Hybrid/Remote VMware Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median VMware Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 305 330
Rank change year-on-year -53 +25 +60
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Infrastructure Engineer 15 3 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.031% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.033% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - - £506
25th Percentile - £534 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £569 £563
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +1.07% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £603 £597
90th Percentile - - £599
UK median daily rate £590 £569 £550
% change year-on-year +3.78% +3.36% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,667 9,211 11,893
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.81% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,932 6,076 7,606
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 703 292 297
10th Percentile £15.73 £13.30 £19.59
25th Percentile £26.78 £20.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -10.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.72 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid VMware Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

VMware Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, VMware Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring VMware Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 15 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
3 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (60.00%) VMware NSX
5 6 (40.00%) VCAP
5 6 (40.00%) vCenter Server
5 6 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (40.00%) VSAN
5 6 (40.00%) vSphere
6 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) Linux
6 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 4 (26.67%) Azure
7 4 (26.67%) Windows
8 3 (20.00%) AWS
8 3 (20.00%) Citrix
8 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (20.00%) Debian
8 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (13.33%) Broadcom
10 1 (6.67%) Agile
10 1 (6.67%) Ansible
10 1 (6.67%) Bash
10 1 (6.67%) Capacity Management
10 1 (6.67%) Change Management
10 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (6.67%) DHCP
10 1 (6.67%) DNS

VMware Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Nutanix
3 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) VSAN
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Private Cloud
1 4 (26.67%) Public Cloud
2 3 (20.00%) PKI
3 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
3 3 (20.00%) Debian
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (6.67%) Agile
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) High Availability
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Observability
3 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Runbook
3 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Validation
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Bash
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) VCAP
2 6 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (60.00%) VMware NSX
3 6 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (40.00%) vSphere
4 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (13.33%) Broadcom
4 1 (6.67%) Dynatrace
4 1 (6.67%) Veeam