vCenter Server Contract Job Trends in Bristol

VMware vCenter Server
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring vCenter Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 57 66
Rank change year-on-year -21 +9 +30
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 3 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.24% 0.19% 1.15%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.23% 1.37% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £493 - £479
25th Percentile £538 £569 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +17.50% -10.71%
75th Percentile £644 £606 £570
90th Percentile £648 - £591
South West median daily rate £536 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% +8.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65.18
25th Percentile - - £67.31
Median hourly rate - - £72.75
75th Percentile - - £76.31
90th Percentile - - £77.33
South West median hourly rate £48.50 - £72.75
% change year-on-year - - -19.17%

All Systems Management Skills
Bristol

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 93 73 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.54% 13.77% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 57 69
10th Percentile £371 £235 £213
25th Percentile £430 £413 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.45% -20.14%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £538
90th Percentile £714 £671 £569
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £79.80 £79.13 £57.65
25th Percentile £81.00 £79.77 £61.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £80.83 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +8.58% +14.52%
75th Percentile £101.00 £81.90 £75.97
90th Percentile £111.80 £82.53 £77.70
South West median hourly rate £51.00 £74.35 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.41% +85.88% -38.46%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vCenter Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

vCenter Server job vacancy trend in Bristol

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing vCenter Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in Bristol

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing vCenter Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VSAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft