VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 125 124
Rank change year-on-year -60 -1 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 656 654 871
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 2.22% 1.95%
As % of the System Software category 13.73% 17.04% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 434 548
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +7.05% -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £539 £500
% change year-on-year -7.90% +7.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 49
10th Percentile £22.00 £74.40 £22.06
25th Percentile £67.70 £88.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £112.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +103.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile £76.56 - £78.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £64.24
% change year-on-year - - -1.17%

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,778 3,837 4,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.23% 13.02% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,272 2,571 3,318
10th Percentile £210 £206 £190
25th Percentile £400 £392 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £596 £623 £600
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 89 243
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.42 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% +3.17% -21.25%
75th Percentile £70.64 £66.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.50 £86.60 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.31 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.83% -6.25% +53.85%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 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
England -47 585 £500 -9.09% 252
UK excluding London -36 463 £496 -7.90% 241
Work from Home -49 162 £500 -4.76% 122
South East -7 152 £525 -6.87% 76
London -86 129 £550 +4.76% 40
North of England -44 118 £445 +4.71% 60
Midlands -8 113 £400 -27.40% 27
West Midlands -12 87 £340 -43.99% 21
North West -24 69 £441 +3.65% 30
South West -48 57 £550 -4.35% 41
Yorkshire -35 56 £454 +0.22% 28
East of England -7 30 £475 +1.82% 18
East Midlands -20 26 £443 -15.62% 6
Scotland +6 17 £464 +1.92% 12
Wales -8 5 £413 +42.24% 12
North East -17 2 £513 +46.43% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

VMware Infrastructure
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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.29%) Confluence
4 6 (0.91%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.76%) nginx
5 5 (0.76%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.61%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.30%) Apache
8 2 (0.30%) CICS
8 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.30%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.59%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 193 (29.42%) Azure
2 141 (21.49%) AWS
3 61 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (7.77%) OpenShift
5 48 (7.32%) Entra ID
6 45 (6.86%) GCP
7 32 (4.88%) Nutanix
8 30 (4.57%) IaaS
9 20 (3.05%) GitHub
10 19 (2.90%) PaaS
11 14 (2.13%) Datadog
12 8 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.22%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.07%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (0.76%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 184 (28.05%) DNS
2 160 (24.39%) Firewall
3 91 (13.87%) DHCP
4 68 (10.37%) VPN
5 57 (8.69%) SAN
6 52 (7.93%) TCP/IP
6 52 (7.93%) VSAN
7 45 (6.86%) Network Security
8 43 (6.55%) WAN
9 40 (6.10%) LAN
10 34 (5.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 33 (5.03%) HTTP
12 32 (4.88%) BIG-IP
13 31 (4.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 31 (4.73%) SSL
14 28 (4.27%) NAS
14 28 (4.27%) VLAN
14 28 (4.27%) Wireshark
15 26 (3.96%) BGP
16 20 (3.05%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.07%) Power BI
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.46%) Redis
6 2 (0.30%) DataStage
6 2 (0.30%) GIS
7 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (4.73%) Jenkins
2 20 (3.05%) JIRA
3 18 (2.74%) Fiddler
3 18 (2.74%) Git
4 13 (1.98%) GitLab
5 9 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.22%) PVCS
6 8 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.07%) JMeter
7 7 (1.07%) JUnit
8 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.46%) RStudio
9 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.30%) Subversion
10 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.15%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.15%) GoCD
10 1 (0.15%) MSI
10 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 151 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 65 (9.91%) Public Sector
3 64 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.69%) Finance
5 52 (7.93%) Banking
6 34 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (4.27%) Legal
8 27 (4.12%) Investment Banking
9 14 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.68%) Military
11 10 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.22%) Electronics
13 7 (1.07%) Police
14 6 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.76%) Local Government
16 4 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.46%) Social Science
18 2 (0.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 119 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 95 (14.48%) Architect
3 57 (8.69%) Analyst
4 50 (7.62%) Network Engineer
5 39 (5.95%) Senior
6 37 (5.64%) VMware Engineer
7 32 (4.88%) Consultant
7 32 (4.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 31 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
9 30 (4.57%) Infrastructure Architect
10 24 (3.66%) Lead
10 24 (3.66%) VMware Consultant
11 22 (3.35%) Storage Analyst
12 21 (3.20%) Support Engineer
12 21 (3.20%) VMware Architect
