Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 517 -
Rank change year-on-year -94 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,016 27,486 41,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.97% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,419 17,729 27,243
10th Percentile £310 £293 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,405 862 2,505
10th Percentile £14.91 £15.64 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.20 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% +1.56% -22.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.10 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £32.70
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.60% -18.26%

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 March 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
Work from Home -26 1 £625 -
UK excluding London - 1 £625 -
South East - 1 £625 -
England - 1 £625 -

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware