VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 76 69
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 372 532 805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.91% 2.56% 3.34%
As % of the System Software category 20.51% 21.63% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 356 575
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £425 £368 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -4.57% +17.91%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £678 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £548
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.68% +15.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 24 48
10th Percentile - £37.63 £39.34
25th Percentile - £40.00 £52.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £43.22 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% -31.65% +33.12%
75th Percentile - £75.75 £65.75
90th Percentile - £88.75 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £46.50 £40.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.53% -38.08% +30.21%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,814 2,460 3,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.21% 11.84% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 1,649 2,640
10th Percentile £190 £175 £181
25th Percentile £325 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £460 £483
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -4.69% +7.26%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £588
90th Percentile £662 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 191 192
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.16 £16.77
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £41.88
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -47.46% +131.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £86.60 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East -20 100 £575 +15.00% 157
South West +36 99 £575 +6.98% 86
North of England -1 70 £400 +14.29% 126
Midlands +31 52 £550 - 114
North West +12 41 £425 +30.77% 62
West Midlands +22 38 £551 +0.18% 63
Scotland +3 29 £465 -0.54% 27
Yorkshire -5 25 £403 +8.05% 49
East of England +21 20 £473 -27.31% 69
East Midlands +14 14 £543 -1.32% 44
Wales +4 8 £290 +1.75% 16
North East -3 5 £350 -39.13% 18
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 55 (14.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (7.53%) SharePoint
3 27 (7.26%) Confluence
4 8 (2.15%) IIS
5 3 (0.81%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 107 (28.76%) Azure
2 61 (16.40%) AWS
3 60 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (10.75%) IaaS
5 34 (9.14%) PaaS
6 32 (8.60%) OpenShift
7 30 (8.06%) SaaS
8 26 (6.99%) Entra ID
9 15 (4.03%) OneDrive
10 12 (3.23%) GCP
11 10 (2.69%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.34%) GitHub
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 2 (0.54%) Cohesity
15 2 (0.54%) OCI
15 2 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 84 (22.58%) DNS
2 65 (17.47%) DHCP
3 63 (16.94%) Firewall
4 32 (8.60%) SAN
5 31 (8.33%) VPN
6 28 (7.53%) TCP/IP
7 27 (7.26%) VSAN
7 27 (7.26%) WAN
8 26 (6.99%) Network Security
9 25 (6.72%) LAN
10 22 (5.91%) VoIP
11 19 (5.11%) BGP
11 19 (5.11%) OSPF
11 19 (5.11%) VLAN
12 16 (4.30%) HTTP
12 16 (4.30%) SD-WAN
13 13 (3.49%) NAS
14 12 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
14 12 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (3.23%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (2.42%) MongoDB
2 9 (2.42%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.15%) Big Data
3 8 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.08%) Couchbase
4 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.54%) MySQL
5 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.27%) GIS
6 1 (0.27%) MSDE
6 1 (0.27%) Power BI
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (8.33%) JIRA
2 27 (7.26%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.99%) Git
4 15 (4.03%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.88%) GitLab
6 2 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.54%) Subversion
7 1 (0.27%) Introscope
7 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 81 (21.77%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.18%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.38%) Finance
6 14 (3.76%) Legal
7 7 (1.88%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.88%) Military
8 5 (1.34%) Banking
9 4 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Billing
10 3 (0.81%) Electronics
10 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.81%) Marketing
11 2 (0.54%) Advertising
11 2 (0.54%) Law
11 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Publishing
12 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (20.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 57 (15.32%) Architect
3 31 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 25 (6.72%) Senior
5 24 (6.45%) Linux Engineer
6 21 (5.65%) VMware Engineer
7 18 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 17 (4.57%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 16 (4.30%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (4.30%) Technical Architect
10 15 (4.03%) Infrastructure Architect
10 15 (4.03%) Network Engineer
11 14 (3.76%) 3rd Line Support
12 13 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.49%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 13 (3.49%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (3.49%) Lead
