VMware Contract Job Trends in Derby

VMware
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby 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 31 August 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
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +12
Contract jobs citing VMware 7 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 8.64% 5.34% 3.16%
As % of the Vendors category 17.07% 11.29% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £413 £300 -
25th Percentile - £344 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -18.92% +68.18%
75th Percentile - £444 £469
90th Percentile £600 £500 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £550 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +46.67% +7.14% +27.27%

All Vendors
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 41 62 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 50.62% 47.33% 58.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 39 34
10th Percentile £332 £238 £175
25th Percentile £527 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +10.58% +15.56%
75th Percentile £706 £600 £643
90th Percentile £778 £628 £671
Derbyshire median daily rate £612 £575 £494
% change year-on-year +6.43% +16.46% +23.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - - £15.74
25th Percentile £25.04 - £16.49
Median hourly rate £25.11 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +47.72% -4.06% -9.89%
75th Percentile £32.30 £23.41 £18.86
90th Percentile £45.17 £34.96 £19.54
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.11 £17.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +47.72% -20.93% +9.33%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in Derby

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Derby over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Derby

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing VMware

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Consultant
2 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) VMware Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Management
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) Podman
1 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Zscaler