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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 409 404
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +75
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 195 99 117
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.22% 2.29% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 71 86
10th Percentile £380 £413 £325
25th Percentile £463 £497 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £610 £589 £608
90th Percentile £725 £650 £619
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £48.40 £72.86 £65.18
25th Percentile £52.18 £75.66 £67.31
Median hourly rate £67.47 £83.32 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.02% +14.52% +71.18%
75th Percentile - £87.97 £76.31
90th Percentile - £88.97 £77.33
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £83.32 £72.75
% change year-on-year -19.02% +14.52% +71.18%

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 6,063 4,315 4,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.25% 15.51% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,132 2,879 3,204
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -7.08%
75th Percentile £613 £610 £625
90th Percentile £700 £694 £706
UK median daily rate £520 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.97% -3.72% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 57 66
10th Percentile £20.09 £20.38 £20.50
25th Percentile £41.30 £26.45 £23.90
Median hourly rate £65.45 £54.50 £36.83
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% +47.97% -26.14%
75th Percentile £71.22 £65.57 £65.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.18 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year +75.38% +5.88% -40.87%

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 9 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vCenter Server in England over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for vCenter Server in England

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 9 August 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 -6 84 £570 -0.87% 17
North of England -48 43 £484 +15.58% 6
London -72 38 £500 -3.85% 12
North West -33 23 £482 +24.26% 4
Yorkshire -34 19 £507 +17.98% 2
East of England -15 12 £545 -0.91% 2
South West -56 9 £535 -5.93% 6
West Midlands -46 6 £563 +23.06%
Midlands -49 6 £563 +2.36%
North East - 1 £500 - 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 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.08%) Confluence
2 6 (3.08%) nginx
3 5 (2.56%) Apache
4 4 (2.05%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.77%) Azure
2 18 (9.23%) OpenShift
3 15 (7.69%) IaaS
4 13 (6.67%) GitHub
5 11 (5.64%) AWS
5 11 (5.64%) PaaS
6 5 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.56%) GCP
7 4 (2.05%) Azure Stack
7 4 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.03%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.03%) Datadog
9 2 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.03%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.03%) OCI
10 1 (0.51%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 58 (29.74%) DNS
2 47 (24.10%) VSAN
3 23 (11.79%) Firewall
4 22 (11.28%) DHCP
5 14 (7.18%) VPN
6 13 (6.67%) SAN
7 10 (5.13%) NAS
7 10 (5.13%) VLAN
8 8 (4.10%) Network Security
9 7 (3.59%) SMTP
10 3 (1.54%) DMZ
10 3 (1.54%) LAN
10 3 (1.54%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.54%) WAN
10 3 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.03%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.03%) WLAN
12 1 (0.51%) BGP
12 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.54%) Big Data
3 3 (1.54%) Db2
3 3 (1.54%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.08%) JIRA
3 5 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (2.56%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.03%) Git
4 2 (1.03%) GitLab
4 2 (1.03%) Subversion
General
1 38 (19.49%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (4.10%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.08%) Finance
5 5 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.05%) Banking
7 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.54%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.03%) Advertising
8 2 (1.03%) Retail
9 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (22.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (17.95%) VMware Engineer
3 24 (12.31%) Support Engineer
4 22 (11.28%) Senior
5 21 (10.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 21 (10.77%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (10.26%) Storage Engineer
7 17 (8.72%) Lead
8 16 (8.21%) Architect
9 14 (7.18%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 13 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (6.15%) Consultant
11 12 (6.15%) VMware Consultant
