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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 68 59
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 894 865 1,334
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.72% 3.30% 3.49%
As % of the Vendors category 5.94% 7.12% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 554 897
10th Percentile £318 £285 £268
25th Percentile £425 £405 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 73
10th Percentile £29.00 £33.53 £22.08
25th Percentile £33.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £74.26 £82.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £96.50 £96.55 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -14.06% -1.54%

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 15,059 12,146 16,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.89% 46.29% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,886 7,299 10,775
10th Percentile £300 £285 £250
25th Percentile £410 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £707 £717 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 724 349 849
10th Percentile £15.08 £15.59 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.51 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £51.08 £63.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £28.21 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.80% -5.98% -3.69%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 0 251 £500 -10.71% 127
London -59 213 £550 +10.00% 74
North of England -32 145 £451 +0.11% 67
Midlands -2 125 £410 -25.59% 42
North West -15 101 £460 -8.00% 32
West Midlands -4 95 £400 -33.33% 29
South West -27 95 £550 -0.18% 53
East of England +1 58 £500 +5.26% 19
Yorkshire -21 53 £400 -6.43% 32
East Midlands -6 30 £449 -14.57% 13
North East -21 4 £550 +57.14% 5
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 47 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.24%) Confluence
4 12 (1.34%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.78%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.67%) IIS
7 5 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.34%) Apache
9 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) CICS
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Traefik
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (1.90%) MS Visio
2 15 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 225 (25.17%) Azure
2 178 (19.91%) AWS
3 76 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (7.27%) OpenShift
5 50 (5.59%) GCP
6 46 (5.15%) Entra ID
7 45 (5.03%) GitHub
8 37 (4.14%) IaaS
9 30 (3.36%) Nutanix
10 28 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.57%) PaaS
12 14 (1.57%) Datadog
13 11 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (0.67%) SaaS
16 6 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
17 5 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 206 (23.04%) DNS
2 171 (19.13%) Firewall
3 97 (10.85%) DHCP
4 79 (8.84%) TCP/IP
5 68 (7.61%) VPN
6 57 (6.38%) SAN
7 53 (5.93%) Network Security
8 52 (5.82%) VSAN
9 47 (5.26%) WAN
10 46 (5.15%) VLAN
11 41 (4.59%) LAN
12 37 (4.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 35 (3.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 33 (3.69%) BIG-IP
14 33 (3.69%) SSL
15 30 (3.36%) HTTP
15 30 (3.36%) Wireshark
16 27 (3.02%) NAS
17 26 (2.91%) BGP
18 22 (2.46%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.36%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.89%) Redis
4 4 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.11%) DataStage
6 1 (0.11%) Power BI
6 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (5.03%) Jenkins
2 36 (4.03%) GitLab
3 29 (3.24%) Git
4 22 (2.46%) Fiddler
5 21 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 18 (2.01%) JIRA
7 14 (1.57%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.57%) JMeter
7 14 (1.57%) JUnit
8 8 (0.89%) PVCS
8 8 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.45%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.45%) RStudio
10 4 (0.45%) Subversion
10 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.34%) Maven
11 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.22%) Jaeger
General
1 196 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (10.63%) Finance
4 90 (10.07%) Public Sector
5 48 (5.37%) Banking
6 41 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.68%) Investment Banking
8 22 (2.46%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.90%) Legal
10 16 (1.79%) Local Government
11 14 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.23%) Electronics
14 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.78%) Police
15 7 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.67%) Military
17 5 (0.56%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 143 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 133 (14.88%) Architect
3 58 (6.49%) Analyst
3 58 (6.49%) Network Engineer
4 56 (6.26%) Consultant
4 56 (6.26%) VMware Engineer
5 54 (6.04%) Senior
6 46 (5.15%) VMware Consultant
7 43 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
7 43 (4.81%) Support Engineer
8 33 (3.69%) Infrastructure Architect
9 31 (3.47%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 29 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.13%) Lead
11 28 (3.13%) VMware Architect
12 25 (2.80%) Infrastructure Support
12 25 (2.80%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 24 (2.68%) Developer
13 24 (2.68%) Wintel Engineer
14 23 (2.57%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.68%) Kafka
2 21 (2.35%) LDAP
2 21 (2.35%) Middleware
3 18 (2.01%) Flash
