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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 153 118
Rank change year-on-year -24 -35 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 776 553 819
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.80% 1.90%
As % of the System Software category 15.43% 14.79% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 369 528
10th Percentile £325 £329 £299
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -4.48%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 30
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% -36.74%
75th Percentile £72.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £71.63
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 5,030 3,738 4,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.79% 12.15% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,346 2,435 3,284
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £669 £692 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 88 220
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.62 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.86 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +82.14% +16.72% -55.03%
75th Percentile £73.00 £66.00 £59.20
90th Percentile £77.50 £89.58 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £48.16 £24.34
% change year-on-year +5.89% +97.87% -21.48%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -19 672 £500 -9.09% 233
UK excluding London -25 536 £500 -9.09% 213
South East -5 188 £531 -7.61% 63
Work from Home -35 160 £500 -4.76% 83
London -42 158 £500 -4.76% 52
North of England -9 145 £466 +9.65% 35
Midlands -16 95 £450 -18.18% 38
North West +4 73 £458 +7.65% 22
Yorkshire -16 70 £494 +3.95% 9
West Midlands -19 70 £438 -33.41% 21
South West -56 58 £539 -6.30% 38
Scotland 0 32 £450 -0.55% 7
East of England -28 31 £475 -13.64% 22
East Midlands -1 25 £450 -18.18% 17
Wales -8 10 £538 +85.34% 16
North East -35 2 £588 +67.86% 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 44 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.68%) IIS
4 10 (1.29%) nginx
4 10 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.90%) Confluence
6 6 (0.77%) Apache
6 6 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.52%) CICS
8 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (28.74%) Azure
2 133 (17.14%) AWS
3 55 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.44%) Entra ID
5 47 (6.06%) OpenShift
6 40 (5.15%) GCP
7 29 (3.74%) GitHub
8 27 (3.48%) Nutanix
9 21 (2.71%) IaaS
10 15 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.80%) PaaS
12 13 (1.68%) Rubrik
13 12 (1.55%) Power Platform
14 10 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (1.03%) SaaS
17 7 (0.90%) Azure Stack
18 6 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
18 6 (0.77%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 212 (27.32%) DNS
2 146 (18.81%) Firewall
3 123 (15.85%) DHCP
4 84 (10.82%) SAN
5 75 (9.66%) WAN
6 69 (8.89%) VPN
7 67 (8.63%) VSAN
8 60 (7.73%) LAN
9 53 (6.83%) Network Security
10 51 (6.57%) TCP/IP
11 47 (6.06%) NAS
11 47 (6.06%) SSL
12 43 (5.54%) VLAN
13 32 (4.12%) HTTP
14 29 (3.74%) BGP
14 29 (3.74%) BIG-IP
15 27 (3.48%) Wireshark
16 26 (3.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 25 (3.22%) Cisco ASA
17 25 (3.22%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (1.29%) Power BI
4 9 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.03%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.90%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.64%) 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 33 (4.25%) JIRA
2 32 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.19%) Fiddler
4 16 (2.06%) GitLab
5 15 (1.93%) Git
6 3 (0.39%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.26%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.26%) MSI
7 2 (0.26%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) GoCD
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) PVCS
8 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.13%) RStudio
General
1 166 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 55 (7.09%) Finance
3 52 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (6.70%) Public Sector
4 35 (4.51%) Banking
5 33 (4.25%) Legal
6 29 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.32%) Investment Banking
8 16 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.29%) Military
9 10 (1.29%) Police
10 7 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (0.90%) Retail
11 6 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.77%) Law
11 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.64%) Local Government
13 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 171 (22.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 92 (11.86%) Architect
3 78 (10.05%) Senior
4 72 (9.28%) VMware Engineer
5 69 (8.89%) Network Engineer
6 41 (5.28%) Consultant
7 35 (4.51%) Support Engineer
8 28 (3.61%) Lead
9 27 (3.48%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 27 (3.48%) Storage Engineer
9 27 (3.48%) VMware Consultant
10 26 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 26 (3.35%) Infrastructure Architect
11 25 (3.22%) Analyst
11 25 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (2.84%) Administrator
13 22 (2.84%) Virtualisation Engineer
13 22 (2.84%) Wintel Engineer
