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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 150 131
Rank change year-on-year -21 -19 -24
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 743 557 772
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.90% 1.79%
As % of the System Software category 15.23% 15.30% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 377 492
10th Percentile £318 £313 £277
25th Percentile £423 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.89% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 2 32
10th Percentile £19.25 £31.70 £22.10
25th Percentile £46.00 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £68.85 £46.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +48.06% +15.53% -38.08%
75th Percentile £73.38 £55.75 £59.06
90th Percentile £74.18 £61.30 £87.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +150.00% -39.37% -26.70%

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 4,880 3,641 4,664
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.25% 12.42% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,285 2,482 3,192
10th Percentile £213 £214 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £590 £618 £600
90th Percentile £681 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £476 £460
% change year-on-year -0.11% +3.37% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 90 233
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.73 £15.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £27.97 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.49% +24.31% -58.33%
75th Percentile £74.00 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £91.50 £88.00 £79.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £28.50 £20.98
% change year-on-year +84.21% +35.88% -53.31%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -27 651 £500 -9.09% 249
UK excluding London -28 515 £500 -9.09% 222
South East +4 178 £525 -8.70% 90
Work from Home -22 168 £520 -0.95% 80
London -41 148 £525 -2.33% 51
North of England -6 132 £449 +12.25% 44
Midlands -25 100 £402 -26.91% 36
West Midlands -19 76 £371 -32.67% 26
North West -11 71 £449 +5.65% 21
Yorkshire -23 61 £420 +4.35% 18
South West -61 54 £550 -4.35% 26
East of England -11 44 £475 -2.31% 16
Scotland -4 26 £450 -3.07% 4
East Midlands -19 24 £436 -19.67% 10
Wales -18 5 £490 +68.97% 11
North East -22 2 £575 +64.29% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 43 (5.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.35%) Confluence
3 10 (1.35%) IIS
4 9 (1.21%) nginx
5 8 (1.08%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.54%) CICS
6 4 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Apache
7 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.88%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 200 (26.92%) Azure
2 132 (17.77%) AWS
3 55 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.73%) Entra ID
5 44 (5.92%) OpenShift
6 35 (4.71%) GCP
7 29 (3.90%) GitHub
8 26 (3.50%) IaaS
8 26 (3.50%) Nutanix
9 19 (2.56%) PaaS
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.21%) Datadog
11 9 (1.21%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.08%) Rubrik
13 7 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.81%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 196 (26.38%) DNS
2 163 (21.94%) Firewall
3 111 (14.94%) DHCP
4 74 (9.96%) VPN
5 73 (9.83%) SAN
6 65 (8.75%) VSAN
7 62 (8.34%) WAN
8 52 (7.00%) Network Security
9 51 (6.86%) LAN
10 49 (6.59%) TCP/IP
11 44 (5.92%) NAS
11 44 (5.92%) SSL
12 35 (4.71%) HTTP
13 34 (4.58%) BIG-IP
14 31 (4.17%) VLAN
15 30 (4.04%) Wireshark
16 28 (3.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (3.50%) BGP
18 24 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 22 (2.96%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.63%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.94%) Power BI
5 6 (0.81%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.54%) DataStage
8 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.40%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.40%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) GIS
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.90%) JIRA
3 19 (2.56%) Fiddler
4 16 (2.15%) Git
4 16 (2.15%) GitLab
5 8 (1.08%) PVCS
5 8 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) JMeter
7 3 (0.40%) JUnit
7 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.27%) MSI
8 2 (0.27%) RStudio
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) GoCD
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
General
1 149 (20.05%) Social Skills
2 59 (7.94%) Public Sector
3 55 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (7.40%) Finance
4 40 (5.38%) Banking
5 29 (3.90%) Legal
6 26 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.96%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.35%) Military
8 10 (1.35%) Police
8 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.08%) Electronics
9 8 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.67%) Law
11 5 (0.67%) Local Government
11 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 144 (19.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (13.19%) Architect
3 74 (9.96%) Senior
4 63 (8.48%) Network Engineer
4 63 (8.48%) VMware Engineer
5 42 (5.65%) Analyst
6 35 (4.71%) Consultant
7 32 (4.31%) Lead
8 30 (4.04%) Infrastructure Architect
9 23 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (3.10%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 23 (3.10%) VMware Architect
9 23 (3.10%) VMware Consultant
10 22 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (2.96%) Wintel Engineer
11 21 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (2.83%) Storage Engineer
11 21 (2.83%) Support Engineer
12 19 (2.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 19 (2.56%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.69%) LDAP
2 18 (2.42%) Flash
3 12 (1.62%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.35%) SAML
5 9 (1.21%) Middleware
6 7 (0.94%) REST
7 6 (0.81%) Kafka
8 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.54%) XML
10 3 (0.40%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.40%) EJB
10 3 (0.40%) JSP
10 3 (0.40%) Keycloak
10 3 (0.40%) Spring
11 2 (0.27%) Hibernate
11 2 (0.27%) Java SE
11 2 (0.27%) JSON
11 2 (0.27%) OAuth
11 2 (0.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.52%) Data Centre
2 68 (9.15%) Replication
3 52 (7.00%) PKI
4 50 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (5.92%) Cloud Native
6 36 (4.85%) Clustering
7 32 (4.31%) Enterprise Storage
8 26 (3.50%) Management Information System
8 26 (3.50%) Private Cloud
9 24 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
10 21 (2.83%) Public Cloud
11 18 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.75%) SCADA
14 12 (1.62%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.48%) Onboarding
16 10 (1.35%) Operational Technology
17 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
18 8 (1.08%) Security Posture
18 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 339 (45.63%) Windows
2 229 (30.82%) Windows Server
3 222 (29.88%) Linux
4 48 (6.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 48 (6.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 31 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (3.50%) VMS
7 21 (2.83%) Windows 10
8 19 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (2.42%) Data ONTAP
10 17 (2.29%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.88%) Solaris
12 12 (1.62%) Unix
13 10 (1.35%) Mac OS
14 8 (1.08%) CoreOS
15 7 (0.94%) CentOS
15 7 (0.94%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.54%) AIX
16 4 (0.54%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 138 (18.57%) Migration
3 117 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (13.46%) High Availability
5 97 (13.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 85 (11.44%) ITIL
7 83 (11.17%) Agile
8 76 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 74 (9.96%) CI/CD
10 72 (9.69%) DevOps
11 67 (9.02%) Capacity Planning
11 67 (9.02%) Network Virtualisation
12 64 (8.61%) Load Balancing
13 62 (8.34%) Platform Engineering
14 54 (7.27%) Data Protection
15 53 (7.13%) Change Management
16 48 (6.46%) Containerisation
17 44 (5.92%) Roadmaps
18 43 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (5.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 165 (22.21%) PowerShell
2 98 (13.19%) Python
3 59 (7.94%) Bash
4 33 (4.44%) SQL
5 11 (1.48%) C
5 11 (1.48%) Java
6 9 (1.21%) C++
6 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.94%) Embedded C
7 7 (0.94%) Embedded C++
8 6 (0.81%) Bicep
9 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.54%) COBOL
10 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.54%) Perl
10 4 (0.54%) PHP
11 3 (0.40%) C#
11 3 (0.40%) Go
12 2 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 297 (39.97%) Security Cleared
2 194 (26.11%) SC Cleared
3 115 (15.48%) DV Cleared
4 60 (8.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 38 (5.11%) Degree
6 37 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (4.17%) VCAP
8 25 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (3.10%) MCSE
10 20 (2.69%) Azure Certification
11 18 (2.42%) MCSA
12 16 (2.15%) CCNP
13 13 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.35%) OCP
15 8 (1.08%) CCNA
16 7 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.56%) NIST
2 19 (2.56%) SLA
3 16 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.75%) NCSC
5 8 (1.08%) GDPR
6 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.40%) QA
8 2 (0.27%) DICOM
8 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.27%) ISA99
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.27%) RMADS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 219 (29.48%) Active Directory
2 166 (22.34%) vSphere
3 159 (21.40%) VMware NSX
4 145 (19.52%) VMware ESXi
5 143 (19.25%) Hyper-V
6 89 (11.98%) Virtual Machines
7 47 (6.33%) Docker
8 38 (5.11%) NFS
9 34 (4.58%) Firmware
10 27 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
11 25 (3.36%) KVM
12 13 (1.75%) GPFS
13 11 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.21%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.81%) vCloud
16 5 (0.67%) Ceph
16 5 (0.67%) XenDesktop
17 4 (0.54%) XenApp
18 3 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 138 (18.57%) Ansible
2 106 (14.27%) vCenter Server
3 84 (11.31%) Terraform
4 76 (10.23%) Kubernetes
5 54 (7.27%) SCCM
6 50 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 45 (6.06%) vRealize
8 27 (3.63%) Grafana
9 23 (3.10%) vMotion
10 21 (2.83%) Argo
11 20 (2.69%) PowerCLI
12 19 (2.56%) VxRail
13 18 (2.42%) SCOM
13 18 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
14 17 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 17 (2.29%) WSUS
15 13 (1.75%) SnapMirror
16 12 (1.62%) Progress Chef
16 12 (1.62%) Puppet
17 11 (1.48%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 743 (100.00%) VMware
2 195 (26.24%) Microsoft
3 147 (19.78%) Cisco
4 67 (9.02%) Citrix
5 62 (8.34%) NetApp
6 52 (7.00%) Red Hat
7 50 (6.73%) F5
8 41 (5.52%) Dell
9 40 (5.38%) Oracle
10 39 (5.25%) IBM
11 37 (4.98%) ServiceNow
12 33 (4.44%) Palo Alto
13 32 (4.31%) Pure Storage
14 29 (3.90%) Veeam
15 23 (3.10%) Broadcom
15 23 (3.10%) CheckPoint
15 23 (3.10%) Commvault
15 23 (3.10%) McAfee
15 23 (3.10%) SolarWinds
16 19 (2.56%) Blue Coat