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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 387 423
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 +157
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 167 99 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.38% 0.34%
As % of the System Software category 4.02% 3.11% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 60 69
10th Percentile £456 £461 £425
25th Percentile £500 £504 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £514
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +8.08% -6.64%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £613
90th Percentile £673 £669 £672
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £529
% change year-on-year - +4.07% +0.67%
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 4,154 3,187 4,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.26% 12.30% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,831 2,086 3,048
10th Percentile £200 £200 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £599 £626 £600
90th Percentile £700 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £483
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.77% -8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 77 224
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.08 £21.00 £17.71
Median hourly rate £32.93 £28.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -28.98% +3.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £29.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.97% -33.71% +13.64%

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 11 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 11 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 -21 50 £500 -14.16% 5
London -22 37 £550 -8.33% 7
North of England -35 30 £550 +15.79% 11
North West -15 19 £490 +3.16% 4
Midlands -43 17 £550 -16.86%
South West -25 16 £550 +2.33% 5
West Midlands -36 15 £525 -20.63%
Yorkshire - 11 £575 - 7
East of England -25 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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.59%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.40%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.80%) Confluence
6 1 (0.60%) JBoss
6 1 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.97%) OpenShift
2 20 (11.98%) AWS
2 20 (11.98%) Azure
3 11 (6.59%) GitHub
4 10 (5.99%) IaaS
5 8 (4.79%) GCP
6 5 (2.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.99%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.40%) PaaS
7 4 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.20%) IBM Watson
9 2 (1.20%) SaaS
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 53 (31.74%) DNS
2 49 (29.34%) Firewall
3 28 (16.77%) VSAN
4 24 (14.37%) Cisco ISE
5 22 (13.17%) Cisco Firepower
5 22 (13.17%) WAN
6 21 (12.57%) Cisco IOS
6 21 (12.57%) LAN
7 20 (11.98%) BIG-IP
7 20 (11.98%) Junos
7 20 (11.98%) VPN
8 19 (11.38%) Wireshark
9 17 (10.18%) BGP
9 17 (10.18%) HTTP
9 17 (10.18%) SSL
10 15 (8.98%) Network Security
11 14 (8.38%) Wireless
12 12 (7.19%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (7.19%) NX-OS
12 12 (7.19%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (10.18%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.59%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.80%) GitLab
4 2 (1.20%) JIRA
4 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.58%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.38%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.99%) Finance
6 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.80%) Retail
8 1 (0.60%) Banking
8 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (32.34%) Architect
2 47 (28.14%) Network Engineer
3 20 (11.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 20 (11.98%) VMware Architect
4 19 (11.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 19 (11.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (11.38%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 18 (10.78%) Consultant
5 18 (10.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 18 (10.78%) VMware Consultant
6 14 (8.38%) 3rd Line Support
6 14 (8.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 14 (8.38%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.78%) Network Support
7 13 (7.78%) Network Support Engineer
8 12 (7.19%) Junior
9 11 (6.59%) Junior Network Engineer
9 11 (6.59%) Web Engineer
10 9 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.79%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (3.59%) LDAP
2 6 (3.59%) SAML
3 3 (1.80%) REST
4 2 (1.20%) Django
4 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.20%) Flash
5 1 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.16%) Data Centre
2 20 (11.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (10.78%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.59%) PKI
5 5 (2.99%) Replication
6 4 (2.40%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.40%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.80%) SCADA
7 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.20%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.60%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.56%) Windows
2 25 (14.97%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.57%) Linux
4 7 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.40%) CatOS
8 2 (1.20%) Unix
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.60%) VMS
9 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (23.95%) Load Balancing
2 37 (22.16%) Migration
3 24 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (13.77%) CI/CD
4 23 (13.77%) DevOps
5 21 (12.57%) Network Virtualisation
6 20 (11.98%) Containerisation
6 20 (11.98%) ITSM
7 19 (11.38%) Service Management
8 18 (10.78%) Knowledge Transfer
8 18 (10.78%) Use Case
9 16 (9.58%) High Availability
10 13 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (7.78%) Validation
11 12 (7.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (7.19%) RBAC
12 11 (6.59%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (6.59%) Malware Detection/Protection
12 11 (6.59%) Security Architecture
12 11 (6.59%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.35%) Python
2 15 (8.98%) Bash
3 6 (3.59%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.80%) SQL
5 2 (1.20%) C
5 2 (1.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (45.51%) Security Cleared
2 44 (26.35%) DV Cleared
3 34 (20.36%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.78%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (7.78%) VCAP
5 12 (7.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (6.59%) CCIE
7 9 (5.39%) CCNP
8 7 (4.19%) AWS Certification
8 7 (4.19%) CISSP
8 7 (4.19%) VCDX
9 6 (3.59%) JNCIE
10 4 (2.40%) Degree
11 3 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.80%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.80%) CCSP
12 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.20%) CCSM
12 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.99%) NIST
2 4 (2.40%) GDPR
2 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.40%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.60%) NCSC
3 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
System Software
1 87 (52.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (31.14%) vSphere
3 35 (20.96%) Active Directory
4 13 (7.78%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.39%) Docker
6 7 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.99%) Firmware
8 4 (2.40%) NFS
8 4 (2.40%) vCloud
9 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.20%) KVM
10 1 (0.60%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 49 (29.34%) Ansible
1 49 (29.34%) vCenter Server
2 33 (19.76%) Terraform
3 24 (14.37%) Kubernetes
4 18 (10.78%) Argo
5 11 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (5.39%) Grafana
7 8 (4.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (4.19%) FortiGate
8 7 (4.19%) vRealize
9 5 (2.99%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 4 (2.40%) SCCM
11 3 (1.80%) WSUS
12 2 (1.20%) Istio
12 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.20%) vMotion
12 2 (1.20%) VxRail
13 1 (0.60%) Podman
13 1 (0.60%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 148 (88.62%) VMware
2 65 (38.92%) Cisco
3 34 (20.36%) F5
4 33 (19.76%) SolarWinds
5 26 (15.57%) Juniper
6 17 (10.18%) Microsoft
6 17 (10.18%) Palo Alto
6 17 (10.18%) Pure Storage
6 17 (10.18%) Red Hat
7 13 (7.78%) Splunk
8 11 (6.59%) Blue Coat
8 11 (6.59%) McAfee
9 10 (5.99%) Broadcom
10 8 (4.79%) CheckPoint
10 8 (4.79%) Fortinet
10 8 (4.79%) Veeam
11 6 (3.59%) Arista
11 6 (3.59%) Dell
12 5 (2.99%) Computacenter
13 4 (2.40%) NetApp