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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 188 107
Rank change year-on-year +18 -81 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 858 494 834
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.50% 2.14%
As % of the System Software category 16.27% 12.93% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 309 529
10th Percentile £325 £350 £313
25th Percentile £434 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +5.26% -0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £663 £650 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 2 11
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.40
25th Percentile £29.00 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +117.71% -19.81% -42.60%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £60.63
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.24 £28.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +133.00% -44.00% -13.78%

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 5,272 3,821 4,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 11.60% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,476 2,438 3,079
10th Percentile £225 £231 £220
25th Percentile £400 £388 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £606
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 214 105 143
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.24 £14.06
25th Percentile £22.10 £18.13 £16.50
Median hourly rate £52.75 £32.77 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.97% +35.53% -49.75%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £59.28
90th Percentile £83.53 £91.50 £71.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -8.00% +140.38% +4.00%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +8 745 £515 -6.36% 306
UK excluding London -9 590 £514 -6.55% 228
South East +4 219 £538 -6.52% 92
London -16 184 £525 - 102
Work from Home -14 173 £500 -8.47% 118
North of England +2 148 £483 +10.78% 46
Midlands -16 89 £450 -18.18% 26
North West +6 78 £483 +13.65% 29
South West -29 74 £575 - 33
West Midlands -16 69 £450 -20.84% 15
Yorkshire -23 64 £500 +11.48% 8
East of England -17 38 £500 -9.09% 27
Scotland +6 34 £450 -3.12% 9
East Midlands -8 20 £450 -18.18% 11
Wales -1 12 £550 - 6
North East -38 6 £275 -56.00% 11

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 47 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.75%) Confluence
4 14 (1.63%) IIS
5 8 (0.93%) nginx
5 8 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.93%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.70%) JBoss
7 4 (0.47%) Apache
7 4 (0.47%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.35%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) 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 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 244 (28.44%) Azure
2 150 (17.48%) AWS
3 70 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (6.06%) Entra ID
5 45 (5.24%) OpenShift
6 44 (5.13%) GCP
7 35 (4.08%) GitHub
8 29 (3.38%) IaaS
9 22 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (2.33%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.33%) Power Platform
11 18 (2.10%) Rubrik
12 16 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (1.75%) OneDrive
13 15 (1.75%) PaaS
14 13 (1.52%) SaaS
15 9 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.05%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 265 (30.89%) DNS
2 176 (20.51%) Firewall
3 164 (19.11%) DHCP
4 91 (10.61%) TCP/IP
4 91 (10.61%) VSAN
5 77 (8.97%) VPN
6 69 (8.04%) SAN
7 64 (7.46%) VLAN
7 64 (7.46%) WAN
8 55 (6.41%) Network Security
9 50 (5.83%) LAN
9 50 (5.83%) SSL
10 38 (4.43%) NAS
11 34 (3.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 30 (3.50%) BGP
13 29 (3.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 28 (3.26%) BIG-IP
14 28 (3.26%) HTTP
15 26 (3.03%) Wireshark
16 20 (2.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (2.10%) Power BI
4 14 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (1.05%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.93%) Big Data
9 8 (0.93%) Oracle BI EE
10 5 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.58%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.58%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.58%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.35%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 40 (4.66%) JIRA
2 35 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.68%) GitLab
4 19 (2.21%) Git
5 16 (1.86%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.35%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.23%) MSI
8 2 (0.23%) PVCS
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Postman
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 195 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 83 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (8.39%) Finance
4 52 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.31%) Banking
6 35 (4.08%) Legal
7 31 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 17 (1.98%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.93%) Military
13 8 (0.93%) Retail
14 6 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.70%) Law
15 5 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.58%) Police
16 4 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 206 (24.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 118 (13.75%) Senior
3 91 (10.61%) VMware Engineer
4 82 (9.56%) Architect
5 74 (8.62%) Network Engineer
6 47 (5.48%) Support Engineer
7 43 (5.01%) Consultant
8 39 (4.55%) Lead
9 37 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.08%) Storage Engineer
11 33 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 33 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
11 33 (3.85%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 29 (3.38%) Administrator