4 17 (1.90%) SAML
5 14 (1.57%) Spring
6 13 (1.45%) Hibernate
7 12 (1.34%) Keycloak
7 12 (1.34%) REST
8 11 (1.23%) OAuth
8 11 (1.23%) OpenID
9 9 (1.01%) Loki
10 8 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.78%) OAuth2
12 6 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (0.67%) XMPP
13 5 (0.56%) .NET
13 5 (0.56%) React
14 4 (0.45%) Spring Boot
15 3 (0.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.07%) Data Centre
2 74 (8.28%) Replication
3 69 (7.72%) PKI
4 42 (4.70%) Cloud Native
5 40 (4.47%) Management Information System
6 37 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 37 (4.14%) Private Cloud
7 32 (3.58%) Linux Command Line
8 26 (2.91%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.01%) Clustering
9 18 (2.01%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.45%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.34%) Fat Client
12 12 (1.34%) Thin Client
13 10 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.12%) Hedge funds
13 10 (1.12%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 331 (37.02%) Windows
2 270 (30.20%) Linux
3 196 (21.92%) Windows Server
4 67 (7.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.70%) Windows 10
6 29 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (2.24%) Ubuntu
8 20 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (1.68%) CentOS
9 15 (1.68%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.45%) VMS
10 13 (1.45%) Windows 7
11 11 (1.23%) Unix
12 9 (1.01%) Solaris
13 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.45%) AIX
15 4 (0.45%) CatOS
16 3 (0.34%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (20.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 141 (15.77%) Agile
4 118 (13.20%) ITIL
5 113 (12.64%) Migration
6 108 (12.08%) DevOps
7 105 (11.74%) CI/CD
8 84 (9.40%) Load Balancing
9 82 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 79 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 71 (7.94%) Containerisation
12 65 (7.27%) Platform Engineering
13 63 (7.05%) High Availability
14 58 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
16 53 (5.93%) Roadmaps
17 51 (5.70%) Service Management
18 49 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
19 46 (5.15%) Business Continuity
19 46 (5.15%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 192 (21.48%) PowerShell
2 182 (20.36%) Python
3 103 (11.52%) Bash
4 40 (4.47%) SQL
5 28 (3.13%) Java
6 25 (2.80%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.24%) Perl
8 14 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.34%) C
10 9 (1.01%) C++
11 8 (0.89%) C#
12 7 (0.78%) Embedded C
12 7 (0.78%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.78%) Go
12 7 (0.78%) MATLAB
12 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.56%) Bicep
14 3 (0.34%) Korn
14 3 (0.34%) PHP
15 2 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 389 (43.51%) Security Cleared
2 242 (27.07%) SC Cleared
3 142 (15.88%) DV Cleared
4 61 (6.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (5.15%) Degree
7 41 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.69%) Azure Certification
9 31 (3.47%) CCNP
10 23 (2.57%) MCSE
10 23 (2.57%) VCAP
11 21 (2.35%) AWS Certification
12 20 (2.24%) CCNA
13 14 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.45%) MCSA
15 12 (1.34%) CCIE
16 11 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (1.23%) Server+ Certification
17 9 (1.01%) CCDP
18 8 (0.89%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.57%) GDPR
3 21 (2.35%) NIST
4 18 (2.01%) SLA
5 15 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.45%) NCSC
7 8 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (0.89%) Def Stans
8 7 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.67%) QA
10 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.22%) PMO
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 567 (63.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 231 (25.84%) Active Directory
3 164 (18.34%) vSphere
4 137 (15.32%) VMware NSX
5 111 (12.42%) Hyper-V
6 97 (10.85%) VMware ESXi
7 58 (6.49%) Docker
8 57 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
9 36 (4.03%) NFS
10 23 (2.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (2.13%) Firmware
12 18 (2.01%) KVM
13 17 (1.90%) GPFS
14 8 (0.89%) vCloud
15 7 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.45%) BitLocker
17 4 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
18 3 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
18 3 (0.34%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 168 (18.79%) Ansible
2 108 (12.08%) Terraform
3 92 (10.29%) vCenter Server
4 91 (10.18%) Kubernetes
5 74 (8.28%) vRealize
6 72 (8.05%) SCCM
7 63 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (3.91%) Grafana
9 34 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 32 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
11 29 (3.24%) Argo
11 29 (3.24%) Prometheus
12 26 (2.91%) Red Hat Satellite
13 25 (2.80%) VxRail
14 24 (2.68%) SCOM
15 18 (2.01%) Progress Chef
16 16 (1.79%) FortiGate
17 14 (1.57%) WSUS
18 12 (1.34%) vMotion
18 12 (1.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 226 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 160 (17.90%) Cisco
3 94 (10.51%) Red Hat
4 84 (9.40%) F5
5 71 (7.94%) Citrix
6 51 (5.70%) Dell
7 44 (4.92%) IBM
7 44 (4.92%) SolarWinds
8 42 (4.70%) Oracle
8 42 (4.70%) Veeam
9 37 (4.14%) NetApp
9 37 (4.14%) Palo Alto
10 36 (4.03%) ServiceNow
11 30 (3.36%) McAfee
12 29 (3.24%) Blue Coat
13 25 (2.80%) Splunk
14 22 (2.46%) HP
14 22 (2.46%) Pure Storage
15 19 (2.13%) Commvault
16 17 (1.90%) CyberArk