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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 187 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 -66 -31
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 916 491 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.50% 1.97%
As % of the System Software category 17.05% 12.55% 17.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 323 447
10th Percentile £323 £219 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £596
90th Percentile £705 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 3 11
10th Percentile £19.25 £24.40 £21.25
25th Percentile £32.52 £26.50 £23.10
Median hourly rate £68.38 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +127.92% +26.05% -63.93%
75th Percentile £88.99 £48.63 £44.00
90th Percentile £93.16 £59.80 £112.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.75 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% +195.56% -65.90%

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 5,371 3,911 4,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 11.92% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,523 2,474 2,883
10th Percentile £220 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £595 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £668 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 116 104
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £17.66 £18.18
Median hourly rate £63.14 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.69% +23.64% -45.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £73.13 £65.23
90th Percentile £90.00 £89.82 £82.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +105.00% -22.18%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +21 804 £525 -4.55% 483
UK excluding London +3 645 £515 -6.36% 363
South East -4 204 £538 -1.38% 95
London -2 194 £525 +5.00% 125
Work from Home -15 179 £501 +0.10% 197
North of England +21 178 £479 +12.71% 73
Midlands -11 94 £450 -18.18% 63
Yorkshire -5 81 £525 +27.27% 19
North West -8 81 £450 +2.86% 43
South West -28 75 £638 +14.86% 55
West Midlands -18 70 £450 -21.40% 44
East of England +4 62 £588 +6.82% 44
Scotland +2 41 £425 -30.61% 29
East Midlands -8 24 £438 -10.71% 19
North East -22 17 £400 - 11
Wales - 11 £550 - 6

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 49 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.29%) Confluence
4 20 (2.18%) IIS
5 13 (1.42%) CMS
6 9 (0.98%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.76%) JBoss
8 6 (0.66%) nginx
8 6 (0.66%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.44%) Apache
9 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
9 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.22%) CICS
12 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.22%) Houdini
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) NUKE
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 241 (26.31%) Azure
2 130 (14.19%) AWS
3 86 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 50 (5.46%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.04%) GCP
7 33 (3.60%) GitHub
8 28 (3.06%) IaaS
9 23 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.51%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.86%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.86%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.64%) OneDrive
13 13 (1.42%) PaaS
14 12 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.31%) SaaS
15 8 (0.87%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (0.87%) Cohesity
16 7 (0.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 280 (30.57%) DNS
2 176 (19.21%) DHCP
3 174 (19.00%) Firewall
4 97 (10.59%) TCP/IP
5 75 (8.19%) VSAN
6 69 (7.53%) SAN
7 68 (7.42%) VPN
8 65 (7.10%) VLAN
9 58 (6.33%) Network Security
10 55 (6.00%) WAN
11 50 (5.46%) LAN
12 42 (4.59%) SSL
13 38 (4.15%) NAS
14 33 (3.60%) BGP
15 32 (3.49%) HTTP
16 28 (3.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 27 (2.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 22 (2.40%) Wireshark
19 21 (2.29%) BIG-IP
20 20 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.86%) Power BI
4 11 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (0.98%) Big Data
6 9 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (0.76%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.22%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.22%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 44 (4.80%) JIRA
2 27 (2.95%) Git
2 27 (2.95%) GitLab
2 27 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.31%) Fiddler
4 7 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.44%) CppUnit
5 4 (0.44%) PVCS
6 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.22%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.22%) MSI
7 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 217 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 98 (10.70%) Finance
3 90 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (4.04%) Public Sector
6 30 (3.28%) Banking
7 27 (2.95%) Legal
8 24 (2.62%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.31%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.09%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.87%) Law
13 8 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.76%) Back Office
15 6 (0.66%) Police
15 6 (0.66%) Retail
16 5 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 228 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 142 (15.50%) Senior
3 96 (10.48%) VMware Engineer
4 84 (9.17%) Architect
5 60 (6.55%) Network Engineer
6 57 (6.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (5.79%) Support Engineer
8 51 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
9 45 (4.91%) Lead
10 44 (4.80%) Platform Engineer
11 38 (4.15%) Storage Engineer
