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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 387 403
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +162
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 176 93 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.37% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 4.10% 2.87% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 60 78
10th Percentile £463 £459 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -0.48%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £625
90th Percentile £688 £657 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
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 £76.95
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 4,291 3,235 4,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.82% 12.75% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,941 2,168 2,884
10th Percentile £205 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £387 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £480
% change year-on-year -4.40% +8.96% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 77 210
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.40 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.16 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £27.38
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +18.69% -28.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.95 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £38.47 £33.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.70% -16.88% -

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -26 48 £525 -12.50% 12
London -32 40 £575 -4.17% 11
North of England -34 33 £522 +9.79% 6
North West -22 19 £490 +3.16% 3
South West -32 17 £550 - 9
Midlands -44 17 £550 -16.86% 2
West Midlands -40 15 £525 -20.63% 1
Yorkshire -54 14 £529 +32.25% 3
East of England -32 5 - - 1
East Midlands - 2 £550 - 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 7 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (1.70%) Confluence
4 3 (1.70%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.14%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.57%) JBoss
6 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.77%) OpenShift
2 24 (13.64%) Azure
3 20 (11.36%) AWS
4 15 (8.52%) GitHub
5 8 (4.55%) GCP
5 8 (4.55%) IaaS
6 6 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.41%) Nutanix
7 5 (2.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (2.27%) PaaS
8 4 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.14%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.14%) IBM Watson
10 2 (1.14%) SaaS
11 1 (0.57%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 1 (0.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 56 (31.82%) DNS
2 52 (29.55%) Firewall
3 40 (22.73%) VSAN
4 21 (11.93%) BIG-IP
4 21 (11.93%) VPN
4 21 (11.93%) WAN
5 20 (11.36%) Cisco ISE
6 19 (10.80%) Wireshark
7 17 (9.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 17 (9.66%) HTTP
7 17 (9.66%) LAN
7 17 (9.66%) SSL
8 16 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 16 (9.09%) Junos
8 16 (9.09%) Network Security
9 13 (7.39%) BGP
10 12 (6.82%) NX-OS
11 11 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (6.25%) TCP/IP
11 11 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (11.93%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.25%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.70%) GitLab
4 2 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 48 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 13 (7.39%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.68%) Finance
6 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.70%) Retail
8 1 (0.57%) Banking
8 1 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 64 (36.36%) Architect
2 41 (23.30%) Network Engineer
3 23 (13.07%) VMware Architect
4 22 (12.50%) Consultant
5 20 (11.36%) VMware Consultant
6 16 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 12 (6.82%) Junior
9 12 (6.82%) Support Engineer
10 11 (6.25%) Junior Network Engineer
10 11 (6.25%) Web Engineer
11 10 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (5.68%) Lead
12 9 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.11%) Network Support
12 9 (5.11%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.68%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (3.41%) LDAP
2 6 (3.41%) SAML
3 4 (2.27%) Flash
4 3 (1.70%) REST
5 2 (1.14%) Django
5 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 23 (13.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (11.93%) Cloud Native
4 14 (7.95%) PKI
5 6 (3.41%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.84%) Replication
7 4 (2.27%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.70%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.70%) SCADA
8 3 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.14%) Clustering
9 2 (1.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.14%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.57%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.57%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.18%) Windows
2 27 (15.34%) Windows Server
3 24 (13.64%) Linux
4 10 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.84%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.27%) CatOS
8 3 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.14%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.14%) Unix
10 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.57%) VMS
10 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.57%) Load Balancing
2 40 (22.73%) Migration
3 30 (17.05%) CI/CD
4 27 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (14.20%) Containerisation
6 24 (13.64%) DevOps
7 22 (12.50%) High Availability
8 20 (11.36%) Knowledge Transfer
8 20 (11.36%) Network Virtualisation
9 18 (10.23%) Use Case
10 16 (9.09%) ITSM
10 16 (9.09%) Service Management
11 14 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (7.95%) RBAC
12 12 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (6.82%) Security Architecture
12 12 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (6.82%) Zero Trust
13 11 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (23.30%) Python
2 19 (10.80%) Bash
3 7 (3.98%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.27%) SQL
5 2 (1.14%) C
5 2 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (46.02%) Security Cleared
2 47 (26.70%) DV Cleared
3 46 (26.14%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (6.82%) VCAP
6 10 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.55%) CCNP
8 7 (3.98%) CCIE
8 7 (3.98%) CISSP
8 7 (3.98%) VCDX
9 4 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.27%) Degree
10 3 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.70%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.70%) CCSP
10 3 (1.70%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.14%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.14%) MCSE
11 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.55%) NIST
2 4 (2.27%) GDPR
2 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.27%) NCSC
2 4 (2.27%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 93 (52.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 59 (33.52%) vSphere
3 35 (19.89%) Active Directory
4 16 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.68%) Docker
6 6 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.27%) Firmware
7 4 (2.27%) NFS
7 4 (2.27%) vCloud
8 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.57%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 52 (29.55%) vCenter Server
2 46 (26.14%) Ansible
3 30 (17.05%) Terraform
4 27 (15.34%) Kubernetes
5 22 (12.50%) Argo
6 12 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (6.25%) Grafana
8 8 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (3.98%) FortiGate
10 5 (2.84%) SCCM
10 5 (2.84%) vRealize
11 4 (2.27%) WSUS
12 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 3 (1.70%) VxRail
13 2 (1.14%) Istio
13 2 (1.14%) McAfee ePO
13 2 (1.14%) vMotion
14 1 (0.57%) NetBackup
14 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 161 (91.48%) VMware
2 55 (31.25%) Cisco
3 32 (18.18%) F5
4 28 (15.91%) SolarWinds
5 22 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 21 (11.93%) Pure Storage
7 20 (11.36%) Palo Alto
8 19 (10.80%) Juniper
8 19 (10.80%) Red Hat
9 16 (9.09%) Splunk
10 13 (7.39%) Broadcom
10 13 (7.39%) McAfee
11 11 (6.25%) Blue Coat
12 8 (4.55%) CheckPoint
13 7 (3.98%) Veeam
14 6 (3.41%) Dell
15 5 (2.84%) Computacenter
15 5 (2.84%) Fortinet
16 4 (2.27%) Meraki
16 4 (2.27%) NetApp