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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 187 108
Rank change year-on-year +17 -79 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 889 498 824
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.52% 2.12%
As % of the System Software category 16.68% 13.03% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 315 512
10th Percentile £321 £330 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £519
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +5.92% -1.10%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 3 9
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £21.56
25th Percentile £29.00 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +110.45% +26.05% -62.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £48.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £54.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £47.25 £36.17
% change year-on-year +41.80% +30.65% -39.73%

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 5,329 3,823 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 11.67% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,508 2,420 3,032
10th Percentile £220 £225 £220
25th Percentile £400 £387 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £494
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 111 136
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.06
25th Percentile £24.50 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% +25.05% -52.02%
75th Percentile £74.00 £79.35 £58.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £70.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -4.00% +156.67% -9.81%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +10 773 £520 -5.45% 176
UK excluding London -6 616 £515 -6.36% 159
South East -2 215 £538 -6.52% 53
London 0 191 £525 +2.44% 30
Work from Home -17 175 £510 -7.27% 71
North of England +6 165 £450 +5.88% 31
Midlands -11 95 £450 -20.00% 15
North West +9 90 £466 +9.53% 17
South West -33 78 £613 +6.52% 37
West Midlands -13 73 £450 -21.40% 11
Yorkshire -29 66 £500 +16.35% 7
East of England -19 39 £500 -9.09% 20
Scotland +7 37 £438 -20.45% 10
East Midlands -5 22 £425 -18.43% 4
Wales -4 11 £550 - 2
North East -34 9 £350 -44.00% 9

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 49 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.69%) Confluence
4 13 (1.46%) IIS
5 9 (1.01%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.79%) JBoss
6 7 (0.79%) nginx
6 7 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.45%) Apache
7 4 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.45%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Houdini
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 245 (27.56%) Azure
2 149 (16.76%) AWS
3 79 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (6.52%) Entra ID
5 43 (4.84%) OpenShift
6 42 (4.72%) GCP
7 36 (4.05%) GitHub
8 29 (3.26%) IaaS
9 23 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.36%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.14%) Power Platform
13 16 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (1.80%) Rubrik
14 15 (1.69%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.69%) PaaS
15 13 (1.46%) SaaS
16 9 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.01%) Azure Stack
17 8 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 278 (31.27%) DNS
2 184 (20.70%) Firewall
3 170 (19.12%) DHCP
4 91 (10.24%) VSAN
5 90 (10.12%) TCP/IP
6 76 (8.55%) VPN
7 67 (7.54%) SAN
8 66 (7.42%) VLAN
9 61 (6.86%) WAN
10 58 (6.52%) Network Security
11 48 (5.40%) LAN
11 48 (5.40%) SSL
12 40 (4.50%) NAS
13 36 (4.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 31 (3.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 30 (3.37%) BGP
16 29 (3.26%) BIG-IP
17 26 (2.92%) HTTP
18 25 (2.81%) Wireshark
19 19 (2.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.91%) Power BI
4 14 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.01%) Big Data
7 9 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.79%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.67%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.56%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.34%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 39 (4.39%) JIRA
2 31 (3.49%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.70%) GitLab
4 22 (2.47%) Git
5 15 (1.69%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.34%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.22%) MSI
8 2 (0.22%) PVCS
8 2 (0.22%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 204 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (9.00%) Finance
4 46 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 34 (3.82%) Banking
6 32 (3.60%) Legal
7 31 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.36%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.90%) Retail
14 7 (0.79%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.79%) Military
15 6 (0.67%) Law
16 5 (0.56%) Police
17 4 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 213 (23.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 127 (14.29%) Senior
3 99 (11.14%) VMware Engineer
4 81 (9.11%) Architect
5 71 (7.99%) Network Engineer
6 48 (5.40%) Support Engineer
7 44 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (4.50%) Consultant
8 40 (4.50%) Lead
8 40 (4.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
10 36 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 34 (3.82%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 34 (3.82%) Storage Engineer
12 32 (3.60%) Administrator
13 27 (3.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 26 (2.92%) VMware Consultant
15 25 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.70%) Server Engineer
