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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 160 110
Rank change year-on-year -12 -50 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 812 552 870
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 1.70% 2.04%
As % of the System Software category 15.65% 14.36% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 357 557
10th Percentile £332 £329 £303
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £590 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 28
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £26.00 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% -27.50% -36.51%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £95.05 £29.80 £72.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -33.11%

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 5,189 3,845 4,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 11.83% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,436 2,480 3,292
10th Percentile £219 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £379 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 103 208
10th Percentile £14.33 £13.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% +26.05% -52.40%
75th Percentile £74.00 £69.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £79.40 £91.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £59.50 £23.34
% change year-on-year -14.29% +154.93% -13.56%

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 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 16 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 16 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 -15 699 £505 -8.18% 199
UK excluding London -19 572 £510 -7.27% 190
South East +3 208 £538 -7.33% 69
Work from Home -40 165 £500 -4.76% 81
London -41 157 £500 -4.76% 37
North of England -19 145 £480 +12.94% 36
Midlands -23 92 £450 -18.18% 24
North West -10 73 £459 +8.00% 24
Yorkshire -22 70 £500 +11.11% 8
South West -42 70 £550 -4.35% 29
West Midlands -25 69 £450 -31.51% 14
Scotland -2 34 £450 -0.50% 9
East of England -28 33 £500 -9.09% 18
East Midlands -3 23 £450 -17.09% 10
Wales +1 13 £550 +48.65% 12
North East -41 2 £588 +62.07% 5

