VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 9 30
Rank change year-on-year -22 +21 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 22 82 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 5.35% 13.40% 6.47%
As % of the System Software category 38.60% 54.67% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 56 46
10th Percentile - £463 £356
25th Percentile £525 £510 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £644 £633 £613
90th Percentile £697 £670 £638
South West median daily rate £555 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +3.26% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate - - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +36.10%

All System Software Skills
Wiltshire

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 in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 57 150 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 13.87% 24.51% 17.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 109 121
10th Percentile £251 £455 £200
25th Percentile £480 £504 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £594
90th Percentile £663 £667 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate - - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% +30.08% +26.86%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in Wiltshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Wiltshire

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Corsham -6 21 £575 +6.93% 2
VMware Infrastructure
South West

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (27.27%) Confluence
3 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 3 (13.64%) Skype for Business
5 2 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (59.09%) DNS
2 8 (36.36%) Skype
3 6 (27.27%) VSAN
4 4 (18.18%) Firewall
4 4 (18.18%) VPN
5 3 (13.64%) BGP
5 3 (13.64%) IPsec
5 3 (13.64%) MPLS
5 3 (13.64%) Unified Communications
6 2 (9.09%) DHCP
7 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 2 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Billing
3 2 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Python Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) NETCONF
1 3 (13.64%) RESTCONF
2 2 (9.09%) ModSecurity
3 1 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) PKI
2 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (13.64%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Linux
3 10 (45.45%) Windows 10
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (4.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Service Management
2 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (22.73%) NsoIT
3 5 (22.73%) Platform Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
4 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 3 (13.64%) Configuration Management
5 3 (13.64%) Design Patterns
5 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) System Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (9.09%) ITIL
6 2 (9.09%) Regression Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Server Management
6 2 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (9.09%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (59.09%) SC Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) DV Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) CCNP
4 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (18.18%) Degree
5 3 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (9.09%) MCSA
6 2 (9.09%) MCSE
6 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.55%) OCA
7 1 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (4.55%) RHCA
7 1 (4.55%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 7 (31.82%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (27.27%) VMware NSX
4 3 (13.64%) vSphere
5 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
6 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (54.55%) vCenter Server
2 6 (27.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (27.27%) Ansible
3 3 (13.64%) OPNET
3 3 (13.64%) Puppet
3 3 (13.64%) VxRail
4 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 2 (9.09%) SCCM
4 2 (9.09%) Terraform
4 2 (9.09%) vRealize
4 2 (9.09%) WSUS
5 1 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Nessus
5 1 (4.55%) Progress Chef
5 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 11 (50.00%) Cisco
4 4 (18.18%) Atlassian
5 3 (13.64%) SolarWinds
5 3 (13.64%) Veeam
6 2 (9.09%) Dell
6 2 (9.09%) Infoblox
7 1 (4.55%) Citrix
7 1 (4.55%) Fujitsu
7 1 (4.55%) HP
7 1 (4.55%) Oracle
7 1 (4.55%) SAP
7 1 (4.55%) Splunk