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 29 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 65
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,044 728 1,169
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.50% 3.04% 3.18%
As % of the Vendors category 6.10% 6.39% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 495 819
10th Percentile £350 £350 £296
25th Percentile £454 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £575
90th Percentile £688 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 5 35
10th Percentile £22.63 £29.33 £22.90
25th Percentile £46.00 £31.32 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +24.51% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.38 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.30% +24.51% -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 17,110 11,395 15,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.91% 47.62% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,018 7,293 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.73% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 481 1,021
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.28 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.12% +14.53% -47.06%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +11 301 £550 -0.18% 93
London -34 246 £550 +4.76% 55
North of England -15 187 £456 +7.29% 53
Midlands -21 115 £425 -19.05% 39
North West +5 108 £453 +6.59% 30
South West -33 97 £550 -4.35% 27
West Midlands -26 88 £425 -15.17% 23
East of England -9 79 £507 -7.82% 28
Yorkshire -15 77 £463 -2.53% 16
East Midlands -19 27 £450 -18.18% 16
North East -35 3 £638 +78.32% 8
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 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.96%) IIS
4 9 (0.86%) CICS
5 7 (0.67%) nginx
5 7 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.67%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.38%) Confluence
8 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.096%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.096%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
1 11 (1.05%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 262 (25.10%) Azure
2 173 (16.57%) AWS
3 77 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (5.75%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.08%) Entra ID
6 47 (4.50%) IaaS
7 42 (4.02%) GitHub
8 41 (3.93%) GCP
9 36 (3.45%) PaaS
10 23 (2.20%) Nutanix
11 20 (1.92%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.44%) SaaS
13 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.25%) Datadog
15 11 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.67%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.67%) Cohesity
16 7 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 224 (21.46%) DNS
2 181 (17.34%) Firewall
3 119 (11.40%) DHCP
4 89 (8.52%) SAN
5 88 (8.43%) VPN
5 88 (8.43%) VSAN
6 74 (7.09%) WAN
7 68 (6.51%) Network Security
8 60 (5.75%) LAN
8 60 (5.75%) TCP/IP
9 52 (4.98%) SSL
10 49 (4.69%) NAS
11 43 (4.12%) BIG-IP
12 42 (4.02%) HTTP
12 42 (4.02%) VLAN
13 39 (3.74%) Wireshark
14 31 (2.97%) BGP
15 30 (2.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 29 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
16 29 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.86%) DataStage
5 8 (0.77%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.57%) Power BI
7 6 (0.57%) Redis
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.096%) Metadata
11 1 (0.096%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 41 (3.93%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.16%) GitLab
3 27 (2.59%) Git
3 27 (2.59%) JIRA
4 26 (2.49%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.67%) Chocolatey
5 7 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.48%) PVCS
7 5 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.096%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.096%) GoCD
10 1 (0.096%) Maven
10 1 (0.096%) RStudio
10 1 (0.096%) Subversion
10 1 (0.096%) VersionOne
General
1 203 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 106 (10.15%) Finance
3 88 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.42%) Public Sector
5 46 (4.41%) Banking
6 43 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.01%) Legal
8 19 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.53%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.05%) Police
10 11 (1.05%) Retail
11 9 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.86%) Military
12 8 (0.77%) Financial Institution
12 8 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.67%) Law
13 7 (0.67%) Local Government
13 7 (0.67%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 198 (18.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 170 (16.28%) Architect
3 106 (10.15%) Senior
4 99 (9.48%) VMware Engineer
5 88 (8.43%) Network Engineer
6 52 (4.98%) Consultant
7 49 (4.69%) VMware Architect
8 35 (3.35%) Analyst
9 34 (3.26%) Lead
10 33 (3.16%) Administrator
11 31 (2.97%) Storage Engineer
12 30 (2.87%) Infrastructure Architect
12 30 (2.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (2.87%) Support Engineer
12 30 (2.87%) VMware Consultant
12 30 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
13 29 (2.78%) Wintel Engineer
14 28 (2.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 28 (2.68%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.87%) LDAP
2 23 (2.20%) Middleware
3 20 (1.92%) Flash
4 14 (1.34%) REST
5 13 (1.25%) SAML
6 12 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (0.96%) Keycloak
