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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 383 413
Rank change year-on-year -42 +30 +43
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 163 95 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.95% 2.51% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 77 95
10th Percentile £424 £405 £320
25th Percentile £477 £513 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £691 £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 5,528 3,785 4,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.58% 15.53% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,829 2,615 3,186
10th Percentile £318 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £415 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £696 £736 £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 7 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 7 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 -23 56 £482 +37.71% 6
South East -17 51 £563 -2.17% 12
North West -18 33 £460 +31.43% 3
London -39 30 £525 - 5
Yorkshire -37 23 £507 +4.00% 3
South West -52 14 £536 -6.74% 1
East of England -29 9 £569 +3.41% 1
West Midlands -57 4 £532 -3.36% 1
Midlands -71 4 £532 -3.36% 2
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 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.23%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.95%) OpenShift
2 21 (12.88%) GitHub
3 19 (11.66%) Azure
3 19 (11.66%) IaaS
4 17 (10.43%) PaaS
5 7 (4.29%) AWS
6 6 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.45%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.84%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.84%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.61%) Datadog
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 40 (24.54%) DNS
2 27 (16.56%) Firewall
3 24 (14.72%) VSAN
4 17 (10.43%) VPN
5 13 (7.98%) VLAN
6 12 (7.36%) DHCP
7 11 (6.75%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (6.75%) NAS
8 10 (6.13%) Network Security
8 10 (6.13%) SAN
9 8 (4.91%) SMTP
10 6 (3.68%) BGP
10 6 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (3.68%) MPLS
10 6 (3.68%) NX-OS
10 6 (3.68%) TACACS
11 5 (3.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (3.07%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (3.07%) Junos
12 2 (1.23%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.68%) DB2
3 3 (1.84%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 21 (12.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) GitLab
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 36 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.36%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.52%) Finance
4 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.45%) Banking
6 3 (1.84%) 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 (0.61%) Police
8 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (17.79%) Architect
3 28 (17.18%) VMware Engineer
4 21 (12.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 16 (9.82%) Wintel Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) Storage Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) VMware Architect
8 11 (6.75%) Lead
8 11 (6.75%) Senior
9 9 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) NetApp Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Network Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Technical Specialist
13 5 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
13 5 (3.07%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.59%) OpenTelemetry
2 7 (4.29%) LDAP
3 4 (2.45%) Flash
4 2 (1.23%) REST
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.61%) OpenID
5 1 (0.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.02%) Clustering
2 26 (15.95%) Replication
3 23 (14.11%) PKI
4 19 (11.66%) Cloud Native
5 18 (11.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (7.36%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (6.13%) Data Centre
7 10 (6.13%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (3.07%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.23%) EMC VMAX
11 2 (1.23%) EMC VNX
12 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 69 (42.33%) Windows
2 55 (33.74%) Windows Server
3 40 (24.54%) Linux
4 11 (6.75%) VMS
5 9 (5.52%) Ubuntu
6 8 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (3.68%) AIX
8 6 (3.68%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (3.68%) Unix
9 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.45%) SUSE
10 4 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.61%) CentOS
11 1 (0.61%) Solaris
11 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.52%) High Availability
2 49 (30.06%) Disaster Recovery
3 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (21.47%) Migration
5 34 (20.86%) Network Virtualisation
6 33 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (15.34%) Capacity Planning
8 22 (13.50%) Agile
8 22 (13.50%) Change Management
8 22 (13.50%) CI/CD
8 22 (13.50%) Containerisation
8 22 (13.50%) DevOps
9 21 (12.88%) Load Balancing
10 16 (9.82%) RBAC
11 15 (9.20%) Data Migration
11 15 (9.20%) ITSM
11 15 (9.20%) Performance Optimisation
11 15 (9.20%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (7.98%) ITIL
12 13 (7.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 57 (34.97%) PowerShell
2 31 (19.02%) Python
3 28 (17.18%) Bash
4 10 (6.13%) SQL
5 4 (2.45%) PHP
6 1 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 101 (61.96%) Security Cleared
2 59 (36.20%) DV Cleared
3 45 (27.61%) SC Cleared
4 34 (20.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 24 (14.72%) VCAP
6 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (9.20%) MCSA
8 14 (8.59%) MCSE
9 9 (5.52%) Degree
10 6 (3.68%) OCP
10 6 (3.68%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (2.45%) APMG
11 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.45%) GIAC
11 4 (2.45%) SSCP
12 3 (1.84%) GSEC
13 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) NIST
1 9 (5.52%) SLA
2 6 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.23%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (63.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (58.90%) VMware ESXi
3 91 (55.83%) vSphere
4 57 (34.97%) VMware NSX
5 40 (24.54%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (17.18%) Active Directory
7 24 (14.72%) Hyper-V
8 13 (7.98%) vCloud
9 11 (6.75%) KVM
10 8 (4.91%) BitLocker
10 8 (4.91%) Docker
10 8 (4.91%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (4.29%) Firmware
12 3 (1.84%) UAG
13 1 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.61%) NFS
13 1 (0.61%) SRDF
13 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (33.74%) Ansible
2 33 (20.25%) Kubernetes
3 23 (14.11%) Terraform
4 21 (12.88%) Argo
5 15 (9.20%) Grafana
5 15 (9.20%) PowerCLI
5 15 (9.20%) SCOM
6 12 (7.36%) vMotion
6 12 (7.36%) vRealize
7 11 (6.75%) VxRail
8 7 (4.29%) NetBackup
8 7 (4.29%) Puppet
9 6 (3.68%) IBM BigFix
9 6 (3.68%) SCCM
10 4 (2.45%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.84%) Avamar
11 3 (1.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 2 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (1.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 146 (89.57%) VMware
2 44 (26.99%) Microsoft
3 33 (20.25%) Cisco
4 22 (13.50%) Pure Storage
5 21 (12.88%) Red Hat
6 18 (11.04%) Dell
7 15 (9.20%) NetApp
8 14 (8.59%) Splunk
9 12 (7.36%) Broadcom
9 12 (7.36%) Veeam
10 9 (5.52%) Citrix
11 6 (3.68%) IBM
11 6 (3.68%) SolarWinds
12 5 (3.07%) Juniper
13 4 (2.45%) Veritas
13 4 (2.45%) Zerto
14 3 (1.84%) Thales
15 2 (1.23%) 3PAR
15 2 (1.23%) Becrypt
15 2 (1.23%) EMC