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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 180 117
Rank change year-on-year +11 -63 -26
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 914 506 762
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.56% 2.00%
As % of the System Software category 16.91% 13.10% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 329 461
10th Percentile £325 £266 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £588
90th Percentile £703 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 3 12
10th Percentile £19.25 £24.40 £21.37
25th Percentile £33.70 £26.50 £23.45
Median hourly rate £68.00 £30.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +126.67% +0.06% -54.56%
75th Percentile £88.74 £48.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £59.80 £105.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% +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 5,404 3,863 4,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 11.89% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,540 2,432 2,906
10th Percentile £221 £214 £213
25th Percentile £400 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £680 £669 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 117 110
10th Percentile £15.95 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.81
Median hourly rate £63.14 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.69% +23.64% -45.00%
75th Percentile £74.83 £80.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £92.11 £90.60 £81.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.25 £28.75
% change year-on-year +1.17% +123.48% -28.13%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +5 801 £525 -4.55% 579
UK excluding London -4 640 £518 -5.91% 447
South East -10 199 £538 -2.27% 131
London -5 195 £525 +5.00% 147
North of England +14 178 £482 +13.29% 81
Work from Home -25 175 £501 +0.20% 233
Midlands -18 94 £450 -18.18% 79
North West +1 85 £459 +4.91% 47
Yorkshire -16 77 £525 +27.27% 22
South West -23 77 £638 +14.86% 61
West Midlands -21 69 £450 -21.36% 55
East of England -6 61 £550 - 59
Scotland +1 40 £425 -22.73% 34
East Midlands -7 25 £425 -11.92% 24
North East -19 17 £400 - 12
Wales - 11 £550 - 6

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 49 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.19%) Confluence
3 20 (2.19%) IIS
4 13 (1.42%) CMS
5 9 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.77%) JBoss
6 7 (0.77%) nginx
6 7 (0.77%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.22%) Houdini
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) NUKE
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 242 (26.48%) Azure
2 132 (14.44%) AWS
3 84 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (6.89%) Entra ID
5 47 (5.14%) OpenShift
6 37 (4.05%) GCP
7 33 (3.61%) GitHub
8 29 (3.17%) IaaS
9 23 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.52%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.86%) Power Platform
12 15 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (1.64%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.64%) Rubrik
13 14 (1.53%) PaaS
14 13 (1.42%) SaaS
15 9 (0.98%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.88%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 277 (30.31%) DNS
2 176 (19.26%) DHCP
2 176 (19.26%) Firewall
3 96 (10.50%) TCP/IP
4 80 (8.75%) VSAN
5 71 (7.77%) VLAN
6 69 (7.55%) SAN
6 69 (7.55%) VPN
7 58 (6.35%) Network Security
8 56 (6.13%) WAN
9 47 (5.14%) LAN
10 41 (4.49%) SSL
11 39 (4.27%) NAS
12 31 (3.39%) HTTP
13 30 (3.28%) BGP
14 28 (3.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 27 (2.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 22 (2.41%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.30%) BIG-IP
18 19 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.86%) Power BI
4 11 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (0.98%) Big Data
6 9 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.77%) Oracle BI EE
8 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.22%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.22%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 43 (4.70%) JIRA
2 27 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.84%) Git
3 26 (2.84%) GitLab
4 12 (1.31%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.44%) CppUnit
6 4 (0.44%) PVCS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
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)
General
1 213 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 93 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
2 93 (10.18%) Finance
3 39 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
4 38 (4.16%) Public Sector
5 30 (3.28%) Banking
6 28 (3.06%) Legal
7 23 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 12 (1.31%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.88%) Law
13 7 (0.77%) Back Office
14 6 (0.66%) Retail
15 5 (0.55%) Military
15 5 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 222 (24.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (15.65%) Senior
3 99 (10.83%) VMware Engineer
4 84 (9.19%) Architect
5 59 (6.46%) Network Engineer
6 53 (5.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 52 (5.69%) Support Engineer
8 51 (5.58%) Cloud Engineer
9 45 (4.92%) Lead
10 44 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
11 36 (3.94%) Consultant
12 35 (3.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 35 (3.83%) Storage Engineer
13 34 (3.72%) Administrator
