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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 183 118
Rank change year-on-year +14 -65 -28
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 899 513 775
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 1.56% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 16.69% 13.15% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 332 478
10th Percentile £325 £267 £313
25th Percentile £425 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £509
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.11% -3.10%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £589
90th Percentile £696 £650 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 2 10
10th Percentile £19.25 £33.58 £20.94
25th Percentile £33.70 £38.94 £22.75
Median hourly rate £68.38 £48.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +41.71% +102.73% -63.93%
75th Percentile £88.99 £57.94 £37.69
90th Percentile £93.16 £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 5,385 3,900 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 11.84% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,529 2,461 2,959
10th Percentile £220 £218 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £590 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 114 111
10th Percentile £15.94 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.02 £17.69
Median hourly rate £63.14 £34.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.69% +36.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £61.19
90th Percentile £92.11 £91.05 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year - +126.09% -28.13%

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 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 18 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 18 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 +8 784 £519 -5.64% 581
UK excluding London -5 630 £515 -6.36% 420
South East -12 198 £538 -2.27% 123
London -5 190 £525 +5.00% 191
Work from Home -30 177 £512 +2.40% 204
North of England +11 175 £480 +11.30% 71
Midlands -14 95 £450 -18.18% 72
North West +5 86 £459 +4.91% 39
South West -23 77 £638 +12.83% 59
Yorkshire -11 74 £525 +27.27% 18
West Midlands -16 70 £450 -21.36% 52
East of England -10 53 £510 -7.27% 59
Scotland +5 42 £425 -22.73% 33
East Midlands -8 25 £425 -11.92% 20
North East -32 16 £400 -36.00% 15
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 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.34%) Confluence
4 20 (2.22%) IIS
5 9 (1.00%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.78%) JBoss
6 7 (0.78%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) 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
Applications
1 8 (0.89%) 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 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 243 (27.03%) Azure
2 136 (15.13%) AWS
3 84 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 42 (4.67%) OpenShift
6 39 (4.34%) GCP
7 33 (3.67%) GitHub
8 28 (3.11%) IaaS
9 23 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.45%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (1.89%) Power Platform
13 16 (1.78%) Rubrik
14 15 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (1.67%) OneDrive
15 13 (1.45%) PaaS
15 13 (1.45%) SaaS
16 9 (1.00%) Azure Stack
17 8 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (0.89%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 279 (31.03%) DNS
2 175 (19.47%) DHCP
2 175 (19.47%) Firewall
3 96 (10.68%) TCP/IP
4 80 (8.90%) VSAN
5 71 (7.90%) VLAN
6 69 (7.68%) VPN
7 68 (7.56%) SAN
8 55 (6.12%) Network Security
9 52 (5.78%) WAN
10 45 (5.01%) SSL
11 43 (4.78%) LAN
12 38 (4.23%) NAS
13 32 (3.56%) HTTP
14 30 (3.34%) BGP
14 30 (3.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 29 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 23 (2.56%) Wireshark
17 22 (2.45%) BIG-IP
18 18 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.89%) Power BI
4 13 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.00%) Big Data
7 9 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.67%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.67%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.56%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.56%) 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 (5.01%) JIRA
2 27 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.89%) Git
3 26 (2.89%) GitLab
4 13 (1.45%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.78%) 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
1 212 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 92 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (9.68%) Finance
4 39 (4.34%) Public Sector
5 38 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (3.34%) Banking
7 28 (3.11%) Legal
8 23 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.22%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.89%) Law
14 6 (0.67%) Back Office
14 6 (0.67%) Retail
15 5 (0.56%) Military
15 5 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 220 (24.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (15.91%) Senior
3 98 (10.90%) VMware Engineer
4 82 (9.12%) Architect
5 61 (6.79%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 51 (5.67%) Support Engineer
8 50 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (4.78%) Platform Engineer
10 36 (4.00%) Consultant
10 36 (4.00%) Storage Engineer
11 35 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (3.89%) Lead
12 33 (3.67%) Administrator
13 31 (3.45%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 26 (2.89%) VMware Consultant
15 24 (2.67%) IT Engineer
15 24 (2.67%) Server Engineer
