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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 76 63
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,034 743 1,175
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 3.09% 3.18%
As % of the Vendors category 6.08% 6.48% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 504 818
10th Percentile £350 £350 £294
25th Percentile £455 £444 £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 £675 £662 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £531 £500
% change year-on-year -1.06% +6.13% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 5 36
10th Percentile £21.28 £29.33 £23.05
25th Percentile £46.13 £31.32 £39.41
Median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £45.01
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +27.75% -24.98%
75th Percentile £71.13 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £80.29
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.30% +24.51% -26.51%

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 17,001 11,464 15,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.80% 47.61% 41.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,910 7,320 9,844
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.78% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 919 489 1,031
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.60
90th Percentile £77.70 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.56
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.03% -47.53%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +6 300 £550 -1.43% 103
London -27 247 £550 +4.76% 77
North of England -15 186 £458 +7.65% 55
Midlands -24 112 £443 -15.62% 38
North West -3 107 £456 +10.55% 33
South West -32 95 £550 -5.98% 37
West Midlands -36 84 £425 -15.17% 23
Yorkshire -22 77 £463 -2.53% 15
East of England -14 75 £507 -7.82% 28
East Midlands -20 28 £450 -18.18% 15
North East -34 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 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.97%) IIS
4 9 (0.87%) CICS
5 7 (0.68%) nginx
5 7 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.39%) Confluence
8 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.097%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 261 (25.24%) Azure
2 170 (16.44%) AWS
3 78 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (5.80%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 44 (4.26%) IaaS
7 42 (4.06%) GitHub
8 41 (3.97%) GCP
9 34 (3.29%) PaaS
10 23 (2.22%) Nutanix
11 20 (1.93%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.45%) SaaS
13 14 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
15 11 (1.06%) Datadog
16 10 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (0.68%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.68%) Cohesity
17 7 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 221 (21.37%) DNS
2 179 (17.31%) Firewall
3 117 (11.32%) DHCP
4 89 (8.61%) SAN
5 87 (8.41%) VSAN
6 86 (8.32%) VPN
7 73 (7.06%) WAN
8 67 (6.48%) Network Security
9 59 (5.71%) LAN
9 59 (5.71%) TCP/IP
10 51 (4.93%) SSL
11 49 (4.74%) NAS
12 42 (4.06%) BIG-IP
12 42 (4.06%) VLAN
13 41 (3.97%) HTTP
14 38 (3.68%) Wireshark
15 31 (3.00%) BGP
16 29 (2.80%) Cisco ASA
16 29 (2.80%) Cisco Nexus
16 29 (2.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.87%) DataStage
5 8 (0.77%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 6 (0.58%) Redis
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.097%) Metadata
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 41 (3.97%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.19%) GitLab
3 26 (2.51%) Git
3 26 (2.51%) JIRA
4 25 (2.42%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
5 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.39%) PVCS
7 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.29%) MSI
9 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.097%) GoCD
9 1 (0.097%) Maven
9 1 (0.097%) RStudio
9 1 (0.097%) Subversion
9 1 (0.097%) VersionOne
General
1 201 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 106 (10.25%) Finance
3 86 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 46 (4.45%) Banking
6 43 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.03%) Legal
8 19 (1.84%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.55%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.06%) Police
11 10 (0.97%) Retail
12 9 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.77%) Military
13 8 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.68%) Law
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
14 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 199 (19.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (16.25%) Architect
3 108 (10.44%) Senior
4 100 (9.67%) VMware Engineer
5 86 (8.32%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.03%) Consultant
7 47 (4.55%) VMware Architect
8 33 (3.19%) Administrator
8 33 (3.19%) Lead
9 32 (3.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (3.09%) Storage Engineer
9 32 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (3.00%) Analyst
11 30 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 30 (2.90%) Infrastructure Architect
11 30 (2.90%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 30 (2.90%) Support Engineer
11 30 (2.90%) VMware Consultant
12 29 (2.80%) Wintel Engineer
13 28 (2.71%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.90%) LDAP
2 23 (2.22%) Middleware
3 20 (1.93%) Flash
4 14 (1.35%) REST
5 13 (1.26%) SAML
