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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 121 100
Rank change year-on-year -49 -21 +33
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 601 712 1,052
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.63% 2.08% 2.38%
As % of the System Software category 13.33% 17.38% 18.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 432 677
10th Percentile £291 £275 £300
25th Percentile £406 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £512 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +0.31% -2.13%
75th Percentile £584 £611 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 58
10th Percentile £25.10 £29.85 £31.10
25th Percentile £50.08 £36.79 £46.23
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -24.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £88.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £78.28 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £36.17 £65.98
% change year-on-year +93.56% -45.19% +1.51%

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 4,508 4,096 5,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.24% 11.98% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,995 2,654 3,801
10th Percentile £213 £205 £198
25th Percentile £400 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £613
90th Percentile £688 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 86 231
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.89 £21.46 £18.39
Median hourly rate £45.09 £29.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +52.86% -35.70% +83.52%
75th Percentile £71.07 £64.50 £67.94
90th Percentile £89.54 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £32.50 £42.04
% change year-on-year +92.31% -22.69% +108.83%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 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 19 December 2025. 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 -47 540 £513 +0.62% 346
UK excluding London -18 421 £500 -2.44% 344
Work from Home -48 168 £500 - 114
South East -22 137 £500 -9.09% 102
London -95 119 £544 +8.73% 52
Midlands +16 111 £436 -5.73% 59
North of England -19 98 £437 +2.76% 85
West Midlands +21 90 £400 -27.27% 38
North West -8 67 £458 +7.76% 41
South West -35 59 £550 +3.77% 43
Yorkshire -14 43 £413 -8.84% 34
East of England -5 28 £500 +42.86% 41
East Midlands -10 21 £450 +20.00% 19
Scotland -9 9 £483 -8.10% 14
Wales +5 3 £550 +131.58% 13
North East -6 3 £513 - 11
Northern Ireland -6 1 - - 3

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 39 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.49%) Confluence
4 11 (1.83%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.16%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.83%) IIS
6 5 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.50%) Apache
8 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.33%) CICS
9 2 (0.33%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) Traefik
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 176 (29.28%) Azure
2 141 (23.46%) AWS
3 64 (10.65%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (7.99%) GCP
5 38 (6.32%) Entra ID
6 33 (5.49%) OpenShift
7 26 (4.33%) Nutanix
8 23 (3.83%) IaaS
9 22 (3.66%) GitHub
10 18 (3.00%) SaaS
11 14 (2.33%) Datadog
12 13 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 13 (2.16%) PaaS
13 8 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.16%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 185 (30.78%) DNS
2 154 (25.62%) Firewall
3 84 (13.98%) DHCP
4 70 (11.65%) TCP/IP
5 53 (8.82%) VPN
6 47 (7.82%) VLAN
6 47 (7.82%) VSAN
7 40 (6.66%) Network Security
8 38 (6.32%) SAN
9 35 (5.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (5.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 33 (5.49%) WAN
11 28 (4.66%) LAN
12 26 (4.33%) DMZ
13 24 (3.99%) NAS
14 20 (3.33%) Wireless
15 19 (3.16%) BGP
15 19 (3.16%) HTTP
16 17 (2.83%) iSCSI
16 17 (2.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.00%) Power BI
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.33%) MySQL
5 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.33%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (5.49%) Git
2 30 (4.99%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.99%) JIRA
4 18 (3.00%) GitLab
5 11 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.50%) Fiddler
7 8 (1.33%) Subversion
8 7 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.16%) JMeter
8 7 (1.16%) JUnit
9 6 (1.00%) PVCS
9 6 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.83%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.50%) RStudio
13 2 (0.33%) Mercurial
13 2 (0.33%) MSI
13 2 (0.33%) Postman
13 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 71 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.99%) Finance
5 46 (7.65%) Banking
6 38 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.83%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.00%) Legal
9 12 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.33%) Electronics
12 7 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.16%) Law
13 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.67%) Military
15 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.50%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 98 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (16.14%) Architect
3 42 (6.99%) Analyst
4 41 (6.82%) Consultant
5 35 (5.82%) Senior
6 30 (4.99%) Network Engineer
6 30 (4.99%) Support Engineer
7 29 (4.83%) VMware Engineer
8 28 (4.66%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 28 (4.66%) Infrastructure Architect
9 26 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (4.16%) VMware Consultant
11 18 (3.00%) Administrator
