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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 154 123
Rank change year-on-year -23 -31 -20
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 746 547 817
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.84% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 15.20% 15.04% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 371 524
10th Percentile £325 £350 £300
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -5.81%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 1 29
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.08
25th Percentile £24.31 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £49.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -30.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £70.38 - £46.86
90th Percentile £74.00 - £75.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.13
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.22% -33.13%

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 4,908 3,636 4,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.75% 12.25% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,268 2,390 3,261
10th Percentile £213 £215 £205
25th Percentile £400 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £694 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 89 227
10th Percentile £15.97 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% +15.80% -55.68%
75th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £91.50 £76.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% +36.36% -39.94%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -35 647 £500 -9.09% 263
UK excluding London -32 514 £500 -9.09% 271
South East +2 184 £538 -6.52% 77
Work from Home -40 157 £500 -4.76% 158
London -35 149 £525 - 35
North of England -8 139 £458 +7.65% 50
Midlands -26 86 £450 -18.18% 46
North West +1 73 £456 +7.29% 29
West Midlands -25 67 £425 -32.00% 27
Yorkshire -25 65 £454 -4.53% 15
South West -63 54 £538 -6.52% 32
East of England -33 34 £475 -13.64% 34
Scotland -7 31 £450 -0.55% 13
East Midlands -14 19 £450 -18.18% 19
Wales -9 7 £600 +106.90% 15
North East -36 1 £675 +92.86% 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 38 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.74%) IIS
4 10 (1.34%) nginx
4 10 (1.34%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.94%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.80%) Confluence
7 5 (0.67%) Apache
8 4 (0.54%) CICS
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.27%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (29.62%) Azure
2 135 (18.10%) AWS
3 50 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.30%) OpenShift
5 46 (6.17%) Entra ID
6 41 (5.50%) GCP
7 29 (3.89%) GitHub
8 28 (3.75%) Nutanix
9 23 (3.08%) IaaS
10 16 (2.14%) PaaS
11 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.61%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.47%) Rubrik
14 10 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.94%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.94%) Cohesity
17 6 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
17 6 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 203 (27.21%) DNS
2 146 (19.57%) Firewall
3 121 (16.22%) DHCP
4 79 (10.59%) SAN
5 69 (9.25%) VPN
5 69 (9.25%) WAN
6 67 (8.98%) VSAN
7 54 (7.24%) LAN
8 52 (6.97%) Network Security
9 47 (6.30%) TCP/IP
10 45 (6.03%) NAS
10 45 (6.03%) SSL
11 38 (5.09%) VLAN
12 31 (4.16%) HTTP
13 29 (3.89%) BIG-IP
14 28 (3.75%) BGP
15 27 (3.62%) Wireshark
16 24 (3.22%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (3.08%) Cisco Nexus
17 23 (3.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.34%) Power BI
4 9 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.07%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.94%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.54%) DataStage
8 4 (0.54%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.40%) Big Data
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.40%) GIS
9 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.27%) Redis
10 2 (0.27%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.16%) Jenkins
2 30 (4.02%) JIRA
3 17 (2.28%) Fiddler
3 17 (2.28%) GitLab
4 15 (2.01%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) PVCS
5 3 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.27%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.13%) GoCD
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 150 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 54 (7.24%) Finance
3 52 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.69%) Banking
6 32 (4.29%) Legal
7 29 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.41%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.34%) Police
11 9 (1.21%) Military
12 6 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.80%) Law
12 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.80%) Retail
13 5 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
14 3 (0.40%) Electronics
14 3 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 156 (20.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (12.60%) Architect
3 72 (9.65%) Senior
4 66 (8.85%) Network Engineer
5 65 (8.71%) VMware Engineer
6 40 (5.36%) Consultant
7 33 (4.42%) Support Engineer
8 29 (3.89%) Infrastructure Architect
9 27 (3.62%) Analyst
9 27 (3.62%) Lead
9 27 (3.62%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 27 (3.62%) Storage Engineer
10 26 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 26 (3.49%) VMware Consultant
11 24 (3.22%) Wintel Engineer
12 22 (2.95%) Administrator
12 22 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (2.95%) VMware Architect
