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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 184 117
Rank change year-on-year +19 -67 -26
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 903 510 771
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.55% 2.02%
As % of the System Software category 16.81% 13.11% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 332 472
10th Percentile £325 £267 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £588
90th Percentile £687 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 2 10
10th Percentile £19.25 £33.58 £20.94
25th Percentile £33.70 £38.94 £22.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £48.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +40.93% +102.73% -63.93%
75th Percentile £89.75 £57.94 £37.69
90th Percentile £95.05 £63.53 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.50 £66.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +6.02% +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 5,371 3,890 4,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 11.81% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,517 2,455 2,943
10th Percentile £220 £219 £213
25th Percentile £400 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £607
90th Percentile £675 £669 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 112 112
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.44
Median hourly rate £63.14 £33.39 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year +89.11% +37.10% -51.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £60.53
90th Percentile £92.11 £91.35 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -1.17% +136.36% -30.56%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +6 784 £520 -5.45% 678
UK excluding London -1 635 £515 -6.36% 478
South East -8 203 £538 -2.27% 128
London -23 188 £525 +5.00% 229
Work from Home -19 179 £501 +0.20% 245
North of England +5 177 £476 +10.38% 82
Midlands -10 96 £450 -18.18% 87
North West +9 86 £455 +3.89% 41
Yorkshire -16 77 £523 +26.67% 26
South West -33 76 £638 +12.83% 82
West Midlands -23 71 £450 -21.36% 57
East of England -6 50 £505 -8.18% 63
Scotland +7 44 £450 -18.18% 35
East Midlands -3 25 £425 -11.92% 30
North East -27 14 £400 -36.00% 16
Wales - 11 £550 - 7

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 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.21%) Confluence
3 20 (2.21%) IIS
4 9 (1.00%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.78%) JBoss
5 7 (0.78%) nginx
5 7 (0.78%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.44%) Apache
6 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
6 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.22%) CICS
8 2 (0.22%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (0.89%) 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 15 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 247 (27.35%) Azure
2 139 (15.39%) AWS
3 86 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (6.87%) Entra ID
5 45 (4.98%) OpenShift
6 40 (4.43%) GCP
7 35 (3.88%) GitHub
8 28 (3.10%) IaaS
9 23 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.44%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.99%) Power Platform
13 15 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (1.66%) OneDrive
14 13 (1.44%) PaaS
14 13 (1.44%) Rubrik
14 13 (1.44%) SaaS
15 9 (1.00%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.89%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 282 (31.23%) DNS
2 173 (19.16%) DHCP
3 172 (19.05%) Firewall
4 93 (10.30%) TCP/IP
5 85 (9.41%) VSAN
6 70 (7.75%) VLAN
7 69 (7.64%) SAN
7 69 (7.64%) VPN
8 54 (5.98%) WAN
9 53 (5.87%) Network Security
10 45 (4.98%) SSL
11 43 (4.76%) LAN
12 39 (4.32%) NAS
13 30 (3.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 30 (3.32%) HTTP
14 29 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 27 (2.99%) BGP
16 23 (2.55%) Wireshark
17 22 (2.44%) BIG-IP
18 18 (1.99%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.88%) Power BI
4 13 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.00%) Big Data
7 9 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.55%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.33%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 44 (4.87%) JIRA
2 31 (3.43%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.66%) Git
3 24 (2.66%) GitLab
4 13 (1.44%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.44%) CppUnit
6 4 (0.44%) PVCS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 214 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 89 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
2 89 (9.86%) Finance
3 42 (4.65%) Public Sector
4 36 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
5 30 (3.32%) Banking
6 29 (3.21%) Legal
7 21 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 13 (1.44%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.89%) Law
13 7 (0.78%) Retail
14 6 (0.66%) Back Office
15 5 (0.55%) Military
15 5 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 219 (24.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 142 (15.73%) Senior
3 99 (10.96%) VMware Engineer
4 82 (9.08%) Architect
5 60 (6.64%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 50 (5.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 50 (5.54%) Support Engineer
8 43 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
9 40 (4.43%) Lead
10 38 (4.21%) Consultant
11 34 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 34 (3.77%) Storage Engineer
12 33 (3.65%) Administrator
13 31 (3.43%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 26 (2.88%) VMware Consultant
15 25 (2.77%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 24 (2.66%) IT Engineer
16 24 (2.66%) Server Engineer
17 22 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (14.29%) Terraform
