VMware Infrastructure Contracts

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 132 104
Rank change year-on-year -17 -28 +34
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 554 746 1,346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.88% 1.75% 2.36%
As % of the System Software category 15.27% 16.31% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 486 930
10th Percentile £321 £268 £318
25th Percentile £425 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% +15.59%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £663 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +9.78% -4.57% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 30 74
10th Percentile - £22.28 £44.88
25th Percentile - £38.22 £59.85
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -38.08% +34.23%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £69.69
90th Percentile - £80.88 £84.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £43.22 £62.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% -30.30% +33.85%

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 3,629 4,575 7,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.33% 10.75% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,458 3,160 5,317
10th Percentile £213 £200 £204
25th Percentile £388 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £609 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +2.70% -3.65% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 229 260
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.06 £15.25
25th Percentile £15.44 £14.48 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.21 £22.30 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.48% -58.70% +170.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £88.38 £78.40 £75.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.65 £19.17 £44.93
% change year-on-year +91.16% -57.33% +154.69%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 16 Contract 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 May 2025. 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 -15 484 £550 +10.00% 659
UK excluding London -11 368 £550 +9.78% 557
Work from Home +19 143 £525 +10.53% 295
London -14 136 £525 +7.69% 150
South West +35 96 £575 +9.52% 85
South East -25 92 £575 +14.77% 158
North of England +6 64 £400 +14.29% 106
Midlands +23 52 £550 +2.33% 91
West Midlands +12 38 £551 +2.51% 54
North West +10 38 £404 +24.31% 66
East of England +40 35 £550 -15.38% 77
Scotland -2 28 £465 +2.65% 32
Yorkshire +7 22 £440 +15.79% 29
East Midlands +14 14 £543 +0.98% 36
Wales +3 7 £290 +1.75% 10
North East -3 5 £350 -41.67% 12

