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 28 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
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 63 52
Rank change year-on-year -35 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing VMware 812 1,048 1,538
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.64% 3.37% 3.97%
As % of the Vendors category 5.54% 7.44% 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 657 1,037
10th Percentile £322 £312 £300
25th Percentile £443 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £606
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £512 £500
% change year-on-year +2.62% +2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 67
10th Percentile £27.80 £23.24 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.39 £35.00 £45.30
Median hourly rate £66.50 £50.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -24.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile £83.00 £80.59 £76.53
90th Percentile £99.20 £96.27 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £68.25 £43.75 £65.98
% change year-on-year +56.00% -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 14,660 14,077 17,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.68% 45.22% 44.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 8,469 11,390
10th Percentile £286 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 437 620
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -27.37% +69.73%
75th Percentile £45.14 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.42% -32.58% +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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -6 228 £513 -6.82% 173
London -79 208 £540 +11.44% 70
North of England -23 131 £500 +2.56% 44
Midlands -2 124 £513 +11.41% 48
West Midlands +6 105 £556 +19.62% 34
South West -27 86 £550 +2.80% 54
North West -10 82 £550 +10.00% 23
Yorkshire -2 61 £425 +3.03% 14
East of England -20 35 £488 +0.52% 43
East Midlands -16 19 £458 +22.00% 14
North East -10 4 £550 +137.84% 7
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 55 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.57%) Confluence
4 12 (1.48%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.11%) Apache
6 8 (0.99%) IIS
7 7 (0.86%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.86%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
10 2 (0.25%) CICS
10 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.25%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) Traefik
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 198 (24.38%) Azure
2 146 (17.98%) AWS
3 64 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (6.40%) GCP
5 47 (5.79%) OpenShift
6 44 (5.42%) GitHub
7 38 (4.68%) Entra ID
8 33 (4.06%) IaaS
9 25 (3.08%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.08%) SaaS
10 23 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (2.09%) PaaS
12 12 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 11 (1.35%) Datadog
14 9 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
17 4 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
17 4 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
17 4 (0.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 192 (23.65%) DNS
2 157 (19.33%) Firewall
3 91 (11.21%) TCP/IP
4 84 (10.34%) DHCP
5 62 (7.64%) SAN
6 57 (7.02%) VLAN
7 54 (6.65%) VPN
8 49 (6.03%) VSAN
9 46 (5.67%) WAN
10 44 (5.42%) Network Security
11 37 (4.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 37 (4.56%) LAN
12 33 (4.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 31 (3.82%) BGP
14 30 (3.69%) DMZ
15 28 (3.45%) NAS
16 23 (2.83%) iSCSI
17 18 (2.22%) MPLS
17 18 (2.22%) SSL
17 18 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.25%) MySQL
6 2 (0.25%) 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 57 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 33 (4.06%) Git
3 28 (3.45%) GitLab
4 23 (2.83%) JIRA
5 22 (2.71%) Sonatype Nexus
6 14 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.72%) JMeter
6 14 (1.72%) JUnit
7 10 (1.23%) Fiddler
8 9 (1.11%) Postman
9 8 (0.99%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.99%) Subversion
10 6 (0.74%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.37%) Maven
12 3 (0.37%) MSI
12 3 (0.37%) PVCS
12 3 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.37%) RStudio
13 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
General
1 228 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 94 (11.58%) Finance
3 89 (10.96%) Public Sector
4 88 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (6.40%) Banking
6 37 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.59%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.09%) Legal
9 16 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.35%) Local Government
12 11 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.11%) Electronics
15 8 (0.99%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.86%) Law
17 6 (0.74%) Marketing
17 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 131 (16.13%) Architect
2 116 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 73 (8.99%) Consultant
4 60 (7.39%) Senior
5 51 (6.28%) VMware Consultant
6 46 (5.67%) Network Engineer
6 46 (5.67%) VMware Engineer
7 44 (5.42%) Support Engineer
8 40 (4.93%) Infrastructure Architect
9 39 (4.80%) Analyst
10 32 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
11 29 (3.57%) Developer
12 27 (3.33%) Infrastructure Support
12 27 (3.33%) VMware Architect
13 26 (3.20%) Administrator
13 26 (3.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 24 (2.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 23 (2.83%) Lead
15 23 (2.83%) Windows Engineer
16 21 (2.59%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.08%) Middleware
2 18 (2.22%) Kafka