14 21 (2.71%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.06%) Flash
1 16 (2.06%) LDAP
2 11 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (1.29%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.29%) REST
4 8 (1.03%) Middleware
5 7 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (0.90%) SAML
6 6 (0.77%) .NET
6 6 (0.77%) Redfish
7 5 (0.64%) 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%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 108 (13.92%) Data Centre
2 64 (8.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (7.22%) Replication
4 54 (6.96%) PKI
5 42 (5.41%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.38%) Clustering
7 32 (4.12%) Cloud Native
8 26 (3.35%) Management Information System
9 24 (3.09%) Public Cloud
10 23 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (2.58%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.55%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.55%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.03%) EMC VMAX
16 8 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 382 (49.23%) Windows
2 258 (33.25%) Windows Server
3 227 (29.25%) Linux
4 50 (6.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 48 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (3.22%) VMS
8 19 (2.45%) Data ONTAP
8 19 (2.45%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.32%) Ubuntu
9 18 (2.32%) Unix
10 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (1.93%) Solaris
12 11 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.03%) CentOS
13 8 (1.03%) CoreOS
14 6 (0.77%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.64%) AIX
16 4 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (28.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 159 (20.49%) Migration
3 117 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (13.79%) High Availability
5 103 (13.27%) Disaster Recovery
6 96 (12.37%) ITIL
7 87 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (10.05%) CI/CD
9 76 (9.79%) DevOps
10 73 (9.41%) Agile
11 69 (8.89%) Validation
12 67 (8.63%) Change Management
13 64 (8.25%) Network Virtualisation
14 63 (8.12%) Capacity Planning
15 61 (7.86%) Load Balancing
16 58 (7.47%) ITSM
17 56 (7.22%) Data Protection
18 54 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
19 53 (6.83%) Platform Engineering
20 52 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 171 (22.04%) PowerShell
2 108 (13.92%) Python
3 61 (7.86%) Bash
4 36 (4.64%) SQL
5 11 (1.42%) Java
6 9 (1.16%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.64%) Bicep
8 5 (0.64%) Go
8 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.52%) C
9 4 (0.52%) COBOL
9 4 (0.52%) PHP
10 3 (0.39%) Perl
11 2 (0.26%) C#
11 2 (0.26%) C++
11 2 (0.26%) VBScript
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 333 (42.91%) Security Cleared
2 208 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 140 (18.04%) DV Cleared
4 64 (8.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (5.54%) Degree
6 37 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (3.99%) VCAP
9 26 (3.35%) MCSE
10 22 (2.84%) CCNP
11 21 (2.71%) Azure Certification
12 19 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.32%) MCSA
14 16 (2.06%) CCNA
15 11 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
16 10 (1.29%) OCP
17 8 (1.03%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.90%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.35%) NIST
2 24 (3.09%) SLA
3 20 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.93%) NCSC
6 7 (0.90%) QA
7 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.39%) GDPR
11 2 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
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%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 238 (30.67%) Active Directory
2 189 (24.36%) VMware ESXi
2 189 (24.36%) vSphere
3 157 (20.23%) VMware NSX
4 155 (19.97%) Hyper-V
5 95 (12.24%) Virtual Machines
6 40 (5.15%) Docker
7 38 (4.90%) NFS
8 36 (4.64%) Firmware
8 36 (4.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (3.61%) KVM
10 12 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
11 11 (1.42%) GPFS
11 11 (1.42%) vCloud
12 10 (1.29%) BitLocker
13 7 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
14 6 (0.77%) Ceph
14 6 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.64%) SRDF
16 4 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (19.59%) Ansible
2 135 (17.40%) vCenter Server
3 88 (11.34%) Terraform
4 86 (11.08%) Kubernetes
5 47 (6.06%) SCCM
6 40 (5.15%) vRealize
7 38 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 33 (4.25%) SCOM
9 29 (3.74%) Grafana
10 27 (3.48%) vMotion
11 20 (2.58%) Argo
11 20 (2.58%) PowerCLI
12 19 (2.45%) VxRail
13 15 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 15 (1.93%) NetBackup
13 15 (1.93%) Prometheus
13 15 (1.93%) Puppet
13 15 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.93%) WSUS
14 14 (1.80%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 776 (100.00%) VMware
2 205 (26.42%) Microsoft
3 152 (19.59%) Cisco
4 65 (8.38%) Citrix
5 61 (7.86%) NetApp
6 56 (7.22%) Red Hat
7 50 (6.44%) Dell
8 41 (5.28%) F5
8 41 (5.28%) Oracle
9 37 (4.77%) ServiceNow
10 34 (4.38%) Palo Alto
11 31 (3.99%) Pure Storage
12 30 (3.87%) Juniper
12 30 (3.87%) SolarWinds
13 28 (3.61%) Veeam
14 26 (3.35%) IBM
15 23 (2.96%) CheckPoint
16 21 (2.71%) Commvault
17 20 (2.58%) McAfee
18 19 (2.45%) Broadcom