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 69 (12.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (8.12%) SharePoint
3 33 (5.96%) Confluence
4 10 (1.81%) IIS
5 8 (1.44%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.90%) Apache
6 5 (0.90%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 162 (29.24%) Azure
2 94 (16.97%) AWS
3 85 (15.34%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (9.03%) IaaS
5 47 (8.48%) Entra ID
6 42 (7.58%) OpenShift
7 33 (5.96%) PaaS
8 27 (4.87%) GCP
8 27 (4.87%) SaaS
9 17 (3.07%) Cohesity
9 17 (3.07%) OneDrive
10 16 (2.89%) GitHub
11 15 (2.71%) Nutanix
12 11 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.08%) Azure Stack
15 5 (0.90%) Asana
16 4 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 129 (23.29%) DNS
2 102 (18.41%) Firewall
3 81 (14.62%) DHCP
4 62 (11.19%) SAN
5 61 (11.01%) TCP/IP
6 44 (7.94%) Network Security
7 43 (7.76%) VPN
8 34 (6.14%) WAN
9 32 (5.78%) VSAN
10 31 (5.60%) LAN
11 26 (4.69%) BGP
11 26 (4.69%) NAS
11 26 (4.69%) OSPF
11 26 (4.69%) VLAN
12 24 (4.33%) VoIP
13 21 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (3.43%) HTTP
15 18 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (3.07%) SD-WAN
17 16 (2.89%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.53%) MongoDB
3 13 (2.35%) Oracle Database
4 12 (2.17%) Big Data
4 12 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.54%) MySQL
7 3 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.36%) Power BI
8 2 (0.36%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.18%) GIS
9 1 (0.18%) MSDE
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (7.76%) JIRA
2 34 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 33 (5.96%) Git
4 17 (3.07%) Bitbucket
5 9 (1.62%) GitLab
6 7 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (1.26%) Subversion
7 6 (1.08%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.72%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.36%) MSI
10 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.18%) Introscope
10 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) Serena SBM
General
1 133 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 58 (10.47%) Public Sector
3 55 (9.93%) Finance
4 38 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.60%) Telecoms
6 21 (3.79%) Legal
7 20 (3.61%) Banking
8 11 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.44%) Military
10 8 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.90%) Law
13 3 (0.54%) Billing
13 3 (0.54%) Marketing
14 2 (0.36%) Advertising
14 2 (0.36%) Electronics
14 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (17.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 82 (14.80%) Architect
3 43 (7.76%) VMware Engineer
4 37 (6.68%) Linux Engineer
5 32 (5.78%) Support Engineer
6 30 (5.42%) Consultant
7 29 (5.23%) Senior
8 27 (4.87%) Infrastructure Architect
9 25 (4.51%) Network Engineer
10 23 (4.15%) Administrator
11 21 (3.79%) Lead
12 20 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 19 (3.43%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 18 (3.25%) VMware Architect
15 17 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (2.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (2.89%) Infrastructure Specialist
16 16 (2.89%) Technical Architect
17 15 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.89%) REST
2 14 (2.53%) Flash
3 11 (1.99%) SOAP
4 9 (1.62%) Kafka
5 8 (1.44%) .NET
6 7 (1.26%) Middleware
7 6 (1.08%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.90%) HTML
8 5 (0.90%) LDAP
8 5 (0.90%) Loki
8 5 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.90%) Spine.js
9 4 (0.72%) CSS
9 4 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.72%) SAML
10 3 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (0.36%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 85 (15.34%) Data Centre
2 43 (7.76%) Clustering
3 33 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (5.23%) PKI
5 26 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (3.97%) Public Cloud
7 20 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
8 15 (2.71%) Private Cloud
9 13 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.99%) Blackberry
10 11 (1.99%) Replication
11 10 (1.81%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.62%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.44%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.26%) Operational Technology
15 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
16 5 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
16 5 (0.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 280 (50.54%) Windows
2 182 (32.85%) Windows Server
3 171 (30.87%) Linux
4 60 (10.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 51 (9.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 48 (8.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (8.30%) Windows 10
8 42 (7.58%) Unix
9 30 (5.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (2.71%) CentOS
11 13 (2.35%) Solaris
11 13 (2.35%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.99%) VMS
13 10 (1.81%) AIX
14 6 (1.08%) Android
14 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.90%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.72%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (22.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 123 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (15.88%) Migration
3 80 (14.44%) High Availability
4 79 (14.26%) Agile
5 66 (11.91%) Service Management
6 65 (11.73%) ITIL
7 55 (9.93%) DevOps
8 44 (7.94%) Network Virtualisation
8 44 (7.94%) Roadmaps
9 43 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (7.22%) Containerisation
11 39 (7.04%) Validation
12 37 (6.68%) CI/CD
12 37 (6.68%) Project Delivery
13 36 (6.50%) Deployment Automation
14 34 (6.14%) Disaster Recovery
15 32 (5.78%) ITSM
16 31 (5.60%) Data Protection
16 31 (5.60%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.01%) PowerShell
2 102 (18.41%) Python
3 54 (9.75%) Bash
4 41 (7.40%) SQL
5 20 (3.61%) Perl
6 19 (3.43%) Shell Script
7 18 (3.25%) Java
8 9 (1.62%) VBScript
9 7 (1.26%) C#
9 7 (1.26%) Erlang
9 7 (1.26%) Prolog
10 6 (1.08%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.90%) VB
12 2 (0.36%) C
12 2 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.18%) Go
13 1 (0.18%) Ruby
13 1 (0.18%) VB6
Qualifications
1 255 (46.03%) Security Cleared
2 168 (30.32%) SC Cleared
3 95 (17.15%) DV Cleared
4 77 (13.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 64 (11.55%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (8.66%) CCNP
7 44 (7.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (7.40%) Degree
9 25 (4.51%) MCSE
10 20 (3.61%) Azure Certification
10 20 (3.61%) CCNA
11 15 (2.71%) Oracle Certification
12 13 (2.35%) Master's Degree
13 12 (2.17%) CCIE
13 12 (2.17%) RHCE
14 11 (1.99%) OCA
15 10 (1.81%) RHCA
16 9 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (1.62%) MCSA
16 9 (1.62%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.07%) SLA
2 11 (1.99%) GDPR
3 10 (1.81%) NIST
4 9 (1.62%) NCSC
5 7 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.26%) Def Stans
6 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.72%) QA
6 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 201 (36.28%) Active Directory
2 94 (16.97%) VMware ESXi
2 94 (16.97%) vSphere
3 87 (15.70%) Hyper-V
4 77 (13.90%) VMware NSX
5 57 (10.29%) Docker
6 37 (6.68%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (4.51%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (3.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 15 (2.71%) Microsoft App-V
11 14 (2.53%) BitLocker
11 14 (2.53%) NFS
12 10 (1.81%) Terminal Services
12 10 (1.81%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 7 (1.26%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (1.08%) DFS Replication
15 5 (0.90%) KVM
16 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
16 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 143 (25.81%) Ansible
2 81 (14.62%) vCenter Server
3 63 (11.37%) Kubernetes
4 58 (10.47%) Terraform
5 56 (10.11%) SCCM
6 45 (8.12%) Puppet
7 32 (5.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 32 (5.78%) WSUS
8 26 (4.69%) Progress Chef
9 20 (3.61%) VxRail
10 15 (2.71%) vMotion
11 14 (2.53%) vRealize
12 13 (2.35%) PowerCLI
13 11 (1.99%) FortiGate
13 11 (1.99%) Nagios
14 10 (1.81%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.81%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 9 (1.62%) AppManager
16 8 (1.44%) Red Hat Satellite
17 7 (1.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 554 (100.00%) VMware
2 192 (34.66%) Microsoft
3 112 (20.22%) Cisco
4 75 (13.54%) Red Hat
5 45 (8.12%) Oracle
6 43 (7.76%) Citrix
7 41 (7.40%) Splunk
8 40 (7.22%) NetApp
9 25 (4.51%) SolarWinds
10 22 (3.97%) F5
10 22 (3.97%) Palo Alto
11 21 (3.79%) Atlassian
12 20 (3.61%) Broadcom
13 19 (3.43%) Google
14 18 (3.25%) Dell
14 18 (3.25%) Veeam
15 16 (2.89%) HP
15 16 (2.89%) Juniper
15 16 (2.89%) Symantec
16 14 (2.53%) Veritas