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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 191 108
Rank change year-on-year +24 -83 -15
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 886 497 832
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.51% 2.15%
As % of the System Software category 16.63% 12.97% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 313 525
10th Percentile £325 £329 £321
25th Percentile £425 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -6.36% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 3 11
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £22.40
25th Percentile £29.00 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +110.45% -17.05% -42.60%
75th Percentile £74.00 £48.63 £60.63
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.24 £47.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +38.07% -5.50% -14.34%

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 5,327 3,833 4,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.96% 11.67% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,523 2,438 3,056
10th Percentile £220 £225 £220
25th Percentile £400 £384 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 108 142
10th Percentile £15.77 £13.75 £14.06
25th Percentile £22.71 £19.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.64 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +63.52% +39.10% -49.75%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £59.58
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £73.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.37 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -8.67% +136.36% +10.84%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +7 773 £519 -5.64% 238
UK excluding London -3 612 £515 -6.36% 200
South East -1 217 £538 -6.52% 83
London 0 190 £525 - 67
Work from Home -18 176 £500 -9.09% 85
North of England +12 162 £483 +13.65% 34
Midlands -17 92 £450 -18.18% 24
North West +19 85 £480 +12.94% 18
South West -29 79 £600 +4.35% 28
West Midlands -22 71 £450 -21.36% 17
Yorkshire -21 69 £500 +16.35% 7
East of England -15 40 £500 -9.09% 26
Scotland +4 34 £438 -5.81% 16
East Midlands -8 21 £450 -13.63% 7
Wales -5 11 £550 - 2
North East -32 8 £275 -56.00% 12

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 48 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.69%) Confluence
4 14 (1.58%) IIS
5 9 (1.02%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.90%) nginx
6 8 (0.90%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.79%) JBoss
8 4 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.45%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.23%) Houdini
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.23%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 248 (27.99%) Azure
2 150 (16.93%) AWS
3 77 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (6.32%) Entra ID
5 44 (4.97%) OpenShift
6 43 (4.85%) GCP
7 35 (3.95%) GitHub
8 30 (3.39%) IaaS
9 23 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.48%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (2.26%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.92%) Rubrik
13 16 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (1.81%) PaaS
14 15 (1.69%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.58%) SaaS
16 9 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.02%) Azure Stack
16 9 (1.02%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 276 (31.15%) DNS
2 184 (20.77%) Firewall
3 172 (19.41%) DHCP
4 95 (10.72%) VSAN
5 89 (10.05%) TCP/IP
6 78 (8.80%) VPN
7 70 (7.90%) SAN
8 66 (7.45%) VLAN
9 63 (7.11%) WAN
10 57 (6.43%) Network Security
11 49 (5.53%) SSL
12 48 (5.42%) LAN
13 39 (4.40%) NAS
14 35 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 30 (3.39%) BGP
15 30 (3.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 29 (3.27%) BIG-IP
17 27 (3.05%) HTTP
18 25 (2.82%) Wireshark
19 20 (2.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (2.03%) Power BI
4 14 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (1.02%) Big Data
8 9 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.90%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (0.68%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.56%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.56%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.34%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 40 (4.51%) JIRA
2 35 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.60%) GitLab
4 20 (2.26%) Git
5 15 (1.69%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.45%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.23%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.23%) MSI
9 2 (0.23%) PVCS
9 2 (0.23%) Subversion
10 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.11%) Postman
10 1 (0.11%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 203 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 87 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (9.03%) Finance
4 49 (5.53%) Public Sector
5 39 (4.40%) Banking
6 33 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (3.72%) Legal
7 21 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 16 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.90%) Retail
13 7 (0.79%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.79%) Military
13 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.68%) Law
15 5 (0.56%) Police
16 4 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 212 (23.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 124 (14.00%) Senior
3 96 (10.84%) VMware Engineer
4 82 (9.26%) Architect
5 72 (8.13%) Network Engineer
6 48 (5.42%) Support Engineer
7 41 (4.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 41 (4.63%) Consultant
8 40 (4.51%) Lead
9 38 (4.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
11 35 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 34 (3.84%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 34 (3.84%) Storage Engineer
13 30 (3.39%) Administrator
