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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 144 129
Rank change year-on-year -30 -15 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 734 581 784
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.99% 1.80%
As % of the System Software category 14.96% 15.87% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 394 504
10th Percentile £318 £313 £272
25th Percentile £413 £425 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.68%
75th Percentile £590 £614 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 34
10th Percentile £20.13 £31.70 £22.08
25th Percentile £46.38 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +15.53% -38.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £67.19
90th Percentile £74.23 £61.30 £86.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +150.00% -35.21% -31.65%

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 4,908 3,662 4,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.40% 12.53% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,314 2,496 3,206
10th Percentile £213 £214 £198
25th Percentile £400 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £594 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% -4.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 90 233
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.72 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.41% +23.20% -57.88%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £88.00 £77.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +92.98% +29.55% -47.46%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -31 642 £500 -9.09% 218
UK excluding London -34 504 £500 -9.09% 193
Work from Home -24 170 £517 -1.52% 71
South East -7 168 £525 -8.70% 75
London -49 151 £525 - 49
North of England -27 131 £448 +12.00% 38
Midlands -18 104 £402 -26.91% 27
West Midlands -21 78 £356 -35.48% 19
North West -10 71 £449 +5.65% 16
Yorkshire -23 60 £415 +2.47% 16
South West -60 52 £551 -4.13% 25
East of England -15 43 £475 +0.53% 19
Scotland -4 26 £450 -3.07% 3
East Midlands -16 26 £415 -23.54% 8
Wales -15 4 £463 +59.48% 10
North East -20 2 £575 +64.29% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

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 44 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.36%) Confluence
4 9 (1.23%) nginx
5 8 (1.09%) IIS
5 8 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.54%) CICS
6 4 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.41%) Apache
7 3 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 196 (26.70%) Azure
2 126 (17.17%) AWS
3 56 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.54%) Entra ID
5 44 (5.99%) OpenShift
6 34 (4.63%) GCP
7 27 (3.68%) GitHub
7 27 (3.68%) IaaS
8 25 (3.41%) Nutanix
9 20 (2.72%) PaaS
10 12 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.23%) Datadog
12 9 (1.23%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.95%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.82%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 191 (26.02%) DNS
2 165 (22.48%) Firewall
3 108 (14.71%) DHCP
4 74 (10.08%) VPN
5 72 (9.81%) SAN
6 64 (8.72%) VSAN
7 62 (8.45%) WAN
8 54 (7.36%) Network Security
9 52 (7.08%) LAN
10 49 (6.68%) TCP/IP
11 44 (5.99%) SSL
12 43 (5.86%) NAS
13 35 (4.77%) HTTP
14 34 (4.63%) BIG-IP
15 30 (4.09%) VLAN
15 30 (4.09%) Wireshark
16 28 (3.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (3.54%) BGP
18 24 (3.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 21 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.95%) Power BI
5 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.54%) DataStage
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.41%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.41%) Redis
8 2 (0.27%) GIS
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.22%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.68%) JIRA
3 19 (2.59%) Fiddler
4 16 (2.18%) Git
5 15 (2.04%) GitLab
6 8 (1.09%) PVCS
6 8 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.41%) JMeter
8 3 (0.41%) JUnit
9 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.27%) RStudio
10 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) GoCD
10 1 (0.14%) MSI
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 148 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 62 (8.45%) Public Sector
3 58 (7.90%) Finance
4 56 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.59%) Banking
6 29 (3.95%) Legal
7 27 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.00%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.36%) Military
9 10 (1.36%) Police
9 10 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.09%) Electronics
10 8 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.68%) Law
13 5 (0.68%) Local Government
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 147 (20.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (13.35%) Architect
3 70 (9.54%) Senior
4 64 (8.72%) VMware Engineer
5 62 (8.45%) Network Engineer
6 43 (5.86%) Analyst
7 35 (4.77%) Consultant
8 32 (4.36%) Lead
9 31 (4.22%) Infrastructure Architect
10 23 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (3.13%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 23 (3.13%) VMware Architect
10 23 (3.13%) VMware Consultant
11 22 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (2.86%) Wintel Engineer
13 20 (2.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 20 (2.72%) Support Engineer
14 19 (2.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 19 (2.59%) IP Network Engineer
14 19 (2.59%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.72%) LDAP
