VMware Infrastructure Contracts

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 107 136
Rank change year-on-year -24 +29 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 772 1,372 1,786
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.79% 2.32% 2.01%
As % of the System Software category 16.55% 17.66% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 955 1,314
10th Percentile £277 £319 £263
25th Percentile £375 £425 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% +7.95%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £525 £448
% change year-on-year -4.67% +17.32% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 78 43
10th Percentile £22.10 £46.38 £20.00
25th Percentile £37.63 £58.08 £39.88
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £49.84
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +30.42% -4.15%
75th Percentile £59.06 £70.19 £61.97
90th Percentile £87.88 £84.30 £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.18 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -26.70% +32.63% -

All System Software Skills
UK

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 requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,664 7,771 11,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 13.16% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,192 5,549 8,597
10th Percentile £200 £204 £200
25th Percentile £338 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 277 320
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.24
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £45.85
90th Percentile £79.60 £75.20 £61.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.98 £44.93 £18.12
% change year-on-year -53.31% +148.01% +2.49%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -17 700 £500 -8.97% 495
UK excluding London -7 527 £501 -4.67% 394
South East +1 229 £500 -3.85% 107
London +8 205 £500 -9.09% 102
Work from Home -55 176 £475 -9.52% 171
South West +7 94 £530 -3.64% 76
North of England +5 88 £350 -30.00% 82
Midlands -16 45 £538 +7.50% 74
North West -19 44 £325 -35.00% 53
Scotland +25 38 £453 -2.58% 6
Yorkshire +31 36 £378 -12.21% 21
West Midlands +7 34 £531 +14.86% 44
East of England -41 28 £650 - 50
East Midlands -9 10 £550 -14.73% 30
North East +16 8 £575 +9.52% 10
Wales -6 5 £285 -46.98% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 1

