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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 123 117
Rank change year-on-year -49 -6 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 663 644 883
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 2.14% 1.99%
As % of the System Software category 13.72% 16.89% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 425 554
10th Percentile £305 £268 £300
25th Percentile £405 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 54
10th Percentile £22.00 £27.95 £22.08
25th Percentile £67.70 £38.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.46
90th Percentile £76.56 - £83.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +211.11% -65.90% +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 4,833 3,813 4,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.47% 12.69% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,319 2,526 3,330
10th Percentile £206 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £390 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £693 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 88 238
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.58 £21.41 £16.81
Median hourly rate £38.47 £33.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -16.88% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £83.63 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.84% -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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -47 594 £500 -7.19% 307
UK excluding London -32 463 £490 -6.67% 290
Work from Home -45 167 £500 -4.40% 178
South East -6 147 £513 -6.99% 102
London -85 137 £530 +0.95% 52
Midlands -2 113 £401 -27.22% 30
North of England -39 113 £445 +4.71% 64
West Midlands -11 85 £326 -46.35% 20
North West -28 67 £441 +0.86% 31
South West -52 65 £550 -2.22% 48
Yorkshire -30 53 £454 +0.22% 30
East of England -5 31 £475 +1.82% 31
East Midlands -13 28 £447 -14.86% 9
Scotland -5 17 £464 -0.16% 8
Wales -8 5 £413 +42.24% 12
North East -18 2 £513 +46.43% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.56%) Confluence
4 7 (1.06%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.06%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.75%) nginx
5 5 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.60%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
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%) Traefik
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 194 (29.26%) Azure
2 144 (21.72%) AWS
3 61 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (7.54%) OpenShift
5 46 (6.94%) Entra ID
6 45 (6.79%) GCP
7 35 (5.28%) Nutanix
8 29 (4.37%) IaaS
9 20 (3.02%) GitHub
10 19 (2.87%) PaaS
11 14 (2.11%) Datadog
12 8 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.06%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.06%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.75%) Cohesity
16 4 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 189 (28.51%) DNS
2 166 (25.04%) Firewall
3 95 (14.33%) DHCP
4 64 (9.65%) VPN
5 58 (8.75%) SAN
6 54 (8.14%) TCP/IP
7 48 (7.24%) VSAN
8 46 (6.94%) Network Security
9 39 (5.88%) WAN
10 37 (5.58%) LAN
11 35 (5.28%) VLAN
12 33 (4.98%) HTTP
13 32 (4.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 30 (4.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (4.52%) NAS
15 29 (4.37%) BIG-IP
15 29 (4.37%) SSL
16 25 (3.77%) BGP
16 25 (3.77%) Wireshark
17 17 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.06%) Power BI
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.30%) DataStage
6 2 (0.30%) GIS
6 2 (0.30%) Redis
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 29 (4.37%) Jenkins
2 24 (3.62%) JIRA
3 20 (3.02%) Git
4 17 (2.56%) Fiddler
5 13 (1.96%) GitLab
6 9 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.21%) PVCS
7 8 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.06%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.06%) JMeter
8 7 (1.06%) JUnit
9 4 (0.60%) RStudio
10 3 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.30%) Subversion
12 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.15%) Chocolatey
12 1 (0.15%) GoCD
12 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 159 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 69 (10.41%) Public Sector
3 67 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.35%) Finance
5 51 (7.69%) Banking
6 34 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.92%) Investment Banking
8 23 (3.47%) Legal
9 14 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.51%) Military
10 10 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.21%) Electronics
12 7 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.06%) Police
13 5 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.75%) Local Government
14 4 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.60%) Social Science
15 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 119 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (14.03%) Architect
3 58 (8.75%) Analyst
4 45 (6.79%) Network Engineer
5 36 (5.43%) VMware Engineer
6 34 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
6 34 (5.13%) Senior
7 33 (4.98%) Consultant
8 32 (4.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 29 (4.37%) Infrastructure Architect
10 27 (4.07%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.77%) VMware Consultant
12 24 (3.62%) Lead
13 21 (3.17%) Storage Analyst
14 20 (3.02%) VMware Architect
15 18 (2.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (2.71%) Web Engineer
15 18 (2.71%) Wintel Engineer
