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 23 November 2025, 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
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 61 52
Rank change year-on-year -41 -9 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 819 1,113 1,597
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.69% 3.54% 4.05%
As % of the Vendors category 5.64% 7.86% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 707 1,079
10th Percentile £323 £313 £300
25th Percentile £443 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £611 £606
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 67
10th Percentile £28.40 £23.24 £22.00
25th Percentile £32.08 £35.00 £45.30
Median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -24.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile £81.50 £80.59 £76.53
90th Percentile £98.35 £96.27 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £43.75 £65.98
% change year-on-year +41.71% -33.69% +1.51%

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 14,510 14,168 17,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.73% 45.09% 44.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,340 8,521 11,635
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 444 626
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.34
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +68.78%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £74.01 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.41 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.31% -31.66% +73.08%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 -6 224 £513 -6.82% 151
London -67 210 £530 +6.00% 63
North of England -13 137 £500 - 41
Midlands -18 122 £513 -3.30% 42
West Midlands -7 103 £556 -2.84% 28
South West -29 91 £555 +3.26% 47
North West -11 81 £550 +10.00% 23
Yorkshire +13 68 £436 -3.11% 13
East of England -20 34 £488 -2.50% 39
East Midlands -17 19 £458 +22.00% 14
North East -9 4 £550 +137.84% 5
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 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.79%) Confluence
2 31 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.47%) OpenStack
4 9 (1.10%) Apache
5 8 (0.98%) IIS
6 7 (0.85%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.85%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.37%) nginx
9 2 (0.24%) CICS
9 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) Traefik
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 28 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 198 (24.18%) Azure
2 145 (17.70%) AWS
3 64 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (6.23%) GCP
5 47 (5.74%) OpenShift
6 43 (5.25%) GitHub
7 36 (4.40%) Entra ID
8 32 (3.91%) IaaS
9 25 (3.05%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.05%) SaaS
10 23 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (1.95%) PaaS
12 12 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 10 (1.22%) Datadog
14 9 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
17 4 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
17 4 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
17 4 (0.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 196 (23.93%) DNS
2 165 (20.15%) Firewall
3 97 (11.84%) TCP/IP
4 88 (10.74%) DHCP
5 62 (7.57%) SAN
6 59 (7.20%) VLAN
7 57 (6.96%) VPN
8 48 (5.86%) VSAN
9 47 (5.74%) WAN
10 45 (5.49%) Network Security
11 38 (4.64%) BGP
11 38 (4.64%) LAN
12 37 (4.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 33 (4.03%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (3.66%) DMZ
15 28 (3.42%) NAS
16 22 (2.69%) iSCSI
17 21 (2.56%) MPLS
18 20 (2.44%) OSPF
19 18 (2.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.01%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.24%) MySQL
6 2 (0.24%) Redis
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 64 (7.81%) Jenkins
2 38 (4.64%) Git
3 28 (3.42%) GitLab
4 26 (3.17%) JIRA
5 22 (2.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 16 (1.95%) Postman
7 14 (1.71%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.71%) JMeter
7 14 (1.71%) JUnit
8 9 (1.10%) Fiddler
9 8 (0.98%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.98%) Subversion
10 5 (0.61%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.37%) Maven
11 3 (0.37%) MSI
11 3 (0.37%) PVCS
11 3 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.37%) RStudio
12 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
General
1 232 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 98 (11.97%) Finance
3 95 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.35%) Banking
6 38 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.08%) Legal
9 16 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.34%) Local Government
12 11 (1.34%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.10%) Electronics
15 8 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.85%) Law
17 6 (0.73%) Marketing
17 6 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 130 (15.87%) Architect
2 113 (13.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 72 (8.79%) Consultant
4 64 (7.81%) Senior
5 51 (6.23%) Network Engineer
5 51 (6.23%) VMware Consultant
6 45 (5.49%) VMware Engineer
7 44 (5.37%) Support Engineer
8 40 (4.88%) Infrastructure Architect
9 37 (4.52%) Analyst
10 32 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
11 29 (3.54%) Developer
12 28 (3.42%) Windows Engineer
13 27 (3.30%) Infrastructure Support
14 26 (3.17%) Administrator
14 26 (3.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 26 (3.17%) VMware Architect
15 23 (2.81%) Lead
