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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 126 123
Rank change year-on-year -45 -3 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 708 647 836
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 2.21% 1.89%
As % of the System Software category 14.61% 16.82% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 437 534
10th Percentile £318 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £599
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £519
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.92% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 39
10th Percentile £44.97 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £52.11 £37.25 £38.81
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +0.69% -28.95%
75th Percentile £73.00 £55.75 £66.88
90th Percentile £76.28 £61.30 £81.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +150.00% -35.21% -33.52%

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 4,846 3,847 4,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 13.13% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,304 2,622 3,271
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £596 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £706 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £475 £460
% change year-on-year +0.32% +3.26% -3.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 93 226
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £15.82
Median hourly rate £48.11 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.90% +16.00% -48.35%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £85.70 £85.50 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £37.50 £26.08
% change year-on-year +29.92% +43.82% -1.53%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -48 623 £505 -8.18% 258
UK excluding London -36 501 £500 -9.09% 236
Work from Home -46 169 £505 -3.81% 96
South East -16 165 £530 -7.30% 71
London -79 138 £535 -2.73% 44
North of England -37 126 £445 +7.23% 71
Midlands -5 117 £400 -26.30% 28
West Midlands -3 94 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -21 76 £445 +4.71% 46
Yorkshire -36 55 £425 -6.59% 22
South West -60 55 £550 -4.35% 34
East of England -11 37 £475 +1.17% 25
Scotland +6 25 £464 +1.92% 7
East Midlands -26 23 £415 +0.61% 10
Wales -13 5 £413 +42.24% 9
North East -15 2 £513 +46.43% 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 40 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.26%) Confluence
4 6 (0.85%) nginx
4 6 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.71%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.28%) CICS
7 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.40%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 209 (29.52%) Azure
2 147 (20.76%) AWS
3 59 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (7.20%) OpenShift
5 48 (6.78%) Entra ID
6 42 (5.93%) GCP
7 33 (4.66%) IaaS
8 28 (3.95%) Nutanix
9 20 (2.82%) GitHub
9 20 (2.82%) PaaS
10 15 (2.12%) Datadog
11 11 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (1.27%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (1.13%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.85%) Cohesity
14 6 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 186 (26.27%) DNS
2 177 (25.00%) Firewall
3 93 (13.14%) DHCP
4 78 (11.02%) VPN
5 70 (9.89%) VSAN
6 65 (9.18%) SAN
7 54 (7.63%) WAN
8 52 (7.34%) TCP/IP
9 51 (7.20%) Network Security
10 48 (6.78%) LAN
11 38 (5.37%) SSL
12 36 (5.08%) BIG-IP
12 36 (5.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 35 (4.94%) NAS
14 32 (4.52%) HTTP
14 32 (4.52%) VLAN
15 31 (4.38%) BGP
16 30 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 29 (4.10%) Wireshark
18 24 (3.39%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.99%) Power BI
5 3 (0.42%) MariaDB
5 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.42%) Redis
6 2 (0.28%) DataStage
6 2 (0.28%) GIS
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 32 (4.52%) Jenkins
2 20 (2.82%) JIRA
3 19 (2.68%) Fiddler
4 14 (1.98%) Git
5 13 (1.84%) GitLab
6 8 (1.13%) PVCS
6 8 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.85%) 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
1 155 (21.89%) Social Skills
2 69 (9.75%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.91%) Finance
5 48 (6.78%) Banking
6 34 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.38%) Legal
8 26 (3.67%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.41%) Military
10 10 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.13%) Electronics
12 7 (0.99%) Police
13 5 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.71%) Local Government
14 4 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 125 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (15.40%) Architect
3 58 (8.19%) Network Engineer
4 56 (7.91%) Analyst
4 56 (7.91%) Senior
5 51 (7.20%) VMware Engineer
6 34 (4.80%) Consultant
7 33 (4.66%) Infrastructure Architect
8 31 (4.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 29 (4.10%) Lead
10 28 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.25%) VMware Consultant
12 22 (3.11%) Storage Analyst
12 22 (3.11%) VMware Architect
13 21 (2.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (2.97%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 20 (2.82%) Web Engineer
15 19 (2.68%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 19 (2.68%) IP Network Engineer
16 17 (2.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.97%) Flash
2 17 (2.40%) LDAP
3 12 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.55%) SAML
