VMware Workstation Contract Job Trends in England

VMware Workstation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VMware Workstation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 512 566
Rank change year-on-year -18 +54 +162
Contract jobs citing VMware Workstation 5 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% 0.016% 0.037%
As % of the System Software category 0.13% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £169
25th Percentile £425 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £268
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.06%
75th Percentile £475 - £370
90th Percentile - - £445
UK median daily rate £450 - £268
% change year-on-year - - -37.06%

All System Software Skills
England

VMware Workstation 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 3,826 3,729 5,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.73% 11.98% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,493 2,398 3,627
10th Percentile £213 £219 £198
25th Percentile £400 £387 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £675 £705 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 80 239
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.96 £21.46 £18.73
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +14.05% +80.78%
75th Percentile £70.63 £69.77 £66.62
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.72
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.08 £47.01
% change year-on-year -24.49% -21.11% +90.88%

VMware Workstation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Workstation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VMware Workstation job vacancy trend in England

VMware Workstation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Workstation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Workstation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation
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 Workstation within the England region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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
London -3 4 £450 -
North East - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
VMware Workstation
UK

VMware Workstation
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) IT Support
4 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco