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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 127 102
Rank change year-on-year -45 -25 +18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 613 651 959
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 2.05% 2.22%
As % of the System Software category 13.57% 17.06% 18.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 405 608
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £401 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £623 £613
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 54
10th Percentile £33.93 £29.63 £26.69
25th Percentile £67.21 £41.00 £50.91
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 £77.13 £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 4,516 3,816 5,208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.16% 12.02% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,076 2,463 3,572
10th Percentile £213 £201 £190
25th Percentile £400 £363 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 92 213
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.04 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.20 £19.25
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.22% -50.00% +61.76%
75th Percentile £74.26 £62.50 £69.62
90th Percentile £91.20 £75.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% -36.36% +175.00%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -43 549 £508 -3.33% 241
UK excluding London -15 440 £500 -4.76% 232
Work from Home -28 173 £525 +2.94% 71
South East -11 141 £500 -9.09% 89
Midlands +26 120 £413 -25.14% 30
London -82 109 £548 +9.50% 51
West Midlands +25 98 £400 -27.40% 15
North of England -27 95 £425 - 42
North West -13 65 £438 +2.94% 18
South West -39 62 £550 - 41
Yorkshire -22 42 £380 -15.56% 20
East of England +6 32 £475 +18.75% 15
East Midlands -6 22 £447 +40.79% 14
Scotland -6 12 £458 -12.86% 14
Wales -1 3 £550 +108.53% 5
North East -15 2 £513 +57.69% 7
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 3

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 34 (5.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.10%) Confluence
4 12 (1.96%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.14%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.82%) IIS
6 5 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.33%) CICS
9 2 (0.33%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Traefik
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (2.77%) MS Visio
2 14 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 185 (30.18%) Azure
2 151 (24.63%) AWS
3 53 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (7.83%) GCP
5 35 (5.71%) OpenShift
6 33 (5.38%) Entra ID
7 27 (4.40%) IaaS
8 22 (3.59%) GitHub
8 22 (3.59%) Nutanix
9 20 (3.26%) SaaS
10 17 (2.77%) PaaS
11 14 (2.28%) Datadog
12 8 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (0.98%) Power Platform
13 6 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 196 (31.97%) DNS
2 155 (25.29%) Firewall
3 92 (15.01%) DHCP
4 65 (10.60%) TCP/IP
5 64 (10.44%) VPN
6 44 (7.18%) Network Security
7 42 (6.85%) VLAN
8 41 (6.69%) VSAN
9 38 (6.20%) SAN
10 36 (5.87%) WAN
11 35 (5.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 33 (5.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 33 (5.38%) LAN
13 25 (4.08%) HTTP
14 23 (3.75%) BGP
14 23 (3.75%) BIG-IP
15 22 (3.59%) Wireless
16 21 (3.43%) SSL
17 20 (3.26%) DMZ
18 19 (3.10%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.98%) Power BI
4 4 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.33%) Redis
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (4.40%) Git
2 24 (3.92%) JIRA
3 23 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.45%) GitLab
5 12 (1.96%) Fiddler
6 11 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.31%) PVCS
7 8 (1.31%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.14%) JMeter
8 7 (1.14%) JUnit
9 5 (0.82%) Subversion
10 4 (0.65%) RStudio
10 4 (0.65%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.33%) Postman
13 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.16%) GoCD
13 1 (0.16%) MSI
13 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 168 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (10.11%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.32%) Finance
5 44 (7.18%) Banking
6 37 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.08%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.45%) Legal
9 12 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.31%) Electronics
12 7 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.82%) Police
14 4 (0.65%) Law
14 4 (0.65%) Military
14 4 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.65%) Social Science
15 3 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (15.82%) Architect
3 53 (8.65%) Analyst
4 35 (5.71%) Network Engineer
5 34 (5.55%) Senior
6 33 (5.38%) Consultant
7 32 (5.22%) VMware Engineer
8 30 (4.89%) Support Engineer
9 29 (4.73%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 28 (4.57%) Infrastructure Architect
11 26 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
12 23 (3.75%) VMware Consultant
13 19 (3.10%) Storage Analyst
14 17 (2.77%) Lead
15 16 (2.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (2.61%) Storage Engineer
16 15 (2.45%) Infrastructure Support
16 15 (2.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 15 (2.45%) Server Engineer
16 15 (2.45%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.10%) LDAP
2 17 (2.77%) Flash
3 10 (1.63%) SAML