12 9 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (4.62%) Wintel Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 7 (3.59%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
15 6 (3.08%) Administrator
15 6 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.10%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (2.05%) REST
3 3 (1.54%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.03%) Flash
4 2 (1.03%) LDAP
5 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.51%) OpenID
5 1 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.31%) Clustering
1 24 (12.31%) PKI
2 20 (10.26%) Replication
3 16 (8.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 12 (6.15%) Cloud Native
6 11 (5.64%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (4.10%) Private Cloud
7 8 (4.10%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.54%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.54%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.54%) EMC VNX
11 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 113 (57.95%) Windows
2 87 (44.62%) Windows Server
3 41 (21.03%) Linux
4 14 (7.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (3.59%) Data ONTAP
5 7 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.59%) VMS
6 6 (3.08%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (2.05%) SUSE
9 3 (1.54%) AIX
9 3 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.54%) Unix
10 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.51%) CentOS
11 1 (0.51%) Rocky
11 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 43 (22.05%) High Availability
4 36 (18.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 34 (17.44%) ITSM
6 32 (16.41%) Change Management
7 31 (15.90%) Migration
8 28 (14.36%) Technical Leadership
9 27 (13.85%) Network Virtualisation
10 22 (11.28%) Agile
11 19 (9.74%) Capacity Planning
11 19 (9.74%) DevOps
12 18 (9.23%) CI/CD
12 18 (9.23%) ITIL
12 18 (9.23%) Load Balancing
13 16 (8.21%) Security Hardening
14 15 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
14 15 (7.69%) Project Delivery
15 14 (7.18%) Containerisation
15 14 (7.18%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 65 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 30 (15.38%) Python
3 21 (10.77%) Bash
4 17 (8.72%) SQL
5 3 (1.54%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) Bicep
6 1 (0.51%) PHP
6 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 81 (41.54%) DV Cleared
3 52 (26.67%) SC Cleared
4 41 (21.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (13.85%) VCAP
6 18 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (7.18%) MCSA
8 11 (5.64%) Degree
8 11 (5.64%) MCSE
9 6 (3.08%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.56%) OCP
10 5 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (1.54%) CCA
11 3 (1.54%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.03%) NCDA
12 2 (1.03%) NCIE
13 1 (0.51%) APMG
13 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.13%) SLA
2 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.54%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.51%) NCSC
4 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 146 (74.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 142 (72.82%) VMware ESXi
3 90 (46.15%) VMware NSX
4 85 (43.59%) vSphere
5 66 (33.85%) Active Directory
6 30 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (11.79%) vCloud
8 21 (10.77%) Hyper-V
9 7 (3.59%) BitLocker
9 7 (3.59%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (3.08%) Docker
11 5 (2.56%) UAG
12 4 (2.05%) Firmware
12 4 (2.05%) KVM
12 4 (2.05%) Terminal Services
13 3 (1.54%) NFS
14 2 (1.03%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (1.03%) SRDF
15 1 (0.51%) Samba
Systems Management
1 43 (22.05%) Ansible
2 42 (21.54%) SCOM
3 32 (16.41%) Kubernetes
4 28 (14.36%) Terraform
5 17 (8.72%) vRealize
6 15 (7.69%) vMotion
7 14 (7.18%) Avamar
8 13 (6.67%) Argo
9 12 (6.15%) PowerCLI
10 11 (5.64%) Grafana
11 9 (4.62%) NetBackup
11 9 (4.62%) Puppet
12 8 (4.10%) VxRail
13 6 (3.08%) SCCM
14 5 (2.56%) Packer
15 4 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
15 4 (2.05%) Failover Clustering
15 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Clustering
15 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
15 4 (2.05%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 192 (98.46%) VMware
2 52 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 26 (13.33%) Dell
4 19 (9.74%) Broadcom
4 19 (9.74%) Cisco
5 15 (7.69%) NetApp
6 14 (7.18%) Citrix
6 14 (7.18%) Pure Storage
7 13 (6.67%) SolarWinds
7 13 (6.67%) Thales
7 13 (6.67%) Veeam
8 12 (6.15%) Red Hat
9 9 (4.62%) ServiceNow
9 9 (4.62%) Splunk
10 6 (3.08%) Remedy
10 6 (3.08%) Tenable
11 5 (2.56%) HP
11 5 (2.56%) Symantec
11 5 (2.56%) Tanium
11 5 (2.56%) Zerto
41 vCenter Server jobs in England