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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 194 122
Rank change year-on-year +17 -72 -31
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 911 492 760
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 1.48% 2.02%
As % of the System Software category 16.65% 12.14% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 332 439
10th Percentile £325 £263 £312
25th Percentile £425 £417 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £636 £588 £600
90th Percentile £725 £650 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 11
10th Percentile £19.25 £24.40 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.00 £26.50 £23.10
Median hourly rate £67.50 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% +26.05% -63.93%
75th Percentile £89.75 £48.63 £44.00
90th Percentile £95.05 £59.80 £112.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.75 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% +195.56% -65.90%

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 5,473 4,053 4,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 12.21% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,608 2,576 2,815
10th Percentile £225 £211 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £670 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 126 91
10th Percentile £16.90 £14.37 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.75 £17.94 £20.77
Median hourly rate £60.17 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.55% - -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.19 £66.72
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.38 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £43.08
% change year-on-year +8.70% +33.46% +7.71%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +11 806 £525 -3.23% 148
UK excluding London +7 642 £525 -4.55% 128
South East -11 206 £538 +2.38% 44
London 0 199 £550 +10.00% 31
Work from Home -39 180 £516 +3.20% 212
North of England +4 175 £478 +12.47% 31
Midlands -17 89 £450 -18.18% 19
Yorkshire -8 80 £525 +27.27% 8
North West -8 80 £448 -1.81% 20
South West -20 79 £650 +17.65% 24
West Midlands -19 68 £450 -21.40% 15
East of England -2 60 £600 +9.09% 9
Scotland +5 42 £438 -9.33% 6
East Midlands -5 21 £438 -9.33% 4
North East -21 16 £400 - 5
Wales - 11 £550 -

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 45 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.63%) Confluence
4 20 (2.20%) IIS
5 14 (1.54%) CMS
6 9 (0.99%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.77%) JBoss
8 5 (0.55%) FactoryTalk
8 5 (0.55%) nginx
8 5 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.44%) Apache
9 4 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Houdini
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 248 (27.22%) Azure
2 129 (14.16%) AWS
3 85 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (7.46%) Entra ID
5 54 (5.93%) OpenShift
6 38 (4.17%) GCP
7 30 (3.29%) GitHub
8 29 (3.18%) IaaS
9 25 (2.74%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.09%) Rubrik
12 17 (1.87%) Power Platform
13 16 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.76%) OneDrive
14 13 (1.43%) SaaS
15 12 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.32%) PaaS
16 9 (0.99%) Cohesity
17 7 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
18 6 (0.66%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 279 (30.63%) DNS
2 177 (19.43%) Firewall
3 173 (18.99%) DHCP
4 101 (11.09%) TCP/IP
5 73 (8.01%) VSAN
6 69 (7.57%) SAN
6 69 (7.57%) VLAN
6 69 (7.57%) VPN
7 57 (6.26%) Network Security
8 53 (5.82%) WAN
9 51 (5.60%) LAN
10 39 (4.28%) SSL
11 35 (3.84%) NAS
12 33 (3.62%) BGP
13 31 (3.40%) HTTP
14 27 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 26 (2.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 22 (2.41%) NetScaler
16 22 (2.41%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.87%) Power BI
4 11 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (0.99%) Big Data
7 7 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
8 6 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.22%) GIS
12 2 (0.22%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 47 (5.16%) JIRA
2 25 (2.74%) Git
3 23 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.41%) GitLab
5 11 (1.21%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.44%) CppUnit
7 4 (0.44%) PVCS
7 4 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.22%) MSI
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 216 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 107 (11.75%) Finance
3 92 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (4.39%) Public Sector
5 39 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (3.40%) Banking
7 29 (3.18%) Legal
8 20 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.21%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 9 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 9 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (0.99%) Law
10 9 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (0.88%) Back Office
12 7 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.66%) Police
13 6 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 222 (24.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 139 (15.26%) Senior
3 88 (9.66%) Architect
4 84 (9.22%) VMware Engineer
5 59 (6.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 55 (6.04%) Network Engineer
7 53 (5.82%) Support Engineer
8 52 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
9 46 (5.05%) Lead
10 38 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
11 36 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 35 (3.84%) Storage Engineer
13 34 (3.73%) Administrator
14 33 (3.62%) Consultant
15 27 (2.96%) Server Engineer
15 27 (2.96%) Wintel Engineer
16 23 (2.52%) Systems Engineer
16 23 (2.52%) VMware Consultant
