
9 3 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (3.57%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (2.38%) NAS
10 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (1.19%) Junos
11 1 (1.19%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (1.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (2.38%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.38%) MySQL
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) GitLab
1 3 (3.57%) Robot Framework
1 3 (3.57%) Selenium
1 3 (3.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 37 (44.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (11.90%) Storage Engineer
3 8 (9.52%) Architect
4 7 (8.33%) Analyst
4 7 (8.33%) VMware Engineer
4 7 (8.33%) VMware Expert
5 6 (7.14%) Senior
6 5 (5.95%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Server Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Solutions Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Lead
8 3 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.76%) .NET
2 3 (3.57%) EDI
2 3 (3.57%) Web Services
3 1 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.33%) Client/Server
3 5 (5.95%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.57%) CCTV
5 3 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.57%) PKI
5 3 (3.57%) SCADA
6 2 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.38%) Fat Client
6 2 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.38%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (46.43%) Windows
2 37 (44.05%) Windows Server
3 31 (36.90%) Linux
4 16 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 14 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 9 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (4.76%) VMS
8 3 (3.57%) Ubuntu
9 2 (2.38%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (2.38%) Solaris
9 2 (2.38%) Unix
10 1 (1.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (48.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (23.81%) ITIL
4 18 (21.43%) DevOps
5 16 (19.05%) Server Management
6 15 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (17.86%) Project Management
7 14 (16.67%) Agile
7 14 (16.67%) Break/Fix
7 14 (16.67%) Converged Infrastructure
7 14 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
7 14 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
7 14 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
7 14 (16.67%) Storage Management
8 11 (13.10%) Migration
9 8 (9.52%) CI/CD
9 8 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (9.52%) Release Management
10 7 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 28 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (16.67%) Python
3 7 (8.33%) VBScript
4 3 (3.57%) C#
4 3 (3.57%) Java
4 3 (3.57%) PHP
4 3 (3.57%) Ruby
5 2 (2.38%) Bash
5 2 (2.38%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 38 (45.24%) Security Cleared
2 28 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 25 (29.76%) SC Cleared
4 17 (20.24%) CCNA
4 17 (20.24%) CCNP
4 17 (20.24%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (17.86%) Degree
6 4 (4.76%) VCAP
6 4 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.19%) HP ASE
8 1 (1.19%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 26 (30.95%) Hyper-V
3 19 (22.62%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (22.62%) VMware NSX
4 9 (10.71%) vCloud
4 9 (10.71%) vSphere
5 8 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (5.95%) XenApp
7 3 (3.57%) Docker
7 3 (3.57%) XenDesktop
8 2 (2.38%) KVM
Systems Management
1 29 (34.52%) vCenter Server
2 20 (23.81%) SCCM
3 19 (22.62%) WSUS
4 15 (17.86%) Kubernetes
5 14 (16.67%) EMC NetWorker
5 14 (16.67%) NetBackup
5 14 (16.67%) SCOM
6 7 (8.33%) Ansible
7 4 (4.76%) Nessus
8 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (3.57%) Rancher
8 3 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (2.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (2.38%) Packer
9 2 (2.38%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (2.38%) vRealize
9 2 (2.38%) ZABBIX
10 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (100.00%) VMware
2 33 (39.29%) Microsoft
3 21 (25.00%) Cisco
4 20 (23.81%) Oracle
5 17 (20.24%) Palo Alto
6 16 (19.05%) Veeam
7 15 (17.86%) Juniper
8 14 (16.67%) 3PAR
8 14 (16.67%) Dell
8 14 (16.67%) EMC
8 14 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (16.67%) HP
8 14 (16.67%) Symantec
9 7 (8.33%) Citrix
10 6 (7.14%) Splunk
11 5 (5.95%) CheckPoint
11 5 (5.95%) Red Hat
12 4 (4.76%) ServiceNow
13 3 (3.57%) FireEye
13 3 (3.57%) Google