VMware Infrastructure Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 174 112 150
Rank change year-on-year -62 +38 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 182 511 801
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 2.14% 1.83%
As % of the System Software category 12.70% 17.36% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 331 602
10th Percentile £313 £350 £303
25th Percentile £400 £434 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £646 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -5.67% +13.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 12
10th Percentile - £47.68 £28.41
25th Percentile £37.63 £62.50 £43.54
Median hourly rate £40.25 £66.00 £61.97
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +6.51% +14.75%
75th Percentile £46.44 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £48.58 £87.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.46% +36.84% -5.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,433 2,944 5,279
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 12.33% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,081 3,926
10th Percentile £293 £285 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £625
90th Percentile £686 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 113 87
10th Percentile - £18.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.60 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

VMware Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware Infrastructure trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

VMware Infrastructure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware Infrastructure.

VMware Infrastructure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.04%) Confluence
3 6 (3.30%) OpenStack
4 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.65%) IIS
5 3 (1.65%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (1.65%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.18%) Azure
2 36 (19.78%) AWS
3 25 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.14%) IaaS
5 10 (5.49%) PaaS
6 9 (4.95%) GCP
7 8 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.85%) Nutanix
8 7 (3.85%) SaaS
9 5 (2.75%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.75%) Rubrik
9 5 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.20%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.10%) GitHub
12 2 (1.10%) Route 53
12 2 (1.10%) Serverless
12 2 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 49 (26.92%) Firewall
2 32 (17.58%) DNS
3 30 (16.48%) DHCP
4 28 (15.38%) SAN
5 20 (10.99%) TCP/IP
6 17 (9.34%) WAN
7 16 (8.79%) LAN
8 12 (6.59%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (6.04%) NAS
9 11 (6.04%) VLAN
10 10 (5.49%) SD-WAN
11 9 (4.95%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (4.95%) Internet
12 8 (4.40%) VPN
13 6 (3.30%) NX-OS
13 6 (3.30%) Wireless
14 5 (2.75%) Kerberos
14 5 (2.75%) NetScaler
14 5 (2.75%) VSAN
14 5 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.75%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.65%) Metadata
4 3 (1.65%) PowerPivot
4 3 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Power View
6 1 (0.55%) DB2
6 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (8.79%) JIRA
2 9 (4.95%) Git
3 8 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.75%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.55%) GitLab
5 1 (0.55%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.55%) Subversion
5 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.38%) Finance
3 14 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Banking
7 6 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.75%) Billing
9 4 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.65%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.10%) Front Office
11 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Local Government
11 2 (1.10%) Publishing
12 1 (0.55%) Electronics
12 1 (0.55%) Marketing
12 1 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (16.48%) Architect
2 29 (15.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (12.09%) Consultant
4 15 (8.24%) Senior
5 14 (7.69%) VMware Engineer
6 10 (5.49%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 9 (4.95%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.95%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) VMware Consultant
9 7 (3.85%) Network Architect
9 7 (3.85%) Network Consultant
10 6 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Python Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (3.30%) Senior Network Consultant
10 6 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.30%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 5 (2.75%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
11 5 (2.75%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.85%) Middleware
2 6 (3.30%) .NET
3 5 (2.75%) LDAP
3 5 (2.75%) YAML
4 4 (2.20%) REST
5 3 (1.65%) CSS
5 3 (1.65%) EDI
5 3 (1.65%) HTML
6 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.10%) ADSI
6 2 (1.10%) Web Services
7 1 (0.55%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.93%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.85%) Clustering
3 7 (3.85%) Replication
4 6 (3.30%) PKI
4 6 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.20%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 3 (1.65%) CCTV
7 3 (1.65%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.65%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.65%) SCADA
7 3 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.10%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.10%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 76 (41.76%) Windows
2 51 (28.02%) Linux
3 44 (24.18%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (7.14%) Unix
6 12 (6.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (6.04%) Solaris
7 11 (6.04%) Windows 10
8 10 (5.49%) Oracle Linux
8 10 (5.49%) VMS
9 8 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (2.20%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.65%) Ubuntu
13 2 (1.10%) CentOS
13 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
13 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.55%) Windows 2000
14 1 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.98%) Migration
2 36 (19.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (13.19%) Agile
5 21 (11.54%) ITIL
6 19 (10.44%) DevOps
7 18 (9.89%) Network Virtualisation
8 15 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (7.14%) Containerisation
9 13 (7.14%) Customer Service
9 13 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (6.59%) High Availability
10 12 (6.59%) Task Automation
11 11 (6.04%) Data Migration
11 11 (6.04%) Time Management
12 10 (5.49%) Roadmaps
13 9 (4.95%) Database Migration
13 9 (4.95%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.88%) PowerShell
2 21 (11.54%) Python
3 11 (6.04%) SQL
4 10 (5.49%) Bash
5 6 (3.30%) Perl
6 4 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.10%) C++
8 2 (1.10%) Java
8 2 (1.10%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.55%) C#
9 1 (0.55%) Go
9 1 (0.55%) PHP
9 1 (0.55%) Ruby
9 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 21 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.99%) Degree
3 13 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (6.59%) CCNP
5 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.85%) CCIE
7 5 (2.75%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.75%) MCSE
7 5 (2.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.20%) CCNA
8 4 (2.20%) MCSA
8 4 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.10%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.69%) SLA
2 9 (4.95%) GDPR
3 6 (3.30%) PMO
4 5 (2.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.55%) NCSC
7 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (30.22%) Active Directory
2 38 (20.88%) VMware NSX
3 37 (20.33%) vSphere
4 28 (15.38%) Hyper-V
5 17 (9.34%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.59%) Docker
6 12 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.85%) KVM
7 7 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (3.30%) XenApp
9 5 (2.75%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (2.20%) XenDesktop
11 2 (1.10%) Ceph
11 2 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.10%) QEMU
11 2 (1.10%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.10%) vCloud
11 2 (1.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.55%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.55%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (14.29%) Ansible
2 18 (9.89%) Kubernetes
3 17 (9.34%) SCCM
4 15 (8.24%) Terraform
5 10 (5.49%) vCenter Server
6 8 (4.40%) Puppet
7 6 (3.30%) Nessus
8 5 (2.75%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (2.75%) Netcool
8 5 (2.75%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.75%) Tivoli
8 5 (2.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (2.75%) WSUS
9 4 (2.20%) Avamar
9 4 (2.20%) Salt
9 4 (2.20%) SCOM
9 4 (2.20%) VxRail
10 3 (1.65%) CSIRT
10 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 182 (100.00%) VMware
2 69 (37.91%) Microsoft
3 36 (19.78%) Cisco
4 19 (10.44%) Citrix
4 19 (10.44%) Dell
5 14 (7.69%) Qualys
6 13 (7.14%) Red Hat
6 13 (7.14%) ServiceNow
7 12 (6.59%) Oracle
8 10 (5.49%) EMC
8 10 (5.49%) Palo Alto
8 10 (5.49%) Splunk
9 9 (4.95%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.30%) HP
10 6 (3.30%) Veeam
11 5 (2.75%) Apple
11 5 (2.75%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.75%) IBM
11 5 (2.75%) Isilon
11 5 (2.75%) Serena