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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 182 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 -75 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 865 501 829
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 1.51% 2.14%
As % of the System Software category 16.28% 13.01% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 313 526
10th Percentile £325 £350 £321
25th Percentile £438 £457 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £521
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +5.52% -0.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 3 11
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.40 £22.40
25th Percentile £29.00 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +110.45% -17.05% -42.60%
75th Percentile £74.00 £48.63 £60.63
90th Percentile £98.82 £59.80 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.24 £47.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +38.07% -5.50% -13.78%

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 5,314 3,852 4,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 11.64% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,498 2,451 3,074
10th Percentile £222 £230 £220
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.68%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 110 142
10th Percentile £15.79 £13.75 £14.06
25th Percentile £22.41 £17.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.64 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +63.52% +39.10% -49.09%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £59.58
90th Percentile £85.00 £91.50 £73.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.37 £63.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -6.51% +130.91% +11.70%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +9 755 £518 -5.77% 352
UK excluding London -8 595 £515 -6.36% 267
South East -2 219 £538 -6.52% 91
London -5 187 £525 - 129
Work from Home -20 175 £500 -9.09% 125
North of England -6 152 £485 +11.24% 56
Midlands -15 89 £450 -18.18% 33
North West +9 79 £484 +13.88% 31
South West -29 76 £575 - 41
West Midlands -23 69 £450 -20.35% 20
Yorkshire -15 66 £500 +11.48% 12
East of England -17 39 £500 -9.09% 29
Scotland +5 33 £438 -11.57% 21
East Midlands -9 20 £450 -13.63% 13
Wales -4 11 £550 - 5
North East -37 7 £200 -68.00% 16

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 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.73%) Confluence
4 14 (1.62%) IIS
5 8 (0.92%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.81%) JBoss
6 7 (0.81%) nginx
6 7 (0.81%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.46%) Apache
7 4 (0.46%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.46%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.35%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) CMS
9 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.23%) Houdini
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.23%) NUKE
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 242 (27.98%) Azure
2 151 (17.46%) AWS
3 71 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.13%) Entra ID
5 44 (5.09%) OpenShift
6 43 (4.97%) GCP
7 35 (4.05%) GitHub
8 30 (3.47%) IaaS
9 23 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.43%) Nutanix
11 20 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (2.31%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.97%) Rubrik
13 16 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (1.85%) PaaS
14 15 (1.73%) OneDrive
15 14 (1.62%) SaaS
16 9 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.04%) Azure Stack
16 9 (1.04%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 268 (30.98%) DNS
2 179 (20.69%) Firewall
3 166 (19.19%) DHCP
4 92 (10.64%) VSAN
5 90 (10.40%) TCP/IP
6 77 (8.90%) VPN
7 70 (8.09%) SAN
8 64 (7.40%) VLAN
9 63 (7.28%) WAN
10 55 (6.36%) Network Security
11 50 (5.78%) SSL
12 48 (5.55%) LAN
13 39 (4.51%) NAS
14 36 (4.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 31 (3.58%) BGP
15 31 (3.58%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 30 (3.47%) BIG-IP
17 27 (3.12%) HTTP
18 26 (3.01%) Wireshark
19 20 (2.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (2.08%) Power BI
4 14 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.04%) Big Data
7 9 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.92%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (0.69%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.58%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.58%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.35%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 40 (4.62%) JIRA
2 34 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.77%) GitLab
4 19 (2.20%) Git
5 16 (1.85%) Fiddler
6 5 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.46%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.23%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.23%) MSI
9 2 (0.23%) PVCS
9 2 (0.23%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 196 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (8.79%) Finance
4 51 (5.90%) Public Sector
5 38 (4.39%) Banking
6 34 (3.93%) Legal
7 31 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 17 (1.97%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.92%) Military
13 8 (0.92%) Retail
14 6 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.69%) Law
15 5 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.58%) Police
16 4 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 206 (23.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 123 (14.22%) Senior
3 93 (10.75%) VMware Engineer
4 84 (9.71%) Architect
5 74 (8.55%) Network Engineer
6 47 (5.43%) Support Engineer
7 41 (4.74%) Consultant
8 39 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 38 (4.39%) Lead
10 36 (4.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 35 (4.05%) Storage Engineer
12 34 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
