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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 148 135
Rank change year-on-year -25 -13 -30
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 731 543 746
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.88% 1.76%
As % of the System Software category 15.23% 15.14% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 372 484
10th Percentile £324 £325 £282
25th Percentile £425 £438 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 1 30
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.28
25th Percentile £26.00 - £38.22
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile £74.00 - £80.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +125.48% -35.21% -29.56%

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 4,801 3,586 4,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 12.45% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 2,419 3,166
10th Percentile £220 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +0.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £606 £600
90th Percentile £680 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% -3.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 81 227
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.44 £14.48
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% +24.44% -58.33%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £79.45 £88.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £36.65 £19.18
% change year-on-year +39.17% +91.06% -56.16%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -27 634 £500 -9.09% 237
UK excluding London -29 512 £500 -9.09% 219
South East +2 182 £538 -6.52% 88
Work from Home -11 158 £500 -4.76% 84
London -58 135 £513 -2.38% 41
North of England -8 134 £453 +12.55% 41
Midlands -28 94 £409 -25.73% 36
North West -11 72 £453 +12.13% 23
West Midlands -22 72 £402 -27.04% 19
Yorkshire -11 60 £420 -11.58% 11
South West -58 55 £540 -6.09% 23
East of England -31 35 £475 -13.64% 16
Scotland -5 27 £450 -3.07% 4
East Midlands -16 22 £443 -18.38% 17
Wales -14 7 £600 +106.90% 11
North East -31 2 £575 +64.29% 8

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 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.78%) IIS
4 9 (1.23%) nginx
5 8 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.96%) Confluence
7 6 (0.82%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.68%) Apache
9 4 (0.55%) CICS
10 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.27%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.14%) CMS
12 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.14%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 209 (28.59%) Azure
2 131 (17.92%) AWS
3 53 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.70%) Entra ID
5 44 (6.02%) OpenShift
6 38 (5.20%) GCP
7 26 (3.56%) GitHub
7 26 (3.56%) IaaS
8 24 (3.28%) Nutanix
9 19 (2.60%) PaaS
10 14 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (1.50%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.37%) Rubrik
13 8 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (0.96%) Datadog
15 6 (0.82%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 199 (27.22%) DNS
2 156 (21.34%) Firewall
3 114 (15.60%) DHCP
4 76 (10.40%) VPN
5 72 (9.85%) SAN
6 66 (9.03%) VSAN
6 66 (9.03%) WAN
7 53 (7.25%) LAN
7 53 (7.25%) Network Security
8 45 (6.16%) TCP/IP
9 43 (5.88%) NAS
10 42 (5.75%) SSL
11 34 (4.65%) HTTP
12 33 (4.51%) BIG-IP
12 33 (4.51%) VLAN
13 29 (3.97%) Wireshark
14 28 (3.83%) BGP
15 24 (3.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (3.15%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (3.01%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.23%) Power BI
4 8 (1.09%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.55%) DataStage
8 3 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.41%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.41%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.27%) GIS
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 28 (3.83%) JIRA
2 26 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.46%) Fiddler
4 17 (2.33%) GitLab
5 12 (1.64%) Git
6 5 (0.68%) PVCS
6 5 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.27%) MSI
9 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.14%) GoCD
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) RStudio
General
1 144 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 52 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (7.11%) Finance
3 47 (6.43%) Public Sector
4 36 (4.92%) Banking
5 28 (3.83%) Legal
6 26 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.60%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.37%) Police
9 9 (1.23%) Military
9 9 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.68%) Electronics
11 5 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.68%) Law
11 5 (0.68%) Local Government
11 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.68%) Retail
12 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 142 (19.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 96 (13.13%) Architect
3 66 (9.03%) Network Engineer
4 65 (8.89%) Senior
5 61 (8.34%) VMware Engineer
6 37 (5.06%) Consultant
7 36 (4.92%) Analyst
8 30 (4.10%) Infrastructure Architect
9 29 (3.97%) Lead
10 26 (3.56%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.56%) Wintel Engineer
11 24 (3.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 24 (3.28%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 24 (3.28%) VMware Architect
12 23 (3.15%) Storage Engineer
12 23 (3.15%) VMware Consultant
13 22 (3.01%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (2.60%) Administrator
