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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 147 124
Rank change year-on-year -31 -23 -24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 755 546 800
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 1.90% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 15.44% 15.23% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 371 526
10th Percentile £325 £329 £299
25th Percentile £425 £440 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.37% -4.25%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £595
90th Percentile £650 £675 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 1 30
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.28
25th Percentile £26.00 - £38.22
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile £74.00 - £80.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +125.48% -35.21% -30.30%

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 4,891 3,585 4,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 12.47% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,260 2,412 3,254
10th Percentile £218 £219 £200
25th Percentile £400 £392 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £607
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 83 226
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.44 £14.74
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.41 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +84.79% +19.37% -56.59%
75th Percentile £72.77 £63.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £88.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £32.32 £22.25
% change year-on-year +57.78% +45.27% -54.03%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -29 656 £500 -9.09% 191
UK excluding London -26 527 £500 -9.09% 186
South East +11 185 £538 -6.52% 72
Work from Home -13 164 £505 -3.81% 69
London -58 145 £525 - 30
North of England -9 140 £456 +9.88% 39
Midlands -15 96 £425 -22.73% 34
North West +3 75 £453 +12.13% 23
West Midlands -24 74 £414 -24.95% 21
Yorkshire -19 63 £454 -6.97% 10
South West -59 55 £540 -6.09% 16
East of England -29 36 £475 -13.64% 19
Scotland -4 30 £450 -3.12% 2
East Midlands -18 22 £443 -18.38% 13
Wales -12 7 £600 +106.90% 11
North East -30 2 £575 +64.29% 7

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 38 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.72%) IIS
4 9 (1.19%) nginx
5 8 (1.06%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.93%) Confluence
6 7 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.66%) Apache
8 4 (0.53%) CICS
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.26%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (1.46%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (29.27%) Azure
2 137 (18.15%) AWS
3 53 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.09%) OpenShift
6 42 (5.56%) GCP
7 27 (3.58%) GitHub
8 26 (3.44%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.31%) IaaS
10 18 (2.38%) PaaS
11 14 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.59%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.46%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.93%) Cohesity
14 7 (0.93%) Datadog
15 6 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 207 (27.42%) DNS
2 159 (21.06%) Firewall
3 123 (16.29%) DHCP
4 78 (10.33%) VPN
5 76 (10.07%) SAN
6 72 (9.54%) VSAN
7 70 (9.27%) WAN
8 56 (7.42%) LAN
8 56 (7.42%) Network Security
9 47 (6.23%) TCP/IP
10 46 (6.09%) NAS
10 46 (6.09%) SSL
11 34 (4.50%) HTTP
11 34 (4.50%) VLAN
12 33 (4.37%) BIG-IP
13 30 (3.97%) Wireshark
14 29 (3.84%) BGP
15 27 (3.58%) Cisco ASA
16 24 (3.18%) Cisco Nexus
16 24 (3.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.32%) Power BI
4 9 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.53%) DataStage
7 4 (0.53%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.26%) Redis
9 2 (0.26%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 30 (3.97%) JIRA
2 28 (3.71%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.38%) Fiddler
4 17 (2.25%) GitLab
5 13 (1.72%) Git
6 5 (0.66%) PVCS
6 5 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.26%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.26%) MSI
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) GoCD
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 152 (20.13%) Social Skills
2 54 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
2 54 (7.15%) Finance
3 50 (6.62%) Public Sector
4 37 (4.90%) Banking
5 29 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (3.71%) Legal
7 19 (2.52%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.32%) Police
9 9 (1.19%) Military
9 9 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.93%) Law
11 6 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.79%) Retail
12 5 (0.66%) Electronics
12 5 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Local Government
13 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 154 (20.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 101 (13.38%) Architect
3 70 (9.27%) Network Engineer
3 70 (9.27%) Senior
4 65 (8.61%) VMware Engineer
5 37 (4.90%) Consultant
6 33 (4.37%) Analyst
7 31 (4.11%) Infrastructure Architect
8 29 (3.84%) Lead
9 28 (3.71%) Storage Engineer
10 26 (3.44%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.44%) Wintel Engineer
11 25 (3.31%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 24 (3.18%) VMware Architect
13 23 (3.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 23 (3.05%) VMware Consultant
14 22 (2.91%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (2.52%) Administrator
16 18 (2.38%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 18 (2.38%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.65%) LDAP