4 9 (1.47%) REST
5 8 (1.31%) Kafka
6 7 (1.14%) Loki
6 7 (1.14%) Spring
7 6 (0.98%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.82%) Middleware
9 4 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.65%) OAuth
9 4 (0.65%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.65%) OpenID
10 3 (0.49%) .NET
10 3 (0.49%) Swagger
11 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
11 2 (0.33%) RESTful
11 2 (0.33%) Software Packaging
12 1 (0.16%) XMPP
12 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (12.40%) Data Centre
2 55 (8.97%) Replication
3 46 (7.50%) PKI
4 35 (5.71%) Cloud Native
5 34 (5.55%) Management Information System
6 32 (5.22%) Linux Command Line
7 28 (4.57%) Private Cloud
8 27 (4.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.77%) Clustering
10 15 (2.45%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.79%) SCADA
13 10 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.63%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.47%) Onboarding
15 8 (1.31%) Enterprise Storage
15 8 (1.31%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 7 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 248 (40.46%) Windows
2 204 (33.28%) Linux
3 143 (23.33%) Windows Server
4 43 (7.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (5.71%) Windows 10
6 24 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.12%) VMS
10 12 (1.96%) Mac OS
11 11 (1.79%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.63%) Solaris
13 8 (1.31%) CentOS
13 8 (1.31%) Unix
14 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.65%) CatOS
15 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.49%) AIX
17 2 (0.33%) zOS
18 1 (0.16%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 111 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (15.01%) Agile
4 77 (12.56%) Migration
5 75 (12.23%) CI/CD
6 74 (12.07%) ITIL
7 69 (11.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 68 (11.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 65 (10.60%) DevOps
10 58 (9.46%) Load Balancing
11 53 (8.65%) High Availability
12 47 (7.67%) Containerisation
13 44 (7.18%) Service Management
14 42 (6.85%) Data Protection
14 42 (6.85%) Platform Engineering
15 38 (6.20%) Network Virtualisation
16 37 (6.04%) Business Strategy
16 37 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (5.71%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 147 (23.98%) PowerShell
2 110 (17.94%) Python
3 79 (12.89%) Bash
4 31 (5.06%) SQL
5 16 (2.61%) Java
5 16 (2.61%) Perl
6 11 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.63%) C
7 10 (1.63%) C++
8 7 (1.14%) Embedded C
8 7 (1.14%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.14%) Go
9 5 (0.82%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.65%) Bicep
10 4 (0.65%) C#
11 1 (0.16%) Korn
11 1 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) Rust
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 231 (37.68%) Security Cleared
2 162 (26.43%) SC Cleared
3 66 (10.77%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.85%) Degree
5 41 (6.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (6.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 34 (5.55%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.57%) Azure Certification
9 25 (4.08%) CCNP
10 17 (2.77%) MCSE
11 16 (2.61%) AWS Certification
12 13 (2.12%) CCIE
12 13 (2.12%) CCNA
13 12 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.96%) VCAP
14 11 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.79%) Server+ Certification
15 9 (1.47%) MCSA
16 8 (1.31%) JNCIE
16 8 (1.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.75%) GDPR
2 18 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.63%) NIST
4 9 (1.47%) SLA
5 7 (1.14%) QA
6 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) NCSC
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 179 (29.20%) Active Directory
2 121 (19.74%) vSphere
3 99 (16.15%) Hyper-V
4 96 (15.66%) VMware NSX
5 72 (11.75%) VMware ESXi
6 52 (8.48%) Docker
7 41 (6.69%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (4.73%) NFS
9 24 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (2.77%) GPFS
11 15 (2.45%) Firmware
11 15 (2.45%) KVM
12 9 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.98%) Dovecot
13 6 (0.98%) Postfix
14 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.65%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.65%) Veritas File System
15 4 (0.65%) Veritas Volume Manager
15 4 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 105 (17.13%) Ansible
2 82 (13.38%) Terraform
3 68 (11.09%) vCenter Server
4 63 (10.28%) SCCM
5 58 (9.46%) Kubernetes
6 51 (8.32%) vRealize
7 44 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (3.26%) VxRail
10 17 (2.77%) Grafana
11 16 (2.61%) Argo
12 14 (2.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (2.28%) FortiGate
12 14 (2.28%) Prometheus
13 13 (2.12%) WSUS
14 11 (1.79%) Progress Chef
14 11 (1.79%) Puppet
14 11 (1.79%) SCOM
15 8 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
16 7 (1.14%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 613 (100.00%) VMware
2 167 (27.24%) Microsoft
3 144 (23.49%) Cisco
4 66 (10.77%) F5
5 56 (9.14%) Citrix
6 54 (8.81%) Red Hat
7 46 (7.50%) SolarWinds
8 41 (6.69%) IBM
8 41 (6.69%) ServiceNow
9 40 (6.53%) NetApp
10 39 (6.36%) Veeam
11 38 (6.20%) Oracle
12 36 (5.87%) Dell
13 28 (4.57%) Palo Alto
14 27 (4.40%) Broadcom
15 16 (2.61%) Google
15 16 (2.61%) Juniper
16 15 (2.45%) Commvault
16 15 (2.45%) HP
17 14 (2.28%) McAfee