16 23 (2.56%) Wintel Engineer
17 22 (2.45%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (13.68%) Terraform
2 26 (2.89%) REST
3 21 (2.34%) JSON
4 17 (1.89%) Kafka
5 14 (1.56%) Middleware
6 12 (1.33%) LDAP
7 11 (1.22%) .NET
7 11 (1.22%) 802.1X
7 11 (1.22%) YAML
8 9 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.78%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.67%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.67%) Redfish
11 5 (0.56%) JDBC
11 5 (0.56%) ODBC
11 5 (0.56%) XML
12 4 (0.44%) Flash
13 3 (0.33%) Java SE
13 3 (0.33%) OAuth
14 2 (0.22%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 144 (16.02%) Data Centre
2 75 (8.34%) PKI
3 69 (7.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (5.67%) Enterprise Storage
5 46 (5.12%) Clustering
6 45 (5.01%) Private Cloud
7 42 (4.67%) Replication
8 35 (3.89%) Onboarding
9 33 (3.67%) Management Information System
10 28 (3.11%) Public Cloud
11 27 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (2.22%) Cloud Native
14 18 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.67%) Operational Technology
15 15 (1.67%) Product Ownership
16 12 (1.33%) SCADA
16 12 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
18 9 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 488 (54.28%) Windows
2 328 (36.48%) Windows Server
3 245 (27.25%) Linux
4 49 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (5.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (3.11%) VMS
6 28 (3.11%) Windows 10
7 26 (2.89%) Unix
8 21 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (1.67%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
11 14 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (1.11%) Solaris
13 9 (1.00%) AIX
14 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.89%) CentOS
15 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.44%) SUSE
17 3 (0.33%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (33.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 170 (18.91%) ITIL
3 167 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 159 (17.69%) Migration
5 150 (16.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 128 (14.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 115 (12.79%) CI/CD
7 115 (12.79%) Technical Leadership
8 107 (11.90%) Change Management
9 95 (10.57%) Platform Engineering
10 93 (10.34%) ITSM
11 92 (10.23%) High Availability
12 90 (10.01%) Validation
13 89 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 89 (9.90%) Root Cause Analysis
14 88 (9.79%) Agile
15 87 (9.68%) DevOps
16 83 (9.23%) Service Management
17 81 (9.01%) Project Delivery
18 80 (8.90%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 223 (24.81%) PowerShell
2 137 (15.24%) Python
3 88 (9.79%) Bash
4 57 (6.34%) SQL
5 25 (2.78%) Java
6 9 (1.00%) C
6 9 (1.00%) Go
7 8 (0.89%) Bicep
7 8 (0.89%) Perl
8 7 (0.78%) C#
9 5 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) C++
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 433 (48.16%) Security Cleared
2 257 (28.59%) SC Cleared
3 199 (22.14%) DV Cleared
4 65 (7.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 56 (6.23%) Degree
6 43 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (4.45%) VCAP
8 29 (3.23%) Azure Certification
9 25 (2.78%) MCSE
10 21 (2.34%) CCNA
10 21 (2.34%) CCNP
11 20 (2.22%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.78%) MCSA
13 13 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (0.89%) A+ Certification
16 8 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.89%) SLA
2 18 (2.00%) NIST
2 18 (2.00%) QA
3 14 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.45%) NCSC
5 8 (0.89%) GDPR
6 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.44%) GxP
7 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.22%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.11%) DICOM
10 1 (0.11%) HL7
10 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 308 (34.26%) Active Directory
2 217 (24.14%) vSphere
3 211 (23.47%) VMware ESXi
4 205 (22.80%) Hyper-V
5 145 (16.13%) VMware NSX
6 99 (11.01%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (6.67%) Docker
8 44 (4.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 39 (4.34%) Firmware
10 23 (2.56%) NFS
11 19 (2.11%) KVM
12 16 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (1.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.11%) Ceph
15 9 (1.00%) XenApp
16 8 (0.89%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.78%) oVirt
17 7 (0.78%) vCloud
18 6 (0.67%) BitLocker
18 6 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 173 (19.24%) Ansible
2 150 (16.69%) vCenter Server
3 133 (14.79%) Kubernetes
4 62 (6.90%) SCOM
5 61 (6.79%) SCCM
6 43 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 37 (4.12%) VxRail
8 25 (2.78%) vRealize
9 23 (2.56%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.34%) Grafana
11 19 (2.11%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.00%) Puppet
13 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
13 15 (1.67%) NetBackup
13 15 (1.67%) vMotion
13 15 (1.67%) WSUS
14 14 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
15 13 (1.45%) Avamar
15 13 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
16 10 (1.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 899 (100.00%) VMware
2 268 (29.81%) Microsoft
3 140 (15.57%) Cisco
4 66 (7.34%) Citrix
5 64 (7.12%) NetApp
6 59 (6.56%) Red Hat
7 55 (6.12%) Dell
8 45 (5.01%) Oracle
9 43 (4.78%) ServiceNow
10 42 (4.67%) SolarWinds
11 39 (4.34%) F5
12 33 (3.67%) Veeam
13 32 (3.56%) Palo Alto
14 28 (3.11%) Juniper
15 24 (2.67%) Fortinet
16 23 (2.56%) IBM
17 19 (2.11%) Broadcom
17 19 (2.11%) McAfee
17 19 (2.11%) Remedy
18 18 (2.00%) CyberArk