2 19 (2.59%) Flash
3 12 (1.63%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.36%) SAML
5 9 (1.23%) Middleware
6 6 (0.82%) Kafka
6 6 (0.82%) REST
7 5 (0.68%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.54%) XML
9 3 (0.41%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.41%) EJB
9 3 (0.41%) JSP
9 3 (0.41%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.41%) Spring
10 2 (0.27%) Java SE
10 2 (0.27%) JSON
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.27%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.85%) Data Centre
2 68 (9.26%) Replication
3 49 (6.68%) PKI
4 48 (6.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 46 (6.27%) Cloud Native
6 36 (4.90%) Clustering
7 29 (3.95%) Enterprise Storage
8 26 (3.54%) Management Information System
9 25 (3.41%) Linux Command Line
9 25 (3.41%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.72%) Public Cloud
11 17 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.77%) SCADA
13 12 (1.63%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.50%) Onboarding
15 10 (1.36%) Operational Technology
16 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (1.09%) Security Posture
17 8 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 333 (45.37%) Windows
2 226 (30.79%) Windows Server
3 222 (30.25%) Linux
4 51 (6.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (3.68%) VMS
8 22 (3.00%) Windows 10
9 21 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (2.45%) Ubuntu
11 17 (2.32%) Data ONTAP
12 15 (2.04%) Solaris
13 13 (1.77%) Unix
14 10 (1.36%) Mac OS
15 8 (1.09%) CoreOS
16 7 (0.95%) CentOS
16 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (0.68%) AIX
18 4 (0.54%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (25.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 138 (18.80%) Migration
3 114 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (13.49%) High Availability
5 98 (13.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 81 (11.04%) ITIL
7 80 (10.90%) Agile
8 76 (10.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 72 (9.81%) DevOps
10 68 (9.26%) CI/CD
11 67 (9.13%) Network Virtualisation
12 66 (8.99%) Capacity Planning
13 62 (8.45%) Load Balancing
14 60 (8.17%) Platform Engineering
15 55 (7.49%) Data Protection
16 48 (6.54%) Containerisation
17 46 (6.27%) Change Management
18 45 (6.13%) Roadmaps
19 44 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
20 43 (5.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 160 (21.80%) PowerShell
2 96 (13.08%) Python
3 59 (8.04%) Bash
4 27 (3.68%) SQL
5 11 (1.50%) C
6 10 (1.36%) Java
7 9 (1.23%) C++
7 9 (1.23%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.95%) Embedded C
8 7 (0.95%) Embedded C++
9 6 (0.82%) Bicep
10 5 (0.68%) Perl
10 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.54%) COBOL
11 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.54%) PHP
12 3 (0.41%) C#
12 3 (0.41%) Go
13 2 (0.27%) Korn
13 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 290 (39.51%) Security Cleared
2 194 (26.43%) SC Cleared
3 106 (14.44%) DV Cleared
4 58 (7.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 37 (5.04%) Degree
6 35 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (4.22%) VCAP
8 25 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (3.13%) MCSE
10 22 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.59%) Azure Certification
12 18 (2.45%) MCSA
13 15 (2.04%) CCNP
14 13 (1.77%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.36%) OCP
16 8 (1.09%) AWS Certification
16 8 (1.09%) CCNA
17 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
18 6 (0.82%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.59%) NIST
3 18 (2.45%) SLA
4 16 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.77%) NCSC
6 9 (1.23%) GDPR
7 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.54%) QA
8 2 (0.27%) DICOM
8 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.27%) ISA99
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.27%) RMADS
9 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 215 (29.29%) Active Directory
2 167 (22.75%) vSphere
3 157 (21.39%) VMware NSX
4 144 (19.62%) VMware ESXi
5 142 (19.35%) Hyper-V
6 84 (11.44%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (6.13%) Docker
8 38 (5.18%) NFS
9 34 (4.63%) Firmware
10 28 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
11 24 (3.27%) KVM
12 14 (1.91%) GPFS
13 9 (1.23%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
15 5 (0.68%) Ceph
15 5 (0.68%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.54%) vCloud
16 4 (0.54%) XenApp
17 3 (0.41%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 137 (18.66%) Ansible
2 102 (13.90%) vCenter Server
3 82 (11.17%) Terraform
4 75 (10.22%) Kubernetes
5 58 (7.90%) SCCM
6 52 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 45 (6.13%) vRealize
8 28 (3.81%) Grafana
9 23 (3.13%) vMotion
10 21 (2.86%) Argo
11 20 (2.72%) PowerCLI
12 19 (2.59%) VxRail
13 18 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
14 17 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 17 (2.32%) WSUS
15 16 (2.18%) SCOM
16 12 (1.63%) Progress Chef
16 12 (1.63%) Puppet
16 12 (1.63%) SnapMirror
17 11 (1.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 734 (100.00%) VMware
2 191 (26.02%) Microsoft
3 145 (19.75%) Cisco
4 66 (8.99%) Citrix
5 59 (8.04%) NetApp
6 55 (7.49%) Red Hat
7 49 (6.68%) F5
8 40 (5.45%) IBM
9 39 (5.31%) Dell
9 39 (5.31%) Oracle
9 39 (5.31%) ServiceNow
10 32 (4.36%) Palo Alto
11 31 (4.22%) Pure Storage
12 29 (3.95%) Veeam
13 24 (3.27%) SolarWinds
14 23 (3.13%) Broadcom
14 23 (3.13%) McAfee
15 22 (3.00%) Commvault
16 21 (2.86%) CheckPoint
17 19 (2.59%) Blue Coat