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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 129 125
Rank change year-on-year -41 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 707 643 826
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.22% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 14.63% 16.73% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 436 522
10th Percentile £318 £300 £264
25th Percentile £413 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 41
10th Percentile £44.97 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £52.11 £37.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +0.69% -28.95%
75th Percentile £73.00 £55.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.28 £61.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +150.00% -39.37% -28.95%

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 4,834 3,843 4,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.96% 13.24% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,296 2,621 3,240
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
25th Percentile £400 £400 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £596 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £706 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.63% +5.56% -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 93 230
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £15.82
Median hourly rate £48.72 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.00% +16.00% -44.35%
75th Percentile £74.13 £66.00 £61.31
90th Percentile £85.20 £85.50 £72.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £37.50 £30.45
% change year-on-year +29.92% +23.15% +10.73%

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 27 March 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 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 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 27 March 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 -54 621 £505 -8.18% 258
UK excluding London -37 499 £500 -9.09% 236
Work from Home -52 172 £510 -2.86% 96
South East -13 166 £525 -8.18% 71
London -94 138 £543 -1.36% 44
North of England -34 125 £445 +7.23% 71
Midlands -7 117 £400 -26.30% 28
West Midlands -8 94 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -13 75 £445 +4.71% 46
Yorkshire -25 55 £425 -6.59% 22
South West -59 55 £550 -4.35% 34
East of England -15 35 £475 +1.17% 25
Scotland 0 25 £464 +1.92% 7
East Midlands -21 23 £415 +0.61% 10
Wales -12 5 £413 +42.24% 9
North East -16 2 £513 +46.43% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 40 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.26%) Confluence
4 6 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.71%) nginx
6 4 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.28%) Apache
8 2 (0.28%) CICS
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.40%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 211 (29.84%) Azure
2 148 (20.93%) AWS
3 61 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (7.21%) OpenShift
5 48 (6.79%) Entra ID
6 42 (5.94%) GCP
7 33 (4.67%) IaaS
8 29 (4.10%) Nutanix
9 21 (2.97%) GitHub
10 20 (2.83%) PaaS
11 15 (2.12%) Datadog
12 11 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (1.27%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.13%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.85%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 185 (26.17%) DNS
2 177 (25.04%) Firewall
3 91 (12.87%) DHCP
4 78 (11.03%) VPN
5 70 (9.90%) VSAN
6 65 (9.19%) SAN
7 54 (7.64%) WAN
8 51 (7.21%) Network Security
9 50 (7.07%) TCP/IP
10 48 (6.79%) LAN
11 38 (5.37%) SSL
12 36 (5.09%) BIG-IP
12 36 (5.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 35 (4.95%) NAS
14 33 (4.67%) VLAN
15 32 (4.53%) HTTP
16 31 (4.38%) BGP
17 30 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 29 (4.10%) Wireshark
19 24 (3.39%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.99%) Power BI
4 3 (0.42%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.42%) Redis
5 2 (0.28%) DataStage
5 2 (0.28%) GIS
6 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 32 (4.53%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.97%) JIRA
3 19 (2.69%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.12%) Git
5 13 (1.84%) GitLab
6 8 (1.13%) PVCS
6 8 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.57%) JMeter
8 4 (0.57%) JUnit
9 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.42%) RStudio
10 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) GoCD
11 1 (0.14%) MSI
11 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 156 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.62%) Public Sector
3 59 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.92%) Finance
5 48 (6.79%) Banking
6 36 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.38%) Legal
8 26 (3.68%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.41%) Military
10 10 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.13%) Electronics
12 7 (0.99%) Police
13 5 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.71%) Local Government
14 4 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.57%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.42%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 127 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 110 (15.56%) Architect
3 59 (8.35%) Network Engineer
4 56 (7.92%) Analyst
4 56 (7.92%) Senior
5 50 (7.07%) VMware Engineer
6 34 (4.81%) Consultant
7 33 (4.67%) Infrastructure Architect
8 31 (4.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 28 (3.96%) Lead
10 27 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.25%) VMware Consultant
12 22 (3.11%) Storage Analyst
12 22 (3.11%) VMware Architect
13 21 (2.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (2.97%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 20 (2.83%) Web Engineer
