VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the South East

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 41 54
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +1
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 235 292 323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.31% 5.21% 4.22%
As % of the System Software category 30.44% 36.64% 25.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 211 237
10th Percentile £331 £305 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +14.13% +6.98%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £608 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £545 £475
% change year-on-year -8.26% +14.74% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 6
10th Percentile £66.50 £44.88 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £48.40 £20.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £56.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.38% +33.31% -7.61%
75th Percentile £78.75 £71.97 £67.31
90th Percentile £79.50 £85.66 £67.76
England median hourly rate £40.13 £63.12 £48.43
% change year-on-year -36.43% +30.34% -4.11%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 772 797 1,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.15% 14.23% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 554 872
10th Percentile £203 £203 £165
25th Percentile £363 £350 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% +5.26% +7.34%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £660
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 41 57
10th Percentile £17.11 £15.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £54.88 £54.56 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +172.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64.38 £70.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.71
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -58.00% +166.67% -6.25%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the South East

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hampshire -2 94 £550 -2.44% 37
Thames Valley -19 83 £501 -3.65% 30
Berkshire -25 70 £550 -4.35% 16
West Sussex +12 27 £450 -22.28% 5
Surrey +16 22 £375 +20.97% 9
Oxfordshire +11 7 £500 +16.96% 10
Kent +9 7 £338 -2.53% 8
Buckinghamshire +1 6 £488 +7.14% 4
East Sussex +3 2 £475 +19.87% 7
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (9.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.96%) Confluence
3 5 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.85%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.98%) Azure
2 23 (9.79%) AWS
3 15 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.96%) OCI
5 11 (4.68%) IaaS
5 11 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.40%) GitHub
7 6 (2.55%) GCP
7 6 (2.55%) PaaS
7 6 (2.55%) SaaS
8 5 (2.13%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.28%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.28%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.28%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.28%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 70 (29.79%) DNS
2 57 (24.26%) DHCP
3 51 (21.70%) Firewall
4 32 (13.62%) SAN
5 19 (8.09%) VPN
5 19 (8.09%) WAN
6 16 (6.81%) VSAN
7 13 (5.53%) NAS
8 12 (5.11%) TCP/IP
9 11 (4.68%) LAN
9 11 (4.68%) Wireless
10 9 (3.83%) VLAN
11 8 (3.40%) Network Security
11 8 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (2.13%) iSCSI
12 5 (2.13%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.70%) SSL
13 4 (1.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.98%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.13%) MySQL
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.85%) CouchDB
6 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.51%) Robot Framework
2 16 (6.81%) JIRA
3 14 (5.96%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (5.11%) GitLab
5 6 (2.55%) Selenium
6 4 (1.70%) Git
7 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.43%) MSI
9 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 69 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (4.26%) Military
4 8 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.55%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.28%) Front Office
6 3 (1.28%) Marketing
6 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.85%) Back Office
7 2 (0.85%) Finance
7 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.43%) Advertising
8 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 65 (27.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (11.49%) Architect
3 21 (8.94%) Integration Engineer
4 17 (7.23%) Storage Engineer
5 14 (5.96%) Senior
6 13 (5.53%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (5.11%) Analyst
7 12 (5.11%) Security Architect
7 12 (5.11%) Wintel Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.68%) Test Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Test and Integration Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) Server Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 7 (2.98%) Security Engineer
