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 15 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 104 61
Rank change year-on-year -5 -43 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,138 703 1,136
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.57% 3.48%
As % of the Vendors category 5.92% 5.46% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 457 756
10th Percentile £325 £327 £325
25th Percentile £450 £443 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 9 14
10th Percentile £28.00 £29.00 £22.82
25th Percentile £51.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.00 £34.00 £43.08
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -21.08% -31.62%
75th Percentile £90.00 £58.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £85.80 -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £34.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +98.44% -10.53% -42.41%

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 19,235 12,874 14,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.60% 47.05% 44.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,984 8,164 8,822
10th Percentile £312 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £615 £630
90th Percentile £710 £700 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 601 601
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.18 £64.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.90 £25.15 £30.21
% change year-on-year +6.96% -16.74% -30.36%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -9 317 £538 -2.27% 183
London -8 301 £550 +5.77% 296
North of England +1 198 £475 +5.80% 102
Midlands -18 123 £450 -19.10% 99
South West -26 110 £600 +4.35% 96
North West +2 102 £466 +6.40% 46
West Midlands -21 95 £474 -17.21% 60
East of England 0 84 £507 -7.82% 85
Yorkshire -6 80 £523 +16.11% 36
East Midlands -2 28 £425 -13.44% 39
North East -23 17 £400 -36.00% 21
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 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.11%) Confluence
4 16 (1.41%) IIS
5 13 (1.14%) nginx
6 10 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.79%) Apache
8 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.70%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.62%) JBoss
10 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
11 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.18%) CMS
12 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.088%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.088%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.18%) Houdini
2 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.18%) NUKE
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.088%) Shopify
2 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 322 (28.30%) Azure
2 186 (16.34%) AWS
3 110 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (7.47%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.04%) GCP
6 42 (3.69%) OpenShift
7 39 (3.43%) GitHub
8 35 (3.08%) IaaS
9 25 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (2.20%) Rubrik
10 21 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (1.67%) PaaS
12 18 (1.58%) OneDrive
13 17 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (1.49%) SaaS
14 14 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.14%) Datadog
15 13 (1.14%) Power Platform
16 12 (1.05%) Nutanix
17 11 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 311 (27.33%) DNS
2 210 (18.45%) Firewall
3 189 (16.61%) DHCP
4 102 (8.96%) TCP/IP
5 94 (8.26%) VSAN
6 88 (7.73%) VPN
7 82 (7.21%) VLAN
8 80 (7.03%) SAN
8 80 (7.03%) WAN
9 69 (6.06%) Network Security
10 64 (5.62%) LAN
11 43 (3.78%) SSL
12 42 (3.69%) NAS
13 37 (3.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 34 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
15 33 (2.90%) BGP
15 33 (2.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 33 (2.90%) HTTP
16 30 (2.64%) Cisco Nexus
16 30 (2.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.14%) Power BI
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.79%) Big Data
5 9 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
12 1 (0.088%) DataStage
12 1 (0.088%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 47 (4.13%) JIRA
2 39 (3.43%) GitLab
3 34 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.46%) Git
5 13 (1.14%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.44%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 3 (0.26%) Subversion
11 1 (0.088%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.088%) Maven
11 1 (0.088%) MSI
11 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.088%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.088%) VersionOne
General
1 246 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 124 (10.90%) Finance
3 116 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
5 44 (3.87%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.08%) Banking
7 29 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.20%) Legal
9 13 (1.14%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.05%) Aerospace
11 11 (0.97%) Financial Institution
11 11 (0.97%) Manufacturing
11 11 (0.97%) Retail
12 10 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.70%) Law
14 8 (0.70%) Military
15 6 (0.53%) Back Office
15 6 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 251 (22.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 160 (14.06%) Senior
3 116 (10.19%) Architect
3 116 (10.19%) VMware Engineer
4 80 (7.03%) Network Engineer
5 73 (6.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 65 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 63 (5.54%) Support Engineer
8 60 (5.27%) Lead
9 58 (5.10%) Consultant
10 47 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
11 45 (3.95%) Administrator
12 37 (3.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 37 (3.25%) VMware Consultant
13 36 (3.16%) Storage Engineer
14 34 (2.99%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 31 (2.72%) Linux Engineer
15 31 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
17 26 (2.28%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (13.88%) Terraform
2 23 (2.02%) REST
3 20 (1.76%) Kafka
4 18 (1.58%) JSON
4 18 (1.58%) LDAP
5 12 (1.05%) YAML
6 11 (0.97%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.79%) Middleware
8 8 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.62%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.53%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.53%) Flash
11 5 (0.44%) .NET
12 4 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.35%) Redfish
12 4 (0.35%) SAML
13 3 (0.26%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.26%) OAuth
13 3 (0.26%) Pulumi
13 3 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 170 (14.94%) Data Centre
2 92 (8.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 81 (7.12%) PKI
4 50 (4.39%) Enterprise Storage
5 49 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.22%) Private Cloud
7 47 (4.13%) Replication
8 46 (4.04%) Onboarding
9 44 (3.87%) Clustering
10 38 (3.34%) Public Cloud
11 29 (2.55%) Cloud Native
12 20 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.41%) SCADA
15 14 (1.23%) Operational Technology
16 13 (1.14%) Product Ownership
17 12 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
17 12 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 573 (50.35%) Windows
2 371 (32.60%) Windows Server
3 304 (26.71%) Linux
4 59 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (4.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (3.34%) Windows 10
7 27 (2.37%) VMS
8 22 (1.93%) Unix
9 21 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (1.76%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.97%) CentOS
12 11 (0.97%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (0.88%) AIX
13 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
13 10 (0.88%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.79%) Solaris
15 6 (0.53%) Debian
16 5 (0.44%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (29.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 200 (17.57%) ITIL
2 200 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (16.87%) Migration
4 169 (14.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 154 (13.53%) Technical Leadership
6 140 (12.30%) CI/CD
7 136 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 112 (9.84%) High Availability
9 111 (9.75%) Change Management
10 107 (9.40%) ITSM
11 106 (9.31%) DevOps
12 100 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (8.70%) Service Management
14 94 (8.26%) Agile
14 94 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 93 (8.17%) Platform Engineering
16 86 (7.56%) Root Cause Analysis
17 82 (7.21%) Project Delivery
18 80 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 263 (23.11%) PowerShell
2 152 (13.36%) Python
3 99 (8.70%) Bash
4 70 (6.15%) SQL
5 22 (1.93%) Java
5 22 (1.93%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.97%) Bicep
7 10 (0.88%) C
7 10 (0.88%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.62%) VB
9 6 (0.53%) Go
9 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.53%) VBScript
10 5 (0.44%) C++
11 4 (0.35%) C#
11 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.26%) Lua
13 2 (0.18%) Korn
14 1 (0.088%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 554 (48.68%) Security Cleared
2 315 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 272 (23.90%) DV Cleared
4 86 (7.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 69 (6.06%) Degree
6 53 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (3.87%) VCAP
8 42 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (3.25%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.37%) CCNP
11 26 (2.28%) MCSE
12 21 (1.85%) CCNA
13 20 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.41%) MCSA
15 15 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.79%) PMI Certification
19 8 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.51%) SLA
2 22 (1.93%) NIST
3 21 (1.85%) NCSC
3 21 (1.85%) QA
4 18 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) GxP
9 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) ISA99
10 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.088%) GRC
11 1 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 786 (69.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 345 (30.32%) Active Directory
3 243 (21.35%) VMware ESXi
4 232 (20.39%) vSphere
5 218 (19.16%) VMware NSX
6 186 (16.34%) Hyper-V
7 96 (8.44%) Virtual Machines
8 63 (5.54%) Docker
9 39 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 33 (2.90%) Firmware
11 26 (2.28%) vCloud
12 21 (1.85%) NFS
13 15 (1.32%) KVM
14 13 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
15 12 (1.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 11 (0.97%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.79%) XenApp
18 8 (0.70%) XenDesktop
19 7 (0.62%) oVirt
20 6 (0.53%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 191 (16.78%) Ansible
2 188 (16.52%) vCenter Server
3 146 (12.83%) Kubernetes
4 74 (6.50%) SCOM
5 67 (5.89%) SCCM
6 57 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 51 (4.48%) vRealize
8 38 (3.34%) VxRail
9 26 (2.28%) Grafana
10 25 (2.20%) Prometheus
11 23 (2.02%) PowerCLI
12 21 (1.85%) Puppet
13 19 (1.67%) Red Hat Satellite
13 19 (1.67%) vMotion
14 17 (1.49%) WSUS
15 16 (1.41%) Argo
15 16 (1.41%) Avamar
15 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
15 16 (1.41%) NetBackup
15 16 (1.41%) Podman
Vendors
1 310 (27.24%) Microsoft
2 182 (15.99%) Cisco
3 91 (8.00%) Citrix
4 76 (6.68%) NetApp
5 68 (5.98%) Red Hat
6 62 (5.45%) Dell
7 57 (5.01%) ServiceNow
8 51 (4.48%) F5
9 45 (3.95%) Oracle
10 44 (3.87%) SolarWinds
11 39 (3.43%) Palo Alto
12 36 (3.16%) Veeam
13 35 (3.08%) Juniper
14 33 (2.90%) Fortinet
15 27 (2.37%) Broadcom
15 27 (2.37%) CyberArk
15 27 (2.37%) IBM
16 20 (1.76%) Meraki
17 19 (1.67%) CheckPoint
18 18 (1.58%) Remedy