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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 376 420
Rank change year-on-year -30 +44 +163
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 156 110 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 3.80% 3.41% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 65 77
10th Percentile £463 £435 £425
25th Percentile £500 £485 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £613
90th Percentile £675 £666 £668
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £527
% change year-on-year - +4.36% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £77.63 -
25th Percentile £96.25 £77.81 -
Median hourly rate £97.50 £81.25 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +23.14% +4.35%
75th Percentile £98.75 £85.31 £76.25
90th Percentile - £85.88 -
UK median hourly rate £97.50 £81.25 £65.98
% change year-on-year +20.00% +23.14% +4.35%

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 4,101 3,222 4,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.50% 12.18% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,794 2,078 3,123
10th Percentile £206 £200 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -8.02%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -2.44% +3.54% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 79 211
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.60 £14.50
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.15 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +44.62% -33.71% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +44.62% -38.95% +35.71%

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 28 January 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
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 28 January 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 53 £500 -16.67% 5
London -28 33 £525 - 8
North of England -42 21 £570 +20.00% 7
North West -19 16 £490 +3.16% 2
South West -23 16 £550 +4.76% 5
Midlands -39 15 £550 -12.80% 1
West Midlands -29 13 £525 -16.77% 1
East of England -13 5 - - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £650 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £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 8 (5.13%) OpenStack
2 7 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.56%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.92%) Confluence
6 1 (0.64%) JBoss
6 1 (0.64%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.10%) AWS
2 20 (12.82%) Azure
3 19 (12.18%) OpenShift
4 10 (6.41%) IaaS
5 8 (5.13%) GCP
6 5 (3.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.21%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.56%) PaaS
7 4 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.92%) GitHub
8 3 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.28%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.28%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.28%) IBM Watson
9 2 (1.28%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 45 (28.85%) Firewall
2 43 (27.56%) DNS
3 28 (17.95%) VSAN
4 26 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
5 24 (15.38%) Cisco Firepower
6 23 (14.74%) Cisco IOS
6 23 (14.74%) WAN
7 22 (14.10%) Junos
7 22 (14.10%) LAN
8 19 (12.18%) VPN
9 18 (11.54%) BGP
9 18 (11.54%) BIG-IP
10 17 (10.90%) Wireshark
11 16 (10.26%) Wireless
12 15 (9.62%) HTTP
12 15 (9.62%) SSL
13 13 (8.33%) Network Security
13 13 (8.33%) OSPF
14 12 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (7.69%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Fiddler
1 9 (5.77%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.92%) GitLab
3 2 (1.28%) JIRA
3 2 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
3 14 (8.97%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.77%) Finance
6 5 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (0.64%) Banking
8 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (29.49%) Network Engineer
2 44 (28.21%) Architect
3 22 (14.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 21 (13.46%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 21 (13.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 21 (13.46%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 20 (12.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 19 (12.18%) Consultant
6 19 (12.18%) VMware Consultant
7 16 (10.26%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (10.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 16 (10.26%) Support Engineer
7 16 (10.26%) VMware Architect
8 15 (9.62%) Network Support
8 15 (9.62%) Network Support Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Junior
10 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.77%) Junior Network Engineer
10 9 (5.77%) Web Engineer
11 8 (5.13%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) LDAP
1 6 (3.85%) SAML
2 3 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (1.92%) REST
3 2 (1.28%) Django
3 2 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.64%) Flash
4 1 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (24.36%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (7.05%) Cloud Native
3 11 (7.05%) PKI
4 5 (3.21%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.21%) Replication
5 4 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.92%) SCADA
6 3 (1.92%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.28%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.64%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.15%) Windows
2 27 (17.31%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.82%) Linux
4 7 (4.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.85%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.56%) CatOS
8 2 (1.28%) Unix
8 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.64%) VMS
9 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.23%) Load Balancing
2 26 (16.67%) Migration
3 23 (14.74%) Network Virtualisation
4 22 (14.10%) ITSM
5 21 (13.46%) Service Management
6 18 (11.54%) Knowledge Transfer
6 18 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (9.62%) CI/CD
7 15 (9.62%) DevOps
7 15 (9.62%) Use Case
8 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (7.69%) Containerisation
9 12 (7.69%) Validation
10 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (7.05%) Security Architecture
10 11 (7.05%) Zero Trust
11 10 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (5.77%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (5.77%) High Availability
12 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.36%) Python
2 9 (5.77%) Bash
3 6 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.92%) SQL
5 2 (1.28%) C
5 2 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (48.08%) Security Cleared
2 45 (28.85%) DV Cleared
3 32 (20.51%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (8.33%) CCIE
5 13 (8.33%) VCAP
6 12 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (5.77%) AWS Certification
8 8 (5.13%) CCNP
8 8 (5.13%) JNCIE
9 7 (4.49%) CISSP
9 7 (4.49%) VCDX
10 4 (2.56%) Degree
11 3 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.92%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.92%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.92%) CCSP
12 2 (1.28%) GSEC
12 2 (1.28%) MCSE
12 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) NIST
2 4 (2.56%) GDPR
2 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.64%) NCSC
3 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 81 (51.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (28.21%) vSphere
3 37 (23.72%) Active Directory
4 13 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.77%) Docker
6 7 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.21%) Firmware
8 4 (2.56%) NFS
8 4 (2.56%) vCloud
9 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.28%) KVM
10 1 (0.64%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 43 (27.56%) vCenter Server
2 42 (26.92%) Ansible
3 29 (18.59%) Terraform
4 16 (10.26%) Kubernetes
5 11 (7.05%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (6.41%) Argo
7 8 (5.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 8 (5.13%) vRealize
8 7 (4.49%) FortiGate
9 6 (3.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 4 (2.56%) Grafana
10 4 (2.56%) SCCM
11 3 (1.92%) WSUS
12 2 (1.28%) Istio
12 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.28%) vMotion
12 2 (1.28%) VxRail
13 1 (0.64%) Packer
13 1 (0.64%) Podman
13 1 (0.64%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 135 (86.54%) VMware
2 68 (43.59%) Cisco
3 35 (22.44%) SolarWinds
4 33 (21.15%) F5
5 30 (19.23%) Juniper
6 17 (10.90%) Microsoft
6 17 (10.90%) Palo Alto
7 12 (7.69%) Red Hat
8 10 (6.41%) Broadcom
8 10 (6.41%) Fortinet
9 9 (5.77%) Blue Coat
9 9 (5.77%) McAfee
9 9 (5.77%) Pure Storage
10 8 (5.13%) CheckPoint
10 8 (5.13%) Splunk
10 8 (5.13%) Veeam
11 6 (3.85%) Arista
11 6 (3.85%) Dell
12 4 (2.56%) Computacenter
12 4 (2.56%) NetApp