VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 12 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.66% 0.43% -
As % of the System Software category 13.04% 4.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £183 - -
25th Percentile £200 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £475 - -
North East median daily rate £400 £625 £300
% change year-on-year -36.00% +108.33% -7.69%

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 92 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 12.69% 10.87% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 18 8
10th Percentile £279 £189 £181
25th Percentile £363 £228 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £478
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -10.99% +19.38%
75th Percentile £467 £488 £607
90th Percentile £500 £537 £633
North East median daily rate £413 £340 £300
% change year-on-year +21.32% +13.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £26.66 - -
75th Percentile £38.33 - -
90th Percentile £45.33 - -
North East median hourly rate £37.08 - -

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Tyne and Wear

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -32 9 £400 -36.00% 6
Sunderland - 3 £350 - 3
VMware Infrastructure
North East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DHCP
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
1 4 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Server Building
4 4 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (33.33%) Server Migrations
4 4 (33.33%) Storage Management
4 4 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) CRM
5 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Project Management
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (16.67%) VxRail
4 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (8.33%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Fortinet
3 5 (41.67%) Okta
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) Meraki
6 2 (16.67%) Dell
7 1 (8.33%) Carbon Black
7 1 (8.33%) McAfee
7 1 (8.33%) Tenable