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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 168 109
Rank change year-on-year -6 -59 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 822 532 847
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.63% 2.05%
As % of the System Software category 15.77% 13.87% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 343 545
10th Percentile £346 £329 £306
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £590 £601 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.05% +4.76% +4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 2 20
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £26.50 £28.50 £23.45
Median hourly rate £49.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.97% -27.50% -36.51%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £47.14
90th Percentile £94.42 £29.80 £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -33.22%

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 5,214 3,836 4,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.89% 11.77% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,446 2,466 3,246
10th Percentile £219 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 102 188
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.87 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.19 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.39 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +67.28% +35.57% -53.70%
75th Percentile £74.00 £71.13 £58.69
90th Percentile £79.93 £91.31 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.75 £59.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -13.03% +170.45% -18.52%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -5 710 £505 -8.18% 201
UK excluding London -15 574 £511 -7.05% 179
South East +2 218 £538 -6.93% 66
Work from Home -28 167 £500 -4.76% 83
London -26 166 £500 -4.76% 46
North of England -9 142 £483 +15.34% 36
Midlands -2 91 £450 -13.96% 25
Yorkshire -25 71 £500 +11.11% 7
North West -7 69 £466 +20.13% 25
West Midlands -15 69 £450 -12.11% 13
South West -49 65 £550 -4.35% 26
Scotland -7 34 £450 +0.06% 6
East of England -26 34 £500 -9.09% 18
East Midlands -4 22 £450 -18.18% 12
Wales -6 13 £550 +48.65% 11
North East -45 2 £588 +62.07% 5

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 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.58%) IIS
4 10 (1.22%) nginx
4 10 (1.22%) Tomcat
5 9 (1.09%) Confluence
6 7 (0.85%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.73%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) CICS
9 3 (0.36%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.36%) 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 6 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (27.13%) Azure
2 136 (16.55%) AWS
3 61 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.08%) OpenShift
6 36 (4.38%) GCP
7 29 (3.53%) GitHub
8 24 (2.92%) Nutanix
9 20 (2.43%) IaaS
10 18 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.70%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.46%) PaaS
12 12 (1.46%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.09%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.97%) SaaS
16 7 (0.85%) Azure Stack
17 6 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 230 (27.98%) DNS
2 163 (19.83%) Firewall
3 135 (16.42%) DHCP
4 83 (10.10%) SAN
5 81 (9.85%) VSAN
6 75 (9.12%) TCP/IP
7 68 (8.27%) VPN
8 65 (7.91%) WAN
9 55 (6.69%) VLAN
10 54 (6.57%) Network Security
11 51 (6.20%) LAN
12 48 (5.84%) NAS
12 48 (5.84%) SSL
13 30 (3.65%) BGP
13 30 (3.65%) HTTP
14 28 (3.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 28 (3.41%) Wireshark
15 25 (3.04%) BIG-IP
16 23 (2.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 22 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.22%) Power BI
4 10 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (0.97%) Oracle BI EE
6 6 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.49%) DataStage
8 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.36%) Big Data
9 3 (0.36%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.36%) GIS
9 3 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.24%) Redis
10 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.14%) JIRA
2 33 (4.01%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.07%) Git
4 16 (1.95%) Fiddler
5 15 (1.82%) GitLab
6 3 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.24%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.24%) MSI
7 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.24%) Subversion
8 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 181 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 64 (7.79%) Finance
3 63 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.81%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.50%) Banking
6 30 (3.65%) Legal
7 27 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.07%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.58%) Military
11 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.09%) 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%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.36%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 189 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 95 (11.56%) Senior
3 87 (10.58%) Architect
4 79 (9.61%) VMware Engineer
5 71 (8.64%) Network Engineer
6 44 (5.35%) Consultant
7 40 (4.87%) Support Engineer
8 36 (4.38%) Lead
9 34 (4.14%) Storage Engineer
10 33 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 30 (3.65%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 30 (3.65%) VMware Consultant
13 28 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
14 27 (3.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (3.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
