VMware Infrastructure Contracts in England

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 108 130
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 691 1,136 1,467
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.88% 2.32% 2.10%
As % of the System Software category 17.26% 17.89% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 801 1,082
10th Percentile £273 £313 £255
25th Percentile £375 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +15.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £534 £465
% change year-on-year -6.32% +14.78% +5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 56 30
10th Percentile £22.08 £45.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £37.63 £54.56 £28.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £49.21
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +32.09% -1.58%
75th Percentile £46.86 £73.31 £60.93
90th Percentile £81.75 £83.19 £67.55
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £49.84
% change year-on-year -38.08% +30.42% -4.15%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,003 6,349 9,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.88% 12.94% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 4,596 7,048
10th Percentile £200 £203 £196
25th Percentile £325 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 231 274
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.61 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.38 £33.59
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.75 £56.44
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in England

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +1 230 £501 -3.75% 100
London -4 206 £500 -9.09% 89
South West -3 93 £535 -2.73% 62
North of England -6 85 £350 -30.00% 79
Midlands -13 44 £544 +8.75% 74
North West -28 44 £325 -35.00% 50
Yorkshire +29 34 £378 -20.94% 22
West Midlands +6 33 £538 +13.16% 44
East of England -49 22 £650 - 47
East Midlands -5 10 £550 -14.73% 30
North East +11 7 £600 +14.29% 9
VMware Infrastructure
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VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 93 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (6.37%) Confluence
3 34 (4.92%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2010
5 15 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (1.01%) IIS
6 7 (1.01%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.87%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.72%) nginx
9 4 (0.58%) IBM Domino
9 4 (0.58%) MQSeries
9 4 (0.58%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.29%) Traefik
11 1 (0.14%) Apache
11 1 (0.14%) Site Server
11 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.29%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (0.29%) RMDS
3 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.14%) Eikon
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 186 (26.92%) Azure
2 110 (15.92%) AWS
3 92 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.92%) IaaS
5 33 (4.78%) GCP
6 28 (4.05%) PaaS
7 24 (3.47%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.47%) Nutanix
8 22 (3.18%) SaaS
9 21 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (2.60%) GitHub
11 16 (2.32%) OCI
12 11 (1.59%) OpenShift
13 10 (1.45%) Mimecast
13 10 (1.45%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.45%) Rubrik
14 8 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.01%) WhatsApp
16 5 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 175 (25.33%) DNS
2 159 (23.01%) Firewall
3 132 (19.10%) DHCP
4 107 (15.48%) SAN
5 78 (11.29%) WAN
6 72 (10.42%) LAN
7 70 (10.13%) VPN
8 50 (7.24%) TCP/IP
9 42 (6.08%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (5.64%) NAS
11 35 (5.07%) VSAN
12 31 (4.49%) VLAN
13 28 (4.05%) Wireless
14 19 (2.75%) MPLS
14 19 (2.75%) Network Security
14 19 (2.75%) VoIP
15 18 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (1.88%) Internet
16 13 (1.88%) SD-WAN
17 11 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.74%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.16%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.16%) MySQL
5 7 (1.01%) Metadata
5 7 (1.01%) PowerPivot
5 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Power View
7 3 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.43%) Power BI
8 2 (0.29%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.29%) DB2
8 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.29%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (7.53%) JIRA
2 20 (2.89%) Git
2 20 (2.89%) Robot Framework
3 18 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.46%) GitLab
5 15 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.16%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.87%) Selenium
8 3 (0.43%) CppUnit
8 3 (0.43%) PVCS
8 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) MSI
10 1 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 202 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (8.68%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.53%) Finance
5 27 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (2.60%) Banking
6 18 (2.60%) Military
7 12 (1.74%) Aerospace
7 12 (1.74%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.16%) Marketing
9 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 6 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (0.87%) Publishing
11 4 (0.58%) French Language
11 4 (0.58%) Legal
12 3 (0.43%) Advertising
12 3 (0.43%) Back Office
12 3 (0.43%) Electronics
12 3 (0.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 172 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 75 (10.85%) Architect
3 49 (7.09%) Network Engineer
3 49 (7.09%) VMware Engineer
4 44 (6.37%) Support Engineer
5 38 (5.50%) Senior
6 35 (5.07%) Administrator
7 34 (4.92%) Analyst
8 31 (4.49%) Integration Engineer
9 27 (3.91%) Storage Engineer
10 26 (3.76%) Linux Engineer
11 23 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
12 22 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (3.04%) Consultant
