VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 97 92
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 85 131 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.82% 2.30% 2.57%
As % of the System Software category 15.45% 15.78% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 91 144
10th Percentile £213 £306 £250
25th Percentile £305 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £530 £631 £607
90th Percentile £613 £675 £650
England median daily rate £500 £549 £475
% change year-on-year -8.95% +15.61% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 0
10th Percentile - £30.73 -
25th Percentile £37.63 £45.14 -
Median hourly rate £46.18 £52.13 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% - -
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year -38.46% +34.23% -3.15%

All System Software Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 550 830 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.77% 14.60% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 617 766
10th Percentile £178 £182 £157
25th Percentile £275 £310 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +17.65% +0.72%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 34 47
10th Percentile - £14.08 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.06 £16.78 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £26.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.19% +52.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £18.97 £63.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.53 £25.75
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -5.00%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the North of England

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West -27 44 £325 -35.00% 49
Yorkshire +28 34 £378 -12.21% 24
North East +14 7 £600 +14.29% 9
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 11 (12.94%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.24%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (8.24%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (4.71%) nginx
5 2 (2.35%) IIS
5 2 (2.35%) Traefik
6 1 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (23.53%) Azure
3 15 (17.65%) AWS
4 3 (3.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.35%) Anthos
5 2 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.35%) Datadog
5 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.18%) IaaS
6 1 (1.18%) OCI
6 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.18%) PaaS
6 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
6 1 (1.18%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.71%) DNS
2 20 (23.53%) LAN
3 18 (21.18%) DHCP
4 16 (18.82%) Firewall
4 16 (18.82%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (17.65%) WAN
6 13 (15.29%) VPN
7 11 (12.94%) SAN
8 7 (8.24%) Ethernet
8 7 (8.24%) OSPF
8 7 (8.24%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (8.24%) Wireless
8 7 (8.24%) Wireless Security
9 6 (7.06%) VLAN
10 5 (5.88%) Internet
11 4 (4.71%) VoIP
12 3 (3.53%) NAS
12 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
13 2 (2.35%) Reverse Proxy
14 1 (1.18%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.24%) Metadata
2 7 (8.24%) PowerPivot
2 7 (8.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Power View
4 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) GitLab
1 3 (3.53%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.35%) Git
General
1 36 (42.35%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.76%) Finance
3 9 (10.59%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Banking
5 6 (7.06%) Publishing
6 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.18%) Back Office
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (16.47%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.59%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 8 (9.41%) Analyst
5 7 (8.24%) Network Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Data Centre Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) IT Support
6 6 (7.06%) SharePoint Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Senior
7 5 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) IT Technician
8 4 (4.71%) Server Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.24%) CSS
1 7 (8.24%) HTML
2 2 (2.35%) ADSI
2 2 (2.35%) cloud-init
3 1 (1.18%) .NET
3 1 (1.18%) LDAP
3 1 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Clustering
2 9 (10.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (4.71%) Replication
5 3 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.53%) EMC VNX
5 3 (3.53%) PKI
6 2 (2.35%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.35%) NHS
7 1 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.18%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.18%) LIMS
7 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 64 (75.29%) Windows
2 29 (34.12%) Windows Server
3 20 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 14 (16.47%) Linux
5 12 (14.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (8.24%) Windows 7
6 7 (8.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.53%) AIX
8 3 (3.53%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.53%) Solaris
8 3 (3.53%) VMS
8 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (2.35%) CentOS
9 2 (2.35%) Unix
10 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (37.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (25.88%) ITIL
4 19 (22.35%) Customer Service
5 17 (20.00%) Migration
6 12 (14.12%) Mobile Device Management
7 9 (10.59%) Runbook
8 7 (8.24%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 7 (8.24%) Metadata Management
8 7 (8.24%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (7.06%) Agile
9 6 (7.06%) Data Protection
9 6 (7.06%) Information Architecture
9 6 (7.06%) Statistics
10 5 (5.88%) Email Filtering
10 5 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (5.88%) Validation
11 4 (4.71%) Containerisation
11 4 (4.71%) DevOps
11 4 (4.71%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.82%) PowerShell
2 12 (14.12%) SQL
3 7 (8.24%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.71%) Bash
5 3 (3.53%) Go
5 3 (3.53%) Python
6 2 (2.35%) Ruby
6 2 (2.35%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.18%) C#
7 1 (1.18%) Java
7 1 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (20.00%) CCNA
1 17 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (20.00%) Degree
1 17 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.24%) A+ Certification
6 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.06%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.53%) MCSE
10 2 (2.35%) CCENT
10 2 (2.35%) MCSA
11 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.18%) CISSP
11 1 (1.18%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) QA
1 5 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) NCSC
3 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (48.24%) Active Directory
2 29 (34.12%) Hyper-V
3 11 (12.94%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (11.76%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (9.41%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (8.24%) KVM
7 4 (4.71%) Docker
7 4 (4.71%) vSphere
8 3 (3.53%) SRDF
9 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (1.18%) Firmware
10 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (1.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (12.94%) vCenter Server
3 6 (7.06%) SCCM
4 4 (4.71%) Istio
4 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.71%) Prometheus
4 4 (4.71%) Terraform
5 3 (3.53%) Autotask
5 3 (3.53%) EMC TimeFinder
5 3 (3.53%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (3.53%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.35%) Ansible
6 2 (2.35%) Consul
6 2 (2.35%) Graphite
6 2 (2.35%) HAProxy
6 2 (2.35%) Packer
6 2 (2.35%) Podman
6 2 (2.35%) Puppet
6 2 (2.35%) WSUS
6 2 (2.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) VMware
2 44 (51.76%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.76%) Cisco
3 10 (11.76%) Citrix
4 5 (5.88%) Dell
5 4 (4.71%) EMC
5 4 (4.71%) Splunk
5 4 (4.71%) Veeam
6 3 (3.53%) Apple
6 3 (3.53%) Brocade
6 3 (3.53%) Datto
6 3 (3.53%) Dell Compellent
6 3 (3.53%) EqualLogic
6 3 (3.53%) Isilon
6 3 (3.53%) Sophos
7 2 (2.35%) Oracle
7 2 (2.35%) PagerDuty
7 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.18%) Aruba
8 1 (1.18%) Facebook