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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 122 100
Rank change year-on-year -63 -22 +22
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 593 698 1,002
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.10% 2.33%
As % of the System Software category 13.13% 17.65% 18.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 428 638
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £406 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £512 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -0.18% -2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £625
90th Percentile £669 £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 15 6 54
10th Percentile £25.80 £29.63 £36.69
25th Percentile £55.31 £41.00 £50.91
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £100.25 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.70 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £36.25 £66.62
% change year-on-year +93.10% -45.59% +2.50%

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 4,517 3,954 5,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.18% 11.92% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,032 2,566 3,619
10th Percentile £213 £201 £195
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £608
90th Percentile £700 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £458 £468
% change year-on-year +3.83% -2.24% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 92 219
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.04 £15.70
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £48.11 £27.96 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.10% -44.09% +94.17%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.50 £69.62
90th Percentile £90.45 £75.00 £78.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £31.25 £48.95
% change year-on-year +100.00% -36.16% +144.74%

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 1 January 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 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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 -51 530 £513 +0.37% 261
UK excluding London -17 422 £500 -2.44% 236
Work from Home -39 169 £525 +5.00% 102
South East -17 136 £500 -8.47% 91
Midlands +24 113 £425 -8.11% 35
London -105 107 £550 +10.00% 52
North of England -27 98 £433 +1.88% 51
West Midlands +25 92 £400 -27.40% 20
North West -13 67 £456 +7.29% 23
South West -38 58 £550 - 33
Yorkshire -24 43 £400 -11.11% 17
East of England +1 31 £488 +39.29% 17
East Midlands -6 21 £450 +20.00% 15
Scotland -2 9 £483 -8.10% 8
Wales -2 3 £550 +131.58% 6
North East -7 3 £513 - 12
Northern Ireland -6 1 - - 1

