VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 76 65 85
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 517 801 917
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.55% 3.48% 3.01%
As % of the System Software category 21.57% 22.94% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 558 671
10th Percentile £254 £313 £250
25th Percentile £363 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £473
% change year-on-year -6.98% +13.76% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 45 28
10th Percentile £37.86 £35.87 £20.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £52.13 £26.31
Median hourly rate £43.22 £62.00 £46.32
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% +33.85% -7.36%
75th Percentile £74.06 £65.75 £58.36
90th Percentile £87.88 £85.05 £67.66
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year -38.08% +34.23% -5.05%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,397 3,491 4,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.81% 15.17% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 2,495 3,283
10th Percentile £178 £181 £158
25th Percentile £300 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +6.82%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £553
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 175 237
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.58 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.18 £46.11 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.41% +163.46% -4.21%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £49.05
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -58.52% +176.92% -9.30%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East +4 235 £501 -4.57% 119
South West -8 94 £530 +0.95% 49
North of England -4 78 £350 -30.00% 82
North West -21 45 £325 -35.00% 48
Midlands -22 45 £538 +7.50% 75
Scotland +25 38 £453 -2.37% 9
West Midlands +8 33 £538 +16.22% 44
Yorkshire +21 29 £380 -11.63% 27
East of England -48 22 £650 +1.96% 41
East Midlands -10 11 £538 -17.31% 31
Wales -7 5 £285 -48.18% 4
North East +8 4 £600 +14.29% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 1
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 57 (11.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (6.38%) Confluence
3 23 (4.45%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.55%) IIS
5 7 (1.35%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (1.35%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.97%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.39%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.39%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.19%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.19%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.39%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 2 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.39%) RMDS
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.24%) Azure
2 57 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (10.25%) AWS
4 19 (3.68%) IaaS
4 19 (3.68%) PaaS
5 15 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (2.90%) GCP
5 15 (2.90%) OCI
6 13 (2.51%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.13%) OpenShift
7 11 (2.13%) SaaS
8 10 (1.93%) GitHub
9 7 (1.35%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.58%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.58%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.58%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 127 (24.56%) DNS
2 120 (23.21%) Firewall
3 107 (20.70%) DHCP
4 75 (14.51%) SAN
5 63 (12.19%) WAN
6 60 (11.61%) LAN
7 50 (9.67%) VPN
8 38 (7.35%) TCP/IP
9 31 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (5.80%) VSAN
11 21 (4.06%) NAS
11 21 (4.06%) VLAN
12 18 (3.48%) Wireless
13 15 (2.90%) VoIP
14 13 (2.51%) MPLS
15 12 (2.32%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (1.93%) Fibre Channel
16 10 (1.93%) Internet
16 10 (1.93%) Network Security
17 9 (1.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.16%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.55%) MongoDB
3 8 (1.55%) MySQL
4 7 (1.35%) Metadata
4 7 (1.35%) PowerPivot
4 7 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Power View
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.58%) Power BI
8 2 (0.39%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.19%) Big Data
9 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (7.93%) JIRA
2 20 (3.87%) Robot Framework
3 16 (3.09%) GitLab
4 14 (2.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.35%) Git
7 6 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (1.16%) Selenium
8 3 (0.58%) CppUnit
8 3 (0.58%) PVCS
8 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.19%) MSI
10 1 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 164 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 70 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.45%) Finance
5 20 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (3.68%) Military
7 12 (2.32%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.13%) Banking
9 10 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.93%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.16%) Publishing
12 5 (0.97%) Billing
12 5 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.97%) Marketing
13 3 (0.58%) Back Office
13 3 (0.58%) Digital Economy
13 3 (0.58%) Front Office
14 2 (0.39%) Electronics
14 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (10.64%) Architect
3 40 (7.74%) Network Engineer
4 36 (6.96%) Support Engineer
5 35 (6.77%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (6.19%) Analyst
7 28 (5.42%) Integration Engineer
8 24 (4.64%) Senior
8 24 (4.64%) Storage Engineer
8 24 (4.64%) Wintel Engineer
9 20 (3.87%) Test Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) Linux Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 17 (3.29%) IT Engineer
11 17 (3.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.09%) Server Engineer
12 16 (3.09%) Test and Integration Engineer