13 28 (3.26%) VMware Consultant
14 25 (2.91%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 23 (2.68%) IT Engineer
15 23 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (2.56%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.86%) REST
2 14 (1.63%) Middleware
3 11 (1.28%) .NET
3 11 (1.28%) JSON
4 10 (1.17%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (1.17%) Flash
5 8 (0.93%) YAML
6 7 (0.82%) LDAP
6 7 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (0.70%) Redfish
8 5 (0.58%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.58%) JDBC
8 5 (0.58%) ODBC
8 5 (0.58%) XML
9 3 (0.35%) Kafka
9 3 (0.35%) NETCONF
9 3 (0.35%) SAML
10 2 (0.23%) Qt
10 2 (0.23%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 126 (14.69%) Data Centre
2 70 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 70 (8.16%) PKI
3 49 (5.71%) Enterprise Storage
4 48 (5.59%) Clustering
4 48 (5.59%) Replication
5 31 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.26%) Public Cloud
7 25 (2.91%) Cloud Native
8 24 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.33%) Private Cloud
10 19 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.40%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.28%) SCADA
13 10 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.93%) EMC VMAX
14 8 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 443 (51.63%) Windows
2 289 (33.68%) Windows Server
3 245 (28.55%) Linux
4 53 (6.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 49 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (3.85%) VMS
7 26 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (2.68%) Unix
9 18 (2.10%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.98%) Data ONTAP
11 15 (1.75%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (1.17%) Solaris
13 8 (0.93%) AIX
14 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.82%) CentOS
15 6 (0.70%) CoreOS
15 6 (0.70%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (31.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 168 (19.58%) Migration
3 151 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (14.92%) ITIL
5 119 (13.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 115 (13.40%) Disaster Recovery
7 113 (13.17%) High Availability
8 104 (12.12%) CI/CD
9 93 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
10 87 (10.14%) Change Management
11 85 (9.91%) DevOps
12 84 (9.79%) Network Virtualisation
13 80 (9.32%) Agile
13 80 (9.32%) Validation
14 79 (9.21%) ITSM
15 76 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 73 (8.51%) Platform Engineering
17 68 (7.93%) Service Management
17 68 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 67 (7.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 209 (24.36%) PowerShell
2 130 (15.15%) Python
3 90 (10.49%) Bash
4 54 (6.29%) SQL
5 23 (2.68%) Java
6 9 (1.05%) Go
7 7 (0.82%) Bicep
7 7 (0.82%) C
7 7 (0.82%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.70%) C#
8 6 (0.70%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.35%) C++
10 3 (0.35%) Lua
10 3 (0.35%) VB
10 3 (0.35%) VBScript
11 2 (0.23%) COBOL
11 2 (0.23%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.23%) Korn
11 2 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 402 (46.85%) Security Cleared
2 246 (28.67%) SC Cleared
3 185 (21.56%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 54 (6.29%) Degree
6 41 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (4.66%) VCAP
8 27 (3.15%) Azure Certification
9 26 (3.03%) MCSE
10 21 (2.45%) CCNP
11 20 (2.33%) CCNA
12 16 (1.86%) MCSA
13 15 (1.75%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.05%) Oracle Certification
17 8 (0.93%) OCP
18 7 (0.82%) A+ Certification
18 7 (0.82%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.03%) SLA
2 20 (2.33%) NIST
3 17 (1.98%) NCSC
3 17 (1.98%) QA
4 15 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.05%) GDPR
6 5 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
6 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.47%) GxP
8 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.23%) DICOM
9 2 (0.23%) ISA99
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.23%) RMADS
10 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 272 (31.70%) Active Directory
2 209 (24.36%) vSphere
3 195 (22.73%) VMware ESXi
4 180 (20.98%) Hyper-V
5 165 (19.23%) VMware NSX
6 95 (11.07%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (6.64%) Docker
8 38 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (3.73%) Firmware
10 22 (2.56%) NFS
11 21 (2.45%) KVM
12 10 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (1.05%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.05%) Ceph
14 7 (0.82%) GPFS
14 7 (0.82%) vCloud
15 6 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.58%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 180 (20.98%) Ansible
2 147 (17.13%) vCenter Server
3 124 (14.45%) Terraform
4 113 (13.17%) Kubernetes
5 50 (5.83%) SCOM
6 48 (5.59%) SCCM
7 34 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (3.96%) VxRail
8 33 (3.85%) vRealize
9 27 (3.15%) Grafana
10 23 (2.68%) Prometheus
11 22 (2.56%) NetBackup
12 21 (2.45%) Puppet
13 20 (2.33%) WSUS
14 16 (1.86%) PowerCLI
14 16 (1.86%) vMotion
15 15 (1.75%) Argo
15 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Clustering
16 13 (1.52%) Avamar
17 12 (1.40%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 858 (100.00%) VMware
2 242 (28.21%) Microsoft
3 143 (16.67%) Cisco
4 63 (7.34%) NetApp
5 61 (7.11%) Citrix
6 60 (6.99%) Red Hat
7 50 (5.83%) Dell
7 50 (5.83%) Oracle
8 45 (5.24%) F5
9 43 (5.01%) ServiceNow
10 37 (4.31%) Palo Alto
10 37 (4.31%) SolarWinds
11 32 (3.73%) Juniper
12 31 (3.61%) Veeam
13 26 (3.03%) IBM
14 24 (2.80%) Broadcom
15 19 (2.21%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.21%) McAfee
16 18 (2.10%) Splunk
17 17 (1.98%) Blue Coat