5 7 (0.99%) Loki
6 6 (0.85%) Kafka
6 6 (0.85%) Middleware
7 5 (0.71%) REST
7 5 (0.71%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.56%) OAuth
8 4 (0.56%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.56%) OpenID
8 4 (0.56%) Spring
9 3 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.42%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.28%) EJB
10 2 (0.28%) Java SE
10 2 (0.28%) JSP
10 2 (0.28%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.28%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.01%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.90%) Replication
3 47 (6.64%) Cloud Native
4 46 (6.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 46 (6.50%) PKI
5 32 (4.52%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (4.10%) Management Information System
7 26 (3.67%) Clustering
8 24 (3.39%) Private Cloud
9 20 (2.82%) Enterprise Storage
9 20 (2.82%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.12%) Product Ownership
12 13 (1.84%) SCADA
13 10 (1.41%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 299 (42.23%) Windows
2 235 (33.19%) Linux
3 191 (26.98%) Windows Server
4 58 (8.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 39 (5.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.11%) VMS
7 22 (3.11%) Windows 10
8 18 (2.54%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (1.84%) Data ONTAP
10 10 (1.41%) Mac OS
10 10 (1.41%) Solaris
11 9 (1.27%) Unix
12 7 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (0.85%) CoreOS
13 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.71%) CentOS
15 4 (0.56%) AIX
15 4 (0.56%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (23.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 133 (18.79%) Migration
3 113 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (13.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 92 (12.99%) Agile
6 91 (12.85%) High Availability
7 83 (11.72%) CI/CD
8 79 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 78 (11.02%) Load Balancing
10 74 (10.45%) DevOps
11 72 (10.17%) ITIL
12 58 (8.19%) Containerisation
12 58 (8.19%) Platform Engineering
13 57 (8.05%) Network Virtualisation
14 54 (7.63%) Data Protection
15 49 (6.92%) Roadmaps
16 48 (6.78%) Capacity Planning
17 45 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
18 44 (6.21%) Change Management
18 44 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.59%) PowerShell
2 119 (16.81%) Python
3 80 (11.30%) Bash
4 23 (3.25%) SQL
5 12 (1.69%) Perl
6 11 (1.55%) C
7 9 (1.27%) C++
7 9 (1.27%) Java
8 8 (1.13%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.99%) Embedded C
9 7 (0.99%) Embedded C++
10 6 (0.85%) Bicep
11 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.56%) PHP
13 3 (0.42%) C#
13 3 (0.42%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.28%) COBOL
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 270 (38.14%) Security Cleared
2 181 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 89 (12.57%) DV Cleared
4 46 (6.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (6.21%) Degree
6 29 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.53%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.39%) VCAP
9 22 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (2.82%) CCNP
11 15 (2.12%) MCSE
12 13 (1.84%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.55%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.55%) MCSA
14 10 (1.41%) OCP
15 9 (1.27%) CCNA
16 8 (1.13%) CCIE
17 7 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 21 (2.97%) NIST
2 14 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (1.84%) GDPR
4 10 (1.41%) NCSC
4 10 (1.41%) SLA
5 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.56%) QA
7 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.28%) ISA99
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.28%) RMADS
7 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.14%) COBIT
8 1 (0.14%) DICOM
8 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 195 (27.54%) Active Directory
2 180 (25.42%) vSphere
3 154 (21.75%) VMware NSX
4 115 (16.24%) Hyper-V
4 115 (16.24%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (8.76%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (7.91%) Docker
7 40 (5.65%) NFS
8 31 (4.38%) Firmware
9 27 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (2.40%) KVM
11 16 (2.26%) GPFS
12 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
12 8 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.56%) vCloud
15 3 (0.42%) Ceph
15 3 (0.42%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.42%) Sendmail
15 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 123 (17.37%) Ansible
2 93 (13.14%) vCenter Server
3 91 (12.85%) Terraform
4 76 (10.73%) Kubernetes
5 60 (8.47%) SCCM
6 56 (7.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 54 (7.63%) vRealize
8 31 (4.38%) Grafana
9 27 (3.81%) Argo
10 25 (3.53%) VxRail
11 21 (2.97%) PowerCLI
11 21 (2.97%) vMotion
12 19 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (1.98%) Prometheus
15 13 (1.84%) FortiGate
15 13 (1.84%) Progress Chef
15 13 (1.84%) SCOM
16 11 (1.55%) WSUS
17 10 (1.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 708 (100.00%) VMware
2 172 (24.29%) Microsoft
3 145 (20.48%) Cisco
4 64 (9.04%) Red Hat
5 63 (8.90%) F5
6 62 (8.76%) Citrix
7 56 (7.91%) NetApp
8 45 (6.36%) Dell
8 45 (6.36%) IBM
9 40 (5.65%) ServiceNow
10 36 (5.08%) Palo Alto
10 36 (5.08%) Pure Storage
10 36 (5.08%) SolarWinds
11 35 (4.94%) Oracle
12 28 (3.95%) Commvault
13 25 (3.53%) Veeam
14 23 (3.25%) McAfee
15 21 (2.97%) Broadcom
16 20 (2.82%) Blue Coat
17 19 (2.68%) HP