6 12 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (0.97%) Keycloak
8 7 (0.68%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.58%) Kafka
10 5 (0.48%) .NET
10 5 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.48%) Software Packaging
11 4 (0.39%) JSON
12 3 (0.29%) OAuth
12 3 (0.29%) OpenID
12 3 (0.29%) Redfish
13 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
13 2 (0.19%) ARM Templates
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
13 2 (0.19%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.96%) Data Centre
2 80 (7.74%) Replication
3 66 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (6.38%) PKI
4 42 (4.06%) Enterprise Storage
5 41 (3.97%) Cloud Native
6 39 (3.77%) Clustering
7 38 (3.68%) Management Information System
8 37 (3.58%) Public Cloud
9 33 (3.19%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.45%) Blackberry
11 15 (1.45%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.26%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.06%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 411 (39.75%) Windows
2 268 (25.92%) Linux
3 255 (24.66%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.42%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.32%) Unix
8 24 (2.32%) Windows 10
9 22 (2.13%) VMS
10 19 (1.84%) CentOS
11 18 (1.74%) Data ONTAP
12 17 (1.64%) Apple iOS
13 16 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
14 15 (1.45%) AIX
14 15 (1.45%) Android
14 15 (1.45%) Solaris
15 12 (1.16%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.87%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (23.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 183 (17.70%) Migration
3 171 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (12.86%) ITIL
5 124 (11.99%) High Availability
6 112 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 100 (9.67%) Agile
7 100 (9.67%) DevOps
8 92 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 87 (8.41%) CI/CD
10 79 (7.64%) Load Balancing
11 78 (7.54%) Change Management
12 75 (7.25%) Capacity Planning
13 72 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 65 (6.29%) Roadmaps
15 62 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (6.00%) ITSM
16 60 (5.80%) Network Virtualisation
16 60 (5.80%) Performance Tuning
17 56 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 186 (17.99%) PowerShell
2 125 (12.09%) Python
3 66 (6.38%) Bash
4 42 (4.06%) SQL
5 18 (1.74%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.55%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.06%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.87%) COBOL
9 7 (0.68%) Bicep
9 7 (0.68%) C
9 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.58%) Java
10 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.39%) C#
11 4 (0.39%) C++
11 4 (0.39%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.39%) Embedded C++
11 4 (0.39%) PHP
12 2 (0.19%) VBScript
13 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 460 (44.49%) Security Cleared
2 276 (26.69%) SC Cleared
3 204 (19.73%) DV Cleared
4 80 (7.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.97%) Degree
6 41 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (3.58%) VCAP
8 29 (2.80%) CCNP
9 28 (2.71%) MCSE
10 20 (1.93%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.64%) MCSA
12 15 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (1.16%) CCNA
13 12 (1.16%) OCP
14 8 (0.77%) RHCA
15 6 (0.58%) CISSP
15 6 (0.58%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.35%) SLA
2 38 (3.68%) NIST
3 24 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (2.03%) NCSC
6 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.68%) GDPR
8 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.097%) COBIT
12 1 (0.097%) DICOM
12 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.097%) HL7
12 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 653 (63.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 245 (23.69%) Active Directory
3 224 (21.66%) VMware NSX
4 215 (20.79%) vSphere
5 187 (18.09%) VMware ESXi
6 138 (13.35%) Hyper-V
7 92 (8.90%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (3.87%) NFS
9 38 (3.68%) Docker
10 37 (3.58%) Firmware
11 29 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.42%) KVM
13 22 (2.13%) vCloud
14 15 (1.45%) GPFS
15 12 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.97%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.87%) VMware Workstation
18 7 (0.68%) SRDF
19 5 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
20 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 180 (17.41%) Ansible
2 159 (15.38%) vCenter Server
3 102 (9.86%) Terraform
4 94 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 65 (6.29%) vRealize
7 58 (5.61%) SCCM
8 36 (3.48%) SCOM
9 32 (3.09%) Argo
10 29 (2.80%) Grafana
11 26 (2.51%) PowerCLI
12 25 (2.42%) VxRail
13 24 (2.32%) vMotion
14 23 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
15 19 (1.84%) Red Hat Satellite
16 18 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 18 (1.74%) NetBackup
17 17 (1.64%) WSUS
18 16 (1.55%) Prometheus
19 15 (1.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 245 (23.69%) Microsoft
2 174 (16.83%) Cisco
3 97 (9.38%) Citrix
4 84 (8.12%) Red Hat
5 67 (6.48%) NetApp
6 62 (6.00%) F5
7 53 (5.13%) Dell
8 45 (4.35%) ServiceNow
9 43 (4.16%) IBM
9 43 (4.16%) Palo Alto
10 42 (4.06%) Pure Storage
11 36 (3.48%) Oracle
12 33 (3.19%) Veeam
13 30 (2.90%) CheckPoint
14 28 (2.71%) McAfee
15 26 (2.51%) Blue Coat
15 26 (2.51%) Fortinet
15 26 (2.51%) Juniper
16 24 (2.32%) SolarWinds
17 23 (2.22%) Splunk