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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 408 443
Rank change year-on-year -25 +35 +55
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 197 105 95
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.38% 0.29%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.92% 2.74% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 76 70
10th Percentile £380 £409 £323
25th Percentile £463 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +8.37% -2.40%
75th Percentile £633 £588 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £608
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £48.40 £66.80 -
25th Percentile £52.18 £68.38 £63.75
Median hourly rate £67.47 £77.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +14.07% +46.71%
75th Percentile - £86.32 £71.25
90th Percentile - £88.30 -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £77.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -12.38% +14.07% +36.31%

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 5,028 3,831 3,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.99% 13.80% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 2,537 2,776
10th Percentile £307 £282 £300
25th Percentile £418 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £710
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +3.00% -3.57% -5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 60 59
10th Percentile £21.43 £18.87 £20.00
25th Percentile £45.72 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £51.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.37% +36.00% -24.27%
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.63 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.23 £82.96 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +111.60% -20.00% -28.57%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -4 93 £575 +4.55% 11
London -52 38 £500 -3.85% 9
North of England -59 36 £483 +13.65% 5
North West -41 19 £482 +24.26% 4
Yorkshire -42 16 £519 +16.11% 1
East of England -13 11 £545 -0.91% 1
South West -52 10 £613 +9.62% 10
Midlands -45 7 £545 -0.98% 1
West Midlands -40 6 £563 +23.06%
East Midlands -13 1 £526 -19.04% 1
North East - 1 £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 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.05%) nginx
3 5 (2.54%) Apache
3 5 (2.54%) Confluence
4 4 (2.03%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.68%) Azure
2 13 (6.60%) AWS
2 13 (6.60%) IaaS
3 12 (6.09%) OpenShift
4 10 (5.08%) PaaS
5 8 (4.06%) GitHub
6 5 (2.54%) GCP
7 4 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.03%) Azure Stack
7 4 (2.03%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.52%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.02%) Datadog
9 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.02%) OCI
10 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 67 (34.01%) DNS
2 50 (25.38%) VSAN
3 26 (13.20%) DHCP
3 26 (13.20%) Firewall
4 16 (8.12%) SAN
5 13 (6.60%) NAS
5 13 (6.60%) VLAN
5 13 (6.60%) VPN
6 7 (3.55%) Network Security
6 7 (3.55%) SMTP
7 5 (2.54%) iSCSI
8 4 (2.03%) LAN
8 4 (2.03%) WAN
9 3 (1.52%) DMZ
9 3 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.52%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.02%) WLAN
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.52%) Big Data
3 3 (1.52%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (2.54%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.54%) JIRA
3 2 (1.02%) Git
3 2 (1.02%) GitLab
3 2 (1.02%) Subversion
General
1 33 (16.75%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (2.03%) Finance
5 3 (1.52%) Banking
5 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.02%) Advertising
6 2 (1.02%) Retail
7 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (19.29%) VMware Engineer
3 29 (14.72%) Support Engineer
4 28 (14.21%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (12.18%) Senior
6 21 (10.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 19 (9.64%) Lead
7 19 (9.64%) Storage Engineer
8 15 (7.61%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 14 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (6.60%) Architect
11 10 (5.08%) Consultant
11 10 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) VMware Consultant
12 9 (4.57%) Virtualisation Engineer
12 9 (4.57%) Wintel Engineer
13 8 (4.06%) Technical Leader
14 7 (3.55%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.23%) Terraform
2 5 (2.54%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (2.03%) REST
4 3 (1.52%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.51%) LDAP
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.51%) OpenID
5 1 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.68%) PKI
2 22 (11.17%) Clustering
3 20 (10.15%) Replication
4 18 (9.14%) Data Centre
5 17 (8.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (5.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 10 (5.08%) Public Cloud
7 9 (4.57%) Management Information System
8 8 (4.06%) Cloud Native
8 8 (4.06%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.52%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.52%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.52%) EMC VNX
11 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 122 (61.93%) Windows
2 95 (48.22%) Windows Server
3 40 (20.30%) Linux
4 15 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.55%) VMS
7 6 (3.05%) Data ONTAP
7 6 (3.05%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.54%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.03%) SUSE
10 2 (1.02%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.02%) 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 57 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (25.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (19.80%) Disaster Recovery
3 39 (19.80%) High Availability
3 39 (19.80%) ITSM
4 37 (18.78%) Technical Leadership
5 35 (17.77%) Change Management
6 27 (13.71%) Migration
6 27 (13.71%) Network Virtualisation
7 25 (12.69%) Agile
8 24 (12.18%) ITIL
9 20 (10.15%) Capacity Planning
9 20 (10.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (9.64%) DevOps
10 19 (9.64%) Load Balancing
11 18 (9.14%) Platform Engineering
11 18 (9.14%) Software Distribution
12 16 (8.12%) CI/CD
12 16 (8.12%) Service Management
13 15 (7.61%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.03%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.17%) Python
3 16 (8.12%) SQL
4 13 (6.60%) Bash
5 3 (1.52%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) Bicep
6 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (69.54%) Security Cleared
2 88 (44.67%) DV Cleared
3 50 (25.38%) SC Cleared
4 41 (20.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 30 (15.23%) VCAP
6 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (7.11%) MCSA
8 11 (5.58%) MCSE
9 7 (3.55%) Degree
10 6 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.03%) OCP
11 4 (2.03%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (1.52%) CCA
12 3 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (1.02%) NCDA
13 2 (1.02%) NCIE
14 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.57%) SLA
2 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.02%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) NCSC
4 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 157 (79.70%) VMware ESXi
2 152 (77.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (47.72%) VMware NSX
4 85 (43.15%) vSphere
5 73 (37.06%) Active Directory
6 28 (14.21%) vCloud
7 26 (13.20%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (8.63%) Hyper-V
9 8 (4.06%) Firmware
10 7 (3.55%) BitLocker
10 7 (3.55%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (3.05%) Docker
12 5 (2.54%) UAG
13 4 (2.03%) Terminal Services
14 3 (1.52%) NFS
15 2 (1.02%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (1.02%) SRDF
16 1 (0.51%) Samba
Systems Management
1 50 (25.38%) SCOM
2 42 (21.32%) Ansible
3 31 (15.74%) Kubernetes
4 18 (9.14%) vMotion
5 16 (8.12%) vRealize
6 14 (7.11%) Avamar
7 13 (6.60%) PowerCLI
8 9 (4.57%) Puppet
9 8 (4.06%) Argo
9 8 (4.06%) Grafana
9 8 (4.06%) NetBackup
9 8 (4.06%) VxRail
10 7 (3.55%) SCCM
11 5 (2.54%) Packer
12 4 (2.03%) Dell DRAC
12 4 (2.03%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (2.03%) Nessus
12 4 (2.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 197 (100.00%) VMware
2 49 (24.87%) Microsoft
3 29 (14.72%) Dell
4 21 (10.66%) Cisco
5 18 (9.14%) Broadcom
6 15 (7.61%) SolarWinds
7 14 (7.11%) Citrix
7 14 (7.11%) NetApp
8 13 (6.60%) Thales
8 13 (6.60%) Veeam
9 10 (5.08%) Red Hat
10 9 (4.57%) Pure Storage
10 9 (4.57%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.55%) EMC
12 6 (3.05%) Remedy
12 6 (3.05%) Splunk
12 6 (3.05%) Tenable
13 5 (2.54%) Google
13 5 (2.54%) HP
13 5 (2.54%) Symantec