13 20 (3.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (2.90%) Web Engineer
15 18 (2.74%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 18 (2.74%) IP Network Engineer
16 17 (2.59%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.20%) Flash
2 19 (2.90%) LDAP
3 11 (1.68%) SAML
4 9 (1.37%) Kafka
5 8 (1.22%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (1.07%) Loki
6 7 (1.07%) Spring
7 6 (0.91%) Hibernate
7 6 (0.91%) Middleware
7 6 (0.91%) REST
8 5 (0.76%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.61%) OAuth
9 4 (0.61%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.61%) OpenID
10 3 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.30%) EJB
11 2 (0.30%) Java SE
11 2 (0.30%) JSP
11 2 (0.30%) Keycloak
11 2 (0.30%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.59%) Data Centre
2 56 (8.54%) Replication
3 43 (6.55%) PKI
4 42 (6.40%) Cloud Native
5 36 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (4.42%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (4.42%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.51%) Private Cloud
8 21 (3.20%) Clustering
9 18 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.59%) Enterprise Storage
10 17 (2.59%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (2.13%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.68%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.37%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.22%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.22%) SCADA
14 8 (1.22%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.91%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 285 (43.45%) Windows
2 222 (33.84%) Linux
3 178 (27.13%) Windows Server
4 53 (8.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (5.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (3.81%) Windows 10
6 25 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.59%) Ubuntu
9 16 (2.44%) VMS
10 14 (2.13%) Mac OS
11 11 (1.68%) Unix
12 10 (1.52%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.52%) Solaris
13 7 (1.07%) CentOS
14 6 (0.91%) CoreOS
14 6 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.61%) AIX
16 4 (0.61%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (23.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 111 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (16.77%) Migration
4 95 (14.48%) Agile
5 82 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 81 (12.35%) CI/CD
7 77 (11.74%) High Availability
8 71 (10.82%) DevOps
9 70 (10.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 70 (10.67%) Load Balancing
10 69 (10.52%) ITIL
11 57 (8.69%) Containerisation
11 57 (8.69%) Data Protection
12 55 (8.38%) Platform Engineering
13 47 (7.16%) Roadmaps
14 45 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (6.86%) Network Virtualisation
15 43 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (6.10%) Capacity Planning
16 40 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 162 (24.70%) PowerShell
2 115 (17.53%) Python
3 80 (12.20%) Bash
4 19 (2.90%) SQL
5 15 (2.29%) Perl
6 11 (1.68%) C
7 10 (1.52%) Java
8 8 (1.22%) C++
9 7 (1.07%) Embedded C
9 7 (1.07%) Embedded C++
10 6 (0.91%) Bicep
10 6 (0.91%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.61%) PHP
11 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.46%) C#
12 3 (0.46%) Go
13 2 (0.30%) COBOL
13 2 (0.30%) Korn
13 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (36.89%) Security Cleared
2 163 (24.85%) SC Cleared
3 73 (11.13%) DV Cleared
4 43 (6.55%) Degree
5 41 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 33 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.51%) CCNP
9 17 (2.59%) VCAP
10 16 (2.44%) MCSE
11 14 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.83%) CCNA
12 12 (1.83%) MCSA
13 11 (1.68%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
15 8 (1.22%) CCIE
16 7 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (1.07%) OCP
17 6 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.59%) GDPR
3 16 (2.44%) NIST
4 10 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.22%) SLA
6 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.61%) QA
8 3 (0.46%) NCSC
8 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 198 (30.18%) Active Directory
2 155 (23.63%) vSphere
3 124 (18.90%) VMware NSX
4 102 (15.55%) Hyper-V
5 92 (14.02%) VMware ESXi
6 57 (8.69%) Docker
7 50 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (6.10%) NFS
9 27 (4.12%) Firmware
9 27 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 19 (2.90%) KVM
11 16 (2.44%) GPFS
12 6 (0.91%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (0.61%) vCloud
13 4 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.46%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.46%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.46%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 115 (17.53%) Ansible
2 84 (12.80%) Terraform
3 75 (11.43%) vCenter Server
4 72 (10.98%) Kubernetes
5 64 (9.76%) SCCM
6 59 (8.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 50 (7.62%) vRealize
8 28 (4.27%) Grafana
9 23 (3.51%) Argo
10 22 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
11 20 (3.05%) VxRail
12 18 (2.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (2.59%) vMotion
14 16 (2.44%) Progress Chef
15 15 (2.29%) FortiGate
16 14 (2.13%) PowerCLI
16 14 (2.13%) Prometheus
17 13 (1.98%) SCOM
18 11 (1.68%) Puppet
18 11 (1.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 656 (100.00%) VMware
2 172 (26.22%) Microsoft
3 139 (21.19%) Cisco
4 63 (9.60%) Citrix
4 63 (9.60%) Red Hat
5 60 (9.15%) F5
6 49 (7.47%) NetApp
7 44 (6.71%) IBM
8 41 (6.25%) ServiceNow
9 40 (6.10%) Dell
10 39 (5.95%) SolarWinds
11 32 (4.88%) Oracle
12 31 (4.73%) Palo Alto
12 31 (4.73%) Pure Storage
13 28 (4.27%) Commvault
14 27 (4.12%) Veeam
15 22 (3.35%) McAfee
16 19 (2.90%) Blue Coat
17 17 (2.59%) Broadcom
17 17 (2.59%) HP