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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 385 408
Rank change year-on-year -36 +23 +53
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 162 96 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.94% 2.54% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 78 95
10th Percentile £424 £410 £320
25th Percentile £480 £513 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £46.40 - £65.18
25th Percentile £47.00 - £67.31
Median hourly rate £48.50 £65.00 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% -10.65% +71.18%
75th Percentile £49.50 - £76.31
90th Percentile £49.80 - £77.33
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +58.82%

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 5,518 3,784 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.58% 15.51% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,824 2,618 3,162
10th Percentile £319 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £699 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 38 116
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £43.09 £24.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £57.63 £28.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +102.22% +10.62% -55.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £49.06
90th Percentile £74.30 £79.98 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £26.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year +113.21% -2.75% -52.61%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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
North of England -27 56 £482 +37.71% 6
South East -27 49 £563 -2.17% 12
North West -23 33 £460 +31.43% 3
London -24 31 £525 - 5
Yorkshire -43 23 £507 +4.00% 3
South West -55 14 £536 -6.74% 1
East of England -30 9 £569 +3.41% 1
West Midlands -53 4 £532 -3.36%
Midlands -67 4 £532 -3.36% 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 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.23%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.62%) Confluence
3 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.05%) OpenShift
2 21 (12.96%) GitHub
3 20 (12.35%) Azure
4 19 (11.73%) IaaS
5 17 (10.49%) PaaS
6 7 (4.32%) AWS
6 7 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.47%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.85%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.62%) Datadog
9 1 (0.62%) GCP
9 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.62%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 40 (24.69%) DNS
2 27 (16.67%) Firewall
3 24 (14.81%) VSAN
4 17 (10.49%) VPN
5 13 (8.02%) DHCP
5 13 (8.02%) VLAN
6 11 (6.79%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (6.79%) NAS
7 10 (6.17%) Network Security
7 10 (6.17%) SAN
8 8 (4.94%) SMTP
9 6 (3.70%) BGP
9 6 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.70%) MPLS
9 6 (3.70%) NX-OS
9 6 (3.70%) TACACS
10 5 (3.09%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (3.09%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (3.09%) Junos
11 2 (1.23%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.70%) DB2
3 3 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 21 (12.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.62%) GitLab
2 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 37 (22.84%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.56%) Finance
4 6 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.09%) Banking
6 4 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.23%) Advertising
7 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.23%) Legal
7 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.62%) Police
8 1 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (17.90%) Architect
2 29 (17.90%) VMware Engineer
3 20 (12.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 16 (9.88%) Wintel Engineer
5 13 (8.02%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (8.02%) VMware Architect
6 11 (6.79%) Lead
6 11 (6.79%) Senior
7 8 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) NetApp Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Technical Specialist
10 5 (3.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (3.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.64%) OpenTelemetry
2 7 (4.32%) LDAP
3 4 (2.47%) Flash
4 2 (1.23%) REST
5 1 (0.62%) OAuth
5 1 (0.62%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.62%) OpenID
5 1 (0.62%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.14%) Clustering
2 27 (16.67%) Replication
3 23 (14.20%) PKI
4 19 (11.73%) Cloud Native
5 18 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (6.79%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (6.17%) Data Centre
7 10 (6.17%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (3.09%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.23%) EMC VMAX
11 2 (1.23%) EMC VNX
12 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 68 (41.98%) Windows
2 54 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 40 (24.69%) Linux
4 11 (6.79%) VMS
5 9 (5.56%) Ubuntu
6 8 (4.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (3.70%) AIX
8 6 (3.70%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (3.70%) Unix
9 5 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.47%) SUSE
10 4 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.62%) CentOS
12 1 (0.62%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.72%) High Availability
2 50 (30.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 42 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (21.60%) Migration
5 34 (20.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (20.99%) Network Virtualisation
6 25 (15.43%) Capacity Planning
7 22 (13.58%) Agile
7 22 (13.58%) Change Management
7 22 (13.58%) CI/CD
7 22 (13.58%) Containerisation
7 22 (13.58%) DevOps
8 21 (12.96%) Load Balancing
9 16 (9.88%) RBAC
10 15 (9.26%) Data Migration
10 15 (9.26%) Performance Optimisation
10 15 (9.26%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (8.64%) ITIL
11 14 (8.64%) ITSM
12 13 (8.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 57 (35.19%) PowerShell
2 31 (19.14%) Python
3 28 (17.28%) Bash
4 9 (5.56%) SQL
5 4 (2.47%) PHP
6 1 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 99 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 57 (35.19%) DV Cleared
3 45 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 35 (21.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 24 (14.81%) VCAP
6 18 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (9.26%) MCSA
8 14 (8.64%) MCSE
9 9 (5.56%) Degree
10 6 (3.70%) OCP
10 6 (3.70%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.47%) APMG
12 4 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (2.47%) GIAC
12 4 (2.47%) SSCP
13 3 (1.85%) GSEC
14 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
15 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) NIST
1 9 (5.56%) SLA
2 6 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.23%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 105 (64.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (59.26%) VMware ESXi
3 92 (56.79%) vSphere
4 56 (34.57%) VMware NSX
5 40 (24.69%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (17.28%) Active Directory
7 24 (14.81%) Hyper-V
8 12 (7.41%) vCloud
9 11 (6.79%) KVM
10 8 (4.94%) BitLocker
10 8 (4.94%) Docker
10 8 (4.94%) Firmware
10 8 (4.94%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (1.85%) UAG
12 1 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.62%) NFS
12 1 (0.62%) SRDF
12 1 (0.62%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (33.95%) Ansible
2 33 (20.37%) Kubernetes
3 23 (14.20%) Terraform
4 21 (12.96%) Argo
5 15 (9.26%) Grafana
5 15 (9.26%) PowerCLI
6 14 (8.64%) SCOM
7 12 (7.41%) vMotion
7 12 (7.41%) vRealize
8 11 (6.79%) VxRail
9 7 (4.32%) NetBackup
9 7 (4.32%) Puppet
10 6 (3.70%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (3.70%) SCCM
11 4 (2.47%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 2 (1.23%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (1.23%) SnapMirror
13 2 (1.23%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 145 (89.51%) VMware
2 44 (27.16%) Microsoft
3 33 (20.37%) Cisco
4 22 (13.58%) Pure Storage
5 21 (12.96%) Red Hat
6 18 (11.11%) Dell
7 15 (9.26%) NetApp
8 14 (8.64%) Splunk
9 13 (8.02%) Veeam
10 12 (7.41%) Broadcom
11 9 (5.56%) Citrix
12 6 (3.70%) IBM
12 6 (3.70%) SolarWinds
13 5 (3.09%) Juniper
14 4 (2.47%) Veritas
14 4 (2.47%) Zerto
15 2 (1.23%) 3PAR
15 2 (1.23%) Becrypt
15 2 (1.23%) EMC
15 2 (1.23%) Thales