12 37 (4.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 36 (3.93%) Consultant
14 33 (3.60%) Administrator
15 27 (2.95%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 26 (2.84%) VMware Consultant
17 24 (2.62%) IT Engineer
17 24 (2.62%) Server Engineer
18 23 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 23 (2.51%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (13.86%) Terraform
2 28 (3.06%) REST
3 22 (2.40%) JSON
4 17 (1.86%) Kafka
5 15 (1.64%) Middleware
6 12 (1.31%) 802.1X
6 12 (1.31%) LDAP
6 12 (1.31%) XMPP
6 12 (1.31%) YAML
7 11 (1.20%) .NET
8 9 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.76%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.66%) Redfish
11 5 (0.55%) JDBC
11 5 (0.55%) ODBC
11 5 (0.55%) XML
12 4 (0.44%) Flash
13 3 (0.33%) Java SE
13 3 (0.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 157 (17.14%) Data Centre
2 76 (8.30%) PKI
3 68 (7.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 52 (5.68%) Enterprise Storage
5 47 (5.13%) Private Cloud
6 43 (4.69%) Clustering
7 39 (4.26%) Replication
8 34 (3.71%) Onboarding
9 32 (3.49%) Management Information System
10 29 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
11 28 (3.06%) Public Cloud
12 26 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
13 23 (2.51%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
15 17 (1.86%) Operational Technology
16 15 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (1.53%) Product Ownership
18 13 (1.42%) SCADA
19 12 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
20 9 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 493 (53.82%) Windows
2 331 (36.14%) Windows Server
3 243 (26.53%) Linux
4 48 (5.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (5.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.95%) Unix
6 27 (2.95%) Windows 10
7 26 (2.84%) VMS
8 22 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (1.42%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.20%) AIX
12 11 (1.20%) Data ONTAP
12 11 (1.20%) Solaris
13 9 (0.98%) CentOS
14 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
15 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.33%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (33.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 177 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (19.21%) ITIL
4 165 (18.01%) Migration
5 160 (17.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (14.19%) Disaster Recovery
7 126 (13.76%) Technical Leadership
8 117 (12.77%) CI/CD
9 110 (12.01%) Change Management
10 97 (10.59%) Platform Engineering
11 94 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 94 (10.26%) Project Delivery
12 92 (10.04%) ITSM
13 91 (9.93%) Root Cause Analysis
13 91 (9.93%) Validation
14 89 (9.72%) Agile
15 88 (9.61%) DevOps
16 87 (9.50%) High Availability
17 85 (9.28%) Service Management
18 81 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 219 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 135 (14.74%) Python
3 82 (8.95%) Bash
4 52 (5.68%) SQL
5 24 (2.62%) Java
6 10 (1.09%) Perl
7 9 (0.98%) Bicep
7 9 (0.98%) C
7 9 (0.98%) Go
8 7 (0.76%) C#
9 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) C++
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.33%) Korn
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 442 (48.25%) Security Cleared
2 263 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 200 (21.83%) DV Cleared
4 64 (6.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 59 (6.44%) Degree
6 50 (5.46%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (4.48%) VCAP
9 29 (3.17%) CCNP
10 26 (2.84%) Azure Certification
11 24 (2.62%) MCSE
12 22 (2.40%) CCNA
13 20 (2.18%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.75%) MCSA
15 12 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.87%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.73%) SLA
2 18 (1.97%) NIST
2 18 (1.97%) QA
3 14 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.31%) NCSC
5 11 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.87%) GDPR
7 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.44%) GxP
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 321 (35.04%) Active Directory
2 222 (24.24%) vSphere
3 210 (22.93%) VMware ESXi
4 204 (22.27%) Hyper-V
5 141 (15.39%) VMware NSX
6 92 (10.04%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (6.55%) Docker
8 44 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (3.93%) Firmware
10 22 (2.40%) NFS
11 21 (2.29%) Virtual Servers
12 19 (2.07%) KVM
13 12 (1.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.09%) XenApp
15 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 9 (0.98%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.76%) Ceph
16 7 (0.76%) oVirt
16 7 (0.76%) vCloud
17 6 (0.66%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 168 (18.34%) Ansible
2 144 (15.72%) vCenter Server
3 138 (15.07%) Kubernetes
4 63 (6.88%) SCOM
5 61 (6.66%) SCCM
6 44 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 37 (4.04%) VxRail
8 23 (2.51%) Prometheus
8 23 (2.51%) vRealize
9 21 (2.29%) Grafana
10 18 (1.97%) Puppet
11 17 (1.86%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.75%) Cisco CUCM
13 14 (1.53%) PowerCLI
13 14 (1.53%) WSUS
14 13 (1.42%) Avamar
14 13 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
14 13 (1.42%) vMotion
15 12 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 916 (100.00%) VMware
2 278 (30.35%) Microsoft
3 156 (17.03%) Cisco
4 68 (7.42%) Red Hat
5 66 (7.21%) Citrix
6 63 (6.88%) NetApp
7 57 (6.22%) Dell
8 46 (5.02%) SolarWinds
9 44 (4.80%) ServiceNow
10 43 (4.69%) Oracle
11 37 (4.04%) F5
11 37 (4.04%) Veeam
12 32 (3.49%) Palo Alto
13 28 (3.06%) Juniper
14 26 (2.84%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.40%) IBM
16 21 (2.29%) Broadcom
17 20 (2.18%) Remedy
18 19 (2.07%) McAfee
19 18 (1.97%) CyberArk