15 19 (2.69%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 19 (2.69%) IP Network Engineer
16 17 (2.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.97%) Flash
2 18 (2.55%) LDAP
3 12 (1.70%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.56%) SAML
5 7 (0.99%) Loki
6 6 (0.85%) Kafka
6 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 5 (0.71%) REST
7 5 (0.71%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.57%) OAuth
8 4 (0.57%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.57%) OpenID
8 4 (0.57%) Spring
9 3 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.42%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.28%) EJB
10 2 (0.28%) Java SE
10 2 (0.28%) JSP
10 2 (0.28%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.28%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.02%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.91%) Replication
3 48 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 47 (6.65%) Cloud Native
5 46 (6.51%) PKI
6 32 (4.53%) Linux Command Line
7 29 (4.10%) Management Information System
8 26 (3.68%) Clustering
9 23 (3.25%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.83%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (2.83%) Public Cloud
11 17 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (2.12%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.84%) SCADA
14 10 (1.41%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.27%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.85%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 298 (42.15%) Windows
2 231 (32.67%) Linux
3 190 (26.87%) Windows Server
4 57 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (5.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.11%) VMS
7 22 (3.11%) Windows 10
8 18 (2.55%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
10 10 (1.41%) Mac OS
11 9 (1.27%) Solaris
11 9 (1.27%) Unix
12 7 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (0.85%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.71%) CentOS
14 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.57%) AIX
15 4 (0.57%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (23.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 135 (19.09%) Migration
3 113 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (13.15%) Agile
5 92 (13.01%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (12.73%) High Availability
7 83 (11.74%) CI/CD
8 80 (11.32%) Infrastructure as Code
9 77 (10.89%) Load Balancing
10 75 (10.61%) DevOps
11 70 (9.90%) ITIL
12 58 (8.20%) Containerisation
13 56 (7.92%) Platform Engineering
14 55 (7.78%) Network Virtualisation
15 54 (7.64%) Data Protection
16 49 (6.93%) Roadmaps
17 46 (6.51%) Capacity Planning
18 44 (6.22%) Change Management
18 44 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
19 43 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 166 (23.48%) PowerShell
2 120 (16.97%) Python
3 80 (11.32%) Bash
4 22 (3.11%) SQL
5 12 (1.70%) Perl
6 11 (1.56%) C
7 9 (1.27%) C++
8 8 (1.13%) Java
9 7 (0.99%) Embedded C
9 7 (0.99%) Embedded C++
9 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.85%) Bicep
11 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.57%) PHP
13 3 (0.42%) C#
13 3 (0.42%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.28%) COBOL
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 268 (37.91%) Security Cleared
2 181 (25.60%) SC Cleared
3 88 (12.45%) DV Cleared
4 45 (6.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (6.22%) Degree
6 29 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.54%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.39%) VCAP
9 22 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (2.83%) CCNP
11 15 (2.12%) MCSE
12 13 (1.84%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.56%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.56%) MCSA
14 10 (1.41%) OCP
15 9 (1.27%) CCNA
16 8 (1.13%) CCIE
17 7 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 21 (2.97%) NIST
2 14 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (1.84%) GDPR
4 10 (1.41%) NCSC
4 10 (1.41%) SLA
5 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.57%) QA
7 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.28%) ISA99
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.28%) RMADS
7 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.14%) DICOM
8 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 198 (28.01%) Active Directory
2 180 (25.46%) vSphere
3 151 (21.36%) VMware NSX
4 115 (16.27%) Hyper-V
5 112 (15.84%) VMware ESXi
6 62 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (7.78%) Docker
8 40 (5.66%) NFS
9 31 (4.38%) Firmware
10 27 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (2.40%) KVM
12 16 (2.26%) GPFS
13 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
13 8 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.57%) vCloud
15 3 (0.42%) Ceph
15 3 (0.42%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.42%) Sendmail
15 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 124 (17.54%) Ansible
2 93 (13.15%) vCenter Server
3 92 (13.01%) Terraform
4 77 (10.89%) Kubernetes
5 59 (8.35%) SCCM
6 56 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 54 (7.64%) vRealize
8 31 (4.38%) Grafana
9 27 (3.82%) Argo
10 25 (3.54%) VxRail
11 21 (2.97%) vMotion
12 20 (2.83%) PowerCLI
12 20 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (1.98%) FortiGate
14 14 (1.98%) Prometheus
15 13 (1.84%) Progress Chef
15 13 (1.84%) SCOM
16 11 (1.56%) WSUS
17 10 (1.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 707 (100.00%) VMware
2 173 (24.47%) Microsoft
3 145 (20.51%) Cisco
4 63 (8.91%) F5
4 63 (8.91%) Red Hat
5 62 (8.77%) Citrix
6 54 (7.64%) NetApp
7 46 (6.51%) Dell
8 44 (6.22%) IBM
9 41 (5.80%) ServiceNow
10 36 (5.09%) Palo Alto
10 36 (5.09%) Pure Storage
10 36 (5.09%) SolarWinds
11 34 (4.81%) Oracle
12 28 (3.96%) Commvault
13 25 (3.54%) Veeam
14 23 (3.25%) McAfee
15 21 (2.97%) Broadcom
16 20 (2.83%) Blue Coat
17 19 (2.69%) HP