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 29 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
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 97 60
Rank change year-on-year -8 -37 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,064 719 1,209
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 2.61% 3.55%
As % of the Vendors category 5.78% 5.55% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 464 835
10th Percentile £358 £350 £314
25th Percentile £450 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -1.25%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 6 16
10th Percentile £25.94 £29.00 £23.10
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.33 £23.80
Median hourly rate £58.74 £34.71 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -48.58% +25.10%
75th Percentile £74.00 £54.56 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.05 £109.38 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £63.75
% change year-on-year +46.94% -45.56% +6.25%

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 18,422 12,956 14,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.09% 47.11% 43.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,642 8,207 9,455
10th Percentile £313 £278 £292
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 622 806
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.71 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.99% -10.18% -29.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% -8.55% -34.21%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +7 328 £550 -3.25% 93
London -3 284 £525 - 83
North of England -28 168 £480 +6.67% 54
Midlands -22 117 £450 -18.18% 31
South West -33 105 £550 -6.38% 36
West Midlands -28 92 £475 -14.70% 19
North West -12 88 £459 +4.91% 32
Yorkshire -21 77 £500 +11.11% 15
East of England -9 61 £507 -7.82% 30
East Midlands -4 25 £450 -18.18% 12
North East -50 4 £569 +55.82% 9
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 51 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.32%) Confluence
4 13 (1.22%) nginx
5 9 (0.85%) CICS
5 9 (0.85%) IIS
5 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.75%) Apache
6 8 (0.75%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.38%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.38%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.094%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.19%) Houdini
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.19%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.094%) Shopify
2 1 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 277 (26.03%) Azure
2 181 (17.01%) AWS
3 85 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (6.30%) Entra ID
5 50 (4.70%) OpenShift
6 42 (3.95%) GitHub
7 41 (3.85%) GCP
7 41 (3.85%) IaaS
8 28 (2.63%) PaaS
8 28 (2.63%) Rubrik
9 20 (1.88%) SaaS
10 19 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (1.50%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.41%) Datadog
13 13 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 12 (1.13%) Nutanix
15 11 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 268 (25.19%) DNS
2 208 (19.55%) Firewall
3 151 (14.19%) DHCP
4 96 (9.02%) VSAN
5 91 (8.55%) TCP/IP
6 86 (8.08%) SAN
7 84 (7.89%) VPN
8 80 (7.52%) WAN
9 67 (6.30%) VLAN
10 65 (6.11%) Network Security
11 64 (6.02%) LAN
12 49 (4.61%) SSL
13 45 (4.23%) NAS
14 36 (3.38%) BGP
15 34 (3.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 32 (3.01%) BIG-IP
16 32 (3.01%) SD-WAN
17 31 (2.91%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (2.91%) HTTP
18 30 (2.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.94%) Power BI
3 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.85%) DataStage
4 9 (0.85%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
6 6 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (0.56%) Big Data
6 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.28%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.28%) Hazelcast
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 41 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 38 (3.57%) JIRA
3 26 (2.44%) GitLab
4 25 (2.35%) Git
5 18 (1.69%) Fiddler
6 9 (0.85%) Chocolatey
7 7 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.28%) MSI
9 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.28%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.28%) Selenium
9 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 3 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.094%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.094%) Maven
10 1 (0.094%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.094%) Postman
10 1 (0.094%) VersionOne
General
1 238 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.18%) Finance
3 109 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (5.83%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.42%) Banking
6 34 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 21 (1.97%) Legal
9 17 (1.60%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.41%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.41%) Military
11 12 (1.13%) Retail
12 11 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.56%) Law
14 6 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.56%) Police
15 5 (0.47%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 226 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 130 (12.22%) Architect
3 129 (12.12%) Senior
4 101 (9.49%) VMware Engineer
5 87 (8.18%) Network Engineer
6 61 (5.73%) Consultant
7 55 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 51 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 47 (4.42%) Lead
10 44 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 39 (3.67%) Administrator
11 39 (3.67%) VMware Consultant
12 37 (3.48%) Storage Engineer
13 35 (3.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 33 (3.10%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 30 (2.82%) VMware Architect
16 29 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
17 28 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 26 (2.44%) IT Engineer
