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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 139 128
Rank change year-on-year -30 -11 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 743 595 777
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.03% 1.79%
As % of the System Software category 15.15% 16.15% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 406 500
10th Percentile £316 £313 £269
25th Percentile £413 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.68%
75th Percentile £600 £622 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.78% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 34
10th Percentile £20.13 £31.70 £22.08
25th Percentile £46.38 £37.25 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +15.53% -38.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.75 £67.19
90th Percentile £74.23 £61.30 £86.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £43.22
% change year-on-year +150.00% -35.21% -31.65%

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 4,903 3,685 4,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.44% 12.55% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,308 2,521 3,179
10th Percentile £213 £213 £197
25th Percentile £400 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £482 £460
% change year-on-year -1.40% +4.73% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 91 232
10th Percentile £16.22 £14.99 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £52.75 £28.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.39% +24.44% -58.14%
75th Percentile £74.07 £64.75 £60.19
90th Percentile £92.50 £88.00 £77.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £37.07 £21.50
% change year-on-year +41.61% +72.43% -52.15%

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 28 April 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 28 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 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 28 April 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 -27 650 £500 -9.09% 221
UK excluding London -29 514 £500 -9.09% 198
Work from Home -17 172 £514 -2.10% 78
South East -13 169 £531 -7.61% 81
London -64 150 £525 - 47
North of England -23 137 £449 +8.19% 37
Midlands -17 107 £402 -26.91% 23
West Midlands -20 81 £340 -38.29% 15
North West -6 72 £449 +5.65% 14
Yorkshire -24 66 £420 -9.68% 16
South West -66 52 £551 -4.13% 33
East of England -7 44 £475 +0.53% 17
Scotland -5 26 £450 -3.07% 3
East Midlands -24 26 £415 -23.54% 8
Wales -15 4 £463 +59.48% 9
North East -22 2 £575 +64.29% 10
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 43 (5.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.35%) Confluence
4 9 (1.21%) nginx
5 8 (1.08%) IIS
5 8 (1.08%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.54%) CICS
6 4 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Apache
7 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.88%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 198 (26.65%) Azure
2 131 (17.63%) AWS
3 55 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 48 (6.46%) OpenShift
6 36 (4.85%) GCP
7 27 (3.63%) GitHub
7 27 (3.63%) IaaS
8 26 (3.50%) Nutanix
9 20 (2.69%) PaaS
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (1.35%) Datadog
11 10 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.21%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.94%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.81%) Cohesity
14 6 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 192 (25.84%) DNS
2 168 (22.61%) Firewall
3 107 (14.40%) DHCP
4 73 (9.83%) SAN
4 73 (9.83%) VPN
5 67 (9.02%) VSAN
6 61 (8.21%) WAN
7 56 (7.54%) Network Security
8 51 (6.86%) LAN
9 50 (6.73%) TCP/IP
10 44 (5.92%) NAS
10 44 (5.92%) SSL
11 36 (4.85%) BIG-IP
12 35 (4.71%) HTTP
13 30 (4.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 30 (4.04%) VLAN
13 30 (4.04%) Wireshark
14 26 (3.50%) BGP
14 26 (3.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 22 (2.96%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.94%) Power BI
5 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.54%) DataStage
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.40%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.40%) Redis
8 2 (0.27%) GIS
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 31 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.63%) JIRA
3 19 (2.56%) Fiddler
4 16 (2.15%) Git
4 16 (2.15%) GitLab
5 8 (1.08%) PVCS
5 8 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.40%) JMeter
7 3 (0.40%) JUnit
8 2 (0.27%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) RStudio
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) GoCD
9 1 (0.13%) MSI
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 153 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 61 (8.21%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.81%) Finance
5 45 (6.06%) Banking
6 29 (3.90%) Legal
7 27 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.10%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.35%) Military
9 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.21%) Police
11 8 (1.08%) Electronics
11 8 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
14 4 (0.54%) Law
14 4 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 148 (19.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 103 (13.86%) Architect
3 70 (9.42%) Senior
4 64 (8.61%) VMware Engineer
5 61 (8.21%) Network Engineer
6 46 (6.19%) Analyst
7 36 (4.85%) Consultant
8 34 (4.58%) Lead
9 32 (4.31%) Infrastructure Architect
10 24 (3.23%) VMware Consultant
11 23 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.10%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 23 (3.10%) VMware Architect
12 22 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (2.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 21 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
