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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 161 110
Rank change year-on-year -17 -51 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 799 570 866
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.76% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 15.39% 14.76% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 376 551
10th Percentile £325 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £447 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £501
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -6.79%
75th Percentile £589 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 2 30
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £26.00 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £49.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.97% -27.50% -36.51%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £91.14 £29.80 £71.63
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 5,192 3,863 4,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 11.94% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 2,502 3,344
10th Percentile £213 £225 £210
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £480
% change year-on-year - -0.94% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 102 213
10th Percentile £15.57 £13.87 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.75 £28.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% +20.80% -54.67%
75th Percentile £73.81 £67.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £79.05 £91.23 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £57.63 £22.50
% change year-on-year -11.50% +156.11% -18.18%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -11 692 £500 -9.09% 224
UK excluding London -26 558 £500 -9.09% 205
South East +1 198 £538 -7.33% 74
Work from Home -31 163 £500 -4.76% 93
London -42 159 £500 -4.76% 47
North of England -18 144 £480 +14.63% 40
Midlands -16 96 £450 -18.18% 25
North West +2 74 £459 +8.00% 23
West Midlands -30 72 £450 -31.51% 14
South West -46 70 £550 -4.35% 33
Yorkshire -20 68 £500 +11.11% 11
Scotland -8 32 £450 -0.50% 6
East of England -41 31 £500 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -5 24 £450 -17.09% 11
Wales -7 11 £550 +89.66% 11
North East -41 2 £588 +67.86% 7

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 45 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.63%) IIS
4 10 (1.25%) nginx
4 10 (1.25%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.88%) Confluence
6 6 (0.75%) Apache
6 6 (0.75%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.50%) CICS
8 3 (0.38%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 227 (28.41%) Azure
2 134 (16.77%) AWS
3 58 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (6.88%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.13%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.63%) GCP
7 29 (3.63%) GitHub
8 26 (3.25%) Nutanix
9 18 (2.25%) IaaS
10 16 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.75%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.50%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.38%) PaaS
14 9 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.88%) Azure Stack
15 7 (0.88%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.88%) SaaS
16 6 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 225 (28.16%) DNS
2 159 (19.90%) Firewall
3 129 (16.15%) DHCP
4 83 (10.39%) SAN
5 74 (9.26%) VSAN
6 72 (9.01%) WAN
7 71 (8.89%) VPN
8 67 (8.39%) TCP/IP
9 57 (7.13%) LAN
9 57 (7.13%) Network Security
10 50 (6.26%) VLAN
11 47 (5.88%) NAS
11 47 (5.88%) SSL
12 32 (4.01%) BGP
12 32 (4.01%) HTTP
13 30 (3.75%) BIG-IP
14 28 (3.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 28 (3.50%) Wireshark
15 25 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
16 23 (2.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.25%) Power BI
4 8 (1.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.50%) DataStage
7 4 (0.50%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Big Data
8 3 (0.38%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.38%) GIS
8 3 (0.38%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.25%) Redis
9 2 (0.25%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 32 (4.01%) Jenkins
1 32 (4.01%) JIRA
2 17 (2.13%) Fiddler
3 16 (2.00%) GitLab
4 15 (1.88%) Git
5 3 (0.38%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 2 (0.25%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.13%) GoCD
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 176 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 61 (7.63%) Finance
3 57 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.38%) Banking
6 32 (4.01%) Legal
7 30 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 16 (2.00%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.38%) Military
11 8 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.00%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.00%) Police
12 7 (0.88%) Retail
13 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.75%) Law
14 4 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.38%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 176 (22.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (11.64%) Architect
3 86 (10.76%) Senior
4 76 (9.51%) VMware Engineer
5 70 (8.76%) Network Engineer
6 43 (5.38%) Consultant
7 37 (4.63%) Support Engineer
8 30 (3.75%) Lead
9 29 (3.63%) VMware Consultant
10 28 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (3.50%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 27 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 27 (3.38%) Storage Engineer
12 24 (3.00%) Analyst
12 24 (3.00%) Infrastructure Architect
12 24 (3.00%) Platform Engineer
12 24 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (2.88%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 22 (2.75%) Administrator
