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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 164 108
Rank change year-on-year -5 -56 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 809 558 868
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.54% 1.72% 2.03%
As % of the System Software category 15.61% 14.52% 18.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 363 556
10th Percentile £331 £329 £303
25th Percentile £425 £433 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -3.57%
75th Percentile £590 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.05% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 29
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.20 £22.08
25th Percentile £26.00 £28.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% -27.50% -36.51%
75th Percentile £74.00 £29.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £95.05 £29.80 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.14 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.48% -30.00% -33.11%

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 5,181 3,843 4,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.85% 11.84% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,442 2,486 3,301
10th Percentile £218 £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 £670 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £494
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 102 210
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.87 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £29.25 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +74.36% +21.93% -52.02%
75th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £79.50 £91.23 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year -11.30% +137.80% -10.44%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -20 698 £505 -8.18% 219
UK excluding London -24 570 £511 -7.05% 213
South East +1 206 £538 -6.93% 70
Work from Home -43 162 £500 -4.76% 100
London -36 157 £500 -4.76% 39
North of England -9 145 £480 +12.94% 44
Midlands -15 92 £450 -18.18% 29
North West -2 73 £459 +8.00% 28
South West -43 71 £550 -4.35% 26
Yorkshire -25 70 £500 +11.11% 11
West Midlands -33 68 £450 -31.51% 17
Scotland -2 33 £450 -0.50% 11
East of England -28 33 £500 -9.09% 25
East Midlands -3 24 £450 -17.09% 12
Wales -3 13 £550 +89.66% 14
North East -42 2 £588 +62.07% 6

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 45 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.61%) IIS
4 10 (1.24%) nginx
4 10 (1.24%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.87%) Confluence
5 7 (0.87%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.74%) Apache
7 4 (0.49%) CICS
8 3 (0.37%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 221 (27.32%) Azure
2 135 (16.69%) AWS
3 59 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (6.43%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.18%) OpenShift
6 36 (4.45%) GCP
7 28 (3.46%) GitHub
8 26 (3.21%) Nutanix
9 19 (2.35%) IaaS
10 16 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.73%) Rubrik
12 12 (1.48%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.36%) PaaS
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.99%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.99%) SaaS
16 7 (0.87%) Azure Stack
17 6 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 223 (27.56%) DNS
2 156 (19.28%) Firewall
3 130 (16.07%) DHCP
4 83 (10.26%) SAN
5 77 (9.52%) VSAN
6 70 (8.65%) TCP/IP
7 67 (8.28%) VPN
7 67 (8.28%) WAN
8 59 (7.29%) Network Security
9 53 (6.55%) LAN
10 51 (6.30%) VLAN
11 48 (5.93%) NAS
12 46 (5.69%) SSL
13 33 (4.08%) BGP
14 29 (3.58%) HTTP
15 28 (3.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 26 (3.21%) BIG-IP
17 25 (3.09%) Wireshark
18 24 (2.97%) Cisco ASA
19 23 (2.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.24%) Power BI
5 8 (0.99%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.87%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.49%) DataStage
8 4 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.37%) Big Data
9 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.37%) GIS
9 3 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.25%) Redis
10 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (3.96%) Jenkins
1 32 (3.96%) JIRA
2 16 (1.98%) Fiddler
2 16 (1.98%) Git
2 16 (1.98%) GitLab
3 3 (0.37%) Robot Framework
3 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.25%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.25%) MSI
4 2 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.25%) Subversion
5 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.12%) GoCD
5 1 (0.12%) Postman
5 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 178 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 63 (7.79%) Finance
3 60 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.92%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.57%) Banking
6 32 (3.96%) Legal
7 28 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.10%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.48%) Military
10 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 8 (0.99%) Police
11 7 (0.87%) Retail
12 6 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.74%) Law
13 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.37%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 186 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 91 (11.25%) Senior
3 90 (11.12%) Architect
4 76 (9.39%) VMware Engineer
5 69 (8.53%) Network Engineer
6 44 (5.44%) Consultant
7 38 (4.70%) Support Engineer
8 34 (4.20%) Lead
9 32 (3.96%) Storage Engineer
10 30 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (3.71%) VMware Consultant
11 29 (3.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 28 (3.46%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 26 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (2.97%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 23 (2.84%) Administrator