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 37 (6.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.20%) Confluence
4 12 (2.02%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.18%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.84%) IIS
6 5 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) 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 16 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) 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
1 174 (29.34%) Azure
2 140 (23.61%) AWS
3 58 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (7.59%) GCP
5 34 (5.73%) OpenShift
6 32 (5.40%) Entra ID
7 27 (4.55%) IaaS
8 22 (3.71%) Nutanix
9 21 (3.54%) GitHub
10 18 (3.04%) SaaS
11 16 (2.70%) PaaS
12 14 (2.36%) Datadog
13 10 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.18%) Power Platform
16 6 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
17 5 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
18 4 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 188 (31.70%) DNS
2 159 (26.81%) Firewall
3 84 (14.17%) DHCP
4 67 (11.30%) TCP/IP
5 56 (9.44%) VPN
6 45 (7.59%) VLAN
7 44 (7.42%) VSAN
8 42 (7.08%) Network Security
9 40 (6.75%) SAN
10 36 (6.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 34 (5.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 29 (4.89%) WAN
13 25 (4.22%) LAN
14 23 (3.88%) DMZ
14 23 (3.88%) NAS
15 21 (3.54%) HTTP
16 20 (3.37%) Wireless
17 18 (3.04%) BGP
17 18 (3.04%) BIG-IP
18 17 (2.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.89%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.01%) Power BI
4 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.89%) Git
2 27 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.88%) JIRA
4 18 (3.04%) GitLab
5 11 (1.85%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.18%) JMeter
7 7 (1.18%) JUnit
7 7 (1.18%) PVCS
7 7 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.84%) Subversion
9 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.51%) RStudio
11 2 (0.34%) Postman
12 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.17%) MSI
12 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 167 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 68 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.12%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.60%) Finance
5 45 (7.59%) Banking
6 37 (6.24%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.22%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.69%) Legal
9 10 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.18%) Electronics
10 7 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.01%) Law
12 5 (0.84%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.67%) Military
13 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.51%) Police
14 3 (0.51%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 99 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (16.36%) Architect
3 44 (7.42%) Analyst
4 37 (6.24%) Consultant
5 35 (5.90%) Senior
6 31 (5.23%) VMware Engineer
7 30 (5.06%) Network Engineer
7 30 (5.06%) Support Engineer
8 28 (4.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 27 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
10 26 (4.38%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (4.05%) VMware Consultant
12 18 (3.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.87%) Infrastructure Support
13 17 (2.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 16 (2.70%) Administrator
14 16 (2.70%) Lead
14 16 (2.70%) VMware Architect
15 15 (2.53%) Operations Engineer
15 15 (2.53%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.19%) Flash
1 13 (2.19%) LDAP
2 9 (1.52%) REST
3 8 (1.35%) Kafka
3 8 (1.35%) Middleware
4 7 (1.18%) Loki
4 7 (1.18%) Spring
5 6 (1.01%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.01%) SAML
6 4 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.51%) .NET
7 3 (0.51%) OAuth
7 3 (0.51%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.51%) OpenID
7 3 (0.51%) Swagger
8 2 (0.34%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.34%) RESTful
9 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.17%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.17%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.15%) Data Centre
2 52 (8.77%) Replication
3 41 (6.91%) PKI
4 37 (6.24%) Management Information System
5 34 (5.73%) Cloud Native
6 30 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (4.72%) Linux Command Line
8 26 (4.38%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.70%) Clustering
10 13 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.85%) SCADA
13 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.52%) Operational Technology
15 8 (1.35%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
18 5 (0.84%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 244 (41.15%) Windows
2 194 (32.72%) Linux
3 140 (23.61%) Windows Server
4 44 (7.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 37 (6.24%) Windows 10
6 21 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (2.53%) VMS
9 12 (2.02%) Mac OS
10 10 (1.69%) Solaris
11 9 (1.52%) Ubuntu
12 7 (1.18%) CentOS
12 7 (1.18%) Unix
13 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.51%) AIX
16 2 (0.34%) CatOS
16 2 (0.34%) zOS
17 1 (0.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 111 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (14.50%) Agile
4 78 (13.15%) Migration
5 75 (12.65%) ITIL
6 74 (12.48%) CI/CD
7 70 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 70 (11.80%) Infrastructure as Code
8 64 (10.79%) DevOps
9 57 (9.61%) Load Balancing
10 51 (8.60%) High Availability
11 47 (7.93%) Containerisation
12 44 (7.42%) Service Management
13 40 (6.75%) Business Strategy
14 39 (6.58%) Data Protection
14 39 (6.58%) Network Virtualisation
14 39 (6.58%) Platform Engineering
15 34 (5.73%) Roadmaps
15 34 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (5.73%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 143 (24.11%) PowerShell
2 112 (18.89%) Python
3 80 (13.49%) Bash
4 34 (5.73%) SQL
5 16 (2.70%) Java
5 16 (2.70%) Perl
6 10 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.52%) C
7 9 (1.52%) C++
8 7 (1.18%) Go
8 7 (1.18%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.01%) Embedded C
9 6 (1.01%) Embedded C++
10 4 (0.67%) Bicep
11 3 (0.51%) C#
12 1 (0.17%) Korn
12 1 (0.17%) Rust
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 223 (37.61%) Security Cleared
2 157 (26.48%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.62%) DV Cleared
4 45 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (7.08%) Degree
6 40 (6.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 34 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.72%) Azure Certification
9 25 (4.22%) CCNP
10 19 (3.20%) MCSE
11 16 (2.70%) AWS Certification
12 13 (2.19%) CCIE
12 13 (2.19%) CCNA
13 12 (2.02%) VCAP
14 11 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.85%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.69%) MCSA
16 9 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.38%) GDPR
2 16 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.35%) SLA
4 7 (1.18%) NIST
4 7 (1.18%) QA
5 6 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.67%) NCSC
8 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
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
System Software
1 178 (30.02%) Active Directory
2 122 (20.57%) vSphere
3 94 (15.85%) Hyper-V
3 94 (15.85%) VMware NSX
4 66 (11.13%) VMware ESXi
5 51 (8.60%) Docker
6 43 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (4.38%) NFS
8 22 (3.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (2.36%) Firmware
10 13 (2.19%) GPFS
10 13 (2.19%) KVM
11 9 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.01%) Dovecot
12 6 (1.01%) Postfix
12 6 (1.01%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.67%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 107 (18.04%) Ansible
2 81 (13.66%) Terraform
3 68 (11.47%) vCenter Server
4 60 (10.12%) SCCM
5 56 (9.44%) Kubernetes
6 49 (8.26%) vRealize
7 42 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (3.37%) VxRail
9 17 (2.87%) Grafana
10 16 (2.70%) Argo
11 14 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (2.36%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.36%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.19%) WSUS
13 11 (1.85%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.69%) Puppet
15 9 (1.52%) SCOM
16 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
17 7 (1.18%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 593 (100.00%) VMware
2 169 (28.50%) Microsoft
3 132 (22.26%) Cisco
4 66 (11.13%) F5
5 56 (9.44%) Citrix
5 56 (9.44%) Red Hat
6 44 (7.42%) SolarWinds
7 43 (7.25%) NetApp
8 40 (6.75%) Veeam
9 36 (6.07%) IBM
10 35 (5.90%) ServiceNow
11 33 (5.56%) Oracle
12 31 (5.23%) Dell
13 27 (4.55%) Broadcom
14 23 (3.88%) Palo Alto
15 16 (2.70%) Commvault
15 16 (2.70%) Google
15 16 (2.70%) HP
15 16 (2.70%) Splunk
16 15 (2.53%) Juniper