VMware NSX Contract Job Trends in England

VMware NSX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VMware NSX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 374 379
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +166
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 215 114 164
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.47% 0.44%
As % of the System Software category 4.99% 3.62% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 71 105
10th Percentile £390 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £537
% change year-on-year - +2.42% +2.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £46.00 £77.63 £65.18
25th Percentile £46.38 £77.81 £67.31
Median hourly rate £50.50 £81.25 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.85% +11.68% +15.06%
75th Percentile £51.00 £85.31 £76.31
90th Percentile £65.33 £85.88 £77.33
UK median hourly rate £50.50 £81.25 £63.75
% change year-on-year -37.85% +27.45% -1.34%

All System Software Skills
England

VMware NSX falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,307 3,151 4,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.97% 12.91% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,954 2,185 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £213 £190
25th Percentile £400 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £694 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 82 204
10th Percentile £16.08 £15.16 £14.06
25th Percentile £22.26 £21.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £54.00 £29.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.21% +38.10% -52.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.33 £85.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £29.00 £22.30
% change year-on-year +81.03% +30.04% -55.40%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware NSX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VMware NSX job vacancy trend in England

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware NSX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware NSX

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in England

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware NSX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware NSX

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware NSX in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware NSX in England

VMware NSX
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 NSX within the England region over the 6 months to 16 April 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 -29 56 £600 - 16
London -28 46 £525 -12.50% 8
North of England -44 41 £522 +12.76% 5
South West -32 24 £543 -1.36% 10
North West -18 22 £514 +11.08% 2
Midlands -49 19 £513 -22.52% 1
Yorkshire -46 18 £514 +0.29% 2
West Midlands -42 17 £500 -24.41% 1
East of England -40 11 £510 +1.49% 1
East Midlands - 2 £550 -
North East -17 1 £675 +8.00% 1
South Coast - 1 £575 -
VMware NSX
UK

VMware NSX
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 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.93%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) JBoss
3 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (16.28%) AWS
2 32 (14.88%) Azure
3 29 (13.49%) OpenShift
4 21 (9.77%) GitHub
5 8 (3.72%) IaaS
5 8 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.26%) GCP
7 6 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.33%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.86%) PaaS
10 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.93%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.93%) IBM Watson
11 2 (0.93%) SaaS
12 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 60 (27.91%) Firewall
2 58 (26.98%) DNS
3 49 (22.79%) VSAN
4 29 (13.49%) WAN
5 25 (11.63%) VPN
6 22 (10.23%) LAN
7 21 (9.77%) BIG-IP
8 19 (8.84%) Wireshark
9 18 (8.37%) Network Security
10 17 (7.91%) HTTP
10 17 (7.91%) SSL
11 14 (6.51%) Wireless
12 13 (6.05%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (6.05%) NX-OS
13 12 (5.58%) BGP
14 11 (5.12%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (5.12%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (5.12%) DHCP
14 11 (5.12%) SD-WAN
15 9 (4.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.79%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (12.09%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.19%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.40%) GitLab
4 2 (0.93%) JIRA
5 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 63 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.77%) Public Sector
3 14 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.65%) Finance
6 5 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.33%) Retail
7 3 (1.40%) Legal
7 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.47%) Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (33.49%) Architect
2 41 (19.07%) Network Engineer
3 26 (12.09%) Consultant
4 24 (11.16%) VMware Engineer
5 21 (9.77%) Senior
5 21 (9.77%) VMware Architect
6 17 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.91%) VMware Consultant
7 16 (7.44%) Lead
8 13 (6.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (5.58%) Technical Architect
10 10 (4.65%) Junior
10 10 (4.65%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 9 (4.19%) Junior Network Engineer
11 9 (4.19%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 9 (4.19%) Web Engineer
12 8 (3.72%) Network Architect
12 8 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (3.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
13 7 (3.26%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.51%) OpenTelemetry
2 8 (3.72%) LDAP
2 8 (3.72%) SAML
3 4 (1.86%) Flash
3 4 (1.86%) REST
4 2 (0.93%) Django
5 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.47%) Jinja
5 1 (0.47%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.74%) Data Centre
2 33 (15.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (12.56%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.05%) PKI
5 9 (4.19%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.79%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.79%) Replication
7 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.40%) SCADA
7 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.93%) Clustering
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.93%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.93%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 1 (0.47%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.47%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.67%) Linux
2 35 (16.28%) Windows
3 25 (11.63%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.33%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.86%) CatOS
8 3 (1.40%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.40%) VMS
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.93%) Debian
9 2 (0.93%) Unix
10 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.05%) Load Balancing
2 54 (25.12%) Migration
3 39 (18.14%) CI/CD
4 32 (14.88%) Containerisation
4 32 (14.88%) High Availability
4 32 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (14.42%) DevOps
6 30 (13.95%) Network Virtualisation
7 26 (12.09%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (10.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (10.23%) RBAC
10 19 (8.84%) Performance Optimisation
11 18 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (8.37%) Use Case
12 17 (7.91%) Zero Trust
13 15 (6.98%) Knowledge Transfer
14 13 (6.05%) Runbook
14 13 (6.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.47%) Python
2 25 (11.63%) Bash
3 13 (6.05%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.93%) C
5 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (40.47%) Security Cleared
2 56 (26.05%) SC Cleared
3 53 (24.65%) DV Cleared
4 20 (9.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (6.98%) VCAP
6 13 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.12%) CCNP
8 6 (2.79%) CCIE
8 6 (2.79%) CISSP
8 6 (2.79%) Degree
8 6 (2.79%) OCP
8 6 (2.79%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.86%) VCDX
10 3 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.40%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.40%) CCSP
11 2 (0.93%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.58%) NIST
2 8 (3.72%) NCSC
3 4 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.86%) GDPR
3 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.86%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
System Software
1 133 (61.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 79 (36.74%) vSphere
3 41 (19.07%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (12.09%) Active Directory
5 10 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.19%) Docker
7 4 (1.86%) Firmware
7 4 (1.86%) vCloud
8 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.93%) NFS
9 1 (0.47%) SRDF
9 1 (0.47%) UAG
Systems Management
1 59 (27.44%) vCenter Server
2 56 (26.05%) Ansible
3 35 (16.28%) Terraform
4 31 (14.42%) Kubernetes
5 27 (12.56%) Argo
6 15 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (6.98%) vRealize
7 14 (6.51%) Grafana
8 11 (5.12%) NetBackup
9 8 (3.72%) PowerCLI
10 7 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (3.26%) FortiGate
11 5 (2.33%) SCCM
12 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.40%) WSUS
13 2 (0.93%) Istio
13 2 (0.93%) McAfee ePO
13 2 (0.93%) vMotion
13 2 (0.93%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 2 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 208 (96.74%) VMware
2 49 (22.79%) Cisco
3 34 (15.81%) F5
4 26 (12.09%) Pure Storage
5 25 (11.63%) Palo Alto
6 24 (11.16%) Red Hat
7 21 (9.77%) Microsoft
8 17 (7.91%) Broadcom
8 17 (7.91%) SolarWinds
8 17 (7.91%) Splunk
9 13 (6.05%) CheckPoint
10 11 (5.12%) McAfee
11 10 (4.65%) Juniper
11 10 (4.65%) Veritas
12 9 (4.19%) Blue Coat
13 7 (3.26%) Zerto
14 6 (2.79%) Dell
15 5 (2.33%) Citrix
15 5 (2.33%) Fortinet
15 5 (2.33%) NetApp