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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 408 416
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +55
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 198 102 120
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.30% 2.39% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 74 87
10th Percentile £380 £412 £318
25th Percentile £463 £510 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £590 £608
90th Percentile £705 £676 £618
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £48.00 £72.86 £65.18
25th Percentile £51.09 £75.66 £67.31
Median hourly rate £63.10 £83.32 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.26% +14.52% +71.18%
75th Percentile £67.47 £87.97 £76.31
90th Percentile - £88.97 £77.33
UK median hourly rate £63.10 £83.32 £72.75
% change year-on-year -24.26% +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 6,006 4,261 4,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.25% 15.48% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,106 2,842 3,245
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £609 £625
90th Percentile £694 £696 £700
UK median daily rate £518 £503 £520
% change year-on-year +2.99% -3.37% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 55 73
10th Percentile £20.09 £19.88 £17.72
25th Percentile £38.50 £26.45 £23.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +77.42% -41.89%
75th Percentile £70.11 £66.04 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.78 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £31.75
% change year-on-year +65.33% +18.11% -44.78%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -3 82 £551 -4.13% 12
North of England -51 45 £485 +17.58% 5
London -46 40 £500 -3.85% 11
North West -40 23 £482 +37.57% 3
Yorkshire -46 21 £511 +18.79% 2
East of England -14 13 £563 +2.27% 3
Midlands -46 9 £532 -3.36%
West Midlands -54 9 £532 +16.17%
South West -59 9 £535 -6.96% 4
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 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.53%) Confluence
2 5 (2.53%) nginx
3 4 (2.02%) Apache
3 4 (2.02%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.12%) OpenShift
2 20 (10.10%) Azure
3 18 (9.09%) GitHub
4 16 (8.08%) IaaS
5 13 (6.57%) PaaS
6 11 (5.56%) AWS
7 5 (2.53%) GCP
7 5 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Stack
8 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Storage
10 2 (1.01%) Datadog
10 2 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.01%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.51%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 62 (31.31%) DNS
2 44 (22.22%) VSAN
3 24 (12.12%) Firewall
4 22 (11.11%) DHCP
5 15 (7.58%) VPN
6 13 (6.57%) SAN
7 11 (5.56%) VLAN
8 10 (5.05%) NAS
9 8 (4.04%) Network Security
9 8 (4.04%) SMTP
10 3 (1.52%) DMZ
10 3 (1.52%) LAN
10 3 (1.52%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.52%) WAN
10 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.01%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.01%) WLAN
12 1 (0.51%) BGP
12 1 (0.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.52%) Big Data
3 3 (1.52%) Db2
3 3 (1.52%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.53%) JIRA
3 4 (2.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (2.02%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.01%) Git
4 2 (1.01%) GitLab
4 2 (1.01%) Subversion
General
1 39 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (4.55%) Finance
3 9 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.02%) Banking
4 4 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.01%) Advertising
6 2 (1.01%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.51%) Legal
7 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (17.68%) VMware Engineer
3 24 (12.12%) Support Engineer
4 22 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 21 (10.61%) Cloud Engineer
5 21 (10.61%) Storage Engineer
6 20 (10.10%) Architect
6 20 (10.10%) Senior
7 16 (8.08%) Lead
8 14 (7.07%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 12 (6.06%) Consultant
9 12 (6.06%) VMware Consultant
9 12 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Wintel Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) VMware Architect
12 6 (3.03%) Administrator
13 5 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.56%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (2.02%) REST
3 3 (1.52%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.52%) Flash
4 2 (1.01%) LDAP
