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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 176 111
Rank change year-on-year -2 -65 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 823 529 835
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.62% 2.06%
As % of the System Software category 15.74% 13.75% 18.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 343 536
10th Percentile £350 £329 £311
25th Percentile £425 £436 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £550 £519
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +5.92% -1.10%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 2 15
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.50 £22.35
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% +21.85% -62.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -33.33%

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 5,230 3,847 4,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 11.76% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,444 2,469 3,188
10th Percentile £225 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £384 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 103 180
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.33 £15.25
Median hourly rate £51.75 £30.00 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +72.50% +34.98% -55.55%
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.60 £58.69
90th Percentile £80.78 £91.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £20.29
% change year-on-year -11.30% +183.46% -24.87%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -8 714 £513 -6.82% 202
UK excluding London -20 570 £513 -6.82% 179
South East +3 217 £538 -6.93% 62
London -23 171 £519 -1.19% 49
Work from Home -39 164 £500 -4.76% 68
North of England -16 141 £484 +15.58% 37
Midlands -17 91 £450 -18.18% 21
Yorkshire -23 71 £500 +11.11% 10
West Midlands -24 69 £450 -20.84% 11
North West -11 68 £476 +22.84% 24
South West -43 66 £550 -4.35% 28
East of England -22 34 £500 -9.09% 23
Scotland -8 31 £451 +0.11% 8
East Midlands -6 22 £450 -18.18% 10
Wales -5 13 £550 +22.22% 11
North East -45 2 £588 +62.07% 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 46 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.58%) IIS
4 10 (1.22%) Confluence
5 9 (1.09%) nginx
5 9 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.85%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) CICS
8 4 (0.49%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.36%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.36%) JBoss
9 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.24%) Houdini
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.24%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (26.85%) Azure
2 138 (16.77%) AWS
3 61 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.44%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.08%) OpenShift
6 38 (4.62%) GCP
7 34 (4.13%) GitHub
8 21 (2.55%) IaaS
9 19 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (2.31%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.70%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.70%) Rubrik
12 13 (1.58%) PaaS
13 11 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (1.22%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.09%) SaaS
16 8 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (0.85%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 231 (28.07%) DNS
2 162 (19.68%) Firewall
3 137 (16.65%) DHCP
4 81 (9.84%) VSAN
5 80 (9.72%) SAN
6 78 (9.48%) TCP/IP
7 69 (8.38%) VPN
8 66 (8.02%) WAN
9 56 (6.80%) VLAN
10 54 (6.56%) Network Security
11 51 (6.20%) LAN
12 48 (5.83%) SSL
13 47 (5.71%) NAS
14 30 (3.65%) BGP
15 29 (3.52%) HTTP
16 28 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 28 (3.40%) Wireshark
17 25 (3.04%) BIG-IP
18 23 (2.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 22 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.74%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.46%) Power BI
5 8 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.97%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.61%) Big Data
6 5 (0.61%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.49%) DataStage
7 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.36%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (4.50%) Jenkins
2 35 (4.25%) JIRA
3 18 (2.19%) Git
3 18 (2.19%) GitLab
4 16 (1.94%) Fiddler
5 3 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.24%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.24%) MSI
6 2 (0.24%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 184 (22.36%) Social Skills
2 67 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (8.02%) Finance
4 53 (6.44%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.50%) Banking
6 31 (3.77%) Legal
7 24 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.07%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.58%) Military
11 10 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.85%) Retail
14 6 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.73%) Law
14 6 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.73%) Police
15 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.49%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 189 (22.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (12.03%) Senior
3 86 (10.45%) Architect
4 78 (9.48%) VMware Engineer
5 71 (8.63%) Network Engineer
6 44 (5.35%) Consultant
7 41 (4.98%) Support Engineer
8 37 (4.50%) Lead
9 34 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
10 33 (4.01%) Storage Engineer
11 31 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 30 (3.65%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 30 (3.65%) VMware Consultant
