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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 151 125
Rank change year-on-year -23 -26 -25
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 754 542 802
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 1.88% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 15.48% 15.19% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 366 523
10th Percentile £325 £339 £298
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.37% -5.58%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £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 32 1 31
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.30
25th Percentile £24.31 - £37.63
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%
75th Percentile £70.38 - £52.50
90th Percentile £74.00 - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +125.48% -35.21% -28.39%

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 4,871 3,569 4,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 12.38% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,252 2,381 3,253
10th Percentile £213 £214 £200
25th Percentile £400 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £606
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 186 86 225
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.91 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.75 £28.46 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +81.87% +17.68% -55.97%
75th Percentile £72.89 £65.63 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.25 £88.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £36.65 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% +33.25% -42.85%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -28 657 £500 -9.09% 243
UK excluding London -27 523 £500 -9.09% 209
South East +14 190 £538 -6.52% 73
Work from Home -26 164 £500 -4.76% 94
London -48 148 £525 - 53
North of England -11 141 £456 +12.59% 38
Midlands -28 88 £431 -21.73% 30
North West +6 76 £456 +19.05% 24
West Midlands -31 67 £425 -22.87% 20
Yorkshire -26 63 £425 -12.82% 7
South West -63 54 £539 -6.30% 28
East of England -36 34 £475 -13.64% 26
Scotland -7 30 £450 -2.12% 5
East Midlands -18 21 £436 -19.67% 10
Wales -14 7 £600 +62.16% 14
North East -31 2 £575 +64.29% 8

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 39 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.72%) IIS
4 11 (1.46%) nginx
5 10 (1.33%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.06%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.93%) Confluence
8 5 (0.66%) Apache
9 4 (0.53%) CICS
10 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.27%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (29.31%) Azure
2 136 (18.04%) AWS
3 53 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.50%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.10%) OpenShift
6 41 (5.44%) GCP
7 27 (3.58%) GitHub
7 27 (3.58%) Nutanix
8 23 (3.05%) IaaS
9 16 (2.12%) PaaS
10 13 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (1.59%) Power Platform
12 11 (1.46%) Rubrik
13 9 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.93%) Azure Stack
14 7 (0.93%) Cohesity
15 6 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 202 (26.79%) DNS
2 153 (20.29%) Firewall
3 120 (15.92%) DHCP
4 76 (10.08%) SAN
5 73 (9.68%) VPN
6 69 (9.15%) VSAN
7 67 (8.89%) WAN
8 55 (7.29%) Network Security
9 51 (6.76%) LAN
10 47 (6.23%) TCP/IP
11 45 (5.97%) NAS
12 42 (5.57%) SSL
13 35 (4.64%) VLAN
14 31 (4.11%) HTTP
15 30 (3.98%) BGP
16 29 (3.85%) BIG-IP
17 27 (3.58%) Wireshark
18 24 (3.18%) Cisco ASA
19 23 (3.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
20 22 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.33%) 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%) GIS
8 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.27%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (3.98%) JIRA
2 29 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.25%) Fiddler
3 17 (2.25%) GitLab
4 14 (1.86%) Git
5 4 (0.53%) PVCS
5 4 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.27%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) GoCD
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 155 (20.56%) Social Skills
2 55 (7.29%) Finance
3 53 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.64%) Banking
6 28 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (3.71%) Legal
7 18 (2.39%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.33%) Police
8 10 (1.33%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.19%) Military
10 7 (0.93%) Law
11 6 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.80%) Retail
12 5 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Local Government
13 4 (0.53%) Electronics
14 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (20.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 103 (13.66%) Architect
3 72 (9.55%) Senior
4 66 (8.75%) Network Engineer
5 65 (8.62%) VMware Engineer
6 37 (4.91%) Consultant
7 31 (4.11%) Infrastructure Architect
8 30 (3.98%) Analyst
9 29 (3.85%) Lead
9 29 (3.85%) Support Engineer
10 28 (3.71%) Storage Engineer
11 27 (3.58%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 26 (3.45%) Wintel Engineer
13 24 (3.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 24 (3.18%) VMware Architect
14 23 (3.05%) VMware Consultant
15 22 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.79%) Administrator
17 18 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
18 17 (2.25%) Blue Coat Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.39%) Flash
2 17 (2.25%) LDAP
