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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 127 121
Rank change year-on-year -37 -6 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 720 640 830
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.20% 1.88%
As % of the System Software category 14.75% 16.86% 17.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 433 529
10th Percentile £318 £302 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £615 £595
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 38
10th Percentile £45.20 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £56.32 £37.25 £38.22
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £45.01
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +3.31% -30.75%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £68.44
90th Percentile £75.83 £61.30 £82.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +150.00% -30.43% -38.08%

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 4,882 3,795 4,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.88% 13.05% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,338 2,587 3,253
10th Percentile £213 £213 £192
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £593 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £476 £460
% change year-on-year +0.32% +3.48% -4.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 93 224
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £15.61
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% +22.11% -52.02%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £86.15 £87.65 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% +66.67% -16.64%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -46 633 £505 -8.18% 258
UK excluding London -37 507 £500 -9.09% 236
Work from Home -47 176 £500 -4.76% 96
South East -16 165 £525 -8.70% 71
London -93 139 £525 -4.55% 44
North of England -26 127 £456 +7.29% 71
Midlands -6 117 £400 -26.30% 28
West Midlands -12 93 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -20 76 £451 +2.97% 46
South West -60 58 £550 -4.35% 34
Yorkshire -35 54 £454 -0.33% 22
East of England -14 41 £475 +1.17% 25
East Midlands -19 24 £415 -20.95% 10
Scotland 0 22 £475 +4.40% 7
Wales -12 5 £413 +42.24% 9
North East -15 3 £550 +57.14% 5
Northern Ireland - 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 43 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.22%) Confluence
4 7 (0.97%) nginx
5 6 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 6 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.56%) CICS
7 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) Apache
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (2.22%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 208 (28.89%) Azure
2 149 (20.69%) AWS
3 59 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (7.22%) OpenShift
5 48 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 42 (5.83%) GCP
7 33 (4.58%) IaaS
8 28 (3.89%) Nutanix
9 22 (3.06%) GitHub
10 20 (2.78%) PaaS
11 15 (2.08%) Datadog
12 11 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (1.25%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.11%) Rubrik
15 7 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 187 (25.97%) DNS
2 180 (25.00%) Firewall
3 96 (13.33%) DHCP
4 79 (10.97%) VPN
5 66 (9.17%) VSAN
6 65 (9.03%) SAN
7 56 (7.78%) WAN
8 52 (7.22%) Network Security
9 49 (6.81%) LAN
9 49 (6.81%) TCP/IP
10 38 (5.28%) SSL
11 36 (5.00%) BIG-IP
11 36 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 36 (5.00%) NAS
12 33 (4.58%) HTTP
13 31 (4.31%) BGP
14 30 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (4.17%) VLAN
15 29 (4.03%) Wireshark
16 24 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.97%) Power BI
5 4 (0.56%) DataStage
6 3 (0.42%) MariaDB
6 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.28%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.28%) GIS
7 2 (0.28%) Redis
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 34 (4.72%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.92%) JIRA
3 19 (2.64%) Fiddler
4 17 (2.36%) Git
5 14 (1.94%) GitLab
6 8 (1.11%) PVCS
6 8 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.56%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.56%) JMeter
8 4 (0.56%) JUnit
9 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.28%) RStudio
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) GoCD
11 1 (0.14%) MSI
11 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 157 (21.81%) Social Skills
2 66 (9.17%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.06%) Finance
5 47 (6.53%) Banking
6 33 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.31%) Legal
8 25 (3.47%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.39%) Military
10 10 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.11%) Electronics
12 7 (0.97%) Police
13 6 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.69%) Local Government
15 4 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 129 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 108 (15.00%) Architect
3 60 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 58 (8.06%) Senior
5 55 (7.64%) Analyst
6 54 (7.50%) VMware Engineer
7 33 (4.58%) Consultant
8 32 (4.44%) Infrastructure Architect
9 30 (4.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 30 (4.17%) Lead
10 29 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.19%) VMware Architect
12 22 (3.06%) Storage Analyst
12 22 (3.06%) VMware Consultant
13 21 (2.92%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 20 (2.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (2.78%) Web Engineer
15 19 (2.64%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 19 (2.64%) IP Network Engineer
16 18 (2.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.92%) Flash