14 20 (2.69%) Support Engineer
15 19 (2.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 19 (2.56%) IP Network Engineer
15 19 (2.56%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.69%) Flash
1 20 (2.69%) LDAP
2 12 (1.62%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (1.35%) SAML
4 9 (1.21%) Middleware
5 7 (0.94%) REST
6 6 (0.81%) Kafka
7 5 (0.67%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.54%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.40%) EJB
9 3 (0.40%) JSP
9 3 (0.40%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.40%) Spring
10 2 (0.27%) .NET
10 2 (0.27%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.27%) Java SE
10 2 (0.27%) JSON
10 2 (0.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.71%) Data Centre
2 70 (9.42%) Replication
3 49 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 49 (6.59%) PKI
4 46 (6.19%) Cloud Native
5 36 (4.85%) Clustering
6 29 (3.90%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (3.63%) Linux Command Line
7 27 (3.63%) Management Information System
8 25 (3.36%) Private Cloud
9 21 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
10 20 (2.69%) Public Cloud
11 17 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.75%) SCADA
13 12 (1.62%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.48%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.48%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 334 (44.95%) Windows
2 229 (30.82%) Linux
3 224 (30.15%) Windows Server
4 53 (7.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (4.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (3.77%) VMS
8 23 (3.10%) Windows 10
9 21 (2.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (2.42%) Ubuntu
11 17 (2.29%) Data ONTAP
12 15 (2.02%) Solaris
13 14 (1.88%) Unix
14 10 (1.35%) Mac OS
15 8 (1.08%) CoreOS
15 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.94%) CentOS
17 6 (0.81%) AIX
18 4 (0.54%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 143 (19.25%) Migration
3 116 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (13.32%) High Availability
5 98 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
6 82 (11.04%) Agile
6 82 (11.04%) ITIL
7 77 (10.36%) Infrastructure as Code
8 74 (9.96%) DevOps
9 70 (9.42%) CI/CD
10 69 (9.29%) Network Virtualisation
11 66 (8.88%) Capacity Planning
12 63 (8.48%) Load Balancing
13 61 (8.21%) Platform Engineering
14 55 (7.40%) Data Protection
15 50 (6.73%) Containerisation
16 48 (6.46%) Roadmaps
17 46 (6.19%) Change Management
18 44 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
18 44 (5.92%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 161 (21.67%) PowerShell
2 97 (13.06%) Python
3 59 (7.94%) Bash
4 27 (3.63%) SQL
5 11 (1.48%) C
6 10 (1.35%) Java
7 9 (1.21%) C++
7 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.94%) Embedded C
8 7 (0.94%) Embedded C++
9 6 (0.81%) Bicep
10 5 (0.67%) Perl
10 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.54%) COBOL
11 4 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.54%) PHP
12 3 (0.40%) C#
12 3 (0.40%) Go
13 2 (0.27%) Korn
13 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 290 (39.03%) Security Cleared
2 193 (25.98%) SC Cleared
3 107 (14.40%) DV Cleared
4 58 (7.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 38 (5.11%) Degree
6 35 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (4.17%) VCAP
8 24 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (3.10%) MCSE
10 21 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.56%) Azure Certification
12 18 (2.42%) MCSA
13 15 (2.02%) CCNP
14 13 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.35%) OCP
16 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
16 8 (1.08%) CCNA
17 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
18 6 (0.81%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.56%) NIST
3 18 (2.42%) SLA
4 16 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.75%) NCSC
6 9 (1.21%) GDPR
7 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.54%) QA
8 2 (0.27%) DICOM
8 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.27%) ISA99
8 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.27%) RMADS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 212 (28.53%) Active Directory
2 172 (23.15%) vSphere
3 161 (21.67%) VMware NSX
4 147 (19.78%) VMware ESXi
5 139 (18.71%) Hyper-V
6 84 (11.31%) Virtual Machines
7 46 (6.19%) Docker
8 40 (5.38%) NFS
9 34 (4.58%) Firmware
10 29 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 24 (3.23%) KVM
12 15 (2.02%) GPFS
13 9 (1.21%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
15 5 (0.67%) Ceph
15 5 (0.67%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.54%) vCloud
16 4 (0.54%) XenApp
17 3 (0.40%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 140 (18.84%) Ansible
2 105 (14.13%) vCenter Server
3 84 (11.31%) Terraform
4 76 (10.23%) Kubernetes
5 59 (7.94%) SCCM
6 53 (7.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 47 (6.33%) vRealize
8 28 (3.77%) Grafana
9 23 (3.10%) vMotion
10 22 (2.96%) Argo
11 20 (2.69%) PowerCLI
11 20 (2.69%) VxRail
12 18 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (2.29%) SCOM
13 17 (2.29%) WSUS
14 12 (1.62%) Progress Chef
14 12 (1.62%) Puppet
14 12 (1.62%) SnapMirror
15 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 743 (100.00%) VMware
2 190 (25.57%) Microsoft
3 147 (19.78%) Cisco
4 65 (8.75%) Citrix
5 61 (8.21%) NetApp
6 60 (8.08%) Red Hat
7 53 (7.13%) F5
8 42 (5.65%) IBM
9 40 (5.38%) Dell
9 40 (5.38%) Oracle
9 40 (5.38%) ServiceNow
10 33 (4.44%) Palo Alto
11 31 (4.17%) Pure Storage
12 29 (3.90%) Veeam
13 26 (3.50%) SolarWinds
14 23 (3.10%) Broadcom
14 23 (3.10%) Commvault
14 23 (3.10%) McAfee
15 21 (2.83%) CheckPoint
16 19 (2.56%) Blue Coat