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 21 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
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 102 59
Rank change year-on-year -1 -43 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,131 698 1,197
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.53% 3.60%
As % of the Vendors category 5.95% 5.36% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 443 819
10th Percentile £326 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £454 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +1.48%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £649
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 8 15
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.70 £22.96
25th Percentile £46.00 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.31 £31.39 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.71% -53.50% +23.72%
75th Percentile £74.25 £60.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.38 £95.08 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £31.39 £57.25
% change year-on-year +101.16% -45.18% -4.75%

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 19,002 13,019 14,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.25% 43.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,949 8,232 9,198
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £629
90th Percentile £700 £715 £732
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,025 645 719
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.75 £13.52
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.55 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £63.15
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £27.86
% change year-on-year +25.25% -9.73% -31.21%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +2 328 £550 - 103
London +10 303 £550 +4.76% 60
North of England -19 188 £472 +8.26% 48
South West -23 122 £575 -1.71% 36
Midlands -11 119 £450 -20.35% 33
North West +4 103 £479 +12.59% 27
West Midlands -22 93 £474 -17.21% 23
Yorkshire -28 74 £500 +11.48% 9
East of England +2 69 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -5 26 £425 -22.73% 10
North East -28 12 £275 -56.00% 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 60 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.68%) Confluence
4 13 (1.15%) nginx
5 10 (0.88%) IIS
5 10 (0.88%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.80%) Apache
7 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.62%) JBoss
9 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.27%) CICS
10 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.088%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 18 (1.59%) 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 13 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.088%) Shopify
2 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 308 (27.23%) Azure
2 198 (17.51%) AWS
3 102 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (6.81%) Entra ID
5 47 (4.16%) GCP
6 45 (3.98%) IaaS
7 41 (3.63%) OpenShift
8 36 (3.18%) GitHub
9 29 (2.56%) Rubrik
10 27 (2.39%) PaaS
11 22 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.86%) SaaS
13 18 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (1.59%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.33%) Power Platform
15 14 (1.24%) Datadog
15 14 (1.24%) Nutanix
16 13 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 305 (26.97%) DNS
2 223 (19.72%) Firewall
3 187 (16.53%) DHCP
4 104 (9.20%) VSAN
5 98 (8.66%) TCP/IP
6 93 (8.22%) VPN
7 84 (7.43%) SAN
7 84 (7.43%) WAN
8 80 (7.07%) VLAN
9 69 (6.10%) Network Security
10 68 (6.01%) LAN
11 46 (4.07%) SSL
12 44 (3.89%) NAS
13 41 (3.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 36 (3.18%) BGP
15 34 (3.01%) BIG-IP
15 34 (3.01%) SD-WAN
15 34 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
16 33 (2.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 29 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.24%) Power BI
2 14 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.80%) Big Data
5 9 (0.80%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.71%) NonStop SQL
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.27%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.27%) DataStage
10 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 42 (3.71%) JIRA
2 34 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 31 (2.74%) GitLab
4 27 (2.39%) Git
5 15 (1.33%) Fiddler
6 9 (0.80%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.71%) Chocolatey
8 6 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.35%) Selenium
11 3 (0.27%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.27%) Subversion
12 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
12 2 (0.18%) MSI
12 2 (0.18%) PVCS
13 1 (0.088%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.088%) Maven
13 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 247 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 127 (11.23%) Finance
3 119 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (4.69%) Public Sector
5 46 (4.07%) Banking
6 42 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.21%) Legal
9 16 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.15%) Retail
12 12 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.80%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.80%) Military
15 7 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.53%) Law
16 6 (0.53%) Police
17 4 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 248 (21.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 149 (13.17%) Senior
3 119 (10.52%) Architect
4 115 (10.17%) VMware Engineer
5 90 (7.96%) Network Engineer
6 61 (5.39%) Cloud Engineer
6 61 (5.39%) Consultant
7 60 (5.31%) Support Engineer
8 57 (5.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 56 (4.95%) Lead
10 46 (4.07%) Administrator
11 39 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 38 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
