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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 183 113
Rank change year-on-year +19 -70 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 899 499 799
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.53% 2.07%
As % of the System Software category 16.85% 13.12% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 317 495
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £447 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.59% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 3 9
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £21.56
25th Percentile £32.52 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.31 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +111.03% +26.05% -62.22%
75th Percentile £74.63 £48.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £98.19 £59.80 £54.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £47.25 £36.17
% change year-on-year +41.80% +30.65% -39.73%

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 5,335 3,804 4,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.96% 11.70% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,512 2,398 3,007
10th Percentile £218 £225 £220
25th Percentile £400 £383 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £590 £589 £603
90th Percentile £675 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 111 130
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £14.06
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +24.07% -51.64%
75th Percentile £74.08 £79.35 £59.58
90th Percentile £87.25 £91.50 £71.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +127.27% -

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +15 779 £525 -4.55% 477
UK excluding London -3 628 £515 -6.36% 349
South East -4 218 £538 -6.52% 107
London +3 189 £533 +6.50% 175
Work from Home -23 176 £512 -6.27% 172
North of England +1 165 £455 +6.94% 67
Midlands -11 97 £450 -20.00% 44
North West +4 89 £466 +7.94% 26
South West -27 81 £625 +8.70% 62
West Midlands -14 73 £450 -21.40% 25
Yorkshire -19 65 £519 +25.82% 23
East of England -18 41 £500 -9.09% 43
Scotland +2 39 £425 -22.73% 24
East Midlands -3 24 £438 -16.03% 19
North East -36 11 £350 -44.00% 22
Wales - 11 £550 - 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 52 (5.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.89%) Confluence
4 13 (1.45%) IIS
5 9 (1.00%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.78%) JBoss
6 7 (0.78%) nginx
6 7 (0.78%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Houdini
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 251 (27.92%) Azure
2 148 (16.46%) AWS
3 83 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (7.12%) Entra ID
5 43 (4.78%) OpenShift
6 41 (4.56%) GCP
7 37 (4.12%) GitHub
8 29 (3.23%) IaaS
9 23 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.45%) Nutanix
11 21 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (2.11%) Power Platform
13 17 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (1.78%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.56%) PaaS
15 14 (1.56%) SaaS
16 13 (1.45%) Rubrik
17 9 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.00%) Azure Stack
18 8 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 284 (31.59%) DNS
2 184 (20.47%) Firewall
3 173 (19.24%) DHCP
4 94 (10.46%) TCP/IP
5 90 (10.01%) VSAN
6 78 (8.68%) VPN
7 70 (7.79%) SAN
8 69 (7.68%) VLAN
9 59 (6.56%) WAN
10 56 (6.23%) Network Security
11 48 (5.34%) SSL
12 47 (5.23%) LAN
13 41 (4.56%) NAS
14 36 (4.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 31 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 30 (3.34%) BGP
17 29 (3.23%) BIG-IP
18 26 (2.89%) HTTP
19 25 (2.78%) Wireshark
20 19 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (1.89%) Power BI
4 14 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.00%) Big Data
7 9 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.67%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.67%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.56%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.33%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 41 (4.56%) JIRA
2 32 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.78%) GitLab
4 23 (2.56%) Git
5 15 (1.67%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.33%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.22%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.22%) MSI
8 2 (0.22%) PVCS
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
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
1 207 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 90 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (9.01%) Finance
4 44 (4.89%) Public Sector
5 33 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (3.56%) Legal
7 30 (3.34%) Banking
8 21 (2.34%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.33%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.89%) Retail
14 6 (0.67%) Law
14 6 (0.67%) Military
15 5 (0.56%) Police
16 4 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 217 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 135 (15.02%) Senior
3 103 (11.46%) VMware Engineer
4 80 (8.90%) Architect
5 71 (7.90%) Network Engineer
6 48 (5.34%) Support Engineer
7 47 (5.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (5.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (4.45%) Lead
9 40 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
10 38 (4.23%) Consultant
11 35 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (3.89%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 34 (3.78%) Administrator
13 33 (3.67%) Storage Engineer
14 28 (3.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 26 (2.89%) Server Engineer
15 26 (2.89%) VMware Consultant
