VMware Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

VMware Consultant
UK > England

The median VMware Consultant daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 485 533
Rank change year-on-year 0 +48 +193
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Consultant 48 19 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.066% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.071% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 21
10th Percentile £550 £374 -
25th Percentile £563 £460 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -2.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £610 £500 -
90th Percentile £622 £533 £613
UK median daily rate £600 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £80.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year - +26.98% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

VMware Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VMware Consultant job vacancy trend in England

VMware Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in England

VMware Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in England

VMware Consultant
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 VMware Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
London +11 29 £600 +20.00% 1
East of England -16 5 - -
South West -4 4 £550 +10.00%
North of England - 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
South East -25 2 £650 +8.33%
Midlands -43 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
VMware Consultant
UK

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, VMware Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring VMware Consultant in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) VMware
2 33 (68.75%) Security Cleared
3 26 (54.17%) SC Cleared
4 19 (39.58%) VMware NSX
5 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (35.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 15 (31.25%) vRealize
8 12 (25.00%) PowerShell
8 12 (25.00%) Python
9 11 (22.92%) JavaScript
9 11 (22.92%) vSphere
10 7 (14.58%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (14.58%) VSAN
11 6 (12.50%) Security Hardening
12 5 (10.42%) Migration
12 5 (10.42%) VCAP
13 4 (8.33%) Ansible
13 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
13 4 (8.33%) Terraform
14 3 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
14 3 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
14 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
14 3 (6.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 2 (4.17%) Azure
15 2 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
15 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
15 2 (4.17%) Data Protection
15 2 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
15 2 (4.17%) Edge Computing

VMware Consultant Skill Set
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 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) AWS
2 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.08%) Cohesity
2 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.08%) GCP
2 1 (2.08%) Nutanix
2 1 (2.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) VSAN
2 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) VPN
2 2 (4.17%) WAN
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Electronics
4 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.17%) Marketing
4 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.08%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.42%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (10.42%) Replication
3 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) VxBlock/Vblock
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (14.58%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (12.50%) Security Hardening
4 5 (10.42%) Migration
5 3 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.17%) Edge Computing
6 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (4.17%) Minimum Viable Product
6 2 (4.17%) Operations Management
6 2 (4.17%) Programme Management
6 2 (4.17%) Project Management
6 2 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.17%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (4.17%) Test Automation
6 2 (4.17%) Validation
6 2 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 12 (25.00%) Python
2 11 (22.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 26 (54.17%) SC Cleared
3 17 (35.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (10.42%) VCAP
5 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.08%) VCDX
System Software
1 19 (39.58%) VMware NSX
2 18 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (22.92%) vSphere
4 2 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) vRealize
2 4 (8.33%) Ansible
2 4 (8.33%) Terraform
3 3 (6.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 2 (4.17%) PowerCLI
4 2 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 2 (4.17%) vMotion
5 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.08%) Packer
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (4.17%) EMC
2 2 (4.17%) SAP
2 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.08%) Dell
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Veeam