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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 149 131
Rank change year-on-year -27 -18 -29
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 727 559 749
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.92% 1.76%
As % of the System Software category 15.15% 15.45% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 384 484
10th Percentile £318 £322 £272
25th Percentile £424 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 1 30
10th Percentile £19.25 - £22.28
25th Percentile £28.00 - £38.22
Median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +125.48% -30.43% -38.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £53.75
90th Percentile £74.00 - £80.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +150.00% -35.21% -30.30%

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 4,799 3,619 4,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.97% 12.41% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,221 2,448 3,170
10th Percentile £220 £213 £200
25th Percentile £400 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +2.45% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £607 £600
90th Percentile £680 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.16% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 87 230
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.44 £14.48
Median hourly rate £51.75 £28.41 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +82.15% +26.83% -58.52%
75th Percentile £71.00 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £79.45 £88.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £37.07 £19.18
% change year-on-year +37.57% +93.34% -59.42%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -36 629 £500 -9.09% 234
UK excluding London -23 509 £500 -9.09% 216
South East -7 179 £531 -7.61% 85
Work from Home -26 158 £500 -4.76% 93
London -60 135 £525 - 43
North of England -3 134 £450 +12.50% 43
Midlands -22 96 £402 -26.91% 36
West Midlands -15 74 £402 -27.04% 21
North West -9 71 £450 +11.38% 24
Yorkshire -17 61 £420 -11.58% 12
South West -63 52 £539 -6.30% 22
East of England -32 36 £475 -13.64% 15
Scotland -10 27 £450 -3.07% 7
East Midlands -21 22 £443 -18.38% 15
Wales -11 7 £600 +106.90% 10
North East -26 2 £575 +64.29% 8

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 38 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.79%) IIS
4 9 (1.24%) nginx
5 8 (1.10%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.83%) Confluence
7 5 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.69%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.55%) CICS
9 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.28%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.14%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 209 (28.75%) Azure
2 129 (17.74%) AWS
3 54 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.88%) Entra ID
5 43 (5.91%) OpenShift
6 36 (4.95%) GCP
7 27 (3.71%) IaaS
8 26 (3.58%) GitHub
9 24 (3.30%) Nutanix
10 19 (2.61%) PaaS
11 14 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (1.51%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (1.38%) Rubrik
14 8 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.96%) Datadog
16 6 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.83%) Azure Stack
16 6 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 197 (27.10%) DNS
2 156 (21.46%) Firewall
3 112 (15.41%) DHCP
4 76 (10.45%) VPN
5 72 (9.90%) SAN
6 65 (8.94%) VSAN
7 64 (8.80%) WAN
8 53 (7.29%) LAN
9 51 (7.02%) Network Security
10 46 (6.33%) TCP/IP
11 43 (5.91%) NAS
12 42 (5.78%) SSL
13 34 (4.68%) HTTP
14 33 (4.54%) BIG-IP
15 32 (4.40%) VLAN
16 29 (3.99%) Wireshark
17 26 (3.58%) BGP
18 24 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
19 23 (3.16%) Cisco ASA
20 22 (3.03%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (1.24%) Power BI
4 8 (1.10%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.55%) DataStage
8 3 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.41%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.41%) Redis
9 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.28%) GIS
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 28 (3.85%) JIRA
2 26 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.48%) Fiddler
4 17 (2.34%) GitLab
5 12 (1.65%) Git
6 6 (0.83%) PVCS
6 6 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.28%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.28%) MSI
9 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) GoCD
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) RStudio
General
1 144 (19.81%) Social Skills
2 54 (7.43%) Finance
3 53 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.23%) Banking
6 28 (3.85%) Legal
7 26 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.61%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.24%) Military
9 9 (1.24%) Police
10 8 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.83%) Electronics
11 6 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.69%) Law
12 5 (0.69%) Local Government
12 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.69%) Retail
13 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (19.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (12.93%) Architect
3 66 (9.08%) Network Engineer
4 64 (8.80%) Senior
5 61 (8.39%) VMware Engineer
6 38 (5.23%) Analyst
7 36 (4.95%) Consultant
8 30 (4.13%) Infrastructure Architect
8 30 (4.13%) Lead
9 25 (3.44%) Support Engineer
9 25 (3.44%) Wintel Engineer
10 24 (3.30%) VMware Architect
11 23 (3.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (3.16%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 23 (3.16%) VMware Consultant
12 22 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (3.03%) Storage Engineer
