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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 116 90
Rank change year-on-year -71 -26 +52
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 511 776 1,265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 2.01% 2.57%
As % of the System Software category 13.15% 17.60% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 476 812
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £423 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -3.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £663 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 64
10th Percentile £33.58 £20.94 £40.68
25th Percentile £38.94 £22.75 £48.40
Median hourly rate £48.25 £23.80 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +102.73% -63.93% +37.57%
75th Percentile £57.94 £37.69 £76.25
90th Percentile £63.53 £50.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £22.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +195.56% -65.90% +61.71%

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 3,885 4,408 6,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.79% 11.45% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,454 2,959 4,355
10th Percentile £218 £213 £200
25th Percentile £375 £375 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% -4.67%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £625
90th Percentile £670 £688 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £472
% change year-on-year - +0.71% +4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 113 269
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £15.50
25th Percentile £19.02 £17.44 £19.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £24.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.78% -51.00% +127.27%
75th Percentile £80.00 £59.88 £66.00
90th Percentile £91.05 £74.65 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +136.36% -31.25% +100.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure 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 18 September 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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 15 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 18 September 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 -61 467 £550 +8.37% 320
UK excluding London -34 354 £550 +4.76% 288
Work from Home -37 137 £500 -0.73% 135
South East -26 119 £550 +2.33% 88
London -70 112 £500 +11.11% 74
North of England +20 73 £431 +1.47% 79
South West -16 66 £565 +5.12% 31
Midlands -26 59 £550 -3.51% 52
Yorkshire +26 48 £413 -26.67% 26
West Midlands -22 41 £572 -2.18% 17
East of England +20 34 £550 +4.76% 22
North West -15 31 £438 +18.24% 36
East Midlands -4 18 £483 +17.11% 35
Scotland +1 15 £550 +4.76% 14
North East 0 2 £625 +108.33% 20

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 48 (9.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.11%) Confluence
2 21 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.54%) Apache
3 13 (2.54%) IIS
4 9 (1.76%) Skype for Business
5 7 (1.37%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.78%) nginx
7 3 (0.59%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.39%) CICS
8 2 (0.39%) Gunicorn
8 2 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.20%) Traefik
9 1 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 123 (24.07%) Azure
2 94 (18.40%) AWS
3 48 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (8.02%) GCP
5 36 (7.05%) IaaS
6 33 (6.46%) Entra ID
7 26 (5.09%) SaaS
8 22 (4.31%) OpenShift
8 22 (4.31%) PaaS
9 21 (4.11%) Cohesity
10 17 (3.33%) GitHub
11 13 (2.54%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (0.98%) Asana
13 5 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
16 2 (0.39%) AWS Direct Connect
16 2 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 167 (32.68%) DNS
2 117 (22.90%) Firewall
3 73 (14.29%) DHCP
4 65 (12.72%) TCP/IP
5 57 (11.15%) SAN
6 53 (10.37%) VPN
7 40 (7.83%) VLAN
8 32 (6.26%) WAN
9 27 (5.28%) VSAN
10 25 (4.89%) iSCSI
10 25 (4.89%) LAN
11 24 (4.70%) NAS
11 24 (4.70%) Network Security
12 22 (4.31%) Fibre Channel
13 20 (3.91%) SMTP
14 19 (3.72%) BGP
14 19 (3.72%) MPLS
15 18 (3.52%) VoIP
16 16 (3.13%) DMZ
17 15 (2.94%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.15%) Big Data
2 11 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.17%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.78%) MySQL
5 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.39%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (9.20%) Jenkins
2 46 (9.00%) Git
3 30 (5.87%) JIRA
4 18 (3.52%) GitLab
5 17 (3.33%) Postman
6 12 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.57%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.37%) Subversion
9 5 (0.98%) MSI
9 5 (0.98%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.78%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.59%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.59%) JMeter
11 3 (0.59%) JUnit
12 2 (0.39%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.39%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.20%) RStudio
General
1 144 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (10.18%) Public Sector
4 50 (9.78%) Finance
5 25 (4.89%) Banking
5 25 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.15%) Legal
9 8 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.37%) Law
11 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.98%) Billing
13 4 (0.78%) Military
14 3 (0.59%) Electronics
14 3 (0.59%) Marketing
14 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (17.61%) Architect
2 73 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (7.63%) Consultant
3 39 (7.63%) Support Engineer
4 33 (6.46%) VMware Engineer
5 28 (5.48%) Senior
5 28 (5.48%) VMware Architect
6 27 (5.28%) Infrastructure Architect
7 24 (4.70%) Infrastructure Support