13 21 (3.04%) Systems Administrator
14 19 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (2.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 18 (2.60%) IT Engineer
15 18 (2.60%) IT Support
15 18 (2.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.89%) LDAP
2 15 (2.17%) .NET
3 9 (1.30%) CSS
3 9 (1.30%) HTML
4 6 (0.87%) Web Services
5 5 (0.72%) Flash
5 5 (0.72%) REST
6 4 (0.58%) EDI
6 4 (0.58%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.58%) YAML
7 3 (0.43%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.43%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.43%) Node.js
7 3 (0.43%) React
7 3 (0.43%) Vue
7 3 (0.43%) XMPP
8 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 113 (16.35%) Data Centre
2 60 (8.68%) PKI
3 56 (8.10%) Clustering
4 31 (4.49%) Client/Server
5 25 (3.62%) Replication
6 24 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.04%) Private Cloud
8 19 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.60%) Public Cloud
10 16 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.01%) NHS
12 7 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (0.87%) CMDB
14 5 (0.72%) Blackberry
14 5 (0.72%) Fat Client
14 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.72%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 389 (56.30%) Windows
2 261 (37.77%) Windows Server
3 217 (31.40%) Linux
4 90 (13.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 79 (11.43%) Windows 10
6 72 (10.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 69 (9.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 54 (7.81%) Unix
9 42 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
10 31 (4.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 28 (4.05%) VMS
11 28 (4.05%) Windows 7
12 27 (3.91%) Solaris
13 18 (2.60%) Oracle Linux
14 17 (2.46%) Windows XP
15 13 (1.88%) Mac OS
16 11 (1.59%) Ubuntu
17 8 (1.16%) CentOS
18 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
19 3 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (31.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 156 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (15.34%) ITIL
4 101 (14.62%) Agile
5 95 (13.75%) Migration
6 68 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 59 (8.54%) DevOps
8 54 (7.81%) High Availability
9 48 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 46 (6.66%) Customer Service
10 46 (6.66%) Server Management
11 43 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
12 42 (6.08%) Computer Science
13 39 (5.64%) Performance Tuning
14 38 (5.50%) Data Protection
14 38 (5.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 37 (5.35%) Storage Management
16 34 (4.92%) Vulnerability Management
17 33 (4.78%) Change Management
18 32 (4.63%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (23.59%) PowerShell
2 93 (13.46%) Python
3 56 (8.10%) SQL
4 47 (6.80%) Bash
5 21 (3.04%) VBScript
6 19 (2.75%) Java
7 15 (2.17%) C#
8 12 (1.74%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.45%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.01%) C++
10 7 (1.01%) Go
11 6 (0.87%) Ruby
12 5 (0.72%) C
13 3 (0.43%) PHP
13 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.29%) Perl
15 1 (0.14%) Ada
15 1 (0.14%) Korn
15 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 283 (40.96%) Security Cleared
2 146 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 125 (18.09%) DV Cleared
4 108 (15.63%) Degree
5 62 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
6 54 (7.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 47 (6.80%) CCNA
8 45 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.34%) CCNP
10 27 (3.91%) MCSE
11 25 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (2.89%) MCSA
13 14 (2.03%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
16 9 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
17 7 (1.01%) A+ Certification
18 6 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
18 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.87%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.05%) SLA
2 15 (2.17%) GDPR
3 8 (1.16%) NIST
3 8 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.01%) RMADS
5 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.72%) PMO
5 5 (0.72%) QA
6 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 293 (42.40%) Active Directory
2 144 (20.84%) Hyper-V
3 105 (15.20%) vSphere
4 92 (13.31%) VMware NSX
5 82 (11.87%) VMware ESXi
6 45 (6.51%) Virtual Machines
7 38 (5.50%) Docker
8 30 (4.34%) KVM
9 29 (4.20%) Virtual Servers
10 21 (3.04%) VMware Workstation
11 18 (2.60%) XenApp
12 12 (1.74%) Firmware
12 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
13 10 (1.45%) vCloud
14 6 (0.87%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.58%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.58%) Samba
15 4 (0.58%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.43%) UAG
Systems Management
1 100 (14.47%) vCenter Server
2 97 (14.04%) SCCM
3 89 (12.88%) Ansible
4 70 (10.13%) Kubernetes
5 62 (8.97%) Terraform
6 50 (7.24%) WSUS
7 37 (5.35%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (5.21%) SCOM
9 26 (3.76%) NetBackup
10 22 (3.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Clustering
11 12 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
12 11 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.59%) vRealize
13 10 (1.45%) VxRail
14 9 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
14 9 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (1.30%) Nagios
14 9 (1.30%) Nessus
14 9 (1.30%) Rancher
Vendors
1 691 (100.00%) VMware
2 243 (35.17%) Microsoft
3 103 (14.91%) Cisco
4 64 (9.26%) Dell
5 60 (8.68%) Citrix
6 56 (8.10%) Red Hat
7 55 (7.96%) Oracle
8 46 (6.66%) Veeam
9 41 (5.93%) HP
10 38 (5.50%) EMC
11 26 (3.76%) Palo Alto
12 25 (3.62%) Juniper
12 25 (3.62%) Splunk
13 23 (3.33%) IBM
13 23 (3.33%) SolarWinds
14 21 (3.04%) ServiceNow
15 20 (2.89%) Google
16 17 (2.46%) Symantec
17 16 (2.32%) Atlassian
17 16 (2.32%) Qualys