3 14 (1.72%) Spring
4 13 (1.60%) Hibernate
5 12 (1.48%) Flash
6 11 (1.35%) REST
7 9 (1.11%) Loki
7 9 (1.11%) OAuth
7 9 (1.11%) OpenID
7 9 (1.11%) SAML
8 8 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.99%) RESTful
9 7 (0.86%) JSON
10 6 (0.74%) .NET
10 6 (0.74%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.74%) XMPP
11 5 (0.62%) LDAP
11 5 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.62%) React
11 5 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.59%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.76%) PKI
3 53 (6.53%) Replication
4 38 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 37 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 33 (4.06%) Private Cloud
7 29 (3.57%) Cloud Native
8 25 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
9 22 (2.71%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.97%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.48%) Fat Client
13 12 (1.48%) Thin Client
14 10 (1.23%) Clustering
14 10 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.23%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.23%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 331 (40.76%) Windows
2 262 (32.27%) Linux
3 182 (22.41%) Windows Server
4 78 (9.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 44 (5.42%) Windows 10
6 30 (3.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (3.57%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (2.83%) CentOS
10 19 (2.34%) Unix
10 19 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (2.09%) VMS
12 14 (1.72%) Mac OS
13 13 (1.60%) Solaris
14 12 (1.48%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.86%) Debian
16 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.49%) AIX
18 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
19 2 (0.25%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (18.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 126 (15.52%) Agile
4 101 (12.44%) CI/CD
5 98 (12.07%) DevOps
6 92 (11.33%) Migration
7 90 (11.08%) ITIL
8 73 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
9 69 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 68 (8.37%) Containerisation
11 65 (8.00%) Load Balancing
12 51 (6.28%) High Availability
13 49 (6.03%) Service Management
13 49 (6.03%) Validation
14 47 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (5.54%) Business Strategy
16 42 (5.17%) Data Protection
16 42 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (5.05%) Platform Engineering
18 40 (4.93%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 202 (24.88%) Python
2 181 (22.29%) PowerShell
3 107 (13.18%) Bash
4 59 (7.27%) SQL
5 33 (4.06%) Java
6 28 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.83%) Perl
8 10 (1.23%) Go
9 9 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.99%) C++
10 8 (0.99%) PHP
10 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.86%) VBA
12 6 (0.74%) C#
13 5 (0.62%) C
14 3 (0.37%) VBScript
15 2 (0.25%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.25%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.25%) Korn
16 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 346 (42.61%) Security Cleared
2 212 (26.11%) SC Cleared
3 143 (17.61%) DV Cleared
4 59 (7.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 58 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (6.28%) Degree
7 48 (5.91%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (4.68%) CCNP
9 34 (4.19%) Azure Certification
10 24 (2.96%) AWS Certification
10 24 (2.96%) CCNA
11 23 (2.83%) MCSE
12 17 (2.09%) VCAP
13 16 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (1.60%) CCIE
16 12 (1.48%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.35%) Server+ Certification
18 10 (1.23%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.33%) GDPR
2 18 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.48%) NCSC
3 12 (1.48%) QA
4 10 (1.23%) SLA
5 8 (0.99%) NIST
5 8 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.37%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) PMO
10 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 529 (65.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 223 (27.46%) Active Directory
3 152 (18.72%) vSphere
4 107 (13.18%) VMware ESXi
5 97 (11.95%) Hyper-V
6 95 (11.70%) VMware NSX
7 54 (6.65%) Docker
8 47 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
9 33 (4.06%) NFS
10 19 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (1.48%) Firmware
12 11 (1.35%) GPFS
12 11 (1.35%) KVM
12 11 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.74%) Dovecot
13 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.74%) Postfix
13 6 (0.74%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.74%) UAG
14 5 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 166 (20.44%) Ansible
2 108 (13.30%) Terraform
3 81 (9.98%) vCenter Server
4 67 (8.25%) Kubernetes
5 62 (7.64%) SCCM
5 62 (7.64%) vRealize
6 41 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (3.20%) Grafana
8 24 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 22 (2.71%) Prometheus
10 21 (2.59%) Argo
10 21 (2.59%) Puppet
10 21 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
10 21 (2.59%) VxRail
11 20 (2.46%) Progress Chef
12 16 (1.97%) FortiGate
12 16 (1.97%) Red Hat Satellite
12 16 (1.97%) SCOM
13 12 (1.48%) WMI
13 12 (1.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 227 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 136 (16.75%) Cisco
3 86 (10.59%) Red Hat
4 76 (9.36%) F5
5 74 (9.11%) Citrix
6 51 (6.28%) Veeam
7 47 (5.79%) NetApp
8 44 (5.42%) Dell
8 44 (5.42%) Oracle
9 38 (4.68%) SolarWinds
10 33 (4.06%) IBM
11 31 (3.82%) Splunk
12 29 (3.57%) Palo Alto
13 27 (3.33%) Broadcom
14 24 (2.96%) HP
15 22 (2.71%) ServiceNow
16 19 (2.34%) Juniper
16 19 (2.34%) McAfee
17 18 (2.22%) CyberArk
18 17 (2.09%) Blue Coat