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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 62 55
Rank change year-on-year -38 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing VMware 715 1,141 1,681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.57% 3.46% 4.01%
As % of the Vendors category 5.45% 7.84% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 757 1,146
10th Percentile £327 £325 £309
25th Percentile £440 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £603
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 71
10th Percentile £29.00 £22.82 £35.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £23.80 £47.67
Median hourly rate £34.00 £43.08 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% -31.62% +36.45%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.25 £76.39
90th Percentile £85.80 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £38.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year -10.53% -42.41% +39.37%

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 13,130 14,554 18,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 44.19% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,343 8,881 12,211
10th Percentile £275 £300 £262
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £650
90th Percentile £713 £732 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 595 579
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.26 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.62 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -23.58% +83.33%
75th Percentile £46.39 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.69 £70.00 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -16.17% -31.66% +83.61%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -66 194 £520 +4.00% 100
South East -7 187 £550 +2.33% 139
North of England -8 100 £447 -10.60% 111
South West -14 91 £575 +7.98% 34
Midlands -31 82 £556 +11.25% 58
West Midlands -26 62 £573 +2.78% 18
Yorkshire +21 55 £449 -13.75% 35
North West -32 51 £438 -12.50% 56
East of England +2 46 £550 - 31
East Midlands -8 20 £490 +9.13% 40
North East -2 2 £625 +284.62% 23
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 59 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.78%) Confluence
3 24 (3.36%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.82%) Apache
4 13 (1.82%) OpenStack
5 12 (1.68%) IIS
6 9 (1.26%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.84%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.42%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.28%) CICS
9 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.14%) Traefik
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 30 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 160 (22.38%) Azure
2 104 (14.55%) AWS
3 64 (8.95%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.85%) GCP
5 38 (5.31%) IaaS
6 37 (5.17%) Entra ID
7 31 (4.34%) SaaS
8 29 (4.06%) PaaS
9 24 (3.36%) GitHub
9 24 (3.36%) OpenShift
10 20 (2.80%) Cohesity
11 15 (2.10%) Nutanix
12 9 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 7 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.84%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.70%) Asana
16 4 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
16 4 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 187 (26.15%) DNS
2 134 (18.74%) Firewall
3 87 (12.17%) DHCP
4 84 (11.75%) SAN
5 81 (11.33%) TCP/IP
6 59 (8.25%) VPN
7 53 (7.41%) VLAN
8 42 (5.87%) WAN
9 40 (5.59%) VSAN
10 37 (5.17%) LAN
11 34 (4.76%) Network Security
12 32 (4.48%) BGP
12 32 (4.48%) iSCSI
13 27 (3.78%) NAS
14 24 (3.36%) Fibre Channel
15 20 (2.80%) MPLS
15 20 (2.80%) SMTP
16 18 (2.52%) DMZ
17 17 (2.38%) VoIP
18 16 (2.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.68%) Big Data
2 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.56%) MySQL
5 4 (0.56%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.28%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.28%) Power BI
7 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (6.57%) Jenkins
2 36 (5.03%) Git
2 36 (5.03%) JIRA
3 27 (3.78%) GitLab
4 16 (2.24%) Postman
5 15 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.26%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.12%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.98%) Subversion
9 6 (0.84%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.56%) JMeter
10 4 (0.56%) JUnit
10 4 (0.56%) MSI
11 3 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.28%) Jaeger
12 2 (0.28%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.28%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 189 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 84 (11.75%) Finance
3 64 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 32 (4.48%) Banking
5 29 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 13 (1.82%) Legal
9 8 (1.12%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.12%) Law
9 8 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.12%) Military
10 7 (0.98%) Electronics
10 7 (0.98%) Financial Institution
10 7 (0.98%) Local Government
10 7 (0.98%) Marketing
10 7 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.84%) Billing
11 6 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 113 (15.80%) Architect
3 65 (9.09%) Consultant
4 52 (7.27%) VMware Engineer
5 50 (6.99%) Support Engineer
6 44 (6.15%) Senior
7 38 (5.31%) Infrastructure Architect
8 35 (4.90%) VMware Architect
9 33 (4.62%) Administrator
9 33 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support
9 33 (4.62%) VMware Consultant
10 31 (4.34%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 30 (4.20%) Network Engineer
12 29 (4.06%) Windows Engineer
13 27 (3.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 20 (2.80%) Developer
15 18 (2.52%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (2.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 17 (2.38%) Integration Engineer