8 7 (0.67%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.57%) Kafka
10 5 (0.48%) .NET
10 5 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.48%) Software Packaging
11 4 (0.38%) JSON
12 3 (0.29%) OAuth
12 3 (0.29%) OpenID
12 3 (0.29%) Redfish
13 2 (0.19%) Apache NiFi
13 2 (0.19%) ARM Templates
13 2 (0.19%) Blazor
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 136 (13.03%) Data Centre
2 80 (7.66%) Replication
3 67 (6.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (6.32%) PKI
5 42 (4.02%) Enterprise Storage
6 41 (3.93%) Cloud Native
7 39 (3.74%) Clustering
8 38 (3.64%) Management Information System
9 37 (3.54%) Public Cloud
10 33 (3.16%) Private Cloud
11 26 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.44%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.44%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.25%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.05%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 414 (39.66%) Windows
2 273 (26.15%) Linux
3 255 (24.43%) Windows Server
4 63 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.49%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.30%) Unix
8 24 (2.30%) Windows 10
9 22 (2.11%) VMS
10 19 (1.82%) CentOS
11 18 (1.72%) Data ONTAP
12 17 (1.63%) Apple iOS
13 16 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
14 15 (1.44%) AIX
14 15 (1.44%) Android
14 15 (1.44%) Solaris
15 12 (1.15%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.86%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (23.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 182 (17.43%) Migration
3 174 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (13.03%) ITIL
5 124 (11.88%) High Availability
6 113 (10.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 105 (10.06%) Agile
8 101 (9.67%) DevOps
9 92 (8.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 87 (8.33%) CI/CD
11 81 (7.76%) Load Balancing
12 78 (7.47%) Change Management
13 76 (7.28%) Capacity Planning
14 72 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 66 (6.32%) Roadmaps
16 63 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (5.75%) ITSM
17 60 (5.75%) Network Virtualisation
17 60 (5.75%) Performance Tuning
18 55 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 186 (17.82%) PowerShell
2 126 (12.07%) Python
3 66 (6.32%) Bash
4 42 (4.02%) SQL
5 18 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.05%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.86%) COBOL
9 8 (0.77%) Bicep
9 8 (0.77%) C
10 7 (0.67%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.57%) Java
11 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.48%) C++
12 5 (0.48%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.48%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.38%) C#
13 4 (0.38%) PHP
14 2 (0.19%) VBScript
15 1 (0.096%) VB
Qualifications
1 463 (44.35%) Security Cleared
2 277 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 208 (19.92%) DV Cleared
4 80 (7.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.93%) Degree
6 41 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (3.54%) VCAP
8 29 (2.78%) CCNP
9 28 (2.68%) MCSE
10 21 (2.01%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.63%) MCSA
12 15 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (1.15%) CCNA
13 12 (1.15%) OCP
14 8 (0.77%) RHCA
15 6 (0.57%) CISSP
15 6 (0.57%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.31%) SLA
2 38 (3.64%) NIST
3 24 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (2.01%) NCSC
6 9 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.67%) GDPR
8 6 (0.57%) QA
9 5 (0.48%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
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 (0.096%) COBIT
12 1 (0.096%) DICOM
12 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.096%) HL7
12 1 (0.096%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 656 (62.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 246 (23.56%) Active Directory
3 227 (21.74%) VMware NSX
4 219 (20.98%) vSphere
5 189 (18.10%) VMware ESXi
6 139 (13.31%) Hyper-V
7 93 (8.91%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (3.83%) NFS
9 38 (3.64%) Docker
10 37 (3.54%) Firmware
11 29 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.39%) KVM
13 22 (2.11%) vCloud
14 15 (1.44%) GPFS
15 12 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.96%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
18 7 (0.67%) SRDF
19 5 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
20 4 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 182 (17.43%) Ansible
2 161 (15.42%) vCenter Server
3 103 (9.87%) Terraform
4 94 (9.00%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 68 (6.51%) vRealize
6 58 (5.56%) SCCM
7 35 (3.35%) SCOM
8 32 (3.07%) Argo
9 29 (2.78%) Grafana
10 26 (2.49%) PowerCLI
10 26 (2.49%) VxRail
11 24 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
11 24 (2.30%) vMotion
12 19 (1.82%) Red Hat Satellite
13 18 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 18 (1.72%) NetBackup
13 18 (1.72%) WSUS
14 16 (1.53%) Prometheus
15 15 (1.44%) Podman
Vendors
1 248 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 178 (17.05%) Cisco
3 97 (9.29%) Citrix
4 85 (8.14%) Red Hat
5 67 (6.42%) NetApp
6 65 (6.23%) F5
7 53 (5.08%) Dell
8 46 (4.41%) IBM
9 45 (4.31%) ServiceNow
10 44 (4.21%) Palo Alto
11 42 (4.02%) Pure Storage
12 36 (3.45%) Oracle
13 33 (3.16%) Veeam
14 30 (2.87%) CheckPoint
14 30 (2.87%) McAfee
15 27 (2.59%) Blue Coat
16 26 (2.49%) Fortinet
16 26 (2.49%) Juniper
16 26 (2.49%) SolarWinds
17 23 (2.20%) Splunk