3 11 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.46%) REST
4 9 (1.19%) Middleware
5 7 (0.93%) 802.1X
5 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.93%) SAML
6 6 (0.80%) .NET
6 6 (0.80%) Redfish
7 5 (0.66%) JSON
7 5 (0.66%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.53%) Java SE
8 4 (0.53%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) EJB
9 3 (0.40%) JSP
9 3 (0.40%) YAML
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) OpenID
10 2 (0.27%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 104 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 65 (8.62%) Replication
3 61 (8.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (6.50%) PKI
5 41 (5.44%) Cloud Native
6 40 (5.31%) Enterprise Storage
7 37 (4.91%) Clustering
8 26 (3.45%) Private Cloud
8 26 (3.45%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.05%) Management Information System
10 22 (2.92%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.46%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.19%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.06%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 368 (48.81%) Windows
2 245 (32.49%) Windows Server
3 222 (29.44%) Linux
4 51 (6.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (6.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (3.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (3.18%) VMS
8 23 (3.05%) Windows 10
9 19 (2.52%) Data ONTAP
10 18 (2.39%) Ubuntu
11 17 (2.25%) Unix
12 15 (1.99%) Solaris
12 15 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (1.33%) Mac OS
15 8 (1.06%) CentOS
15 8 (1.06%) CoreOS
16 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.66%) AIX
18 4 (0.53%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (26.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 149 (19.76%) Migration
3 106 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 102 (13.53%) High Availability
5 93 (12.33%) ITIL
6 83 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
7 76 (10.08%) DevOps
8 74 (9.81%) CI/CD
9 71 (9.42%) Agile
10 70 (9.28%) Capacity Planning
10 70 (9.28%) Network Virtualisation
11 66 (8.75%) Change Management
12 63 (8.36%) Load Balancing
13 56 (7.43%) Platform Engineering
14 53 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (7.03%) Data Protection
14 53 (7.03%) ITSM
14 53 (7.03%) Validation
15 49 (6.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.28%) PowerShell
2 101 (13.40%) Python
3 63 (8.36%) Bash
4 36 (4.77%) SQL
5 10 (1.33%) Java
6 9 (1.19%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.93%) C
8 6 (0.80%) Bicep
9 5 (0.66%) C++
9 5 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.53%) COBOL
10 4 (0.53%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.53%) Embedded C++
10 4 (0.53%) Go
10 4 (0.53%) PHP
11 3 (0.40%) C#
11 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.40%) Perl
12 2 (0.27%) VBScript
13 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 309 (40.98%) Security Cleared
2 194 (25.73%) SC Cleared
3 129 (17.11%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 38 (5.04%) Degree
6 36 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.64%) VCAP
8 32 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (3.18%) MCSE
10 21 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.65%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.52%) CCNP
12 19 (2.52%) MCSA
13 14 (1.86%) CCNA
14 11 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.33%) OCP
16 6 (0.80%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.80%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 6 (0.80%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.32%) NIST
2 24 (3.18%) SLA
3 23 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.86%) NCSC
6 7 (0.93%) GDPR
7 5 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (0.66%) QA
8 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) DICOM
10 2 (0.27%) ISA99
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.27%) RMADS
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 224 (29.71%) Active Directory
2 182 (24.14%) vSphere
3 171 (22.68%) VMware ESXi
4 161 (21.35%) VMware NSX
5 153 (20.29%) Hyper-V
6 95 (12.60%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.44%) Docker
8 38 (5.04%) NFS
9 36 (4.77%) Firmware
10 32 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
11 28 (3.71%) KVM
12 13 (1.72%) GPFS
13 11 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (1.46%) vCloud
14 9 (1.19%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.80%) Ceph
16 6 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.66%) SRDF
18 4 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 144 (19.10%) Ansible
2 122 (16.18%) vCenter Server
3 83 (11.01%) Kubernetes
3 83 (11.01%) Terraform
4 48 (6.37%) SCCM
5 42 (5.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 38 (5.04%) vRealize
7 28 (3.71%) Grafana
7 28 (3.71%) SCOM
8 25 (3.32%) vMotion
9 20 (2.65%) Argo
9 20 (2.65%) PowerCLI
10 17 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.12%) VxRail
11 16 (2.12%) WSUS
12 14 (1.86%) SnapMirror
13 13 (1.72%) EMC VPLEX
14 12 (1.59%) NetBackup
14 12 (1.59%) Prometheus
14 12 (1.59%) Puppet
Vendors
1 754 (100.00%) VMware
2 195 (25.86%) Microsoft
3 154 (20.42%) Cisco
4 65 (8.62%) Citrix
5 60 (7.96%) NetApp
6 57 (7.56%) Red Hat
7 48 (6.37%) Dell
8 42 (5.57%) F5
8 42 (5.57%) ServiceNow
9 40 (5.31%) Oracle
10 35 (4.64%) Palo Alto
11 32 (4.24%) IBM
11 32 (4.24%) Pure Storage
12 28 (3.71%) Veeam
13 24 (3.18%) Juniper
13 24 (3.18%) SolarWinds
14 23 (3.05%) CheckPoint
15 22 (2.92%) Broadcom
16 21 (2.79%) Commvault
17 20 (2.65%) McAfee