VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the South West

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 59 66
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 118 122 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.58% 3.60% 3.20%
As % of the System Software category 28.78% 23.60% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 75 71
10th Percentile £430 £305 £313
25th Percentile £488 £450 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £627 £613 £556
90th Percentile £675 £719 £638
England median daily rate £511 £548 £475
% change year-on-year -6.62% +15.26% +9.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 5
10th Percentile - £59.88 £47.92
25th Percentile - £60.35 £49.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £63.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.51% +9.57% +23.66%
75th Percentile - £70.25 £60.92
90th Percentile £71.93 £84.50 £60.93
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.68 £43.62
% change year-on-year -36.18% +43.70% -12.76%

All System Software Skills
South West

VMware Infrastructure falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 410 517 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.43% 15.26% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 380 423
10th Percentile £183 £200 £180
25th Percentile £450 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £506 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.17% +6.58% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £575
90th Percentile £672 £719 £656
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 38 18
10th Percentile - £13.25 £15.93
25th Percentile £40.00 £17.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +24.03% +22.47%
75th Percentile £87.50 £73.13 £56.48
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.25 £58.53
England median hourly rate £22.40 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.20% +163.16% +2.43%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South West

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Wiltshire +12 77 £538 -2.18% 11
Bristol +12 18 £500 -29.82% 6
Somerset - 10 - - 7
Devon -3 6 £550 +57.14% 3
Gloucestershire -18 5 £470 -21.67% 7
Cornwall -4 1 £225 +32.35%
Dorset -7 1 £425 -19.05% 5
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 25 (21.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (16.95%) Confluence
3 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.49%) Azure
2 15 (12.71%) AWS
3 10 (8.47%) OpenShift
3 10 (8.47%) PaaS
4 8 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.08%) GCP
6 5 (4.24%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.39%) SaaS
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.69%) GitHub
8 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (32.20%) Firewall
2 22 (18.64%) DNS
2 22 (18.64%) SAN
3 21 (17.80%) DHCP
4 11 (9.32%) LAN
4 11 (9.32%) WAN
5 9 (7.63%) SD-WAN
6 8 (6.78%) MPLS
6 8 (6.78%) NX-OS
6 8 (6.78%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
7 7 (5.93%) VPN
8 6 (5.08%) VSAN
9 5 (4.24%) BGP
9 5 (4.24%) NAS
9 5 (4.24%) Network Security
9 5 (4.24%) VLAN
10 4 (3.39%) PBX
10 4 (3.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (18.64%) JIRA
2 9 (7.63%) Git
3 7 (5.93%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.69%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.88%) Public Sector
3 24 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Military
5 9 (7.63%) Aerospace
6 6 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.54%) Digital Economy
7 3 (2.54%) Finance
8 2 (1.69%) Electronics
8 2 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.69%) Marketing
8 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (27.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (19.49%) Network Engineer
3 18 (15.25%) Architect
4 14 (11.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 9 (7.63%) Analyst
6 9 (7.63%) IT Analyst
6 9 (7.63%) Network Architect
6 9 (7.63%) Test Engineer
6 9 (7.63%) VMware Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (6.78%) Integration Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (6.78%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Wintel Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Lead
9 5 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.24%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) YAML
2 6 (5.08%) ModSecurity
3 5 (4.24%) .NET
3 5 (4.24%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.39%) Flash
4 4 (3.39%) REST
5 3 (2.54%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.85%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.85%) React
6 1 (0.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (32.20%) Data Centre
2 18 (15.25%) PKI
2 18 (15.25%) Private Cloud
3 15 (12.71%) Clustering
4 8 (6.78%) Client/Server
5 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
6 6 (5.08%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.39%) Blackberry
7 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.39%) Replication
7 4 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.85%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (45.76%) Windows
2 25 (21.19%) Linux
3 24 (20.34%) Windows Server
4 13 (11.02%) Unix
5 11 (9.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (7.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.39%) VMS
7 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.69%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.69%) Windows 2000
8 2 (1.69%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.85%) Android
9 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (23.73%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 24 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (19.49%) Agile
4 23 (19.49%) Validation
5 20 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (15.25%) Resource Management
7 15 (12.71%) Infrastructure Automation
7 15 (12.71%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (11.86%) Critical Thinking
9 13 (11.02%) Computer Science
9 13 (11.02%) Network Virtualisation
9 13 (11.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 12 (10.17%) Decision-Making
11 11 (9.32%) Configuration Management
11 11 (9.32%) Migration
12 10 (8.47%) ITIL
12 10 (8.47%) NsoIT
12 10 (8.47%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.51%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.02%) SQL
3 11 (9.32%) Python
4 3 (2.54%) Bash
5 2 (1.69%) C#
5 2 (1.69%) Java
5 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (76.27%) Security Cleared
2 72 (61.02%) SC Cleared
3 23 (19.49%) Degree
4 22 (18.64%) DV Cleared
5 20 (16.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (9.32%) MCSE
6 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (7.63%) Master's Degree
8 9 (7.63%) MCSA
9 6 (5.08%) CCNP
10 5 (4.24%) CCNA
11 4 (3.39%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (2.54%) HND
12 3 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.85%) GIAC
14 1 (0.85%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.69%) NIST
1 2 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (30.51%) vSphere
2 34 (28.81%) Active Directory
3 31 (26.27%) VMware NSX
4 21 (17.80%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (13.56%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (8.47%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (7.63%) Docker
8 8 (6.78%) Hyper-V
8 8 (6.78%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (3.39%) VMFS
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.85%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (24.58%) vCenter Server
2 23 (19.49%) Ansible
3 15 (12.71%) Terraform
4 14 (11.86%) Kubernetes
4 14 (11.86%) SCCM
5 10 (8.47%) Puppet
6 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (7.63%) Progress Chef
6 9 (7.63%) Salt
7 8 (6.78%) Nagios
7 8 (6.78%) NetBackup
8 7 (5.93%) CSIRT
8 7 (5.93%) OPNET
9 5 (4.24%) PowerCLI
10 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.85%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.85%) VxRail
11 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 118 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (29.66%) Microsoft
3 28 (23.73%) Cisco
4 13 (11.02%) Atlassian
5 10 (8.47%) Red Hat
6 9 (7.63%) Google
7 8 (6.78%) Hitachi
7 8 (6.78%) NetApp
7 8 (6.78%) SaltStack
8 7 (5.93%) Dell
9 6 (5.08%) Juniper
10 5 (4.24%) Avaya
10 5 (4.24%) Citrix
10 5 (4.24%) Veeam
11 4 (3.39%) CyberArk
11 4 (3.39%) Ericsson
11 4 (3.39%) Nokia
11 4 (3.39%) Palo Alto
11 4 (3.39%) Ribbon
12 3 (2.54%) IBM