15 23 (2.84%) Infrastructure Architect
16 22 (2.72%) Wintel Engineer
17 21 (2.60%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.73%) Flash
1 14 (1.73%) LDAP
2 12 (1.48%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (1.36%) REST
4 10 (1.24%) 802.1X
4 10 (1.24%) Middleware
5 8 (0.99%) .NET
6 7 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.74%) Redfish
8 5 (0.62%) JSON
9 4 (0.49%) Java SE
9 4 (0.49%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.49%) XML
9 4 (0.49%) YAML
10 3 (0.37%) EJB
10 3 (0.37%) JSP
10 3 (0.37%) Kafka
10 3 (0.37%) SAML
11 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.25%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 112 (13.84%) Data Centre
2 64 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (7.79%) PKI
4 59 (7.29%) Replication
5 46 (5.69%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (4.20%) Clustering
7 29 (3.58%) Cloud Native
8 27 (3.34%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (2.60%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
11 17 (2.10%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.10%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.48%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.24%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.11%) SCADA
15 9 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 407 (50.31%) Windows
2 264 (32.63%) Windows Server
3 237 (29.30%) Linux
4 54 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 50 (6.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (3.34%) VMS
6 27 (3.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (2.35%) Data ONTAP
7 19 (2.35%) Unix
8 18 (2.22%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.22%) Windows 10
9 15 (1.85%) Solaris
9 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (0.99%) CentOS
11 8 (0.99%) CoreOS
12 7 (0.87%) AIX
13 6 (0.74%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (29.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 158 (19.53%) Migration
3 130 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (14.09%) High Availability
5 108 (13.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 101 (12.48%) ITIL
7 96 (11.87%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (11.25%) CI/CD
9 78 (9.64%) DevOps
10 77 (9.52%) Agile
10 77 (9.52%) Network Virtualisation
11 74 (9.15%) Change Management
11 74 (9.15%) Validation
12 68 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 68 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
13 64 (7.91%) Platform Engineering
14 63 (7.79%) ITSM
15 62 (7.66%) Capacity Planning
15 62 (7.66%) Load Balancing
16 57 (7.05%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 182 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 122 (15.08%) Python
3 76 (9.39%) Bash
4 38 (4.70%) SQL
5 18 (2.22%) Java
6 9 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.74%) Go
7 6 (0.74%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.62%) Bicep
8 5 (0.62%) C
9 4 (0.49%) COBOL
9 4 (0.49%) PHP
10 3 (0.37%) C#
10 3 (0.37%) Perl
11 2 (0.25%) Lua
11 2 (0.25%) VBScript
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.12%) MUMPS
12 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 365 (45.12%) Security Cleared
2 219 (27.07%) SC Cleared
3 168 (20.77%) DV Cleared
4 65 (8.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 47 (5.81%) Degree
6 38 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.20%) VCAP
9 26 (3.21%) MCSE
10 21 (2.60%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.60%) CCNP
11 19 (2.35%) MCSA
12 18 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.98%) CCNA
14 11 (1.36%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (1.24%) OCP
16 9 (1.11%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 7 (0.87%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.34%) NIST
2 23 (2.84%) SLA
3 20 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.85%) NCSC
6 7 (0.87%) QA
7 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.62%) GDPR
8 5 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.25%) DICOM
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.25%) GxP
10 2 (0.25%) ISA99
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.25%) RMADS
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 250 (30.90%) Active Directory
2 203 (25.09%) vSphere
3 198 (24.47%) VMware ESXi
4 163 (20.15%) VMware NSX
5 157 (19.41%) Hyper-V
6 97 (11.99%) Virtual Machines
7 51 (6.30%) Docker
8 39 (4.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (4.33%) Firmware
9 35 (4.33%) NFS
10 26 (3.21%) KVM
11 11 (1.36%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (1.11%) BitLocker
12 9 (1.11%) GPFS
12 9 (1.11%) vCloud
13 7 (0.87%) Ceph
13 7 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
14 6 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.62%) SRDF
16 4 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 167 (20.64%) Ansible
2 147 (18.17%) vCenter Server
3 101 (12.48%) Terraform
4 100 (12.36%) Kubernetes
5 45 (5.56%) SCCM
6 40 (4.94%) vRealize
7 39 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 38 (4.70%) SCOM
9 32 (3.96%) Grafana
10 26 (3.21%) vMotion
11 23 (2.84%) VxRail
12 20 (2.47%) Argo
12 20 (2.47%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.22%) Prometheus
14 16 (1.98%) NetBackup
15 15 (1.85%) Puppet
15 15 (1.85%) WSUS
16 14 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (1.73%) SnapMirror
17 13 (1.61%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 809 (100.00%) VMware
2 210 (25.96%) Microsoft
3 148 (18.29%) Cisco
4 64 (7.91%) Citrix
4 64 (7.91%) NetApp
5 61 (7.54%) Red Hat
6 51 (6.30%) Dell
7 41 (5.07%) Oracle
8 40 (4.94%) F5
9 35 (4.33%) ServiceNow
10 33 (4.08%) SolarWinds
11 32 (3.96%) Juniper
12 31 (3.83%) Palo Alto
13 30 (3.71%) Pure Storage
14 29 (3.58%) Veeam
15 27 (3.34%) IBM
16 22 (2.72%) Broadcom
17 21 (2.60%) Commvault
18 19 (2.35%) CheckPoint
18 19 (2.35%) McAfee