14 31 (3.39%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 26 (2.84%) VMware Consultant
16 25 (2.74%) Server Engineer
17 24 (2.63%) IT Engineer
18 23 (2.52%) Wintel Engineer
19 22 (2.41%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (13.57%) Terraform
2 26 (2.84%) REST
3 21 (2.30%) JSON
4 17 (1.86%) Kafka
5 15 (1.64%) Middleware
6 12 (1.31%) LDAP
6 12 (1.31%) XMPP
7 11 (1.20%) .NET
7 11 (1.20%) 802.1X
7 11 (1.20%) YAML
8 9 (0.98%) 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
11 5 (0.55%) XML
12 4 (0.44%) Flash
13 3 (0.33%) Java SE
13 3 (0.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 146 (15.97%) Data Centre
2 75 (8.21%) PKI
3 69 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (5.58%) Enterprise Storage
5 48 (5.25%) Private Cloud
6 45 (4.92%) Clustering
7 42 (4.60%) Replication
8 35 (3.83%) Onboarding
9 32 (3.50%) Management Information System
10 28 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (2.95%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
13 23 (2.52%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.86%) Operational Technology
16 16 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
17 14 (1.53%) Product Ownership
17 14 (1.53%) SCADA
18 12 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
19 10 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 494 (54.05%) Windows
2 332 (36.32%) Windows Server
3 246 (26.91%) Linux
4 50 (5.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (3.28%) VMS
7 28 (3.06%) Windows 10
8 26 (2.84%) Unix
9 22 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (1.64%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (1.42%) Data ONTAP
13 11 (1.20%) Solaris
14 10 (1.09%) AIX
15 9 (0.98%) CentOS
16 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
17 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.44%) SUSE
19 3 (0.33%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (33.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 175 (19.15%) ITIL
3 173 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (18.05%) Migration
5 152 (16.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 131 (14.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 124 (13.57%) Technical Leadership
8 116 (12.69%) CI/CD
9 109 (11.93%) Change Management
10 99 (10.83%) Platform Engineering
11 94 (10.28%) ITSM
12 93 (10.18%) Validation
13 92 (10.07%) High Availability
14 91 (9.96%) Root Cause Analysis
15 90 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (9.74%) Agile
17 86 (9.41%) DevOps
18 85 (9.30%) Project Delivery
18 85 (9.30%) Service Management
19 80 (8.75%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 223 (24.40%) PowerShell
2 135 (14.77%) Python
3 85 (9.30%) Bash
4 54 (5.91%) SQL
5 25 (2.74%) Java
6 9 (0.98%) C
6 9 (0.98%) Go
6 9 (0.98%) Perl
7 8 (0.88%) Bicep
8 7 (0.77%) C#
9 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) C++
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
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%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 443 (48.47%) Security Cleared
2 265 (28.99%) SC Cleared
3 197 (21.55%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 58 (6.35%) Degree
6 48 (5.25%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (4.38%) VCAP
9 29 (3.17%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.84%) CCNP
11 25 (2.74%) MCSE
12 21 (2.30%) CCNA
13 20 (2.19%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.75%) MCSA
15 12 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.88%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.84%) SLA
2 18 (1.97%) QA
3 17 (1.86%) NIST
4 15 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.31%) NCSC
6 8 (0.88%) GDPR
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.44%) GxP
8 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 311 (34.03%) Active Directory
2 221 (24.18%) vSphere
3 216 (23.63%) VMware ESXi
4 204 (22.32%) Hyper-V
5 144 (15.75%) VMware NSX
6 101 (11.05%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (6.56%) Docker
8 44 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
9 38 (4.16%) Firmware
10 22 (2.41%) NFS
11 19 (2.08%) KVM
12 18 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (1.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 9 (0.98%) XenApp
15 8 (0.88%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.77%) Ceph
16 7 (0.77%) oVirt
16 7 (0.77%) vCloud
17 6 (0.66%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 172 (18.82%) Ansible
2 150 (16.41%) vCenter Server
3 137 (14.99%) Kubernetes
4 63 (6.89%) SCOM
5 62 (6.78%) SCCM
6 43 (4.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (4.27%) VxRail
8 25 (2.74%) vRealize
9 23 (2.52%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.30%) Grafana
11 19 (2.08%) PowerCLI
12 18 (1.97%) Puppet
13 16 (1.75%) Cisco CUCM
13 16 (1.75%) NetBackup
13 16 (1.75%) WSUS
14 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Clustering
14 15 (1.64%) vMotion
15 14 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
16 13 (1.42%) Avamar
16 13 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 914 (100.00%) VMware
2 269 (29.43%) Microsoft
3 149 (16.30%) Cisco
4 66 (7.22%) Citrix
5 65 (7.11%) Red Hat
6 62 (6.78%) NetApp
7 57 (6.24%) Dell
8 45 (4.92%) Oracle
9 43 (4.70%) ServiceNow
9 43 (4.70%) SolarWinds
10 37 (4.05%) F5
11 33 (3.61%) Veeam
12 31 (3.39%) Palo Alto
13 28 (3.06%) Juniper
14 26 (2.84%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.52%) IBM
16 20 (2.19%) Broadcom
17 19 (2.08%) McAfee
17 19 (2.08%) Remedy
18 18 (1.97%) CyberArk