VMware Contract Job Trends in the City of London

VMware
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 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 96 76 78
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 +39
Contract jobs citing VMware 29 45 68
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.63% 2.11% 2.55%
As % of the Vendors category 3.29% 4.84% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 46
10th Percentile £401 £407 £353
25th Percentile £497 £465 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.85% -12.73%
75th Percentile £628 £614 £560
90th Percentile £685 £647 £675
Central London median daily rate £550 £520 £480
% change year-on-year +5.77% +8.33% -10.70%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +397.78% +15.38%

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 882 930 1,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.47% 43.68% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 629 586 811
10th Percentile £340 £321 £313
25th Percentile £419 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +0.05% -1.79%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £740 £750 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 7
10th Percentile £20.06 £18.50 -
25th Percentile £34.48 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.89 £57.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.41% +155.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £58.50 £112.00 £50.88
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £62.80
Central London median hourly rate £32.99 £42.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.39% +123.68% -7.32%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

VMware job vacancy trend 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 2 December 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 & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.34%) IaaS
3 2 (6.90%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.90%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DHCP
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
2 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) LAN
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) WAN
2 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.45%) BGP
3 1 (3.45%) MPLS
3 1 (3.45%) NAS
3 1 (3.45%) OSPF
3 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.45%) SAN
3 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.45%) VLAN
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.45%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Architect
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Architect
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (6.90%) Migration Architect
3 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Automation Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) DevOps Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Junior Desktop Support
4 1 (3.45%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
1 1 (3.45%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.45%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.34%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Solaris
5 1 (3.45%) Unix
5 1 (3.45%) VMS
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Migration
3 5 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (10.34%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (10.34%) Security Patching
5 3 (10.34%) Software Deployment
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.90%) Agile
6 2 (6.90%) Business Continuity
6 2 (6.90%) Change Management
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) PowerShell
1 11 (37.93%) Python
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.34%) Java
4 2 (6.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
4 3 (10.34%) Degree
5 2 (6.90%) CCNA
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.90%) VCAP
6 1 (3.45%) CCNP
6 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.45%) MCSA
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
3 4 (13.79%) vSphere
4 3 (10.34%) VMware NSX
5 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.45%) Docker
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Terraform
1 6 (20.69%) vRealize
2 4 (13.79%) Ansible
3 3 (10.34%) SCCM
3 3 (10.34%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (6.90%) PowerCLI
5 1 (3.45%) AirWatch
5 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.45%) Packer
5 1 (3.45%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Citrix
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Symantec
3 3 (10.34%) Altiris
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Ivanti
4 2 (6.90%) CyberArk
4 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.45%) ForeScout
5 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.45%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (3.45%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.45%) Meraki
5 1 (3.45%) Okta
5 1 (3.45%) Pure Storage
5 1 (3.45%) Qualys
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Splunk
5 1 (3.45%) Tanium
5 1 (3.45%) Tenable