VMware Infrastructure Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 121 152
Rank change year-on-year -47 +31 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 176 517 792
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.16% 2.02% 1.78%
As % of the System Software category 12.12% 16.25% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 349 589
10th Percentile £310 £342 £299
25th Percentile £356 £428 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £539 £475
% change year-on-year -7.24% +13.47% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 35 15
10th Percentile - £48.91 £28.41
25th Percentile £37.63 £62.50 £50.42
Median hourly rate £46.39 £66.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.71% +8.32% +4.15%
75th Percentile £50.00 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £86.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £49.92
% change year-on-year -38.08% +30.21% -4.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,452 3,181 5,516
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.58% 12.44% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,279 4,087
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £631 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 103 104
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.20 £14.28
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.69
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £52.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.90 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

VMware Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

VMware Infrastructure hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.68%) Confluence
3 6 (3.41%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.70%) IIS
4 3 (1.70%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.70%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.70%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.41%) Azure
2 36 (20.45%) AWS
3 28 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (11.36%) IaaS
5 12 (6.82%) PaaS
6 11 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (5.68%) GCP
7 10 (5.68%) SaaS
8 9 (5.11%) Nutanix
9 7 (3.98%) Rubrik
10 5 (2.84%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.27%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.14%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.14%) GitHub
12 2 (1.14%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.14%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 54 (30.68%) Firewall
2 34 (19.32%) DNS
2 34 (19.32%) SAN
3 31 (17.61%) DHCP
4 21 (11.93%) TCP/IP
5 19 (10.80%) LAN
5 19 (10.80%) WAN
6 14 (7.95%) NAS
7 12 (6.82%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (6.25%) VPN
9 10 (5.68%) Internet
9 10 (5.68%) VLAN
10 9 (5.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (3.98%) Kerberos
11 7 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.84%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.84%) VSAN
13 4 (2.27%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (1.70%) BGP
14 3 (1.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.27%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.70%) Metadata
3 3 (1.70%) PowerPivot
3 3 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Power View
5 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (7.95%) JIRA
2 10 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.55%) Git
4 7 (3.98%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.57%) CppUnit
5 1 (0.57%) GitLab
5 1 (0.57%) PVCS
5 1 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.57%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.57%) Subversion
5 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.05%) Finance
3 16 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.39%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.11%) Banking
6 6 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.84%) Billing
7 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.14%) Front Office
9 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Publishing
9 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (13.64%) Consultant
3 22 (12.50%) Architect
4 19 (10.80%) Senior
5 15 (8.52%) VMware Engineer
6 11 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 10 (5.68%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) Python Engineer
8 9 (5.11%) VMware Consultant
9 8 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (4.55%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.98%) Network Consultant
10 7 (3.98%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (3.98%) Storage Engineer
10 7 (3.98%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 6 (3.41%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.41%) Senior Network Consultant
11 6 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.55%) LDAP
2 7 (3.98%) .NET
2 7 (3.98%) Middleware
3 4 (2.27%) REST
4 3 (1.70%) CSS
4 3 (1.70%) EDI
4 3 (1.70%) HTML
5 2 (1.14%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.14%) ADSI
5 2 (1.14%) Web Services
5 2 (1.14%) YAML
6 1 (0.57%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.20%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.68%) Clustering
3 8 (4.55%) Replication
4 7 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.98%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.27%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 3 (1.70%) CCTV
6 3 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.70%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.70%) PKI
6 3 (1.70%) SCADA
6 3 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.14%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.14%) NHS
7 2 (1.14%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 78 (44.32%) Windows
2 54 (30.68%) Linux
3 47 (26.70%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (7.39%) Unix
6 12 (6.82%) Solaris
7 11 (6.25%) Oracle Linux
7 11 (6.25%) Windows 10
8 7 (3.98%) VMS
8 7 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.27%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (1.14%) CentOS
12 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.14%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (22.16%) Migration
3 28 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (13.07%) Agile
4 23 (13.07%) ITIL
5 21 (11.93%) DevOps
6 18 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (9.66%) High Availability
7 17 (9.66%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (8.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (7.95%) Customer Service
10 13 (7.39%) Containerisation
11 12 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (6.25%) Roadmaps
12 11 (6.25%) Security Hardening
12 11 (6.25%) Task Automation
12 11 (6.25%) Time Management
13 10 (5.68%) Network Virtualisation
13 10 (5.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.89%) PowerShell
2 24 (13.64%) Python
3 12 (6.82%) Bash
4 7 (3.98%) Perl
5 6 (3.41%) SQL
6 4 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.70%) C++
7 3 (1.70%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.14%) Java
8 2 (1.14%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.57%) C
9 1 (0.57%) C#
9 1 (0.57%) Go
9 1 (0.57%) PHP
9 1 (0.57%) Ruby
9 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (11.36%) Degree
2 15 (8.52%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (6.25%) CCNP
3 11 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.98%) CCIE
7 6 (3.41%) CCNA
8 5 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.27%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.70%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.14%) CCENT
11 2 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.14%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.14%) MCSA
11 2 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.57%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.52%) SLA
2 10 (5.68%) GDPR
3 7 (3.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (3.41%) PMO
5 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) NCSC
6 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 63 (35.80%) Active Directory
2 32 (18.18%) VMware NSX
3 30 (17.05%) Hyper-V
3 30 (17.05%) vSphere
4 16 (9.09%) Docker
5 15 (8.52%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (7.95%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.98%) XenApp
8 5 (2.84%) KVM
8 5 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.27%) XenDesktop
10 2 (1.14%) Ceph
10 2 (1.14%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.14%) vCloud
10 2 (1.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.57%) Firmware
11 1 (0.57%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.57%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (14.77%) Ansible
2 22 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 18 (10.23%) SCCM
4 14 (7.95%) Terraform
4 14 (7.95%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.98%) EMC NetWorker
5 7 (3.98%) Netcool
5 7 (3.98%) Tivoli
5 7 (3.98%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (3.98%) WSUS
6 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.84%) Nessus
7 5 (2.84%) Puppet
8 4 (2.27%) Avamar
8 4 (2.27%) VxRail
9 3 (1.70%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.14%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 176 (100.00%) VMware
2 68 (38.64%) Microsoft
3 35 (19.89%) Cisco
4 22 (12.50%) Citrix
4 22 (12.50%) Dell
5 16 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 15 (8.52%) Qualys
7 13 (7.39%) Oracle
7 13 (7.39%) Red Hat
8 12 (6.82%) Splunk
9 11 (6.25%) CyberArk
9 11 (6.25%) EMC
9 11 (6.25%) Palo Alto
10 8 (4.55%) HP
11 7 (3.98%) IBM
11 7 (3.98%) Isilon
11 7 (3.98%) Serena
12 6 (3.41%) CheckPoint
13 5 (2.84%) Veeam
14 4 (2.27%) Juniper