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 13 July 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
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 84 60
Rank change year-on-year -14 -24 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,058 775 1,255
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.36% 2.84% 3.42%
As % of the Vendors category 5.76% 5.99% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 506 868
10th Percentile £350 £350 £306
25th Percentile £450 £452 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £501
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.29% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 6 32
10th Percentile £23.98 £29.00 £22.31
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.33 £32.64
Median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -22.31%
75th Percentile £74.00 £54.56 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.58 £109.38 £74.63
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.25
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.77% -32.10%

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 18,360 12,945 15,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.43% 43.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,634 8,199 10,031
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 602 1,019
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.84 £12.52
25th Percentile £19.72 £17.66 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -32.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.12 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.56 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.61 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.62% +0.60% -38.27%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -1 314 £550 -3.25% 108
London -18 264 £550 +4.76% 79
North of England -23 183 £469 +4.57% 53
Midlands -21 121 £450 -15.89% 36
South West -27 116 £550 -6.18% 57
North West -12 100 £458 +4.57% 33
West Midlands -35 91 £450 -10.00% 21
Yorkshire -23 80 £500 +11.11% 12
East of England -17 58 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -5 30 £450 -18.18% 15
North East -39 4 £569 +59.09% 10
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 46 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.95%) nginx
4 9 (0.85%) CICS
4 9 (0.85%) IIS
4 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.66%) Confluence
5 7 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.095%) Houdini
4 1 (0.095%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.095%) Shopify
2 1 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 273 (25.80%) Azure
2 173 (16.35%) AWS
3 79 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (5.95%) Entra ID
5 55 (5.20%) OpenShift
6 39 (3.69%) GitHub
6 39 (3.69%) IaaS
7 37 (3.50%) GCP
8 28 (2.65%) Rubrik
9 26 (2.46%) PaaS
10 17 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.61%) Nutanix
10 17 (1.61%) SaaS
11 13 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.04%) Datadog
13 11 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 249 (23.53%) DNS
2 197 (18.62%) Firewall
3 132 (12.48%) DHCP
4 94 (8.88%) SAN
5 87 (8.22%) VSAN
6 86 (8.13%) VPN
7 85 (8.03%) WAN
8 75 (7.09%) TCP/IP
9 68 (6.43%) LAN
10 67 (6.33%) Network Security
11 62 (5.86%) VLAN
12 52 (4.91%) NAS
13 48 (4.54%) SSL
14 39 (3.69%) BIG-IP
15 37 (3.50%) BGP
16 35 (3.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 35 (3.31%) HTTP
16 35 (3.31%) Wireshark
17 33 (3.12%) Cisco Nexus
18 32 (3.02%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.85%) DataStage
4 8 (0.76%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.57%) Power BI
7 5 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.28%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.095%) GIS
11 1 (0.095%) Metadata
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 39 (3.69%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.93%) JIRA
3 23 (2.17%) Git
3 23 (2.17%) GitLab
4 21 (1.98%) Fiddler
5 8 (0.76%) Chocolatey
6 6 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.28%) MSI
8 3 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.095%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.095%) GoCD
10 1 (0.095%) Maven
10 1 (0.095%) Postman
10 1 (0.095%) RStudio
10 1 (0.095%) VersionOne
General
1 231 (21.83%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.25%) Finance
3 100 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.14%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.25%) Banking
6 39 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.27%) Legal
8 19 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 18 (1.70%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.13%) Military
12 12 (1.13%) Retail
13 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.85%) Police
14 6 (0.57%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.38%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 221 (20.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 141 (13.33%) Architect
3 114 (10.78%) Senior
4 95 (8.98%) VMware Engineer
5 86 (8.13%) Network Engineer
6 62 (5.86%) Consultant
7 48 (4.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (4.35%) Support Engineer
9 40 (3.78%) Lead
9 40 (3.78%) VMware Consultant
10 36 (3.40%) Administrator
10 36 (3.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 34 (3.21%) VMware Architect
12 32 (3.02%) Storage Engineer
13 31 (2.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 29 (2.74%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 29 (2.74%) Technical Architect
15 26 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
16 25 (2.36%) Analyst
16 25 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.08%) LDAP
2 17 (1.61%) Flash
3 16 (1.51%) Middleware
4 14 (1.32%) REST
