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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 108 93
Rank change year-on-year -64 -15 +45
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 595 788 1,153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.16% 2.49%
As % of the System Software category 13.39% 18.22% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 467 733
10th Percentile £291 £309 £305
25th Percentile £408 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +0.98%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 59
10th Percentile £22.25 £20.94 £32.40
25th Percentile £28.25 £22.75 £46.84
Median hourly rate £68.25 £37.08 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +84.05% -43.80% +1.51%
75th Percentile £75.70 £61.25 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.80 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.13 £22.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +220.58% -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 4,443 4,325 5,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.39% 11.85% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,900 2,768 4,074
10th Percentile £213 £210 £198
25th Percentile £400 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £592 £614 £615
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 95 248
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.73 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.23 £21.46 £18.84
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -29.49% +84.36%
75th Percentile £74.26 £65.50 £68.63
90th Percentile £89.45 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% +25.00% +86.05%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -52 537 £525 - 388
UK excluding London -24 418 £525 - 322
Work from Home -57 175 £500 -2.44% 174
South East -28 135 £513 -6.82% 126
London -102 121 £525 +5.00% 109
North of England -2 101 £442 -2.27% 36
Midlands -10 96 £458 -21.39% 48
West Midlands +1 79 £500 -16.67% 29
South West -29 71 £550 -3.51% 52
North West +1 58 £475 +11.76% 18
Yorkshire +3 56 £413 -13.61% 14
East of England -1 25 £488 +8.33% 36
East Midlands -18 17 £450 +20.00% 19
Scotland -13 11 £483 -3.21% 22
Wales +2 3 £550 +175.00% 8
North East -10 2 £550 +83.33% 4
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 5

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 41 (6.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (4.71%) Confluence
3 23 (3.87%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.68%) Apache
4 10 (1.68%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.51%) IIS
6 7 (1.18%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.50%) nginx
8 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) Gunicorn
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
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 24 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.34%) 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
1 167 (28.07%) Azure
2 127 (21.34%) AWS
3 51 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (7.06%) GCP
5 32 (5.38%) OpenShift
6 28 (4.71%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.03%) GitHub
7 24 (4.03%) IaaS
8 23 (3.87%) Nutanix
9 21 (3.53%) SaaS
10 12 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (1.85%) PaaS
12 10 (1.68%) Datadog
13 8 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.18%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
17 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
17 4 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
18 3 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 183 (30.76%) DNS
2 148 (24.87%) Firewall
3 82 (13.78%) TCP/IP
4 79 (13.28%) DHCP
5 51 (8.57%) VLAN
6 47 (7.90%) VPN
7 42 (7.06%) SAN
8 41 (6.89%) VSAN
9 35 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 35 (5.88%) Network Security
10 31 (5.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 31 (5.21%) WAN
11 27 (4.54%) BGP
11 27 (4.54%) DMZ
12 25 (4.20%) LAN
13 24 (4.03%) NAS
14 20 (3.36%) iSCSI
14 20 (3.36%) MPLS
15 17 (2.86%) Fibre Channel
15 17 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.01%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.01%) Power BI
4 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.34%) MySQL
4 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.17%) Redis
5 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (8.07%) Jenkins
2 42 (7.06%) Git
3 28 (4.71%) JIRA
4 17 (2.86%) GitLab
5 16 (2.69%) Postman
6 14 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.34%) Subversion
8 7 (1.18%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.18%) Fiddler
8 7 (1.18%) JMeter
8 7 (1.18%) JUnit
9 5 (0.84%) MSI
9 5 (0.84%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.50%) RStudio
12 2 (0.34%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.34%) PVCS
12 2 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 184 (30.92%) Social Skills
2 77 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.08%) Finance
5 44 (7.39%) Banking
6 38 (6.39%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.53%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.02%) Legal
9 12 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.34%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.01%) Law
11 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.67%) Electronics
12 4 (0.67%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.50%) Military
13 3 (0.50%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 97 (16.30%) Architect
2 87 (14.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 45 (7.56%) Senior
4 43 (7.23%) Consultant
5 32 (5.38%) Analyst
5 32 (5.38%) Network Engineer
6 31 (5.21%) Support Engineer
7 29 (4.87%) Infrastructure Architect
8 28 (4.71%) VMware Engineer
9 25 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.03%) VMware Consultant
11 20 (3.36%) Administrator