2 24 (2.66%) REST
3 19 (2.10%) JSON
4 16 (1.77%) Kafka
5 14 (1.55%) Middleware
6 13 (1.44%) LDAP
7 12 (1.33%) .NET
8 11 (1.22%) 802.1X
9 9 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (1.00%) YAML
10 7 (0.78%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.66%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.66%) Redfish
12 5 (0.55%) JDBC
12 5 (0.55%) ODBC
12 5 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (0.55%) XML
13 4 (0.44%) Flash
14 3 (0.33%) Java SE
14 3 (0.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 143 (15.84%) Data Centre
2 75 (8.31%) PKI
3 74 (8.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (5.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 44 (4.87%) Private Cloud
6 43 (4.76%) Clustering
7 42 (4.65%) Replication
8 34 (3.77%) Onboarding
9 33 (3.65%) Management Information System
10 30 (3.32%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (2.66%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.55%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.55%) Product Ownership
16 13 (1.44%) SCADA
17 10 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
17 10 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
18 9 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 488 (54.04%) Windows
2 327 (36.21%) Windows Server
3 247 (27.35%) Linux
4 47 (5.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 47 (5.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (3.10%) VMS
5 28 (3.10%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.88%) Unix
7 21 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.66%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (1.22%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.11%) Solaris
13 9 (1.00%) AIX
14 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.89%) CentOS
15 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.44%) SUSE
17 3 (0.33%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (33.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 171 (18.94%) ITIL
3 168 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (18.27%) Migration
5 151 (16.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 126 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 119 (13.18%) CI/CD
8 113 (12.51%) Technical Leadership
9 107 (11.85%) Change Management
10 95 (10.52%) High Availability
10 95 (10.52%) Platform Engineering
11 94 (10.41%) ITSM
12 91 (10.08%) DevOps
13 88 (9.75%) Agile
13 88 (9.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 88 (9.75%) Validation
14 87 (9.63%) Root Cause Analysis
15 85 (9.41%) Service Management
16 82 (9.08%) Network Virtualisation
17 80 (8.86%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 221 (24.47%) PowerShell
2 138 (15.28%) Python
3 92 (10.19%) Bash
4 60 (6.64%) SQL
5 26 (2.88%) Java
6 9 (1.00%) C
6 9 (1.00%) Go
7 8 (0.89%) Bicep
7 8 (0.89%) Perl
8 7 (0.78%) C#
9 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.55%) C++
11 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.33%) Lua
12 3 (0.33%) VB
13 2 (0.22%) COBOL
13 2 (0.22%) Korn
13 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 432 (47.84%) Security Cleared
2 257 (28.46%) SC Cleared
3 200 (22.15%) DV Cleared
4 67 (7.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 56 (6.20%) Degree
6 44 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (4.76%) VCAP
8 42 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.32%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.88%) MCSE
11 20 (2.21%) AWS Certification
11 20 (2.21%) CCNP
12 19 (2.10%) CCNA
13 16 (1.77%) MCSA
14 14 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 9 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
18 8 (0.89%) A+ Certification
19 7 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.99%) SLA
2 20 (2.21%) NIST
3 18 (1.99%) QA
4 15 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.66%) NCSC
5 14 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.89%) GDPR
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.44%) GxP
8 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.22%) DICOM
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 307 (34.00%) Active Directory
2 216 (23.92%) vSphere
3 212 (23.48%) VMware ESXi
4 205 (22.70%) Hyper-V
5 150 (16.61%) VMware NSX
6 97 (10.74%) Virtual Machines
7 59 (6.53%) Docker
8 43 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (3.99%) Firmware
10 20 (2.21%) NFS
11 19 (2.10%) KVM
12 15 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (1.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 10 (1.11%) Ceph
15 9 (1.00%) XenApp
16 8 (0.89%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.78%) oVirt
17 7 (0.78%) vCloud
18 6 (0.66%) BitLocker
18 6 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 177 (19.60%) Ansible
2 156 (17.28%) vCenter Server
3 138 (15.28%) Kubernetes
4 60 (6.64%) SCOM
5 59 (6.53%) SCCM
6 44 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (3.99%) VxRail
8 25 (2.77%) Grafana
9 24 (2.66%) vRealize
10 23 (2.55%) Prometheus
11 19 (2.10%) PowerCLI
12 18 (1.99%) Puppet
13 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Clustering
13 15 (1.66%) NetBackup
13 15 (1.66%) vMotion
13 15 (1.66%) WSUS
14 14 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
15 13 (1.44%) Avamar
15 13 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
16 12 (1.33%) Argo
Vendors
1 903 (100.00%) VMware
2 268 (29.68%) Microsoft
3 138 (15.28%) Cisco
4 65 (7.20%) Citrix
5 60 (6.64%) NetApp
5 60 (6.64%) Red Hat
6 55 (6.09%) Dell
7 48 (5.32%) Oracle
8 41 (4.54%) ServiceNow
9 40 (4.43%) SolarWinds
10 39 (4.32%) F5
11 33 (3.65%) Palo Alto
12 32 (3.54%) Veeam
13 28 (3.10%) Juniper
14 24 (2.66%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.55%) Broadcom
15 23 (2.55%) IBM
16 18 (1.99%) CyberArk
16 18 (1.99%) McAfee
16 18 (1.99%) Remedy