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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 99 128
Rank change year-on-year -23 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 804 1,371 1,782
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.87% 2.45% 2.03%
As % of the System Software category 17.10% 18.70% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 932 1,314
10th Percentile £298 £315 £282
25th Percentile £400 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +13.16% +7.47%
75th Percentile £595 £631 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 70 36
10th Percentile £22.30 £47.13 £20.00
25th Percentile £37.63 £57.61 £28.41
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +36.84% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £69.69 £60.92
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.00 £66.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.22 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% +39.33% +11.25%

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 4,701 7,331 11,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 13.08% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,266 5,173 8,348
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £450
% change year-on-year -0.84% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 248 287
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £55.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.04% +189.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.82 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.40 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.18% +176.57% -3.39%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -14 739 £511 -6.54% 390
UK excluding London -8 566 £525 - 321
South East +1 272 £538 +3.56% 106
London -14 197 £469 -14.77% 78
Work from Home -63 180 £500 -4.76% 130
South West +8 121 £538 +2.48% 42
North of England -15 74 £350 -30.00% 71
Midlands +2 71 £550 +10.00% 59
West Midlands +17 55 £557 +26.59% 35
North West -23 45 £325 -35.00% 39
Scotland +14 32 £438 -4.52% 9
Yorkshire +22 25 £380 -20.42% 26
East of England -50 24 £600 -4.00% 34
East Midlands -9 15 £450 -30.77% 24
North East +6 4 £600 +14.29% 7
Wales -11 4 £220 -60.00% 11
Northern Ireland +1 1 £525 +23.53%

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 (12.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (5.72%) Confluence
3 36 (4.48%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (1.62%) IIS
6 9 (1.12%) OpenStack
7 8 (1.00%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.87%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (0.75%) nginx
10 5 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (0.50%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.25%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.25%) Traefik
13 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.12%) Site Server
13 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.12%) Eikon
4 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 200 (24.88%) Azure
2 120 (14.93%) AWS
3 101 (12.56%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (4.35%) IaaS
5 33 (4.10%) GCP
6 32 (3.98%) PaaS
7 24 (2.99%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.49%) Nutanix
9 19 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (2.36%) SaaS
10 18 (2.24%) GitHub
11 16 (1.99%) OCI
12 14 (1.74%) OpenShift
13 10 (1.24%) Mimecast
13 10 (1.24%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.00%) Rubrik
15 7 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 169 (21.02%) Firewall
2 168 (20.90%) DNS
3 128 (15.92%) DHCP
4 107 (13.31%) SAN
5 84 (10.45%) WAN
6 78 (9.70%) LAN
7 74 (9.20%) VPN
8 57 (7.09%) TCP/IP
9 39 (4.85%) VLAN
9 39 (4.85%) VSAN
10 36 (4.48%) NAS
10 36 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (4.10%) Wireless
12 31 (3.86%) SD-WAN
13 22 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
14 21 (2.61%) Network Security
15 20 (2.49%) VoIP
16 18 (2.24%) MPLS
17 17 (2.11%) NX-OS
18 16 (1.99%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.62%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.00%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.00%) MySQL
5 7 (0.87%) Metadata
5 7 (0.87%) PowerPivot
5 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Power View
7 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.50%) Power BI
8 3 (0.37%) DB2
8 3 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.25%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.12%) Big Data
10 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 59 (7.34%) JIRA
2 33 (4.10%) Git
3 23 (2.86%) GitLab
4 22 (2.74%) Robot Framework
5 18 (2.24%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.99%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.75%) Selenium
9 5 (0.62%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.37%) CppUnit
10 3 (0.37%) PVCS
10 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.12%) MSI
12 1 (0.12%) Subversion
12 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
General
1 216 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 92 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (9.83%) Public Sector
4 52 (6.47%) Finance
5 25 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (2.61%) Military
7 19 (2.36%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.24%) Banking
9 14 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.12%) Marketing
13 6 (0.75%) Billing
13 6 (0.75%) Publishing
14 5 (0.62%) Electronics
14 5 (0.62%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.37%) Advertising
15 3 (0.37%) Back Office
15 3 (0.37%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 188 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 112 (13.93%) Architect
3 59 (7.34%) VMware Engineer
4 49 (6.09%) Support Engineer
5 45 (5.60%) Network Engineer
6 40 (4.98%) Senior
7 38 (4.73%) Consultant
8 34 (4.23%) Analyst
9 33 (4.10%) Administrator
9 33 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
9 33 (4.10%) Wintel Engineer
