VMware Contracts in England

VMware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 59 74
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,131 1,903 2,359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.05% 3.81% 3.31%
As % of the Vendors category 7.21% 9.09% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,368 1,725
10th Percentile £281 £313 £255
25th Percentile £380 £406 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 102 56
10th Percentile £22.23 £27.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £43.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £62.34 £43.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.92% +44.77% -13.88%
75th Percentile £71.25 £74.00 £61.45
90th Percentile £83.04 £81.26 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £46.39 £65.00 £47.34
% change year-on-year -28.63% +37.30% -8.52%

All Vendors
England

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,681 20,941 28,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.30% 41.93% 39.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,971 14,397 19,142
10th Percentile £263 £269 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.89% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,023 601 786
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £11.67
25th Percentile £14.45 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.56% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £57.33 £64.50 £44.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £59.38
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.40
% change year-on-year -47.88% +98.60% -2.73%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Daily rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 0 356 £513 -0.63% 147
London -11 336 £500 -5.66% 153
South West -4 165 £503 -8.64% 90
North of England -6 140 £375 -11.87% 124
Midlands -19 76 £500 - 107
North West -22 75 £350 -21.13% 73
Yorkshire +17 52 £375 -11.76% 37
West Midlands -19 52 £425 -7.10% 57
East of England -46 39 £550 -8.33% 71
East Midlands -14 22 £550 +10.00% 50
North East +16 13 £525 +61.54% 16
VMware
UK