18 26 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.41%) Middleware
2 14 (1.32%) Flash
2 14 (1.32%) REST
3 13 (1.22%) LDAP
4 11 (1.03%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (0.94%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.56%) Kafka
8 5 (0.47%) .NET
8 5 (0.47%) JSON
8 5 (0.47%) SAML
9 4 (0.38%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.38%) Redfish
9 4 (0.38%) YAML
10 3 (0.28%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.28%) Software Packaging
11 2 (0.19%) Java SE
11 2 (0.19%) OAuth
11 2 (0.19%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 154 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 80 (7.52%) PKI
3 76 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 55 (5.17%) Replication
5 49 (4.61%) Enterprise Storage
6 43 (4.04%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.85%) Clustering
8 35 (3.29%) Public Cloud
9 34 (3.20%) Cloud Native
10 27 (2.54%) Private Cloud
11 25 (2.35%) Onboarding
12 21 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.13%) Blackberry
15 12 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (1.03%) BYOD
16 11 (1.03%) SCADA
16 11 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 487 (45.77%) Windows
2 291 (27.35%) Windows Server
3 287 (26.97%) Linux
4 61 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 48 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (2.63%) VMS
7 26 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.35%) Unix
9 22 (2.07%) Ubuntu
9 22 (2.07%) Windows 10
10 19 (1.79%) AIX
10 19 (1.79%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.60%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.60%) Solaris
12 16 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.22%) Android
14 11 (1.03%) CentOS
14 11 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.66%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (27.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 193 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (17.67%) Migration
4 140 (13.16%) ITIL
5 137 (12.88%) High Availability
6 119 (11.18%) CI/CD
7 117 (11.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 116 (10.90%) Disaster Recovery
9 96 (9.02%) DevOps
10 93 (8.74%) Agile
11 92 (8.65%) Technical Leadership
12 88 (8.27%) Change Management
13 85 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 82 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (7.05%) ITSM
15 75 (7.05%) Network Virtualisation
16 73 (6.86%) Service Management
17 71 (6.67%) Load Balancing
18 69 (6.48%) Performance Tuning
18 69 (6.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 220 (20.68%) PowerShell
2 139 (13.06%) Python
3 91 (8.55%) Bash
4 58 (5.45%) SQL
5 22 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.69%) Java
7 9 (0.85%) COBOL
7 9 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.56%) Bicep
10 5 (0.47%) C
11 4 (0.38%) C#
11 4 (0.38%) Go
11 4 (0.38%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.28%) Lua
13 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.094%) C++
14 1 (0.094%) Perl
14 1 (0.094%) VB
Qualifications
1 511 (48.03%) Security Cleared
2 302 (28.38%) SC Cleared
3 241 (22.65%) DV Cleared
4 86 (8.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 62 (5.83%) Degree
6 51 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (3.48%) VCAP
9 33 (3.10%) CCNP
10 31 (2.91%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.35%) MCSE
12 19 (1.79%) CCNA
13 15 (1.41%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.41%) MCSA
14 14 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
15 12 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (1.03%) OCP
17 9 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
17 9 (0.85%) RHCA
18 8 (0.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.04%) SLA
2 28 (2.63%) NIST
3 22 (2.07%) NCSC
4 17 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.32%) QA
7 4 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.38%) GxP
7 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) ISA99
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.094%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.094%) GRC
10 1 (0.094%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.094%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.094%) SOC 2
System Software
1 708 (66.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 295 (27.73%) Active Directory
3 232 (21.80%) VMware NSX
4 227 (21.33%) vSphere
5 224 (21.05%) VMware ESXi
6 148 (13.91%) Hyper-V
7 90 (8.46%) Virtual Machines
8 58 (5.45%) Docker
9 38 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 33 (3.10%) Firmware
11 27 (2.54%) NFS
12 22 (2.07%) vCloud
13 21 (1.97%) KVM
14 12 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
15 9 (0.85%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.85%) GPFS
15 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (0.66%) UAG
17 6 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.56%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 193 (18.14%) vCenter Server
2 189 (17.76%) Ansible
3 139 (13.06%) Terraform
4 116 (10.90%) Kubernetes
5 66 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 59 (5.55%) vRealize
7 55 (5.17%) SCOM
8 53 (4.98%) SCCM
9 34 (3.20%) VxRail
10 28 (2.63%) Argo
10 28 (2.63%) Grafana
11 27 (2.54%) PowerCLI
12 23 (2.16%) Puppet
13 22 (2.07%) NetBackup
13 22 (2.07%) vMotion
14 19 (1.79%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.69%) Avamar
15 18 (1.69%) Prometheus
16 17 (1.60%) WSUS
17 13 (1.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 269 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 181 (17.01%) Cisco
3 96 (9.02%) Citrix
4 80 (7.52%) NetApp
5 75 (7.05%) Red Hat
6 53 (4.98%) Dell
7 50 (4.70%) F5
8 43 (4.04%) Palo Alto
9 42 (3.95%) ServiceNow
10 39 (3.67%) Juniper
11 38 (3.57%) Oracle
11 38 (3.57%) SolarWinds
12 36 (3.38%) IBM
13 35 (3.29%) Veeam
14 32 (3.01%) Pure Storage
15 29 (2.73%) Broadcom
16 25 (2.35%) Fortinet
17 22 (2.07%) CheckPoint
18 21 (1.97%) McAfee
18 21 (1.97%) Splunk