VMware Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 67 98
Rank change year-on-year -31 +31 -27
Contract jobs citing VMware 326 856 1,192
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.16% 3.41% 2.72%
As % of the Vendors category 5.08% 7.92% 6.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 591 869
10th Percentile £300 £344 £302
25th Percentile £399 £419 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -1.64%
75th Percentile £571 £600 £575
90th Percentile £646 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 48 27
10th Percentile £37.63 £47.50 £21.70
25th Percentile £42.01 £61.88 £28.41
Median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +8.34% -3.30%
75th Percentile £63.00 £80.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.80 £85.75 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £46.29 £64.50 £47.42
% change year-on-year -28.24% +36.02% -7.92%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,422 10,810 17,157
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.60% 43.09% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,015 7,268 11,680
10th Percentile £325 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 254 252
10th Percentile £13.65 £17.50 £13.94
25th Percentile £16.68 £30.81 £19.19
Median hourly rate £30.56 £54.00 £36.89
Median % change year-on-year -43.41% +46.39% +22.96%
75th Percentile £58.13 £68.44 £52.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £66.68
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware.

VMware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

VMware daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware.

VMware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

VMware hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 28 (8.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.99%) Confluence
3 10 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.45%) IIS
5 5 (1.53%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.31%) Apache
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.52%) Azure
2 54 (16.56%) AWS
2 54 (16.56%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.44%) IaaS
4 14 (4.29%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.29%) PaaS
5 13 (3.99%) GCP
6 11 (3.37%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (3.07%) SaaS
8 9 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.45%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.15%) Rubrik
11 6 (1.84%) GitHub
11 6 (1.84%) Serverless
12 5 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.53%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.53%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 73 (22.39%) Firewall
2 59 (18.10%) SAN
3 42 (12.88%) DNS
4 38 (11.66%) TCP/IP
5 32 (9.82%) DHCP
6 27 (8.28%) WAN
7 24 (7.36%) LAN
8 16 (4.91%) NAS
9 14 (4.29%) VPN
10 13 (3.99%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.07%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (3.07%) Internet
11 10 (3.07%) VLAN
11 10 (3.07%) VSAN
12 9 (2.76%) SD-WAN
13 7 (2.15%) Kerberos
13 7 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.84%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (1.23%) NetScaler
15 4 (1.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.68%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.92%) Metadata
5 3 (0.92%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Power View
7 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.31%) Power BI
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.44%) JIRA
2 20 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.52%) Git
4 12 (3.68%) GitLab
5 7 (2.15%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.61%) Snyk
6 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) CppUnit
7 1 (0.31%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.31%) PVCS
7 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.31%) Subversion
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (13.80%) Finance
1 45 (13.80%) Social Skills
2 22 (6.75%) Public Sector
3 13 (3.99%) Banking
3 13 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.84%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.53%) Billing
8 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Legal
11 2 (0.61%) Electronics
11 2 (0.61%) Front Office
11 2 (0.61%) Law
11 2 (0.61%) Marketing
11 2 (0.61%) Publishing
12 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (13.19%) Consultant
3 36 (11.04%) Architect
4 32 (9.82%) Senior
5 21 (6.44%) VMware Engineer
6 18 (5.52%) Developer
6 18 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (5.52%) Python Developer
7 16 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (4.91%) VMware Consultant
8 13 (3.99%) Lead
9 12 (3.68%) Infrastructure Technician
10 11 (3.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.07%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 10 (3.07%) Python Engineer
11 10 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.07%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.76%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (2.76%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.07%) LDAP
2 9 (2.76%) Middleware
3 8 (2.45%) .NET
3 8 (2.45%) YAML
4 7 (2.15%) REST
5 6 (1.84%) Node.js
6 5 (1.53%) JSON
