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 8 October 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 108 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 -45 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,114 710 1,089
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.41% 2.54% 3.37%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 5.31% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 721 468 695
10th Percentile £325 £329 £325
25th Percentile £438 £443 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £544 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% +4.55% +4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £738 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £518
% change year-on-year -2.05% +3.57% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 11 15
10th Percentile £26.40 £29.00 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +102.21% -5.99% -45.19%
75th Percentile £90.00 £46.88 £65.63
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £99.44
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £34.00 £37.08
% change year-on-year +98.53% -8.31% -43.80%

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 19,215 13,375 14,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.80% 44.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,767 8,496 8,616
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% -3.43% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £628
90th Percentile £714 £700 £727
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,244 643 524
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.87 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.16%
75th Percentile £60.98 £43.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.69 £69.65 £72.65
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -3.24% -21.88% -26.01%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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
London -9 305 £550 +5.77% 245
South East -10 297 £538 +2.38% 166
North of England -3 193 £477 +10.61% 110
Midlands -18 121 £450 -21.40% 73
South West -22 105 £600 +8.11% 65
North West -7 96 £449 +4.12% 61
West Midlands -17 95 £474 -18.42% 45
East of England +2 86 £550 - 57
Yorkshire -13 80 £525 +20.41% 34
East Midlands -4 26 £425 -13.27% 28
North East -22 18 £375 - 17
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 54 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.51%) Confluence
4 16 (1.44%) IIS
5 14 (1.26%) CMS
6 11 (0.99%) nginx
7 10 (0.90%) OpenStack
8 9 (0.81%) Apache
9 8 (0.72%) Skype for Business
10 7 (0.63%) JBoss
11 5 (0.45%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
13 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.18%) Houdini
3 2 (0.18%) NUKE
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.090%) Shopify
2 1 (0.090%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 322 (28.90%) Azure
2 168 (15.08%) AWS
3 112 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (7.81%) Entra ID
5 48 (4.31%) GCP
6 46 (4.13%) OpenShift
7 35 (3.14%) GitHub
8 30 (2.69%) IaaS
8 30 (2.69%) Rubrik
9 26 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (1.71%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.35%) PaaS
12 15 (1.35%) SaaS
13 14 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (1.17%) Nutanix
14 13 (1.17%) Power Platform
15 12 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (0.99%) Datadog
17 10 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 311 (27.92%) DNS
2 212 (19.03%) Firewall
3 190 (17.06%) DHCP
4 114 (10.23%) TCP/IP
5 84 (7.54%) VPN
6 81 (7.27%) SAN
6 81 (7.27%) VSAN
7 80 (7.18%) WAN
8 76 (6.82%) VLAN
9 73 (6.55%) LAN
10 70 (6.28%) Network Security
11 46 (4.13%) SSL
12 42 (3.77%) BGP
13 39 (3.50%) HTTP
13 39 (3.50%) NAS
14 38 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
15 36 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 32 (2.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 30 (2.69%) SD-WAN
18 28 (2.51%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.17%) Power BI
4 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.81%) Big Data
6 8 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.54%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.18%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.090%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 50 (4.49%) JIRA
2 40 (3.59%) GitLab
3 28 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.33%) Git
5 11 (0.99%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.36%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.36%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.36%) PVCS
9 4 (0.36%) Selenium
10 2 (0.18%) MSI
10 2 (0.18%) Subversion
11 1 (0.090%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.090%) Postman
11 1 (0.090%) Robot Framework
General
1 238 (21.36%) Social Skills
2 140 (12.57%) Finance
3 114 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
5 35 (3.14%) Public Sector
6 34 (3.05%) Banking
7 31 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.24%) Legal
9 13 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 11 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 11 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.81%) Law
12 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.81%) Retail
13 8 (0.72%) Back Office
13 8 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (0.72%) Military
13 8 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 248 (22.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 154 (13.82%) Senior
3 109 (9.78%) Architect
4 101 (9.07%) VMware Engineer
5 78 (7.00%) Network Engineer
6 73 (6.55%) Cloud Engineer
7 68 (6.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 67 (6.01%) Support Engineer
9 63 (5.66%) Lead
10 53 (4.76%) Consultant
11 48 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
12 42 (3.77%) Administrator
13 40 (3.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 38 (3.41%) Storage Engineer
15 32 (2.87%) VMware Consultant
