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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 128 102
Rank change year-on-year -47 -26 +16
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 615 660 952
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.08% 2.19%
As % of the System Software category 13.38% 17.32% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 408 598
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £402 £384 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £605
90th Percentile £669 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 59
10th Percentile £33.93 £29.63 £34.50
25th Percentile £67.21 £41.00 £40.82
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £100.25 £76.53
90th Percentile £77.13 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £36.25 £65.98
% change year-on-year +93.10% -45.06% +1.51%

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 4,598 3,810 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.13% 12.02% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,134 2,459 3,529
10th Percentile £213 £200 £190
25th Percentile £400 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +2.24% -4.76%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £695 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 89 227
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.84 £21.25 £18.27
Median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.62% -42.00% +29.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £67.38
90th Percentile £90.68 £75.00 £80.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.50 £37.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year +56.00% -26.83% +132.95%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -45 545 £500 -4.76% 313
UK excluding London -23 439 £475 -9.52% 300
Work from Home -33 168 £500 -4.76% 103
South East -16 141 £500 -9.09% 104
London -97 111 £545 +9.00% 60
Midlands +5 107 £400 -33.33% 38
North of England -31 98 £429 +0.94% 57
West Midlands -2 84 £325 -46.46% 17
North West -15 69 £445 +4.71% 15
South West -33 66 £550 -0.18% 56
Yorkshire -24 40 £380 -15.56% 37
East of England -3 32 £475 +18.75% 26
East Midlands -13 23 £442 -1.89% 20
Scotland -1 16 £463 -11.90% 15
Wales -5 3 £550 +89.66% 9
North East -14 2 £513 +57.69% 8
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 5

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 33 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.09%) Confluence
4 12 (1.95%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.14%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.81%) IIS
6 5 (0.81%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.49%) nginx
8 3 (0.49%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.33%) CICS
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.16%) Apache
10 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Traefik
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (2.76%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 186 (30.24%) Azure
2 154 (25.04%) AWS
3 52 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (7.80%) GCP
5 35 (5.69%) OpenShift
6 34 (5.53%) Entra ID
7 28 (4.55%) Nutanix
8 27 (4.39%) IaaS
9 19 (3.09%) GitHub
10 17 (2.76%) PaaS
11 14 (2.28%) Datadog
12 8 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.14%) SaaS
14 6 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (0.98%) Power Platform
14 6 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 188 (30.57%) DNS
2 161 (26.18%) Firewall
3 91 (14.80%) DHCP
4 62 (10.08%) TCP/IP
4 62 (10.08%) VPN
5 47 (7.64%) Network Security
6 44 (7.15%) VSAN
7 42 (6.83%) VLAN
8 41 (6.67%) SAN
9 37 (6.02%) WAN
10 34 (5.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 34 (5.53%) LAN
11 32 (5.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 26 (4.23%) HTTP
13 24 (3.90%) BGP
14 23 (3.74%) BIG-IP
15 22 (3.58%) Wireless
16 21 (3.41%) SSL
17 19 (3.09%) DMZ
17 19 (3.09%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.98%) Power BI
4 5 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.33%) Redis
7 1 (0.16%) GIS
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.23%) Git
2 24 (3.90%) JIRA
3 23 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.60%) GitLab
5 12 (1.95%) Fiddler
6 11 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.30%) PVCS
7 8 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.14%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.14%) JMeter
8 7 (1.14%) JUnit
9 5 (0.81%) Subversion
10 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.65%) RStudio
10 4 (0.65%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.16%) GoCD
11 1 (0.16%) MSI
11 1 (0.16%) Postman
11 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 155 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 72 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (10.57%) Public Sector
4 50 (8.13%) Finance
5 43 (6.99%) Banking
6 40 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.90%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.28%) Legal
9 12 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.30%) Electronics
12 7 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.81%) Police
14 4 (0.65%) Military
14 4 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.65%) Social Science
15 3 (0.49%) Law
15 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 85 (13.82%) Architect
3 53 (8.62%) Analyst
4 36 (5.85%) Network Engineer
5 35 (5.69%) Senior
5 35 (5.69%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (5.20%) Consultant
7 30 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
7 30 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 29 (4.72%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 26 (4.23%) Infrastructure Architect