2 18 (2.50%) LDAP
3 12 (1.67%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.53%) SAML
5 9 (1.25%) Middleware
6 7 (0.97%) Loki
6 7 (0.97%) REST
7 6 (0.83%) Kafka
8 5 (0.69%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.56%) OAuth
9 4 (0.56%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.56%) OpenID
9 4 (0.56%) Spring
10 3 (0.42%) Hibernate
11 2 (0.28%) EJB
11 2 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.28%) Java SE
11 2 (0.28%) JSP
11 2 (0.28%) NETCONF
11 2 (0.28%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.94%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.75%) Replication
3 48 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 48 (6.67%) PKI
4 46 (6.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 32 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (3.89%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.75%) Clustering
7 27 (3.75%) Private Cloud
8 23 (3.19%) Enterprise Storage
9 20 (2.78%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.22%) Product Ownership
12 15 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.81%) SCADA
14 11 (1.53%) Onboarding
15 10 (1.39%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.39%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
17 6 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 305 (42.36%) Windows
2 237 (32.92%) Linux
3 195 (27.08%) Windows Server
4 59 (8.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (3.19%) VMS
7 23 (3.19%) Windows 10
8 18 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (2.36%) Ubuntu
10 15 (2.08%) Data ONTAP
11 13 (1.81%) Solaris
12 11 (1.53%) Unix
13 10 (1.39%) Mac OS
14 8 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.83%) AIX
16 6 (0.83%) CentOS
16 6 (0.83%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.56%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (23.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (18.61%) Migration
3 116 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (12.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 92 (12.78%) Agile
5 92 (12.78%) High Availability
6 84 (11.67%) CI/CD
7 80 (11.11%) Load Balancing
8 78 (10.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 77 (10.69%) DevOps
10 74 (10.28%) ITIL
11 60 (8.33%) Containerisation
11 60 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
12 57 (7.92%) Network Virtualisation
13 54 (7.50%) Data Protection
14 52 (7.22%) Roadmaps
15 48 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
16 46 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 45 (6.25%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 164 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 116 (16.11%) Python
3 78 (10.83%) Bash
4 23 (3.19%) SQL
5 12 (1.67%) Perl
6 11 (1.53%) C
7 9 (1.25%) C++
7 9 (1.25%) Java
7 9 (1.25%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.97%) Embedded C
8 7 (0.97%) Embedded C++
9 6 (0.83%) Bicep
10 4 (0.56%) COBOL
10 4 (0.56%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.56%) PHP
10 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.42%) C#
12 2 (0.28%) Korn
12 2 (0.28%) VBScript
13 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 279 (38.75%) Security Cleared
2 187 (25.97%) SC Cleared
3 95 (13.19%) DV Cleared
4 45 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (6.11%) Degree
6 30 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.19%) VCAP
9 22 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (2.64%) CCNP
11 15 (2.08%) MCSE
12 13 (1.81%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.53%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.53%) MCSA
14 10 (1.39%) OCP
15 9 (1.25%) CCNA
16 8 (1.11%) CCIE
17 7 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (2.78%) NIST
3 14 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.81%) GDPR
5 12 (1.67%) SLA
6 9 (1.25%) NCSC
7 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.56%) QA
9 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.28%) ISA99
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.28%) RMADS
9 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.14%) DICOM
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 201 (27.92%) Active Directory
2 179 (24.86%) vSphere
3 160 (22.22%) VMware NSX
4 119 (16.53%) VMware ESXi
5 118 (16.39%) Hyper-V
6 65 (9.03%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (8.06%) Docker
8 40 (5.56%) NFS
9 31 (4.31%) Firmware
10 27 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
11 18 (2.50%) KVM
12 16 (2.22%) GPFS
13 9 (1.25%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
15 4 (0.56%) Ceph
15 4 (0.56%) vCloud
16 3 (0.42%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.42%) Sendmail
16 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 124 (17.22%) Ansible
2 95 (13.19%) vCenter Server
3 90 (12.50%) Terraform
4 78 (10.83%) Kubernetes
5 61 (8.47%) SCCM
6 56 (7.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 53 (7.36%) vRealize
8 31 (4.31%) Grafana
9 28 (3.89%) Argo
10 24 (3.33%) VxRail
11 22 (3.06%) vMotion
12 20 (2.78%) PowerCLI
13 19 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
14 18 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 14 (1.94%) Prometheus
15 14 (1.94%) SCOM
16 13 (1.81%) Progress Chef
17 12 (1.67%) FortiGate
17 12 (1.67%) WSUS
18 11 (1.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 720 (100.00%) VMware
2 174 (24.17%) Microsoft
3 148 (20.56%) Cisco
4 66 (9.17%) Red Hat
5 64 (8.89%) Citrix
6 63 (8.75%) F5
7 59 (8.19%) NetApp
8 48 (6.67%) IBM
9 43 (5.97%) Dell
10 40 (5.56%) ServiceNow
11 36 (5.00%) Oracle
11 36 (5.00%) SolarWinds
12 35 (4.86%) Palo Alto
12 35 (4.86%) Pure Storage
13 28 (3.89%) Commvault
14 25 (3.47%) Veeam
15 23 (3.19%) McAfee
16 21 (2.92%) Broadcom
17 20 (2.78%) Blue Coat
18 19 (2.64%) HP