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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 72 62
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 382 566 819
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.93% 2.73% 3.59%
As % of the System Software category 20.76% 22.80% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 381 560
10th Percentile £329 £275 £313
25th Percentile £453 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +17.32%
75th Percentile £623 £595 £631
90th Percentile £650 £672 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £508 £530
% change year-on-year +8.37% -4.25% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 22 43
10th Percentile - £37.86 £33.56
25th Percentile - £40.00 £49.04
Median hourly rate £28.00 £43.22 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% -28.81% +36.40%
75th Percentile - £74.06 £65.38
90th Percentile - £87.88 £86.27
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £40.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -38.08% +36.84%

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 1,840 2,482 3,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.12% 11.98% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,699 2,427
10th Percentile £200 £182 £181
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% +6.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 187 169
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.16 £16.54
Median hourly rate £32.32 £24.18 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -50.04% +176.57%
75th Percentile £69.00 £61.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.08 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.21 £24.18 £54.83
% change year-on-year +16.65% -55.90% +174.15%

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 31 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 31 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 West +23 108 £575 +6.88% 70
South East -34 87 £575 +6.98% 117
North of England +10 68 £405 +15.71% 90
Midlands -7 51 £550 - 78
East of England +39 39 £550 -8.33% 67
North West +1 37 £383 +17.85% 44
West Midlands -5 37 £551 -1.08% 44
Scotland +2 29 £460 +4.97% 48
Yorkshire +16 27 £488 +28.29% 35
East Midlands +8 14 £543 +20.61% 34
Wales +5 6 £370 +68.18% 7
North East +2 5 £350 -41.67% 11
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 51 (13.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (8.64%) Confluence
3 20 (5.24%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.88%) IIS
5 6 (1.57%) Apache
6 3 (0.79%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 35 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 96 (25.13%) Azure
2 54 (14.14%) AWS
3 42 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (9.42%) IaaS
5 26 (6.81%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.81%) OpenShift
6 25 (6.54%) PaaS
7 21 (5.50%) Cohesity
8 15 (3.93%) SaaS
9 10 (2.62%) GCP
9 10 (2.62%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.09%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.31%) GitHub
12 4 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.79%) Asana
14 2 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 106 (27.75%) DNS
2 68 (17.80%) Firewall
3 58 (15.18%) DHCP
4 52 (13.61%) SAN
5 35 (9.16%) TCP/IP
6 30 (7.85%) VPN
7 25 (6.54%) BGP
8 21 (5.50%) Network Security
9 18 (4.71%) OSPF
9 18 (4.71%) VSAN
9 18 (4.71%) WAN
10 16 (4.19%) HTTP
10 16 (4.19%) LAN
11 15 (3.93%) SD-WAN
12 14 (3.66%) Fibre Channel
12 14 (3.66%) VoIP
13 13 (3.40%) iSCSI
13 13 (3.40%) MPLS
13 13 (3.40%) NAS
14 12 (3.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.45%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (2.36%) MongoDB
2 9 (2.36%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.09%) Big Data
3 8 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.26%) GIS
4 1 (0.26%) MSDE
4 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (10.21%) Jenkins
2 38 (9.95%) JIRA
3 36 (9.42%) Git
4 14 (3.66%) Bitbucket
5 9 (2.36%) Postman
6 7 (1.83%) GitLab
7 2 (0.52%) MSI
7 2 (0.52%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.52%) Subversion
8 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.26%) Introscope
8 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
General
1 97 (25.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (11.52%) Public Sector
3 38 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.02%) Finance
5 21 (5.50%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.14%) Legal
7 8 (2.09%) Military
8 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.31%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.05%) Banking
10 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.79%) Billing
12 2 (0.52%) Advertising
12 2 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.52%) Law
12 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
13 1 (0.26%) Aviation
13 1 (0.26%) Electronics
13 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (18.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (13.35%) Architect
3 30 (7.85%) Linux Engineer
4 23 (6.02%) VMware Engineer
5 21 (5.50%) Network Engineer
5 21 (5.50%) Support Engineer
6 20 (5.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 17 (4.45%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 16 (4.19%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (4.19%) Infrastructure Architect
8 16 (4.19%) Senior
8 16 (4.19%) VMware Architect
9 14 (3.66%) Administrator
