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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 121 96
Rank change year-on-year -60 -25 +33
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 600 710 1,038
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.09% 2.40%
As % of the System Software category 13.25% 17.51% 19.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 430 662
10th Percentile £297 £274 £300
25th Percentile £406 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £511 £506
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +1.01% -3.71%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.59% +1.62% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 55
10th Percentile £25.10 £29.63 £35.00
25th Percentile £50.08 £41.00 £46.29
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £100.25 £76.53
90th Percentile £78.28 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £36.25 £65.98
% change year-on-year +93.10% -45.06% +1.51%

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 4,528 4,055 5,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.24% 11.94% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,023 2,623 3,716
10th Percentile £213 £205 £195
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £610
90th Percentile £688 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £453 £470
% change year-on-year +4.97% -3.72% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 89 220
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.73 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.50 £46.95
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -41.42% +87.78%
75th Percentile £73.20 £64.50 £67.60
90th Percentile £89.67 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £29.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +111.86% -35.70% +113.40%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 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
England -48 536 £519 +2.47% 247
UK excluding London -15 424 £500 -1.59% 218
Work from Home -37 168 £500 -1.23% 85
South East -15 140 £500 -8.47% 77
London -106 114 £548 +9.50% 62
Midlands +20 110 £436 -5.73% 31
North of England -23 97 £437 +2.76% 53
West Midlands +29 90 £400 -27.27% 19
North West -11 66 £458 +7.76% 21
South West -31 59 £550 +3.77% 35
Yorkshire -9 43 £413 -8.84% 24
East of England +2 30 £488 +39.29% 19
East Midlands -9 20 £450 +20.00% 12
Scotland -8 9 £483 -8.10% 6
Wales -1 3 £550 +131.58% 5
North East -7 3 £513 - 11
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 4

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 38 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.17%) Confluence
4 12 (2.00%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.17%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.83%) IIS
6 5 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.33%) CICS
9 2 (0.33%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) Traefik
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 178 (29.67%) Azure
2 141 (23.50%) AWS
3 63 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (8.17%) GCP
5 37 (6.17%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.67%) OpenShift
7 27 (4.50%) IaaS
8 25 (4.17%) Nutanix
9 21 (3.50%) GitHub
10 18 (3.00%) SaaS
11 16 (2.67%) PaaS
12 14 (2.33%) Datadog
13 12 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.17%) Power Platform
16 6 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
17 5 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
18 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 187 (31.17%) DNS
2 159 (26.50%) Firewall
3 86 (14.33%) DHCP
4 67 (11.17%) TCP/IP
5 55 (9.17%) VPN
6 46 (7.67%) VSAN
7 45 (7.50%) VLAN
8 41 (6.83%) Network Security
9 40 (6.67%) SAN
10 35 (5.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 33 (5.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 31 (5.17%) WAN
13 27 (4.50%) LAN
14 25 (4.17%) DMZ
15 23 (3.83%) NAS
16 20 (3.33%) Wireless
17 19 (3.17%) BGP
17 19 (3.17%) HTTP
18 16 (2.67%) BIG-IP
19 15 (2.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.00%) Power BI
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.33%) Redis
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (4.67%) Git
1 28 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.67%) JIRA
3 18 (3.00%) GitLab
4 10 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (1.50%) Fiddler
6 7 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.17%) JMeter
6 7 (1.17%) JUnit
7 6 (1.00%) PVCS
7 6 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.83%) Subversion
9 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.50%) RStudio
11 2 (0.33%) Postman
12 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.17%) MSI
12 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 172 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 71 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 52 (8.67%) Finance
5 46 (7.67%) Banking
6 36 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.83%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.00%) Legal
10 9 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.17%) Law
13 6 (1.00%) Electronics
14 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.67%) Military
15 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.50%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.50%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 100 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (16.33%) Architect
3 42 (7.00%) Analyst
4 40 (6.67%) Consultant
5 35 (5.83%) Senior
6 32 (5.33%) VMware Engineer
7 31 (5.17%) Support Engineer
8 29 (4.83%) Network Engineer
9 28 (4.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 27 (4.50%) Infrastructure Architect
11 26 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
12 25 (4.17%) VMware Consultant
