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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 189 117
Rank change year-on-year +24 -72 -25
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 930 510 767
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.55% 2.00%
As % of the System Software category 17.06% 12.95% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 333 460
10th Percentile £318 £263 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £596
90th Percentile £705 £650 £667
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.64% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 3 12
10th Percentile £19.25 £24.40 £21.37
25th Percentile £33.70 £26.50 £23.45
Median hourly rate £68.00 £30.00 £29.98
Median % change year-on-year +126.67% +0.06% -54.56%
75th Percentile £88.74 £48.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £59.80 £105.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.75 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% +195.56% -65.90%

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 5,451 3,938 4,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 11.93% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,574 2,483 2,906
10th Percentile £220 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £599 £588 £600
90th Percentile £680 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 121 108
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £18.04
Median hourly rate £63.14 £32.77 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.66% +19.16% -45.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £92.11 £90.00 £81.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £62.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +1.98% +107.50% -25.00%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +6 816 £525 -4.55% 597
UK excluding London +1 653 £519 -5.64% 441
South East -12 203 £538 -2.27% 132
London -16 198 £525 +5.00% 179
North of England +21 180 £480 +12.94% 80
Work from Home -21 180 £501 +0.20% 243
Midlands -16 97 £450 -18.18% 78
North West -5 83 £450 +2.86% 45
Yorkshire -7 81 £525 +27.27% 23
South West -28 77 £638 +14.86% 61
West Midlands -11 73 £450 -21.36% 54
East of England -6 64 £563 +2.27% 52
Scotland 0 41 £425 -22.73% 34
East Midlands -5 24 £438 -9.33% 24
North East -27 17 £400 - 12
Wales - 11 £550 - 6

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 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.26%) Confluence
4 20 (2.15%) IIS
5 13 (1.40%) CMS
6 9 (0.97%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.75%) JBoss
7 7 (0.75%) nginx
7 7 (0.75%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.43%) Apache
8 4 (0.43%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.43%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.32%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.22%) CICS
10 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.22%) Houdini
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) NUKE
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 243 (26.13%) Azure
2 129 (13.87%) AWS
3 87 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.20%) Entra ID
5 50 (5.38%) OpenShift
6 37 (3.98%) GCP
7 34 (3.66%) GitHub
8 28 (3.01%) IaaS
9 23 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.47%) Nutanix
10 20 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.83%) Power Platform
12 16 (1.72%) Rubrik
13 15 (1.61%) OneDrive
14 14 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.40%) PaaS
16 12 (1.29%) SaaS
17 8 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (0.86%) Azure Stack
17 8 (0.86%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 280 (30.11%) DNS
2 181 (19.46%) Firewall
3 176 (18.92%) DHCP
4 99 (10.65%) TCP/IP
5 79 (8.49%) VSAN
6 69 (7.42%) SAN
6 69 (7.42%) VLAN
6 69 (7.42%) VPN
7 60 (6.45%) Network Security
8 55 (5.91%) WAN
9 49 (5.27%) LAN
10 43 (4.62%) SSL
11 38 (4.09%) NAS
12 34 (3.66%) BGP
13 33 (3.55%) HTTP
14 28 (3.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 27 (2.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 22 (2.37%) Wireshark
17 21 (2.26%) BIG-IP
18 18 (1.94%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.83%) Power BI
4 11 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (0.97%) Big Data
6 9 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.75%) Oracle BI EE
8 6 (0.65%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.22%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.22%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 44 (4.73%) JIRA
2 27 (2.90%) Git
2 27 (2.90%) GitLab
2 27 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.29%) Fiddler
4 7 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.43%) CppUnit
5 4 (0.43%) PVCS
6 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.22%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.22%) MSI
7 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 221 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.43%) Finance
3 92 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
5 38 (4.09%) Public Sector
6 30 (3.23%) Banking
7 28 (3.01%) Legal
8 24 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.29%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.86%) Law
13 8 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.75%) Back Office
15 6 (0.65%) Police
15 6 (0.65%) Retail
16 5 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 226 (24.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 145 (15.59%) Senior
3 98 (10.54%) VMware Engineer
4 88 (9.46%) Architect
5 60 (6.45%) Network Engineer
6 56 (6.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (5.70%) Support Engineer
8 51 (5.48%) Cloud Engineer
9 47 (5.05%) Lead
10 45 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
11 38 (4.09%) Storage Engineer
12 37 (3.98%) Consultant
