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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 158 120
Rank change year-on-year -18 -38 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 764 546 830
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.50% 1.81% 1.91%
As % of the System Software category 15.35% 14.78% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 365 533
10th Percentile £325 £329 £299
25th Percentile £425 £445 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -6.05%
75th Percentile £588 £605 £590
90th Percentile £650 £675 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 31
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.08
25th Percentile £22.63 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £48.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -30.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £72.75 - £46.52
90th Percentile £74.00 - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -33.33%

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 4,978 3,693 4,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.78% 12.21% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,305 2,412 3,310
10th Percentile £213 £221 £205
25th Percentile £400 £384 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £607
90th Percentile £675 £694 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 85 224
10th Percentile £14.15 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% +15.80% -55.22%
75th Percentile £73.00 £66.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £90.40 £71.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £39.48 £26.00
% change year-on-year +29.20% +51.83% -34.34%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -24 663 £500 -9.09% 201
UK excluding London -26 527 £500 -9.09% 189
South East +4 183 £538 -6.52% 64
Work from Home -43 160 £500 -4.76% 72
London -36 155 £506 -3.57% 34
North of England -1 145 £459 +8.00% 34
Midlands -24 92 £450 -18.18% 36
North West -3 73 £453 +6.59% 24
Yorkshire -13 70 £488 +2.63% 7
West Midlands -25 70 £438 -33.41% 18
South West -57 58 £539 -6.30% 27
East of England -35 32 £475 -13.64% 24
Scotland -6 31 £450 -0.55% 4
East Midlands -1 22 £450 -18.18% 18
Wales -9 9 £550 +89.66% 9
North East -34 2 £588 +67.86% 3

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 41 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.70%) IIS
4 10 (1.31%) nginx
4 10 (1.31%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.92%) Confluence
6 6 (0.79%) Apache
6 6 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.52%) CICS
8 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (28.93%) Azure
2 133 (17.41%) AWS
3 52 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (6.28%) Entra ID
5 47 (6.15%) OpenShift
6 40 (5.24%) GCP
7 29 (3.80%) GitHub
8 27 (3.53%) Nutanix
9 21 (2.75%) IaaS
10 15 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.83%) PaaS
12 12 (1.57%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.44%) Rubrik
14 10 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (1.05%) SaaS
17 7 (0.92%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.92%) Cohesity
18 6 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (26.96%) DNS
2 148 (19.37%) Firewall
3 119 (15.58%) DHCP
4 83 (10.86%) SAN
5 72 (9.42%) WAN
6 70 (9.16%) VPN
7 67 (8.77%) VSAN
8 58 (7.59%) LAN
9 52 (6.81%) Network Security
10 47 (6.15%) TCP/IP
11 46 (6.02%) NAS
11 46 (6.02%) SSL
12 42 (5.50%) VLAN
13 31 (4.06%) HTTP
14 29 (3.80%) BGP
14 29 (3.80%) BIG-IP
15 27 (3.53%) Wireshark
16 26 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 25 (3.27%) Cisco ASA
17 25 (3.27%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.31%) Power BI
4 9 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.05%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.52%) DataStage
8 4 (0.52%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.39%) Big Data
9 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) GIS
9 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.26%) Redis
10 2 (0.26%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 32 (4.19%) Jenkins
1 32 (4.19%) JIRA
2 17 (2.23%) Fiddler
3 16 (2.09%) GitLab
4 13 (1.70%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.26%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.26%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.13%) GoCD
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) PVCS
7 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 160 (20.94%) Social Skills
2 55 (7.20%) Finance
3 52 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.68%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.58%) Banking
6 33 (4.32%) Legal
7 28 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 16 (2.09%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.31%) Police
11 9 (1.18%) Military
12 7 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.92%) Retail
13 6 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.79%) Law
13 6 (0.79%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.65%) Local Government
15 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 164 (21.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (12.17%) Architect
3 77 (10.08%) Senior
4 71 (9.29%) VMware Engineer
5 69 (9.03%) Network Engineer
6 41 (5.37%) Consultant
7 33 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 28 (3.66%) Lead
9 27 (3.53%) Infrastructure Architect
9 27 (3.53%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 27 (3.53%) VMware Consultant
10 26 (3.40%) Analyst
10 26 (3.40%) Storage Engineer
11 24 (3.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 22 (2.88%) Administrator
12 22 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (2.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (2.88%) Wintel Engineer