16 22 (2.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 20 (2.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.05%) Middleware
2 18 (2.20%) Kafka
3 14 (1.71%) Spring
4 13 (1.59%) Hibernate
5 12 (1.47%) REST
6 11 (1.34%) Flash
7 9 (1.10%) Loki
7 9 (1.10%) OAuth
7 9 (1.10%) OpenID
7 9 (1.10%) SAML
8 8 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.98%) RESTful
9 7 (0.85%) JSON
9 7 (0.85%) NETCONF
9 7 (0.85%) RESTCONF
10 6 (0.73%) .NET
10 6 (0.73%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.73%) XMPP
11 5 (0.61%) LDAP
11 5 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 64 (7.81%) PKI
3 52 (6.35%) Replication
4 38 (4.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 37 (4.52%) Management Information System
6 33 (4.03%) Private Cloud
7 29 (3.54%) Cloud Native
8 23 (2.81%) Linux Command Line
8 23 (2.81%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.47%) Fat Client
12 12 (1.47%) Thin Client
13 10 (1.22%) Clustering
13 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.22%) Hedge funds
13 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.10%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 336 (41.03%) Windows
2 262 (31.99%) Linux
3 181 (22.10%) Windows Server
4 80 (9.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (5.49%) Windows 10
6 29 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (3.42%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (2.81%) CentOS
10 21 (2.56%) Unix
11 20 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 17 (2.08%) VMS
13 15 (1.83%) Mac OS
13 15 (1.83%) Solaris
14 12 (1.47%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.85%) Debian
16 6 (0.73%) AIX
17 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
19 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 128 (15.63%) Agile
4 104 (12.70%) DevOps
5 100 (12.21%) CI/CD
6 96 (11.72%) Migration
7 89 (10.87%) ITIL
8 75 (9.16%) Disaster Recovery
9 69 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 68 (8.30%) Containerisation
11 64 (7.81%) Load Balancing
12 52 (6.35%) Validation
13 51 (6.23%) Service Management
14 50 (6.11%) High Availability
15 48 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (5.49%) Business Strategy
17 44 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
18 42 (5.13%) Configuration Management
18 42 (5.13%) Data Protection
19 41 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 212 (25.89%) Python
2 180 (21.98%) PowerShell
3 108 (13.19%) Bash
4 58 (7.08%) SQL
5 33 (4.03%) Java
6 28 (3.42%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.81%) Perl
8 10 (1.22%) Go
9 9 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.98%) C++
10 8 (0.98%) PHP
10 8 (0.98%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.85%) VBA
12 6 (0.73%) C#
13 5 (0.61%) C
14 3 (0.37%) VBScript
15 2 (0.24%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.24%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.24%) Korn
16 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 343 (41.88%) Security Cleared
2 213 (26.01%) SC Cleared
3 138 (16.85%) DV Cleared
4 59 (7.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 58 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
6 53 (6.47%) Degree
7 41 (5.01%) CCNP
8 34 (4.15%) Azure Certification
9 26 (3.17%) CCNA
10 24 (2.93%) AWS Certification
11 23 (2.81%) MCSE
12 17 (2.08%) VCAP
13 16 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (1.59%) CCIE
16 12 (1.47%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.34%) Server+ Certification
18 10 (1.22%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.30%) GDPR
2 18 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.59%) NCSC
4 12 (1.47%) QA
5 11 (1.34%) SLA
6 8 (0.98%) NIST
6 8 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.49%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.37%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) MiFID
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 536 (65.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 222 (27.11%) Active Directory
3 150 (18.32%) vSphere
4 111 (13.55%) VMware ESXi
5 98 (11.97%) Hyper-V
6 92 (11.23%) VMware NSX
7 54 (6.59%) Docker
8 47 (5.74%) Virtual Machines
9 31 (3.79%) NFS
10 21 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
11 13 (1.59%) Firmware
12 11 (1.34%) KVM
12 11 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.22%) GPFS
14 7 (0.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 6 (0.73%) Dovecot
15 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.73%) Postfix
15 6 (0.73%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.73%) UAG
Systems Management
1 174 (21.25%) Ansible
2 106 (12.94%) Terraform
3 81 (9.89%) vCenter Server
4 65 (7.94%) Kubernetes
4 65 (7.94%) SCCM
5 59 (7.20%) vRealize
6 42 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 28 (3.42%) Puppet
8 26 (3.17%) Grafana
9 24 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (2.69%) Prometheus
11 21 (2.56%) Argo
12 20 (2.44%) Progress Chef
12 20 (2.44%) VxRail
13 19 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
14 16 (1.95%) FortiGate
14 16 (1.95%) Red Hat Satellite
15 15 (1.83%) SCOM
16 12 (1.47%) WMI
16 12 (1.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 233 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 140 (17.09%) Cisco
3 88 (10.74%) Red Hat
4 75 (9.16%) F5
5 74 (9.04%) Citrix
6 51 (6.23%) Veeam
7 46 (5.62%) NetApp
8 43 (5.25%) Dell
8 43 (5.25%) Oracle
9 38 (4.64%) SolarWinds
10 32 (3.91%) Splunk
11 31 (3.79%) IBM
12 29 (3.54%) Palo Alto
13 27 (3.30%) Broadcom
14 23 (2.81%) HP
15 22 (2.69%) ServiceNow
16 20 (2.44%) MuleSoft
17 19 (2.32%) Juniper
18 18 (2.20%) CyberArk
18 18 (2.20%) McAfee