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 98 (12.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (5.70%) Confluence
3 35 (4.53%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2010
5 15 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2013
6 14 (1.81%) IIS
7 7 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.91%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (0.91%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.65%) nginx
9 4 (0.52%) IBM Domino
9 4 (0.52%) MQSeries
9 4 (0.52%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Traefik
11 1 (0.13%) Apache
11 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Site Server
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.26%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (0.26%) RMDS
3 2 (0.26%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Eikon
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 205 (26.55%) Azure
2 119 (15.41%) AWS
3 105 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.31%) IaaS
5 33 (4.27%) GCP
6 31 (4.02%) PaaS
7 25 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 24 (3.11%) Nutanix
9 23 (2.98%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (2.85%) SaaS
11 18 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.20%) GitHub
13 16 (2.07%) OCI
14 12 (1.55%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.42%) Mimecast
15 11 (1.42%) OpenShift
16 10 (1.30%) Rubrik
17 7 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 7 (0.91%) WhatsApp
18 6 (0.78%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 183 (23.70%) DNS
2 167 (21.63%) Firewall
3 136 (17.62%) DHCP
4 110 (14.25%) SAN
5 82 (10.62%) LAN
5 82 (10.62%) WAN
6 70 (9.07%) VPN
7 54 (6.99%) TCP/IP
8 42 (5.44%) VSAN
9 41 (5.31%) NAS
9 41 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (4.02%) VLAN
11 26 (3.37%) Wireless
12 22 (2.85%) Network Security
13 20 (2.59%) MPLS
14 18 (2.33%) VoIP
15 17 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (2.07%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (1.81%) Internet
18 13 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.17%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.17%) MySQL
5 7 (0.91%) Metadata
5 7 (0.91%) PowerPivot
5 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Power View
7 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.52%) Power BI
8 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.26%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) DB2
10 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (7.25%) JIRA
2 21 (2.72%) Git
2 21 (2.72%) Robot Framework
3 20 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.33%) GitLab
5 15 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.04%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.04%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.91%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.78%) Selenium
9 4 (0.52%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.52%) PVCS
10 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.13%) MSI
12 1 (0.13%) Subversion
12 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 230 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 84 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 58 (7.51%) Finance
5 27 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (3.11%) Banking
7 19 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.33%) Military
9 13 (1.68%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.04%) Marketing
11 7 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.78%) Billing
12 6 (0.78%) Publishing
13 4 (0.52%) French Language
13 4 (0.52%) Legal
14 3 (0.39%) Back Office
14 3 (0.39%) Electronics
14 3 (0.39%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 179 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (11.27%) Architect
3 60 (7.77%) VMware Engineer
4 52 (6.74%) Support Engineer
5 50 (6.48%) Network Engineer
5 50 (6.48%) Senior
6 41 (5.31%) Consultant
7 36 (4.66%) Administrator
8 35 (4.53%) Analyst
9 32 (4.15%) Integration Engineer
10 27 (3.50%) Storage Engineer
11 26 (3.37%) Wintel Engineer
12 25 (3.24%) Linux Engineer
13 24 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 22 (2.85%) Server Engineer
16 21 (2.72%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.72%) Systems Administrator
16 21 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (2.59%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.11%) LDAP
2 18 (2.33%) .NET
3 10 (1.30%) HTML
4 9 (1.17%) CSS
4 9 (1.17%) Middleware
4 9 (1.17%) Web Services
5 5 (0.65%) Flash
6 4 (0.52%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.52%) REST
6 4 (0.52%) YAML
7 3 (0.39%) EDI
7 3 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.39%) J2EE
7 3 (0.39%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.39%) Node.js
7 3 (0.39%) React
7 3 (0.39%) Vue
7 3 (0.39%) XMPP
8 2 (0.26%) ADSI
8 2 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (17.36%) Data Centre
2 63 (8.16%) PKI
3 60 (7.77%) Clustering
4 34 (4.40%) Client/Server
5 30 (3.89%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (3.24%) Replication
7 24 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.11%) Private Cloud
8 19 (2.46%) Public Cloud
9 16 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 8 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.91%) CMDB
12 7 (0.91%) Fat Client
12 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.91%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.78%) NHS
13 6 (0.78%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.78%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 413 (53.50%) Windows
2 281 (36.40%) Windows Server
3 240 (31.09%) Linux
4 102 (13.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 78 (10.10%) Windows 10
6 73 (9.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 71 (9.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 55 (7.12%) Unix
9 54 (6.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 37 (4.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 27 (3.50%) Solaris
11 27 (3.50%) VMS
11 27 (3.50%) Windows 7
12 18 (2.33%) Oracle Linux
13 17 (2.20%) Windows XP
14 15 (1.94%) CentOS
14 15 (1.94%) Mac OS
15 11 (1.42%) Ubuntu
16 7 (0.91%) Debian
17 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (28.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (14.90%) Migration
4 111 (14.38%) Agile
5 109 (14.12%) ITIL
6 74 (9.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 70 (9.07%) DevOps
8 59 (7.64%) High Availability
9 54 (6.99%) Data Protection
10 50 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 47 (6.09%) Customer Service
11 47 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (6.09%) Server Management
12 42 (5.44%) Computer Science
13 41 (5.31%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 40 (5.18%) Performance Tuning
15 37 (4.79%) Containerisation
15 37 (4.79%) Decision-Making
16 36 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (4.66%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 171 (22.15%) PowerShell
2 105 (13.60%) Python
3 58 (7.51%) SQL
4 50 (6.48%) Bash
5 22 (2.85%) VBScript
6 21 (2.72%) Java
7 15 (1.94%) C#
8 13 (1.68%) Shell Script
9 11 (1.42%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.17%) Go
11 8 (1.04%) C++
11 8 (1.04%) Perl
11 8 (1.04%) Ruby
12 6 (0.78%) C
13 3 (0.39%) PHP
13 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.13%) Ada
14 1 (0.13%) Korn
14 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 300 (38.86%) Security Cleared
2 156 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 132 (17.10%) DV Cleared
4 114 (14.77%) Degree
5 70 (9.07%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (7.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 54 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 48 (6.22%) CCNA
9 38 (4.92%) CCNP
10 34 (4.40%) MCSE
11 26 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (3.37%) MCSA
12 13 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.68%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.55%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.30%) CCIE
15 9 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (1.04%) DBS Check
17 7 (0.91%) A+ Certification
18 6 (0.78%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.02%) SLA
2 16 (2.07%) GDPR
3 10 (1.30%) PMO
4 8 (1.04%) NIST
4 8 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.91%) RMADS
6 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.65%) QA
7 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.39%) NCSC
9 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 311 (40.28%) Active Directory
2 167 (21.63%) Hyper-V
3 124 (16.06%) vSphere
4 110 (14.25%) VMware NSX
5 89 (11.53%) VMware ESXi
6 47 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (5.18%) Docker
8 37 (4.79%) KVM
9 31 (4.02%) Virtual Servers
10 22 (2.85%) VMware Workstation
11 18 (2.33%) XenApp
12 13 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
13 12 (1.55%) vCloud
14 11 (1.42%) Firmware
15 6 (0.78%) VMware Server
16 5 (0.65%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.52%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.52%) Samba
17 4 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 110 (14.25%) vCenter Server
2 100 (12.95%) SCCM
3 91 (11.79%) Ansible
4 75 (9.72%) Kubernetes
5 65 (8.42%) Terraform
6 47 (6.09%) WSUS
7 40 (5.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (4.66%) SCOM
9 26 (3.37%) NetBackup
10 22 (2.85%) EMC NetWorker
11 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
11 15 (1.94%) vRealize
12 14 (1.81%) VxRail
13 13 (1.68%) Puppet
14 12 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 12 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
15 11 (1.42%) Nagios
15 11 (1.42%) Red Hat Satellite
16 9 (1.17%) Nessus
16 9 (1.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 772 (100.00%) VMware
2 271 (35.10%) Microsoft
3 125 (16.19%) Cisco
4 74 (9.59%) Dell
5 71 (9.20%) Citrix
6 64 (8.29%) Red Hat
7 58 (7.51%) Oracle
8 47 (6.09%) Veeam
9 40 (5.18%) HP
10 38 (4.92%) EMC
11 33 (4.27%) Palo Alto
12 30 (3.89%) Juniper
13 27 (3.50%) Splunk
14 23 (2.98%) SolarWinds
15 22 (2.85%) ServiceNow
16 21 (2.72%) IBM
17 20 (2.59%) Google
18 18 (2.33%) Symantec
19 16 (2.07%) Qualys
20 15 (1.94%) Atlassian