VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 66 118
Rank change year-on-year +4 +52 -17
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 71 98 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.54% 3.00% 1.84%
As % of the System Software category 24.57% 20.94% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 63 66
10th Percentile £251 £350 £211
25th Percentile £425 £388 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £398
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.79% +8.90%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £484
90th Percentile £674 £712 £575
England median daily rate £511 £546 £475
% change year-on-year -6.36% +14.95% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £12.40
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% - -57.89%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.00 £45.48
% change year-on-year -36.51% +38.52% -6.71%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 289 468 674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.35% 14.31% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 327 469
10th Percentile £156 £158 £130
25th Percentile £240 £250 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +18.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £500
90th Percentile £658 £696 £581
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 42
10th Percentile £14.77 £12.38 £11.38
25th Percentile £15.74 £15.06 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.25 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +14.93% +24.07%
75th Percentile £22.80 £40.25 £20.45
90th Percentile £37.83 £65.00 £23.73
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.13 £18.58
% change year-on-year -57.37% +180.65% -2.24%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands +18 55 £557 +26.59% 38
East Midlands -11 15 £450 -30.77% 24
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.13%) Azure
2 14 (19.72%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.23%) AWS
3 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.54%) DNS
2 15 (21.13%) DHCP
2 15 (21.13%) WAN
3 13 (18.31%) TCP/IP
4 12 (16.90%) SD-WAN
5 11 (15.49%) LAN
5 11 (15.49%) SAN
6 10 (14.08%) Firewall
6 10 (14.08%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (11.27%) NX-OS
8 6 (8.45%) VPN
9 5 (7.04%) Fibre Channel
9 5 (7.04%) Internet
9 5 (7.04%) VLAN
10 4 (5.63%) MPLS
11 3 (4.23%) VoIP
11 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (2.82%) Network Security
13 1 (1.41%) BGP
13 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (15.49%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) GitLab
General
1 15 (21.13%) Public Sector
2 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.41%) Finance
5 1 (1.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (23.94%) Architect
2 16 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Network Architect
4 8 (11.27%) Administrator
5 5 (7.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.04%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (7.04%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Server Administrator
5 5 (7.04%) Support Officer
5 5 (7.04%) Technical Support
5 5 (7.04%) Technical Support Officer
5 5 (7.04%) VMWare Administrator
6 4 (5.63%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) DevOps Specialist
7 3 (4.23%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.86%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.04%) PKI
4 4 (5.63%) Clustering
5 3 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.23%) Grid Computing
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (67.61%) Windows
2 23 (32.39%) Linux
2 23 (32.39%) Windows Server
3 22 (30.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (14.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (11.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (9.86%) Windows 10
7 6 (8.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (7.04%) Unix
9 4 (5.63%) CentOS
9 4 (5.63%) Ubuntu
10 3 (4.23%) Mac OS
10 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) Infrastructure as Code
2 16 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (22.54%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 15 (21.13%) Validation
4 14 (19.72%) Network Virtualisation
5 11 (15.49%) Configuration Management
5 11 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (15.49%) Infrastructure Automation
6 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (11.27%) Incident Response
7 8 (11.27%) Network Packet Capture
8 7 (9.86%) Computer Security
8 7 (9.86%) Password Management
8 7 (9.86%) Virtual Environments
9 6 (8.45%) Task Automation
10 5 (7.04%) Information Management
10 5 (7.04%) Load Balancing
10 5 (7.04%) Security Hardening
10 5 (7.04%) Security Monitoring
10 5 (7.04%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (32.39%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.04%) C#
2 5 (7.04%) Java
3 4 (5.63%) Bash
4 3 (4.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (47.89%) Security Cleared
2 27 (38.03%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.86%) Degree
4 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) NIST
2 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (29.58%) VMware NSX
2 19 (26.76%) Active Directory
3 15 (21.13%) vSphere
4 14 (19.72%) Hyper-V
4 14 (19.72%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (19.72%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (11.27%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (7.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (7.04%) VMware Server
7 3 (4.23%) VMFS
8 2 (2.82%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (15.49%) Ansible
1 11 (15.49%) Progress Chef
1 11 (15.49%) Puppet
1 11 (15.49%) Salt
1 11 (15.49%) SCCM
1 11 (15.49%) Terraform
1 11 (15.49%) vCenter Server
2 7 (9.86%) CSIRT
3 6 (8.45%) SCOM
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (4.23%) Autotask
5 3 (4.23%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (4.23%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (2.82%) SCSM
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) VMware
2 24 (33.80%) Microsoft
3 14 (19.72%) Cisco
4 13 (18.31%) Red Hat
5 9 (12.68%) SaltStack
6 6 (8.45%) Veeam
7 4 (5.63%) Apple
7 4 (5.63%) Citrix
8 3 (4.23%) Datto
9 2 (2.82%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.41%) Commvault
10 1 (1.41%) Dell
10 1 (1.41%) EMC
10 1 (1.41%) Google
10 1 (1.41%) NetApp
10 1 (1.41%) Sophos