2 18 (2.38%) Flash
3 11 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.32%) REST
4 10 (1.32%) SAML
5 9 (1.19%) Middleware
6 7 (0.93%) 802.1X
6 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.79%) .NET
8 5 (0.66%) Redfish
8 5 (0.66%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.53%) JSON
9 4 (0.53%) XML
10 3 (0.40%) EJB
10 3 (0.40%) JSP
10 3 (0.40%) YAML
11 2 (0.26%) Java SE
11 2 (0.26%) OAuth
11 2 (0.26%) OpenID
11 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 104 (13.77%) Data Centre
2 67 (8.87%) Replication
3 62 (8.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (6.49%) PKI
5 40 (5.30%) Cloud Native
6 39 (5.17%) Enterprise Storage
7 37 (4.90%) Clustering
8 26 (3.44%) Private Cloud
9 25 (3.31%) Public Cloud
10 24 (3.18%) Management Information System
11 23 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.46%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.19%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.06%) EMC VMAX
17 8 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (1.06%) Security Posture
17 8 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 364 (48.21%) Windows
2 245 (32.45%) Windows Server
3 226 (29.93%) Linux
4 51 (6.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (6.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (3.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (3.31%) VMS
8 23 (3.05%) Windows 10
9 20 (2.65%) Data ONTAP
10 19 (2.52%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.12%) Unix
12 15 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.72%) Solaris
14 10 (1.32%) Mac OS
15 9 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (1.06%) CentOS
16 8 (1.06%) CoreOS
17 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.66%) AIX
19 4 (0.53%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 147 (19.47%) Migration
3 108 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (14.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 104 (13.77%) High Availability
6 97 (12.85%) ITIL
7 84 (11.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 74 (9.80%) Agile
9 73 (9.67%) DevOps
10 71 (9.40%) Capacity Planning
11 70 (9.27%) Network Virtualisation
12 69 (9.14%) CI/CD
13 66 (8.74%) Change Management
14 63 (8.34%) Load Balancing
15 57 (7.55%) Platform Engineering
16 53 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (7.02%) Data Protection
16 53 (7.02%) Validation
17 48 (6.36%) ITSM
17 48 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 165 (21.85%) PowerShell
2 99 (13.11%) Python
3 61 (8.08%) Bash
4 35 (4.64%) SQL
5 9 (1.19%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.06%) Bicep
6 8 (1.06%) C
6 8 (1.06%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) C++
8 5 (0.66%) Embedded C
8 5 (0.66%) Embedded C++
8 5 (0.66%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.53%) COBOL
9 4 (0.53%) Go
9 4 (0.53%) PHP
10 3 (0.40%) C#
10 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.26%) VBScript
12 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 301 (39.87%) Security Cleared
2 189 (25.03%) SC Cleared
3 130 (17.22%) DV Cleared
4 62 (8.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 38 (5.03%) Degree
6 36 (4.77%) VCAP
7 34 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.91%) MCSE
10 21 (2.78%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.52%) CCNP
12 17 (2.25%) MCSA
13 12 (1.59%) CCNA
14 11 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.32%) OCP
16 6 (0.79%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.79%) RHCA
17 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.66%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.18%) NIST
2 23 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (3.05%) SLA
3 16 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.85%) NCSC
5 7 (0.93%) GDPR
6 5 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.53%) QA
8 2 (0.26%) DICOM
8 2 (0.26%) ISA99
8 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.26%) RMADS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 227 (30.07%) Active Directory
2 184 (24.37%) vSphere
3 167 (22.12%) VMware ESXi
4 165 (21.85%) VMware NSX
5 154 (20.40%) Hyper-V
6 95 (12.58%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.43%) Docker
8 39 (5.17%) NFS
9 36 (4.77%) Firmware
10 31 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 28 (3.71%) KVM
12 13 (1.72%) GPFS
13 11 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (1.32%) vCloud
15 9 (1.19%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.79%) Ceph
16 6 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.66%) SRDF
18 4 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 142 (18.81%) Ansible
2 119 (15.76%) vCenter Server
3 83 (10.99%) Terraform
4 82 (10.86%) Kubernetes
5 47 (6.23%) SCCM
6 41 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 41 (5.43%) vRealize
7 28 (3.71%) Grafana
8 25 (3.31%) SCOM
9 24 (3.18%) vMotion
10 20 (2.65%) Argo
10 20 (2.65%) PowerCLI
11 17 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (2.25%) VxRail
11 17 (2.25%) WSUS
12 15 (1.99%) SnapMirror
13 14 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
14 13 (1.72%) EMC VPLEX
15 12 (1.59%) NetBackup
15 12 (1.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 755 (100.00%) VMware
2 198 (26.23%) Microsoft
3 158 (20.93%) Cisco
4 62 (8.21%) Citrix
4 62 (8.21%) NetApp
5 55 (7.28%) Red Hat
6 48 (6.36%) Dell
7 47 (6.23%) F5
8 39 (5.17%) ServiceNow
9 38 (5.03%) Palo Alto
10 37 (4.90%) Oracle
11 33 (4.37%) IBM
12 32 (4.24%) Pure Storage
13 29 (3.84%) Veeam
14 26 (3.44%) CheckPoint
15 25 (3.31%) SolarWinds
16 23 (3.05%) Commvault
16 23 (3.05%) Juniper
17 22 (2.91%) Broadcom
17 22 (2.91%) McAfee