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 19 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
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 84 61
Rank change year-on-year -17 -23 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,013 747 1,207
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 3.00% 3.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 6.32% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 502 841
10th Percentile £358 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £463 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £663 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £508
% change year-on-year -0.94% +4.43% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 33
10th Percentile £19.93 £29.33 £22.32
25th Percentile £29.00 £31.32 £37.63
Median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +42.86% -32.92%
75th Percentile £70.38 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year -11.30% +42.86% -35.69%

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 17,476 11,820 15,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.54% 47.52% 42.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,183 7,505 10,039
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 532 1,062
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.48 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% +10.31% -40.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £23.80
% change year-on-year +35.13% +5.67% -45.13%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +5 291 £550 -0.18% 81
London -23 251 £550 +4.76% 44
North of England -15 181 £459 +2.00% 47
Midlands -25 110 £450 -17.09% 44
South West -30 101 £550 -8.33% 38
North West 0 99 £453 +5.04% 30
West Midlands -35 84 £438 -16.51% 21
Yorkshire -22 80 £485 +5.96% 13
East of England -16 67 £507 -7.82% 24
East Midlands -9 26 £450 -18.18% 23
North East -42 3 £638 +78.32% 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 40 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) CICS
3 9 (0.89%) IIS
3 9 (0.89%) Tomcat
4 8 (0.79%) nginx
5 7 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.30%) Apache
7 3 (0.30%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.20%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.099%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 259 (25.57%) Azure
2 165 (16.29%) AWS
3 73 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.43%) OpenShift
5 50 (4.94%) Entra ID
6 44 (4.34%) IaaS
7 41 (4.05%) GCP
8 39 (3.85%) GitHub
9 33 (3.26%) PaaS
10 25 (2.47%) Rubrik
11 19 (1.88%) Nutanix
12 15 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.48%) SaaS
13 12 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (0.99%) Datadog
15 9 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (0.79%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
17 7 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 224 (22.11%) DNS
2 174 (17.18%) Firewall
3 121 (11.94%) DHCP
4 92 (9.08%) SAN
5 83 (8.19%) VSAN
6 81 (8.00%) VPN
7 75 (7.40%) WAN
8 63 (6.22%) Network Security
9 59 (5.82%) LAN
10 52 (5.13%) TCP/IP
11 49 (4.84%) NAS
12 48 (4.74%) SSL
13 47 (4.64%) VLAN
14 37 (3.65%) BIG-IP
15 36 (3.55%) HTTP
16 34 (3.36%) Wireshark
17 29 (2.86%) BGP
17 29 (2.86%) Cisco Nexus
17 29 (2.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 26 (2.57%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.89%) DataStage
4 8 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.59%) Power BI
7 5 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.30%) Big Data
9 3 (0.30%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.20%) Redis
11 1 (0.099%) GIS
11 1 (0.099%) Metadata
11 1 (0.099%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (4.24%) Jenkins
2 30 (2.96%) GitLab
3 28 (2.76%) Git
4 27 (2.67%) JIRA
5 23 (2.27%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.69%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.30%) MSI
11 2 (0.20%) PVCS
11 2 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.099%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.099%) GoCD
12 1 (0.099%) Maven
12 1 (0.099%) Postman
12 1 (0.099%) RStudio
12 1 (0.099%) VersionOne
General
1 201 (19.84%) Social Skills
2 109 (10.76%) Finance
3 86 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 42 (4.15%) Banking
7 22 (2.17%) Legal
8 18 (1.78%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.28%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.09%) Police
12 10 (0.99%) Retail
13 9 (0.89%) Military
14 7 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.59%) Law
15 6 (0.59%) Local Government
16 5 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 206 (20.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (15.30%) Architect
3 102 (10.07%) Senior
4 92 (9.08%) VMware Engineer
5 82 (8.09%) Network Engineer
6 57 (5.63%) Consultant
7 44 (4.34%) VMware Architect
8 39 (3.85%) Administrator
8 39 (3.85%) Support Engineer
9 36 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (3.46%) VMware Consultant
11 31 (3.06%) Lead
12 30 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (2.96%) Storage Engineer
13 29 (2.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 28 (2.76%) Analyst
14 28 (2.76%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 28 (2.76%) Technical Architect
14 28 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (2.67%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.67%) LDAP
