VMware Contracts 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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 60 56
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 766 1,251 1,868
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.88% 3.36% 3.88%
As % of the Vendors category 6.08% 7.86% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 865 1,304
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £463 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -3.33% +8.25%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £631
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £538 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +7.50% -3.85% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 71
10th Percentile £28.80 £22.32 £25.75
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.58 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.77 £40.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% -26.69% +29.90%
75th Percentile £41.97 £71.25 £68.75
90th Percentile £52.04 £74.25 £83.75
UK median hourly rate £32.77 £40.25 £60.11
% change year-on-year -18.58% -33.03% +34.31%

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 12,594 15,926 20,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.42% 42.79% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 10,097 14,086
10th Percentile £280 £275 £265
25th Percentile £401 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 1,059 562
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.00 £18.53
Median hourly rate £25.40 £25.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -23.66% +52.33%
75th Percentile £51.74 £60.83 £59.95
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.03% -38.38% +83.65%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Daily rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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
London -33 210 £525 +5.00% 246
South East -21 161 £569 +8.29% 236
South West +3 134 £588 +11.90% 97
North of England -2 112 £450 +18.42% 163
Midlands -17 78 £535 - 107
West Midlands -14 57 £500 -9.09% 55
North West -10 56 £450 +28.57% 73
East of England +23 54 £550 - 78
Yorkshire +17 47 £458 +4.57% 74
East Midlands -15 21 £550 +22.22% 51
North East 0 10 £358 -10.63% 17
VMware
UK

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 76 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (6.27%) Confluence
3 40 (5.22%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.09%) IIS
5 14 (1.83%) Apache
6 7 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.65%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.52%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 44 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 198 (25.85%) Azure
2 101 (13.19%) AWS
3 88 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (8.09%) Entra ID
5 54 (7.05%) IaaS
6 42 (5.48%) PaaS
7 37 (4.83%) GCP
8 28 (3.66%) OpenShift
9 25 (3.26%) Nutanix
10 23 (3.00%) SaaS
11 22 (2.87%) GitHub
12 21 (2.74%) Cohesity
13 12 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.04%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 5 (0.65%) Amazon S3
17 5 (0.65%) Asana
18 4 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 183 (23.89%) DNS
2 142 (18.54%) Firewall
3 101 (13.19%) DHCP
4 97 (12.66%) SAN
5 75 (9.79%) TCP/IP
6 60 (7.83%) VPN
7 43 (5.61%) Network Security
7 43 (5.61%) VSAN
8 39 (5.09%) LAN
9 36 (4.70%) WAN
10 32 (4.18%) VLAN
11 30 (3.92%) BGP
12 27 (3.52%) iSCSI
13 26 (3.39%) NAS
14 23 (3.00%) Fibre Channel
15 20 (2.61%) SMTP
16 19 (2.48%) VoIP
17 15 (1.96%) OSPF
18 14 (1.83%) HTTP
19 13 (1.70%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.09%) Oracle Database
3 14 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.70%) Big Data
4 13 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.52%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.52%) MySQL
8 3 (0.39%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.39%) Power BI
8 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.13%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (8.09%) JIRA
2 56 (7.31%) Git
3 54 (7.05%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.61%) GitLab
5 18 (2.35%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.83%) Postman
7 11 (1.44%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (1.31%) Subversion
9 6 (0.78%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.52%) MSI
11 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.26%) Maven
12 2 (0.26%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.26%) Selenium
12 2 (0.26%) TestNG
12 2 (0.26%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.13%) Introscope
General
1 170 (22.19%) Social Skills
2 87 (11.36%) Finance
3 69 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 49 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (4.31%) Telecoms
6 24 (3.13%) Banking
7 21 (2.74%) Legal
8 19 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.57%) Military
10 12 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.17%) Billing
12 7 (0.91%) Law
12 7 (0.91%) Local Government
12 7 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.78%) Marketing
14 5 (0.65%) Electronics
14 5 (0.65%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 149 (19.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 101 (13.19%) Architect
3 56 (7.31%) VMware Engineer
4 52 (6.79%) Consultant
5 42 (5.48%) Senior
6 41 (5.35%) Network Engineer
7 37 (4.83%) Linux Engineer
8 35 (4.57%) Infrastructure Architect
9 34 (4.44%) Administrator
9 34 (4.44%) Support Engineer
10 33 (4.31%) VMware Architect
11 31 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 28 (3.66%) Lead
13 27 (3.52%) Windows Engineer
14 25 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