11 7 (2.98%) VMware Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.55%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) EDI
2 3 (1.28%) Web Services
2 3 (1.28%) XMPP
3 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.85%) CSS
3 2 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.85%) HTML
3 2 (0.85%) Node.js
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) Vue
3 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.34%) PKI
2 24 (10.21%) Data Centre
3 20 (8.51%) Client/Server
4 12 (5.11%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.83%) Clustering
6 8 (3.40%) Replication
7 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.13%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.28%) CCTV
9 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.28%) SCADA
10 2 (0.85%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.85%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.43%) CMDB
11 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.43%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.43%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 140 (59.57%) Windows
2 114 (48.51%) Windows Server
3 84 (35.74%) Linux
4 47 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 42 (17.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (11.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (11.91%) Windows 10
7 22 (9.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (5.96%) Windows XP
9 13 (5.53%) Unix
10 6 (2.55%) Solaris
10 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (2.13%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.13%) VMS
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.43%) Android
13 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (33.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (22.55%) Agile
3 46 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (13.62%) Migration
5 29 (12.34%) DevOps
6 28 (11.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (11.06%) ITIL
8 25 (10.64%) Storage Management
9 23 (9.79%) Performance Tuning
10 22 (9.36%) Test Automation
11 19 (8.09%) Release Management
11 19 (8.09%) Server Management
12 18 (7.66%) Application Packaging
12 18 (7.66%) Application Virtualisation
12 18 (7.66%) Converged Infrastructure
12 18 (7.66%) Patch Management
12 18 (7.66%) Proactive Monitoring
12 18 (7.66%) Project Delivery
13 17 (7.23%) Change Management
13 17 (7.23%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 80 (34.04%) PowerShell
2 48 (20.43%) Python
3 19 (8.09%) Bash
3 19 (8.09%) VBScript
4 14 (5.96%) SQL
5 5 (2.13%) C#
5 5 (2.13%) Java
5 5 (2.13%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.28%) C++
6 3 (1.28%) PHP
6 3 (1.28%) Ruby
6 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.85%) Go
7 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 128 (54.47%) Security Cleared
2 65 (27.66%) DV Cleared
3 45 (19.15%) SC Cleared
4 35 (14.89%) Degree
5 24 (10.21%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (9.36%) CCNA
6 22 (9.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (8.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 20 (8.51%) CCNP
9 15 (6.38%) MCSE
10 11 (4.68%) MCSA
11 6 (2.55%) VCAP
12 5 (2.13%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.40%) SLA
2 7 (2.98%) RMADS
3 4 (1.70%) GDPR
3 4 (1.70%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.28%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 109 (46.38%) Active Directory
2 56 (23.83%) Hyper-V
3 38 (16.17%) vSphere
4 33 (14.04%) VMware NSX
5 28 (11.91%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (6.38%) XenApp
7 13 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.83%) vCloud
9 5 (2.13%) Docker
10 4 (1.70%) Firmware
10 4 (1.70%) KVM
11 3 (1.28%) BitLocker
11 3 (1.28%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.85%) Ceph
12 2 (0.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.85%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.43%) UAG
13 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 43 (18.30%) WSUS
2 37 (15.74%) SCCM
3 36 (15.32%) Ansible
4 31 (13.19%) vCenter Server
5 27 (11.49%) Terraform
6 19 (8.09%) Kubernetes
7 18 (7.66%) SCOM
8 14 (5.96%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (5.96%) NetBackup
9 8 (3.40%) Nessus
10 7 (2.98%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (2.55%) Rancher
12 5 (2.13%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (2.13%) vRealize
13 4 (1.70%) Avamar
13 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (1.28%) AppManager
14 3 (1.28%) Packer
14 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 235 (100.00%) VMware
2 82 (34.89%) Microsoft
3 31 (13.19%) Cisco
4 29 (12.34%) Oracle
5 22 (9.36%) Dell
6 19 (8.09%) EMC
6 19 (8.09%) HP
6 19 (8.09%) Red Hat
6 19 (8.09%) Veeam
7 18 (7.66%) Citrix
8 17 (7.23%) Palo Alto
9 16 (6.81%) Symantec
10 15 (6.38%) Juniper
11 14 (5.96%) 3PAR
11 14 (5.96%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (5.11%) Ivanti
13 11 (4.68%) SolarWinds
14 7 (2.98%) Splunk
15 6 (2.55%) Google
15 6 (2.55%) Meraki