VMware Contract Job Trends in Central London

VMware
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 2 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
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 83 76
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +29
Contract jobs citing VMware 34 52 73
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.73% 2.18% 2.56%
As % of the Vendors category 3.53% 5.03% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 50
10th Percentile £413 £410 £285
25th Percentile £463 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +8.33% -10.70%
75th Percentile £625 £587 £548
90th Percentile £682 £638 £665
London median daily rate £540 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +11.44% -3.08% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +397.78% +15.38%
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £26.50 £112.00 £46.86
% change year-on-year -76.34% +139.01% +22.13%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 962 1,034 1,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 49.01% 43.39% 42.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 661 875
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £417 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £675 £653 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 9
10th Percentile £19.14 £18.90 £16.05
25th Percentile £21.50 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.99 £42.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +123.68% -7.32%
75th Percentile £51.00 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.65 £132.40 £57.90
London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -31.10% -5.81% +51.34%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Central London

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Central London over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Central London

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VMware

VMware
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 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
City of London -20 29 £550 +5.26% 14
City of Westminster +4 4 £475 +11.76%
West End of London +11 1 - -
VMware
London

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) IaaS
3 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.82%) Nutanix
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) DHCP
1 3 (8.82%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) LAN
2 2 (5.88%) Network Security
2 2 (5.88%) WAN
2 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.94%) BGP
3 1 (2.94%) DKIM
3 1 (2.94%) DMARC
3 1 (2.94%) MPLS
3 1 (2.94%) NAS
3 1 (2.94%) OSPF
3 1 (2.94%) PSTN
3 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.94%) SAN
3 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.94%) VLAN
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Consultant
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Consultant
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) PowerShell Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (5.88%) Migration Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support
5 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Junior
5 1 (2.94%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Middleware
1 1 (2.94%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
1 3 (8.82%) Hedge funds
2 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.94%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Windows 10
2 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.82%) Linux
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Solaris
5 1 (2.94%) Unix
5 1 (2.94%) VMS
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Migration
3 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (17.65%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
4 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
5 3 (8.82%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (8.82%) Security Patching
5 3 (8.82%) Software Deployment
5 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (5.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (44.12%) PowerShell
2 11 (32.35%) Python
3 5 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.82%) Java
4 3 (8.82%) SQL
5 2 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.82%) Degree
4 2 (5.88%) CCNA
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) VCAP
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) MCSA
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (44.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
3 5 (14.71%) vSphere
4 3 (8.82%) VMware NSX
5 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.94%) Docker
6 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.94%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Terraform
2 6 (17.65%) SCCM
2 6 (17.65%) vRealize
3 4 (11.76%) Ansible
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (8.82%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (5.88%) PowerCLI
6 1 (2.94%) AirWatch
6 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.94%) Packer
6 1 (2.94%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.94%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) Citrix
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco
3 4 (11.76%) Symantec
4 3 (8.82%) Altiris
4 3 (8.82%) Ivanti
5 2 (5.88%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.94%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.94%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (2.94%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.94%) Meraki
6 1 (2.94%) Okta
6 1 (2.94%) Pure Storage
6 1 (2.94%) Qualys
6 1 (2.94%) Splunk
6 1 (2.94%) Tanium
6 1 (2.94%) Tenable