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 9 April 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
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 70 63
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,036 827 1,188
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.65% 3.40% 3.17%
As % of the Vendors category 6.13% 7.17% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 565 810
10th Percentile £335 £322 £263
25th Percentile £450 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £607 £623 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 45
10th Percentile £46.00 £30.99 £22.03
25th Percentile £51.00 £42.50 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +59.70% -28.95%
75th Percentile £74.26 £82.02 £70.66
90th Percentile £93.20 £85.83 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £49.94
% change year-on-year -5.08% +47.68% -23.17%

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 16,892 11,528 15,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.19% 47.34% 42.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,030 7,496 10,128
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £706 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 880 426 969
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £12.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +24.92% -38.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £77.58 £80.67 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £28.68 £22.54
% change year-on-year -3.35% +27.22% -46.08%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 0 290 £550 -3.80% 110
London -36 253 £550 +4.76% 67
North of England -20 185 £460 +2.22% 92
Midlands -22 131 £400 -23.66% 34
North West +3 117 £459 -8.20% 58
West Midlands -17 103 £340 -32.07% 22
South West -33 100 £550 -4.35% 40
East of England +2 77 £507 +0.15% 39
Yorkshire -26 70 £473 +5.00% 29
East Midlands -25 28 £443 -18.38% 12
North East -21 6 £550 +53.85% 7
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 49 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.25%) Confluence
4 9 (0.87%) CICS
5 6 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.48%) nginx
6 5 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.29%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) JBoss
9 1 (0.097%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (1.54%) MS Visio
2 14 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 262 (25.29%) Azure
2 201 (19.40%) AWS
3 81 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (7.24%) OpenShift
5 59 (5.69%) Entra ID
6 56 (5.41%) IaaS
7 49 (4.73%) GitHub
8 43 (4.15%) GCP
9 38 (3.67%) PaaS
10 29 (2.80%) Nutanix
11 22 (2.12%) Datadog
12 18 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.45%) SaaS
15 10 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 9 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.87%) Rubrik
17 7 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 221 (21.33%) DNS
2 201 (19.40%) Firewall
3 103 (9.94%) DHCP
4 88 (8.49%) VPN
5 85 (8.20%) VSAN
6 78 (7.53%) SAN
7 70 (6.76%) TCP/IP
8 63 (6.08%) Network Security
9 61 (5.89%) WAN
10 53 (5.12%) LAN
11 51 (4.92%) SSL
12 47 (4.54%) BIG-IP
13 43 (4.15%) HTTP
14 42 (4.05%) NAS
15 41 (3.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 40 (3.86%) VLAN
16 40 (3.86%) Wireshark
17 35 (3.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 34 (3.28%) BGP
19 24 (2.32%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.87%) DataStage
4 9 (0.87%) Redis
5 6 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.19%) Power BI
9 1 (0.097%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.097%) Metadata
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (5.50%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.19%) GitLab
3 30 (2.90%) Fiddler
3 30 (2.90%) Git
4 22 (2.12%) JIRA
5 15 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.87%) JMeter
6 9 (0.87%) JUnit
7 8 (0.77%) PVCS
7 8 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.19%) MSI
11 2 (0.19%) RStudio
11 2 (0.19%) Subversion
12 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.097%) Maven
General
1 216 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 109 (10.52%) Finance
3 96 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 59 (5.69%) Banking
6 38 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.80%) Legal
8 26 (2.51%) Investment Banking
9 20 (1.93%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.97%) Electronics
13 10 (0.97%) Local Government
13 10 (0.97%) Military
14 8 (0.77%) Police
14 8 (0.77%) Retail
15 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (18.44%) Architect
2 163 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 87 (8.40%) VMware Engineer
4 86 (8.30%) Senior
5 81 (7.82%) Network Engineer
6 59 (5.69%) Analyst
7 57 (5.50%) Consultant
8 47 (4.54%) VMware Architect
9 41 (3.96%) Lead
10 40 (3.86%) VMware Consultant
11 38 (3.67%) Infrastructure Architect
12 36 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
13 34 (3.28%) Technical Architect
14 33 (3.19%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 31 (2.99%) Web Engineer
16 27 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
17 26 (2.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 26 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 24 (2.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 23 (2.22%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.32%) LDAP
1 24 (2.32%) Middleware
2 23 (2.22%) Flash
3 18 (1.74%) Kafka
4 17 (1.64%) SAML
5 14 (1.35%) OpenTelemetry
6 13 (1.25%) Keycloak
7 11 (1.06%) REST