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth
5 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.51%) OpenID
5 1 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.63%) PKI
2 24 (12.12%) Clustering
3 20 (10.10%) Replication
4 17 (8.59%) Data Centre
4 17 (8.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (8.08%) Cloud Native
6 12 (6.06%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (4.04%) Private Cloud
8 7 (3.54%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (3.03%) Management Information System
9 6 (3.03%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.52%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.52%) EMC VNX
11 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
12 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 110 (55.56%) Windows
2 84 (42.42%) Windows Server
3 42 (21.21%) Linux
4 13 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (3.54%) Data ONTAP
5 7 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.54%) VMS
6 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (2.53%) Windows 10
8 4 (2.02%) SUSE
9 3 (1.52%) AIX
9 3 (1.52%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.52%) Unix
10 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.01%) 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 58 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (25.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (24.24%) High Availability
4 40 (20.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (18.18%) Migration
6 32 (16.16%) Change Management
6 32 (16.16%) ITSM
7 28 (14.14%) Network Virtualisation
8 24 (12.12%) DevOps
8 24 (12.12%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (11.62%) CI/CD
10 22 (11.11%) Agile
10 22 (11.11%) Load Balancing
11 20 (10.10%) Capacity Planning
12 19 (9.60%) Containerisation
13 17 (8.59%) ITIL
13 17 (8.59%) Performance Tuning
14 16 (8.08%) RBAC
15 15 (7.58%) Security Hardening
16 14 (7.07%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 63 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 33 (16.67%) Python
3 24 (12.12%) Bash
4 17 (8.59%) SQL
5 3 (1.52%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) PHP
6 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (66.16%) Security Cleared
2 82 (41.41%) DV Cleared
3 53 (26.77%) SC Cleared
4 42 (21.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (13.64%) VCAP
6 17 (8.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (6.57%) MCSA
8 11 (5.56%) Degree
8 11 (5.56%) MCSE
9 6 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.03%) OCP
9 6 (3.03%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.52%) CCA
10 3 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.01%) NCDA
11 2 (1.01%) NCIE
12 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.05%) SLA
2 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.02%) NIST
3 2 (1.01%) NIST 800
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
System Software
1 147 (74.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 141 (71.21%) VMware ESXi
3 91 (45.96%) VMware NSX
4 89 (44.95%) vSphere
5 66 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 29 (14.65%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (11.62%) Hyper-V
8 22 (11.11%) vCloud
9 8 (4.04%) BitLocker
9 8 (4.04%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (3.54%) Docker
11 6 (3.03%) UAG
11 6 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (2.53%) KVM
13 4 (2.02%) Terminal Services
14 3 (1.52%) Firmware
14 3 (1.52%) NFS
15 2 (1.01%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (1.01%) SRDF
16 1 (0.51%) Samba
Systems Management
1 49 (24.75%) Ansible
2 40 (20.20%) SCOM
3 38 (19.19%) Kubernetes
4 28 (14.14%) Terraform
5 18 (9.09%) Argo
6 17 (8.59%) vRealize
7 15 (7.58%) vMotion
8 14 (7.07%) Avamar
8 14 (7.07%) Grafana
8 14 (7.07%) PowerCLI
9 10 (5.05%) Puppet
10 9 (4.55%) NetBackup
10 9 (4.55%) VxRail
11 6 (3.03%) SCCM
12 4 (2.02%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (2.02%) Nagios
12 4 (2.02%) Nessus
12 4 (2.02%) Packer
12 4 (2.02%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 195 (98.48%) VMware
2 52 (26.26%) Microsoft
3 26 (13.13%) Dell
4 21 (10.61%) Cisco
5 19 (9.60%) Pure Storage
6 18 (9.09%) Broadcom
7 16 (8.08%) NetApp
8 15 (7.58%) Citrix
8 15 (7.58%) Red Hat
9 14 (7.07%) Veeam
10 13 (6.57%) SolarWinds
10 13 (6.57%) Thales
11 12 (6.06%) Splunk
12 8 (4.04%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.03%) Tenable
14 5 (2.53%) Google
14 5 (2.53%) HP
14 5 (2.53%) Remedy
14 5 (2.53%) Symantec
14 5 (2.53%) Zerto