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 26 May 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
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 82 65
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,026 721 1,133
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 3.03% 3.10%
As % of the Vendors category 6.02% 6.35% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 491 787
10th Percentile £350 £350 £275
25th Percentile £450 £436 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 35
10th Percentile £22.63 £29.00 £22.90
25th Percentile £46.00 £30.49 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.57 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% +18.17% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.38 £76.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.50 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £54.57 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.55% +18.17% -26.70%

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 17,032 11,349 15,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.03% 47.68% 41.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,998 7,290 9,756
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% -3.74%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 912 467 1,015
10th Percentile £15.64 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.47 £14.34
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -43.11%
75th Percentile £59.19 £55.13 £57.41
90th Percentile £77.43 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £22.30
% change year-on-year +30.00% +12.11% -47.84%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +10 295 £550 -3.25% 98
London -40 241 £550 +4.76% 54
North of England -11 183 £453 +6.59% 56
Midlands -28 114 £425 -19.81% 39
North West +1 107 £450 +5.88% 30
South West -34 97 £550 -4.35% 22
West Midlands -31 87 £407 -20.46% 22
East of England -12 78 £507 -7.82% 22
Yorkshire -13 74 £425 -5.56% 16
East Midlands -22 27 £450 -18.18% 17
North East -30 3 £638 +78.32% 11
South Coast - 1 £575 -
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 39 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.97%) IIS
4 9 (0.88%) CICS
5 7 (0.68%) nginx
5 7 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.49%) Apache
6 5 (0.49%) Confluence
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 252 (24.56%) Azure
2 167 (16.28%) AWS
3 77 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (5.75%) OpenShift
5 52 (5.07%) Entra ID
6 47 (4.58%) IaaS
7 43 (4.19%) GitHub
8 39 (3.80%) GCP
9 37 (3.61%) PaaS
10 24 (2.34%) Nutanix
11 19 (1.85%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.46%) SaaS
13 14 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.27%) Datadog
15 10 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (0.68%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.68%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 217 (21.15%) DNS
2 177 (17.25%) Firewall
3 111 (10.82%) DHCP
4 85 (8.28%) SAN
4 85 (8.28%) VPN
5 82 (7.99%) VSAN
6 71 (6.92%) WAN
7 65 (6.34%) Network Security
8 58 (5.65%) TCP/IP
9 57 (5.56%) LAN
10 49 (4.78%) SSL
11 47 (4.58%) NAS
12 43 (4.19%) BIG-IP
13 42 (4.09%) HTTP
13 42 (4.09%) VLAN
14 39 (3.80%) Wireshark
15 31 (3.02%) BGP
16 30 (2.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 28 (2.73%) Cisco Nexus
18 26 (2.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.88%) DataStage
5 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 8 (0.78%) Redis
6 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.097%) Metadata
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 39 (3.80%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.31%) GitLab
3 27 (2.63%) Git
4 26 (2.53%) Fiddler
5 25 (2.44%) JIRA
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
6 7 (0.68%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.49%) PVCS
7 5 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
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%) RStudio
10 1 (0.097%) Subversion
10 1 (0.097%) VersionOne
General
1 198 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 103 (10.04%) Finance
3 86 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 46 (4.48%) Banking
6 39 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.05%) Legal
8 19 (1.85%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.07%) Police
11 10 (0.97%) Retail
12 9 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.88%) Military
13 8 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
15 6 (0.58%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.49%) Electronics
16 5 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 188 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (16.37%) Architect
3 100 (9.75%) Senior
4 94 (9.16%) VMware Engineer
5 84 (8.19%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.07%) Consultant
7 50 (4.87%) VMware Architect
8 37 (3.61%) Analyst
9 34 (3.31%) Lead
10 33 (3.22%) Administrator
11 30 (2.92%) Infrastructure Architect
11 30 (2.92%) Support Engineer
12 29 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 29 (2.83%) VMware Consultant
12 29 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
13 28 (2.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (2.73%) Technical Architect
14 27 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
14 27 (2.63%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 26 (2.53%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.92%) LDAP
2 23 (2.24%) Middleware
3 21 (2.05%) Flash
4 13 (1.27%) REST
4 13 (1.27%) SAML
5 12 (1.17%) Keycloak
