VMware Contract Job Trends in England

VMware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 103 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 -39 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,155 721 1,130
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.59% 3.44%
As % of the Vendors category 5.99% 5.44% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 472 737
10th Percentile £325 £326 £325
25th Percentile £450 £436 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £583
90th Percentile £725 £650 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 11 15
10th Percentile £27.00 £29.00 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.38 £34.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% -32.00% -23.65%
75th Percentile £89.81 £46.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £99.44
UK median hourly rate £67.49 £34.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year +98.49% -22.73% -33.31%

All Vendors
England

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,298 13,249 14,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.47% 47.57% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,940 8,427 8,791
10th Percentile £309 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £622 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £710 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,159 632 568
10th Percentile £14.03 £14.84 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.75 £17.99 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -28.14% -20.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.39% -22.62% -25.97%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VMware job vacancy trend in England

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VMware

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 25 September 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 -13 307 £538 -2.27% 181
London -19 306 £550 +5.77% 252
North of England +11 200 £478 +8.08% 120
Midlands -17 127 £450 -19.10% 102
South West -17 111 £588 +2.17% 76
West Midlands -12 100 £474 -17.21% 66
East of England +7 97 £510 -7.27% 75
North West -13 97 £450 +2.86% 67
Yorkshire -9 85 £525 +17.45% 38
East Midlands -4 27 £425 -13.27% 36
North East -24 20 £400 - 15
VMware
UK

