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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 30 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +26
Contract jobs citing VMware 135 185 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.18% 6.57% 6.41%
As % of the Vendors category 11.00% 13.81% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 137 166
10th Percentile £353 £350 £256
25th Percentile £450 £410 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £460
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +11.41% -0.54%
75th Percentile £608 £615 £570
90th Percentile £619 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £513 £519 £475
% change year-on-year -1.25% +9.26% +8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 12
10th Percentile - £48.40 £12.25
25th Percentile - £54.56 £12.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +407.69% +0.15%
75th Percentile - £75.75 £20.00
90th Percentile - £81.15 £62.75
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £63.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% +215.00% +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 1,227 1,340 1,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.12% 47.60% 44.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 926 1,080
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £363 £406 £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 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 48 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £18.56 £22.38 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +274.62% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £25.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £80.25 £64.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.77% -11.36%

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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 18 May 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 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
Berkshire -24 81 £501 -12.87% 18
Buckinghamshire +18 41 £550 +20.82% 8
Oxfordshire +13 13 £500 +23.46% 12
VMware
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 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 41 (30.37%) Azure
2 14 (10.37%) OCI
3 10 (7.41%) AWS
4 9 (6.67%) IaaS
5 7 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.19%) PaaS
5 7 (5.19%) SaaS
6 6 (4.44%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.22%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.48%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.22%) SAN
2 26 (19.26%) DNS
2 26 (19.26%) Firewall
3 24 (17.78%) DHCP
4 19 (14.07%) TCP/IP
5 13 (9.63%) VSAN
6 8 (5.93%) VPN
6 8 (5.93%) WAN
7 7 (5.19%) Network Security
8 4 (2.96%) LAN
8 4 (2.96%) NAS
9 3 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (2.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (2.22%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (1.48%) Skype
10 2 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.74%) Junos
11 1 (0.74%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.19%) Oracle Database
2 6 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.96%) MySQL
3 4 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Artifactory
1 4 (2.96%) Bitbucket
2 3 (2.22%) GitLab
2 3 (2.22%) Robot Framework
2 3 (2.22%) Selenium
2 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 37 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (28.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (17.04%) Architect
3 17 (12.59%) Developer
3 17 (12.59%) Python Developer
4 13 (9.63%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (8.89%) Senior
6 10 (7.41%) Storage Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Analyst
8 8 (5.93%) VMware Architect
9 7 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) VMware Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) VMware Expert
10 6 (4.44%) Senior Architect
10 6 (4.44%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.70%) Infrastructure Architect
11 5 (3.70%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.70%) Support Engineer
12 4 (2.96%) 3rd Line Support
12 4 (2.96%) Network Engineer
12 4 (2.96%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.96%) YAML
2 3 (2.22%) .NET
2 3 (2.22%) EDI
2 3 (2.22%) Web Services
3 1 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.59%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.93%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.19%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.70%) PKI
5 4 (2.96%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.96%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.22%) CCTV
6 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.22%) SCADA
7 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.74%) Clustering
8 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.74%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 47 (34.81%) Linux
2 43 (31.85%) Windows
3 41 (30.37%) Windows Server
4 18 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (10.37%) Ubuntu
5 14 (10.37%) Windows 10
5 14 (10.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (10.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (10.37%) Windows XP
6 12 (8.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (7.41%) Debian
8 4 (2.96%) VMS
9 2 (1.48%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (1.48%) Solaris
9 2 (1.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (22.22%) Agile
3 29 (21.48%) ITIL
4 25 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (15.56%) DevOps
6 17 (12.59%) Converged Infrastructure
7 16 (11.85%) Server Management
8 15 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (11.11%) Project Management
9 14 (10.37%) Break/Fix
9 14 (10.37%) Performance Monitoring
9 14 (10.37%) Performance Tuning
9 14 (10.37%) Proactive Monitoring
9 14 (10.37%) Storage Management
10 13 (9.63%) Configuration Management
11 10 (7.41%) Data Modelling
11 10 (7.41%) Migration
11 10 (7.41%) Prototyping
12 9 (6.67%) Data Engineering
12 9 (6.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.70%) PowerShell
2 30 (22.22%) Python
3 7 (5.19%) VBScript
4 3 (2.22%) C#
4 3 (2.22%) Java
4 3 (2.22%) PHP
4 3 (2.22%) Ruby
4 3 (2.22%) SQL
5 2 (1.48%) Bash
5 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.74%) Go
Qualifications
1 79 (58.52%) Security Cleared
2 57 (42.22%) SC Cleared
3 46 (34.07%) DV Cleared
4 20 (14.81%) CCNP
4 20 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (12.59%) CCNA
5 17 (12.59%) Degree
6 4 (2.96%) VCAP
6 4 (2.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.22%) MCSE
7 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.74%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.74%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.74%) RHCE
8 1 (0.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) NCSC
1 6 (4.44%) NIST
2 2 (1.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 83 (61.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (27.41%) Active Directory
3 29 (21.48%) Hyper-V
4 21 (15.56%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (15.56%) VMware NSX
5 10 (7.41%) vCloud
6 9 (6.67%) vSphere
7 7 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (3.70%) Docker
8 5 (3.70%) XenApp
9 3 (2.22%) XenDesktop
10 2 (1.48%) KVM
Systems Management
1 30 (22.22%) vCenter Server
2 25 (18.52%) SCCM
3 20 (14.81%) WSUS
4 19 (14.07%) SCOM
5 16 (11.85%) EMC NetWorker
6 15 (11.11%) Kubernetes
7 14 (10.37%) NetBackup
8 12 (8.89%) Ansible
9 6 (4.44%) Nessus
10 4 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (2.96%) Grafana
10 4 (2.96%) Istio
10 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (2.96%) ZABBIX
11 3 (2.22%) Rancher
11 3 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (1.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (1.48%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (1.48%) Packer
12 2 (1.48%) vRealize
Vendors
1 51 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 25 (18.52%) Oracle
2 25 (18.52%) Red Hat
3 24 (17.78%) Cisco
4 20 (14.81%) Veeam
5 17 (12.59%) EMC
5 17 (12.59%) Palo Alto
6 16 (11.85%) HP
7 15 (11.11%) Dell
7 15 (11.11%) Juniper
8 14 (10.37%) 3PAR
8 14 (10.37%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (10.37%) Symantec
9 9 (6.67%) Citrix
10 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.44%) Splunk
11 5 (3.70%) CheckPoint
12 3 (2.22%) Commvault
12 3 (2.22%) Google
12 3 (2.22%) Tanium