7 3 (0.92%) CSS
7 3 (0.92%) EDI
7 3 (0.92%) HTML
7 3 (0.92%) RESTful
7 3 (0.92%) SOAP
7 3 (0.92%) XML
8 2 (0.61%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.61%) ADSI
8 2 (0.61%) Web Services
9 1 (0.31%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.31%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.35%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.60%) NHS
3 12 (3.68%) Clustering
4 11 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.76%) Replication
6 7 (2.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (1.84%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 5 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.53%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.23%) PKI
10 3 (0.92%) CCTV
10 3 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.92%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.92%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.92%) SCADA
10 3 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.61%) CMDB
11 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 127 (38.96%) Windows
2 90 (27.61%) Linux
3 85 (26.07%) Windows Server
4 23 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (7.06%) Ubuntu
5 20 (6.13%) Windows 10
6 17 (5.21%) Debian
6 17 (5.21%) Unix
6 17 (5.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (4.29%) Solaris
8 11 (3.37%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (2.15%) VMS
9 7 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.61%) CentOS
12 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (15.34%) ITIL
2 50 (15.34%) Migration
3 48 (14.72%) Agile
4 35 (10.74%) DevOps
5 31 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (8.90%) Customer Service
6 29 (8.90%) High Availability
7 28 (8.59%) Vulnerability Management
8 25 (7.67%) Configuration Management
9 21 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (5.83%) CI/CD
10 19 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (5.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (5.21%) Cost Optimisation
11 17 (5.21%) Data Modelling
11 17 (5.21%) Matrix Organization
11 17 (5.21%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (4.91%) Roadmaps
13 15 (4.60%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.02%) Python
2 52 (15.95%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.44%) Bash
4 18 (5.52%) SQL
5 8 (2.45%) Perl
6 4 (1.23%) Go
6 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.23%) Ruby
7 3 (0.92%) Bicep
7 3 (0.92%) C++
7 3 (0.92%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.61%) Java
8 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.31%) C
9 1 (0.31%) C#
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 55 (16.87%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.28%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.36%) Degree
5 21 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (4.91%) CCNP
7 15 (4.60%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.07%) CCNA
10 8 (2.45%) CCIE
11 5 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.92%) MCSA
12 3 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.61%) MCITP
13 2 (0.61%) MCSE
13 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.13%) SLA
2 10 (3.07%) GDPR
3 7 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.84%) PMO
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.61%) NCSC
5 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
6 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 173 (53.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 94 (28.83%) Active Directory
3 55 (16.87%) VMware NSX
4 44 (13.50%) vSphere
5 42 (12.88%) Hyper-V
6 30 (9.20%) Docker
7 26 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (6.44%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.45%) XenApp
10 5 (1.53%) KVM
10 5 (1.53%) vCloud
10 5 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.53%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.92%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.92%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.61%) Ceph
12 2 (0.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 47 (14.42%) Ansible
2 44 (13.50%) Kubernetes
3 41 (12.58%) Terraform
4 35 (10.74%) SCCM
5 20 (6.13%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.07%) Puppet
6 10 (3.07%) VxRail
7 9 (2.76%) vRealize
7 9 (2.76%) WSUS
8 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (2.15%) EMC NetWorker
9 7 (2.15%) Netcool
9 7 (2.15%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.15%) Tivoli
9 7 (2.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (1.53%) Avamar
10 5 (1.53%) Nessus
10 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.23%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.23%) Nagios
Vendors
1 137 (42.02%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.80%) Cisco
3 35 (10.74%) Red Hat
4 28 (8.59%) Dell
5 26 (7.98%) Qualys
6 25 (7.67%) Citrix
7 23 (7.06%) Oracle
8 21 (6.44%) ServiceNow
9 19 (5.83%) Veeam
10 17 (5.21%) Palo Alto
11 14 (4.29%) Splunk
12 11 (3.37%) CyberArk
12 11 (3.37%) EMC
12 11 (3.37%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.76%) CA
13 9 (2.76%) Commvault
13 9 (2.76%) HP
14 7 (2.15%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.15%) IBM
14 7 (2.15%) Serena