5 12 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
6 10 (0.95%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.85%) SAML
8 7 (0.66%) Keycloak
9 6 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.47%) .NET
10 5 (0.47%) JSON
11 4 (0.38%) Redfish
11 4 (0.38%) Software Packaging
12 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
12 3 (0.28%) YAML
13 2 (0.19%) Blazor
13 2 (0.19%) Kafka
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
13 2 (0.19%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 145 (13.71%) Data Centre
2 72 (6.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (6.62%) PKI
4 67 (6.33%) Replication
5 47 (4.44%) Enterprise Storage
6 42 (3.97%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.40%) Cloud Native
8 34 (3.21%) Clustering
9 33 (3.12%) Public Cloud
10 31 (2.93%) Private Cloud
11 23 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
12 20 (1.89%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.42%) Blackberry
14 15 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.13%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.04%) BYOD
16 11 (1.04%) Product Ownership
16 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 461 (43.57%) Windows
2 282 (26.65%) Windows Server
3 272 (25.71%) Linux
4 59 (5.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (2.27%) Unix
8 23 (2.17%) Ubuntu
9 22 (2.08%) VMS
9 22 (2.08%) Windows 10
10 20 (1.89%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.61%) AIX
11 17 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.61%) Solaris
12 16 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.42%) Android
14 13 (1.23%) CentOS
15 9 (0.85%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (26.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 190 (17.96%) Migration
3 188 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (12.67%) ITIL
5 131 (12.38%) High Availability
6 107 (10.11%) CI/CD
6 107 (10.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 103 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 98 (9.26%) DevOps
9 91 (8.60%) Agile
10 82 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 79 (7.47%) Change Management
12 76 (7.18%) Load Balancing
12 76 (7.18%) Technical Leadership
13 72 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 70 (6.62%) ITSM
14 70 (6.62%) Validation
15 68 (6.43%) Network Virtualisation
16 66 (6.24%) Capacity Planning
17 60 (5.67%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 199 (18.81%) PowerShell
2 133 (12.57%) Python
3 73 (6.90%) Bash
4 47 (4.44%) SQL
5 22 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.13%) Java
7 9 (0.85%) COBOL
7 9 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.57%) Bicep
10 5 (0.47%) C
10 5 (0.47%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.38%) PHP
12 3 (0.28%) C#
13 2 (0.19%) Lua
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.095%) Go
14 1 (0.095%) Korn
14 1 (0.095%) VB
Qualifications
1 492 (46.50%) Security Cleared
2 292 (27.60%) SC Cleared
3 228 (21.55%) DV Cleared
4 83 (7.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (5.20%) Degree
6 50 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.31%) CCNP
9 31 (2.93%) VCAP
10 28 (2.65%) MCSE
11 26 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.80%) MCSA
13 16 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.51%) CCNA
14 15 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
15 12 (1.13%) OCP
16 10 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.76%) ISTQB
17 8 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 8 (0.76%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.69%) SLA
2 33 (3.12%) NIST
3 24 (2.27%) NCSC
4 21 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.95%) QA
7 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.19%) GDPR
10 2 (0.19%) GxP
10 2 (0.19%) ISA99
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.095%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.095%) GRC
11 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.095%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 696 (65.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 272 (25.71%) Active Directory
3 231 (21.83%) VMware NSX
4 228 (21.55%) vSphere
5 220 (20.79%) VMware ESXi
6 144 (13.61%) Hyper-V
7 94 (8.88%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (4.25%) Docker
9 38 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 37 (3.50%) Firmware
10 37 (3.50%) NFS
11 22 (2.08%) KVM
11 22 (2.08%) vCloud
12 12 (1.13%) GPFS
12 12 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (0.95%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
15 7 (0.66%) UAG
16 6 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.57%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 183 (17.30%) Ansible
1 183 (17.30%) vCenter Server
2 119 (11.25%) Terraform
3 103 (9.74%) Kubernetes
4 68 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 65 (6.14%) vRealize
6 56 (5.29%) SCCM
7 49 (4.63%) SCOM
8 32 (3.02%) VxRail
9 28 (2.65%) Argo
9 28 (2.65%) Grafana
10 27 (2.55%) PowerCLI
11 26 (2.46%) vMotion
12 20 (1.89%) NetBackup
12 20 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (1.61%) Puppet
14 16 (1.51%) Avamar
14 16 (1.51%) Prometheus
14 16 (1.51%) Red Hat Satellite
14 16 (1.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 261 (24.67%) Microsoft
2 186 (17.58%) Cisco
3 105 (9.92%) Citrix
4 75 (7.09%) NetApp
4 75 (7.09%) Red Hat
5 58 (5.48%) Dell
6 57 (5.39%) F5
7 44 (4.16%) ServiceNow
8 43 (4.06%) Palo Alto
9 40 (3.78%) IBM
9 40 (3.78%) Pure Storage
10 38 (3.59%) Oracle
11 37 (3.50%) Juniper
12 34 (3.21%) SolarWinds
12 34 (3.21%) Veeam
13 27 (2.55%) CheckPoint
13 27 (2.55%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.46%) Broadcom
15 24 (2.27%) McAfee
15 24 (2.27%) Splunk