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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 125 121
Rank change year-on-year -35 -4 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 695 634 828
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 2.18% 1.87%
As % of the System Software category 14.43% 16.59% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 430 525
10th Percentile £317 £300 £263
25th Percentile £411 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 41
10th Percentile £42.42 £31.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £49.00 £37.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.54% +0.69% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.00 £55.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £74.83 £61.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +150.00% -39.37% -28.95%

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 4,815 3,821 4,809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.99% 13.12% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,297 2,598 3,261
10th Percentile £213 £210 £190
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £596 £623 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £475 £453
% change year-on-year +0.32% +4.86% -5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 88 231
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.30 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.41 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.07% +16.00% -45.78%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £61.75
90th Percentile £85.10 £79.84 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.25 £37.50 £26.08
% change year-on-year +26.00% +43.82% -19.77%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -53 611 £503 -8.64% 254
UK excluding London -40 496 £500 -9.09% 236
Work from Home -52 170 £500 -4.76% 90
South East -10 163 £525 -7.65% 81
London -92 131 £550 - 41
North of England -34 126 £435 +2.24% 64
Midlands -7 115 £400 -27.34% 27
West Midlands -8 93 £340 -38.29% 18
North West -17 75 £435 +2.24% 40
South West -59 58 £550 -4.35% 34
Yorkshire -27 57 £425 -8.60% 21
East of England -11 35 £475 +1.17% 27
Scotland +5 25 £464 +2.49% 7
East Midlands -22 22 £415 -20.95% 9
Wales -11 5 £413 +42.24% 8
North East -23 2 £513 +46.43% 5
Northern Ireland - 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 41 (5.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.45%) Confluence
4 6 (0.86%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.72%) nginx
6 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.29%) Apache
8 2 (0.29%) CICS
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.29%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.45%) MS Visio
2 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 204 (29.35%) Azure
2 144 (20.72%) AWS
3 59 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (7.34%) OpenShift
5 48 (6.91%) Entra ID
6 42 (6.04%) GCP
7 32 (4.60%) IaaS
8 29 (4.17%) Nutanix
9 20 (2.88%) GitHub
9 20 (2.88%) PaaS
10 14 (2.01%) Datadog
11 9 (1.29%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.15%) Rubrik
13 6 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (0.86%) Cohesity
14 5 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 189 (27.19%) DNS
2 169 (24.32%) Firewall
3 90 (12.95%) DHCP
4 73 (10.50%) VPN
5 64 (9.21%) VSAN
6 61 (8.78%) SAN
7 52 (7.48%) TCP/IP
8 51 (7.34%) WAN
9 50 (7.19%) Network Security
10 47 (6.76%) LAN
11 39 (5.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 38 (5.47%) SSL
13 37 (5.32%) BIG-IP
14 33 (4.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 33 (4.75%) HTTP
15 32 (4.60%) NAS
16 30 (4.32%) BGP
16 30 (4.32%) Wireshark
17 26 (3.74%) VLAN
18 24 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.01%) Power BI
4 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.43%) Redis
5 2 (0.29%) DataStage
5 2 (0.29%) GIS
6 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 32 (4.60%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.17%) JIRA
3 20 (2.88%) Fiddler
4 15 (2.16%) Git
5 13 (1.87%) GitLab
6 8 (1.15%) PVCS
6 8 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.58%) JMeter
8 4 (0.58%) JUnit
9 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.43%) RStudio
10 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.14%) GoCD
11 1 (0.14%) MSI
11 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 153 (22.01%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.78%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.06%) Finance
5 49 (7.05%) Banking
6 35 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (4.17%) Legal
8 28 (4.03%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.58%) Military
10 10 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.15%) Electronics
12 7 (1.01%) Police
13 5 (0.72%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (0.72%) Local Government
14 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 125 (17.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 106 (15.25%) Architect
3 59 (8.49%) Network Engineer
4 56 (8.06%) Analyst
5 52 (7.48%) Senior
6 46 (6.62%) VMware Engineer
7 33 (4.75%) Consultant
7 33 (4.75%) Infrastructure Architect
8 31 (4.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 30 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (3.88%) Lead
11 23 (3.31%) VMware Consultant
12 22 (3.17%) Storage Analyst
12 22 (3.17%) VMware Architect
13 21 (3.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (3.02%) Web Engineer
14 20 (2.88%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 20 (2.88%) IP Network Engineer
14 20 (2.88%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 18 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.02%) Flash
2 18 (2.59%) LDAP
