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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 153 124
Rank change year-on-year -26 -29 -21
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 745 549 817
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.85% 1.88%
As % of the System Software category 15.20% 15.12% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 374 524
10th Percentile £325 £350 £300
25th Percentile £425 £459 £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 £684 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 1 29
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.08
25th Percentile £20.94 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £56.57 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.03% -30.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £71.13 - £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 4,901 3,631 4,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 12.26% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,258 2,393 3,260
10th Percentile £217 £214 £205
25th Percentile £400 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £607
90th Percentile £675 £694 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 87 227
10th Percentile £15.96 £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 £66.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.30 £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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -34 647 £500 -9.09% 236
UK excluding London -33 515 £500 -9.09% 208
South East +1 186 £538 -6.52% 67
Work from Home -22 157 £500 -4.76% 87
London -52 148 £525 - 47
North of England -12 138 £459 +8.00% 46
Midlands -26 85 £438 -20.45% 36
North West -2 73 £458 +7.65% 29
West Midlands -29 67 £425 -32.00% 23
Yorkshire -24 64 £454 -4.53% 8
South West -65 54 £538 -6.52% 31
East of England -34 35 £475 -13.64% 21
Scotland -5 31 £450 -0.55% 5
East Midlands -18 18 £450 -18.18% 13
Wales -11 7 £600 +106.90% 7
North East -37 1 £675 +92.86% 9

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 (5.10%) 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 (0.81%) 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 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (29.53%) Azure
2 134 (17.99%) AWS
3 48 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.31%) OpenShift
5 46 (6.17%) Entra ID
6 40 (5.37%) GCP
7 29 (3.89%) GitHub
8 28 (3.76%) Nutanix
9 23 (3.09%) IaaS
10 16 (2.15%) PaaS
11 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.61%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.48%) 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 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
17 6 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 200 (26.85%) DNS
2 145 (19.46%) Firewall
3 120 (16.11%) DHCP
4 78 (10.47%) SAN
5 69 (9.26%) VPN
6 67 (8.99%) VSAN
7 66 (8.86%) WAN
8 52 (6.98%) Network Security
9 51 (6.85%) LAN
10 46 (6.17%) TCP/IP
11 45 (6.04%) SSL
12 44 (5.91%) NAS
13 37 (4.97%) VLAN
14 31 (4.16%) HTTP
15 29 (3.89%) BIG-IP
16 28 (3.76%) BGP
17 27 (3.62%) Wireshark
18 24 (3.22%) Cisco ASA
19 23 (3.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
20 21 (2.82%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.76%) 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
8 4 (0.54%) DataStage
8 4 (0.54%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.40%) Big Data
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.40%) GIS
9 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.27%) Redis
10 2 (0.27%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.16%) Jenkins
2 30 (4.03%) 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
1 149 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 54 (7.25%) Finance
3 50 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.70%) Banking
6 32 (4.30%) Legal
7 27 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.42%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.34%) Police
9 10 (1.34%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.21%) Military
11 6 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.81%) Law
11 6 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.81%) Retail
12 5 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.67%) Local Government
13 3 (0.40%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (20.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (12.48%) Architect
3 72 (9.66%) Senior
4 65 (8.72%) VMware Engineer
5 64 (8.59%) Network Engineer
6 40 (5.37%) Consultant
7 32 (4.30%) Support Engineer
8 28 (3.76%) Analyst
8 28 (3.76%) Infrastructure Architect
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
10 26 (3.49%) Wintel Engineer
11 22 (2.95%) Administrator
11 22 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (2.95%) VMware Architect
12 19 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (2.55%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.28%) Flash
2 16 (2.15%) LDAP
3 11 (1.48%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.48%) REST
4 8 (1.07%) Middleware
5 7 (0.94%) 802.1X
5 7 (0.94%) SAML
6 6 (0.81%) .NET
6 6 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.81%) 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
1 100 (13.42%) Data Centre
2 61 (8.19%) Replication
3 60 (8.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (6.85%) PKI
5 40 (5.37%) Enterprise Storage
6 39 (5.23%) Clustering
7 35 (4.70%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.36%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.09%) 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%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 367 (49.26%) Windows
2 248 (33.29%) Windows Server
3 222 (29.80%) Linux
4 48 (6.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 48 (6.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (3.36%) VMS
5 25 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.55%) Data ONTAP
7 18 (2.42%) Unix
8 17 (2.28%) Ubuntu
8 17 (2.28%) Windows 10
9 15 (2.01%) Solaris
10 14 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (1.48%) 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 (26.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (20.00%) Migration
3 109 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (13.96%) High Availability
5 102 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 86 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 86 (11.54%) ITIL
7 78 (10.47%) DevOps
8 77 (10.34%) CI/CD
9 70 (9.40%) Agile
10 67 (8.99%) Capacity Planning
11 64 (8.59%) Change Management
11 64 (8.59%) Network Virtualisation
12 61 (8.19%) Load Balancing
13 60 (8.05%) Validation
14 55 (7.38%) ITSM
15 53 (7.11%) Platform Engineering
16 52 (6.98%) Data Protection
17 49 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
18 48 (6.44%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 165 (22.15%) PowerShell
2 106 (14.23%) Python
3 58 (7.79%) Bash
4 36 (4.83%) SQL
5 9 (1.21%) Java
5 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.81%) C
7 5 (0.67%) Go
7 5 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.54%) Bicep
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
1 311 (41.74%) Security Cleared
2 196 (26.31%) SC Cleared
3 130 (17.45%) DV Cleared
4 65 (8.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 40 (5.37%) Degree
6 35 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (4.70%) VCAP
7 31 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (3.36%) MCSE
9 20 (2.68%) MCSA
10 18 (2.42%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.28%) CCNP
12 14 (1.88%) CCNA
13 11 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (1.34%) OCP
15 7 (0.94%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 6 (0.81%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.81%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.36%) NIST
1 25 (3.36%) SLA
2 19 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.28%) 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
1 221 (29.66%) Active Directory
2 183 (24.56%) vSphere
3 182 (24.43%) VMware ESXi
4 157 (21.07%) VMware NSX
5 154 (20.67%) Hyper-V
6 99 (13.29%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.50%) Docker
8 37 (4.97%) NFS
9 36 (4.83%) Firmware
10 32 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 27 (3.62%) KVM
12 13 (1.74%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (1.61%) GPFS
14 11 (1.48%) BitLocker
14 11 (1.48%) vCloud
15 7 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.81%) Ceph
16 6 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.67%) SRDF
18 4 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 153 (20.54%) Ansible
2 129 (17.32%) vCenter Server
3 85 (11.41%) Terraform
4 84 (11.28%) Kubernetes
5 42 (5.64%) SCCM
6 39 (5.23%) vRealize
7 37 (4.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (3.89%) SCOM
9 28 (3.76%) Grafana
9 28 (3.76%) vMotion
10 20 (2.68%) Argo
10 20 (2.68%) PowerCLI
11 16 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.15%) 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
1 745 (100.00%) VMware
2 191 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 148 (19.87%) Cisco
4 60 (8.05%) Citrix
5 57 (7.65%) NetApp
6 54 (7.25%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.31%) Dell
8 41 (5.50%) ServiceNow
9 40 (5.37%) F5
10 39 (5.23%) Oracle
11 35 (4.70%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.30%) Pure Storage
13 29 (3.89%) IBM
14 27 (3.62%) Veeam
15 26 (3.49%) Juniper
16 23 (3.09%) CheckPoint
16 23 (3.09%) SolarWinds
17 20 (2.68%) Commvault
17 20 (2.68%) McAfee
18 18 (2.42%) Blue Coat