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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 172 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 -58 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 820 533 836
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.63% 2.05%
As % of the System Software category 15.74% 13.85% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 347 539
10th Percentile £350 £330 £310
25th Percentile £425 £435 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 2 17
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £27.50 £28.50 £22.40
Median hourly rate £56.57 £29.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +95.06% -19.81% -42.60%
75th Percentile £74.07 £29.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £29.80 £76.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £43.09
% change year-on-year +125.48% -35.02% -28.06%

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 5,211 3,847 4,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.87% 11.77% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,429 2,478 3,218
10th Percentile £221 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 103 182
10th Percentile £14.68 £13.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +34.98% -55.55%
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.60 £58.69
90th Percentile £82.05 £91.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.75 £57.50 £20.64
% change year-on-year -10.00% +178.55% -23.55%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -10 711 £513 -6.82% 203
UK excluding London -22 571 £513 -6.82% 184
South East +6 216 £538 -6.93% 61
London -39 167 £519 -1.19% 46
Work from Home -27 164 £500 -4.76% 72
North of England -1 141 £484 +17.33% 36
Midlands -14 92 £450 -18.18% 22
Yorkshire -18 71 £500 +11.11% 9
West Midlands -30 69 £450 -20.84% 11
North West -2 68 £476 +36.00% 24
South West -50 67 £550 -4.35% 32
East of England -23 34 £500 -9.09% 22
Scotland -3 31 £451 +2.39% 7
East Midlands -2 23 £450 -18.18% 11
Wales -5 13 £550 +22.22% 13
North East -38 2 £588 +62.07% 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 46 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.59%) IIS
4 10 (1.22%) Confluence
5 9 (1.10%) nginx
5 9 (1.10%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.85%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) CICS
9 3 (0.37%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.24%) Houdini
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.24%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 7 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 222 (27.07%) Azure
2 139 (16.95%) AWS
3 60 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.46%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.10%) OpenShift
6 38 (4.63%) GCP
7 34 (4.15%) GitHub
8 21 (2.56%) IaaS
9 19 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (2.32%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.71%) Rubrik
12 13 (1.59%) PaaS
12 13 (1.59%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.10%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (0.98%) SaaS
16 7 (0.85%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 231 (28.17%) DNS
2 161 (19.63%) Firewall
3 137 (16.71%) DHCP
4 81 (9.88%) VSAN
5 80 (9.76%) SAN
6 77 (9.39%) TCP/IP
7 69 (8.41%) VPN
8 66 (8.05%) WAN
9 55 (6.71%) VLAN
10 54 (6.59%) Network Security
11 51 (6.22%) LAN
12 48 (5.85%) SSL
13 47 (5.73%) NAS
14 30 (3.66%) BGP
15 29 (3.54%) HTTP
16 28 (3.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 28 (3.41%) Wireshark
17 25 (3.05%) BIG-IP
18 23 (2.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 22 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.34%) Power BI
5 8 (0.98%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.98%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.49%) Big Data
7 4 (0.49%) DataStage
7 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (4.51%) Jenkins
2 35 (4.27%) JIRA
3 18 (2.20%) Git
3 18 (2.20%) GitLab
4 16 (1.95%) Fiddler
5 3 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.24%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.24%) MSI
6 2 (0.24%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 182 (22.20%) Social Skills
2 65 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (7.80%) Finance
4 53 (6.46%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.51%) Banking
6 30 (3.66%) Legal
7 24 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.07%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.59%) Military
11 9 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.85%) Police
12 7 (0.85%) Retail
13 6 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.73%) Law
14 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.49%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 188 (22.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (11.95%) Senior
3 86 (10.49%) Architect
4 78 (9.51%) VMware Engineer
5 71 (8.66%) Network Engineer
6 44 (5.37%) Consultant
7 40 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 37 (4.51%) Lead
9 34 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
10 33 (4.02%) Storage Engineer
11 31 (3.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 30 (3.66%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 30 (3.66%) VMware Consultant
13 26 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (3.05%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 24 (2.93%) Administrator
16 23 (2.80%) Infrastructure Architect
17 21 (2.56%) Senior Network Engineer
18 19 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.46%) Flash
1 12 (1.46%) Middleware
1 12 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
2 11 (1.34%) REST
3 10 (1.22%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.22%) LDAP
4 9 (1.10%) .NET
4 9 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (0.73%) Redfish
6 5 (0.61%) JSON
6 5 (0.61%) YAML
7 4 (0.49%) XML
8 3 (0.37%) Java SE
8 3 (0.37%) JDBC
8 3 (0.37%) Kafka
8 3 (0.37%) ODBC
8 3 (0.37%) SAML
8 3 (0.37%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.24%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.24%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 114 (13.90%) Data Centre
2 66 (8.05%) PKI
3 63 (7.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (6.46%) Replication
5 47 (5.73%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.15%) Clustering
7 28 (3.41%) Cloud Native
7 28 (3.41%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.93%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (2.20%) Private Cloud
10 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.34%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.22%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.22%) SCADA
13 10 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 409 (49.88%) Windows
2 262 (31.95%) Windows Server
3 236 (28.78%) Linux
4 50 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (3.66%) VMS
7 26 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (2.56%) Unix
9 19 (2.32%) Data ONTAP
10 17 (2.07%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.07%) Windows 10
11 14 (1.71%) Solaris
12 12 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.98%) AIX
14 8 (0.98%) CoreOS
15 7 (0.85%) CentOS
16 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.49%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 160 (19.51%) Migration
3 131 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (14.15%) High Availability
5 105 (12.80%) Disaster Recovery
6 102 (12.44%) ITIL
7 99 (12.07%) CI/CD
8 98 (11.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 80 (9.76%) DevOps
9 80 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
10 77 (9.39%) Change Management
11 76 (9.27%) Validation
12 75 (9.15%) Technical Leadership
13 74 (9.02%) Agile
14 73 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (7.93%) Platform Engineering
16 62 (7.56%) Capacity Planning
16 62 (7.56%) ITSM
17 61 (7.44%) Load Balancing
18 57 (6.95%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 183 (22.32%) PowerShell
2 128 (15.61%) Python
3 82 (10.00%) Bash
4 41 (5.00%) SQL
5 21 (2.56%) Java
6 8 (0.98%) Go
6 8 (0.98%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.61%) Bicep
8 5 (0.61%) C
8 5 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.49%) C#
9 4 (0.49%) COBOL
10 3 (0.37%) Lua
10 3 (0.37%) Perl
10 3 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.24%) VBScript
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 379 (46.22%) Security Cleared
2 227 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 177 (21.59%) DV Cleared
4 61 (7.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 46 (5.61%) Degree
6 36 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.27%) VCAP
8 23 (2.80%) MCSE
9 22 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.56%) CCNP
11 17 (2.07%) CCNA
12 15 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.83%) MCSA
13 13 (1.59%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.22%) OCP
16 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 7 (0.85%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.05%) NIST
2 23 (2.80%) SLA
3 18 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.83%) NCSC
6 8 (0.98%) QA
7 7 (0.85%) GDPR
8 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.37%) GxP
11 2 (0.24%) DICOM
11 2 (0.24%) ISA99
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.24%) RMADS
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
12 1 (0.12%) HL7
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 258 (31.46%) Active Directory
2 203 (24.76%) vSphere
3 194 (23.66%) VMware ESXi
4 162 (19.76%) VMware NSX
5 161 (19.63%) Hyper-V
6 94 (11.46%) Virtual Machines
7 54 (6.59%) Docker
8 39 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.27%) Firmware
10 32 (3.90%) NFS
11 28 (3.41%) KVM
12 11 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.98%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.85%) Ceph
14 7 (0.85%) GPFS
14 7 (0.85%) vCloud
15 6 (0.73%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.61%) SRDF
17 4 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 168 (20.49%) Ansible
2 147 (17.93%) vCenter Server
3 111 (13.54%) Terraform
4 109 (13.29%) Kubernetes
5 41 (5.00%) SCCM
6 40 (4.88%) SCOM
7 37 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (4.27%) vRealize
9 29 (3.54%) Grafana
10 28 (3.41%) VxRail
11 21 (2.56%) vMotion
12 20 (2.44%) Argo
12 20 (2.44%) Prometheus
13 18 (2.20%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.20%) Puppet
14 16 (1.95%) NetBackup
15 15 (1.83%) WSUS
16 14 (1.71%) SnapMirror
17 12 (1.46%) Avamar
17 12 (1.46%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 820 (100.00%) VMware
2 211 (25.73%) Microsoft
3 135 (16.46%) Cisco
4 63 (7.68%) NetApp
5 62 (7.56%) Red Hat
6 61 (7.44%) Citrix
7 50 (6.10%) Dell
8 40 (4.88%) Oracle
9 39 (4.76%) F5
10 35 (4.27%) SolarWinds
11 33 (4.02%) ServiceNow
12 32 (3.90%) Juniper
12 32 (3.90%) Palo Alto
13 30 (3.66%) Pure Storage
14 29 (3.54%) Veeam
15 25 (3.05%) IBM
16 24 (2.93%) Broadcom
17 20 (2.44%) Commvault
18 19 (2.32%) McAfee
18 19 (2.32%) Splunk