VMware Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

VMware
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 30 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +21
Contract jobs citing VMware 7 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 6.60% 4.85% 7.09%
As % of the Vendors category 12.07% 11.59% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 8
10th Percentile £413 £306 £213
25th Percentile - £353 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile - £481 £359
90th Percentile £600 £500 £412
East Midlands median daily rate £550 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +22.36% +19.87% -16.67%

All Vendors
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 58 69 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 54.72% 41.82% 56.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 43 46
10th Percentile £144 £253 £213
25th Percentile £300 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £575 £494
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +16.46% +23.44%
75th Percentile £725 £600 £634
90th Percentile £825 £629 £656
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile - - £16.49
25th Percentile £25.04 - £18.29
Median hourly rate £25.11 £17.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.72% -20.93% +9.33%
75th Percentile £32.30 £42.66 £27.31
90th Percentile £45.17 £50.06 £29.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £15.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +19.76% -20.68% +8.11%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in Derbyshire

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Derbyshire

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing VMware

VMware
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Derby +5 7 £550 +46.67% 3
VMware
East Midlands

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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