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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 156 122
Rank change year-on-year -21 -34 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 751 550 821
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.85% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 15.25% 15.10% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 374 527
10th Percentile £325 £350 £300
25th Percentile £425 £454 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.37% -5.58%
75th Percentile £590 £613 £589
90th Percentile £650 £684 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 29
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 £70.75 - £46.86
90th Percentile £74.00 - £75.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.13
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.22% -33.13%

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 4,925 3,642 4,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 12.24% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,279 2,396 3,288
10th Percentile £220 £215 £205
25th Percentile £400 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £694 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 88 227
10th Percentile £15.22 £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% -55.68%
75th Percentile £73.00 £70.63 £60.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £91.50 £76.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.50 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.67% +36.36% -37.14%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -26 651 £500 -9.09% 185
UK excluding London -29 517 £500 -9.09% 186
South East +2 184 £538 -6.52% 54
Work from Home -29 159 £500 -4.76% 68
London -24 150 £525 - 28
North of England -11 140 £458 +7.65% 36
Midlands -21 88 £450 -18.18% 38
North West +3 72 £450 +5.88% 24
West Midlands -21 68 £425 -32.00% 22
Yorkshire -28 67 £485 +2.05% 8
South West -60 56 £539 -6.30% 23
East of England -35 33 £475 -13.64% 22
Scotland -6 31 £450 -0.55% 2
East Midlands -15 20 £450 -18.18% 16
Wales -11 7 £600 +106.90% 11
North East -40 1 £675 +92.86% 4

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 38 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.73%) IIS
4 10 (1.33%) nginx
4 10 (1.33%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.93%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.80%) Confluence
7 5 (0.67%) Apache
8 4 (0.53%) CICS
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.27%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (29.69%) Azure
2 135 (17.98%) AWS
3 52 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.26%) Entra ID
4 47 (6.26%) OpenShift
5 41 (5.46%) GCP
6 29 (3.86%) GitHub
7 28 (3.73%) Nutanix
8 23 (3.06%) IaaS
9 16 (2.13%) PaaS
10 14 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 11 (1.46%) Rubrik
13 10 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.93%) Azure Stack
15 7 (0.93%) Cohesity
16 6 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (27.43%) DNS
2 149 (19.84%) Firewall
3 123 (16.38%) DHCP
4 81 (10.79%) SAN
5 71 (9.45%) VPN
6 70 (9.32%) WAN
7 67 (8.92%) VSAN
8 55 (7.32%) LAN
9 53 (7.06%) Network Security
10 47 (6.26%) TCP/IP
11 46 (6.13%) NAS
11 46 (6.13%) SSL
12 39 (5.19%) VLAN
13 31 (4.13%) HTTP
14 29 (3.86%) BIG-IP
15 28 (3.73%) BGP
16 27 (3.60%) Wireshark
17 24 (3.20%) Cisco ASA
17 24 (3.20%) Cisco Nexus
17 24 (3.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.33%) Power BI
4 9 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.07%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.53%) DataStage
8 4 (0.53%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.40%) Big Data
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.40%) GIS
9 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.27%) Redis
10 2 (0.27%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.13%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.86%) JIRA
3 17 (2.26%) Fiddler
3 17 (2.26%) GitLab
4 14 (1.86%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.27%) MSI
6 2 (0.27%) PVCS
6 2 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.13%) GoCD
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 152 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 54 (7.19%) Finance
3 52 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.66%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.66%) Banking
6 32 (4.26%) Legal
7 29 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.40%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.73%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.33%) Police
11 9 (1.20%) Military
12 6 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.80%) Law
12 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.80%) Retail
13 5 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
14 3 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 159 (21.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 95 (12.65%) Architect
3 72 (9.59%) Senior
4 67 (8.92%) Network Engineer
4 67 (8.92%) VMware Engineer
5 40 (5.33%) Consultant
6 33 (4.39%) Support Engineer
7 29 (3.86%) Infrastructure Architect
8 27 (3.60%) Analyst
8 27 (3.60%) Lead
8 27 (3.60%) Senior VMware Engineer
8 27 (3.60%) Storage Engineer
9 26 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 26 (3.46%) VMware Consultant
10 22 (2.93%) Administrator
10 22 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (2.93%) VMware Architect
10 22 (2.93%) Wintel Engineer
11 21 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (2.53%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.26%) Flash
2 16 (2.13%) LDAP
3 11 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.46%) REST
4 8 (1.07%) 802.1X
4 8 (1.07%) Middleware
5 7 (0.93%) SAML
6 6 (0.80%) .NET
6 6 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.80%) Redfish
7 5 (0.67%) JSON
8 4 (0.53%) Java SE
8 4 (0.53%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.53%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) EJB
9 3 (0.40%) JSP
9 3 (0.40%) YAML
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
10 2 (0.27%) OpenID
10 2 (0.27%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.58%) Data Centre
2 61 (8.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (7.59%) Replication
4 51 (6.79%) PKI
5 40 (5.33%) Enterprise Storage
6 35 (4.66%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.66%) Clustering
7 25 (3.33%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.20%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.80%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.60%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
13 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.07%) EMC VMAX
14 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 368 (49.00%) Windows
2 248 (33.02%) Windows Server
3 223 (29.69%) Linux
4 49 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 48 (6.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 25 (3.33%) VMS
6 25 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (2.53%) Data ONTAP
8 18 (2.40%) Unix
8 18 (2.40%) Windows 10
9 17 (2.26%) Ubuntu
10 15 (2.00%) Solaris
11 14 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.07%) CoreOS
14 7 (0.93%) CentOS
14 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.67%) AIX
15 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
16 4 (0.53%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (27.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 154 (20.51%) Migration
3 112 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (13.72%) High Availability
5 101 (13.45%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (11.98%) ITIL
7 87 (11.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (10.39%) DevOps
9 77 (10.25%) CI/CD
10 71 (9.45%) Agile
11 64 (8.52%) Change Management
12 63 (8.39%) Capacity Planning
12 63 (8.39%) Network Virtualisation
13 62 (8.26%) Load Balancing
13 62 (8.26%) Validation
14 55 (7.32%) ITSM
15 53 (7.06%) Platform Engineering
16 52 (6.92%) Data Protection
17 50 (6.66%) Continuous Improvement
18 48 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.84%) PowerShell
2 107 (14.25%) Python
3 58 (7.72%) Bash
4 36 (4.79%) SQL
5 9 (1.20%) Java
5 9 (1.20%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.67%) Bicep
6 5 (0.67%) C
6 5 (0.67%) Go
6 5 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.53%) COBOL
7 4 (0.53%) PHP
8 3 (0.40%) C++
8 3 (0.40%) Perl
9 2 (0.27%) C#
9 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.27%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.27%) VBScript
10 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 309 (41.15%) Security Cleared
2 192 (25.57%) SC Cleared
3 131 (17.44%) DV Cleared
4 61 (8.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 40 (5.33%) Degree
6 34 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (4.13%) VCAP
9 22 (2.93%) MCSE
10 20 (2.66%) CCNP
11 19 (2.53%) Azure Certification
12 18 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (2.26%) MCSA
14 16 (2.13%) CCNA
15 11 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
16 10 (1.33%) OCP
17 7 (0.93%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 6 (0.80%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.80%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.33%) NIST
1 25 (3.33%) SLA
2 20 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.86%) NCSC
5 7 (0.93%) QA
6 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) DICOM
9 2 (0.27%) GDPR
9 2 (0.27%) ISA99
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.27%) RMADS
10 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 226 (30.09%) Active Directory
2 182 (24.23%) vSphere
3 180 (23.97%) VMware ESXi
4 158 (21.04%) VMware NSX
5 156 (20.77%) Hyper-V
6 96 (12.78%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (5.46%) Docker
8 37 (4.93%) Firmware
8 37 (4.93%) NFS
9 33 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 29 (3.86%) KVM
11 13 (1.73%) Microsoft App-V
12 12 (1.60%) GPFS
13 11 (1.46%) BitLocker
13 11 (1.46%) vCloud
14 7 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.80%) Ceph
15 6 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.67%) SRDF
17 4 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 149 (19.84%) Ansible
2 126 (16.78%) vCenter Server
3 86 (11.45%) Terraform
4 84 (11.19%) Kubernetes
5 44 (5.86%) SCCM
6 39 (5.19%) vRealize
7 38 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (3.86%) SCOM
9 28 (3.73%) Grafana
9 28 (3.73%) vMotion
10 20 (2.66%) Argo
10 20 (2.66%) PowerCLI
11 16 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.13%) VxRail
12 15 (2.00%) WSUS
13 14 (1.86%) Puppet
13 14 (1.86%) SnapMirror
14 13 (1.73%) EMC VPLEX
14 13 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
15 12 (1.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 751 (100.00%) VMware
2 191 (25.43%) Microsoft
3 149 (19.84%) Cisco
4 61 (8.12%) Citrix
5 57 (7.59%) NetApp
6 55 (7.32%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.26%) Dell
8 42 (5.59%) Oracle
9 41 (5.46%) F5
10 39 (5.19%) ServiceNow
11 34 (4.53%) Palo Alto
12 32 (4.26%) Pure Storage
13 28 (3.73%) IBM
14 27 (3.60%) Veeam
15 26 (3.46%) Juniper
16 25 (3.33%) SolarWinds
17 23 (3.06%) CheckPoint
18 20 (2.66%) Commvault
18 20 (2.66%) McAfee
19 18 (2.40%) Blue Coat