2 22 (2.17%) Middleware
3 19 (1.88%) Flash
4 15 (1.48%) REST
5 12 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (0.89%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.89%) SAML
7 7 (0.69%) Keycloak
8 5 (0.49%) .NET
8 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.49%) JSON
9 4 (0.39%) Redfish
9 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.20%) Blazor
11 2 (0.20%) Django
11 2 (0.20%) Kafka
11 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.20%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 139 (13.72%) Data Centre
2 67 (6.61%) PKI
2 67 (6.61%) Replication
3 66 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (4.44%) Enterprise Storage
5 40 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.85%) Cloud Native
7 37 (3.65%) Public Cloud
8 36 (3.55%) Clustering
9 28 (2.76%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.48%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.48%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.09%) BYOD
14 11 (1.09%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.09%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 416 (41.07%) Windows
2 260 (25.67%) Linux
2 260 (25.67%) Windows Server
3 57 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (4.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (2.47%) Unix
7 21 (2.07%) VMS
8 20 (1.97%) Ubuntu
9 19 (1.88%) CentOS
9 19 (1.88%) Windows 10
10 17 (1.68%) Apple iOS
10 17 (1.68%) Data ONTAP
10 17 (1.68%) Solaris
11 15 (1.48%) AIX
11 15 (1.48%) Android
12 14 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 187 (18.46%) Migration
3 168 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (12.24%) High Availability
5 119 (11.75%) ITIL
6 105 (10.37%) Disaster Recovery
7 100 (9.87%) DevOps
8 94 (9.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (9.08%) CI/CD
10 90 (8.88%) Agile
11 77 (7.60%) Load Balancing
12 72 (7.11%) Change Management
13 69 (6.81%) Capacity Planning
14 67 (6.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 64 (6.32%) ITSM
16 62 (6.12%) Performance Tuning
17 60 (5.92%) Validation
18 58 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
19 57 (5.63%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 183 (18.07%) PowerShell
2 121 (11.94%) Python
3 57 (5.63%) Bash
4 45 (4.44%) SQL
5 21 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.38%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.09%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.89%) COBOL
9 7 (0.69%) Java
9 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.59%) Bicep
11 5 (0.49%) C
11 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.39%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) C++
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.20%) VBScript
14 1 (0.099%) VB
Qualifications
1 454 (44.82%) Security Cleared
2 275 (27.15%) SC Cleared
3 199 (19.64%) DV Cleared
4 77 (7.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (4.24%) Degree
7 38 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (3.06%) VCAP
9 29 (2.86%) CCNP
10 27 (2.67%) MCSE
11 22 (2.17%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.68%) MCSA
13 15 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.48%) CCNA
13 15 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
14 12 (1.18%) OCP
15 8 (0.79%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 8 (0.79%) RHCA
16 7 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.64%) SLA
2 36 (3.55%) NIST
3 22 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.88%) NCSC
5 10 (0.99%) QA
6 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.20%) ISA99
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.099%) COBIT
9 1 (0.099%) DICOM
9 1 (0.099%) GDPR
9 1 (0.099%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.099%) SOC 2
System Software
1 656 (64.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 242 (23.89%) Active Directory
3 220 (21.72%) VMware NSX
4 212 (20.93%) vSphere
5 202 (19.94%) VMware ESXi
6 143 (14.12%) Hyper-V
7 94 (9.28%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (3.75%) Docker
8 38 (3.75%) Firmware
8 38 (3.75%) NFS
9 30 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (2.57%) KVM
11 23 (2.27%) vCloud
12 14 (1.38%) GPFS
12 14 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (1.18%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (0.59%) SRDF
16 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 176 (17.37%) Ansible
2 166 (16.39%) vCenter Server
3 102 (10.07%) Terraform
4 90 (8.88%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.71%) vRealize
6 64 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 53 (5.23%) SCCM
8 39 (3.85%) SCOM
9 28 (2.76%) Argo
9 28 (2.76%) vMotion
10 27 (2.67%) PowerCLI
11 26 (2.57%) VxRail
12 25 (2.47%) Grafana
13 21 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (1.88%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
16 16 (1.58%) Puppet
16 16 (1.58%) WSUS
17 15 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 15 (1.48%) Podman
Vendors
1 238 (23.49%) Microsoft
2 173 (17.08%) Cisco
3 100 (9.87%) Citrix
4 71 (7.01%) Red Hat
5 70 (6.91%) NetApp
6 54 (5.33%) F5
7 51 (5.03%) Dell
8 43 (4.24%) ServiceNow
9 42 (4.15%) Pure Storage
10 41 (4.05%) IBM
11 39 (3.85%) Oracle
12 38 (3.75%) Palo Alto
13 30 (2.96%) Juniper
13 30 (2.96%) Veeam
14 27 (2.67%) CheckPoint
15 26 (2.57%) Fortinet
15 26 (2.57%) McAfee
16 25 (2.47%) SolarWinds
17 24 (2.37%) Blue Coat
18 22 (2.17%) Broadcom