13 20 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (2.55%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.28%) Flash
2 16 (2.14%) LDAP
3 11 (1.47%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.47%) REST
4 8 (1.07%) Middleware
5 7 (0.94%) 802.1X
5 7 (0.94%) SAML
6 6 (0.80%) .NET
6 6 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.80%) Redfish
7 5 (0.67%) JSON
8 4 (0.54%) Java SE
8 4 (0.54%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.54%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) EJB
9 3 (0.40%) JSP
9 3 (0.40%) YAML
10 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.67%) Data Centre
2 60 (8.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (7.91%) Replication
4 51 (6.84%) PKI
5 40 (5.36%) Enterprise Storage
6 37 (4.96%) Clustering
7 35 (4.69%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.35%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.08%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
10 21 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
10 21 (2.82%) Private Cloud
11 14 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.61%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
14 9 (1.21%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.07%) EMC VMAX
15 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 367 (49.20%) Windows
2 247 (33.11%) Windows Server
3 221 (29.62%) Linux
4 48 (6.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 48 (6.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (3.35%) VMS
5 25 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.55%) Data ONTAP
7 18 (2.41%) Unix
7 18 (2.41%) Windows 10
8 17 (2.28%) Ubuntu
9 15 (2.01%) Solaris
10 14 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.07%) CoreOS
13 7 (0.94%) CentOS
13 7 (0.94%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.67%) AIX
14 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.54%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (26.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 151 (20.24%) Migration
3 110 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (13.94%) High Availability
5 102 (13.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (11.93%) ITIL
7 87 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (10.46%) DevOps
9 77 (10.32%) CI/CD
10 71 (9.52%) Agile
11 65 (8.71%) Capacity Planning
12 64 (8.58%) Change Management
12 64 (8.58%) Network Virtualisation
13 61 (8.18%) Load Balancing
14 60 (8.04%) Validation
15 54 (7.24%) ITSM
16 53 (7.10%) Platform Engineering
17 52 (6.97%) Data Protection
18 49 (6.57%) Continuous Improvement
19 48 (6.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 165 (22.12%) PowerShell
2 107 (14.34%) Python
3 58 (7.77%) Bash
4 36 (4.83%) SQL
5 9 (1.21%) Java
5 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.80%) C
7 5 (0.67%) Bicep
7 5 (0.67%) Go
7 5 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.54%) C++
8 4 (0.54%) COBOL
8 4 (0.54%) PHP
9 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.40%) Embedded C++
9 3 (0.40%) Perl
10 2 (0.27%) C#
10 2 (0.27%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 309 (41.42%) Security Cleared
2 193 (25.87%) SC Cleared
3 130 (17.43%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 40 (5.36%) Degree
6 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (4.42%) VCAP
8 24 (3.22%) MCSE
9 19 (2.55%) Azure Certification
9 19 (2.55%) CCNP
9 19 (2.55%) MCSA
10 18 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (2.14%) CCNA
12 11 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
13 10 (1.34%) OCP
14 7 (0.94%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 6 (0.80%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.80%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.35%) NIST
1 25 (3.35%) SLA
2 19 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.88%) NCSC
5 7 (0.94%) QA
6 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.27%) DICOM
8 2 (0.27%) GDPR
8 2 (0.27%) ISA99
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.27%) RMADS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 223 (29.89%) Active Directory
2 181 (24.26%) vSphere
3 180 (24.13%) VMware ESXi
4 158 (21.18%) VMware NSX
5 156 (20.91%) Hyper-V
6 97 (13.00%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.50%) Docker
8 37 (4.96%) Firmware
8 37 (4.96%) NFS
9 32 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 27 (3.62%) KVM
11 13 (1.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 12 (1.61%) GPFS
13 11 (1.47%) BitLocker
13 11 (1.47%) vCloud
14 7 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.80%) Ceph
15 6 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.67%) SRDF
17 4 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 151 (20.24%) Ansible
2 127 (17.02%) vCenter Server
3 86 (11.53%) Terraform
4 84 (11.26%) Kubernetes
5 43 (5.76%) SCCM
6 39 (5.23%) vRealize
7 37 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (3.89%) SCOM
9 28 (3.75%) Grafana
9 28 (3.75%) vMotion
10 20 (2.68%) Argo
10 20 (2.68%) PowerCLI
11 16 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.01%) VxRail
12 15 (2.01%) WSUS
13 14 (1.88%) Puppet
13 14 (1.88%) SnapMirror
14 13 (1.74%) EMC VPLEX
15 12 (1.61%) NetBackup
15 12 (1.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 746 (100.00%) VMware
2 191 (25.60%) Microsoft
3 148 (19.84%) Cisco
4 60 (8.04%) Citrix
5 57 (7.64%) NetApp
6 55 (7.37%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.30%) Dell
8 40 (5.36%) F5
8 40 (5.36%) Oracle
9 39 (5.23%) ServiceNow
10 34 (4.56%) Palo Alto
11 32 (4.29%) Pure Storage
12 29 (3.89%) IBM
13 27 (3.62%) Veeam
14 26 (3.49%) Juniper
15 24 (3.22%) SolarWinds
16 23 (3.08%) CheckPoint
17 20 (2.68%) Commvault
17 20 (2.68%) McAfee
18 18 (2.41%) Blue Coat