15 18 (2.46%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 18 (2.46%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.74%) LDAP
2 19 (2.60%) Flash
3 11 (1.50%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.37%) SAML
5 9 (1.23%) Middleware
6 7 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.96%) REST
7 5 (0.68%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.68%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.55%) Redfish
8 4 (0.55%) XML
9 3 (0.41%) .NET
9 3 (0.41%) EJB
9 3 (0.41%) JSON
9 3 (0.41%) JSP
9 3 (0.41%) Kafka
9 3 (0.41%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (13.27%) Data Centre
2 66 (9.03%) Replication
3 58 (7.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (6.16%) PKI
5 39 (5.34%) Cloud Native
6 37 (5.06%) Clustering
7 34 (4.65%) Enterprise Storage
8 25 (3.42%) Private Cloud
9 24 (3.28%) Linux Command Line
9 24 (3.28%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.87%) Public Cloud
11 18 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.64%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.50%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.09%) SCADA
16 8 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 351 (48.02%) Windows
2 241 (32.97%) Windows Server
3 220 (30.10%) Linux
4 50 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 50 (6.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (3.15%) VMS
6 23 (3.15%) Windows 10
7 19 (2.60%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.46%) Data ONTAP
9 16 (2.19%) Unix
9 16 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.78%) Solaris
11 10 (1.37%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.09%) CentOS
13 8 (1.09%) CoreOS
14 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.68%) AIX
16 4 (0.55%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 139 (19.02%) Migration
3 108 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 99 (13.54%) High Availability
6 93 (12.72%) ITIL
7 77 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 75 (10.26%) Agile
9 69 (9.44%) Capacity Planning
10 68 (9.30%) DevOps
11 66 (9.03%) CI/CD
11 66 (9.03%) Network Virtualisation
12 64 (8.76%) Change Management
13 61 (8.34%) Load Balancing
14 56 (7.66%) Platform Engineering
15 53 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 52 (7.11%) Data Protection
17 51 (6.98%) Validation
18 45 (6.16%) ITSM
19 43 (5.88%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.16%) PowerShell
2 93 (12.72%) Python
3 55 (7.52%) Bash
4 35 (4.79%) SQL
5 9 (1.23%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.09%) Bicep
6 8 (1.09%) Java
7 7 (0.96%) C
8 6 (0.82%) C++
9 5 (0.68%) Embedded C
9 5 (0.68%) Embedded C++
9 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.55%) COBOL
10 4 (0.55%) Go
10 4 (0.55%) PHP
11 3 (0.41%) C#
11 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 2 (0.27%) VBScript
13 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 293 (40.08%) Security Cleared
2 187 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 123 (16.83%) DV Cleared
4 55 (7.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 38 (5.20%) Degree
6 33 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (4.38%) VCAP
8 27 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (3.01%) MCSE
10 21 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.60%) Azure Certification
12 18 (2.46%) CCNP
13 17 (2.33%) MCSA
14 11 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.37%) CCNA
15 10 (1.37%) OCP
16 6 (0.82%) RHCA
17 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.68%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (3.01%) SLA
3 20 (2.74%) NIST
4 16 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.92%) NCSC
6 7 (0.96%) GDPR
7 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.27%) DICOM
9 2 (0.27%) ISA99
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.27%) QA
9 2 (0.27%) RMADS
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 220 (30.10%) Active Directory
2 180 (24.62%) vSphere
3 159 (21.75%) VMware NSX
4 157 (21.48%) VMware ESXi
5 150 (20.52%) Hyper-V
6 92 (12.59%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.61%) Docker
8 39 (5.34%) NFS
9 35 (4.79%) Firmware
10 30 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 27 (3.69%) KVM
12 14 (1.92%) GPFS
13 11 (1.50%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (1.37%) vCloud
15 9 (1.23%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.68%) Ceph
18 4 (0.55%) XenDesktop
19 3 (0.41%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 135 (18.47%) Ansible
2 113 (15.46%) vCenter Server
3 78 (10.67%) Kubernetes
3 78 (10.67%) Terraform
4 49 (6.70%) SCCM
5 43 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 43 (5.88%) vRealize
6 28 (3.83%) Grafana
7 25 (3.42%) SCOM
8 24 (3.28%) vMotion
9 20 (2.74%) Argo
10 18 (2.46%) VxRail
11 17 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (2.33%) PowerCLI
11 17 (2.33%) WSUS
12 16 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
13 13 (1.78%) SnapMirror
14 12 (1.64%) Prometheus
14 12 (1.64%) Puppet
15 11 (1.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 731 (100.00%) VMware
2 192 (26.27%) Microsoft
3 147 (20.11%) Cisco
4 63 (8.62%) Citrix
5 60 (8.21%) NetApp
6 52 (7.11%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.43%) F5
8 42 (5.75%) Dell
9 38 (5.20%) Oracle
10 36 (4.92%) ServiceNow
11 35 (4.79%) IBM
12 34 (4.65%) Palo Alto
13 31 (4.24%) Pure Storage
14 28 (3.83%) Veeam
15 25 (3.42%) CheckPoint
16 24 (3.28%) Commvault
17 22 (3.01%) Juniper
17 22 (3.01%) McAfee
17 22 (3.01%) SolarWinds
18 20 (2.74%) Broadcom