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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 185 114
Rank change year-on-year +22 -71 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 910 492 782
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.51% 2.06%
As % of the System Software category 16.92% 13.00% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 318 480
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £676 £650 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 3 9
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £21.56
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.24 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +117.47% +26.05% -62.22%
75th Percentile £88.81 £48.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £95.68 £59.80 £54.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.00 £47.25 £36.17
% change year-on-year +43.92% +30.65% -39.73%

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 5,378 3,786 4,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.97% 11.64% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,542 2,384 2,966
10th Percentile £218 £225 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £590 £590 £605
90th Percentile £675 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £484
% change year-on-year - -1.86% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 110 122
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.07
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.02 £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.92 £33.39 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +82.46% +38.01% -51.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £79.68 £61.84
90th Percentile £90.63 £91.50 £73.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £64.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -1.74% +133.64% -11.29%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +10 789 £525 -4.55% 498
UK excluding London +5 635 £520 -5.55% 373
South East -9 213 £538 -6.52% 110
London -5 192 £525 +5.00% 174
Work from Home -20 179 £512 -5.40% 183
North of England +7 171 £466 +9.53% 70
Midlands -13 95 £450 -20.00% 50
North West -1 88 £466 +7.94% 25
South West -15 83 £625 +9.89% 64
West Midlands -16 71 £450 -21.40% 29
Yorkshire -18 71 £523 +26.67% 27
East of England -16 44 £500 -9.09% 49
Scotland -6 41 £438 -20.45% 28
East Midlands -5 24 £438 -16.03% 21
North East -29 12 £375 -40.00% 21
Wales - 11 £550 - 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 52 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.98%) IIS
4 17 (1.87%) Confluence
5 9 (0.99%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.77%) JBoss
6 7 (0.77%) nginx
6 7 (0.77%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Houdini
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 251 (27.58%) Azure
2 145 (15.93%) AWS
3 85 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 45 (4.95%) OpenShift
6 40 (4.40%) GCP
7 37 (4.07%) GitHub
8 29 (3.19%) IaaS
9 23 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.42%) Nutanix
11 21 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.09%) Power Platform
13 17 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (1.76%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.54%) PaaS
15 14 (1.54%) SaaS
16 13 (1.43%) Rubrik
17 9 (0.99%) Azure Stack
18 8 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
18 8 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 282 (30.99%) DNS
2 183 (20.11%) Firewall
3 173 (19.01%) DHCP
4 93 (10.22%) TCP/IP
5 90 (9.89%) VSAN
6 76 (8.35%) VPN
7 70 (7.69%) SAN
8 69 (7.58%) VLAN
9 59 (6.48%) WAN
10 56 (6.15%) Network Security
11 47 (5.16%) LAN
11 47 (5.16%) SSL
12 41 (4.51%) NAS
13 35 (3.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 30 (3.30%) BGP
14 30 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (3.30%) HTTP
15 28 (3.08%) BIG-IP
16 24 (2.64%) Wireshark
17 19 (2.09%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.87%) Power BI
4 13 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (0.99%) Big Data
7 9 (0.99%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.55%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.33%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 42 (4.62%) JIRA
2 32 (3.52%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.64%) GitLab
4 23 (2.53%) Git
5 14 (1.54%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.22%) MSI
8 2 (0.22%) PVCS
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 211 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 90 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (9.23%) Finance
4 43 (4.73%) Public Sector
5 35 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (3.30%) Legal
7 29 (3.19%) Banking
8 21 (2.31%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.54%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.88%) Retail
14 7 (0.77%) Law
15 6 (0.66%) Military
16 5 (0.55%) Police
17 4 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 221 (24.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 139 (15.27%) Senior
3 103 (11.32%) VMware Engineer
4 82 (9.01%) Architect
5 69 (7.58%) Network Engineer
6 49 (5.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (5.38%) Support Engineer
7 47 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
8 43 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
9 40 (4.40%) Lead
10 38 (4.18%) Consultant
11 35 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (3.85%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 33 (3.63%) Administrator
12 33 (3.63%) Storage Engineer
13 28 (3.08%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 26 (2.86%) Server Engineer
14 26 (2.86%) VMware Consultant
15 24 (2.64%) IT Engineer