16 23 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (2.41%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (13.50%) Terraform
2 28 (3.07%) REST
3 22 (2.41%) JSON
4 16 (1.76%) Kafka
5 13 (1.43%) XMPP
6 12 (1.32%) Middleware
6 12 (1.32%) YAML
7 11 (1.21%) .NET
7 11 (1.21%) 802.1X
7 11 (1.21%) LDAP
8 8 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.77%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.66%) Redfish
11 5 (0.55%) JDBC
11 5 (0.55%) ODBC
12 3 (0.33%) Flash
12 3 (0.33%) Java SE
12 3 (0.33%) OAuth
12 3 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 155 (17.01%) Data Centre
2 75 (8.23%) PKI
3 69 (7.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 50 (5.49%) Enterprise Storage
5 47 (5.16%) Private Cloud
6 44 (4.83%) Clustering
7 39 (4.28%) Replication
8 32 (3.51%) Onboarding
9 31 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (3.40%) Management Information System
10 29 (3.18%) Public Cloud
11 25 (2.74%) Cloud Native
11 25 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
12 20 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.98%) Operational Technology
14 14 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.54%) SCADA
15 13 (1.43%) Product Ownership
16 11 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 488 (53.57%) Windows
2 331 (36.33%) Windows Server
3 232 (25.47%) Linux
4 50 (5.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.96%) Unix
7 25 (2.74%) Windows 10
8 24 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (2.52%) VMS
10 17 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (1.43%) Ubuntu
11 13 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.99%) AIX
12 9 (0.99%) Data ONTAP
13 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
13 8 (0.88%) CentOS
13 8 (0.88%) Solaris
14 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.55%) macOS
16 4 (0.44%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (33.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 183 (20.09%) ITIL
3 171 (18.77%) Migration
3 171 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
4 159 (17.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 141 (15.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 126 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
7 118 (12.95%) CI/CD
8 113 (12.40%) Change Management
9 99 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
10 97 (10.65%) Project Delivery
11 96 (10.54%) ITSM
12 95 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (10.32%) Validation
14 91 (9.99%) Platform Engineering
15 90 (9.88%) Agile
15 90 (9.88%) Service Management
16 89 (9.77%) High Availability
17 88 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
18 84 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 224 (24.59%) PowerShell
2 133 (14.60%) Python
3 79 (8.67%) Bash
4 52 (5.71%) SQL
5 24 (2.63%) Java
6 12 (1.32%) Perl
7 10 (1.10%) Bicep
8 9 (0.99%) C
9 7 (0.77%) C#
9 7 (0.77%) Go
10 4 (0.44%) C++
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.33%) Korn
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
13 1 (0.11%) MUMPS
13 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 440 (48.30%) Security Cleared
2 262 (28.76%) SC Cleared
3 194 (21.30%) DV Cleared
4 62 (6.81%) Degree
5 60 (6.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 48 (5.27%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (4.39%) VCAP
9 28 (3.07%) CCNP
10 26 (2.85%) MCSE
11 25 (2.74%) Azure Certification
12 23 (2.52%) CCNA
13 21 (2.31%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.98%) MCSA
15 10 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.99%) A+ Certification
16 9 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.88%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.31%) QA
2 20 (2.20%) SLA
3 17 (1.87%) NIST
4 14 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.32%) NCSC
6 10 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.10%) GDPR
7 5 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.55%) GxP
7 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.33%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 320 (35.13%) Active Directory
2 231 (25.36%) vSphere
3 208 (22.83%) VMware ESXi
4 197 (21.62%) Hyper-V
5 130 (14.27%) VMware NSX
6 92 (10.10%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (6.37%) Docker
8 45 (4.94%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (3.95%) Firmware
10 24 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
11 21 (2.31%) NFS
12 16 (1.76%) KVM
13 14 (1.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 11 (1.21%) XenApp
15 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 10 (1.10%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.77%) oVirt
16 7 (0.77%) vCloud
16 7 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
17 6 (0.66%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 160 (17.56%) Ansible
2 147 (16.14%) Kubernetes
3 139 (15.26%) vCenter Server
4 65 (7.14%) SCCM
5 61 (6.70%) SCOM
6 49 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (3.95%) VxRail
8 20 (2.20%) vRealize
9 19 (2.09%) Grafana
9 19 (2.09%) Prometheus
10 17 (1.87%) Cisco CUCM
10 17 (1.87%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.87%) Puppet
11 16 (1.76%) PowerCLI
12 15 (1.65%) Dell DRAC
13 14 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
13 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
14 13 (1.43%) Avamar
14 13 (1.43%) vMotion
14 13 (1.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 911 (100.00%) VMware
2 281 (30.85%) Microsoft
3 148 (16.25%) Cisco
4 69 (7.57%) Citrix
5 68 (7.46%) Red Hat
6 60 (6.59%) NetApp
7 59 (6.48%) Dell
8 46 (5.05%) Oracle
8 46 (5.05%) SolarWinds
9 43 (4.72%) ServiceNow
10 38 (4.17%) Veeam
11 35 (3.84%) F5
12 29 (3.18%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.85%) Juniper
14 25 (2.74%) Fortinet
15 21 (2.31%) Broadcom
15 21 (2.31%) Remedy
16 20 (2.20%) Commvault
17 19 (2.09%) CyberArk
17 19 (2.09%) IBM