8 23 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 21 (4.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (3.72%) Administrator
10 19 (3.72%) Linux Engineer
11 18 (3.52%) Network Engineer
12 17 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.94%) Wintel Engineer
14 14 (2.74%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.74%) Middleware
2 11 (2.15%) REST
3 8 (1.57%) .NET
4 7 (1.37%) NETCONF
4 7 (1.37%) RESTCONF
5 6 (1.17%) LDAP
6 5 (0.98%) YAML
7 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.78%) Flash
7 4 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.78%) RESTful
8 3 (0.59%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.59%) CSS
8 3 (0.59%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.59%) HTML
8 3 (0.59%) Kafka
8 3 (0.59%) React
8 3 (0.59%) Spring
8 3 (0.59%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.48%) Data Centre
2 47 (9.20%) PKI
3 32 (6.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 30 (5.87%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.09%) Replication
6 23 (4.50%) Clustering
7 22 (4.31%) Private Cloud
8 12 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (2.15%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.96%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.76%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.57%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.17%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 250 (48.92%) Windows
2 162 (31.70%) Linux
3 141 (27.59%) Windows Server
4 51 (9.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 44 (8.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 36 (7.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (6.85%) Windows 10
8 24 (4.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (3.91%) CentOS
9 20 (3.91%) Unix
10 16 (3.13%) Ubuntu
11 14 (2.74%) Mac OS
12 12 (2.35%) VMS
13 11 (2.15%) Solaris
14 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.98%) AIX
16 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.59%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 3 (0.59%) Windows 7
18 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 88 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (15.85%) Agile
4 71 (13.89%) Migration
5 69 (13.50%) DevOps
6 56 (10.96%) ITIL
7 54 (10.57%) High Availability
8 53 (10.37%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (7.44%) Service Management
10 36 (7.05%) Data Protection
10 36 (7.05%) Validation
11 35 (6.85%) CI/CD
11 35 (6.85%) Configuration Management
12 32 (6.26%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (6.07%) Business Strategy
14 30 (5.87%) Deployment Automation
14 30 (5.87%) Root Cause Analysis
15 29 (5.68%) Roadmaps
16 27 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (5.28%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 123 (24.07%) PowerShell
2 109 (21.33%) Python
3 57 (11.15%) SQL
4 45 (8.81%) Bash
5 19 (3.72%) Perl
6 15 (2.94%) Java
7 13 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.35%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.76%) Erlang
9 9 (1.76%) PHP
9 9 (1.76%) Prolog
10 8 (1.57%) Go
11 5 (0.98%) C#
11 5 (0.98%) C++
12 3 (0.59%) VB
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.20%) VB6
13 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 214 (41.88%) Security Cleared
2 120 (23.48%) SC Cleared
3 106 (20.74%) DV Cleared
4 44 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (7.83%) Degree
6 39 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (7.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 28 (5.48%) CCNP
9 22 (4.31%) MCSE
10 18 (3.52%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.15%) CCNA
11 11 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.15%) VCP5
11 11 (2.15%) VCP6
12 10 (1.96%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.76%) CCIE
13 9 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.76%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (1.76%) VCAP
14 6 (1.17%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.72%) GDPR
2 14 (2.74%) SLA
3 12 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.57%) QA
5 4 (0.78%) NCSC
5 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 199 (38.94%) Active Directory
2 100 (19.57%) VMware ESXi
3 88 (17.22%) vSphere
4 85 (16.63%) Hyper-V
5 51 (9.98%) VMware NSX
6 48 (9.39%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (6.85%) Docker
8 28 (5.48%) Virtual Servers
9 25 (4.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 24 (4.70%) NFS
11 23 (4.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 17 (3.33%) Terminal Services
13 12 (2.35%) KVM
14 10 (1.96%) BitLocker
14 10 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
15 8 (1.57%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (1.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 6 (1.17%) Dovecot
17 6 (1.17%) Postfix
17 6 (1.17%) UAG
Systems Management
1 132 (25.83%) Ansible
2 70 (13.70%) vCenter Server
3 68 (13.31%) SCCM
4 44 (8.61%) Terraform
5 39 (7.63%) Puppet
6 34 (6.65%) Kubernetes
7 31 (6.07%) WSUS
8 26 (5.09%) vRealize
9 23 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
10 16 (3.13%) vMotion
11 15 (2.94%) VxRail
12 14 (2.74%) Microsoft Clustering
13 12 (2.35%) Nagios
14 10 (1.96%) NetBackup
14 10 (1.96%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 9 (1.76%) Oracle RMAN
16 7 (1.37%) PowerCLI
16 7 (1.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 511 (100.00%) VMware
2 190 (37.18%) Microsoft
3 89 (17.42%) Cisco
4 58 (11.35%) Citrix
5 55 (10.76%) NetApp
6 44 (8.61%) Splunk
7 38 (7.44%) F5
8 37 (7.24%) Veeam
9 34 (6.65%) Red Hat
10 26 (5.09%) Oracle
11 23 (4.50%) Broadcom
11 23 (4.50%) Google
12 21 (4.11%) Dell
13 17 (3.33%) MuleSoft
14 15 (2.94%) CyberArk
15 14 (2.74%) HP
15 14 (2.74%) SolarWinds
16 13 (2.54%) Juniper
17 12 (2.35%) ServiceNow
17 12 (2.35%) Veritas
359 VMware Infrastructure jobs Nationwide