13 18 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support
14 17 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 17 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
15 16 (2.67%) Administrator
15 16 (2.67%) IT Engineer
15 16 (2.67%) Lead
15 16 (2.67%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.17%) LDAP
2 12 (2.00%) Flash
3 8 (1.33%) Kafka
3 8 (1.33%) Middleware
4 7 (1.17%) Loki
4 7 (1.17%) REST
4 7 (1.17%) Spring
5 6 (1.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.00%) SAML
6 4 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.67%) RESTful
7 3 (0.50%) .NET
7 3 (0.50%) OAuth
7 3 (0.50%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.50%) OpenID
7 3 (0.50%) Swagger
8 2 (0.33%) EDI
8 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.17%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.17%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.00%) Data Centre
2 51 (8.50%) Replication
3 41 (6.83%) PKI
4 36 (6.00%) Management Information System
5 31 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 31 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (4.50%) Linux Command Line
7 26 (4.33%) Private Cloud
8 16 (2.67%) Clustering
9 11 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.83%) SCADA
10 10 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.67%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.50%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.33%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.00%) NHS
15 5 (0.83%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 252 (42.00%) Windows
2 197 (32.83%) Linux
3 147 (24.50%) Windows Server
4 46 (7.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 40 (6.67%) Windows 10
6 24 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.67%) Mac OS
8 16 (2.67%) VMS
9 11 (1.83%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.67%) Solaris
11 9 (1.50%) CentOS
12 7 (1.17%) Unix
13 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.50%) AIX
15 2 (0.33%) CatOS
15 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 114 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (14.17%) Agile
4 78 (13.00%) ITIL
5 77 (12.83%) Migration
6 74 (12.33%) CI/CD
7 73 (12.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 70 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 64 (10.67%) DevOps
10 56 (9.33%) Load Balancing
11 52 (8.67%) High Availability
12 51 (8.50%) Containerisation
13 47 (7.83%) Business Strategy
14 46 (7.67%) Data Protection
15 45 (7.50%) Service Management
16 39 (6.50%) Network Virtualisation
16 39 (6.50%) Platform Engineering
17 36 (6.00%) Roadmaps
17 36 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (6.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 149 (24.83%) PowerShell
2 115 (19.17%) Python
3 88 (14.67%) Bash
4 38 (6.33%) SQL
5 16 (2.67%) Java
5 16 (2.67%) Perl
6 10 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.33%) C
7 8 (1.33%) C++
8 7 (1.17%) Go
8 7 (1.17%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.83%) Embedded C
9 5 (0.83%) Embedded C++
10 4 (0.67%) Bicep
11 3 (0.50%) C#
12 1 (0.17%) Korn
12 1 (0.17%) Rust
12 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 227 (37.83%) Security Cleared
2 159 (26.50%) SC Cleared
3 65 (10.83%) DV Cleared
4 52 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (7.17%) Degree
6 41 (6.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 35 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (5.00%) Azure Certification
9 26 (4.33%) CCNP
10 21 (3.50%) MCSE
11 16 (2.67%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.33%) CCNA
13 13 (2.17%) CCIE
13 13 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (1.83%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.83%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.67%) MCSA
15 10 (1.67%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.00%) GDPR
2 19 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.33%) SLA
4 7 (1.17%) NIST
4 7 (1.17%) QA
5 6 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.67%) NCSC
8 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) RMADS
System Software
1 189 (31.50%) Active Directory
2 126 (21.00%) vSphere
3 94 (15.67%) Hyper-V
4 91 (15.17%) VMware NSX
5 67 (11.17%) VMware ESXi
6 55 (9.17%) Docker
7 42 (7.00%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (4.50%) NFS
9 23 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (2.00%) GPFS
11 11 (1.83%) Firmware
11 11 (1.83%) KVM
12 9 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (1.17%) Terminal Services
14 6 (1.00%) Dovecot
14 6 (1.00%) Postfix
15 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.67%) Veritas File System
16 4 (0.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 107 (17.83%) Ansible
2 80 (13.33%) Terraform
3 70 (11.67%) vCenter Server
4 64 (10.67%) SCCM
5 57 (9.50%) Kubernetes
6 48 (8.00%) vRealize
7 45 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (3.50%) VxRail
9 20 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (2.83%) Grafana
11 16 (2.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.67%) Argo
12 14 (2.33%) FortiGate
12 14 (2.33%) Prometheus
13 13 (2.17%) WSUS
14 11 (1.83%) Progress Chef
15 10 (1.67%) NetBackup
15 10 (1.67%) Puppet
16 9 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
16 9 (1.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 600 (100.00%) VMware
2 177 (29.50%) Microsoft
3 130 (21.67%) Cisco
4 65 (10.83%) F5
5 61 (10.17%) Citrix
6 58 (9.67%) Red Hat
7 44 (7.33%) SolarWinds
8 43 (7.17%) NetApp
9 41 (6.83%) Veeam
10 35 (5.83%) Oracle
11 34 (5.67%) IBM
12 33 (5.50%) ServiceNow
13 32 (5.33%) Dell
14 27 (4.50%) Broadcom
15 22 (3.67%) Palo Alto
16 20 (3.33%) Google
17 18 (3.00%) Splunk
18 16 (2.67%) Commvault
18 16 (2.67%) HP
19 15 (2.50%) Juniper