10 13 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (3.40%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 13 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (3.40%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (3.14%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.14%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.66%) Flash
2 12 (3.14%) REST
3 11 (2.88%) SOAP
4 8 (2.09%) Kafka
5 7 (1.83%) Middleware
5 7 (1.83%) NETCONF
5 7 (1.83%) RESTCONF
6 5 (1.31%) Loki
6 5 (1.31%) Spine.js
7 4 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.79%) .NET
9 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.52%) HTML
9 2 (0.52%) YAML
10 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.26%) Web Services
10 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.73%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.16%) PKI
3 32 (8.38%) Clustering
4 21 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (4.97%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (3.40%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.88%) Blackberry
8 10 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.09%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.83%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.83%) Replication
11 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.31%) SCADA
13 3 (0.79%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.79%) NHS
13 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 196 (51.31%) Windows
2 137 (35.86%) Windows Server
3 116 (30.37%) Linux
4 50 (13.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 41 (10.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (10.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 33 (8.64%) Unix
8 27 (7.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (4.97%) Windows 10
10 11 (2.88%) AIX
11 10 (2.62%) VMS
12 7 (1.83%) CentOS
12 7 (1.83%) Solaris
13 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
13 5 (1.31%) Windows 7
14 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.79%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.79%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (24.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (20.42%) Agile
4 61 (15.97%) Service Management
5 54 (14.14%) High Availability
6 50 (13.09%) Migration
7 46 (12.04%) DevOps
7 46 (12.04%) ITIL
7 46 (12.04%) Validation
8 36 (9.42%) System Testing
9 35 (9.16%) Deployment Automation
10 34 (8.90%) NsoIT
11 32 (8.38%) Network Virtualisation
12 31 (8.12%) Containerisation
12 31 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (7.33%) Root Cause Analysis
14 26 (6.81%) CI/CD
14 26 (6.81%) Project Delivery
14 26 (6.81%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.54%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (28.27%) PowerShell
2 89 (23.30%) Python
3 40 (10.47%) Bash
4 27 (7.07%) SQL
5 18 (4.71%) Shell Script
6 17 (4.45%) Java
7 12 (3.14%) Perl
8 8 (2.09%) Erlang
8 8 (2.09%) Prolog
9 6 (1.57%) VBScript
10 3 (0.79%) VB
11 2 (0.52%) PHP
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.26%) VB6
Qualifications
1 212 (55.50%) Security Cleared
2 140 (36.65%) SC Cleared
3 87 (22.77%) DV Cleared
4 73 (19.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (14.92%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (11.78%) CCNP
7 40 (10.47%) Degree
8 39 (10.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (6.54%) MCSE
10 17 (4.45%) Azure Certification
11 16 (4.19%) CCNA
12 15 (3.93%) Oracle Certification
13 13 (3.40%) Master's Degree
14 12 (3.14%) RHCE
15 11 (2.88%) OCA
16 10 (2.62%) RHCA
17 8 (2.09%) MCSA
17 8 (2.09%) VCAP
18 7 (1.83%) VCP5
18 7 (1.83%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.19%) SLA
2 8 (2.09%) NCSC
3 6 (1.57%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.31%) NIST
5 4 (1.05%) QA
6 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.52%) GDPR
8 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
System Software
1 134 (35.08%) Active Directory
2 72 (18.85%) VMware ESXi
3 57 (14.92%) Hyper-V
3 57 (14.92%) vSphere
4 54 (14.14%) VMware NSX
5 39 (10.21%) Docker
6 28 (7.33%) Virtual Servers
7 27 (7.07%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (5.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 12 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (2.62%) BitLocker
10 10 (2.62%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (2.36%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 8 (2.09%) Terminal Services
13 7 (1.83%) NFS
14 6 (1.57%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.52%) KVM
15 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.26%) Firmware
16 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 131 (34.29%) Ansible
2 67 (17.54%) vCenter Server
3 51 (13.35%) SCCM
4 46 (12.04%) Puppet
5 44 (11.52%) Terraform
6 40 (10.47%) Kubernetes
7 34 (8.90%) WSUS
8 18 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (3.40%) Progress Chef
9 13 (3.40%) vMotion
10 12 (3.14%) vRealize
11 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Clustering
12 10 (2.62%) Nagios
12 10 (2.62%) VxRail
13 8 (2.09%) Prometheus
14 7 (1.83%) PowerCLI
15 6 (1.57%) SCOM
16 5 (1.31%) Grafana
16 5 (1.31%) NetApp OnCommand
16 5 (1.31%) Podman
Vendors
1 382 (100.00%) VMware
2 131 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 74 (19.37%) Cisco
4 42 (10.99%) Red Hat
5 36 (9.42%) NetApp
5 36 (9.42%) Splunk
6 31 (8.12%) Citrix
7 28 (7.33%) Atlassian
8 27 (7.07%) Oracle
9 18 (4.71%) Palo Alto
10 16 (4.19%) SolarWinds
11 15 (3.93%) F5
11 15 (3.93%) Veeam
12 14 (3.66%) Dell
13 12 (3.14%) Symantec
14 11 (2.88%) Broadcom
14 11 (2.88%) Juniper
15 10 (2.62%) Ericsson
15 10 (2.62%) MuleSoft
15 10 (2.62%) Ribbon