13 15 (2.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 14 (2.71%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.90%) .NET
2 9 (1.74%) CSS
2 9 (1.74%) HTML
3 7 (1.35%) Middleware
3 7 (1.35%) Web Services
4 5 (0.97%) Flash
5 4 (0.77%) ModSecurity
5 4 (0.77%) REST
6 3 (0.58%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.58%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.58%) EDI
6 3 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.58%) J2EE
6 3 (0.58%) React
6 3 (0.58%) Vue
6 3 (0.58%) XMPP
7 2 (0.39%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.39%) ADSI
7 2 (0.39%) Node.js
7 2 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 59 (11.41%) PKI
3 41 (7.93%) Clustering
4 33 (6.38%) Client/Server
5 21 (4.06%) Private Cloud
6 16 (3.09%) Replication
7 14 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.32%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.74%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.35%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.77%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.77%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.77%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.77%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 3 (0.58%) SCADA
14 3 (0.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 290 (56.09%) Windows
2 204 (39.46%) Windows Server
3 163 (31.53%) Linux
4 81 (15.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 63 (12.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (10.64%) Windows 10
7 52 (10.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 46 (8.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 37 (7.16%) Unix
10 19 (3.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 16 (3.09%) Windows XP
12 13 (2.51%) CentOS
13 12 (2.32%) Solaris
13 12 (2.32%) VMS
14 10 (1.93%) Ubuntu
15 8 (1.55%) Mac OS
16 6 (1.16%) Debian
17 5 (0.97%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.58%) AIX
19 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (35.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 125 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (17.41%) Agile
4 82 (15.86%) Migration
5 70 (13.54%) ITIL
6 52 (10.06%) DevOps
7 41 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (7.74%) High Availability
9 37 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (6.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (6.38%) Server Management
12 32 (6.19%) Customer Service
13 31 (6.00%) Task Automation
13 31 (6.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 30 (5.80%) Containerisation
14 30 (5.80%) Decision-Making
14 30 (5.80%) Release Management
15 29 (5.61%) Change Management
16 28 (5.42%) Performance Tuning
16 28 (5.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 130 (25.15%) PowerShell
2 70 (13.54%) Python
3 43 (8.32%) SQL
4 32 (6.19%) Bash
5 20 (3.87%) VBScript
6 13 (2.51%) C#
6 13 (2.51%) Java
7 10 (1.93%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.93%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.55%) Perl
9 6 (1.16%) C++
9 6 (1.16%) Go
9 6 (1.16%) Ruby
10 3 (0.58%) C
10 3 (0.58%) PHP
10 3 (0.58%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.19%) Elixir
11 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 243 (47.00%) Security Cleared
2 117 (22.63%) SC Cleared
3 113 (21.86%) DV Cleared
4 89 (17.21%) Degree
5 51 (9.86%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (9.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 48 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 45 (8.70%) CCNA
9 35 (6.77%) MCSE
10 27 (5.22%) MCSA
11 25 (4.84%) CCNP
12 12 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (2.32%) Master's Degree
13 10 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.16%) A+ Certification
15 6 (1.16%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.16%) DBS Check
15 6 (1.16%) RHCT
15 6 (1.16%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.48%) SLA
2 8 (1.55%) NIST
3 7 (1.35%) RMADS
4 5 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.97%) PMO
5 4 (0.77%) GDPR
5 4 (0.77%) QA
6 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 224 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 124 (23.98%) Hyper-V
3 86 (16.63%) vSphere
4 77 (14.89%) VMware NSX
5 69 (13.35%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (5.61%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (4.45%) Virtual Servers
8 21 (4.06%) Docker
9 17 (3.29%) VMware Workstation
10 16 (3.09%) XenApp
11 15 (2.90%) KVM
12 9 (1.74%) vCloud
13 7 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
14 6 (1.16%) VMware Server
15 5 (0.97%) Firmware
16 4 (0.77%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.58%) BitLocker
17 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.58%) SRDF
17 3 (0.58%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 84 (16.25%) vCenter Server
2 71 (13.73%) SCCM
3 59 (11.41%) Ansible
4 48 (9.28%) Kubernetes
5 47 (9.09%) WSUS
6 39 (7.54%) Terraform
7 27 (5.22%) SCOM
8 24 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 22 (4.26%) NetBackup
10 14 (2.71%) EMC NetWorker
11 11 (2.13%) Microsoft Clustering
12 9 (1.74%) Nagios
12 9 (1.74%) Rancher
12 9 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
12 9 (1.74%) VxRail
13 8 (1.55%) Nessus
14 7 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (1.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 7 (1.35%) Puppet
14 7 (1.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 517 (100.00%) VMware
2 196 (37.91%) Microsoft
3 73 (14.12%) Cisco
4 50 (9.67%) Dell
5 41 (7.93%) Red Hat
6 39 (7.54%) Citrix
7 35 (6.77%) Veeam
8 33 (6.38%) Oracle
9 26 (5.03%) HP
10 24 (4.64%) EMC
11 22 (4.26%) Juniper
11 22 (4.26%) Palo Alto
12 17 (3.29%) SolarWinds
12 17 (3.29%) Symantec
13 14 (2.71%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.71%) Atlassian
13 14 (2.71%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (2.71%) Google
14 12 (2.32%) Ivanti
14 12 (2.32%) Splunk