13 36 (3.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 34 (3.66%) Administrator
15 29 (3.12%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 26 (2.80%) VMware Consultant
17 24 (2.58%) IT Engineer
17 24 (2.58%) Server Engineer
18 23 (2.47%) Wintel Engineer
19 22 (2.37%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (13.76%) Terraform
2 27 (2.90%) REST
3 22 (2.37%) JSON
4 17 (1.83%) Kafka
5 15 (1.61%) Middleware
6 12 (1.29%) 802.1X
6 12 (1.29%) LDAP
6 12 (1.29%) XMPP
6 12 (1.29%) YAML
7 11 (1.18%) .NET
8 9 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.75%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.65%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.65%) Redfish
11 5 (0.54%) JDBC
11 5 (0.54%) ODBC
11 5 (0.54%) XML
12 4 (0.43%) Flash
13 3 (0.32%) Java SE
13 3 (0.32%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 154 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 76 (8.17%) PKI
3 70 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (5.48%) Enterprise Storage
5 49 (5.27%) Private Cloud
6 45 (4.84%) Clustering
7 41 (4.41%) Replication
8 34 (3.66%) Onboarding
9 32 (3.44%) Management Information System
10 29 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
11 28 (3.01%) Public Cloud
12 26 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
13 23 (2.47%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
15 17 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.83%) Operational Technology
16 14 (1.51%) Product Ownership
16 14 (1.51%) SCADA
17 12 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
18 9 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 501 (53.87%) Windows
2 336 (36.13%) Windows Server
3 250 (26.88%) Linux
4 51 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (3.01%) VMS
7 27 (2.90%) Unix
7 27 (2.90%) Windows 10
8 22 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (1.40%) Data ONTAP
11 13 (1.40%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.29%) Solaris
13 11 (1.18%) AIX
14 9 (0.97%) CentOS
15 8 (0.86%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.65%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
18 3 (0.32%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (33.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 179 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (19.14%) ITIL
4 169 (18.17%) Migration
5 159 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 130 (13.98%) Disaster Recovery
7 126 (13.55%) Technical Leadership
8 118 (12.69%) CI/CD
9 109 (11.72%) Change Management
10 100 (10.75%) Platform Engineering
11 94 (10.11%) ITSM
11 94 (10.11%) Validation
12 93 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 92 (9.89%) Project Delivery
14 91 (9.78%) High Availability
15 90 (9.68%) Agile
15 90 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
16 88 (9.46%) DevOps
16 88 (9.46%) Service Management
17 82 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 222 (23.87%) PowerShell
2 136 (14.62%) Python
3 83 (8.92%) Bash
4 54 (5.81%) SQL
5 25 (2.69%) Java
6 10 (1.08%) Perl
7 9 (0.97%) Bicep
7 9 (0.97%) C
7 9 (0.97%) Go
8 7 (0.75%) C#
9 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.43%) C++
10 4 (0.43%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.32%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.32%) Korn
11 3 (0.32%) Lua
11 3 (0.32%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 451 (48.49%) Security Cleared
2 268 (28.82%) SC Cleared
3 203 (21.83%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 59 (6.34%) Degree
6 51 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (4.30%) VCAP
9 29 (3.12%) CCNP
10 28 (3.01%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.69%) MCSE
12 23 (2.47%) CCNA
13 20 (2.15%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.72%) MCSA
15 12 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.86%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.69%) SLA
2 18 (1.94%) NIST
2 18 (1.94%) QA
3 15 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (1.29%) NCSC
5 8 (0.86%) GDPR
6 5 (0.54%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.43%) GxP
8 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 320 (34.41%) Active Directory
2 226 (24.30%) vSphere
3 218 (23.44%) VMware ESXi
4 207 (22.26%) Hyper-V
5 144 (15.48%) VMware NSX
6 96 (10.32%) Virtual Machines
7 62 (6.67%) Docker
8 44 (4.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 38 (4.09%) Firmware
10 22 (2.37%) NFS
11 19 (2.04%) KVM
11 19 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
12 12 (1.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 10 (1.08%) XenApp
14 9 (0.97%) XenDesktop
15 7 (0.75%) Ceph
15 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 7 (0.75%) oVirt
15 7 (0.75%) vCloud
16 6 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 171 (18.39%) Ansible
2 149 (16.02%) vCenter Server
3 139 (14.95%) Kubernetes
4 63 (6.77%) SCOM
5 62 (6.67%) SCCM
6 44 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (4.19%) VxRail
8 23 (2.47%) Prometheus
8 23 (2.47%) vRealize
9 21 (2.26%) Grafana
10 18 (1.94%) Puppet
11 17 (1.83%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.72%) Cisco CUCM
12 16 (1.72%) PowerCLI
13 14 (1.51%) Failover Clustering
13 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Clustering
13 14 (1.51%) WSUS
14 13 (1.40%) Avamar
14 13 (1.40%) Dell DRAC
14 13 (1.40%) vMotion
Vendors
1 930 (100.00%) VMware
2 276 (29.68%) Microsoft
3 156 (16.77%) Cisco
4 69 (7.42%) Red Hat
5 66 (7.10%) Citrix
6 64 (6.88%) NetApp
7 58 (6.24%) Dell
8 45 (4.84%) Oracle
8 45 (4.84%) SolarWinds
9 44 (4.73%) ServiceNow
10 37 (3.98%) F5
11 36 (3.87%) Veeam
12 32 (3.44%) Palo Alto
13 28 (3.01%) Juniper
14 26 (2.80%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.47%) IBM
16 21 (2.26%) Broadcom
17 20 (2.15%) Remedy
18 19 (2.04%) McAfee
19 18 (1.94%) CyberArk