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 9 August 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
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 104 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 -48 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,103 700 1,204
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.41% 2.52% 3.62%
As % of the Vendors category 5.82% 5.33% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 735 443 829
10th Percentile £351 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +0.49%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 6 13
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.50 -
25th Percentile £46.00 £29.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.14 £31.39 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.16% -53.50% +25.55%
75th Percentile £74.00 £52.26 £71.25
90th Percentile £94.42 £109.38 £79.60
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £31.39 £66.00
% change year-on-year +101.16% -52.45% +10.00%

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 18,951 13,133 14,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.42% 47.22% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,904 8,307 9,254
10th Percentile £313 £278 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £621 £627
90th Percentile £700 £719 £737
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 632 758
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.24 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -16.17% -18.92%
75th Percentile £66.75 £50.00 £63.45
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.56 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +35.11% -13.28% -28.47%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +10 340 £550 -3.80% 114
London -13 297 £550 +4.76% 133
North of England -24 165 £471 +5.26% 71
Midlands -21 115 £450 -18.18% 28
South West -25 114 £550 -8.33% 47
West Midlands -22 90 £474 -16.62% 17
North West -9 86 £469 +13.70% 46
Yorkshire -26 73 £500 +11.11% 15
East of England -1 67 £507 -7.82% 30
East Midlands -1 25 £450 -18.18% 11
North East -41 7 £200 -59.60% 13
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 54 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.54%) Confluence
4 14 (1.27%) nginx
5 10 (0.91%) IIS
6 9 (0.82%) Apache
6 9 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.82%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.54%) JBoss
8 5 (0.45%) CICS
9 4 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.091%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.18%) Houdini
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 12 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.091%) Shopify
2 1 (0.091%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 299 (27.11%) Azure
2 188 (17.04%) AWS
3 92 (8.34%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (6.89%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.17%) OpenShift
6 45 (4.08%) IaaS
7 42 (3.81%) GCP
8 40 (3.63%) GitHub
9 29 (2.63%) Rubrik
10 28 (2.54%) PaaS
11 22 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.90%) SaaS
13 18 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (1.63%) OneDrive
14 17 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (1.27%) Datadog
15 14 (1.27%) Power Platform
16 13 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 289 (26.20%) DNS
2 215 (19.49%) Firewall
3 172 (15.59%) DHCP
4 106 (9.61%) VSAN
5 99 (8.98%) TCP/IP
6 87 (7.89%) VPN
7 83 (7.52%) SAN
8 80 (7.25%) WAN
9 70 (6.35%) VLAN
10 66 (5.98%) Network Security
11 63 (5.71%) LAN
12 50 (4.53%) SSL
13 44 (3.99%) NAS
14 39 (3.54%) BGP
15 37 (3.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 35 (3.17%) SD-WAN
17 32 (2.90%) BIG-IP
18 31 (2.81%) Cisco Nexus
18 31 (2.81%) HTTP
19 29 (2.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.18%) Power BI
2 13 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.73%) Big Data
5 8 (0.73%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.45%) DataStage
7 5 (0.45%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.27%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.18%) Redis
11 1 (0.091%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (3.72%) JIRA
2 37 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 28 (2.54%) GitLab
4 25 (2.27%) Git
5 17 (1.54%) Fiddler
6 8 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.73%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.36%) Selenium
10 3 (0.27%) MSI
10 3 (0.27%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.27%) Subversion
10 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.18%) PVCS
12 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.091%) Maven
12 1 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 244 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 120 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (10.79%) Finance
4 62 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.08%) Banking
6 37 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (2.54%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.18%) Legal
9 17 (1.54%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.27%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.27%) Military
11 13 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.18%) Retail
12 12 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.73%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.54%) Law
15 6 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.54%) Police
16 4 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 237 (21.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 144 (13.06%) Senior
3 126 (11.42%) Architect
4 107 (9.70%) VMware Engineer
5 90 (8.16%) Network Engineer
6 63 (5.71%) Consultant
7 58 (5.26%) Support Engineer
8 56 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 53 (4.81%) Lead
9 53 (4.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (3.81%) Administrator
11 41 (3.72%) VMware Consultant
12 38 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 36 (3.26%) Storage Engineer
14 35 (3.17%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 33 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