16 24 (2.92%) Administrator
17 22 (2.68%) Infrastructure Architect
18 21 (2.55%) Senior Network Engineer
19 19 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.46%) Flash
1 12 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
2 10 (1.22%) 802.1X
2 10 (1.22%) LDAP
2 10 (1.22%) Middleware
2 10 (1.22%) REST
3 8 (0.97%) .NET
4 7 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (0.73%) Redfish
6 4 (0.49%) Java SE
6 4 (0.49%) JSON
6 4 (0.49%) XML
6 4 (0.49%) YAML
7 3 (0.36%) EJB
7 3 (0.36%) JSP
7 3 (0.36%) Kafka
7 3 (0.36%) SAML
7 3 (0.36%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.24%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.24%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 114 (13.87%) Data Centre
2 64 (7.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 64 (7.79%) PKI
3 55 (6.69%) Replication
4 47 (5.72%) Enterprise Storage
5 33 (4.01%) Clustering
6 28 (3.41%) Cloud Native
6 28 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 24 (2.92%) Public Cloud
8 22 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (2.19%) Private Cloud
10 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.34%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.22%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.22%) SCADA
13 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
14 9 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 410 (49.88%) Windows
2 262 (31.87%) Windows Server
3 233 (28.35%) Linux
4 54 (6.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 50 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (3.65%) VMS
7 27 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.31%) Data ONTAP
8 19 (2.31%) Unix
9 17 (2.07%) Windows 10
10 15 (1.82%) Solaris
10 15 (1.82%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.34%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.97%) CoreOS
14 7 (0.85%) AIX
14 7 (0.85%) CentOS
15 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
16 4 (0.49%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (29.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 161 (19.59%) Migration
3 131 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (13.99%) High Availability
5 107 (13.02%) Disaster Recovery
6 102 (12.41%) ITIL
7 97 (11.80%) Infrastructure as Code
8 94 (11.44%) CI/CD
9 81 (9.85%) DevOps
10 77 (9.37%) Change Management
10 77 (9.37%) Network Virtualisation
11 76 (9.25%) Agile
12 75 (9.12%) Validation
13 71 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 71 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
14 67 (8.15%) Platform Engineering
15 63 (7.66%) Capacity Planning
15 63 (7.66%) ITSM
16 61 (7.42%) Load Balancing
17 57 (6.93%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 183 (22.26%) PowerShell
2 125 (15.21%) Python
3 79 (9.61%) Bash
4 39 (4.74%) SQL
5 19 (2.31%) Java
6 9 (1.09%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.85%) C
8 6 (0.73%) Go
8 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.61%) Bicep
9 5 (0.61%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.49%) COBOL
10 4 (0.49%) Perl
11 3 (0.36%) C#
11 3 (0.36%) Lua
11 3 (0.36%) PHP
12 2 (0.24%) VBScript
13 1 (0.12%) Korn
13 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 376 (45.74%) Security Cleared
2 224 (27.25%) SC Cleared
3 175 (21.29%) DV Cleared
4 63 (7.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 47 (5.72%) Degree
6 36 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.26%) VCAP
8 23 (2.80%) MCSE
9 22 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.55%) CCNP
11 16 (1.95%) CCNA
11 16 (1.95%) MCSA
12 15 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.34%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (1.22%) OCP
15 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.04%) NIST
2 23 (2.80%) SLA
3 17 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.82%) NCSC
6 7 (0.85%) QA
7 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.61%) GDPR
7 5 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.36%) GxP
10 2 (0.24%) DICOM
10 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.24%) ISA99
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.24%) RMADS
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 257 (31.27%) Active Directory
2 203 (24.70%) vSphere
3 195 (23.72%) VMware ESXi
4 168 (20.44%) VMware NSX
5 159 (19.34%) Hyper-V
6 96 (11.68%) Virtual Machines
7 53 (6.45%) Docker
8 40 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.26%) Firmware
10 33 (4.01%) NFS
11 28 (3.41%) KVM
12 11 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (1.09%) vCloud
14 8 (0.97%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.85%) Ceph
15 7 (0.85%) GPFS
15 7 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.61%) SRDF
18 4 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 166 (20.19%) Ansible
2 148 (18.00%) vCenter Server
3 105 (12.77%) Terraform
4 104 (12.65%) Kubernetes
5 43 (5.23%) SCCM
6 40 (4.87%) SCOM
7 39 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 38 (4.62%) vRealize
9 31 (3.77%) Grafana
10 26 (3.16%) vMotion
10 26 (3.16%) VxRail
11 20 (2.43%) Argo
11 20 (2.43%) PowerCLI
12 18 (2.19%) Prometheus
13 16 (1.95%) NetBackup
13 16 (1.95%) Puppet
14 15 (1.82%) WSUS
15 14 (1.70%) SnapMirror
16 13 (1.58%) EMC VPLEX
17 12 (1.46%) Avamar
Vendors
1 822 (100.00%) VMware
2 212 (25.79%) Microsoft
3 142 (17.27%) Cisco
4 65 (7.91%) NetApp
5 62 (7.54%) Citrix
5 62 (7.54%) Red Hat
6 52 (6.33%) Dell
7 39 (4.74%) F5
7 39 (4.74%) Oracle
8 35 (4.26%) SolarWinds
9 33 (4.01%) Juniper
9 33 (4.01%) ServiceNow
10 32 (3.89%) Palo Alto
11 30 (3.65%) Pure Storage
11 30 (3.65%) Veeam
12 26 (3.16%) IBM
13 24 (2.92%) Broadcom
14 23 (2.80%) Commvault
15 19 (2.31%) McAfee
15 19 (2.31%) Splunk