16 23 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (14.51%) Terraform
2 22 (2.42%) REST
3 17 (1.87%) JSON
4 14 (1.54%) Middleware
5 12 (1.32%) .NET
5 12 (1.32%) LDAP
6 11 (1.21%) Kafka
7 10 (1.10%) 802.1X
7 10 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (1.10%) YAML
8 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
8 6 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (0.66%) Redfish
9 5 (0.55%) JDBC
9 5 (0.55%) ODBC
9 5 (0.55%) Regular Expression
9 5 (0.55%) XML
10 4 (0.44%) Flash
11 3 (0.33%) OAuth
11 3 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (15.71%) Data Centre
2 72 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 71 (7.80%) PKI
4 49 (5.38%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (4.95%) Clustering
6 43 (4.73%) Replication
7 37 (4.07%) Private Cloud
8 34 (3.74%) Management Information System
9 32 (3.52%) Onboarding
10 31 (3.41%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (2.86%) Cloud Native
13 20 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (1.32%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.32%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.32%) SCADA
16 10 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
18 8 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 483 (53.08%) Windows
2 322 (35.38%) Windows Server
3 251 (27.58%) Linux
4 47 (5.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 47 (5.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (3.19%) VMS
6 25 (2.75%) Unix
6 25 (2.75%) Windows 10
7 21 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.87%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (1.21%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.10%) Solaris
13 9 (0.99%) AIX
14 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
15 7 (0.77%) CentOS
16 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.44%) SUSE
17 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (32.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 171 (18.79%) Migration
3 166 (18.24%) ITIL
4 164 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (16.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 129 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 116 (12.75%) CI/CD
8 111 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
9 104 (11.43%) High Availability
10 100 (10.99%) Change Management
11 94 (10.33%) Platform Engineering
12 89 (9.78%) DevOps
12 89 (9.78%) ITSM
13 87 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 87 (9.56%) Validation
14 84 (9.23%) Network Virtualisation
15 83 (9.12%) Service Management
16 82 (9.01%) Agile
17 81 (8.90%) Root Cause Analysis
18 74 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 222 (24.40%) PowerShell
2 137 (15.05%) Python
3 94 (10.33%) Bash
4 60 (6.59%) SQL
5 25 (2.75%) Java
6 9 (0.99%) Go
7 8 (0.88%) Bicep
8 7 (0.77%) C
8 7 (0.77%) C#
9 6 (0.66%) Perl
9 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
11 3 (0.33%) VBScript
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 429 (47.14%) Security Cleared
2 260 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 200 (21.98%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (6.04%) Degree
6 44 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.84%) VCAP
7 40 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.30%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.86%) MCSE
10 21 (2.31%) CCNP
11 19 (2.09%) CCNA
12 18 (1.98%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.76%) MCSA
14 13 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.88%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.77%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.08%) SLA
2 19 (2.09%) NIST
3 18 (1.98%) QA
4 17 (1.87%) NCSC
5 16 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.99%) GDPR
8 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.44%) GxP
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.22%) DICOM
11 2 (0.22%) ISA99
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.22%) RMADS
12 1 (0.11%) HL7
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 299 (32.86%) Active Directory
2 218 (23.96%) vSphere
3 211 (23.19%) VMware ESXi
4 205 (22.53%) Hyper-V
5 162 (17.80%) VMware NSX
6 95 (10.44%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (6.37%) Docker
8 41 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (3.85%) Firmware
10 20 (2.20%) KVM
11 18 (1.98%) NFS
12 13 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.10%) Ceph
14 9 (0.99%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 9 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
15 8 (0.88%) BitLocker
16 7 (0.77%) vCloud
16 7 (0.77%) XenApp
16 7 (0.77%) XenDesktop
17 6 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 184 (20.22%) Ansible
2 156 (17.14%) vCenter Server
3 134 (14.73%) Kubernetes
4 57 (6.26%) SCCM
4 57 (6.26%) SCOM
5 44 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 34 (3.74%) VxRail
7 28 (3.08%) vRealize
8 27 (2.97%) Grafana
9 24 (2.64%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.31%) NetBackup
11 20 (2.20%) PowerCLI
12 18 (1.98%) Puppet
12 18 (1.98%) WSUS
13 17 (1.87%) vMotion
14 15 (1.65%) Microsoft Clustering
15 14 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
16 13 (1.43%) Argo
16 13 (1.43%) Dell DRAC
17 12 (1.32%) Avamar
Vendors
1 910 (100.00%) VMware
2 261 (28.68%) Microsoft
3 147 (16.15%) Cisco
4 66 (7.25%) Citrix
5 62 (6.81%) Red Hat
6 61 (6.70%) NetApp
7 53 (5.82%) Dell
8 48 (5.27%) Oracle
9 45 (4.95%) F5
10 43 (4.73%) ServiceNow
11 39 (4.29%) SolarWinds
12 38 (4.18%) Palo Alto
13 32 (3.52%) Veeam
14 29 (3.19%) Juniper
15 24 (2.64%) Fortinet
16 22 (2.42%) IBM
17 21 (2.31%) Broadcom
18 19 (2.09%) CheckPoint
19 18 (1.98%) CyberArk
19 18 (1.98%) Splunk