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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 394 421
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 +144
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 173 96 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the System Software category 4.10% 2.97% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 59 72
10th Percentile £463 £460 £425
25th Percentile £500 £506 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year - +6.28% -1.43%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £625
90th Percentile £676 £657 £690
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £537
% change year-on-year - +2.42% +2.29%
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 £71.12
90th Percentile - £85.88 £76.25
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 4,216 3,232 4,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.96% 12.63% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 2,140 2,948
10th Percentile £205 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £380 £313
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 £694 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £480
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 78 211
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.41 £14.06
25th Percentile £19.81 £21.10 £16.89
Median hourly rate £32.93 £30.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% -5.38% -15.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £83.63 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.15% -18.75% -

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -18 47 £513 -14.58% 6
London -37 37 £550 -8.33% 6
North of England -34 34 £522 +9.79% 3
North West -24 19 £490 +3.16% 2
South West -28 18 £550 - 7
Midlands -42 17 £550 -16.86%
West Midlands -40 15 £525 -20.63%
Yorkshire -45 15 £529 - 1
East of England -26 5 - - 1
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 7 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.31%) Confluence
3 4 (2.31%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.31%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.16%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.58%) JBoss
5 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.61%) OpenShift
2 23 (13.29%) Azure
3 21 (12.14%) AWS
4 15 (8.67%) GitHub
5 8 (4.62%) GCP
5 8 (4.62%) IaaS
6 5 (2.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.89%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.31%) PaaS
7 4 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.16%) IBM Watson
8 2 (1.16%) SaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.58%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 56 (32.37%) DNS
2 50 (28.90%) Firewall
3 35 (20.23%) VSAN
4 22 (12.72%) Cisco ISE
5 20 (11.56%) BIG-IP
5 20 (11.56%) VPN
5 20 (11.56%) WAN
6 19 (10.98%) Cisco Firepower
6 19 (10.98%) Wireshark
7 18 (10.40%) Cisco IOS
7 18 (10.40%) Junos
7 18 (10.40%) LAN
8 17 (9.83%) HTTP
8 17 (9.83%) SSL
9 16 (9.25%) Network Security
10 13 (7.51%) BGP
11 12 (6.94%) NX-OS
11 12 (6.94%) Wireless
12 11 (6.36%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (6.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (12.14%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.36%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.73%) GitLab
3 3 (1.73%) JIRA
General
1 47 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.40%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.09%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.78%) Finance
6 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.73%) Retail
8 1 (0.58%) Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (35.26%) Architect
2 42 (24.28%) Network Engineer
3 22 (12.72%) VMware Architect
4 20 (11.56%) Consultant
4 20 (11.56%) VMware Consultant
5 18 (10.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 17 (9.83%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 17 (9.83%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (9.83%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 16 (9.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 13 (7.51%) Support Engineer
9 12 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
9 12 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 12 (6.94%) Junior
10 11 (6.36%) Junior Network Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Network Support
10 11 (6.36%) Network Support Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Web Engineer
11 10 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (3.47%) LDAP
2 6 (3.47%) SAML
3 4 (2.31%) Flash
4 3 (1.73%) REST
5 2 (1.16%) Django
5 2 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.08%) Data Centre
2 24 (13.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (12.14%) Cloud Native
4 14 (8.09%) PKI
5 5 (2.89%) Replication
6 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.31%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.73%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.73%) SCADA
7 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.16%) Clustering
8 2 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.16%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.16%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.58%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.58%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.92%) Windows
2 25 (14.45%) Windows Server
3 23 (13.29%) Linux
4 7 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.47%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.31%) CatOS
8 2 (1.16%) Unix
8 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.58%) VMS
9 1 (0.58%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.86%) Load Balancing
2 41 (23.70%) Migration
3 29 (16.76%) CI/CD
4 27 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (14.45%) Containerisation
6 24 (13.87%) DevOps
7 21 (12.14%) Network Virtualisation
8 20 (11.56%) High Availability
9 19 (10.98%) Knowledge Transfer
10 18 (10.40%) ITSM
10 18 (10.40%) Service Management
10 18 (10.40%) Use Case
11 14 (8.09%) RBAC
12 13 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (6.94%) Security Architecture
13 12 (6.94%) Validation
13 12 (6.94%) Zero Trust
14 11 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
14 11 (6.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 42 (24.28%) Python
2 19 (10.98%) Bash
3 6 (3.47%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.73%) SQL
5 2 (1.16%) C
5 2 (1.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (45.09%) Security Cleared
2 46 (26.59%) DV Cleared
3 41 (23.70%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 11 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.36%) VCAP
6 8 (4.62%) CCIE
6 8 (4.62%) CCNP
7 7 (4.05%) CISSP
7 7 (4.05%) VCDX
8 5 (2.89%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.31%) Degree
9 4 (2.31%) JNCIE
10 3 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.73%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.73%) CCSP
11 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.16%) CCSM
11 2 (1.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.05%) NIST
2 4 (2.31%) GDPR
2 4 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.31%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.73%) NCSC
4 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 91 (52.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (32.37%) vSphere
3 35 (20.23%) Active Directory
4 15 (8.67%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.20%) Docker
6 7 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.31%) Firmware
7 4 (2.31%) NFS
7 4 (2.31%) vCloud
8 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.58%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 55 (31.79%) vCenter Server
2 47 (27.17%) Ansible
3 31 (17.92%) Terraform
4 26 (15.03%) Kubernetes
5 22 (12.72%) Argo
6 11 (6.36%) Grafana
6 11 (6.36%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (5.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (4.05%) FortiGate
9 5 (2.89%) vRealize
10 4 (2.31%) SCCM
11 3 (1.73%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (1.73%) WSUS
12 2 (1.16%) Istio
12 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.16%) vMotion
12 2 (1.16%) VxRail
13 1 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
13 1 (0.58%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.58%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 156 (90.17%) VMware
2 60 (34.68%) Cisco
3 32 (18.50%) F5
4 31 (17.92%) SolarWinds
5 22 (12.72%) Juniper
6 21 (12.14%) Microsoft
6 21 (12.14%) Pure Storage
7 19 (10.98%) Palo Alto
7 19 (10.98%) Red Hat
8 15 (8.67%) Splunk
9 13 (7.51%) Broadcom
10 12 (6.94%) McAfee
11 11 (6.36%) Blue Coat
12 8 (4.62%) CheckPoint
12 8 (4.62%) Veeam
13 6 (3.47%) Fortinet
14 5 (2.89%) Computacenter
14 5 (2.89%) Dell
15 4 (2.31%) Meraki
15 4 (2.31%) NetApp