16 24 (2.67%) IT Engineer
16 24 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (14.68%) Terraform
2 22 (2.45%) REST
3 14 (1.56%) Middleware
4 12 (1.33%) .NET
4 12 (1.33%) JSON
5 10 (1.11%) 802.1X
5 10 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (1.11%) YAML
6 9 (1.00%) Kafka
7 7 (0.78%) LDAP
8 6 (0.67%) ARM Templates
8 6 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (0.67%) Redfish
9 5 (0.56%) Flash
9 5 (0.56%) JDBC
9 5 (0.56%) ODBC
9 5 (0.56%) XML
10 3 (0.33%) Java SE
10 3 (0.33%) OAuth
10 3 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 142 (15.80%) Data Centre
2 71 (7.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (7.79%) PKI
4 50 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
5 45 (5.01%) Clustering
6 44 (4.89%) Replication
7 35 (3.89%) Management Information System
8 32 (3.56%) Private Cloud
8 32 (3.56%) Public Cloud
9 29 (3.23%) Onboarding
10 27 (3.00%) Cloud Native
11 25 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.22%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.22%) SCADA
15 10 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.00%) Product Ownership
16 9 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 7 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 476 (52.95%) Windows
2 321 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 249 (27.70%) Linux
4 49 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 46 (5.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (3.23%) VMS
7 25 (2.78%) Unix
8 23 (2.56%) Windows 10
9 21 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (1.89%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (1.22%) Data ONTAP
14 10 (1.11%) Solaris
15 9 (1.00%) AIX
16 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
17 7 (0.78%) CentOS
18 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
19 4 (0.44%) SUSE
19 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (32.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 170 (18.91%) Migration
3 164 (18.24%) ITIL
3 164 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
4 146 (16.24%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (14.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 114 (12.68%) CI/CD
7 107 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
8 104 (11.57%) High Availability
9 97 (10.79%) Change Management
10 91 (10.12%) DevOps
11 89 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 89 (9.90%) ITSM
12 88 (9.79%) Platform Engineering
13 85 (9.45%) Network Virtualisation
14 84 (9.34%) Validation
15 83 (9.23%) Agile
16 82 (9.12%) Service Management
17 77 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
18 74 (8.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 216 (24.03%) PowerShell
2 132 (14.68%) Python
3 94 (10.46%) Bash
4 60 (6.67%) SQL
5 25 (2.78%) Java
6 9 (1.00%) Go
7 8 (0.89%) Bicep
8 7 (0.78%) C
8 7 (0.78%) C#
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.44%) Perl
11 3 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) Lua
11 3 (0.33%) VB
11 3 (0.33%) VBScript
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 426 (47.39%) Security Cleared
2 258 (28.70%) SC Cleared
3 195 (21.69%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (6.12%) Degree
6 44 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.89%) VCAP
7 39 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.34%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.89%) MCSE
10 20 (2.22%) CCNP
11 19 (2.11%) CCNA
12 18 (2.00%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.78%) MCSA
14 14 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (0.89%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.11%) SLA
2 19 (2.11%) NIST
3 18 (2.00%) QA
4 17 (1.89%) NCSC
5 16 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.00%) GDPR
8 5 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.44%) GxP
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.33%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.22%) DICOM
11 2 (0.22%) ISA99
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.22%) RMADS
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 293 (32.59%) Active Directory
2 216 (24.03%) vSphere
3 206 (22.91%) VMware ESXi
4 201 (22.36%) Hyper-V
5 163 (18.13%) VMware NSX
6 88 (9.79%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (6.67%) Docker
8 39 (4.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 37 (4.12%) Firmware
10 20 (2.22%) KVM
11 14 (1.56%) NFS
12 12 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.11%) Ceph
14 9 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 9 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
15 8 (0.89%) BitLocker
16 7 (0.78%) vCloud
16 7 (0.78%) XenApp
16 7 (0.78%) XenDesktop
17 6 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 183 (20.36%) Ansible
2 154 (17.13%) vCenter Server
3 129 (14.35%) Kubernetes
4 57 (6.34%) SCOM
5 55 (6.12%) SCCM
6 42 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (3.67%) VxRail
8 29 (3.23%) vRealize
9 28 (3.11%) Grafana
10 25 (2.78%) Prometheus
11 21 (2.34%) NetBackup
12 20 (2.22%) PowerCLI
13 19 (2.11%) WSUS
14 18 (2.00%) Puppet
15 17 (1.89%) vMotion
16 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
17 14 (1.56%) Argo
17 14 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
18 12 (1.33%) Avamar
18 12 (1.33%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 899 (100.00%) VMware
2 258 (28.70%) Microsoft
3 150 (16.69%) Cisco
4 65 (7.23%) Citrix
5 62 (6.90%) NetApp
5 62 (6.90%) Red Hat
6 52 (5.78%) Dell
7 49 (5.45%) Oracle
8 46 (5.12%) F5
9 44 (4.89%) ServiceNow
10 39 (4.34%) SolarWinds
11 38 (4.23%) Palo Alto
12 32 (3.56%) Veeam
13 29 (3.23%) Juniper
14 23 (2.56%) Fortinet
14 23 (2.56%) IBM
15 22 (2.45%) Broadcom
16 19 (2.11%) CheckPoint
16 19 (2.11%) Splunk
17 18 (2.00%) CyberArk