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 137 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (4.77%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.60%) Confluence
4 20 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2010
5 16 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 15 (1.33%) OpenStack
7 13 (1.15%) IIS
8 8 (0.71%) nginx
9 7 (0.62%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (0.35%) IBM Domino
11 4 (0.35%) MQSeries
11 4 (0.35%) Skype for Business
12 3 (0.27%) WordPress
13 2 (0.18%) Apache
13 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.18%) Traefik
14 1 (0.088%) Site Server
14 1 (0.088%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.27%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.18%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (0.18%) RMDS
3 2 (0.18%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.088%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.088%) Eikon
4 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.088%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 304 (26.88%) Azure
2 188 (16.62%) Microsoft 365
3 161 (14.24%) AWS
4 50 (4.42%) Entra ID
5 43 (3.80%) IaaS
6 37 (3.27%) GCP
7 31 (2.74%) PaaS
8 30 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.48%) Nutanix
10 26 (2.30%) SaaS
11 25 (2.21%) GitHub
12 24 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (1.86%) OpenShift
14 17 (1.50%) OneDrive
15 16 (1.41%) OCI
16 12 (1.06%) Mimecast
16 12 (1.06%) Rubrik
17 10 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
18 9 (0.80%) Slack
18 9 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 215 (19.01%) DNS
2 212 (18.74%) Firewall
3 174 (15.38%) SAN
4 151 (13.35%) DHCP
5 100 (8.84%) WAN
6 93 (8.22%) LAN
7 79 (6.98%) TCP/IP
8 78 (6.90%) VPN
9 63 (5.57%) VSAN
10 60 (5.31%) NAS
11 47 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.45%) Wireless
13 32 (2.83%) VLAN
14 31 (2.74%) Network Security
15 28 (2.48%) MPLS
16 18 (1.59%) Internet
16 18 (1.59%) VoIP
17 16 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
18 15 (1.33%) Fibre Channel
18 15 (1.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.95%) MySQL
4 16 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 14 (1.24%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.62%) Metadata
9 7 (0.62%) PowerPivot
10 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Power View
10 6 (0.53%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.27%) Power BI
13 2 (0.18%) CouchDB
13 2 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
14 1 (0.088%) Navicat
14 1 (0.088%) SAP HANA
14 1 (0.088%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 67 (5.92%) JIRA
2 37 (3.27%) Git
2 37 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 36 (3.18%) GitLab
4 21 (1.86%) Robot Framework
5 16 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (0.97%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.71%) Selenium
7 8 (0.71%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.53%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
10 4 (0.35%) PVCS
11 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.18%) Snyk
12 2 (0.18%) Subversion
13 1 (0.088%) JMeter
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle APEX
General
1 265 (23.43%) Social Skills
2 105 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (8.49%) Public Sector
4 84 (7.43%) Finance
5 36 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (2.39%) Banking
7 24 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (1.77%) Military
9 19 (1.68%) Legal
10 17 (1.50%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.24%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.88%) Marketing
15 7 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.53%) Publishing
17 5 (0.44%) Electronics
17 5 (0.44%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.44%) French Language
17 5 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (10.17%) Architect
3 89 (7.87%) Senior
4 86 (7.60%) VMware Engineer
5 82 (7.25%) Network Engineer
6 58 (5.13%) Support Engineer
7 52 (4.60%) Storage Engineer
8 49 (4.33%) Administrator
8 49 (4.33%) Consultant
9 45 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (3.89%) Analyst
11 36 (3.18%) Wintel Engineer
12 34 (3.01%) Integration Engineer
12 34 (3.01%) Linux Engineer
13 32 (2.83%) Developer
13 32 (2.83%) Lead
14 31 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 31 (2.74%) Systems Administrator
15 30 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
16 29 (2.56%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.74%) LDAP
2 16 (1.41%) .NET
3 14 (1.24%) YAML
4 13 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (0.88%) HTML
6 9 (0.80%) CSS
7 8 (0.71%) Node.js
8 6 (0.53%) EDI
8 6 (0.53%) Web Services
9 5 (0.44%) Flash
10 4 (0.35%) Middleware
10 4 (0.35%) REST
10 4 (0.35%) SAML
11 3 (0.27%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.27%) LAMP
11 3 (0.27%) ModSecurity
11 3 (0.27%) OAuth
11 3 (0.27%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.27%) React
11 3 (0.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 169 (14.94%) Data Centre
2 92 (8.13%) PKI
3 66 (5.84%) Clustering
4 35 (3.09%) Replication
5 33 (2.92%) Client/Server
6 30 (2.65%) Public Cloud
7 29 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.48%) Private Cloud
9 26 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
10 24 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
11 19 (1.68%) NHS
12 14 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.15%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.06%) Onboarding
15 11 (0.97%) Fat Client
15 11 (0.97%) Thin Client
16 10 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 8 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 8 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
17 8 (0.71%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 570 (50.40%) Windows
2 379 (33.51%) Windows Server
3 342 (30.24%) Linux
4 111 (9.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 98 (8.66%) Windows 10
6 96 (8.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 85 (7.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 67 (5.92%) Unix
9 51 (4.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 42 (3.71%) Ubuntu
11 37 (3.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 36 (3.18%) VMS
13 30 (2.65%) Solaris
14 27 (2.39%) Windows 7
15 21 (1.86%) Debian
16 18 (1.59%) Oracle Linux
17 17 (1.50%) Mac OS
17 17 (1.50%) Windows XP
18 16 (1.41%) CentOS
19 7 (0.62%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (28.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 175 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
3 164 (14.50%) ITIL
4 160 (14.15%) Agile
5 136 (12.02%) Migration
6 92 (8.13%) DevOps
7 80 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 71 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 70 (6.19%) Customer Service
10 67 (5.92%) High Availability
11 63 (5.57%) Data Protection
12 62 (5.48%) CI/CD
13 55 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
14 54 (4.77%) Computer Science
15 50 (4.42%) Server Management
16 48 (4.24%) Change Management
17 47 (4.16%) Project Delivery
18 46 (4.07%) Configuration Management
18 46 (4.07%) Vulnerability Management
19 44 (3.89%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 211 (18.66%) PowerShell
2 160 (14.15%) Python
3 81 (7.16%) SQL
4 62 (5.48%) Bash
5 21 (1.86%) VBScript
6 20 (1.77%) Java
6 20 (1.77%) Shell Script
7 15 (1.33%) C#
8 12 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.71%) C++
9 8 (0.71%) Go
10 7 (0.62%) Ruby
11 6 (0.53%) C
12 3 (0.27%) Bicep
12 3 (0.27%) Perl
12 3 (0.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.27%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.088%) Ada
13 1 (0.088%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.088%) VB
Qualifications
1 489 (43.24%) Security Cleared
2 268 (23.70%) SC Cleared
3 236 (20.87%) DV Cleared
4 124 (10.96%) Degree
5 71 (6.28%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (5.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 51 (4.51%) CCNA
9 37 (3.27%) CCNP
10 34 (3.01%) MCSE
11 33 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.56%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.86%) MCSA
14 15 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (1.24%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
17 8 (0.71%) VCAP
18 7 (0.62%) A+ Certification
19 6 (0.53%) CCIE
19 6 (0.53%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.01%) SLA
2 17 (1.50%) GDPR
3 14 (1.24%) NIST
4 9 (0.80%) NCSC
5 8 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.62%) PMO
6 7 (0.62%) RMADS
7 6 (0.53%) QA
8 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.088%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.088%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 702 (62.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 411 (36.34%) Active Directory
3 184 (16.27%) Hyper-V
4 165 (14.59%) VMware NSX
5 162 (14.32%) vSphere
6 126 (11.14%) VMware ESXi
7 57 (5.04%) Docker
8 54 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
9 30 (2.65%) KVM
9 30 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
10 22 (1.95%) VMware Workstation
11 18 (1.59%) Firmware
11 18 (1.59%) XenApp
12 12 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (0.97%) vCloud
14 9 (0.80%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.53%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.44%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.35%) UAG
17 4 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 135 (11.94%) Ansible
2 134 (11.85%) vCenter Server
3 132 (11.67%) SCCM
4 103 (9.11%) Kubernetes
5 101 (8.93%) Terraform
6 58 (5.13%) WSUS
7 48 (4.24%) SCOM
8 46 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
9 39 (3.45%) vRealize
10 35 (3.09%) VxRail
11 34 (3.01%) NetBackup
12 24 (2.12%) EMC NetWorker
13 19 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (1.41%) Red Hat Satellite
15 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
16 14 (1.24%) Prometheus
16 14 (1.24%) Puppet
17 12 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
17 12 (1.06%) Nessus
18 11 (0.97%) Nagios
Vendors
1 388 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 146 (12.91%) Cisco
3 105 (9.28%) Dell
4 104 (9.20%) Red Hat
5 82 (7.25%) Veeam
6 77 (6.81%) Oracle
7 74 (6.54%) Citrix
8 54 (4.77%) HP
9 52 (4.60%) Palo Alto
10 47 (4.16%) EMC
11 39 (3.45%) ServiceNow
12 37 (3.27%) Juniper
12 37 (3.27%) SolarWinds
13 31 (2.74%) Splunk
14 27 (2.39%) Qualys
15 24 (2.12%) IBM
16 23 (2.03%) Aruba
16 23 (2.03%) NetApp
17 21 (1.86%) Google
17 21 (1.86%) Symantec