VMware Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

VMware
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 3 November 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
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 57 80
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware 7 15 15
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.13% 2.04% 1.52%
As % of the Vendors category 2.82% 5.49% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 7
10th Percentile £460 £453 £349
25th Percentile £475 £475 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £519 £653 £563
90th Percentile £530 £780 £580
Scotland median daily rate £458 £497 £579
% change year-on-year -7.95% -14.13% +21.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £18.38 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -76.44% -

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 248 273 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.19% 37.04% 42.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 143 241
10th Percentile £343 £151 £164
25th Percentile £424 £228 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £538 £516 £550
90th Percentile £625 £610 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £440 £495
% change year-on-year +2.39% -11.21% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 3
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.11 -
25th Percentile - £18.13 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.23 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +31.11% -
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £39.61
90th Percentile £65.75 - £52.74
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £22.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -5.48% +24.15% -

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VMware

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VMware

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
1 1 (14.29%) Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Automation Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Developer
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (14.29%) IT Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 1 (14.29%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (14.29%) Ajax
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) JMS
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) AIX
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Pair Programming
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (14.29%) OWASP
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) vRealize
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle