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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 185 112
Rank change year-on-year +18 -73 -22
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 920 497 775
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.52% 2.03%
As % of the System Software category 16.97% 12.99% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 322 472
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.64% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 3 8
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £21.14
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 £23.45
Median hourly rate £67.25 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +124.17% +26.05% -63.10%
75th Percentile £89.50 £48.63 £40.06
90th Percentile £94.42 £59.80 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £47.25 £29.28
% change year-on-year +48.15% +61.36% -53.52%

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 5,420 3,826 4,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 11.69% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,562 2,412 2,943
10th Percentile £218 £225 £218
25th Percentile £400 £381 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £590 £590 £608
90th Percentile £675 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £480
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 111 117
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.44
Median hourly rate £60.92 £32.77 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.89% +33.76% -51.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £59.88
90th Percentile £91.48 £91.50 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.87% +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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +17 799 £525 -4.55% 477
UK excluding London +6 643 £519 -5.64% 351
South East -11 213 £538 -5.45% 103
London -13 193 £525 +5.00% 174
Work from Home -29 182 £510 -2.86% 178
North of England +9 173 £459 +6.43% 59
Midlands -13 98 £450 -18.18% 46
North West +9 89 £459 +4.91% 21
South West -23 83 £625 +8.70% 66
West Midlands -16 73 £450 -21.40% 24
Yorkshire -7 72 £523 +26.67% 25
East of England -13 47 £505 -8.18% 48
Scotland 0 41 £438 -20.45% 28
East Midlands -1 25 £425 -18.43% 22
North East -36 12 £375 -40.00% 16
Wales - 11 £550 - 4

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 52 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.17%) IIS
4 18 (1.96%) Confluence
5 9 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.76%) JBoss
6 7 (0.76%) nginx
6 7 (0.76%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
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 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Houdini
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 256 (27.83%) Azure
2 146 (15.87%) AWS
3 86 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.28%) Entra ID
5 45 (4.89%) OpenShift
6 40 (4.35%) GCP
7 37 (4.02%) GitHub
8 29 (3.15%) IaaS
9 23 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.39%) Nutanix
11 21 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.07%) Power Platform
13 17 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (1.74%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.52%) PaaS
15 14 (1.52%) SaaS
16 13 (1.41%) Rubrik
17 9 (0.98%) Azure Stack
18 8 (0.87%) Amazon EKS
18 8 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 283 (30.76%) DNS
2 185 (20.11%) Firewall
3 173 (18.80%) DHCP
4 94 (10.22%) TCP/IP
5 89 (9.67%) VSAN
6 77 (8.37%) VPN
7 70 (7.61%) SAN
7 70 (7.61%) VLAN
8 59 (6.41%) WAN
9 57 (6.20%) Network Security
10 47 (5.11%) LAN
10 47 (5.11%) SSL
11 41 (4.46%) NAS
12 35 (3.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 32 (3.48%) HTTP
14 31 (3.37%) BGP
15 30 (3.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 28 (3.04%) BIG-IP
17 26 (2.83%) Wireshark
18 20 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.85%) Power BI
4 13 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (0.98%) Big Data
7 9 (0.98%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.76%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.65%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.65%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.54%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.33%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 43 (4.67%) JIRA
2 32 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.61%) GitLab
4 23 (2.50%) Git
5 14 (1.52%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.22%) MSI
8 2 (0.22%) PVCS
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
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 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 91 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (9.24%) Finance
4 43 (4.67%) Public Sector
5 35 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (3.48%) Legal
7 29 (3.15%) Banking
8 21 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.09%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.87%) Retail
14 7 (0.76%) Law
15 6 (0.65%) Back Office
16 5 (0.54%) Military
16 5 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 226 (24.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 140 (15.22%) Senior
3 105 (11.41%) VMware Engineer
4 83 (9.02%) Architect
5 70 (7.61%) Network Engineer
6 50 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (5.43%) Support Engineer
7 49 (5.33%) Cloud Engineer
8 44 (4.78%) Platform Engineer
9 40 (4.35%) Lead
10 38 (4.13%) Consultant
11 35 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (3.80%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 33 (3.59%) Administrator
12 33 (3.59%) Storage Engineer
13 28 (3.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 26 (2.83%) VMware Consultant
15 25 (2.72%) Server Engineer