12 34 (3.93%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 33 (3.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 30 (3.47%) Administrator
15 28 (3.24%) VMware Consultant
16 25 (2.89%) Virtualisation Engineer
17 24 (2.77%) Senior Network Engineer
18 23 (2.66%) IT Engineer
18 23 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.97%) REST
2 13 (1.50%) Middleware
3 12 (1.39%) JSON
4 11 (1.27%) .NET
5 10 (1.16%) 802.1X
5 10 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (1.16%) Flash
6 9 (1.04%) YAML
7 7 (0.81%) LDAP
8 6 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (0.69%) Redfish
9 5 (0.58%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.58%) JDBC
9 5 (0.58%) Kafka
9 5 (0.58%) ODBC
9 5 (0.58%) XML
10 3 (0.35%) NETCONF
10 3 (0.35%) SAML
11 2 (0.23%) Java SE
11 2 (0.23%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 132 (15.26%) Data Centre
2 71 (8.21%) PKI
3 68 (7.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 50 (5.78%) Enterprise Storage
5 49 (5.66%) Clustering
6 47 (5.43%) Replication
7 31 (3.58%) Management Information System
8 30 (3.47%) Public Cloud
9 24 (2.77%) Cloud Native
10 23 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
11 22 (2.54%) Onboarding
11 22 (2.54%) Private Cloud
12 19 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.27%) SCADA
15 10 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (1.16%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.04%) Product Ownership
17 8 (0.92%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 446 (51.56%) Windows
2 289 (33.41%) Windows Server
3 249 (28.79%) Linux
4 50 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 48 (5.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (3.70%) VMS
7 25 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (2.66%) Unix
9 18 (2.08%) Windows 10
9 18 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.85%) Data ONTAP
11 15 (1.73%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (1.04%) Solaris
14 8 (0.92%) AIX
15 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
15 7 (0.81%) CentOS
16 6 (0.69%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (31.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 167 (19.31%) Migration
3 154 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (15.38%) ITIL
5 124 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 117 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 113 (13.06%) High Availability
8 105 (12.14%) CI/CD
9 96 (11.10%) Technical Leadership
10 91 (10.52%) Change Management
11 85 (9.83%) Network Virtualisation
12 84 (9.71%) DevOps
13 81 (9.36%) Agile
13 81 (9.36%) ITSM
13 81 (9.36%) Validation
14 77 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (8.67%) Platform Engineering
16 69 (7.98%) Service Management
17 68 (7.86%) Project Delivery
17 68 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 210 (24.28%) PowerShell
2 132 (15.26%) Python
3 91 (10.52%) Bash
4 53 (6.13%) SQL
5 23 (2.66%) Java
6 9 (1.04%) Go
7 7 (0.81%) Bicep
7 7 (0.81%) C
8 6 (0.69%) C#
8 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.69%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.46%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.35%) C++
10 3 (0.35%) Lua
10 3 (0.35%) VB
10 3 (0.35%) VBScript
11 2 (0.23%) COBOL
11 2 (0.23%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.23%) Korn
11 2 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 402 (46.47%) Security Cleared
2 246 (28.44%) SC Cleared
3 186 (21.50%) DV Cleared
4 66 (7.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (6.36%) Degree
6 41 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (4.74%) VCAP
7 40 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.24%) Azure Certification
9 25 (2.89%) MCSE
10 21 (2.43%) CCNP
11 20 (2.31%) CCNA
12 16 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.85%) MCSA
13 14 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.81%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 7 (0.81%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.12%) SLA
2 20 (2.31%) NIST
3 17 (1.97%) NCSC
3 17 (1.97%) QA
4 15 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.04%) GDPR
6 5 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
6 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.46%) GxP
8 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.23%) DICOM
9 2 (0.23%) ISA99
9 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.23%) RMADS
10 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 272 (31.45%) Active Directory
2 209 (24.16%) vSphere
3 197 (22.77%) VMware ESXi
4 182 (21.04%) Hyper-V
5 168 (19.42%) VMware NSX
6 94 (10.87%) Virtual Machines
7 57 (6.59%) Docker
8 38 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (3.82%) Firmware
10 21 (2.43%) KVM
11 20 (2.31%) NFS
12 10 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
13 9 (1.04%) BitLocker
13 9 (1.04%) Ceph
14 7 (0.81%) GPFS
14 7 (0.81%) vCloud
15 6 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.58%) SRDF
17 4 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 181 (20.92%) Ansible
2 148 (17.11%) vCenter Server
3 124 (14.34%) Terraform
4 115 (13.29%) Kubernetes
5 50 (5.78%) SCCM
5 50 (5.78%) SCOM
6 35 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 35 (4.05%) VxRail
7 33 (3.82%) vRealize
8 26 (3.01%) Grafana
9 23 (2.66%) Prometheus
10 22 (2.54%) NetBackup
10 22 (2.54%) Puppet
11 19 (2.20%) WSUS
12 16 (1.85%) PowerCLI
12 16 (1.85%) vMotion
13 15 (1.73%) Microsoft Clustering
14 14 (1.62%) Argo
15 13 (1.50%) Avamar
15 13 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 865 (100.00%) VMware
2 242 (27.98%) Microsoft
3 146 (16.88%) Cisco
4 63 (7.28%) NetApp
5 60 (6.94%) Citrix
6 59 (6.82%) Red Hat
7 49 (5.66%) Dell
7 49 (5.66%) Oracle
8 47 (5.43%) F5
9 44 (5.09%) ServiceNow
10 37 (4.28%) Palo Alto
10 37 (4.28%) SolarWinds
11 31 (3.58%) Juniper
11 31 (3.58%) Veeam
12 25 (2.89%) IBM
13 24 (2.77%) Broadcom
14 19 (2.20%) McAfee
15 18 (2.08%) Fortinet
16 17 (1.97%) Blue Coat
16 17 (1.97%) Splunk