VMware
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 59 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.34%) Confluence
4 16 (1.39%) IIS
5 13 (1.13%) CMS
5 13 (1.13%) nginx
6 10 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.78%) Apache
8 8 (0.69%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.61%) JBoss
9 7 (0.61%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
11 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.087%) CICS
Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.17%) Houdini
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.17%) NUKE
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.087%) Shopify
2 1 (0.087%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 322 (27.88%) Azure
2 176 (15.24%) AWS
3 113 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (7.79%) Entra ID
5 48 (4.16%) GCP
6 46 (3.98%) OpenShift
7 39 (3.38%) GitHub
8 34 (2.94%) IaaS
9 28 (2.42%) Rubrik
10 26 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.56%) OneDrive
12 18 (1.56%) PaaS
13 16 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (1.39%) SaaS
14 13 (1.13%) Nutanix
14 13 (1.13%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (1.04%) Datadog
16 11 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 318 (27.53%) DNS
2 218 (18.87%) Firewall
3 195 (16.88%) DHCP
4 113 (9.78%) TCP/IP
5 88 (7.62%) VSAN
6 85 (7.36%) VPN
7 83 (7.19%) WAN
8 80 (6.93%) SAN
8 80 (6.93%) VLAN
9 73 (6.32%) LAN
10 72 (6.23%) Network Security
11 49 (4.24%) SSL
12 43 (3.72%) BGP
13 41 (3.55%) HTTP
13 41 (3.55%) NAS
14 37 (3.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 34 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
16 33 (2.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 30 (2.60%) SD-WAN
18 29 (2.51%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.13%) Power BI
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.78%) Big Data
5 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.17%) GIS
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.087%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 47 (4.07%) JIRA
2 43 (3.72%) GitLab
3 31 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.60%) Git
5 12 (1.04%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.35%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.17%) MSI
10 2 (0.17%) Subversion
11 1 (0.087%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.087%) Postman
11 1 (0.087%) Robot Framework
General
1 249 (21.56%) Social Skills
2 130 (11.26%) Finance
3 119 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
5 39 (3.38%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.03%) Banking
7 32 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.08%) Legal
9 13 (1.13%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.04%) Investment Banking
11 11 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 10 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.87%) Retail
13 9 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.78%) Law
13 9 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.69%) Military
15 7 (0.61%) Back Office
15 7 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 254 (21.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 161 (13.94%) Senior
3 117 (10.13%) Architect
4 111 (9.61%) VMware Engineer
5 82 (7.10%) Network Engineer
6 75 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
7 68 (5.89%) Lead
8 66 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 66 (5.71%) Support Engineer
9 56 (4.85%) Consultant
10 49 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
11 46 (3.98%) Administrator
12 41 (3.55%) Storage Engineer
13 40 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 35 (3.03%) VMware Consultant
15 32 (2.77%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 31 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (2.60%) Linux Engineer
18 26 (2.25%) IT Engineer
19 25 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (13.59%) Terraform
2 26 (2.25%) REST
3 21 (1.82%) JSON
3 21 (1.82%) Kafka
4 18 (1.56%) LDAP
5 15 (1.30%) YAML
6 12 (1.04%) 802.1X
6 12 (1.04%) XMPP
7 10 (0.87%) Middleware
8 8 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.61%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.52%) Flash
11 5 (0.43%) .NET
12 4 (0.35%) Pulumi
12 4 (0.35%) Redfish
12 4 (0.35%) SAML
13 3 (0.26%) Java SE
13 3 (0.26%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 180 (15.58%) Data Centre
2 89 (7.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 82 (7.10%) PKI
4 53 (4.59%) Private Cloud
5 52 (4.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 49 (4.24%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.98%) Onboarding
8 45 (3.90%) Clustering
8 45 (3.90%) Replication
9 34 (2.94%) Public Cloud
10 30 (2.60%) Cloud Native
11 19 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.47%) Operational Technology
14 16 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.30%) SCADA
16 14 (1.21%) Product Ownership
17 11 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 592 (51.26%) Windows
2 390 (33.77%) Windows Server
3 304 (26.32%) Linux
4 66 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (3.20%) Windows 10
7 26 (2.25%) VMS
8 23 (1.99%) Unix
9 22 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (1.47%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 13 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
14 12 (1.04%) AIX
14 12 (1.04%) CentOS
15 11 (0.95%) Solaris
16 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
16 10 (0.87%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.69%) Mac OS
18 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (29.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 207 (17.92%) ITIL
3 206 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (17.40%) Migration
5 175 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 164 (14.20%) Technical Leadership
7 142 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 137 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 117 (10.13%) Change Management
10 108 (9.35%) ITSM
11 107 (9.26%) High Availability
12 106 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 104 (9.00%) DevOps
14 103 (8.92%) Service Management
15 100 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 100 (8.66%) Platform Engineering
16 96 (8.31%) Project Delivery
17 95 (8.23%) Agile
18 88 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
19 85 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 256 (22.16%) PowerShell
2 144 (12.47%) Python
3 93 (8.05%) Bash
4 69 (5.97%) SQL
5 21 (1.82%) Java
6 16 (1.39%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.04%) Bicep
8 11 (0.95%) C
9 10 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.61%) VB
11 6 (0.52%) Go
11 6 (0.52%) VBScript
12 5 (0.43%) C++
13 4 (0.35%) C#
13 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.35%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.26%) Korn
14 3 (0.26%) Lua
15 1 (0.087%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 564 (48.83%) Security Cleared
2 318 (27.53%) SC Cleared
3 273 (23.64%) DV Cleared
4 80 (6.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 73 (6.32%) Degree
6 62 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (3.55%) VCAP
8 36 (3.12%) Azure Certification
9 35 (3.03%) CCNP
10 26 (2.25%) CCNA
11 25 (2.16%) MCSE
12 21 (1.82%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.39%) MCSA
14 14 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.87%) PMP
17 9 (0.78%) CCIE
17 9 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.12%) SLA
2 20 (1.73%) NIST
2 20 (1.73%) QA
3 17 (1.47%) NCSC
4 16 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.35%) GxP
7 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.26%) GRC
8 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 2 (0.17%) GDPR
9 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.087%) HL7
System Software
1 816 (70.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 366 (31.69%) Active Directory
3 244 (21.13%) vSphere
4 243 (21.04%) VMware ESXi
5 207 (17.92%) VMware NSX
6 193 (16.71%) Hyper-V
7 92 (7.97%) Virtual Machines
8 66 (5.71%) Docker
9 40 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
10 37 (3.20%) Firmware
11 25 (2.16%) vCloud
12 23 (1.99%) NFS
13 17 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
14 16 (1.39%) KVM
15 13 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 11 (0.95%) BitLocker
17 10 (0.87%) XenApp
18 9 (0.78%) XenDesktop
19 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 7 (0.61%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 186 (16.10%) Ansible
2 178 (15.41%) vCenter Server
3 148 (12.81%) Kubernetes
4 78 (6.75%) SCOM
5 70 (6.06%) SCCM
6 58 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 42 (3.64%) vRealize
8 39 (3.38%) VxRail
9 26 (2.25%) Prometheus
10 23 (1.99%) Grafana
11 22 (1.90%) Puppet
12 21 (1.82%) PowerCLI
13 20 (1.73%) Red Hat Satellite
14 18 (1.56%) Nagios
15 17 (1.47%) Avamar
15 17 (1.47%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.47%) vMotion
16 16 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
16 16 (1.39%) Podman
17 15 (1.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 321 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 200 (17.32%) Cisco
3 90 (7.79%) Citrix
4 80 (6.93%) NetApp
5 76 (6.58%) Red Hat
6 65 (5.63%) Dell
7 60 (5.19%) ServiceNow
8 52 (4.50%) SolarWinds
9 50 (4.33%) F5
10 43 (3.72%) Oracle
11 41 (3.55%) Veeam
12 38 (3.29%) Palo Alto
13 33 (2.86%) Fortinet
13 33 (2.86%) Juniper
14 28 (2.42%) IBM
15 27 (2.34%) CyberArk
16 24 (2.08%) Broadcom
17 20 (1.73%) Meraki
17 20 (1.73%) Remedy
18 19 (1.65%) McAfee