11 18 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
13 16 (2.66%) Infrastructure Support
13 16 (2.66%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 16 (2.66%) IT Engineer
13 16 (2.66%) VMware Architect
14 15 (2.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.16%) LDAP
2 12 (2.00%) Flash
3 10 (1.66%) REST
4 8 (1.33%) Kafka
4 8 (1.33%) Middleware
5 7 (1.16%) Loki
5 7 (1.16%) Spring
6 6 (1.00%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.00%) SAML
7 4 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.67%) RESTful
8 3 (0.50%) .NET
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.50%) OpenID
8 3 (0.50%) Swagger
9 2 (0.33%) EDI
9 2 (0.33%) LAMP
9 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.33%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.48%) Data Centre
2 54 (8.99%) Replication
3 42 (6.99%) PKI
4 36 (5.99%) Management Information System
5 31 (5.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (4.83%) Cloud Native
7 27 (4.49%) Linux Command Line
8 25 (4.16%) Private Cloud
9 15 (2.50%) Clustering
10 11 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.83%) SCADA
11 10 (1.66%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.33%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.33%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.16%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.00%) CMDB
15 6 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 254 (42.26%) Windows
2 202 (33.61%) Linux
3 148 (24.63%) Windows Server
4 49 (8.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 40 (6.66%) Windows 10
6 24 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (3.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (2.66%) Mac OS
9 16 (2.66%) VMS
10 13 (2.16%) Ubuntu
11 12 (2.00%) CentOS
12 10 (1.66%) Solaris
13 7 (1.16%) Unix
14 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.50%) AIX
17 2 (0.33%) Debian
17 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (20.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 115 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (14.48%) Agile
4 79 (13.14%) Migration
5 76 (12.65%) CI/CD
6 75 (12.48%) ITIL
7 73 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
8 67 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 63 (10.48%) DevOps
10 55 (9.15%) Load Balancing
11 53 (8.82%) High Availability
12 51 (8.49%) Containerisation
13 47 (7.82%) Business Strategy
13 47 (7.82%) Data Protection
14 44 (7.32%) Service Management
15 39 (6.49%) Network Virtualisation
16 38 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
17 36 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
18 35 (5.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 150 (24.96%) PowerShell
2 121 (20.13%) Python
3 90 (14.98%) Bash
4 40 (6.66%) SQL
5 19 (3.16%) Java
6 18 (3.00%) Perl
7 12 (2.00%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.83%) C++
9 10 (1.66%) Go
10 8 (1.33%) C
11 7 (1.16%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.00%) PHP
13 5 (0.83%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.83%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.67%) Bicep
15 3 (0.50%) C#
16 1 (0.17%) Korn
16 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 227 (37.77%) Security Cleared
2 158 (26.29%) SC Cleared
3 65 (10.82%) DV Cleared
4 54 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (7.32%) Degree
6 43 (7.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 39 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (4.99%) Azure Certification
8 30 (4.99%) CCNP
9 23 (3.83%) MCSE
10 17 (2.83%) CCNA
11 16 (2.66%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (2.16%) CCIE
14 11 (1.83%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.83%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.66%) MCSA
15 10 (1.66%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.99%) GDPR
2 19 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.50%) QA
4 7 (1.16%) NIST
5 6 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.83%) SLA
7 4 (0.67%) NCSC
8 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.17%) RMADS
System Software
1 190 (31.61%) Active Directory
2 124 (20.63%) vSphere
3 94 (15.64%) Hyper-V
4 87 (14.48%) VMware NSX
5 71 (11.81%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (9.32%) Docker
7 44 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (4.83%) NFS
9 23 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (2.00%) GPFS
11 11 (1.83%) Firmware
11 11 (1.83%) KVM
12 10 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (1.16%) Terminal Services
14 6 (1.00%) Dovecot
14 6 (1.00%) Postfix
15 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.83%) UAG
15 5 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 112 (18.64%) Ansible
2 84 (13.98%) Terraform
3 71 (11.81%) vCenter Server
4 64 (10.65%) SCCM
5 55 (9.15%) Kubernetes
6 48 (7.99%) vRealize
7 45 (7.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (3.66%) VxRail
9 20 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (2.83%) Grafana
11 16 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.66%) Argo
12 14 (2.33%) FortiGate
12 14 (2.33%) Prometheus
12 14 (2.33%) Puppet
13 13 (2.16%) Progress Chef
13 13 (2.16%) WSUS
14 10 (1.66%) NetBackup
15 9 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
15 9 (1.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 601 (100.00%) VMware
2 178 (29.62%) Microsoft
3 132 (21.96%) Cisco
4 65 (10.82%) F5
5 60 (9.98%) Citrix
6 57 (9.48%) Red Hat
7 46 (7.65%) NetApp
8 44 (7.32%) SolarWinds
8 44 (7.32%) Veeam
9 35 (5.82%) Oracle
10 34 (5.66%) Dell
10 34 (5.66%) IBM
11 32 (5.32%) ServiceNow
12 27 (4.49%) Broadcom
13 21 (3.49%) Palo Alto
14 20 (3.33%) Google
14 20 (3.33%) Splunk
15 16 (2.66%) Commvault
15 16 (2.66%) HP
16 15 (2.50%) Juniper