16 32 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (2.72%) Azure Engineer
17 30 (2.72%) Linux Engineer
18 28 (2.54%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.45%) REST
2 14 (1.27%) Middleware
3 13 (1.18%) Flash
3 13 (1.18%) LDAP
4 10 (0.91%) 802.1X
5 9 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (0.73%) JSON
6 8 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (0.63%) Kafka
8 6 (0.54%) YAML
9 5 (0.45%) .NET
9 5 (0.45%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.45%) SAML
10 4 (0.36%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.36%) Redfish
11 2 (0.18%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.18%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.18%) Blazor
11 2 (0.18%) NETCONF
11 2 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (14.42%) Data Centre
2 85 (7.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 83 (7.52%) PKI
4 53 (4.81%) Replication
5 50 (4.53%) Enterprise Storage
6 49 (4.44%) Clustering
7 45 (4.08%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.54%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.81%) Cloud Native
10 30 (2.72%) Private Cloud
11 29 (2.63%) Onboarding
12 21 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.09%) SCADA
15 12 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.00%) Blackberry
16 11 (1.00%) Operational Technology
16 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 10 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 524 (47.51%) Windows
2 320 (29.01%) Windows Server
3 307 (27.83%) Linux
4 61 (5.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 51 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (2.54%) VMS
7 27 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.27%) Windows 10
9 23 (2.09%) Unix
10 22 (1.99%) Ubuntu
11 19 (1.72%) Apple iOS
11 19 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (1.36%) AIX
12 15 (1.36%) Data ONTAP
13 14 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 13 (1.18%) Solaris
15 12 (1.09%) Android
16 11 (1.00%) CentOS
17 6 (0.54%) Debian
17 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (27.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 204 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (17.59%) Migration
4 162 (14.69%) ITIL
5 140 (12.69%) High Availability
6 134 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 122 (11.06%) CI/CD
8 119 (10.79%) Disaster Recovery
9 111 (10.06%) Technical Leadership
10 100 (9.07%) Agile
11 99 (8.98%) DevOps
12 95 (8.61%) Change Management
12 95 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 84 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 84 (7.62%) ITSM
14 79 (7.16%) Service Management
15 77 (6.98%) Network Virtualisation
16 70 (6.35%) Load Balancing
17 68 (6.17%) Performance Tuning
17 68 (6.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 244 (22.12%) PowerShell
2 143 (12.96%) Python
3 99 (8.98%) Bash
4 64 (5.80%) SQL
5 21 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.63%) Java
7 9 (0.82%) Bicep
7 9 (0.82%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.63%) C
8 7 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.45%) COBOL
10 4 (0.36%) C#
10 4 (0.36%) Go
10 4 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.27%) C++
11 3 (0.27%) Lua
12 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.18%) Korn
12 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 531 (48.14%) Security Cleared
2 316 (28.65%) SC Cleared
3 252 (22.85%) DV Cleared
4 87 (7.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 66 (5.98%) Degree
6 54 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.72%) VCAP
9 35 (3.17%) Azure Certification
10 30 (2.72%) CCNP
11 25 (2.27%) MCSE
12 22 (1.99%) CCNA
13 17 (1.54%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.45%) MCSA
15 12 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
17 9 (0.82%) RHCA
18 8 (0.73%) ISTQB
18 8 (0.73%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.90%) SLA
2 26 (2.36%) NIST
3 24 (2.18%) NCSC
4 18 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.63%) QA
5 16 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.36%) GxP
8 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.18%) GDPR
9 2 (0.18%) ISA99
9 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.091%) GRC
10 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.091%) HL7
10 1 (0.091%) SOC 2
System Software
1 739 (67.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 311 (28.20%) Active Directory
3 237 (21.49%) VMware NSX
4 231 (20.94%) vSphere
5 230 (20.85%) VMware ESXi
6 163 (14.78%) Hyper-V
7 93 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
8 61 (5.53%) Docker
9 37 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 35 (3.17%) Firmware
11 23 (2.09%) vCloud
12 22 (1.99%) NFS
13 19 (1.72%) KVM
14 11 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
15 9 (0.82%) GPFS
15 9 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
15 9 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
16 8 (0.73%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.54%) SRDF
17 6 (0.54%) UAG
Systems Management
1 196 (17.77%) Ansible
2 192 (17.41%) vCenter Server
3 152 (13.78%) Terraform
4 116 (10.52%) Kubernetes
5 62 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 62 (5.62%) SCOM
6 57 (5.17%) vRealize
7 52 (4.71%) SCCM
8 37 (3.35%) VxRail
9 27 (2.45%) Grafana
10 24 (2.18%) NetBackup
10 24 (2.18%) PowerCLI
10 24 (2.18%) Puppet
11 23 (2.09%) Argo
12 21 (1.90%) Red Hat Satellite
13 20 (1.81%) Prometheus
13 20 (1.81%) vMotion
14 19 (1.72%) WSUS
15 18 (1.63%) Avamar
16 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 291 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 188 (17.04%) Cisco
3 96 (8.70%) Citrix
4 77 (6.98%) NetApp
5 73 (6.62%) Red Hat
6 53 (4.81%) Dell
7 52 (4.71%) F5
8 50 (4.53%) ServiceNow
9 47 (4.26%) Palo Alto
10 42 (3.81%) Oracle
10 42 (3.81%) SolarWinds
11 40 (3.63%) Juniper
12 34 (3.08%) Veeam
13 32 (2.90%) IBM
14 31 (2.81%) Broadcom
15 25 (2.27%) Fortinet
15 25 (2.27%) Pure Storage
16 22 (1.99%) CheckPoint
17 20 (1.81%) HP
17 20 (1.81%) McAfee