5 12 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (0.78%) Kafka
7 5 (0.49%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.49%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.39%) JSON
9 3 (0.29%) .NET
9 3 (0.29%) OAuth
9 3 (0.29%) OpenID
9 3 (0.29%) Redfish
10 2 (0.19%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.19%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 127 (12.38%) Data Centre
2 78 (7.60%) Replication
3 63 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (5.95%) PKI
5 40 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 39 (3.80%) Clustering
7 38 (3.70%) Management Information System
8 36 (3.51%) Enterprise Storage
9 34 (3.31%) Public Cloud
10 32 (3.12%) Private Cloud
11 28 (2.73%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.46%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.27%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 401 (39.08%) Windows
2 268 (26.12%) Linux
3 251 (24.46%) Windows Server
4 63 (6.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.53%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.34%) Unix
8 24 (2.34%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.95%) VMS
10 19 (1.85%) CentOS
11 17 (1.66%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.46%) Android
13 15 (1.46%) Solaris
14 14 (1.36%) AIX
15 12 (1.17%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.78%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (23.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 176 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (16.67%) Migration
4 131 (12.77%) ITIL
5 117 (11.40%) High Availability
6 108 (10.53%) Agile
6 108 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 100 (9.75%) DevOps
8 89 (8.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (8.58%) CI/CD
10 79 (7.70%) Load Balancing
11 76 (7.41%) Change Management
12 74 (7.21%) Capacity Planning
13 69 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 66 (6.43%) Roadmaps
15 65 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (5.56%) ITSM
17 56 (5.46%) Network Virtualisation
17 56 (5.46%) Performance Tuning
18 55 (5.36%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 186 (18.13%) PowerShell
2 127 (12.38%) Python
3 66 (6.43%) Bash
4 42 (4.09%) SQL
5 18 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.07%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 8 (0.78%) Bicep
9 8 (0.78%) C
10 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.58%) Java
11 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.49%) C++
12 5 (0.49%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.49%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.39%) C#
13 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 2 (0.19%) VBScript
15 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 456 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 274 (26.71%) SC Cleared
3 203 (19.79%) DV Cleared
4 73 (7.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.09%) Degree
6 41 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (3.22%) VCAP
8 28 (2.73%) CCNP
8 28 (2.73%) MCSE
9 19 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.66%) MCSA
11 15 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (1.17%) CCNA
12 12 (1.17%) OCP
13 8 (0.78%) RHCA
14 6 (0.58%) CISSP
15 5 (0.49%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.49%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.19%) SLA
2 35 (3.41%) NIST
3 24 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.14%) NCSC
6 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.68%) GDPR
8 5 (0.49%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.39%) QA
10 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.19%) ISA99
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.097%) COBIT
12 1 (0.097%) DICOM
12 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.097%) HL7
12 1 (0.097%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 637 (62.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 240 (23.39%) Active Directory
3 218 (21.25%) VMware NSX
4 216 (21.05%) vSphere
5 181 (17.64%) VMware ESXi
6 136 (13.26%) Hyper-V
7 91 (8.87%) Virtual Machines
8 41 (4.00%) NFS
9 39 (3.80%) Docker
10 37 (3.61%) Firmware
11 28 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.44%) KVM
13 22 (2.14%) vCloud
14 16 (1.56%) GPFS
15 12 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.97%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
18 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
18 4 (0.39%) SRDF
18 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 183 (17.84%) Ansible
2 155 (15.11%) vCenter Server
3 105 (10.23%) Terraform
4 94 (9.16%) Kubernetes
5 71 (6.92%) vRealize
6 68 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 59 (5.75%) SCCM
8 35 (3.41%) SCOM
9 33 (3.22%) Argo
10 30 (2.92%) Grafana
11 27 (2.63%) VxRail
12 24 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
12 24 (2.34%) vMotion
13 23 (2.24%) PowerCLI
14 19 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 18 (1.75%) WSUS
16 17 (1.66%) NetBackup
16 17 (1.66%) Prometheus
17 15 (1.46%) Podman
Vendors
1 243 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 169 (16.47%) Cisco
3 94 (9.16%) Citrix
4 84 (8.19%) Red Hat
5 65 (6.34%) F5
6 64 (6.24%) NetApp
7 48 (4.68%) Dell
8 47 (4.58%) IBM
9 41 (4.00%) Pure Storage
10 40 (3.90%) Palo Alto
10 40 (3.90%) ServiceNow
11 36 (3.51%) Oracle
12 32 (3.12%) Veeam
13 30 (2.92%) McAfee
14 29 (2.83%) CheckPoint
15 27 (2.63%) Blue Coat
16 25 (2.44%) Fortinet
16 25 (2.44%) Juniper
16 25 (2.44%) Splunk
17 23 (2.24%) SolarWinds