13 18 (2.48%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 18 (2.48%) IP Network Engineer
13 18 (2.48%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.89%) LDAP
2 19 (2.61%) Flash
3 11 (1.51%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (1.38%) SAML
5 9 (1.24%) Middleware
6 7 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.96%) REST
7 5 (0.69%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.55%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.55%) Redfish
8 4 (0.55%) XML
9 3 (0.41%) .NET
9 3 (0.41%) EJB
9 3 (0.41%) JSON
9 3 (0.41%) JSP
9 3 (0.41%) Kafka
9 3 (0.41%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.28%) OAuth
10 2 (0.28%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (13.20%) Data Centre
2 66 (9.08%) Replication
3 57 (7.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 43 (5.91%) PKI
5 38 (5.23%) Cloud Native
6 36 (4.95%) Clustering
7 34 (4.68%) Enterprise Storage
8 25 (3.44%) Private Cloud
9 24 (3.30%) Linux Command Line
10 23 (3.16%) Management Information System
11 21 (2.89%) Public Cloud
12 18 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.65%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.51%) Onboarding
16 9 (1.24%) SCADA
16 9 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 347 (47.73%) Windows
2 237 (32.60%) Windows Server
3 220 (30.26%) Linux
4 50 (6.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 50 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (3.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (3.16%) VMS
6 23 (3.16%) Windows 10
7 20 (2.75%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.48%) Data ONTAP
9 16 (2.20%) Unix
9 16 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.79%) Solaris
11 10 (1.38%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.10%) CentOS
13 8 (1.10%) CoreOS
14 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.69%) AIX
16 4 (0.55%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 138 (18.98%) Migration
3 107 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (13.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 100 (13.76%) High Availability
5 94 (12.93%) ITIL
6 76 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
7 74 (10.18%) Agile
8 70 (9.63%) DevOps
9 69 (9.49%) Capacity Planning
10 67 (9.22%) CI/CD
11 64 (8.80%) Network Virtualisation
12 62 (8.53%) Change Management
13 61 (8.39%) Load Balancing
14 56 (7.70%) Platform Engineering
15 52 (7.15%) Data Protection
16 51 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (6.74%) Validation
18 44 (6.05%) Containerisation
19 43 (5.91%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 161 (22.15%) PowerShell
2 93 (12.79%) Python
3 56 (7.70%) Bash
4 34 (4.68%) SQL
5 9 (1.24%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.10%) Bicep
6 8 (1.10%) C
6 8 (1.10%) Java
7 7 (0.96%) C++
8 6 (0.83%) Embedded C
8 6 (0.83%) Embedded C++
9 5 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.55%) C#
10 4 (0.55%) COBOL
10 4 (0.55%) Go
10 4 (0.55%) PHP
11 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 2 (0.28%) VBScript
13 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 290 (39.89%) Security Cleared
2 186 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 119 (16.37%) DV Cleared
4 53 (7.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 39 (5.36%) Degree
6 32 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (4.26%) VCAP
8 25 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (2.89%) MCSE
11 20 (2.75%) Azure Certification
12 17 (2.34%) CCNP
13 16 (2.20%) MCSA
14 11 (1.51%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.38%) CCNA
15 10 (1.38%) OCP
16 6 (0.83%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 6 (0.83%) RHCA
17 5 (0.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (3.03%) SLA
2 19 (2.61%) NIST
3 16 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.79%) NCSC
5 7 (0.96%) GDPR
6 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.41%) QA
8 2 (0.28%) DICOM
8 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.28%) ISA99
8 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.28%) RMADS
9 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 218 (29.99%) Active Directory
2 175 (24.07%) vSphere
3 156 (21.46%) VMware NSX
4 152 (20.91%) VMware ESXi
5 147 (20.22%) Hyper-V
6 90 (12.38%) Virtual Machines
7 43 (5.91%) Docker
8 39 (5.36%) NFS
9 35 (4.81%) Firmware
10 31 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (3.58%) KVM
12 14 (1.93%) GPFS
13 11 (1.51%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (1.24%) BitLocker
14 9 (1.24%) vCloud
15 6 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.69%) Ceph
16 5 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.69%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.41%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 132 (18.16%) Ansible
2 109 (14.99%) vCenter Server
3 78 (10.73%) Kubernetes
4 77 (10.59%) Terraform
5 50 (6.88%) SCCM
6 45 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 42 (5.78%) vRealize
8 28 (3.85%) Grafana
9 24 (3.30%) vMotion
10 23 (3.16%) SCOM
11 20 (2.75%) Argo
12 18 (2.48%) VxRail
13 17 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (2.34%) PowerCLI
13 17 (2.34%) WSUS
14 16 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
15 13 (1.79%) SnapMirror
16 12 (1.65%) Prometheus
16 12 (1.65%) Puppet
17 11 (1.51%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 727 (100.00%) VMware
2 192 (26.41%) Microsoft
3 144 (19.81%) Cisco
4 65 (8.94%) Citrix
5 60 (8.25%) NetApp
6 52 (7.15%) Red Hat
7 47 (6.46%) F5
8 41 (5.64%) Dell
9 38 (5.23%) Oracle
10 37 (5.09%) ServiceNow
11 36 (4.95%) IBM
12 33 (4.54%) Palo Alto
13 31 (4.26%) Pure Storage
14 29 (3.99%) Veeam
15 24 (3.30%) CheckPoint
15 24 (3.30%) Commvault
16 22 (3.03%) McAfee
16 22 (3.03%) SolarWinds
17 21 (2.89%) Juniper
18 20 (2.75%) Broadcom