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 30 June 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
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 85 60
Rank change year-on-year -17 -25 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,026 748 1,210
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 2.93% 3.26%
As % of the Vendors category 5.76% 6.20% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 500 842
10th Percentile £350 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £455 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £536 £508
% change year-on-year -2.89% +5.52% -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 33
10th Percentile £19.93 £29.00 £22.32
25th Percentile £29.00 £30.49 £35.58
Median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -24.49%
75th Percentile £72.13 £46.17 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £53.72 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.25
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.77% -32.80%

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 17,825 12,057 15,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.73% 47.27% 42.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,333 7,639 10,010
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 556 1,056
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.44
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.49 £14.67
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.39 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% +7.04% -32.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.04 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
% change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.35%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +2 294 £550 -3.25% 70
London -39 252 £550 +4.76% 47
North of England -15 185 £459 +2.00% 48
Midlands -25 119 £450 -15.93% 36
South West -31 104 £550 -6.18% 25
North West -4 100 £456 +1.33% 31
West Midlands -27 88 £450 -10.00% 18
Yorkshire -17 82 £488 +6.56% 12
East of England -19 63 £507 -7.82% 23
East Midlands -5 31 £450 -18.18% 18
North East -39 4 £569 +59.09% 7
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 43 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) CICS
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) Tomcat
4 8 (0.78%) nginx
5 6 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.49%) Confluence
7 4 (0.39%) Apache
8 3 (0.29%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.097%) Shopify
2 1 (0.097%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 262 (25.54%) Azure
2 169 (16.47%) AWS
3 77 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.36%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.17%) Entra ID
6 41 (4.00%) GCP
6 41 (4.00%) IaaS
7 39 (3.80%) GitHub
8 29 (2.83%) PaaS
9 26 (2.53%) Rubrik
10 18 (1.75%) Nutanix
11 17 (1.66%) SaaS
12 16 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (0.97%) Datadog
16 9 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (0.78%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 223 (21.73%) DNS
2 180 (17.54%) Firewall
3 119 (11.60%) DHCP
4 93 (9.06%) SAN
5 84 (8.19%) WAN
6 83 (8.09%) VPN
7 82 (7.99%) VSAN
8 68 (6.63%) LAN
9 63 (6.14%) Network Security
10 57 (5.56%) TCP/IP
11 53 (5.17%) VLAN
12 51 (4.97%) NAS
13 47 (4.58%) SSL
14 39 (3.80%) BIG-IP
15 35 (3.41%) Cisco Nexus
15 35 (3.41%) HTTP
16 34 (3.31%) BGP
16 34 (3.31%) Wireshark
17 33 (3.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 32 (3.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.88%) DataStage
4 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Big Data
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.097%) GIS
11 1 (0.097%) Metadata
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 41 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 30 (2.92%) JIRA
3 26 (2.53%) GitLab
4 24 (2.34%) Git
5 22 (2.14%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.097%) GoCD
10 1 (0.097%) Maven
10 1 (0.097%) PVCS
10 1 (0.097%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.097%) RStudio
10 1 (0.097%) Subversion
10 1 (0.097%) VersionOne
General
1 212 (20.66%) Social Skills
2 112 (10.92%) Finance
3 88 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (6.04%) Public Sector
5 42 (4.09%) Banking
6 40 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.24%) Legal
8 18 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.66%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.17%) Retail
12 11 (1.07%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.07%) Police
13 9 (0.88%) Military
14 8 (0.78%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.58%) Law
16 6 (0.58%) Local Government
17 5 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 209 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 153 (14.91%) Architect
3 103 (10.04%) Senior
4 93 (9.06%) VMware Engineer
5 85 (8.28%) Network Engineer
6 60 (5.85%) Consultant
7 41 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 40 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
9 39 (3.80%) VMware Architect
10 38 (3.70%) Administrator
10 38 (3.70%) VMware Consultant
11 34 (3.31%) Lead
12 32 (3.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (2.92%) Technical Architect
14 29 (2.83%) Storage Engineer
15 28 (2.73%) Analyst
15 28 (2.73%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 26 (2.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 26 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 25 (2.44%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.34%) LDAP
2 19 (1.85%) Middleware
3 18 (1.75%) Flash
4 14 (1.36%) REST
5 12 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 10 (0.97%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.88%) SAML
