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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 123 100
Rank change year-on-year -55 -23 +24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 591 660 959
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.05% 2.26%
As % of the System Software category 13.18% 17.29% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 403 611
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £405 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £520 £501
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +3.79% -4.57%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £613
90th Percentile £669 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 52
10th Percentile £31.74 £29.63 £40.64
25th Percentile £66.73 £41.00 £52.97
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -12.85% +1.51%
75th Percentile - £100.25 £76.77
90th Percentile £77.70 £112.00 £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £36.25 £66.62
% change year-on-year +93.10% -45.59% +2.50%

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 4,483 3,818 5,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.15% 11.83% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,015 2,478 3,535
10th Percentile £214 £200 £191
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £711 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £463
% change year-on-year +4.40% -1.62% +0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 91 214
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.15 £18.99
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.41 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +67.19% -44.57% +91.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £69.91
90th Percentile £89.85 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £32.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +92.31% -38.10% +162.50%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -46 529 £510 -1.55% 199
UK excluding London -21 420 £500 -4.76% 180
Work from Home -38 168 £525 +2.94% 74
South East -20 134 £500 -9.09% 69
Midlands +28 113 £415 -10.27% 29
London -96 107 £548 +9.50% 42
North of England -22 97 £425 -2.86% 40
West Midlands +20 93 £401 -27.22% 20
North West -6 66 £447 +5.12% 13
South West -38 57 £550 - 28
Yorkshire -16 44 £385 -14.44% 19
East of England 0 32 £475 +47.29% 9
East Midlands -14 20 £450 +20.00% 8
Scotland -8 9 £483 -8.10% 6
Wales -2 3 £550 +131.58% 4
North East -11 2 £513 - 12
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 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 37 (6.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.55%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.21%) Confluence
4 12 (2.03%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.18%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.85%) IIS
6 5 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) Traefik
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 175 (29.61%) Azure
2 144 (24.37%) AWS
3 57 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (7.78%) GCP
5 34 (5.75%) OpenShift
6 30 (5.08%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.23%) IaaS
8 23 (3.89%) Nutanix
9 21 (3.55%) GitHub
10 18 (3.05%) SaaS
11 14 (2.37%) Datadog
11 14 (2.37%) PaaS
12 10 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (1.18%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.68%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 186 (31.47%) DNS
2 155 (26.23%) Firewall
3 83 (14.04%) DHCP
4 65 (11.00%) TCP/IP
5 56 (9.48%) VPN
6 43 (7.28%) Network Security
6 43 (7.28%) VLAN
6 43 (7.28%) VSAN
7 39 (6.60%) SAN
8 36 (6.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 34 (5.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 28 (4.74%) WAN
11 24 (4.06%) LAN
12 22 (3.72%) DMZ
13 21 (3.55%) HTTP
13 21 (3.55%) NAS
14 19 (3.21%) Wireless
15 18 (3.05%) BGP
15 18 (3.05%) BIG-IP
16 17 (2.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.02%) Power BI
4 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.91%) Git
2 25 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.06%) JIRA
4 17 (2.88%) GitLab
5 11 (1.86%) Fiddler
6 10 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.35%) PVCS
7 8 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.18%) JMeter
8 7 (1.18%) JUnit
9 5 (0.85%) Subversion
10 4 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.51%) RStudio
12 2 (0.34%) Postman
13 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.17%) MSI
13 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 168 (28.43%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (9.98%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.63%) Finance
5 45 (7.61%) Banking
6 36 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.23%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.52%) Legal
11 8 (1.35%) Electronics
12 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.85%) Law
14 4 (0.68%) Military
14 4 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.51%) Police
15 3 (0.51%) Social Science
15 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (16.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 96 (16.24%) Architect
3 46 (7.78%) Analyst
4 35 (5.92%) Consultant
5 34 (5.75%) Senior
6 30 (5.08%) Network Engineer
6 30 (5.08%) VMware Engineer
7 29 (4.91%) Support Engineer
8 28 (4.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 27 (4.57%) Infrastructure Architect
10 26 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.89%) VMware Consultant
12 17 (2.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (2.71%) Administrator
13 16 (2.71%) Lead
