VMware Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

VMware
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 31 34
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +25
Contract jobs citing VMware 78 95 97
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.27% 6.42% 5.66%
As % of the Vendors category 8.46% 13.09% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 61 59
10th Percentile £219 £350 £263
25th Percentile £350 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £520 £638 £588
90th Percentile £604 £700 £654
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £74.80 - £34.87
25th Percentile £82.00 - £58.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £97.50 - £68.63
90th Percentile £102.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 £80.00 £66.13
% change year-on-year +12.50% +20.97% +14.52%

All Vendors
Berkshire

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 922 726 927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 62.34% 49.09% 54.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 646 459 568
10th Percentile £296 £325 £205
25th Percentile £420 £441 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £573 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +14.50% -6.10%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £623
90th Percentile £663 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £510
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 38
10th Percentile £14.63 £18.88 £24.80
25th Percentile £17.26 £26.25 £55.27
Median hourly rate £24.75 £56.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -56.38% -8.16% +113.07%
75th Percentile £80.75 £62.56 £67.42
90th Percentile £95.00 £65.62 £75.51
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £40.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.34% -26.82% +129.17%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

VMware job vacancy trend in Berkshire

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Berkshire

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VMware

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in Berkshire

VMware
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Wokingham -14 40 £450 +28.57% 2
Reading -10 24 £563 -10.00% 3
Bracknell -2 11 £500 -9.09%
Slough -3 3 £475 +17.57%
VMware
South East

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 6 (7.69%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 37 (47.44%) Azure
2 36 (46.15%) AWS
3 20 (25.64%) OpenShift
4 7 (8.97%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.97%) IaaS
5 4 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (35.90%) DNS
2 21 (26.92%) DHCP
3 15 (19.23%) TCP/IP
4 11 (14.10%) VLAN
5 9 (11.54%) Firewall
6 6 (7.69%) BGP
6 6 (7.69%) FTP
6 6 (7.69%) LAN
6 6 (7.69%) MPLS
6 6 (7.69%) OSPF
6 6 (7.69%) SNMP
6 6 (7.69%) TACACS
6 6 (7.69%) WAN
6 6 (7.69%) Wireless
7 4 (5.13%) VPN
8 2 (2.56%) NAS
8 2 (2.56%) SAN
9 1 (1.28%) iSCSI
9 1 (1.28%) Network Security
9 1 (1.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.28%) GitLab
General
1 23 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.85%) Retail
5 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (28.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (21.79%) Infrastructure Support
2 17 (21.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 17 (21.79%) Support Engineer
3 15 (19.23%) Architect
4 7 (8.97%) Senior
5 6 (7.69%) Analyst
5 6 (7.69%) Designer
5 6 (7.69%) IP Designer
5 6 (7.69%) Wintel Analyst
6 5 (6.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Site Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Technical Architect
6 5 (6.41%) VMware Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Lead
8 2 (2.56%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (1.28%) Network Architect
9 1 (1.28%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) Loki
2 1 (1.28%) OAuth
2 1 (1.28%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.28%) OpenID
2 1 (1.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Cloud Native
2 13 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 11 (14.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (12.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (10.26%) Virtual Team
6 4 (5.13%) PKI
7 3 (3.85%) Replication
8 1 (1.28%) FlexPod
8 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (55.13%) Linux
2 22 (28.21%) Windows
3 20 (25.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (8.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (29.49%) ITIL
4 21 (26.92%) DevSecOps
5 19 (24.36%) CI/CD
6 14 (17.95%) Agile
6 14 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (15.38%) Architectural Design
7 12 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (15.38%) Validation
8 11 (14.10%) Infrastructure Management
8 11 (14.10%) Preventative Maintenance
8 11 (14.10%) Service Management
8 11 (14.10%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 10 (12.82%) Containerisation
10 9 (11.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 8 (10.26%) Load Balancing
11 8 (10.26%) Observability
11 8 (10.26%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.05%) Python
2 18 (23.08%) Bash
3 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 39 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (21.79%) Azure Certification
4 15 (19.23%) AWS Certification
5 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (14.10%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (14.10%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (8.97%) CCIE
7 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 6 (7.69%) JNCIE
9 5 (6.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.28%) CCNP
12 1 (1.28%) CCSM
12 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.28%) Degree
12 1 (1.28%) VCAP
12 1 (1.28%) VCDX
System Software
1 50 (64.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (25.64%) vSphere
3 19 (24.36%) Hyper-V
4 18 (23.08%) VMware NSX
5 15 (19.23%) Active Directory
6 10 (12.82%) Docker
7 5 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.28%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (37.18%) Ansible
2 18 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 17 (21.79%) Terraform
4 14 (17.95%) Argo
5 12 (15.38%) Red Hat Satellite
6 8 (10.26%) Grafana
6 8 (10.26%) Kustomize
6 8 (10.26%) Prometheus
7 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (7.69%) vCenter Server
8 4 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (1.28%) vRealize
10 1 (1.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 25 (32.05%) Red Hat
2 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 13 (16.67%) Cisco
4 7 (8.97%) Citrix
5 6 (7.69%) F5
5 6 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 6 (7.69%) Juniper
5 6 (7.69%) Pure Storage
6 5 (6.41%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.13%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.85%) NetApp
8 3 (3.85%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.28%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.28%) Commvault
9 1 (1.28%) Google