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 (5.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.60%) IIS
4 10 (1.23%) nginx
4 10 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.86%) Confluence
5 7 (0.86%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.74%) Apache
7 4 (0.49%) CICS
8 3 (0.37%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (27.09%) Azure
2 133 (16.38%) AWS
3 60 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.53%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.16%) OpenShift
6 36 (4.43%) GCP
7 28 (3.45%) GitHub
8 26 (3.20%) Nutanix
9 19 (2.34%) IaaS
10 16 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.72%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.48%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.35%) PaaS
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.99%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.99%) SaaS
16 7 (0.86%) Azure Stack
17 6 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 223 (27.46%) DNS
2 160 (19.70%) Firewall
3 130 (16.01%) DHCP
4 83 (10.22%) SAN
5 78 (9.61%) VSAN
6 71 (8.74%) TCP/IP
7 67 (8.25%) VPN
8 66 (8.13%) WAN
9 58 (7.14%) Network Security
10 52 (6.40%) LAN
10 52 (6.40%) VLAN
11 48 (5.91%) NAS
12 46 (5.67%) SSL
13 32 (3.94%) BGP
14 29 (3.57%) HTTP
15 28 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 27 (3.33%) Wireshark
17 26 (3.20%) BIG-IP
18 23 (2.83%) Cisco ASA
18 23 (2.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.23%) Power BI
5 8 (0.99%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.49%) DataStage
8 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.37%) Big Data
9 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.37%) GIS
9 3 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.25%) Redis
10 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (4.06%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.94%) JIRA
3 17 (2.09%) Git
4 16 (1.97%) Fiddler
4 16 (1.97%) GitLab
5 3 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 2 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.25%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.12%) GoCD
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 178 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 63 (7.76%) Finance
3 60 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.56%) Banking
6 31 (3.82%) Legal
7 28 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.09%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.48%) Military
11 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.86%) Police
12 7 (0.86%) Retail
13 6 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.74%) Law
14 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.37%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (22.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 92 (11.33%) Senior
3 90 (11.08%) Architect
4 76 (9.36%) VMware Engineer
5 69 (8.50%) Network Engineer
6 43 (5.30%) Consultant
7 38 (4.68%) Support Engineer
8 34 (4.19%) Lead
9 32 (3.94%) Storage Engineer
10 30 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 29 (3.57%) VMware Consultant
12 28 (3.45%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 26 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (3.08%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 23 (2.83%) Administrator
15 23 (2.83%) Infrastructure Architect
16 22 (2.71%) Wintel Engineer
17 20 (2.46%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.60%) Flash
1 13 (1.60%) LDAP
2 12 (1.48%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.35%) REST
4 10 (1.23%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.23%) Middleware
5 8 (0.99%) .NET
6 7 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.74%) Redfish
8 5 (0.62%) JSON
9 4 (0.49%) Java SE
9 4 (0.49%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.49%) XML
9 4 (0.49%) YAML
10 3 (0.37%) EJB
10 3 (0.37%) JSP
10 3 (0.37%) Kafka
10 3 (0.37%) SAML
11 2 (0.25%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.25%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 113 (13.92%) Data Centre
2 64 (7.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (7.64%) PKI
4 59 (7.27%) Replication
5 46 (5.67%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.19%) Clustering
7 29 (3.57%) Cloud Native
8 27 (3.33%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (2.71%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (2.09%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.09%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.48%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.11%) SCADA
15 9 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 406 (50.00%) Windows
2 263 (32.39%) Windows Server
3 235 (28.94%) Linux
4 54 (6.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (6.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (3.57%) VMS
7 27 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.34%) Data ONTAP
8 19 (2.34%) Unix
9 18 (2.22%) Windows 10
10 17 (2.09%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.85%) Solaris
11 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.99%) CentOS
13 8 (0.99%) CoreOS
14 7 (0.86%) AIX
15 6 (0.74%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (29.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 158 (19.46%) Migration
3 130 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (14.29%) High Availability
5 108 (13.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 100 (12.32%) ITIL
7 96 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 94 (11.58%) CI/CD
9 80 (9.85%) DevOps
10 77 (9.48%) Network Virtualisation
11 74 (9.11%) Agile
11 74 (9.11%) Change Management
11 74 (9.11%) Validation
12 68 (8.37%) Technical Leadership
13 67 (8.25%) Capacity Planning
13 67 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (8.00%) Platform Engineering
15 62 (7.64%) ITSM
15 62 (7.64%) Load Balancing
16 57 (7.02%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 181 (22.29%) PowerShell
2 121 (14.90%) Python
3 76 (9.36%) Bash
4 38 (4.68%) SQL
5 18 (2.22%) Java
6 9 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.74%) C
7 6 (0.74%) Go
7 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.62%) Bicep
8 5 (0.62%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.49%) COBOL
9 4 (0.49%) Perl
10 3 (0.37%) C#
10 3 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.25%) Lua
11 2 (0.25%) VBScript
12 1 (0.12%) Korn
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 366 (45.07%) Security Cleared
2 220 (27.09%) SC Cleared
3 168 (20.69%) DV Cleared
4 65 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 47 (5.79%) Degree
6 39 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.31%) VCAP
8 26 (3.20%) MCSE
9 21 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.59%) CCNP
10 19 (2.34%) MCSA
11 18 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.97%) CCNA
13 11 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (1.23%) OCP
15 9 (1.11%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.86%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.20%) NIST
2 23 (2.83%) SLA
3 19 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.85%) NCSC
6 7 (0.86%) QA
7 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.62%) GDPR
7 5 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.25%) DICOM
9 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.25%) GxP
9 2 (0.25%) ISA99
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.25%) RMADS
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 250 (30.79%) Active Directory
2 202 (24.88%) vSphere
3 197 (24.26%) VMware ESXi
4 167 (20.57%) VMware NSX
5 156 (19.21%) Hyper-V
6 98 (12.07%) Virtual Machines
7 51 (6.28%) Docker
8 39 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.31%) Firmware
10 34 (4.19%) NFS
11 28 (3.45%) KVM
12 11 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.11%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.11%) vCloud
14 8 (0.99%) GPFS
15 7 (0.86%) Ceph
15 7 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.62%) SRDF
18 4 (0.49%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 167 (20.57%) Ansible
2 147 (18.10%) vCenter Server
3 102 (12.56%) Kubernetes
4 101 (12.44%) Terraform
5 45 (5.54%) SCCM
6 40 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (4.68%) vRealize
8 37 (4.56%) SCOM
9 32 (3.94%) Grafana
10 26 (3.20%) vMotion
11 23 (2.83%) VxRail
12 20 (2.46%) Argo
12 20 (2.46%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.22%) Prometheus
14 16 (1.97%) NetBackup
15 15 (1.85%) Puppet
15 15 (1.85%) WSUS
16 14 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (1.72%) SnapMirror
17 13 (1.60%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 812 (100.00%) VMware
2 211 (25.99%) Microsoft
3 146 (17.98%) Cisco
4 64 (7.88%) Citrix
4 64 (7.88%) NetApp
5 61 (7.51%) Red Hat
6 50 (6.16%) Dell
7 40 (4.93%) F5
7 40 (4.93%) Oracle
8 34 (4.19%) ServiceNow
9 33 (4.06%) SolarWinds
10 32 (3.94%) Juniper
11 31 (3.82%) Palo Alto
12 30 (3.69%) Pure Storage
12 30 (3.69%) Veeam
13 26 (3.20%) IBM
14 23 (2.83%) Broadcom
15 21 (2.59%) Commvault
16 19 (2.34%) CheckPoint
16 19 (2.34%) McAfee