17 23 (2.59%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (14.40%) Terraform
2 18 (2.02%) REST
3 14 (1.57%) Middleware
4 12 (1.35%) JSON
5 11 (1.24%) .NET
6 10 (1.12%) 802.1X
6 10 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (1.12%) YAML
7 9 (1.01%) Kafka
8 7 (0.79%) Flash
8 7 (0.79%) LDAP
9 6 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (0.67%) 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
1 134 (15.07%) Data Centre
2 70 (7.87%) PKI
3 69 (7.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (6.07%) Enterprise Storage
5 47 (5.29%) Clustering
6 46 (5.17%) Replication
7 33 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 31 (3.49%) Private Cloud
9 30 (3.37%) Public Cloud
10 29 (3.26%) Onboarding
11 26 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
12 24 (2.70%) Cloud Native
13 19 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.35%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.35%) Product Ownership
16 11 (1.24%) SCADA
17 9 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (1.01%) Virtual Team
18 7 (0.79%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 465 (52.31%) Windows
2 308 (34.65%) Windows Server
3 255 (28.68%) Linux
4 49 (5.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 47 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (3.37%) VMS
7 23 (2.59%) Unix
7 23 (2.59%) Windows 10
7 23 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (2.14%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (1.46%) Data ONTAP
12 9 (1.01%) CentOS
12 9 (1.01%) Solaris
13 8 (0.90%) AIX
14 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
15 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.45%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (32.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 165 (18.56%) Migration
3 162 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (16.99%) ITIL
5 139 (15.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 122 (13.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 111 (12.49%) CI/CD
8 108 (12.15%) High Availability
9 107 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
10 95 (10.69%) Change Management
11 91 (10.24%) DevOps
12 86 (9.67%) Platform Engineering
13 84 (9.45%) Agile
13 84 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 84 (9.45%) ITSM
13 84 (9.45%) Validation
14 83 (9.34%) Network Virtualisation
15 76 (8.55%) Service Management
16 75 (8.44%) Project Delivery
17 70 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 209 (23.51%) PowerShell
2 132 (14.85%) Python
3 93 (10.46%) Bash
4 55 (6.19%) SQL
5 24 (2.70%) Java
6 9 (1.01%) Go
7 7 (0.79%) Bicep
7 7 (0.79%) C
8 6 (0.67%) C#
8 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.45%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.45%) Perl
9 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.34%) C++
10 3 (0.34%) Lua
10 3 (0.34%) VB
10 3 (0.34%) VBScript
11 2 (0.22%) COBOL
11 2 (0.22%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 414 (46.57%) Security Cleared
2 251 (28.23%) SC Cleared
3 189 (21.26%) DV Cleared
4 65 (7.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 53 (5.96%) Degree
6 44 (4.95%) VCAP
7 40 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.37%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.81%) MCSE
11 20 (2.25%) CCNP
12 19 (2.14%) CCNA
13 16 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.80%) MCSA
14 14 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.79%) A+ Certification
16 7 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.79%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.81%) SLA
2 19 (2.14%) NIST
3 17 (1.91%) NCSC
3 17 (1.91%) QA
4 16 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.01%) GDPR
7 5 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.45%) GxP
9 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.22%) DICOM
10 2 (0.22%) ISA99
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.22%) RMADS
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) HL7
System Software
1 283 (31.83%) Active Directory
2 214 (24.07%) vSphere
3 202 (22.72%) VMware ESXi
4 194 (21.82%) Hyper-V
5 165 (18.56%) VMware NSX
6 89 (10.01%) Virtual Machines
7 59 (6.64%) Docker
8 39 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (3.94%) Firmware
10 20 (2.25%) KVM
11 17 (1.91%) NFS
12 12 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.12%) Ceph
13 10 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.01%) BitLocker
15 8 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 7 (0.79%) vCloud
17 6 (0.67%) GPFS
17 6 (0.67%) XenApp
17 6 (0.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 183 (20.58%) Ansible
2 155 (17.44%) vCenter Server
3 125 (14.06%) Kubernetes
4 51 (5.74%) SCCM
4 51 (5.74%) SCOM
5 39 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 34 (3.82%) VxRail
7 32 (3.60%) vRealize
8 26 (2.92%) Grafana
9 23 (2.59%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.36%) NetBackup
11 19 (2.14%) PowerCLI
11 19 (2.14%) Puppet
11 19 (2.14%) WSUS
12 17 (1.91%) vMotion
13 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
14 14 (1.57%) Argo
15 13 (1.46%) Avamar
15 13 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
16 11 (1.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 889 (100.00%) VMware
2 250 (28.12%) Microsoft
3 148 (16.65%) Cisco
4 66 (7.42%) Citrix
5 64 (7.20%) NetApp
6 61 (6.86%) Red Hat
7 48 (5.40%) Dell
7 48 (5.40%) Oracle
8 46 (5.17%) F5
9 42 (4.72%) ServiceNow
10 38 (4.27%) Palo Alto
10 38 (4.27%) SolarWinds
11 31 (3.49%) Veeam
12 30 (3.37%) Juniper
13 24 (2.70%) Fortinet
13 24 (2.70%) IBM
14 21 (2.36%) Broadcom
15 19 (2.14%) CheckPoint
16 18 (2.02%) CyberArk
16 18 (2.02%) Splunk