VMware Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 31 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +23
Contract jobs citing VMware 152 175 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.59% 5.91% 6.76%
As % of the Vendors category 11.49% 12.25% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 131 181
10th Percentile £356 £350 £240
25th Percentile £468 £411 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +7.89% +2.70%
75th Percentile £608 £598 £623
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £512 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -2.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 10
10th Percentile - £48.40 £12.06
25th Percentile - £53.02 £12.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +300.00% +27.12%
75th Percentile - £76.88 £20.00
90th Percentile - £81.26 £69.50
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% +200.00% +54.08%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,323 1,428 1,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 48.66% 48.23% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 983 1,057
10th Percentile £205 £300 £190
25th Percentile £363 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 47 56
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.08 £10.76
25th Percentile £20.75 £22.25 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +245.71% +3.90%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £28.38
90th Percentile £63.05 £80.25 £62.44
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Berkshire -17 81 £501 -12.87% 21
Buckinghamshire +14 52 £550 +14.45% 6
Oxfordshire +18 19 £513 +19.88% 16
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.63%) nginx
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 43 (28.29%) Azure
2 12 (7.89%) OCI
3 10 (6.58%) AWS
4 8 (5.26%) IaaS
5 7 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.95%) OpenShift
7 5 (3.29%) PaaS
7 5 (3.29%) SaaS
8 3 (1.97%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.32%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.66%) GCP
10 1 (0.66%) GitHub
10 1 (0.66%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 36 (23.68%) SAN
2 30 (19.74%) Firewall
3 28 (18.42%) DNS
4 26 (17.11%) TCP/IP
5 25 (16.45%) DHCP
6 16 (10.53%) VSAN
7 12 (7.89%) WAN
8 7 (4.61%) Network Security
8 7 (4.61%) VPN
9 5 (3.29%) LAN
10 4 (2.63%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.63%) NAS
10 4 (2.63%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (2.63%) Skype
10 4 (2.63%) SNA
11 2 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.32%) Wireless
12 1 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.61%) Oracle Database
1 7 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.95%) MySQL
3 4 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) GitLab
2 4 (2.63%) Artifactory
2 4 (2.63%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.97%) Git
3 3 (1.97%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.97%) Selenium
4 2 (1.32%) JIRA
4 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (15.13%) Architect
2 23 (15.13%) Developer
2 23 (15.13%) Python Developer
3 17 (11.18%) Senior
4 12 (7.89%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (6.58%) Analyst
6 9 (5.92%) VMware Architect
6 9 (5.92%) VMware Engineer
7 8 (5.26%) Storage Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) VMware Expert
9 6 (3.95%) Lead
9 6 (3.95%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Senior Architect
9 6 (3.95%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.29%) Administrator
10 5 (3.29%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (3.29%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.61%) YAML
2 6 (3.95%) EDI
3 3 (1.97%) .NET
4 2 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.32%) Web Services
5 1 (0.66%) Django
5 1 (0.66%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.18%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.61%) Client/Server
2 7 (4.61%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.95%) CCTV
4 5 (3.29%) PKI
5 4 (2.63%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.63%) SCADA
5 4 (2.63%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.66%) Clustering
8 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.66%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 62 (40.79%) Linux
2 47 (30.92%) Windows
3 42 (27.63%) Windows Server
4 22 (14.47%) Ubuntu
5 18 (11.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (10.53%) Debian
7 15 (9.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (9.21%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (7.89%) Windows 10
9 12 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (7.89%) Windows XP
10 4 (2.63%) VMS
11 2 (1.32%) Android
11 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.32%) Solaris
11 2 (1.32%) Unix
11 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (24.34%) Agile
3 36 (23.68%) ITIL
4 26 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (13.82%) DevOps
6 19 (12.50%) Configuration Management
7 16 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 15 (9.87%) Converged Infrastructure
8 15 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (9.87%) Project Management
9 14 (9.21%) Customer Service
9 14 (9.21%) Prototyping
9 14 (9.21%) Server Management
10 13 (8.55%) CI/CD
10 13 (8.55%) Data Engineering
10 13 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (8.55%) Storage Management
10 13 (8.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 12 (7.89%) Performance Monitoring
11 12 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.00%) Python
2 30 (19.74%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.61%) VBScript
4 5 (3.29%) SQL
5 2 (1.32%) Bash
5 2 (1.32%) C#
5 2 (1.32%) Go
5 2 (1.32%) Java
5 2 (1.32%) PHP
5 2 (1.32%) Ruby
5 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (55.92%) Security Cleared
2 60 (39.47%) SC Cleared
3 51 (33.55%) DV Cleared
4 19 (12.50%) CCNP
4 19 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (11.84%) Degree
6 16 (10.53%) CCNA
7 4 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (2.63%) VCAP
7 4 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.97%) MCSE
8 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.66%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.66%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.66%) RHCE
10 1 (0.66%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) NCSC
1 6 (3.95%) NIST
2 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (55.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 27 (17.76%) VMware NSX
4 22 (14.47%) Hyper-V
4 22 (14.47%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (6.58%) vCloud
5 10 (6.58%) vSphere
6 7 (4.61%) Docker
6 7 (4.61%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.29%) XenApp
8 3 (1.97%) XenDesktop
9 2 (1.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 32 (21.05%) vCenter Server
2 27 (17.76%) SCCM
3 19 (12.50%) Ansible
3 19 (12.50%) SCOM
3 19 (12.50%) WSUS
4 17 (11.18%) Kubernetes
5 16 (10.53%) EMC NetWorker
6 12 (7.89%) NetBackup
7 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (3.95%) Nessus
7 6 (3.95%) Terraform
7 6 (3.95%) vRealize
8 5 (3.29%) Grafana
9 4 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (2.63%) Istio
9 4 (2.63%) Rancher
9 4 (2.63%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (2.63%) ZABBIX
10 2 (1.32%) Kibana
10 2 (1.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 34 (22.37%) Red Hat
3 28 (18.42%) Cisco
4 23 (15.13%) Oracle
5 21 (13.82%) Veeam
6 17 (11.18%) EMC
7 16 (10.53%) HP
7 16 (10.53%) Palo Alto
8 15 (9.87%) Juniper
9 14 (9.21%) Dell
10 12 (7.89%) 3PAR
10 12 (7.89%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (7.89%) Symantec
11 11 (7.24%) Citrix
12 10 (6.58%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.95%) CheckPoint
13 6 (3.95%) Splunk
14 4 (2.63%) Aruba
15 3 (1.97%) Commvault
15 3 (1.97%) Meraki