10 23 (3.74%) VMware Consultant
11 19 (3.09%) Storage Analyst
12 18 (2.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (2.93%) Wintel Engineer
13 17 (2.76%) Lead
13 17 (2.76%) Storage Engineer
14 16 (2.60%) Server Engineer
14 16 (2.60%) Windows Engineer
15 15 (2.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.25%) LDAP
2 17 (2.76%) Flash
3 10 (1.63%) REST
3 10 (1.63%) SAML
4 8 (1.30%) Kafka
5 7 (1.14%) Loki
5 7 (1.14%) Spring
6 6 (0.98%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.81%) Middleware
8 4 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.65%) OAuth
8 4 (0.65%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.65%) OpenID
9 3 (0.49%) Swagger
10 2 (0.33%) .NET
10 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.33%) RESTful
10 2 (0.33%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.16%) EJB
11 1 (0.16%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 83 (13.50%) Data Centre
2 60 (9.76%) Replication
3 46 (7.48%) PKI
4 36 (5.85%) Cloud Native
5 33 (5.37%) Management Information System
6 32 (5.20%) Linux Command Line
7 31 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 28 (4.55%) Private Cloud
9 22 (3.58%) Clustering
10 15 (2.44%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.63%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.63%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (1.30%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.30%) SCADA
15 7 (1.14%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.98%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 257 (41.79%) Windows
2 207 (33.66%) Linux
3 150 (24.39%) Windows Server
4 42 (6.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (5.69%) Windows 10
6 24 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (2.11%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.11%) VMS
10 11 (1.79%) Solaris
10 11 (1.79%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.30%) CentOS
11 8 (1.30%) Unix
12 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.65%) CatOS
15 3 (0.49%) AIX
16 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (21.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 115 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (16.10%) Agile
4 81 (13.17%) Migration
5 79 (12.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 77 (12.52%) CI/CD
7 76 (12.36%) ITIL
8 73 (11.87%) Infrastructure as Code
9 69 (11.22%) DevOps
10 58 (9.43%) High Availability
11 57 (9.27%) Load Balancing
12 49 (7.97%) Containerisation
13 47 (7.64%) Platform Engineering
14 45 (7.32%) Service Management
15 43 (6.99%) Data Protection
15 43 (6.99%) Network Virtualisation
16 38 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (6.18%) Project Delivery
16 38 (6.18%) Roadmaps
17 37 (6.02%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 156 (25.37%) PowerShell
2 113 (18.37%) Python
3 82 (13.33%) Bash
4 30 (4.88%) SQL
5 18 (2.93%) Perl
6 16 (2.60%) Java
7 12 (1.95%) C
8 11 (1.79%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.46%) C++
10 7 (1.14%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.14%) Embedded C++
10 7 (1.14%) Go
11 4 (0.65%) Bicep
11 4 (0.65%) C#
11 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Rust
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 233 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 162 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 68 (11.06%) DV Cleared
4 43 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (6.83%) Degree
6 35 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.55%) Azure Certification
8 26 (4.23%) CCNP
9 19 (3.09%) MCSE
10 17 (2.76%) VCAP
11 16 (2.60%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.28%) CCIE
13 13 (2.11%) CCNA
13 13 (2.11%) MCSA
14 12 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.79%) Server+ Certification
16 8 (1.30%) JNCIE
17 7 (1.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.58%) GDPR
2 18 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.63%) NIST
4 9 (1.46%) SLA
5 7 (1.14%) QA
6 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) NCSC
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 181 (29.43%) Active Directory
2 129 (20.98%) vSphere
3 109 (17.72%) VMware NSX
4 96 (15.61%) Hyper-V
5 77 (12.52%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (8.78%) Docker
7 47 (7.64%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (4.39%) NFS
9 24 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (2.76%) GPFS
11 15 (2.44%) Firmware
11 15 (2.44%) KVM
12 9 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.65%) vCloud
14 4 (0.65%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.65%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 108 (17.56%) Ansible
2 79 (12.85%) Terraform
3 73 (11.87%) vCenter Server
4 63 (10.24%) SCCM
5 59 (9.59%) Kubernetes
6 54 (8.78%) vRealize
7 45 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (3.58%) Grafana
8 22 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (3.25%) VxRail
10 17 (2.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.60%) Argo
12 14 (2.28%) FortiGate
12 14 (2.28%) Prometheus
13 13 (2.11%) WSUS
14 12 (1.95%) SCOM
15 11 (1.79%) Progress Chef
16 10 (1.63%) Puppet
17 9 (1.46%) vMotion
18 8 (1.30%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 615 (100.00%) VMware
2 166 (26.99%) Microsoft
3 158 (25.69%) Cisco
4 65 (10.57%) F5
5 57 (9.27%) Citrix
6 49 (7.97%) Red Hat
7 46 (7.48%) SolarWinds
8 42 (6.83%) IBM
9 41 (6.67%) NetApp
9 41 (6.67%) ServiceNow
10 38 (6.18%) Dell
10 38 (6.18%) Oracle
11 37 (6.02%) Veeam
12 29 (4.72%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.93%) Commvault
14 17 (2.76%) Juniper
15 16 (2.60%) Google
16 15 (2.44%) HP
17 14 (2.28%) CheckPoint
17 14 (2.28%) McAfee