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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 354 379
Rank change year-on-year -19 +25 +185
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 211 113 168
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.47% 0.45%
As % of the System Software category 4.92% 3.54% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 71 105
10th Percentile £433 £463 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £527
Median % change year-on-year - +4.36% +0.38%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £625
90th Percentile £674 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £46.00 £77.63 £65.18
25th Percentile £48.00 £77.81 £67.31
Median hourly rate £51.00 £81.25 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.23% +11.68% +15.06%
75th Percentile - £85.31 £76.31
90th Percentile £70.10 £85.88 £77.33
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £81.25 £63.75
% change year-on-year -37.23% +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 4,288 3,191 4,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.21% 13.16% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,941 2,211 2,861
10th Percentile £213 £213 £188
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 146 81 199
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.06
25th Percentile £21.06 £21.46 £15.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% +31.82% -45.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £66.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £79.75 £86.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +62.60% +36.67% -54.55%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -33 53 £600 - 16
North of England -38 44 £514 +8.21% 11
London -41 44 £525 -12.50% 12
North West -14 25 £514 +8.16% 7
South West -27 25 £550 - 10
Midlands -44 20 £550 -16.86%
Yorkshire -46 19 £514 +0.29% 3
West Midlands -46 17 £525 -20.63%
East of England -39 9 £520 +3.48%
East Midlands - 3 £550 -
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 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
3 2 (0.95%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.95%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.47%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.17%) AWS
1 32 (15.17%) Azure
2 30 (14.22%) OpenShift
3 22 (10.43%) GitHub
4 8 (3.79%) GCP
4 8 (3.79%) IaaS
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.84%) Nutanix
5 6 (2.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (2.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.90%) PaaS
8 3 (1.42%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.95%) IBM Watson
9 2 (0.95%) SaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 60 (28.44%) DNS
2 58 (27.49%) Firewall
3 50 (23.70%) VSAN
4 27 (12.80%) WAN
5 23 (10.90%) VPN
6 21 (9.95%) BIG-IP
6 21 (9.95%) LAN
7 19 (9.00%) Wireshark
8 18 (8.53%) Network Security
9 17 (8.06%) HTTP
9 17 (8.06%) SSL
10 15 (7.11%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (6.16%) NX-OS
11 13 (6.16%) Wireless
12 12 (5.69%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (5.69%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (5.21%) BGP
13 11 (5.21%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (5.21%) Junos
13 11 (5.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.84%) NonStop SQL
2 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (12.80%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.74%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.42%) GitLab
4 2 (0.95%) JIRA
5 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 61 (28.91%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.95%) Public Sector
3 13 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.74%) Finance
6 5 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.90%) Retail
8 3 (1.42%) Legal
8 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (32.23%) Architect
2 44 (20.85%) Network Engineer
3 26 (12.32%) Consultant
4 21 (9.95%) Senior
4 21 (9.95%) VMware Architect
5 20 (9.48%) VMware Engineer
6 19 (9.00%) VMware Consultant
7 15 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.64%) Lead
9 13 (6.16%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (5.21%) Junior
10 11 (5.21%) Technical Architect
11 10 (4.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Cloud Network Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Junior Network Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Web Engineer
12 9 (4.27%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 8 (3.79%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.11%) OpenTelemetry
2 7 (3.32%) LDAP
2 7 (3.32%) SAML
3 4 (1.90%) Flash
3 4 (1.90%) REST
4 2 (0.95%) Django
5 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.47%) Jinja
5 1 (0.47%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.17%) Data Centre
1 32 (15.17%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (12.80%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.16%) PKI
4 7 (3.32%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.84%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.84%) Replication
6 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.42%) SCADA
7 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.95%) Clustering
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.95%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.95%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.95%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 1 (0.47%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.47%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 33 (15.64%) Linux
1 33 (15.64%) Windows
2 25 (11.85%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.37%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.90%) CatOS
7 3 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.42%) VMS
7 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.95%) Unix
8 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.47%) Debian
9 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.49%) Load Balancing
2 52 (24.64%) Migration
3 40 (18.96%) CI/CD
4 33 (15.64%) Containerisation
5 32 (15.17%) DevOps
5 32 (15.17%) High Availability
5 32 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (12.32%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (11.37%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (9.95%) RBAC
9 19 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (9.00%) Performance Optimisation
10 18 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 17 (8.06%) Knowledge Transfer
11 17 (8.06%) Use Case
12 16 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (7.11%) Zero Trust
14 13 (6.16%) Data Migration
14 13 (6.16%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.27%) Python
2 26 (12.32%) Bash
3 14 (6.64%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.95%) C
5 1 (0.47%) SQL
5 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (41.23%) Security Cleared
2 55 (26.07%) SC Cleared
3 51 (24.17%) DV Cleared
4 19 (9.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (7.11%) VCAP
6 12 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (4.74%) CCNP
8 6 (2.84%) CCIE
8 6 (2.84%) CISSP
8 6 (2.84%) OCP
8 6 (2.84%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.90%) Degree
9 4 (1.90%) VCDX
10 3 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.42%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.42%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.42%) CCSP
11 2 (0.95%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.21%) NIST
2 7 (3.32%) NCSC
3 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.90%) GDPR
3 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 124 (58.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (37.91%) vSphere
3 37 (17.54%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (12.32%) Active Directory
5 10 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.27%) Docker
7 4 (1.90%) Firmware
7 4 (1.90%) vCloud
8 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.95%) NFS
9 1 (0.47%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 61 (28.91%) vCenter Server
2 59 (27.96%) Ansible
3 37 (17.54%) Terraform
4 32 (15.17%) Kubernetes
5 28 (13.27%) Argo
6 15 (7.11%) Grafana
7 14 (6.64%) vRealize
8 13 (6.16%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (4.74%) NetBackup
10 8 (3.79%) PowerCLI
11 7 (3.32%) FortiGate
12 5 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (2.37%) SCCM
13 4 (1.90%) WSUS
14 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (1.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 2 (0.95%) Istio
15 2 (0.95%) McAfee ePO
15 2 (0.95%) vMotion
15 2 (0.95%) VxRail
Vendors
1 201 (95.26%) VMware
2 52 (24.64%) Cisco
3 34 (16.11%) F5
4 27 (12.80%) Pure Storage
5 25 (11.85%) Red Hat
6 22 (10.43%) Palo Alto
7 21 (9.95%) SolarWinds
8 20 (9.48%) Microsoft
9 18 (8.53%) Splunk
10 16 (7.58%) Broadcom
11 14 (6.64%) Juniper
12 12 (5.69%) CheckPoint
12 12 (5.69%) McAfee
13 10 (4.74%) Blue Coat
14 9 (4.27%) Veritas
15 6 (2.84%) Zerto
16 5 (2.37%) Computacenter
16 5 (2.37%) Dell
16 5 (2.37%) Fortinet
16 5 (2.37%) NVIDIA