13 21 (2.75%) Platform Engineer
13 21 (2.75%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.09%) Flash
1 16 (2.09%) LDAP
2 11 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (1.31%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.31%) REST
4 8 (1.05%) Middleware
5 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.92%) SAML
6 6 (0.79%) .NET
6 6 (0.79%) Redfish
7 5 (0.65%) JSON
8 4 (0.52%) Java SE
8 4 (0.52%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.52%) XML
9 3 (0.39%) EJB
9 3 (0.39%) JSP
9 3 (0.39%) YAML
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth
10 2 (0.26%) OpenID
10 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 109 (14.27%) Data Centre
2 64 (8.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (7.33%) Replication
4 52 (6.81%) PKI
5 42 (5.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.45%) Clustering
7 33 (4.32%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.27%) Management Information System
9 24 (3.14%) Public Cloud
10 23 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (2.62%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.57%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.31%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.05%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 374 (48.95%) Windows
2 255 (33.38%) Windows Server
3 225 (29.45%) Linux
4 50 (6.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 48 (6.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (3.27%) VMS
6 25 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (2.49%) Data ONTAP
7 19 (2.49%) Windows 10
8 18 (2.36%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.36%) Unix
9 15 (1.96%) Solaris
10 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.05%) CentOS
12 8 (1.05%) CoreOS
13 6 (0.79%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.65%) AIX
15 4 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (27.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 160 (20.94%) Migration
3 115 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (13.87%) High Availability
5 102 (13.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 92 (12.04%) ITIL
7 85 (11.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 77 (10.08%) CI/CD
9 75 (9.82%) DevOps
10 72 (9.42%) Agile
11 68 (8.90%) Validation
12 65 (8.51%) Change Management
13 63 (8.25%) Capacity Planning
13 63 (8.25%) Network Virtualisation
14 61 (7.98%) Load Balancing
15 55 (7.20%) Data Protection
15 55 (7.20%) ITSM
16 52 (6.81%) Platform Engineering
17 51 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 50 (6.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 166 (21.73%) PowerShell
2 107 (14.01%) Python
3 58 (7.59%) Bash
4 36 (4.71%) SQL
5 9 (1.18%) Java
5 9 (1.18%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.65%) Bicep
7 5 (0.65%) Go
7 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.52%) C
8 4 (0.52%) COBOL
8 4 (0.52%) PHP
9 3 (0.39%) Perl
10 2 (0.26%) C#
10 2 (0.26%) C++
10 2 (0.26%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 322 (42.15%) Security Cleared
2 204 (26.70%) SC Cleared
3 133 (17.41%) DV Cleared
4 64 (8.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (5.63%) Degree
6 36 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (4.06%) VCAP
9 24 (3.14%) MCSE
10 22 (2.88%) CCNP
11 21 (2.75%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (2.23%) MCSA
14 16 (2.09%) CCNA
15 11 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
16 10 (1.31%) OCP
17 8 (1.05%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.92%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.40%) NIST
2 23 (3.01%) SLA
3 20 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.96%) NCSC
6 7 (0.92%) QA
7 6 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.39%) GDPR
11 2 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.26%) ISA99
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.26%) RMADS
12 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 231 (30.24%) Active Directory
2 186 (24.35%) VMware ESXi
3 182 (23.82%) vSphere
4 156 (20.42%) VMware NSX
5 155 (20.29%) Hyper-V
6 96 (12.57%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (5.24%) Docker
8 37 (4.84%) Firmware
9 36 (4.71%) NFS
10 35 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
11 30 (3.93%) KVM
12 12 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (1.44%) GPFS
13 11 (1.44%) vCloud
14 10 (1.31%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.79%) Ceph
16 6 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.65%) SRDF
18 4 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 151 (19.76%) Ansible
2 131 (17.15%) vCenter Server
3 87 (11.39%) Terraform
4 83 (10.86%) Kubernetes
5 45 (5.89%) SCCM
6 39 (5.10%) vRealize
7 37 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (3.80%) Grafana
8 29 (3.80%) SCOM
9 27 (3.53%) vMotion
10 20 (2.62%) Argo
10 20 (2.62%) PowerCLI
11 16 (2.09%) VxRail
12 15 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.96%) WSUS
13 14 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (1.83%) SnapMirror
14 13 (1.70%) EMC VPLEX
14 13 (1.70%) NetBackup
14 13 (1.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 764 (100.00%) VMware
2 196 (25.65%) Microsoft
3 153 (20.03%) Cisco
4 63 (8.25%) Citrix
5 59 (7.72%) NetApp
6 56 (7.33%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.15%) Dell
8 42 (5.50%) Oracle
9 41 (5.37%) F5
10 38 (4.97%) ServiceNow
11 35 (4.58%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.19%) Pure Storage
13 29 (3.80%) Juniper
13 29 (3.80%) Veeam
14 26 (3.40%) IBM
14 26 (3.40%) SolarWinds
15 23 (3.01%) CheckPoint
16 21 (2.75%) Commvault
17 20 (2.62%) McAfee
18 19 (2.49%) Fortinet