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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 156 118
Rank change year-on-year -23 -38 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 785 564 847
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.52% 1.79% 1.95%
As % of the System Software category 15.44% 14.83% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 375 544
10th Percentile £326 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £448 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £504
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.05% -5.51%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 2 30
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £20.94 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.79% -27.50% -36.74%
75th Percentile £73.38 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.03 £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 5,085 3,803 4,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.85% 12.06% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,391 2,475 3,322
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £400 £381 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £689 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £480
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +0.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 88 220
10th Percentile £14.15 £14.62 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.19 £16.86 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% +16.72% -55.57%
75th Percentile £73.00 £66.00 £59.20
90th Percentile £77.50 £89.58 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £54.88 £24.34
% change year-on-year -7.06% +125.45% -21.48%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -21 678 £500 -9.09% 232
UK excluding London -27 542 £500 -9.09% 216
South East -4 192 £538 -6.52% 66
London -33 162 £500 -4.76% 47
Work from Home -44 161 £500 -4.76% 92
North of England -11 144 £476 +12.00% 34
Midlands -15 96 £450 -18.18% 35
North West +3 73 £459 +8.00% 22
West Midlands -27 72 £450 -31.51% 20
Yorkshire -21 69 £500 +5.26% 8
South West -60 59 £540 -6.09% 41
Scotland -5 33 £450 -0.55% 8
East of England -38 31 £488 -11.36% 23
East Midlands -6 24 £450 -17.09% 15
Wales -10 11 £550 +89.66% 15
North East -39 2 £588 +67.86% 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 44 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.66%) IIS
4 10 (1.27%) nginx
4 10 (1.27%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.89%) Confluence
6 6 (0.76%) Apache
6 6 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.51%) 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%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.76%) 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 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (28.41%) Azure
2 128 (16.31%) AWS
3 58 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.75%) Entra ID
5 47 (5.99%) OpenShift
6 38 (4.84%) GCP
7 29 (3.69%) GitHub
8 27 (3.44%) Nutanix
9 21 (2.68%) IaaS
10 15 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.78%) PaaS
11 14 (1.78%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.53%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.15%) SaaS
15 7 (0.89%) Azure Stack
16 6 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 215 (27.39%) DNS
2 145 (18.47%) Firewall
3 124 (15.80%) DHCP
4 83 (10.57%) SAN
5 75 (9.55%) WAN
6 68 (8.66%) VPN
7 67 (8.54%) VSAN
8 60 (7.64%) LAN
9 55 (7.01%) Network Security
10 52 (6.62%) TCP/IP
11 47 (5.99%) NAS
11 47 (5.99%) SSL
12 44 (5.61%) VLAN
13 32 (4.08%) HTTP
14 29 (3.69%) BGP
14 29 (3.69%) BIG-IP
15 28 (3.57%) Wireshark
16 27 (3.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 25 (3.18%) Cisco ASA
17 25 (3.18%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.69%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.27%) Power BI
4 8 (1.02%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.51%) DataStage
7 4 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.51%) 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 (4.08%) Jenkins
1 32 (4.08%) JIRA
2 17 (2.17%) Fiddler
3 16 (2.04%) GitLab
4 14 (1.78%) 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
1 171 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 58 (7.39%) Finance
3 53 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (6.75%) Public Sector
4 35 (4.46%) Banking
4 35 (4.46%) Legal
5 28 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (2.29%) Investment Banking
7 16 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 11 (1.40%) Military
9 9 (1.15%) Police
10 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.89%) Retail
12 6 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.76%) Law
12 6 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.51%) Fire and Rescue
13 4 (0.51%) Local Government
13 4 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 173 (22.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 91 (11.59%) Architect
3 82 (10.45%) Senior
4 73 (9.30%) VMware Engineer
5 69 (8.79%) Network Engineer
6 42 (5.35%) Consultant
7 38 (4.84%) Support Engineer
8 29 (3.69%) Lead
9 28 (3.57%) VMware Consultant
10 27 (3.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 27 (3.44%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 27 (3.44%) Storage Engineer
11 26 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
12 25 (3.18%) Infrastructure Architect
13 24 (3.06%) Analyst
13 24 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.80%) Administrator
14 22 (2.80%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 22 (2.80%) Wintel Engineer