16 29 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 28 (2.51%) Senior VMware Engineer
18 27 (2.42%) Linux Engineer
18 27 (2.42%) Server Engineer
19 25 (2.24%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (13.73%) Terraform
2 27 (2.42%) REST
3 21 (1.89%) JSON
4 20 (1.80%) Kafka
5 16 (1.44%) LDAP
6 15 (1.35%) YAML
7 13 (1.17%) XMPP
8 12 (1.08%) 802.1X
9 8 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (0.63%) Middleware
10 7 (0.63%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.54%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.45%) .NET
12 5 (0.45%) Flash
13 4 (0.36%) Pulumi
13 4 (0.36%) Redfish
13 4 (0.36%) SAML
14 3 (0.27%) Java SE
14 3 (0.27%) OAuth
14 3 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (15.89%) Data Centre
2 85 (7.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 80 (7.18%) PKI
4 49 (4.40%) Enterprise Storage
5 46 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 46 (4.13%) Private Cloud
6 43 (3.86%) Onboarding
7 42 (3.77%) Clustering
7 42 (3.77%) Replication
8 35 (3.14%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.78%) Public Cloud
10 20 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
11 18 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.53%) Operational Technology
13 16 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.26%) SCADA
15 13 (1.17%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 571 (51.26%) Windows
2 376 (33.75%) Windows Server
3 283 (25.40%) Linux
4 61 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (3.23%) Windows 10
7 23 (2.06%) Unix
8 22 (1.97%) VMS
8 22 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.44%) Ubuntu
11 12 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.99%) AIX
13 10 (0.90%) CentOS
13 10 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
14 8 (0.72%) Solaris
15 7 (0.63%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 207 (18.58%) ITIL
3 202 (18.13%) Migration
4 195 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 165 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
7 145 (13.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 136 (12.21%) CI/CD
9 121 (10.86%) Change Management
10 108 (9.69%) ITSM
11 107 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 101 (9.07%) High Availability
12 101 (9.07%) Project Delivery
12 101 (9.07%) Service Management
13 99 (8.89%) DevOps
14 98 (8.80%) Platform Engineering
15 97 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 95 (8.53%) Agile
17 93 (8.35%) Root Cause Analysis
18 88 (7.90%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 251 (22.53%) PowerShell
2 137 (12.30%) Python
3 87 (7.81%) Bash
4 66 (5.92%) SQL
5 20 (1.80%) Java
6 14 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.08%) Bicep
8 11 (0.99%) C
9 8 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.63%) VB
11 6 (0.54%) Go
11 6 (0.54%) VBScript
12 5 (0.45%) C++
13 4 (0.36%) C#
14 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.27%) Korn
14 3 (0.27%) Lua
15 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.090%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.090%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 546 (49.01%) Security Cleared
2 315 (28.28%) SC Cleared
3 253 (22.71%) DV Cleared
4 70 (6.28%) Degree
4 70 (6.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 56 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (3.77%) VCAP
7 35 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.96%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.96%) CCNP
9 25 (2.24%) CCNA
10 22 (1.97%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.89%) MCSE
12 16 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.44%) MCSA
13 12 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (0.99%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.90%) CISSP
15 10 (0.90%) PMP
16 9 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.78%) SLA
2 21 (1.89%) QA
3 19 (1.71%) NIST
4 16 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.44%) NCSC
5 14 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.36%) GxP
8 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.27%) GDPR
9 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.27%) GRC
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.090%) SOC 2
System Software
1 799 (71.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 358 (32.14%) Active Directory
3 234 (21.01%) vSphere
4 226 (20.29%) VMware ESXi
5 189 (16.97%) VMware NSX
6 186 (16.70%) Hyper-V
7 83 (7.45%) Virtual Machines
8 58 (5.21%) Docker
9 43 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
10 34 (3.05%) Firmware
11 24 (2.15%) vCloud
12 22 (1.97%) NFS
13 20 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (1.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 13 (1.17%) KVM
16 11 (0.99%) XenApp
17 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 10 (0.90%) XenDesktop
18 9 (0.81%) BitLocker
19 7 (0.63%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 172 (15.44%) Ansible
2 165 (14.81%) vCenter Server
3 158 (14.18%) Kubernetes
4 75 (6.73%) SCOM
5 71 (6.37%) SCCM
6 62 (5.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 37 (3.32%) vRealize
8 36 (3.23%) VxRail
9 24 (2.15%) Prometheus
10 21 (1.89%) Grafana
10 21 (1.89%) Puppet
11 19 (1.71%) Nagios
11 19 (1.71%) PowerCLI
12 18 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
13 17 (1.53%) Avamar
13 17 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
14 16 (1.44%) vMotion
15 14 (1.26%) NetBackup
16 13 (1.17%) FortiGate
16 13 (1.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 320 (28.73%) Microsoft
2 194 (17.41%) Cisco
3 90 (8.08%) Citrix
4 78 (7.00%) NetApp
5 71 (6.37%) Red Hat
6 64 (5.75%) Dell
7 58 (5.21%) ServiceNow
8 53 (4.76%) SolarWinds
9 49 (4.40%) F5
10 42 (3.77%) Oracle
11 39 (3.50%) Veeam
12 38 (3.41%) Palo Alto
13 33 (2.96%) Fortinet
14 32 (2.87%) Juniper
15 27 (2.42%) CyberArk
16 23 (2.06%) Broadcom
16 23 (2.06%) IBM
17 22 (1.97%) Meraki
18 21 (1.89%) Remedy
19 19 (1.71%) Commvault