VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

VMware Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median VMware Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 1.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £493 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £518 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £505 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 209 88 122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.94% 96.70% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 47 60
10th Percentile £323 £417 £415
25th Percentile £424 £438 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £583
90th Percentile £594 £643 £670
Cumbria median daily rate £494 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 21
10th Percentile £53.73 £27.14 £45.22
25th Percentile £63.08 £38.63 £48.60
Median hourly rate £68.17 £55.48 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% -10.98% +11.58%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.50 £70.90
90th Percentile - £70.29 -
Cumbria median hourly rate £53.73 £50.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year +7.46% -9.50% +0.45%

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, VMware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) BitLocker
2 3 (75.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) Disk Encryption
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (75.00%) Skype
2 3 (75.00%) Skype for Business
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) VBScript
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) Skype
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Disk Encryption
1 3 (75.00%) ITSM
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) VB
1 3 (75.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
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