8 10 (0.97%) OAuth
8 10 (0.97%) OpenID
9 9 (0.87%) Spring
10 8 (0.77%) Hibernate
11 7 (0.68%) OAuth2
12 6 (0.58%) XMPP
13 5 (0.48%) Software Packaging
14 4 (0.39%) Loki
15 3 (0.29%) SOAP
16 2 (0.19%) .NET
16 2 (0.19%) WCF
16 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 110 (10.62%) Data Centre
2 82 (7.92%) Replication
3 65 (6.27%) PKI
4 55 (5.31%) Cloud Native
4 55 (5.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 40 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.57%) Private Cloud
7 35 (3.38%) Linux Command Line
8 34 (3.28%) Public Cloud
9 29 (2.80%) Clustering
10 28 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
11 20 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.93%) Product Ownership
12 18 (1.74%) Operational Technology
13 15 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.45%) Blackberry
14 14 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (1.25%) Onboarding
15 13 (1.25%) SCADA
16 10 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 382 (36.87%) Windows
2 295 (28.47%) Linux
3 227 (21.91%) Windows Server
4 71 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (2.61%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.32%) VMS
8 24 (2.32%) Windows 10
9 18 (1.74%) Unix
9 18 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.64%) Apple iOS
11 16 (1.54%) Android
11 16 (1.54%) Data ONTAP
11 16 (1.54%) Solaris
12 15 (1.45%) CentOS
13 13 (1.25%) AIX
14 12 (1.16%) Mac OS
15 9 (0.87%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 196 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 175 (16.89%) Migration
4 142 (13.71%) Agile
5 124 (11.97%) DevOps
6 117 (11.29%) ITIL
7 113 (10.91%) CI/CD
8 112 (10.81%) High Availability
9 105 (10.14%) Load Balancing
10 103 (9.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 90 (8.69%) Infrastructure as Code
12 82 (7.92%) Containerisation
13 76 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 74 (7.14%) Roadmaps
15 72 (6.95%) Platform Engineering
16 66 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
18 62 (5.98%) Change Management
19 56 (5.41%) Capacity Planning
20 51 (4.92%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 201 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 168 (16.22%) Python
3 96 (9.27%) Bash
4 30 (2.90%) SQL
5 16 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.45%) Perl
7 13 (1.25%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.16%) Java
9 11 (1.06%) C
10 9 (0.87%) COBOL
10 9 (0.87%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.77%) C++
11 8 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.68%) Bicep
12 7 (0.68%) Embedded C
12 7 (0.68%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.48%) C#
14 4 (0.39%) PHP
15 2 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 460 (44.40%) Security Cleared
2 279 (26.93%) SC Cleared
3 188 (18.15%) DV Cleared
4 66 (6.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 49 (4.73%) Degree
6 42 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.38%) CCNP
9 30 (2.90%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.51%) VCAP
11 20 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.93%) MCSE
12 17 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.64%) CCNA
12 17 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (1.16%) OCP
14 11 (1.06%) MCSA
15 10 (0.97%) CCDP
16 7 (0.68%) CCIE
16 7 (0.68%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.38%) NIST
2 31 (2.99%) SLA
3 23 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.93%) NCSC
6 13 (1.25%) GDPR
7 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.48%) Def Stans
8 5 (0.48%) QA
9 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.19%) ISA99
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.097%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.097%) COBIT
12 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.097%) JSP 440
System Software
1 648 (62.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 242 (23.36%) Active Directory
3 216 (20.85%) vSphere
4 209 (20.17%) VMware NSX
5 148 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 126 (12.16%) Hyper-V
7 69 (6.66%) Virtual Machines
8 59 (5.69%) Docker
9 43 (4.15%) NFS
10 34 (3.28%) Firmware
11 27 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
12 20 (1.93%) KVM
13 17 (1.64%) GPFS
14 14 (1.35%) vCloud
15 10 (0.97%) BitLocker
15 10 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
16 4 (0.39%) SRDF
17 3 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 194 (18.73%) Ansible
2 136 (13.13%) vCenter Server
3 123 (11.87%) Terraform
4 105 (10.14%) Kubernetes
5 81 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 77 (7.43%) vRealize
7 67 (6.47%) SCCM
8 42 (4.05%) Argo
9 34 (3.28%) Grafana
9 34 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
9 34 (3.28%) VxRail
10 30 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 24 (2.32%) SCOM
12 22 (2.12%) PowerCLI
13 20 (1.93%) Progress Chef
14 19 (1.83%) Prometheus
14 19 (1.83%) Red Hat Satellite
14 19 (1.83%) vMotion
15 15 (1.45%) Podman
16 14 (1.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 241 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 167 (16.12%) Cisco
3 100 (9.65%) Red Hat
4 91 (8.78%) Citrix
5 83 (8.01%) F5
6 61 (5.89%) NetApp
7 57 (5.50%) IBM
8 49 (4.73%) Dell
9 48 (4.63%) Pure Storage
10 42 (4.05%) Palo Alto
10 42 (4.05%) ServiceNow
11 40 (3.86%) Oracle
12 36 (3.47%) McAfee
13 33 (3.19%) Blue Coat
13 33 (3.19%) SolarWinds
14 31 (2.99%) Veeam
15 26 (2.51%) Splunk
16 25 (2.41%) Commvault
17 22 (2.12%) Broadcom
18 21 (2.03%) HP