15 21 (2.68%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.04%) LDAP
2 15 (1.91%) Flash
3 11 (1.40%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.27%) 802.1X
5 9 (1.15%) Middleware
5 9 (1.15%) REST
6 7 (0.89%) .NET
6 7 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.89%) SAML
7 6 (0.76%) Redfish
8 5 (0.64%) JSON
9 4 (0.51%) Java SE
9 4 (0.51%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.51%) XML
10 3 (0.38%) EJB
10 3 (0.38%) JSP
10 3 (0.38%) YAML
11 2 (0.25%) OAuth
11 2 (0.25%) OpenID
11 2 (0.25%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 107 (13.63%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (7.13%) Replication
4 54 (6.88%) PKI
5 42 (5.35%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.33%) Clustering
7 30 (3.82%) Cloud Native
8 28 (3.57%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (2.80%) Public Cloud
11 20 (2.55%) Private Cloud
12 19 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.78%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.53%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.27%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (1.02%) EMC VMAX
17 8 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 390 (49.68%) Windows
2 263 (33.50%) Windows Server
3 226 (28.79%) Linux
4 50 (6.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (6.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (3.18%) VMS
8 19 (2.42%) Data ONTAP
8 19 (2.42%) Unix
8 19 (2.42%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.29%) Ubuntu
10 16 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (1.91%) Solaris
12 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.02%) CentOS
13 8 (1.02%) CoreOS
14 6 (0.76%) AIX
14 6 (0.76%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.51%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (28.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 159 (20.25%) Migration
3 120 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (13.63%) High Availability
5 103 (13.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 97 (12.36%) ITIL
7 88 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 79 (10.06%) CI/CD
9 76 (9.68%) DevOps
10 72 (9.17%) Agile
11 70 (8.92%) Validation
12 68 (8.66%) Change Management
13 65 (8.28%) Network Virtualisation
14 62 (7.90%) Load Balancing
15 61 (7.77%) Capacity Planning
16 60 (7.64%) ITSM
17 57 (7.26%) Data Protection
18 56 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
19 54 (6.88%) Platform Engineering
19 54 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 175 (22.29%) PowerShell
2 109 (13.89%) Python
3 63 (8.03%) Bash
4 37 (4.71%) SQL
5 14 (1.78%) Java
6 9 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.76%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.64%) Bicep
8 5 (0.64%) Go
8 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.51%) C
9 4 (0.51%) COBOL
9 4 (0.51%) 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
1 342 (43.57%) Security Cleared
2 213 (27.13%) SC Cleared
3 144 (18.34%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (5.48%) Degree
6 38 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.82%) VCAP
9 26 (3.31%) MCSE
10 22 (2.80%) CCNP
11 21 (2.68%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.29%) MCSA
14 16 (2.04%) CCNA
15 11 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
16 10 (1.27%) OCP
17 8 (1.02%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.89%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.31%) NIST
2 24 (3.06%) SLA
3 20 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.91%) NCSC
6 7 (0.89%) QA
7 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.51%) GDPR
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) DICOM
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
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%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 245 (31.21%) Active Directory
2 191 (24.33%) VMware ESXi
3 190 (24.20%) vSphere
4 157 (20.00%) VMware NSX
5 153 (19.49%) Hyper-V
6 94 (11.97%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.22%) Docker
8 38 (4.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 37 (4.71%) NFS
10 36 (4.59%) Firmware
11 27 (3.44%) KVM
12 12 (1.53%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (1.40%) vCloud
14 10 (1.27%) BitLocker
14 10 (1.27%) GPFS
15 7 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.76%) Ceph
16 6 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.64%) SRDF
18 4 (0.51%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 153 (19.49%) Ansible
2 139 (17.71%) vCenter Server
3 88 (11.21%) Terraform
4 87 (11.08%) Kubernetes
5 49 (6.24%) SCCM
6 41 (5.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (4.97%) vRealize
8 35 (4.46%) SCOM
9 29 (3.69%) Grafana
10 27 (3.44%) vMotion
11 20 (2.55%) Argo
11 20 (2.55%) PowerCLI
12 19 (2.42%) VxRail
13 16 (2.04%) NetBackup
13 16 (2.04%) Puppet
14 15 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (1.91%) Prometheus
14 15 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
14 15 (1.91%) WSUS
15 14 (1.78%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 785 (100.00%) VMware
2 209 (26.62%) Microsoft
3 151 (19.24%) Cisco
4 67 (8.54%) Citrix
5 62 (7.90%) NetApp
6 56 (7.13%) Red Hat
7 50 (6.37%) Dell
8 42 (5.35%) F5
9 40 (5.10%) Oracle
10 37 (4.71%) ServiceNow
11 34 (4.33%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.08%) SolarWinds
13 31 (3.95%) Juniper
14 30 (3.82%) Pure Storage
15 29 (3.69%) Veeam
16 26 (3.31%) IBM
17 23 (2.93%) CheckPoint
18 21 (2.68%) Commvault
19 20 (2.55%) Broadcom
19 20 (2.55%) McAfee