13 37 (3.27%) Storage Engineer
13 37 (3.27%) VMware Consultant
14 36 (3.18%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 34 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
17 31 (2.74%) Linux Engineer
18 29 (2.56%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (13.62%) Terraform
2 21 (1.86%) REST
3 12 (1.06%) Flash
3 12 (1.06%) LDAP
4 11 (0.97%) JSON
4 11 (0.97%) Kafka
4 11 (0.97%) Middleware
5 10 (0.88%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (0.80%) YAML
7 5 (0.44%) .NET
7 5 (0.44%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.44%) SAML
8 4 (0.35%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.35%) Redfish
9 3 (0.27%) Java SE
9 3 (0.27%) XML
10 2 (0.18%) EJB
10 2 (0.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 168 (14.85%) Data Centre
2 84 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 82 (7.25%) PKI
4 56 (4.95%) Enterprise Storage
5 52 (4.60%) Clustering
5 52 (4.60%) Replication
6 46 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 39 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 37 (3.27%) Private Cloud
9 36 (3.18%) Onboarding
10 26 (2.30%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.06%) SCADA
13 12 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.97%) Operational Technology
15 10 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.80%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 547 (48.36%) Windows
2 343 (30.33%) Windows Server
3 312 (27.59%) Linux
4 62 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (2.92%) Windows 10
7 29 (2.56%) VMS
8 26 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.12%) Unix
10 23 (2.03%) Ubuntu
11 21 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 16 (1.41%) Data ONTAP
13 15 (1.33%) Apple iOS
14 13 (1.15%) AIX
14 13 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (1.06%) CentOS
16 10 (0.88%) Solaris
16 10 (0.88%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.62%) Android
18 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (28.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 201 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
3 193 (17.06%) Migration
4 184 (16.27%) ITIL
5 151 (13.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 131 (11.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 130 (11.49%) High Availability
8 127 (11.23%) Technical Leadership
9 125 (11.05%) CI/CD
10 102 (9.02%) Agile
10 102 (9.02%) DevOps
11 99 (8.75%) ITSM
12 98 (8.66%) Change Management
13 95 (8.40%) Service Management
13 95 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 89 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 78 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
16 76 (6.72%) Network Virtualisation
16 76 (6.72%) Project Delivery
17 73 (6.45%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 260 (22.99%) PowerShell
2 148 (13.09%) Python
3 100 (8.84%) Bash
4 65 (5.75%) SQL
5 21 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.77%) Java
7 9 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.71%) Bicep
9 7 (0.62%) C
9 7 (0.62%) VB
9 7 (0.62%) VBScript
10 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.44%) Go
12 4 (0.35%) C#
12 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.27%) C++
13 3 (0.27%) COBOL
13 3 (0.27%) Lua
14 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 547 (48.36%) Security Cleared
2 322 (28.47%) SC Cleared
3 262 (23.17%) DV Cleared
4 89 (7.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 69 (6.10%) Degree
6 53 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (3.98%) VCAP
8 40 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (3.36%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.56%) CCNP
11 25 (2.21%) MCSE
12 21 (1.86%) CCNA
13 18 (1.59%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.41%) MCSA
15 13 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
18 10 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
19 9 (0.80%) RHCA
20 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.89%) SLA
2 23 (2.03%) NIST
3 21 (1.86%) NCSC
4 20 (1.77%) QA
5 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) GxP
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) ISA99
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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
1 774 (68.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 319 (28.21%) Active Directory
3 238 (21.04%) VMware ESXi
3 238 (21.04%) VMware NSX
4 236 (20.87%) vSphere
5 170 (15.03%) Hyper-V
6 90 (7.96%) Virtual Machines
7 62 (5.48%) Docker
8 37 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (3.18%) Firmware
10 25 (2.21%) vCloud
11 21 (1.86%) NFS
12 17 (1.50%) KVM
13 14 (1.24%) BitLocker
14 11 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
15 10 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
16 9 (0.80%) GPFS
16 9 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
17 7 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 203 (17.95%) Ansible
2 194 (17.15%) vCenter Server
3 127 (11.23%) Kubernetes
4 64 (5.66%) SCCM
5 63 (5.57%) SCOM
6 61 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 60 (5.31%) vRealize
8 38 (3.36%) VxRail
9 27 (2.39%) PowerCLI
10 26 (2.30%) Puppet
11 25 (2.21%) NetBackup
12 24 (2.12%) Grafana
13 21 (1.86%) Prometheus
13 21 (1.86%) vMotion
14 20 (1.77%) WSUS
15 19 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
16 18 (1.59%) Argo
16 18 (1.59%) Avamar
17 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
18 14 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 303 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 192 (16.98%) Cisco
3 95 (8.40%) Citrix
4 83 (7.34%) NetApp
5 69 (6.10%) Red Hat
6 60 (5.31%) ServiceNow
7 56 (4.95%) Dell
8 54 (4.77%) F5
9 46 (4.07%) Oracle
10 45 (3.98%) Palo Alto
11 41 (3.63%) SolarWinds
12 36 (3.18%) Juniper
13 35 (3.09%) Veeam
14 33 (2.92%) IBM
15 28 (2.48%) Fortinet
16 27 (2.39%) Broadcom
16 27 (2.39%) CyberArk
17 22 (1.95%) CheckPoint
18 19 (1.68%) HP
18 19 (1.68%) Meraki