12 13 (3.49%) VMware Architect
13 12 (3.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 12 (3.23%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.76%) Flash
2 11 (2.96%) REST
2 11 (2.96%) SOAP
3 8 (2.15%) Kafka
4 6 (1.61%) Middleware
5 5 (1.34%) Loki
5 5 (1.34%) Spine.js
6 4 (1.08%) .NET
6 4 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.81%) SAML
8 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.54%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.54%) HTML
9 1 (0.27%) Ajax
9 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.27%) React
9 1 (0.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.83%) Data Centre
2 37 (9.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (8.33%) PKI
4 30 (8.06%) Clustering
5 22 (5.91%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (3.76%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.96%) Blackberry
8 10 (2.69%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.88%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.88%) Replication
10 6 (1.61%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.61%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.34%) SCADA
11 5 (1.34%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.81%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.81%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 189 (50.81%) Windows
2 126 (33.87%) Windows Server
3 119 (31.99%) Linux
4 36 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (7.80%) Unix
5 29 (7.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 27 (7.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 26 (6.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (6.72%) Windows 10
9 11 (2.96%) CentOS
9 11 (2.96%) Ubuntu
10 9 (2.42%) AIX
10 9 (2.42%) VMS
11 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.08%) Solaris
12 4 (1.08%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.81%) Android
13 3 (0.81%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.81%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (26.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (19.89%) Agile
4 54 (14.52%) Service Management
5 52 (13.98%) ITIL
6 48 (12.90%) High Availability
6 48 (12.90%) Migration
7 39 (10.48%) Containerisation
7 39 (10.48%) Validation
8 35 (9.41%) CI/CD
8 35 (9.41%) DevOps
9 30 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (7.80%) System Testing
11 27 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (7.26%) Network Virtualisation
11 27 (7.26%) NsoIT
12 26 (6.99%) Infrastructure Automation
12 26 (6.99%) Project Delivery
12 26 (6.99%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (6.72%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 94 (25.27%) PowerShell
2 76 (20.43%) Python
3 41 (11.02%) Bash
4 24 (6.45%) SQL
5 18 (4.84%) Shell Script
6 17 (4.57%) Java
7 9 (2.42%) Perl
7 9 (2.42%) VBScript
8 5 (1.34%) Erlang
8 5 (1.34%) Prolog
9 3 (0.81%) VB
10 1 (0.27%) C
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) VB6
Qualifications
1 199 (53.49%) Security Cleared
2 143 (38.44%) SC Cleared
3 77 (20.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 74 (19.89%) DV Cleared
5 51 (13.71%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (11.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (10.48%) CCNP
8 36 (9.68%) Degree
9 29 (7.80%) MCSE
10 16 (4.30%) Azure Certification
10 16 (4.30%) CCNA
11 15 (4.03%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (3.76%) Master's Degree
13 12 (3.23%) RHCE
14 11 (2.96%) OCA
15 10 (2.69%) RHCA
16 8 (2.15%) MCSA
17 7 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (1.88%) DBS Check
18 6 (1.61%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.03%) NCSC
1 15 (4.03%) SLA
2 13 (3.49%) NIST
3 12 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.61%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.54%) GDPR
6 2 (0.54%) QA
7 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 119 (31.99%) Active Directory
2 66 (17.74%) VMware NSX
3 62 (16.67%) vSphere
4 61 (16.40%) Hyper-V
4 61 (16.40%) VMware ESXi
5 44 (11.83%) Docker
6 24 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.96%) BitLocker
8 10 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (2.42%) Terminal Services
9 9 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.61%) DFS Replication
10 6 (1.61%) NFS
10 6 (1.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.54%) KVM
11 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.54%) XenApp
12 1 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (26.61%) Ansible
2 73 (19.62%) vCenter Server
3 51 (13.71%) Kubernetes
4 47 (12.63%) Terraform
5 38 (10.22%) Puppet
6 34 (9.14%) SCCM
7 19 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (3.76%) Progress Chef
8 14 (3.76%) WSUS
9 13 (3.49%) vRealize
10 12 (3.23%) vMotion
11 11 (2.96%) AppManager
12 10 (2.69%) Nagios
12 10 (2.69%) VxRail
13 8 (2.15%) Nessus
13 8 (2.15%) PowerCLI
13 8 (2.15%) Prometheus
14 6 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (1.61%) SCOM
15 5 (1.34%) Podman
Vendors
1 372 (100.00%) VMware
2 119 (31.99%) Microsoft
3 81 (21.77%) Cisco
4 44 (11.83%) Red Hat
5 30 (8.06%) Citrix
6 28 (7.53%) Oracle
7 27 (7.26%) Palo Alto
8 22 (5.91%) Atlassian
9 17 (4.57%) SolarWinds
10 15 (4.03%) F5
11 14 (3.76%) Dell
11 14 (3.76%) NetApp
11 14 (3.76%) Splunk
12 13 (3.49%) Veeam
13 12 (3.23%) Broadcom
13 12 (3.23%) HP
13 12 (3.23%) Juniper
13 12 (3.23%) Symantec
14 11 (2.96%) Ivanti
15 10 (2.69%) Google