14 28 (3.16%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 27 (3.05%) VMware Consultant
16 25 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 24 (2.71%) Senior Network Engineer
18 23 (2.60%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (14.56%) Terraform
2 18 (2.03%) REST
3 14 (1.58%) Middleware
4 12 (1.35%) JSON
5 11 (1.24%) .NET
6 10 (1.13%) 802.1X
6 10 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (1.13%) Flash
7 9 (1.02%) YAML
8 7 (0.79%) Kafka
8 7 (0.79%) LDAP
9 6 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (0.68%) Redfish
10 5 (0.56%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.56%) JDBC
10 5 (0.56%) ODBC
10 5 (0.56%) XML
11 3 (0.34%) Java SE
11 3 (0.34%) NETCONF
11 3 (0.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (14.79%) Data Centre
2 72 (8.13%) PKI
3 71 (8.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (5.98%) Enterprise Storage
5 50 (5.64%) Clustering
6 46 (5.19%) Replication
7 31 (3.50%) Management Information System
8 29 (3.27%) Public Cloud
9 26 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
9 26 (2.93%) Onboarding
10 25 (2.82%) Private Cloud
11 24 (2.71%) Cloud Native
12 19 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.35%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.24%) SCADA
16 10 (1.13%) Product Ownership
16 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.13%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.90%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 463 (52.26%) Windows
2 305 (34.42%) Windows Server
3 254 (28.67%) Linux
4 51 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 51 (5.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (3.61%) VMS
6 26 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (2.71%) Unix
8 23 (2.60%) Windows 10
9 20 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.92%) Ubuntu
11 16 (1.81%) Data ONTAP
12 15 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (1.13%) Solaris
14 9 (1.02%) CentOS
15 8 (0.90%) AIX
16 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
17 6 (0.68%) Windows 7
18 5 (0.56%) CoreOS
19 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (31.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (18.74%) Migration
3 160 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
4 145 (16.37%) ITIL
5 133 (15.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 121 (13.66%) Disaster Recovery
7 112 (12.64%) High Availability
8 111 (12.53%) CI/CD
9 103 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
10 92 (10.38%) Change Management
11 90 (10.16%) DevOps
12 85 (9.59%) Agile
13 84 (9.48%) Network Virtualisation
14 83 (9.37%) ITSM
15 82 (9.26%) Validation
16 81 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (9.14%) Platform Engineering
17 74 (8.35%) Service Management
18 72 (8.13%) Project Delivery
19 68 (7.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (24.15%) PowerShell
2 132 (14.90%) Python
3 92 (10.38%) Bash
4 55 (6.21%) SQL
5 24 (2.71%) Java
6 9 (1.02%) Go
7 7 (0.79%) Bicep
7 7 (0.79%) C
7 7 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.68%) C#
8 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.45%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.34%) C++
10 3 (0.34%) Lua
10 3 (0.34%) VB
10 3 (0.34%) VBScript
11 2 (0.23%) COBOL
11 2 (0.23%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.23%) Korn
11 2 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 414 (46.73%) Security Cleared
2 254 (28.67%) SC Cleared
3 190 (21.44%) DV Cleared
4 68 (7.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (6.21%) Degree
6 44 (4.97%) VCAP
7 41 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (3.27%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.82%) MCSE
11 21 (2.37%) CCNP
12 20 (2.26%) CCNA
13 16 (1.81%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.81%) MCSA
14 14 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.79%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
16 7 (0.79%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.05%) SLA
2 19 (2.14%) NIST
3 17 (1.92%) QA
4 16 (1.81%) NCSC
5 15 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.02%) GDPR
8 5 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.45%) GxP
10 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) DICOM
11 2 (0.23%) ISA99
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.23%) RMADS
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 282 (31.83%) Active Directory
2 217 (24.49%) vSphere
3 204 (23.02%) VMware ESXi
4 188 (21.22%) Hyper-V
5 171 (19.30%) VMware NSX
6 93 (10.50%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (6.55%) Docker
8 39 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 34 (3.84%) Firmware
10 20 (2.26%) KVM
10 20 (2.26%) NFS
11 11 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.02%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.02%) Ceph
14 7 (0.79%) GPFS
14 7 (0.79%) vCloud
15 6 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 6 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 186 (20.99%) Ansible
2 155 (17.49%) vCenter Server
3 122 (13.77%) Kubernetes
4 52 (5.87%) SCCM
5 50 (5.64%) SCOM
6 39 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (3.95%) VxRail
8 33 (3.72%) vRealize
9 26 (2.93%) Grafana
10 23 (2.60%) Prometheus
11 22 (2.48%) NetBackup
11 22 (2.48%) Puppet
12 19 (2.14%) PowerCLI
12 19 (2.14%) WSUS
13 17 (1.92%) vMotion
14 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
15 14 (1.58%) Argo
16 13 (1.47%) Avamar
16 13 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
17 11 (1.24%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 886 (100.00%) VMware
2 252 (28.44%) Microsoft
3 148 (16.70%) Cisco
4 65 (7.34%) Citrix
4 65 (7.34%) NetApp
5 61 (6.88%) Red Hat
6 50 (5.64%) Dell
6 50 (5.64%) Oracle
7 46 (5.19%) F5
8 44 (4.97%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.29%) Palo Alto
10 37 (4.18%) SolarWinds
11 31 (3.50%) Veeam
12 30 (3.39%) Juniper
13 26 (2.93%) IBM
14 23 (2.60%) Broadcom
15 21 (2.37%) Fortinet
16 19 (2.14%) CheckPoint
17 18 (2.03%) CyberArk
17 18 (2.03%) McAfee