15 23 (3.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (3.00%) VMware Consultant
16 21 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.00%) REST
2 13 (1.70%) Middleware
3 11 (1.44%) Flash
3 11 (1.44%) Kafka
3 11 (1.44%) SOAP
4 9 (1.17%) .NET
5 8 (1.04%) JSON
6 7 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.91%) LDAP
6 7 (0.91%) NETCONF
6 7 (0.91%) RESTCONF
6 7 (0.91%) XML
7 6 (0.78%) RESTful
7 6 (0.78%) YAML
8 5 (0.65%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.65%) Spine.js
9 4 (0.52%) HTML
9 4 (0.52%) pytest
10 3 (0.39%) CSS
10 3 (0.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (10.57%) Data Centre
2 55 (7.18%) PKI
3 48 (6.27%) Clustering
4 32 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (2.74%) Private Cloud
8 20 (2.61%) Replication
9 18 (2.35%) Enterprise Storage
10 16 (2.09%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (1.70%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.44%) Blackberry
13 9 (1.17%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.91%) EMC VMAX
15 7 (0.91%) Operational Technology
16 6 (0.78%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.78%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 380 (49.61%) Windows
2 235 (30.68%) Linux
3 232 (30.29%) Windows Server
4 71 (9.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 70 (9.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 57 (7.44%) Windows 10
7 55 (7.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (5.09%) Unix
9 33 (4.31%) Ubuntu
10 30 (3.92%) CentOS
10 30 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 21 (2.74%) VMS
12 20 (2.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 16 (2.09%) Solaris
14 12 (1.57%) AIX
15 11 (1.44%) Debian
16 9 (1.17%) Mac OS
17 6 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (0.78%) Windows 7
18 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (25.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 129 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (13.05%) Agile
4 95 (12.40%) DevOps
5 90 (11.75%) Migration
6 87 (11.36%) ITIL
7 72 (9.40%) High Availability
8 68 (8.88%) Validation
9 63 (8.22%) Service Management
10 56 (7.31%) Configuration Management
11 52 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 49 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
12 49 (6.40%) Infrastructure as Code
13 47 (6.14%) Containerisation
14 46 (6.01%) Deployment Automation
14 46 (6.01%) Roadmaps
15 41 (5.35%) CI/CD
15 41 (5.35%) ITSM
16 38 (4.96%) Network Virtualisation
16 38 (4.96%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 184 (24.02%) PowerShell
2 158 (20.63%) Python
3 68 (8.88%) Bash
4 51 (6.66%) SQL
5 23 (3.00%) Shell Script
6 19 (2.48%) Java
7 17 (2.22%) Perl
8 9 (1.17%) PHP
9 8 (1.04%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.91%) C#
11 4 (0.52%) Go
11 4 (0.52%) VBScript
12 3 (0.39%) C++
12 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) VBA
13 2 (0.26%) C
13 2 (0.26%) VB
14 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.13%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 354 (46.21%) Security Cleared
2 211 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 169 (22.06%) DV Cleared
4 88 (11.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 65 (8.49%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (6.66%) Degree
7 47 (6.14%) CCNP
8 44 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (3.26%) CCNA
10 23 (3.00%) MCSE
11 20 (2.61%) VCAP
12 16 (2.09%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
14 14 (1.83%) Master's Degree
15 12 (1.57%) RHCE
16 11 (1.44%) OCA
16 11 (1.44%) VCP5
16 11 (1.44%) VCP6
17 10 (1.31%) RHCA
18 8 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.00%) SLA
2 17 (2.22%) GDPR
3 11 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.31%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.17%) NCSC
6 8 (1.04%) Def Stans
6 8 (1.04%) QA
7 5 (0.65%) NIST
8 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) PMO
11 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 499 (65.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 274 (35.77%) Active Directory
3 148 (19.32%) VMware ESXi
4 132 (17.23%) vSphere
5 88 (11.49%) Hyper-V
6 81 (10.57%) VMware NSX
7 53 (6.92%) Docker
8 42 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
9 29 (3.79%) Virtual Servers
10 22 (2.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 21 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
12 15 (1.96%) NFS
13 12 (1.57%) BitLocker
13 12 (1.57%) Terminal Services
14 11 (1.44%) Microsoft App-V
14 11 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 9 (1.17%) DFS Replication
15 9 (1.17%) XenApp
16 8 (1.04%) Firmware
16 8 (1.04%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 189 (24.67%) Ansible
2 95 (12.40%) vCenter Server
3 73 (9.53%) Terraform
4 70 (9.14%) SCCM
5 65 (8.49%) Puppet
6 59 (7.70%) Kubernetes
7 50 (6.53%) WSUS
8 45 (5.87%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (3.39%) vRealize
10 25 (3.26%) Progress Chef
11 24 (3.13%) VxRail
12 20 (2.61%) PowerCLI
13 18 (2.35%) Nagios
14 17 (2.22%) Microsoft Clustering
15 15 (1.96%) Tivoli
16 14 (1.83%) vMotion
17 10 (1.31%) NetBackup
17 10 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
18 9 (1.17%) Prometheus
19 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 256 (33.42%) Microsoft
2 135 (17.62%) Cisco
3 78 (10.18%) Red Hat
4 75 (9.79%) Citrix
5 60 (7.83%) Splunk
6 55 (7.18%) NetApp
7 51 (6.66%) Dell
8 49 (6.40%) Oracle
9 46 (6.01%) Veeam
10 41 (5.35%) HP
11 33 (4.31%) F5
12 32 (4.18%) SolarWinds
13 30 (3.92%) ServiceNow
14 27 (3.52%) Atlassian
15 22 (2.87%) Google
15 22 (2.87%) Juniper
15 22 (2.87%) Palo Alto
16 21 (2.74%) IBM
17 20 (2.61%) EMC
17 20 (2.61%) Veritas