16 17 (2.38%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.50%) Middleware
2 11 (1.54%) REST
3 10 (1.40%) .NET
4 8 (1.12%) RESTful
5 7 (0.98%) JSON
5 7 (0.98%) NETCONF
5 7 (0.98%) RESTCONF
6 6 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.70%) Kafka
7 5 (0.70%) React
7 5 (0.70%) XML
7 5 (0.70%) YAML
8 4 (0.56%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.56%) Flash
8 4 (0.56%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.56%) LDAP
8 4 (0.56%) Spring
9 3 (0.42%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.42%) ModSecurity
9 3 (0.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 58 (8.11%) PKI
3 33 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (3.92%) Replication
5 27 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 26 (3.64%) Private Cloud
7 25 (3.50%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.22%) Clustering
9 13 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Storage
11 10 (1.40%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.12%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (0.84%) Cloud Native
15 6 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
15 6 (0.84%) Fat Client
15 6 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 335 (46.85%) Windows
2 215 (30.07%) Linux
3 183 (25.59%) Windows Server
4 60 (8.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 58 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (7.69%) Windows 10
7 45 (6.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (4.48%) Ubuntu
9 31 (4.34%) CentOS
10 24 (3.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 20 (2.80%) Unix
12 15 (2.10%) Mac OS
12 15 (2.10%) Solaris
13 14 (1.96%) VMS
13 14 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.98%) Debian
15 6 (0.84%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.56%) AIX
16 4 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 125 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (11.89%) Agile
4 83 (11.61%) DevOps
5 79 (11.05%) ITIL
5 79 (11.05%) Migration
6 64 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 53 (7.41%) Validation
8 48 (6.71%) CI/CD
9 47 (6.57%) Configuration Management
10 45 (6.29%) High Availability
11 44 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 41 (5.73%) Containerisation
13 36 (5.03%) Data Protection
14 35 (4.90%) Roadmaps
15 34 (4.76%) Service Management
16 32 (4.48%) Business Strategy
16 32 (4.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (4.48%) SIEM
17 31 (4.34%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 169 (23.64%) PowerShell
2 156 (21.82%) Python
3 67 (9.37%) SQL
4 60 (8.39%) Bash
5 25 (3.50%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.08%) Java
7 18 (2.52%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.68%) Perl
9 11 (1.54%) Go
10 9 (1.26%) PHP
11 7 (0.98%) C#
12 6 (0.84%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.84%) VBA
13 5 (0.70%) C++
14 3 (0.42%) VBScript
15 2 (0.28%) VB
16 1 (0.14%) C
16 1 (0.14%) Korn
16 1 (0.14%) Rust
16 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 313 (43.78%) Security Cleared
2 173 (24.20%) DV Cleared
3 161 (22.52%) SC Cleared
4 49 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (6.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 48 (6.71%) Degree
6 42 (5.87%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (4.34%) CCNP
8 23 (3.22%) MCSE
9 19 (2.66%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.96%) VCAP
11 13 (1.82%) CCNA
11 13 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.54%) CCIE
12 11 (1.54%) VCP5
12 11 (1.54%) VCP6
13 10 (1.40%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.26%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (1.26%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.80%) GDPR
2 16 (2.24%) SLA
3 15 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.68%) NCSC
5 9 (1.26%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.26%) QA
6 5 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 3 (0.42%) PMO
9 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 467 (65.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 247 (34.55%) Active Directory
3 135 (18.88%) VMware ESXi
4 123 (17.20%) vSphere
5 97 (13.57%) Hyper-V
6 70 (9.79%) VMware NSX
7 48 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
8 39 (5.45%) Docker
9 28 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
10 26 (3.64%) NFS
11 25 (3.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 21 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
13 16 (2.24%) Terminal Services
14 12 (1.68%) KVM
15 11 (1.54%) BitLocker
16 10 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
17 9 (1.26%) Firmware
18 8 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
19 7 (0.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
20 6 (0.84%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 167 (23.36%) Ansible
2 81 (11.33%) vCenter Server
3 76 (10.63%) SCCM
4 63 (8.81%) Terraform
5 42 (5.87%) Puppet
5 42 (5.87%) vRealize
6 41 (5.73%) Kubernetes
7 32 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 31 (4.34%) WSUS
9 19 (2.66%) VxRail
10 16 (2.24%) vMotion
11 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
12 12 (1.68%) Nagios
12 12 (1.68%) Progress Chef
13 11 (1.54%) PowerCLI
13 11 (1.54%) Red Hat Satellite
14 10 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (1.40%) NetBackup
14 10 (1.40%) Prometheus
15 9 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 241 (33.71%) Microsoft
2 111 (15.52%) Cisco
3 82 (11.47%) Citrix
4 59 (8.25%) NetApp
5 57 (7.97%) Red Hat
6 54 (7.55%) Splunk
6 54 (7.55%) Veeam
7 45 (6.29%) F5
8 36 (5.03%) Dell
9 31 (4.34%) Oracle
10 28 (3.92%) Broadcom
11 27 (3.78%) HP
12 26 (3.64%) Google
13 22 (3.08%) SolarWinds
14 21 (2.94%) ServiceNow
15 20 (2.80%) MuleSoft
16 19 (2.66%) CyberArk
17 18 (2.52%) Palo Alto
18 17 (2.38%) Symantec
19 16 (2.24%) Juniper