10 27 (3.36%) Storage Engineer
11 24 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (2.86%) IT Engineer
12 23 (2.86%) Linux Engineer
13 22 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 22 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (2.61%) Test Engineer
15 20 (2.49%) Network Architect
16 19 (2.36%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.49%) .NET
1 20 (2.49%) YAML
2 13 (1.62%) LDAP
3 9 (1.12%) CSS
3 9 (1.12%) HTML
3 9 (1.12%) Web Services
4 8 (1.00%) Middleware
5 6 (0.75%) ModSecurity
6 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.62%) Flash
6 5 (0.62%) REST
7 4 (0.50%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.50%) EDI
8 3 (0.37%) J2EE
8 3 (0.37%) Node.js
8 3 (0.37%) React
8 3 (0.37%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.37%) Vue
8 3 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 144 (17.91%) Data Centre
2 70 (8.71%) PKI
3 52 (6.47%) Clustering
4 36 (4.48%) Client/Server
5 24 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.99%) Replication
6 22 (2.74%) Private Cloud
7 21 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.00%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.00%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.87%) Fat Client
12 7 (0.87%) NHS
12 7 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.87%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.75%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 432 (53.73%) Windows
2 280 (34.83%) Windows Server
3 249 (30.97%) Linux
4 99 (12.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 90 (11.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 81 (10.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 77 (9.58%) Windows 10
8 58 (7.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 54 (6.72%) Unix
10 31 (3.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 30 (3.73%) VMS
12 26 (3.23%) Solaris
13 19 (2.36%) Windows 7
14 17 (2.11%) Mac OS
14 17 (2.11%) Windows XP
15 16 (1.99%) Oracle Linux
16 15 (1.87%) CentOS
17 10 (1.24%) Ubuntu
18 6 (0.75%) Apple iOS
18 6 (0.75%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (29.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 171 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (14.93%) Agile
4 111 (13.81%) Migration
5 104 (12.94%) ITIL
6 71 (8.83%) DevOps
6 71 (8.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 64 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 59 (7.34%) High Availability
9 55 (6.84%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 49 (6.09%) Network Virtualisation
11 48 (5.97%) Server Management
12 47 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (5.72%) Validation
14 45 (5.60%) Computer Science
14 45 (5.60%) Customer Service
14 45 (5.60%) Infrastructure Automation
15 42 (5.22%) Task Automation
16 41 (5.10%) Performance Tuning
17 39 (4.85%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (26.62%) PowerShell
2 110 (13.68%) Python
3 60 (7.46%) SQL
4 46 (5.72%) Bash
5 23 (2.86%) VBScript
6 20 (2.49%) Java
7 15 (1.87%) C#
8 13 (1.62%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.24%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.12%) Go
11 7 (0.87%) C++
11 7 (0.87%) Perl
12 6 (0.75%) Ruby
13 5 (0.62%) C
14 3 (0.37%) PHP
14 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.12%) Ada
15 1 (0.12%) Korn
15 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 349 (43.41%) Security Cleared
2 183 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 142 (17.66%) DV Cleared
4 118 (14.68%) Degree
5 65 (8.08%) Cisco Certification
6 57 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (6.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 43 (5.35%) CCNA
9 39 (4.85%) MCSE
10 37 (4.60%) CCNP
11 29 (3.61%) MCSA
12 25 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.99%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.62%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (1.24%) CCIE
16 8 (1.00%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.00%) VCAP
17 6 (0.75%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.73%) SLA
2 13 (1.62%) GDPR
3 10 (1.24%) PMO
4 8 (1.00%) NIST
5 7 (0.87%) RMADS
6 6 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.37%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.25%) QA
10 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 313 (38.93%) Active Directory
2 175 (21.77%) Hyper-V
3 143 (17.79%) vSphere
4 129 (16.04%) VMware NSX
5 91 (11.32%) VMware ESXi
6 61 (7.59%) Virtual Machines
7 37 (4.60%) Docker
8 35 (4.35%) KVM
9 30 (3.73%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (2.49%) XenApp
11 17 (2.11%) VMware Workstation
12 16 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
13 12 (1.49%) Firmware
13 12 (1.49%) vCloud
14 8 (1.00%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.75%) VMFS
15 6 (0.75%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.75%) XenDesktop
16 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 111 (13.81%) SCCM
2 107 (13.31%) Ansible
3 98 (12.19%) vCenter Server
4 80 (9.95%) Terraform
5 72 (8.96%) Kubernetes
6 55 (6.84%) WSUS
7 41 (5.10%) SCOM
8 40 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 28 (3.48%) Puppet
10 26 (3.23%) NetBackup
11 19 (2.36%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (2.36%) Progress Chef
12 16 (1.99%) Salt
13 15 (1.87%) Red Hat Satellite
13 15 (1.87%) vRealize
14 13 (1.62%) CSIRT
14 13 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
14 13 (1.62%) VxRail
15 12 (1.49%) Nessus
16 11 (1.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 804 (100.00%) VMware
2 280 (34.83%) Microsoft
3 141 (17.54%) Cisco
4 77 (9.58%) Red Hat
5 74 (9.20%) Citrix
6 70 (8.71%) Dell
7 55 (6.84%) Oracle
8 46 (5.72%) Veeam
9 39 (4.85%) HP
10 35 (4.35%) EMC
11 29 (3.61%) Juniper
11 29 (3.61%) Palo Alto
12 24 (2.99%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.74%) Google
14 21 (2.61%) Splunk
15 19 (2.36%) IBM
15 19 (2.36%) ServiceNow
16 18 (2.24%) Symantec
17 17 (2.11%) Atlassian
18 16 (1.99%) Qualys