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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 130 122
Rank change year-on-year -34 -8 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 744 631 814
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.15% 1.86%
As % of the System Software category 15.18% 16.89% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 429 521
10th Percentile £316 £313 £264
25th Percentile £414 £415 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £595
90th Percentile £652 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 37
10th Percentile £41.49 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +6.07% -32.55%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.71 £61.30 £83.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +150.00% -30.43% -38.08%

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 4,900 3,736 4,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.67% 12.75% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,339 2,554 3,239
10th Percentile £213 £213 £195
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £589 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £484 £460
% change year-on-year -1.86% +5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 95 229
10th Percentile £14.28 £15.12 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.36 £15.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £29.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +81.03% +30.04% -55.40%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.20 £87.30 £70.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.75 £37.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +38.00% +78.57% -46.22%

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 April 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 April 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 16 April 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 -34 649 £513 -6.82% 272
UK excluding London -36 518 £500 -9.09% 244
Work from Home -38 175 £520 -0.95% 92
South East -18 167 £538 -6.52% 80
London -66 144 £525 -4.55% 58
North of England -25 130 £458 +7.65% 61
Midlands -11 121 £394 -28.41% 29
West Midlands -6 96 £333 -39.59% 15
North West -7 74 £456 +7.29% 23
Yorkshire -27 58 £482 +3.66% 29
South West -62 56 £550 -4.35% 29
East of England -12 43 £475 +1.17% 33
East Midlands -23 25 £415 -22.50% 14
Scotland -3 22 £457 -1.72% 9
Wales -17 5 £413 +42.24% 13
North East -19 3 £550 +57.14% 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 43 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.88%) Confluence
4 8 (1.08%) nginx
5 7 (0.94%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.81%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.54%) CICS
8 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.40%) IIS
8 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.27%) Apache
9 2 (0.27%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.28%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 212 (28.49%) Azure
2 153 (20.56%) AWS
3 57 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.72%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.59%) OpenShift
6 43 (5.78%) GCP
7 33 (4.44%) IaaS
8 26 (3.49%) GitHub
9 25 (3.36%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.69%) PaaS
11 16 (2.15%) Datadog
12 10 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.08%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.08%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.81%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 196 (26.34%) DNS
2 178 (23.92%) Firewall
3 106 (14.25%) DHCP
4 78 (10.48%) VPN
5 69 (9.27%) SAN
5 69 (9.27%) VSAN
6 60 (8.06%) WAN
7 54 (7.26%) Network Security
8 52 (6.99%) LAN
9 50 (6.72%) TCP/IP
10 42 (5.65%) NAS
11 41 (5.51%) SSL
12 36 (4.84%) BIG-IP
13 35 (4.70%) VLAN
14 34 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 34 (4.57%) HTTP
15 32 (4.30%) BGP
16 30 (4.03%) Wireshark
17 28 (3.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 25 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.96%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.81%) Power BI
5 4 (0.54%) DataStage
6 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.40%) MariaDB
6 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.40%) Redis
7 2 (0.27%) GIS
8 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 37 (4.97%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.82%) JIRA
3 19 (2.55%) Fiddler
4 18 (2.42%) GitLab
5 17 (2.28%) Git
6 8 (1.08%) PVCS
6 8 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
8 3 (0.40%) JUnit
9 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.27%) RStudio
10 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.13%) GoCD
10 1 (0.13%) MSI
10 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 158 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 62 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.06%) Finance
4 46 (6.18%) Banking
5 33 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (4.17%) Legal
7 24 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 13 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.34%) Military
9 10 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.08%) Electronics
10 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 7 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.94%) Police
12 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (18.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 111 (14.92%) Architect
3 64 (8.60%) VMware Engineer
4 62 (8.33%) Senior
5 60 (8.06%) Network Engineer
6 56 (7.53%) Analyst
7 36 (4.84%) Consultant
8 33 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
9 32 (4.30%) Infrastructure Architect
9 32 (4.30%) Lead
10 31 (4.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 26 (3.49%) VMware Consultant
12 23 (3.09%) Storage Analyst
12 23 (3.09%) VMware Architect
13 22 (2.96%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 20 (2.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (2.55%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 19 (2.55%) IP Network Engineer
15 19 (2.55%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 19 (2.55%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.96%) Flash
2 19 (2.55%) LDAP
3 12 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (1.61%) SAML
4 9 (1.21%) Middleware
5 7 (0.94%) REST
6 6 (0.81%) Kafka
7 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.54%) OAuth
8 4 (0.54%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.54%) OpenID
9 3 (0.40%) EJB
9 3 (0.40%) JSP
9 3 (0.40%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.40%) Loki
9 3 (0.40%) Spring
9 3 (0.40%) XML
10 2 (0.27%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.27%) Java SE
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.37%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.01%) Replication
3 48 (6.45%) Cloud Native
4 47 (6.32%) PKI
5 46 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (4.57%) Linux Command Line
7 29 (3.90%) Clustering
8 28 (3.76%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.76%) Private Cloud
9 26 (3.49%) Enterprise Storage
10 20 (2.69%) Public Cloud
11 18 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (2.15%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.75%) SCADA
15 10 (1.34%) Onboarding
15 10 (1.34%) Operational Technology
16 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
17 7 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 317 (42.61%) Windows
2 243 (32.66%) Linux
3 210 (28.23%) Windows Server
4 54 (7.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (3.36%) VMS
8 22 (2.96%) Windows 10
9 20 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (2.28%) Data ONTAP
10 17 (2.28%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.88%) Solaris
12 12 (1.61%) Unix
13 10 (1.34%) Mac OS
14 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.81%) AIX
15 6 (0.81%) CentOS
15 6 (0.81%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.54%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (24.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 143 (19.22%) Migration
3 120 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
5 94 (12.63%) High Availability
6 92 (12.37%) Agile
7 85 (11.42%) DevOps
8 82 (11.02%) CI/CD
8 82 (11.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 77 (10.35%) Load Balancing
10 74 (9.95%) ITIL
11 70 (9.41%) Platform Engineering
12 63 (8.47%) Network Virtualisation
13 62 (8.33%) Containerisation
14 57 (7.66%) Data Protection
15 52 (6.99%) Capacity Planning
15 52 (6.99%) Roadmaps
16 46 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 45 (6.05%) Change Management
18 44 (5.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (21.64%) PowerShell
2 112 (15.05%) Python
3 73 (9.81%) Bash
4 24 (3.23%) SQL
5 11 (1.48%) C
6 10 (1.34%) Perl
7 9 (1.21%) C++
7 9 (1.21%) Java
7 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.94%) Embedded C
8 7 (0.94%) Embedded C++
9 6 (0.81%) Bicep
10 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.54%) COBOL
11 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.54%) PHP
12 3 (0.40%) C#
13 2 (0.27%) Go
13 2 (0.27%) Korn
13 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 286 (38.44%) Security Cleared
2 189 (25.40%) SC Cleared
3 103 (13.84%) DV Cleared
4 47 (6.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 45 (6.05%) Degree
6 29 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.09%) VCAP
9 22 (2.96%) Azure Certification
9 22 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (2.69%) CCNP
11 15 (2.02%) MCSE
12 13 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.48%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.48%) MCSA
14 10 (1.34%) OCP
15 9 (1.21%) CCNA
16 8 (1.08%) CCIE
17 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (2.69%) NIST
3 14 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (1.88%) SLA
4 13 (1.75%) GDPR
5 11 (1.48%) NCSC
6 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.54%) QA
7 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.27%) ISA99
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.27%) RMADS
7 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) COBIT
8 1 (0.13%) DICOM
8 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 210 (28.23%) Active Directory
2 182 (24.46%) vSphere
3 168 (22.58%) VMware NSX
4 133 (17.88%) VMware ESXi
5 131 (17.61%) Hyper-V
6 68 (9.14%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (7.66%) Docker
8 41 (5.51%) NFS
9 31 (4.17%) Firmware
10 27 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
11 21 (2.82%) KVM
12 17 (2.28%) GPFS
13 9 (1.21%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
15 5 (0.67%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.54%) Ceph
16 4 (0.54%) vCloud
16 4 (0.54%) XenApp
17 3 (0.40%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 134 (18.01%) Ansible
2 100 (13.44%) vCenter Server
3 96 (12.90%) Terraform
4 81 (10.89%) Kubernetes
5 61 (8.20%) SCCM
6 54 (7.26%) vRealize
7 53 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 30 (4.03%) Grafana
9 27 (3.63%) Argo
10 25 (3.36%) VxRail
11 22 (2.96%) vMotion
12 20 (2.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 20 (2.69%) PowerCLI
12 20 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (2.02%) SCOM
13 15 (2.02%) WSUS
14 13 (1.75%) Prometheus
15 12 (1.61%) Progress Chef
15 12 (1.61%) SnapMirror
16 11 (1.48%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 744 (100.00%) VMware
2 182 (24.46%) Microsoft
3 154 (20.70%) Cisco
4 67 (9.01%) Citrix
5 66 (8.87%) Red Hat
6 63 (8.47%) F5
7 61 (8.20%) NetApp
8 50 (6.72%) IBM
9 44 (5.91%) Dell
10 41 (5.51%) ServiceNow
11 38 (5.11%) Oracle
11 38 (5.11%) Palo Alto
12 37 (4.97%) SolarWinds
13 36 (4.84%) Pure Storage
14 29 (3.90%) Commvault
15 28 (3.76%) Veeam
16 23 (3.09%) McAfee
17 22 (2.96%) Broadcom
18 21 (2.82%) CheckPoint
19 19 (2.55%) Blue Coat