13 27 (3.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
15 25 (3.04%) Administrator
15 25 (3.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 23 (2.79%) Infrastructure Architect
17 21 (2.55%) Senior Network Engineer
18 19 (2.31%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.46%) Flash
1 12 (1.46%) Middleware
1 12 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (1.34%) REST
3 10 (1.22%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.22%) LDAP
4 9 (1.09%) .NET
4 9 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (0.73%) Redfish
6 5 (0.61%) JSON
6 5 (0.61%) YAML
7 4 (0.49%) XML
8 3 (0.36%) Java SE
8 3 (0.36%) JDBC
8 3 (0.36%) Kafka
8 3 (0.36%) ODBC
8 3 (0.36%) SAML
8 3 (0.36%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.24%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.24%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 116 (14.09%) Data Centre
2 66 (8.02%) PKI
3 63 (7.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (6.44%) Replication
5 47 (5.71%) Enterprise Storage
6 37 (4.50%) Clustering
7 28 (3.40%) Cloud Native
7 28 (3.40%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.92%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.07%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.34%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.34%) SCADA
13 10 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 411 (49.94%) Windows
2 262 (31.83%) Windows Server
3 236 (28.68%) Linux
4 51 (6.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (3.65%) VMS
7 26 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (2.55%) Unix
9 19 (2.31%) Data ONTAP
10 17 (2.07%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.07%) Windows 10
11 14 (1.70%) Solaris
12 12 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.97%) AIX
14 8 (0.97%) CoreOS
15 7 (0.85%) CentOS
16 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.49%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (30.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 163 (19.81%) Migration
3 132 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (14.34%) High Availability
5 108 (13.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 103 (12.52%) ITIL
7 99 (12.03%) CI/CD
8 98 (11.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 80 (9.72%) DevOps
9 80 (9.72%) Network Virtualisation
10 79 (9.60%) Change Management
11 77 (9.36%) Validation
12 75 (9.11%) Technical Leadership
13 73 (8.87%) Agile
14 72 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (7.90%) Platform Engineering
16 63 (7.65%) ITSM
17 62 (7.53%) Capacity Planning
18 61 (7.41%) Load Balancing
19 56 (6.80%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 185 (22.48%) PowerShell
2 128 (15.55%) Python
3 82 (9.96%) Bash
4 43 (5.22%) SQL
5 21 (2.55%) Java
6 8 (0.97%) Go
6 8 (0.97%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.61%) Bicep
8 5 (0.61%) C
8 5 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.49%) C#
9 4 (0.49%) COBOL
10 3 (0.36%) Lua
10 3 (0.36%) Perl
10 3 (0.36%) PHP
11 2 (0.24%) VBScript
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 381 (46.29%) Security Cleared
2 230 (27.95%) SC Cleared
3 176 (21.39%) DV Cleared
4 61 (7.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 48 (5.83%) Degree
6 36 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.25%) VCAP
8 23 (2.79%) MCSE
9 22 (2.67%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.55%) CCNP
11 17 (2.07%) CCNA
12 15 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.82%) MCSA
13 13 (1.58%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.22%) OCP
16 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.04%) NIST
2 23 (2.79%) SLA
3 18 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.82%) NCSC
6 9 (1.09%) QA
7 7 (0.85%) GDPR
8 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.49%) GxP
9 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) DICOM
10 2 (0.24%) ISA99
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.24%) RMADS
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 258 (31.35%) Active Directory
2 203 (24.67%) vSphere
3 194 (23.57%) VMware ESXi
4 162 (19.68%) VMware NSX
5 160 (19.44%) Hyper-V
6 94 (11.42%) Virtual Machines
7 54 (6.56%) Docker
8 39 (4.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.25%) Firmware
10 32 (3.89%) NFS
11 28 (3.40%) KVM
12 11 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.97%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.85%) Ceph
14 7 (0.85%) GPFS
14 7 (0.85%) vCloud
15 6 (0.73%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.61%) SRDF
17 4 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 168 (20.41%) Ansible
2 147 (17.86%) vCenter Server
3 111 (13.49%) Terraform
4 109 (13.24%) Kubernetes
5 41 (4.98%) SCCM
6 40 (4.86%) SCOM
7 38 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (4.25%) vRealize
9 29 (3.52%) Grafana
10 28 (3.40%) VxRail
11 21 (2.55%) vMotion
12 20 (2.43%) Argo
12 20 (2.43%) Prometheus
13 19 (2.31%) Puppet
14 18 (2.19%) PowerCLI
15 16 (1.94%) NetBackup
16 15 (1.82%) WSUS
17 14 (1.70%) SnapMirror
18 12 (1.46%) Avamar
18 12 (1.46%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 823 (100.00%) VMware
2 213 (25.88%) Microsoft
3 136 (16.52%) Cisco
4 63 (7.65%) NetApp
4 63 (7.65%) Red Hat
5 61 (7.41%) Citrix
6 50 (6.08%) Dell
7 40 (4.86%) Oracle
8 39 (4.74%) F5
9 35 (4.25%) SolarWinds
10 34 (4.13%) ServiceNow
11 32 (3.89%) Juniper
11 32 (3.89%) Palo Alto
12 30 (3.65%) Pure Storage
13 29 (3.52%) Veeam
14 25 (3.04%) IBM
15 24 (2.92%) Broadcom
16 20 (2.43%) Commvault
17 19 (2.31%) McAfee
17 19 (2.31%) Splunk