13 16 (2.71%) Storage Analyst
14 15 (2.54%) Infrastructure Support
14 15 (2.54%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (2.54%) Operations Engineer
14 15 (2.54%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.37%) Flash
2 13 (2.20%) LDAP
3 9 (1.52%) REST
4 8 (1.35%) Kafka
5 7 (1.18%) Loki
5 7 (1.18%) Middleware
5 7 (1.18%) Spring
6 6 (1.02%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.02%) SAML
7 4 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.51%) .NET
8 3 (0.51%) OAuth
8 3 (0.51%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.51%) OpenID
8 3 (0.51%) Swagger
9 2 (0.34%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.34%) RESTful
10 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.17%) Keycloak
10 1 (0.17%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.03%) Data Centre
2 52 (8.80%) Replication
3 42 (7.11%) PKI
4 37 (6.26%) Management Information System
5 34 (5.75%) Cloud Native
6 30 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (4.91%) Linux Command Line
8 25 (4.23%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.71%) Clustering
10 14 (2.37%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.86%) SCADA
13 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.69%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.35%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
15 7 (1.18%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 240 (40.61%) Windows
2 197 (33.33%) Linux
3 137 (23.18%) Windows Server
4 44 (7.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (5.92%) Windows 10
6 19 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.54%) VMS
9 11 (1.86%) Mac OS
10 10 (1.69%) Solaris
11 9 (1.52%) Ubuntu
12 8 (1.35%) Unix
13 7 (1.18%) CentOS
14 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.51%) AIX
17 2 (0.34%) CatOS
17 2 (0.34%) zOS
18 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (20.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 112 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (14.72%) Agile
4 77 (13.03%) Migration
5 74 (12.52%) ITIL
6 73 (12.35%) CI/CD
7 69 (11.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 68 (11.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 64 (10.83%) DevOps
10 57 (9.64%) Load Balancing
11 52 (8.80%) High Availability
12 47 (7.95%) Containerisation
13 45 (7.61%) Service Management
14 40 (6.77%) Platform Engineering
15 39 (6.60%) Business Strategy
15 39 (6.60%) Data Protection
15 39 (6.60%) Network Virtualisation
16 36 (6.09%) Project Delivery
17 34 (5.75%) Zero Trust
18 33 (5.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 142 (24.03%) PowerShell
2 109 (18.44%) Python
3 79 (13.37%) Bash
4 33 (5.58%) SQL
5 16 (2.71%) Java
5 16 (2.71%) Perl
6 10 (1.69%) C
6 10 (1.69%) C++
6 10 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.18%) Embedded C
7 7 (1.18%) Embedded C++
7 7 (1.18%) Go
7 7 (1.18%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.68%) Bicep
9 3 (0.51%) C#
10 1 (0.17%) Korn
10 1 (0.17%) Rust
10 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 220 (37.23%) Security Cleared
2 154 (26.06%) SC Cleared
3 62 (10.49%) DV Cleared
4 44 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (7.28%) Degree
6 40 (6.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 34 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.74%) Azure Certification
9 25 (4.23%) CCNP
10 19 (3.21%) MCSE
11 16 (2.71%) AWS Certification
12 13 (2.20%) CCIE
12 13 (2.20%) CCNA
13 12 (2.03%) VCAP
14 11 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (1.86%) Server+ Certification
15 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (1.69%) MCSA
16 8 (1.35%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.06%) GDPR
2 15 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.35%) SLA
4 7 (1.18%) NIST
4 7 (1.18%) QA
5 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 173 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 120 (20.30%) vSphere
3 96 (16.24%) Hyper-V
4 93 (15.74%) VMware NSX
5 66 (11.17%) VMware ESXi
6 51 (8.63%) Docker
7 42 (7.11%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (4.57%) NFS
9 22 (3.72%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (2.37%) Firmware
10 14 (2.37%) GPFS
10 14 (2.37%) KVM
11 9 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.02%) Dovecot
12 6 (1.02%) Postfix
13 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.85%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.68%) Veritas File System
14 4 (0.68%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 4 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 105 (17.77%) Ansible
2 81 (13.71%) Terraform
3 65 (11.00%) vCenter Server
4 60 (10.15%) SCCM
5 56 (9.48%) Kubernetes
6 49 (8.29%) vRealize
7 41 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (3.21%) VxRail
9 17 (2.88%) Grafana
10 16 (2.71%) Argo
11 14 (2.37%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.37%) Prometheus
12 13 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (2.20%) WSUS
13 11 (1.86%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.69%) Puppet
15 9 (1.52%) SCOM
16 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
17 7 (1.18%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 591 (100.00%) VMware
2 168 (28.43%) Microsoft
3 133 (22.50%) Cisco
4 65 (11.00%) F5
5 56 (9.48%) Red Hat
6 52 (8.80%) Citrix
7 45 (7.61%) SolarWinds
8 43 (7.28%) NetApp
9 40 (6.77%) Veeam
10 38 (6.43%) IBM
11 37 (6.26%) ServiceNow
12 35 (5.92%) Oracle
13 31 (5.25%) Dell
14 27 (4.57%) Broadcom
15 24 (4.06%) Palo Alto
16 16 (2.71%) Commvault
16 16 (2.71%) Google
16 16 (2.71%) Splunk
17 15 (2.54%) HP
17 15 (2.54%) Juniper