8 7 (0.68%) Keycloak
9 6 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.49%) .NET
10 5 (0.49%) JSON
11 4 (0.39%) Redfish
11 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
12 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
13 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
13 2 (0.19%) Django
13 2 (0.19%) Kafka
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
13 2 (0.19%) OpenID
13 2 (0.19%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 145 (14.13%) Data Centre
2 72 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (6.43%) Replication
4 65 (6.34%) PKI
5 46 (4.48%) Enterprise Storage
6 39 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 39 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.41%) Clustering
7 35 (3.41%) Public Cloud
8 32 (3.12%) Private Cloud
9 23 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.46%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.07%) BYOD
14 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 424 (41.33%) Windows
2 264 (25.73%) Windows Server
3 261 (25.44%) Linux
4 59 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.44%) Unix
8 21 (2.05%) Ubuntu
8 21 (2.05%) VMS
9 20 (1.95%) Windows 10
10 19 (1.85%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.66%) AIX
11 17 (1.66%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.66%) Solaris
12 16 (1.56%) CentOS
12 16 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.46%) Android
14 9 (0.88%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
15 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (25.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 189 (18.42%) Migration
3 171 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (12.67%) ITIL
5 126 (12.28%) High Availability
6 106 (10.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 98 (9.55%) DevOps
8 95 (9.26%) CI/CD
8 95 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 89 (8.67%) Agile
10 75 (7.31%) Load Balancing
10 75 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 70 (6.82%) Change Management
12 68 (6.63%) Capacity Planning
13 66 (6.43%) Validation
14 63 (6.14%) ITSM
15 62 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
16 60 (5.85%) Performance Tuning
17 57 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 181 (17.64%) PowerShell
2 121 (11.79%) Python
3 57 (5.56%) Bash
4 45 (4.39%) SQL
5 22 (2.14%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.07%) Shell Script
7 9 (0.88%) COBOL
8 8 (0.78%) MATLAB
9 7 (0.68%) Java
9 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.58%) Bicep
11 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.39%) C
12 4 (0.39%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) PHP
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.097%) C++
14 1 (0.097%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.097%) Perl
14 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 466 (45.42%) Security Cleared
2 286 (27.88%) SC Cleared
3 202 (19.69%) DV Cleared
4 82 (7.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (4.78%) Degree
7 40 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.41%) CCNP
9 30 (2.92%) VCAP
10 28 (2.73%) MCSE
11 24 (2.34%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.75%) MCSA
13 16 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.56%) CCNA
14 15 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
15 12 (1.17%) OCP
16 9 (0.88%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.78%) ISTQB
17 8 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 8 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.00%) SLA
2 35 (3.41%) NIST
3 24 (2.34%) NCSC
4 21 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.97%) QA
6 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.19%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) ISA99
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.097%) DICOM
10 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.097%) HL7
10 1 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 667 (65.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 246 (23.98%) Active Directory
3 221 (21.54%) VMware NSX
4 215 (20.96%) vSphere
5 204 (19.88%) VMware ESXi
6 141 (13.74%) Hyper-V
7 94 (9.16%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (3.70%) Docker
8 38 (3.70%) Firmware
9 37 (3.61%) NFS
10 34 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
11 25 (2.44%) KVM
12 23 (2.24%) vCloud
13 13 (1.27%) GPFS
13 13 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
14 11 (1.07%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.58%) SRDF
17 4 (0.39%) UAG
Systems Management
1 177 (17.25%) Ansible
2 166 (16.18%) vCenter Server
3 105 (10.23%) Terraform
4 90 (8.77%) Kubernetes
5 67 (6.53%) vRealize
6 66 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 54 (5.26%) SCCM
8 39 (3.80%) SCOM
9 29 (2.83%) VxRail
10 28 (2.73%) Argo
11 27 (2.63%) PowerCLI
11 27 (2.63%) vMotion
12 26 (2.53%) Grafana
13 20 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (1.85%) NetBackup
14 19 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
15 16 (1.56%) WSUS
16 15 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 15 (1.46%) Puppet
17 13 (1.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 249 (24.27%) Microsoft
2 185 (18.03%) Cisco
3 104 (10.14%) Citrix
4 73 (7.12%) Red Hat
5 70 (6.82%) NetApp
6 56 (5.46%) F5
7 53 (5.17%) Dell
8 44 (4.29%) Palo Alto
9 43 (4.19%) ServiceNow
10 41 (4.00%) Pure Storage
11 40 (3.90%) IBM
12 37 (3.61%) Oracle
13 34 (3.31%) Juniper
14 32 (3.12%) Veeam
15 29 (2.83%) SolarWinds
16 27 (2.63%) CheckPoint
16 27 (2.63%) Fortinet
17 25 (2.44%) McAfee
18 23 (2.24%) Blue Coat
18 23 (2.24%) Broadcom