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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 184 117
Rank change year-on-year +16 -67 -26
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 913 510 771
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.55% 2.02%
As % of the System Software category 16.87% 13.11% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 332 472
10th Percentile £325 £267 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £684 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 2 10
10th Percentile £19.25 £33.58 £20.94
25th Percentile £33.70 £38.94 £22.75
Median hourly rate £68.75 £48.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +42.49% +102.73% -63.93%
75th Percentile £89.24 £57.94 £37.69
90th Percentile £93.79 £63.53 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% +195.56% -65.90%

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 5,413 3,890 4,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 11.81% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,548 2,455 2,943
10th Percentile £220 £219 £213
25th Percentile £400 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.20%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £607
90th Percentile £675 £669 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 112 112
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.44
Median hourly rate £63.14 £33.39 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year +89.11% +37.10% -51.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £60.53
90th Percentile £92.11 £91.35 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +136.36% -30.56%

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 17 September 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 17 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 16 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 17 September 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 +4 794 £520 -5.55% 611
UK excluding London -6 642 £515 -6.36% 435
South East -10 205 £538 -2.27% 122
London -21 190 £525 +5.00% 202
Work from Home -17 180 £501 +0.20% 219
North of England +4 177 £476 +10.38% 77
Midlands -16 98 £450 -18.18% 75
North West +11 86 £455 +3.89% 40
Yorkshire -17 77 £523 +26.67% 22
South West -29 76 £638 +12.83% 65
West Midlands -23 73 £450 -21.36% 52
East of England -10 53 £510 -7.27% 62
Scotland +6 44 £450 -18.18% 34
East Midlands 0 25 £425 -11.92% 23
North East -29 14 £400 -36.00% 16
Wales - 11 £550 - 6

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 49 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.30%) Confluence
4 20 (2.19%) IIS
5 9 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.77%) JBoss
6 7 (0.77%) nginx
6 7 (0.77%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.22%) Houdini
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) NUKE
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 249 (27.27%) Azure
2 140 (15.33%) AWS
3 86 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 45 (4.93%) OpenShift
6 40 (4.38%) GCP
7 37 (4.05%) GitHub
8 29 (3.18%) IaaS
9 23 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.41%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.97%) Power Platform
13 15 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (1.64%) OneDrive
13 15 (1.64%) Rubrik
14 13 (1.42%) PaaS
14 13 (1.42%) SaaS
15 9 (0.99%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.88%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 285 (31.22%) DNS
2 176 (19.28%) Firewall
3 175 (19.17%) DHCP
4 96 (10.51%) TCP/IP
5 85 (9.31%) VSAN
6 72 (7.89%) VLAN
7 70 (7.67%) VPN
8 69 (7.56%) SAN
9 55 (6.02%) Network Security
9 55 (6.02%) WAN
10 47 (5.15%) SSL
11 46 (5.04%) LAN
12 39 (4.27%) NAS
13 32 (3.50%) HTTP
14 31 (3.40%) BGP
15 30 (3.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 29 (3.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 23 (2.52%) Wireshark
18 22 (2.41%) BIG-IP
19 18 (1.97%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.86%) Power BI
4 13 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (0.99%) Big Data
7 9 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.99%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.55%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.33%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 45 (4.93%) JIRA
2 31 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.85%) Git
3 26 (2.85%) GitLab
4 13 (1.42%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.44%) CppUnit
6 4 (0.44%) PVCS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 216 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 92 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (9.75%) Finance
4 42 (4.60%) Public Sector
5 38 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (3.29%) Banking
7 29 (3.18%) Legal
8 23 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.42%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.88%) Law
14 7 (0.77%) Retail
15 6 (0.66%) Back Office
16 5 (0.55%) Military
16 5 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 220 (24.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (15.66%) Senior
3 99 (10.84%) VMware Engineer
4 85 (9.31%) Architect
5 62 (6.79%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 51 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 51 (5.59%) Support Engineer
8 43 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
9 40 (4.38%) Lead
10 38 (4.16%) Consultant
11 35 (3.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (3.83%) Storage Engineer
12 33 (3.61%) Administrator
13 31 (3.40%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 26 (2.85%) VMware Consultant
15 25 (2.74%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 24 (2.63%) IT Engineer
16 24 (2.63%) Server Engineer
17 22 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (14.13%) Terraform
2 26 (2.85%) REST
3 21 (2.30%) JSON
4 16 (1.75%) Kafka
5 14 (1.53%) Middleware
6 13 (1.42%) LDAP
7 12 (1.31%) .NET
8 11 (1.20%) 802.1X
8 11 (1.20%) YAML
9 9 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (0.77%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.66%) Redfish
12 5 (0.55%) JDBC
12 5 (0.55%) ODBC
12 5 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (0.55%) XML
13 4 (0.44%) Flash
14 3 (0.33%) Java SE
14 3 (0.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 146 (15.99%) Data Centre
2 75 (8.21%) PKI
3 74 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (5.59%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (4.93%) Clustering
6 44 (4.82%) Private Cloud
7 42 (4.60%) Replication
8 34 (3.72%) Onboarding
9 33 (3.61%) Management Information System
10 30 (3.29%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (2.74%) Cloud Native
12 25 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.53%) Operational Technology
14 14 (1.53%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.42%) SCADA
16 12 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
18 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 494 (54.11%) Windows
2 331 (36.25%) Windows Server
3 249 (27.27%) Linux
4 49 (5.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (3.07%) VMS
6 28 (3.07%) Windows 10
7 26 (2.85%) Unix
8 21 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (1.64%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (1.42%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (1.10%) Solaris
14 9 (0.99%) AIX
15 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.88%) CentOS
16 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.44%) SUSE
18 3 (0.33%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (33.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 172 (18.84%) ITIL
3 171 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (18.29%) Migration
5 153 (16.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (14.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 121 (13.25%) CI/CD
8 114 (12.49%) Technical Leadership
9 108 (11.83%) Change Management
10 97 (10.62%) High Availability
11 95 (10.41%) ITSM
11 95 (10.41%) Platform Engineering
12 93 (10.19%) DevOps
13 91 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 90 (9.86%) Validation
15 89 (9.75%) Agile
16 88 (9.64%) Root Cause Analysis
17 85 (9.31%) Service Management
18 82 (8.98%) Network Virtualisation
19 81 (8.87%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 223 (24.42%) PowerShell
2 141 (15.44%) Python
3 92 (10.08%) Bash
4 60 (6.57%) SQL
5 26 (2.85%) Java
6 9 (0.99%) C
6 9 (0.99%) Go
7 8 (0.88%) Bicep
7 8 (0.88%) Perl
8 7 (0.77%) C#
9 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.55%) C++
11 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.33%) Lua
12 3 (0.33%) VB
13 2 (0.22%) COBOL
13 2 (0.22%) Korn
13 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 437 (47.86%) Security Cleared
2 259 (28.37%) SC Cleared
3 203 (22.23%) DV Cleared
4 68 (7.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (6.24%) Degree
6 44 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
6 44 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.82%) VCAP
7 30 (3.29%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.85%) MCSE
9 22 (2.41%) CCNP
10 21 (2.30%) CCNA
11 20 (2.19%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.75%) MCSA
13 14 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.88%) A+ Certification
18 7 (0.77%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.96%) SLA
2 20 (2.19%) NIST
3 18 (1.97%) QA
4 15 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.64%) NCSC
5 14 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.88%) GDPR
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.44%) GxP
8 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.22%) DICOM
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 311 (34.06%) Active Directory
2 221 (24.21%) vSphere
3 214 (23.44%) VMware ESXi
4 206 (22.56%) Hyper-V
5 153 (16.76%) VMware NSX
6 99 (10.84%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (6.68%) Docker
8 43 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 38 (4.16%) Firmware
10 22 (2.41%) NFS
11 19 (2.08%) KVM
12 15 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (1.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.10%) Ceph
15 9 (0.99%) XenApp
16 8 (0.88%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.77%) oVirt
17 7 (0.77%) vCloud
18 6 (0.66%) BitLocker
18 6 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 179 (19.61%) Ansible
2 157 (17.20%) vCenter Server
3 138 (15.12%) Kubernetes
4 61 (6.68%) SCOM
5 60 (6.57%) SCCM
6 44 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (3.94%) VxRail
8 25 (2.74%) Grafana
8 25 (2.74%) vRealize
9 23 (2.52%) Prometheus
10 19 (2.08%) PowerCLI
11 18 (1.97%) Puppet
12 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Clustering
12 15 (1.64%) NetBackup
12 15 (1.64%) vMotion
12 15 (1.64%) WSUS
13 14 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
14 13 (1.42%) Avamar
14 13 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
15 12 (1.31%) Argo
Vendors
1 913 (100.00%) VMware
2 269 (29.46%) Microsoft
3 142 (15.55%) Cisco
4 65 (7.12%) Citrix
5 63 (6.90%) NetApp
6 62 (6.79%) Red Hat
7 55 (6.02%) Dell
8 48 (5.26%) Oracle
9 43 (4.71%) ServiceNow
10 42 (4.60%) SolarWinds
11 39 (4.27%) F5
12 33 (3.61%) Palo Alto
12 33 (3.61%) Veeam
13 28 (3.07%) Juniper
14 24 (2.63%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.52%) Broadcom
15 23 (2.52%) IBM
16 19 (2.08%) Remedy
17 18 (1.97%) CyberArk
17 18 (1.97%) McAfee