VMware Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 83 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 -23 +48
Contract jobs citing VMware 24 46 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.37% 2.18% 3.14%
As % of the Vendors category 2.77% 4.92% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 63
10th Percentile £377 £325 £413
25th Percentile £436 £443 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £624 £643 £625
90th Percentile £685 £723 £687
Central London median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.88
25th Percentile - - £27.81
Median hourly rate - - £36.25
75th Percentile - - £45.31
90th Percentile - - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate - - £36.25
% change year-on-year - - +18.85%

All Vendors
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 866 935 1,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.51% 44.27% 41.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 579 607 868
10th Percentile £320 £350 £312
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £551 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +0.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £740 £768 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 8
10th Percentile £20.01 £16.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £23.31 £19.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% +30.12% -1.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £60.35
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year +5.56% +30.12% -12.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing VMware

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) DHCP
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.33%) LAN
3 2 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (4.17%) BGP
4 1 (4.17%) MPLS
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security
4 1 (4.17%) OSPF
4 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.17%) SAN
4 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.17%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.17%) VLAN
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Front Office
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (12.50%) Analyst
1 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
1 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
1 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
1 3 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) Consultant
2 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (4.17%) Architect
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) DBA
3 1 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Network Consultant
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (4.17%) Server Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Clustering
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.17%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.17%) HP Storage
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) SIEM
4 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (16.67%) SOAR
5 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 3 (12.50%) Security Patching
5 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) Software Deployment
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 2 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
6 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.33%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) Python
2 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.50%) Bash
3 3 (12.50%) Java
3 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.17%) MCSA
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (4.17%) Firmware
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
1 3 (12.50%) vRealize
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.17%) AirWatch
3 1 (4.17%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
3 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.17%) vMotion
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Citrix
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco
4 3 (12.50%) Altiris
4 3 (12.50%) CyberArk
4 3 (12.50%) Ivanti
4 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (12.50%) Splunk
4 3 (12.50%) Symantec
5 2 (8.33%) Dell
6 1 (4.17%) ForeScout
6 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.17%) Google
6 1 (4.17%) Infoblox
6 1 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (4.17%) LogRhythm
6 1 (4.17%) Meraki
6 1 (4.17%) Okta
6 1 (4.17%) Oracle
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
13 VMware jobs in the City of London