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 18 October 2026, 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
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 96 79
Rank change year-on-year -2 -17 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware 44 27 45
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.06% 1.58% 2.13%
As % of the Vendors category 4.36% 3.16% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 20 27
10th Percentile £425 £401 £372
25th Percentile £477 £488 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +3.81% +2.64%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £653
90th Percentile £705 £685 £727
Central London median daily rate £590 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +12.38% - +4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £11.85 - -
25th Percentile £14.63 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £112.00
75th Percentile £25.38 - -
90th Percentile £28.75 - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - £112.00
% change year-on-year - - +208.97%

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,010 854 935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 47.35% 50.03% 44.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 701 598 593
10th Percentile £331 £325 £333
25th Percentile £446 £420 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £748
Central London median daily rate £550 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 12
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.43 £18.70
25th Percentile £19.31 £20.18 £25.38
Median hourly rate £23.58 £24.50 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -65.61% +216.67%
75th Percentile £38.69 £56.75 £118.38
90th Percentile £55.95 £64.11 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £24.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -51.00% +140.96%

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

VMware 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

VMware 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 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the City of London

VMware 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

VMware Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the City of London

VMware Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft27.3%12
2Cisco25.0%11
3Citrix18.2%8
4ServiceNow11.4%5
5Google9.1%4
5Oracle9.1%4
5Red Hat9.1%4
8BMC6.8%3
8Commvault6.8%3
8Dell6.8%3
8EMC6.8%3
8HP6.8%3
8Remedy6.8%3
8Symantec6.8%3
15Isilon4.5%2
15NetApp4.5%2
15Tenable4.5%2
15Veeam4.5%2
15Veritas4.5%2
15Zscaler4.5%2