14 22 (2.75%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.00%) LDAP
2 15 (1.88%) Flash
3 11 (1.38%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.25%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.25%) REST
5 9 (1.13%) Middleware
6 7 (0.88%) .NET
6 7 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.88%) SAML
7 6 (0.75%) Redfish
8 5 (0.63%) JSON
9 4 (0.50%) Java SE
9 4 (0.50%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.50%) XML
9 4 (0.50%) YAML
10 3 (0.38%) EJB
10 3 (0.38%) JSP
11 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.25%) OAuth
11 2 (0.25%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 109 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (7.26%) PKI
4 56 (7.01%) Replication
5 41 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
6 33 (4.13%) Clustering
7 30 (3.75%) Cloud Native
8 28 (3.50%) Management Information System
9 24 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (2.75%) Public Cloud
11 20 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (2.50%) Private Cloud
12 15 (1.88%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.50%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.25%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (1.13%) Operational Technology
16 9 (1.13%) SCADA
16 9 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 399 (49.94%) Windows
2 264 (33.04%) Windows Server
3 231 (28.91%) Linux
4 52 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (3.13%) VMS
8 19 (2.38%) Data ONTAP
8 19 (2.38%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.25%) Ubuntu
9 18 (2.25%) Unix
10 16 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (1.88%) Solaris
12 11 (1.38%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.00%) CentOS
13 8 (1.00%) CoreOS
14 6 (0.75%) AIX
14 6 (0.75%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.50%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (28.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 159 (19.90%) Migration
3 128 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (13.52%) High Availability
5 103 (12.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 97 (12.14%) ITIL
7 95 (11.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 89 (11.14%) CI/CD
9 78 (9.76%) DevOps
10 74 (9.26%) Validation
11 73 (9.14%) Agile
11 73 (9.14%) Change Management
11 73 (9.14%) Network Virtualisation
12 64 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
13 63 (7.88%) Load Balancing
14 62 (7.76%) Capacity Planning
14 62 (7.76%) Platform Engineering
15 60 (7.51%) ITSM
16 57 (7.13%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 182 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 118 (14.77%) Python
3 72 (9.01%) Bash
4 37 (4.63%) SQL
5 14 (1.75%) Java
6 9 (1.13%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.75%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.63%) Bicep
8 5 (0.63%) Go
8 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.50%) C
9 4 (0.50%) COBOL
9 4 (0.50%) PHP
10 3 (0.38%) C#
10 3 (0.38%) Perl
11 2 (0.25%) VBScript
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.13%) MUMPS
12 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 353 (44.18%) Security Cleared
2 213 (26.66%) SC Cleared
3 155 (19.40%) DV Cleared
4 64 (8.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 45 (5.63%) Degree
6 38 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (4.01%) VCAP
9 26 (3.25%) MCSE
10 22 (2.75%) CCNP
11 21 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.25%) MCSA
14 16 (2.00%) CCNA
15 11 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
16 10 (1.25%) OCP
17 9 (1.13%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.88%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.25%) NIST
2 24 (3.00%) SLA
3 20 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.88%) NCSC
6 7 (0.88%) QA
7 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.50%) GDPR
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.25%) DICOM
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.25%) GxP
10 2 (0.25%) ISA99
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.25%) RMADS
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 249 (31.16%) Active Directory
2 198 (24.78%) vSphere
3 192 (24.03%) VMware ESXi
4 163 (20.40%) VMware NSX
5 158 (19.77%) Hyper-V
6 94 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
7 46 (5.76%) Docker
8 41 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 37 (4.63%) NFS
10 36 (4.51%) Firmware
11 27 (3.38%) KVM
12 11 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (1.25%) GPFS
14 9 (1.13%) BitLocker
14 9 (1.13%) vCloud
15 7 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.75%) Ceph
16 6 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.63%) SRDF
18 4 (0.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 164 (20.53%) Ansible
2 139 (17.40%) vCenter Server
3 101 (12.64%) Terraform
4 96 (12.02%) Kubernetes
5 48 (6.01%) SCCM
6 42 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 40 (5.01%) vRealize
8 36 (4.51%) SCOM
9 31 (3.88%) Grafana
10 26 (3.25%) vMotion
11 22 (2.75%) VxRail
12 20 (2.50%) Argo
12 20 (2.50%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.25%) Prometheus
14 16 (2.00%) NetBackup
15 15 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 15 (1.88%) Puppet
15 15 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
15 15 (1.88%) WSUS
16 14 (1.75%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 799 (100.00%) VMware
2 210 (26.28%) Microsoft
3 151 (18.90%) Cisco
4 67 (8.39%) Citrix
5 61 (7.63%) NetApp
6 60 (7.51%) Red Hat
7 48 (6.01%) Dell
8 43 (5.38%) F5
9 40 (5.01%) Oracle
10 36 (4.51%) ServiceNow
11 33 (4.13%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.01%) Juniper
13 31 (3.88%) SolarWinds
14 30 (3.75%) Pure Storage
15 29 (3.63%) Veeam
16 26 (3.25%) IBM
17 23 (2.88%) CheckPoint
18 21 (2.63%) Commvault
19 20 (2.50%) Broadcom
19 20 (2.50%) McAfee