vCenter Server Contract Job Trends in England

VMware vCenter Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring vCenter Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 402 467
Rank change year-on-year -41 +65 0
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 132 86 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.45% 2.20% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 64 52
10th Percentile £460 £404 £328
25th Percentile £500 £500 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £523
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.85% -0.48%
75th Percentile £572 £661 £625
90th Percentile £638 £688 £689
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £516
% change year-on-year -6.82% +6.54% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £112.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - +43.59% +69.37%
UK median hourly rate £82.50 £112.00 £69.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% +62.32% +49.83%

All Systems Management Skills
England

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,378 3,915 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.14% 15.24% 12.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,723 2,569 3,354
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 41 145
10th Percentile £18.88 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -33.75% -23.27%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.48 £77.50 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vCenter Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

vCenter Server job vacancy trend in England

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing vCenter Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in England over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in England

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing vCenter Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vCenter Server within the England region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
South East -2 53 £500 -18.37% 12
North of England -51 33 £476 +15.30% 7
London -27 19 £535 +7.00% 7
North West -36 17 £456 +10.55% 2
South West -40 17 £550 -2.22% 3
Yorkshire - 16 £507 - 5
East of England -18 6 £619 +3.13% 1
Midlands - 4 £500 -
West Midlands - 4 £500 -
vCenter Server
UK

vCenter Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.03%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.70%) OpenShift
2 19 (14.39%) Azure
3 17 (12.88%) IaaS
4 15 (11.36%) GitHub
5 11 (8.33%) PaaS
6 10 (7.58%) AWS
7 6 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.27%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.52%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.76%) GCP
10 1 (0.76%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 42 (31.82%) DNS
2 25 (18.94%) Firewall
3 23 (17.42%) Cisco IOS
4 17 (12.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 17 (12.88%) Cisco ISE
4 17 (12.88%) Junos
5 12 (9.09%) VPN
6 11 (8.33%) VSAN
7 9 (6.82%) VLAN
8 8 (6.06%) DHCP
9 7 (5.30%) Network Security
10 6 (4.55%) BGP
10 6 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (4.55%) MPLS
10 6 (4.55%) NX-OS
10 6 (4.55%) TACACS
11 4 (3.03%) Skype
11 4 (3.03%) SMTP
12 3 (2.27%) WAN
13 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.55%) DB2
3 4 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 21 (15.91%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.85%) Public Sector
3 7 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.79%) Finance
6 3 (2.27%) Banking
7 2 (1.52%) Legal
8 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Police
8 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (21.97%) Architect
2 26 (19.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 19 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (14.39%) Network Engineer
4 16 (12.12%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 16 (12.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (12.12%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 14 (10.61%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 13 (9.85%) Support Engineer
7 12 (9.09%) VMware Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Network Support
9 10 (7.58%) Network Support Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (6.82%) VMware Architect
10 9 (6.82%) Wintel Engineer
11 7 (5.30%) Senior
11 7 (5.30%) Storage Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.58%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (4.55%) LDAP
3 4 (3.03%) Flash
4 2 (1.52%) REST
5 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.67%) PKI
2 16 (12.12%) Clustering
3 15 (11.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 12 (9.09%) Replication
5 6 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 60 (45.45%) Windows
2 45 (34.09%) Windows Server
3 42 (31.82%) Linux
4 11 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 8 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (5.30%) Ubuntu
6 7 (5.30%) VMS
7 6 (4.55%) AIX
7 6 (4.55%) Unix
8 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.76%) CentOS
11 1 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.76%) Solaris
11 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.73%) High Availability
2 28 (21.21%) Migration
3 25 (18.94%) Disaster Recovery
3 25 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 23 (17.42%) Containerisation
5 23 (17.42%) DevOps
5 23 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (17.42%) ITSM
6 21 (15.91%) Network Virtualisation
7 19 (14.39%) Load Balancing
8 18 (13.64%) Service Management
9 16 (12.12%) Agile
10 14 (10.61%) RBAC
11 13 (9.85%) Change Management
12 12 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
13 10 (7.58%) Capacity Planning
14 9 (6.82%) Performance Optimisation
14 9 (6.82%) Virtual Environments
15 8 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.06%) PowerShell
2 28 (21.21%) Python
3 26 (19.70%) Bash
4 7 (5.30%) SQL
5 4 (3.03%) PHP
6 1 (0.76%) Perl
6 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (68.18%) Security Cleared
2 50 (37.88%) DV Cleared
3 44 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 18 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 11 (8.33%) VCAP
6 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (6.06%) MCSA
7 8 (6.06%) MCSE
8 4 (3.03%) APMG
8 4 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.03%) Degree
8 4 (3.03%) GIAC
8 4 (3.03%) SSCP
9 3 (2.27%) GSEC
10 2 (1.52%) OCP
10 2 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.76%) CCNA
11 1 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) NIST
2 6 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (53.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 62 (46.97%) vSphere
3 52 (39.39%) VMware NSX
4 50 (37.88%) VMware ESXi
5 37 (28.03%) Active Directory
6 33 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (9.85%) Hyper-V
8 12 (9.09%) Docker
9 11 (8.33%) KVM
10 6 (4.55%) vCloud
11 5 (3.79%) Firmware
12 4 (3.03%) BitLocker
12 4 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (1.52%) NFS
13 2 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.76%) UAG
Systems Management
1 41 (31.06%) Ansible
2 27 (20.45%) Kubernetes
2 27 (20.45%) Terraform
3 22 (16.67%) Argo
4 10 (7.58%) Grafana
4 10 (7.58%) SCOM
5 8 (6.06%) VxRail
6 7 (5.30%) PowerCLI
7 6 (4.55%) IBM BigFix
7 6 (4.55%) SCCM
7 6 (4.55%) vMotion
8 4 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (3.03%) Puppet
8 4 (3.03%) WSUS
9 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.52%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.52%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.76%) Avamar
11 1 (0.76%) Podman
11 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 104 (78.79%) VMware
2 44 (33.33%) Cisco
3 35 (26.52%) Microsoft
4 21 (15.91%) Pure Storage
4 21 (15.91%) SolarWinds
5 20 (15.15%) Red Hat
6 17 (12.88%) Juniper
7 14 (10.61%) Veeam
8 12 (9.09%) Dell
9 10 (7.58%) Splunk
10 8 (6.06%) Broadcom
11 6 (4.55%) Citrix
11 6 (4.55%) IBM
11 6 (4.55%) NetApp
12 2 (1.52%) Aruba
12 2 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.52%) Google
12 2 (1.52%) Wyse
13 1 (0.76%) Becrypt
13 1 (0.76%) F5