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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 126 114
Rank change year-on-year -44 -12 +6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 664 645 919
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.08% 2.06%
As % of the System Software category 13.91% 16.98% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 417 579
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £402 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £597
90th Percentile £671 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 64
10th Percentile £36.12 £27.95 £22.14
25th Percentile £67.70 £38.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +6.12% -5.77%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £76.56 - £84.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +211.11% -65.90% +1.51%

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 4,772 3,798 5,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.93% 12.26% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,251 2,473 3,485
10th Percentile £205 £200 £190
25th Percentile £400 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +7.81% -8.57%
75th Percentile £590 £625 £600
90th Percentile £694 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 89 249
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.46 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £38.47 £29.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% -33.71% +11.46%
75th Percentile £72.97 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £88.70 £75.00 £77.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £37.07 £46.18
% change year-on-year +13.13% -19.72% +92.10%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -38 591 £500 -6.54% 228
UK excluding London -16 469 £490 -6.67% 218
Work from Home -36 174 £500 -4.76% 93
South East -15 153 £500 -9.09% 69
London -70 129 £545 +3.81% 46
Midlands +8 117 £402 -33.77% 30
North of England -33 107 £435 +2.24% 51
West Midlands +3 88 £340 -45.60% 25
North West -20 68 £445 +4.71% 30
South West -43 68 £550 -4.35% 30
Yorkshire -31 48 £393 -12.78% 19
East of England -3 31 £475 +1.82% 19
East Midlands -11 29 £449 -14.57% 5
Scotland 0 17 £464 -6.69% 12
Wales -8 4 £481 +65.95% 7
North East -18 2 £513 +46.43% 5
Northern Ireland -3 1 - -

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 (5.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.71%) Confluence
4 10 (1.51%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.05%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.75%) IIS
6 5 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.60%) nginx
8 3 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.30%) Apache
9 2 (0.30%) CICS
9 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.30%) WordPress
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) Traefik
10 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 193 (29.07%) Azure
2 150 (22.59%) AWS
3 58 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (6.93%) GCP
4 46 (6.93%) OpenShift
5 42 (6.33%) Entra ID
6 33 (4.97%) Nutanix
7 29 (4.37%) IaaS
8 20 (3.01%) GitHub
9 18 (2.71%) PaaS
10 13 (1.96%) Datadog
11 8 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.90%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.75%) SaaS
14 5 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 195 (29.37%) DNS
2 166 (25.00%) Firewall
3 96 (14.46%) DHCP
4 63 (9.49%) VPN
5 59 (8.89%) TCP/IP
6 50 (7.53%) SAN
7 48 (7.23%) Network Security
8 42 (6.33%) VSAN
9 39 (5.87%) VLAN
10 37 (5.57%) WAN
11 35 (5.27%) LAN
12 33 (4.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 31 (4.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (4.52%) HTTP
15 28 (4.22%) BGP
16 27 (4.07%) NAS
17 26 (3.92%) BIG-IP
18 24 (3.61%) SSL
19 23 (3.46%) Wireshark
20 21 (3.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.90%) Power BI
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.30%) DataStage
6 2 (0.30%) GIS
6 2 (0.30%) Redis
7 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.77%) Jenkins
2 23 (3.46%) Git
3 22 (3.31%) JIRA
4 16 (2.41%) GitLab
5 15 (2.26%) Fiddler
6 11 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.20%) PVCS
7 8 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (1.05%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.05%) JMeter
8 7 (1.05%) JUnit
9 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.60%) RStudio
10 3 (0.45%) Subversion
11 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.15%) GoCD
12 1 (0.15%) MSI
12 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 159 (23.95%) Social Skills
2 76 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (10.24%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.28%) Finance
5 45 (6.78%) Banking
6 38 (5.72%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.56%) Legal
9 14 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.36%) Military
12 8 (1.20%) Electronics
13 7 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.05%) Police
14 6 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.75%) Local Government
16 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.60%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 116 (17.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 91 (13.70%) Architect
3 56 (8.43%) Analyst
4 41 (6.17%) Network Engineer
5 37 (5.57%) VMware Engineer
6 35 (5.27%) Senior
7 34 (5.12%) Consultant
7 34 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
8 31 (4.67%) Support Engineer
9 30 (4.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 26 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
10 26 (3.92%) VMware Consultant
11 22 (3.31%) Lead
12 19 (2.86%) Storage Analyst
13 18 (2.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (2.56%) VMware Architect
15 16 (2.41%) Web Engineer
15 16 (2.41%) Wintel Engineer
16 15 (2.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 15 (2.26%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.16%) LDAP
2 18 (2.71%) Flash
3 10 (1.51%) SAML
4 8 (1.20%) Kafka
4 8 (1.20%) REST
5 7 (1.05%) Loki
5 7 (1.05%) Spring
6 6 (0.90%) Hibernate
6 6 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.75%) Middleware
7 5 (0.75%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.60%) OAuth
8 4 (0.60%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.60%) OpenID
9 3 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.45%) Swagger
10 2 (0.30%) EJB
10 2 (0.30%) Java SE
10 2 (0.30%) OpenLayers
10 2 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.65%) Data Centre
2 58 (8.73%) Replication
3 48 (7.23%) PKI
4 40 (6.02%) Cloud Native
5 35 (5.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (4.82%) Management Information System
7 30 (4.52%) Linux Command Line
8 27 (4.07%) Private Cloud
9 17 (2.56%) Clustering
10 15 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (2.26%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.66%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.51%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.51%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.36%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.20%) Driving Licence
15 8 (1.20%) SCADA
16 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 281 (42.32%) Windows
2 229 (34.49%) Linux
3 166 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 46 (6.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (4.82%) Windows 10
6 27 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (3.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (2.41%) VMS
10 15 (2.26%) Mac OS
11 14 (2.11%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.66%) Solaris
12 11 (1.66%) Unix
13 7 (1.05%) CentOS
14 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.75%) AIX
16 4 (0.60%) CatOS
16 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
18 2 (0.30%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (21.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 128 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (15.51%) Migration
4 101 (15.21%) Agile
5 84 (12.65%) Disaster Recovery
6 80 (12.05%) CI/CD
7 77 (11.60%) ITIL
8 74 (11.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 71 (10.69%) DevOps
10 69 (10.39%) High Availability
11 64 (9.64%) Load Balancing
12 58 (8.73%) Containerisation
13 54 (8.13%) Platform Engineering
14 49 (7.38%) Data Protection
15 45 (6.78%) Service Management
16 44 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (6.63%) Network Virtualisation
17 40 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
17 40 (6.02%) Roadmaps
17 40 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (24.25%) PowerShell
2 125 (18.83%) Python
3 86 (12.95%) Bash
4 25 (3.77%) SQL
5 16 (2.41%) Perl
6 13 (1.96%) Java
7 12 (1.81%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.66%) C
9 8 (1.20%) C++
10 7 (1.05%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.05%) Embedded C++
10 7 (1.05%) Go
11 6 (0.90%) Bicep
12 4 (0.60%) C#
12 4 (0.60%) PHP
12 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.30%) COBOL
13 2 (0.30%) Korn
13 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 261 (39.31%) Security Cleared
2 176 (26.51%) SC Cleared
3 80 (12.05%) DV Cleared
4 46 (6.93%) Degree
5 44 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (6.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 33 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (4.52%) Azure Certification
8 27 (4.07%) CCNP
9 18 (2.71%) MCSE
10 17 (2.56%) VCAP
11 15 (2.26%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.11%) CCNA
13 13 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.96%) CCIE
14 12 (1.81%) MCSA
15 11 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.66%) Server+ Certification
16 7 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (2.71%) GDPR
3 15 (2.26%) NIST
4 9 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.36%) SLA
5 5 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.75%) QA
6 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.45%) NCSC
8 2 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 197 (29.67%) Active Directory
2 144 (21.69%) vSphere
3 119 (17.92%) VMware NSX
4 104 (15.66%) Hyper-V
5 82 (12.35%) VMware ESXi
6 58 (8.73%) Docker
7 54 (8.13%) Virtual Machines
8 34 (5.12%) NFS
9 29 (4.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 22 (3.31%) Firmware
11 19 (2.86%) KVM
12 16 (2.41%) GPFS
13 7 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.75%) BitLocker
14 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.60%) vCloud
16 3 (0.45%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.45%) Sendmail
17 2 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 113 (17.02%) Ansible
2 84 (12.65%) Terraform
3 77 (11.60%) vCenter Server
4 69 (10.39%) Kubernetes
5 66 (9.94%) SCCM
6 57 (8.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 55 (8.28%) vRealize
8 26 (3.92%) Grafana
9 23 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (3.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 21 (3.16%) Argo
12 19 (2.86%) VxRail
13 17 (2.56%) vMotion
14 14 (2.11%) FortiGate
14 14 (2.11%) SCOM
15 13 (1.96%) Prometheus
15 13 (1.96%) WSUS
16 11 (1.66%) Progress Chef
17 10 (1.51%) PowerCLI
18 9 (1.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 664 (100.00%) VMware
2 179 (26.96%) Microsoft
3 153 (23.04%) Cisco
4 62 (9.34%) Citrix
5 61 (9.19%) F5
6 60 (9.04%) Red Hat
7 46 (6.93%) SolarWinds
8 43 (6.48%) IBM
9 42 (6.33%) ServiceNow
10 41 (6.17%) Dell
11 40 (6.02%) NetApp
12 35 (5.27%) Oracle
13 33 (4.97%) Veeam
14 28 (4.22%) Palo Alto
15 26 (3.92%) Commvault
16 25 (3.77%) Pure Storage
17 17 (2.56%) Google
17 17 (2.56%) McAfee
18 16 (2.41%) Blue Coat
18 16 (2.41%) HP