15 25 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.61%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (14.46%) Terraform
2 23 (2.50%) REST
3 19 (2.07%) JSON
4 14 (1.52%) LDAP
4 14 (1.52%) Middleware
5 12 (1.30%) .NET
6 11 (1.20%) 802.1X
6 11 (1.20%) Kafka
7 10 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (1.09%) YAML
8 7 (0.76%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.65%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (0.65%) Redfish
10 5 (0.54%) JDBC
10 5 (0.54%) ODBC
10 5 (0.54%) XML
11 4 (0.43%) Flash
12 3 (0.33%) OAuth
12 3 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 147 (15.98%) Data Centre
2 73 (7.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 72 (7.83%) PKI
4 50 (5.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (4.89%) Clustering
6 43 (4.67%) Replication
7 37 (4.02%) Private Cloud
8 34 (3.70%) Management Information System
9 32 (3.48%) Onboarding
10 31 (3.37%) Public Cloud
11 28 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (2.83%) Cloud Native
13 20 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (1.30%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.30%) SCADA
16 11 (1.20%) Product Ownership
17 10 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
17 10 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
18 9 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 487 (52.93%) Windows
2 323 (35.11%) Windows Server
3 249 (27.07%) Linux
4 47 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 47 (5.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (3.15%) VMS
6 26 (2.83%) Windows 10
7 25 (2.72%) Unix
8 22 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.74%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (1.20%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (1.09%) Solaris
14 9 (0.98%) AIX
15 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
16 7 (0.76%) CentOS
17 6 (0.65%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.43%) SUSE
18 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (32.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 171 (18.59%) Migration
3 170 (18.48%) ITIL
4 165 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (16.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 129 (14.02%) Disaster Recovery
7 116 (12.61%) CI/CD
8 111 (12.07%) Technical Leadership
9 103 (11.20%) High Availability
10 100 (10.87%) Change Management
11 94 (10.22%) Platform Engineering
12 92 (10.00%) ITSM
13 89 (9.67%) DevOps
14 87 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (9.46%) Validation
15 85 (9.24%) Network Virtualisation
15 85 (9.24%) Root Cause Analysis
16 84 (9.13%) Service Management
17 82 (8.91%) Agile
18 76 (8.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 225 (24.46%) PowerShell
2 139 (15.11%) Python
3 94 (10.22%) Bash
4 61 (6.63%) SQL
5 25 (2.72%) Java
6 9 (0.98%) Go
7 8 (0.87%) Bicep
8 7 (0.76%) C
8 7 (0.76%) C#
9 6 (0.65%) Perl
9 6 (0.65%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.43%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
11 3 (0.33%) VBScript
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 434 (47.17%) Security Cleared
2 264 (28.70%) SC Cleared
3 202 (21.96%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (6.20%) Degree
6 44 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.78%) VCAP
7 42 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.26%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.83%) MCSE
10 21 (2.28%) CCNP
11 19 (2.07%) CCNA
12 18 (1.96%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.74%) MCSA
14 13 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.87%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.04%) SLA
2 20 (2.17%) NIST
3 18 (1.96%) NCSC
3 18 (1.96%) QA
4 17 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.09%) GDPR
7 5 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.43%) GxP
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) DICOM
10 2 (0.22%) ISA99
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.22%) RMADS
11 1 (0.11%) HL7
System Software
1 305 (33.15%) Active Directory
2 220 (23.91%) vSphere
3 213 (23.15%) VMware ESXi
4 208 (22.61%) Hyper-V
5 161 (17.50%) VMware NSX
6 97 (10.54%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (6.30%) Docker
8 42 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (3.80%) Firmware
10 20 (2.17%) KVM
10 20 (2.17%) NFS
11 13 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (1.09%) Ceph
13 9 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 9 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (0.87%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.76%) oVirt
15 7 (0.76%) vCloud
15 7 (0.76%) XenApp
15 7 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 184 (20.00%) Ansible
2 157 (17.07%) vCenter Server
3 135 (14.67%) Kubernetes
4 59 (6.41%) SCCM
4 59 (6.41%) SCOM
5 46 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 34 (3.70%) VxRail
7 28 (3.04%) vRealize
8 27 (2.93%) Grafana
9 24 (2.61%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.28%) NetBackup
10 21 (2.28%) PowerCLI
11 18 (1.96%) Puppet
12 17 (1.85%) vMotion
12 17 (1.85%) WSUS
13 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
14 14 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
15 13 (1.41%) Argo
15 13 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
16 12 (1.30%) Avamar
Vendors
1 920 (100.00%) VMware
2 264 (28.70%) Microsoft
3 149 (16.20%) Cisco
4 67 (7.28%) Citrix
5 63 (6.85%) NetApp
6 62 (6.74%) Red Hat
7 53 (5.76%) Dell
8 48 (5.22%) Oracle
9 46 (5.00%) F5
10 44 (4.78%) ServiceNow
11 40 (4.35%) SolarWinds
12 38 (4.13%) Palo Alto
13 33 (3.59%) Veeam
14 29 (3.15%) Juniper
15 24 (2.61%) Fortinet
16 22 (2.39%) Broadcom
16 22 (2.39%) IBM
17 19 (2.07%) CheckPoint
18 18 (1.96%) Remedy
18 18 (1.96%) Splunk