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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 409 481
Rank change year-on-year -24 +72 +1
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 127 79 77
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.47% 2.02% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 58 48
10th Percentile £458 £385 £341
25th Percentile £500 £480 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £568 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +13.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £569 £672 £610
90th Percentile £599 £688 £686
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.36% +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 5,144 3,909 4,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.45% 14.92% 12.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,560 2,533 3,489
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% -9.68%
75th Percentile £600 £649 £638
90th Percentile £700 £749 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 47 153
10th Percentile £18.12 £14.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.49 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.36 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.49% -33.75% -19.70%
75th Percentile £63.32 £62.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £75.66 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +8.66%

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 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 7 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% 9
North of England -58 25 £460 +8.24% 6
South West -18 21 £550 -3.08% 2
London -18 15 £535 +7.00% 8
North West -32 15 £456 +7.29% 2
Yorkshire - 10 £500 - 4
East of England -18 5 £619 +3.13% 2
Midlands - 4 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £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 (5.51%) 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 20 (15.75%) OpenShift
2 18 (14.17%) Azure
3 13 (10.24%) IaaS
4 10 (7.87%) GitHub
5 9 (7.09%) AWS
6 8 (6.30%) PaaS
7 6 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.57%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.57%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.79%) GCP
9 1 (0.79%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (33.07%) DNS
2 27 (21.26%) Cisco IOS
3 23 (18.11%) Firewall
4 22 (17.32%) Cisco Firepower
4 22 (17.32%) Cisco ISE
4 22 (17.32%) Junos
5 11 (8.66%) VLAN
6 10 (7.87%) VPN
7 9 (7.09%) DHCP
7 9 (7.09%) VSAN
8 6 (4.72%) Network Security
8 6 (4.72%) NX-OS
8 6 (4.72%) Skype
9 5 (3.94%) BGP
9 5 (3.94%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (3.94%) MPLS
9 5 (3.94%) TACACS
10 4 (3.15%) PCoIP
10 4 (3.15%) SAN
10 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 16 (12.60%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.57%) GitLab
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.81%) Public Sector
3 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.94%) Finance
5 3 (2.36%) Banking
5 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.57%) Legal
7 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
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
5 20 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (14.96%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 18 (14.17%) Support Engineer
8 16 (12.60%) 3rd Line Support
8 16 (12.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 15 (11.81%) Network Support
9 15 (11.81%) Network Support Engineer
10 10 (7.87%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (7.87%) VMware Engineer
11 9 (7.09%) Wintel Engineer
12 8 (6.30%) VMware Architect
13 7 (5.51%) Senior
13 7 (5.51%) Storage Engineer
14 5 (3.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.51%) OpenTelemetry
2 5 (3.94%) LDAP
3 2 (1.57%) Flash
3 2 (1.57%) REST
4 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.32%) PKI
2 14 (11.02%) Replication
3 12 (9.45%) Clustering
4 11 (8.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (6.30%) Cloud Native
6 7 (5.51%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (51.18%) Windows
2 49 (38.58%) Windows Server
3 39 (30.71%) Linux
4 13 (10.24%) 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 2012
9 1 (0.79%) CentOS
9 1 (0.79%) Solaris
9 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.05%) ITSM
2 25 (19.69%) High Availability
2 25 (19.69%) Migration
3 23 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (17.32%) Service Management
5 21 (16.54%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (14.96%) CI/CD
7 19 (14.96%) DevOps
7 19 (14.96%) Network Virtualisation
8 18 (14.17%) Containerisation
9 15 (11.81%) Load Balancing
10 13 (10.24%) Agile
11 12 (9.45%) Change Management
11 12 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (9.45%) RBAC
12 11 (8.66%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (7.87%) Capacity Planning
14 9 (7.09%) ITIL
14 9 (7.09%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (28.35%) PowerShell
2 21 (16.54%) Python
3 18 (14.17%) Bash
4 4 (3.15%) SQL
5 3 (2.36%) PHP
6 1 (0.79%) Perl
6 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (77.17%) Security Cleared
2 54 (42.52%) DV Cleared
3 45 (35.43%) SC Cleared
4 17 (13.39%) 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
4 2 (1.57%) GDPR
4 2 (1.57%) SLA
5 1 (0.79%) NCSC
5 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (55.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 57 (44.88%) vSphere
3 50 (39.37%) VMware ESXi
3 50 (39.37%) VMware NSX
4 43 (33.86%) Active Directory
5 32 (25.20%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (8.66%) Docker
7 10 (7.87%) Hyper-V
8 7 (5.51%) KVM
9 5 (3.94%) Firmware
10 4 (3.15%) vCloud
11 3 (2.36%) BitLocker
11 3 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (1.57%) NFS
12 2 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.79%) UAG
Systems Management
1 36 (28.35%) Ansible
2 24 (18.90%) Terraform
3 21 (16.54%) Kubernetes
4 17 (13.39%) Argo
5 10 (7.87%) SCOM
6 8 (6.30%) VxRail
7 7 (5.51%) Grafana
7 7 (5.51%) vMotion
8 6 (4.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (4.72%) PowerCLI
8 6 (4.72%) SCCM
8 6 (4.72%) WSUS
9 3 (2.36%) IBM BigFix
9 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (2.36%) Puppet
10 2 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.57%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (1.57%) NetApp OnCommand
11 1 (0.79%) Avamar
Vendors
1 97 (76.38%) VMware
2 51 (40.16%) Cisco
3 38 (29.92%) Microsoft
4 29 (22.83%) SolarWinds
5 22 (17.32%) Juniper
6 17 (13.39%) Red Hat
6 17 (13.39%) Veeam
7 16 (12.60%) Pure Storage
8 14 (11.02%) Dell
9 7 (5.51%) Splunk
10 6 (4.72%) NetApp
11 5 (3.94%) Broadcom
11 5 (3.94%) Citrix
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