VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 89 117
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 -20
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 33 48 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.73% 2.06% 1.61%
As % of the System Software category 21.43% 16.27% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 41
10th Percentile £196 £356 £213
25th Percentile £280 £408 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £325
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% +46.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £606 £547 £450
90th Percentile £761 £659 £575
England median daily rate £500 £549 £475
% change year-on-year -8.97% +15.64% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £12.40
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 - £20.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.13 £65.00 £49.21
% change year-on-year -38.27% +32.09% -1.58%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 154 295 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.07% 12.66% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 197 303
10th Percentile £178 £158 £160
25th Percentile £238 £270 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £700 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 24
10th Percentile £14.59 £14.42 £12.65
25th Percentile £15.65 £15.98 £14.69
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.72 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +5.78% +10.74%
75th Percentile £19.95 £51.19 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.23 £52.50 £22.78
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +5.26%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Warwickshire +11 11 £625 -7.41% 4
Birmingham -6 8 £200 -53.49% 13
Worcestershire +14 5 £550 +22.22% 6
Shropshire - 5 £300 - 1
Staffordshire +10 3 £413 -31.25% 12
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (3.03%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) DNS
2 12 (36.36%) DHCP
3 11 (33.33%) WAN
4 9 (27.27%) SAN
5 8 (24.24%) LAN
6 7 (21.21%) Firewall
6 7 (21.21%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (21.21%) TCP/IP
7 5 (15.15%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (15.15%) VPN
8 4 (12.12%) MPLS
8 4 (12.12%) SD-WAN
9 3 (9.09%) VLAN
9 3 (9.09%) VoIP
9 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (3.03%) Network Security
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Administrator
2 8 (24.24%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.15%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Server Administrator
3 5 (15.15%) VMWare Administrator
4 3 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Server Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) PKI
3 3 (9.09%) Clustering
3 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.03%) Grid Computing
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (57.58%) Windows
2 16 (48.48%) Windows Server
3 11 (33.33%) Linux
4 10 (30.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (15.15%) Unix
6 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
7 4 (12.12%) CentOS
7 4 (12.12%) Ubuntu
8 3 (9.09%) Mac OS
8 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.21%) Virtual Environments
5 5 (15.15%) Information Management
5 5 (15.15%) Load Balancing
5 5 (15.15%) Security Hardening
5 5 (15.15%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (15.15%) SIEM
5 5 (15.15%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (15.15%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
6 4 (12.12%) Change Control
6 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.12%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (12.12%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (12.12%) Patch Management
6 4 (12.12%) Task Automation
7 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 5 (15.15%) C#
2 5 (15.15%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) Bash
4 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) Degree
3 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 12 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 11 (33.33%) VMware NSX
4 10 (30.30%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (21.21%) vSphere
6 5 (15.15%) VMware Server
7 3 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (6.06%) Terminal Services
9 1 (3.03%) Docker
9 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (30.30%) vCenter Server
2 8 (24.24%) SCCM
3 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
4 3 (9.09%) Autotask
4 3 (9.09%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (3.03%) PowerCLI
5 1 (3.03%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) Cisco
3 5 (15.15%) Veeam
4 3 (9.09%) Apple
4 3 (9.09%) Datto
5 1 (3.03%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.03%) Commvault
5 1 (3.03%) NetApp
5 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.03%) Sophos