3 12 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (1.58%) SAML
5 7 (1.01%) Loki
6 6 (0.86%) Kafka
6 6 (0.86%) Middleware
7 5 (0.72%) REST
7 5 (0.72%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.58%) OAuth
8 4 (0.58%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.58%) OpenID
8 4 (0.58%) Spring
9 3 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.43%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.29%) EJB
10 2 (0.29%) Java SE
10 2 (0.29%) JSP
10 2 (0.29%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.29%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.09%) Data Centre
2 57 (8.20%) Replication
3 48 (6.91%) PKI
4 47 (6.76%) Cloud Native
5 44 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (4.46%) Management Information System
7 29 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
8 23 (3.31%) Clustering
8 23 (3.31%) Private Cloud
9 20 (2.88%) Enterprise Storage
9 20 (2.88%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.73%) SCADA
13 11 (1.58%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.44%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.29%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.86%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 292 (42.01%) Windows
2 226 (32.52%) Linux
3 187 (26.91%) Windows Server
4 52 (7.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (5.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (3.31%) Windows 10
8 19 (2.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (2.45%) VMS
10 16 (2.30%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.58%) Data ONTAP
12 10 (1.44%) Mac OS
13 9 (1.29%) Solaris
13 9 (1.29%) Unix
14 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.86%) CoreOS
16 5 (0.72%) CentOS
16 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.58%) AIX
17 4 (0.58%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (23.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 129 (18.56%) Migration
3 111 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (13.38%) Agile
5 88 (12.66%) Disaster Recovery
6 83 (11.94%) CI/CD
6 83 (11.94%) High Availability
7 80 (11.51%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (11.22%) Load Balancing
9 76 (10.94%) DevOps
10 69 (9.93%) ITIL
11 58 (8.35%) Platform Engineering
12 57 (8.20%) Containerisation
13 53 (7.63%) Data Protection
14 51 (7.34%) Network Virtualisation
15 48 (6.91%) Roadmaps
16 44 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
17 43 (6.19%) Capacity Planning
17 43 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 160 (23.02%) PowerShell
2 117 (16.83%) Python
3 77 (11.08%) Bash
4 22 (3.17%) SQL
5 12 (1.73%) Perl
6 11 (1.58%) C
7 9 (1.29%) C++
8 8 (1.15%) Java
9 7 (1.01%) Embedded C
9 7 (1.01%) Embedded C++
10 6 (0.86%) Bicep
10 6 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.72%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.58%) PHP
13 3 (0.43%) C#
13 3 (0.43%) Go
13 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.29%) COBOL
14 2 (0.29%) Korn
14 2 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 261 (37.55%) Security Cleared
2 176 (25.32%) SC Cleared
3 86 (12.37%) DV Cleared
4 44 (6.33%) Degree
5 43 (6.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 30 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (3.31%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.17%) VCAP
9 21 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.88%) CCNP
11 18 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (2.16%) MCSE
13 13 (1.87%) Oracle Certification
14 12 (1.73%) MCSA
15 11 (1.58%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.44%) OCP
17 8 (1.15%) CCIE
17 8 (1.15%) CCNA
18 7 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.02%) NIST
2 20 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (1.87%) GDPR
4 10 (1.44%) NCSC
5 9 (1.29%) SLA
6 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.58%) QA
8 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.29%) ISA99
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.29%) RMADS
8 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.14%) DICOM
9 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 200 (28.78%) Active Directory
2 173 (24.89%) vSphere
3 147 (21.15%) VMware NSX
4 112 (16.12%) Hyper-V
5 105 (15.11%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (8.06%) Virtual Machines
7 54 (7.77%) Docker
8 40 (5.76%) NFS
9 29 (4.17%) Firmware
10 26 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (2.45%) KVM
12 16 (2.30%) GPFS
13 8 (1.15%) BitLocker
13 8 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.58%) vCloud
15 3 (0.43%) Ceph
15 3 (0.43%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.43%) Sendmail
15 3 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 121 (17.41%) Ansible
2 92 (13.24%) Terraform
3 89 (12.81%) vCenter Server
4 76 (10.94%) Kubernetes
5 58 (8.35%) SCCM
6 55 (7.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 52 (7.48%) vRealize
8 32 (4.60%) Grafana
9 27 (3.88%) Argo
10 22 (3.17%) VxRail
11 20 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
12 19 (2.73%) vMotion
13 18 (2.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 17 (2.45%) PowerCLI
15 14 (2.01%) FortiGate
15 14 (2.01%) Prometheus
16 13 (1.87%) SCOM
17 12 (1.73%) Progress Chef
18 11 (1.58%) WSUS
19 10 (1.44%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 695 (100.00%) VMware
2 175 (25.18%) Microsoft
3 146 (21.01%) Cisco
4 66 (9.50%) F5
5 63 (9.06%) Red Hat
6 61 (8.78%) Citrix
7 55 (7.91%) NetApp
8 44 (6.33%) IBM
9 43 (6.19%) Dell
10 41 (5.90%) ServiceNow
11 37 (5.32%) SolarWinds
12 36 (5.18%) Palo Alto
12 36 (5.18%) Pure Storage
13 33 (4.75%) Oracle
14 28 (4.03%) Commvault
15 25 (3.60%) Veeam
16 24 (3.45%) McAfee
17 21 (3.02%) Blue Coat
17 21 (3.02%) Broadcom
18 19 (2.73%) HP