11 20 (3.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 19 (3.19%) Windows Engineer
13 18 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (3.03%) VMware Architect
14 17 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support
14 17 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 16 (2.69%) Wintel Engineer
16 15 (2.52%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.85%) REST
2 10 (1.68%) Flash
3 9 (1.51%) Middleware
4 8 (1.34%) LDAP
5 7 (1.18%) Kafka
5 7 (1.18%) Loki
5 7 (1.18%) NETCONF
5 7 (1.18%) RESTCONF
5 7 (1.18%) Spring
6 6 (1.01%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.84%) YAML
8 4 (0.67%) RESTful
9 3 (0.50%) .NET
9 3 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.50%) OAuth
9 3 (0.50%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.50%) OpenID
9 3 (0.50%) SAML
9 3 (0.50%) Swagger
10 2 (0.34%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 71 (11.93%) Data Centre
2 51 (8.57%) PKI
3 43 (7.23%) Replication
4 37 (6.22%) Management Information System
5 33 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (4.03%) Private Cloud
7 22 (3.70%) Cloud Native
8 21 (3.53%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (2.18%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.68%) Clustering
11 10 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.51%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.34%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.34%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.18%) CMDB
14 7 (1.18%) SCADA
15 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 254 (42.69%) Windows
2 199 (33.45%) Linux
3 136 (22.86%) Windows Server
4 55 (9.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (6.05%) Windows 10
6 27 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.86%) CentOS
8 17 (2.86%) VMS
8 17 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.18%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.18%) Solaris
9 13 (2.18%) Ubuntu
9 13 (2.18%) Unix
10 6 (1.01%) AIX
11 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.50%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.34%) Debian
13 2 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 97 (16.30%) Agile
4 82 (13.78%) DevOps
4 82 (13.78%) Migration
5 76 (12.77%) CI/CD
6 69 (11.60%) Disaster Recovery
7 66 (11.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (10.92%) ITIL
9 52 (8.74%) Containerisation
10 51 (8.57%) High Availability
11 50 (8.40%) Service Management
12 47 (7.90%) Load Balancing
13 44 (7.39%) Business Strategy
14 42 (7.06%) Data Protection
15 39 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.22%) Validation
17 34 (5.71%) Network Virtualisation
18 33 (5.55%) Platform Engineering
18 33 (5.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 148 (24.87%) Python
2 139 (23.36%) PowerShell
3 85 (14.29%) Bash
4 43 (7.23%) SQL
5 20 (3.36%) Perl
6 18 (3.03%) Java
7 12 (2.02%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.68%) Go
9 9 (1.51%) PHP
10 7 (1.18%) C++
10 7 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.67%) C
12 2 (0.34%) C#
12 2 (0.34%) Erlang
12 2 (0.34%) Prolog
13 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.17%) Korn
13 1 (0.17%) Rust
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 224 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 156 (26.22%) SC Cleared
3 71 (11.93%) DV Cleared
4 52 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 47 (7.90%) Degree
6 46 (7.73%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (7.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 35 (5.88%) CCNP
9 28 (4.71%) Azure Certification
10 23 (3.87%) MCSE
11 18 (3.03%) CCNA
12 15 (2.52%) AWS Certification
13 13 (2.18%) CCIE
13 13 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (2.02%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.85%) Server+ Certification
16 10 (1.68%) VCAP
17 8 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (1.34%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.20%) GDPR
2 14 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.02%) QA
4 9 (1.51%) SLA
5 7 (1.18%) NIST
6 6 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.67%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) RMADS
System Software
1 185 (31.09%) Active Directory
2 121 (20.34%) vSphere
3 88 (14.79%) Hyper-V
4 86 (14.45%) VMware ESXi
5 74 (12.44%) VMware NSX
6 50 (8.40%) Docker
7 40 (6.72%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (5.04%) NFS
9 22 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (1.85%) Firmware
10 11 (1.85%) KVM
10 11 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (1.68%) GPFS
12 7 (1.18%) Terminal Services
12 7 (1.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 6 (1.01%) Dovecot
13 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.01%) Postfix
13 6 (1.01%) UAG
14 5 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 138 (23.19%) Ansible
2 88 (14.79%) Terraform
3 70 (11.76%) vCenter Server
4 60 (10.08%) SCCM
5 51 (8.57%) Kubernetes
6 40 (6.72%) vRealize
7 34 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 27 (4.54%) Puppet
9 17 (2.86%) VxRail
10 16 (2.69%) Grafana
10 16 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
11 15 (2.52%) Argo
12 14 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 13 (2.18%) Progress Chef
13 13 (2.18%) Prometheus
14 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Clustering
15 11 (1.85%) WSUS
16 10 (1.68%) NetBackup
17 9 (1.51%) FortiGate
17 9 (1.51%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 595 (100.00%) VMware
2 181 (30.42%) Microsoft
3 124 (20.84%) Cisco
4 60 (10.08%) F5
5 59 (9.92%) Red Hat
6 52 (8.74%) Citrix
7 44 (7.39%) NetApp
7 44 (7.39%) Veeam
8 39 (6.55%) SolarWinds
9 35 (5.88%) Oracle
10 32 (5.38%) Dell
11 27 (4.54%) ServiceNow
12 25 (4.20%) IBM
13 23 (3.87%) Broadcom
13 23 (3.87%) Splunk
14 19 (3.19%) Palo Alto
15 17 (2.86%) MuleSoft
16 16 (2.69%) Juniper
17 15 (2.52%) CyberArk
17 15 (2.52%) Google