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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 413 482
Rank change year-on-year -24 +69 -6
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 127 71 76
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.45% 1.84% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 50 48
10th Percentile £458 £395 £354
25th Percentile £500 £466 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £569 £661 £610
90th Percentile £629 £676 £686
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.05% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £74.40 -
25th Percentile £65.75 £88.50 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £112.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +86.67% +15.10%

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 5,184 3,857 4,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.55% 14.77% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,594 2,504 3,463
10th Percentile £313 £313 £252
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.95%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £739 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 47 156
10th Percentile £17.82 £14.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.49 £20.00
Median hourly rate £47.75 £26.50 £44.97
Median % change year-on-year +80.19% -41.07% -3.93%
75th Percentile £62.80 £61.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £75.66 £77.02
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +96.08% -44.78% +11.18%

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 4 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 4 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 +11 57 £500 -13.04% 7
North of England -55 24 £456 +1.33% 4
South West -9 23 £550 - 4
North West -27 17 £456 +1.33% 2
London -29 14 £540 +8.00% 4
Yorkshire - 7 £516 - 2
East of England -21 5 £619 +3.13% 2
Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
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 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.15%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.57%) IIS
5 1 (0.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.17%) Azure
2 17 (13.39%) OpenShift
3 13 (10.24%) IaaS
4 9 (7.09%) AWS
5 8 (6.30%) GitHub
5 8 (6.30%) PaaS
6 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.57%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.79%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (32.28%) DNS
2 27 (21.26%) Cisco IOS
3 25 (19.69%) Firewall
4 22 (17.32%) Cisco Firepower
4 22 (17.32%) Cisco ISE
4 22 (17.32%) Junos
5 12 (9.45%) VLAN
6 11 (8.66%) VSAN
7 10 (7.87%) VPN
8 9 (7.09%) DHCP
9 8 (6.30%) Skype
10 6 (4.72%) Network Security
10 6 (4.72%) NX-OS
11 5 (3.94%) BGP
11 5 (3.94%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (3.94%) MPLS
11 5 (3.94%) SAN
11 5 (3.94%) TACACS
12 4 (3.15%) PCoIP
12 4 (3.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.36%) DB2
2 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (11.02%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.57%) GitLab
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.39%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.36%) Banking
5 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.57%) Legal
7 1 (0.79%) Finance
7 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Police
7 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (23.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 27 (21.26%) Architect
3 23 (18.11%) Network Engineer
4 21 (16.54%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 21 (16.54%) Cloud Engineer
4 21 (16.54%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 21 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (14.96%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 18 (14.17%) Support Engineer
7 16 (12.60%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (12.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (11.81%) Network Support
8 15 (11.81%) Network Support Engineer
9 10 (7.87%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (7.09%) VMware Engineer
10 9 (7.09%) Wintel Engineer
11 8 (6.30%) Storage Engineer
12 7 (5.51%) Senior
13 6 (4.72%) VMware Architect
14 5 (3.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) LDAP
1 5 (3.94%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (1.57%) Flash
2 2 (1.57%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.57%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.90%) PKI
2 16 (12.60%) Replication
3 12 (9.45%) Clustering
4 10 (7.87%) Data Centre
4 10 (7.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.94%) Private Cloud
7 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.36%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (52.76%) Windows
2 49 (38.58%) Windows Server
3 41 (32.28%) Linux
4 15 (11.81%) Windows 10
5 8 (6.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (5.51%) VMS
7 6 (4.72%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.36%) AIX
8 3 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.36%) Unix
8 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.79%) CentOS
9 1 (0.79%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.05%) ITSM
2 24 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (18.90%) Service Management
3 21 (16.54%) High Availability
3 21 (16.54%) Migration
4 19 (14.96%) Disaster Recovery
5 18 (14.17%) Network Virtualisation
5 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (13.39%) CI/CD
6 17 (13.39%) DevOps
7 16 (12.60%) Containerisation
8 13 (10.24%) Agile
8 13 (10.24%) Load Balancing
9 12 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
10 11 (8.66%) ITIL
10 11 (8.66%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (7.87%) Change Management
11 10 (7.87%) RBAC
12 9 (7.09%) Capacity Planning
13 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.77%) PowerShell
2 18 (14.17%) Python
3 16 (12.60%) Bash
4 6 (4.72%) SQL
5 3 (2.36%) PHP
6 1 (0.79%) Perl
6 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (78.74%) Security Cleared
2 54 (42.52%) DV Cleared
3 47 (37.01%) SC Cleared
4 16 (12.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 11 (8.66%) VCAP
6 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (6.30%) MCSA
7 8 (6.30%) MCSE
8 3 (2.36%) APMG
8 3 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.36%) GIAC
8 3 (2.36%) GSEC
8 3 (2.36%) SSCP
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Degree
9 1 (0.79%) OCP
9 1 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) NIST
2 5 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.36%) NCSC
4 2 (1.57%) GDPR
4 2 (1.57%) SLA
5 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (56.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (42.52%) vSphere
3 51 (40.16%) VMware ESXi
4 48 (37.80%) VMware NSX
5 42 (33.07%) Active Directory
6 31 (24.41%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (8.66%) Docker
8 9 (7.09%) Hyper-V
9 6 (4.72%) KVM
10 5 (3.94%) Firmware
11 4 (3.15%) vCloud
12 3 (2.36%) BitLocker
12 3 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (1.57%) NFS
13 2 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.79%) UAG
Systems Management
1 33 (25.98%) Ansible
2 22 (17.32%) Terraform
3 19 (14.96%) Kubernetes
4 15 (11.81%) Argo
5 10 (7.87%) SCOM
6 8 (6.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (6.30%) VxRail
7 7 (5.51%) vMotion
8 6 (4.72%) SCCM
8 6 (4.72%) WSUS
9 5 (3.94%) Grafana
10 4 (3.15%) PowerCLI
11 3 (2.36%) IBM BigFix
11 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (2.36%) OPNET
11 3 (2.36%) Puppet
12 2 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (1.57%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (1.57%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 97 (76.38%) VMware
2 51 (40.16%) Cisco
3 39 (30.71%) Microsoft
4 29 (22.83%) SolarWinds
5 22 (17.32%) Juniper
6 19 (14.96%) Veeam
7 16 (12.60%) Dell
8 15 (11.81%) Red Hat
9 14 (11.02%) Pure Storage
10 8 (6.30%) NetApp
11 5 (3.94%) Broadcom
11 5 (3.94%) Citrix
11 5 (3.94%) Splunk
12 3 (2.36%) IBM
13 2 (1.57%) Aruba
13 2 (1.57%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.57%) Google
13 2 (1.57%) Wyse
14 1 (0.79%) Becrypt
14 1 (0.79%) F5