16 17 (2.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 17 (2.56%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.17%) Flash
2 20 (3.02%) LDAP
3 10 (1.51%) SAML
4 8 (1.21%) Kafka
5 7 (1.06%) Loki
5 7 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.06%) Spring
6 6 (0.90%) Hibernate
6 6 (0.90%) Middleware
6 6 (0.90%) REST
7 5 (0.75%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.60%) OAuth
8 4 (0.60%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.60%) OpenID
9 3 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.30%) EJB
10 2 (0.30%) Java SE
10 2 (0.30%) JSP
10 2 (0.30%) OpenLayers
11 1 (0.15%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 58 (8.75%) Replication
3 49 (7.39%) PKI
4 40 (6.03%) Cloud Native
5 37 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (4.37%) Linux Command Line
7 28 (4.22%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.62%) Private Cloud
9 21 (3.17%) Clustering
10 18 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.41%) Enterprise Storage
12 15 (2.26%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.96%) Product Ownership
14 12 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.66%) Onboarding
16 10 (1.51%) Operational Technology
17 8 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (1.21%) Driving Licence
17 8 (1.21%) SCADA
17 8 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 287 (43.29%) Windows
2 226 (34.09%) Linux
3 174 (26.24%) Windows Server
4 52 (7.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (4.68%) Windows 10
7 25 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.87%) VMS
9 18 (2.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (2.26%) Mac OS
11 13 (1.96%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.81%) Unix
13 11 (1.66%) Solaris
14 10 (1.51%) Data ONTAP
15 7 (1.06%) CentOS
16 6 (0.90%) CoreOS
16 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.60%) AIX
18 4 (0.60%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (22.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 118 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (17.35%) Migration
4 99 (14.93%) Agile
5 85 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 81 (12.22%) CI/CD
7 75 (11.31%) High Availability
8 73 (11.01%) DevOps
8 73 (11.01%) ITIL
9 70 (10.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 66 (9.95%) Load Balancing
11 56 (8.45%) Containerisation
11 56 (8.45%) Platform Engineering
12 53 (7.99%) Data Protection
13 46 (6.94%) Roadmaps
14 44 (6.64%) Network Virtualisation
15 43 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
17 40 (6.03%) Service Management
18 39 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 163 (24.59%) PowerShell
2 119 (17.95%) Python
3 80 (12.07%) Bash
4 20 (3.02%) SQL
5 15 (2.26%) Perl
6 11 (1.66%) C
7 10 (1.51%) Java
8 8 (1.21%) C++
8 8 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.06%) Embedded C
9 7 (1.06%) Embedded C++
10 6 (0.90%) Bicep
11 4 (0.60%) C#
11 4 (0.60%) Go
11 4 (0.60%) PHP
11 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.30%) COBOL
12 2 (0.30%) Korn
13 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 250 (37.71%) Security Cleared
2 170 (25.64%) SC Cleared
3 78 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 47 (7.09%) Degree
5 44 (6.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 38 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (3.77%) CCNP
9 24 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.71%) MCSE
11 16 (2.41%) VCAP
12 14 (2.11%) CCNA
13 13 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.81%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.81%) MCSA
15 10 (1.51%) Oracle Certification
16 9 (1.36%) CCIE
17 7 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (1.06%) Master's Degree
17 7 (1.06%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.56%) GDPR
3 16 (2.41%) NIST
4 10 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.36%) SLA
6 5 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.60%) QA
8 3 (0.45%) NCSC
8 3 (0.45%) 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
1 204 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 154 (23.23%) vSphere
3 121 (18.25%) VMware NSX
4 102 (15.38%) Hyper-V
5 91 (13.73%) VMware ESXi
6 57 (8.60%) Docker
6 57 (8.60%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (6.03%) NFS
8 27 (4.07%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (3.77%) Firmware
10 19 (2.87%) KVM
11 16 (2.41%) GPFS
12 6 (0.90%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.60%) vCloud
15 3 (0.45%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (17.04%) Ansible
2 82 (12.37%) Terraform
3 79 (11.92%) vCenter Server
4 72 (10.86%) Kubernetes
5 67 (10.11%) SCCM
6 59 (8.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 53 (7.99%) vRealize
8 27 (4.07%) Grafana
9 23 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (3.32%) Argo
11 21 (3.17%) VxRail
12 20 (3.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (2.56%) vMotion
14 15 (2.26%) FortiGate
15 14 (2.11%) PowerCLI
15 14 (2.11%) Progress Chef
15 14 (2.11%) SCOM
16 13 (1.96%) Prometheus
17 11 (1.66%) Puppet
18 10 (1.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 663 (100.00%) VMware
2 179 (27.00%) Microsoft
3 146 (22.02%) Cisco
4 65 (9.80%) Citrix
5 63 (9.50%) Red Hat
6 59 (8.90%) F5
7 49 (7.39%) NetApp
8 44 (6.64%) IBM
9 43 (6.49%) Dell
9 43 (6.49%) ServiceNow
10 42 (6.33%) SolarWinds
11 33 (4.98%) Oracle
12 29 (4.37%) Palo Alto
12 29 (4.37%) Pure Storage
12 29 (4.37%) Veeam
13 28 (4.22%) Commvault
14 21 (3.17%) McAfee
15 18 (2.71%) Blue Coat
16 17 (2.56%) Google
16 17 (2.56%) Juniper