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 24 April 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
24 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 73 66
Rank change year-on-year -24 -7 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,010 790 1,152
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 3.21% 3.09%
As % of the Vendors category 6.00% 6.77% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 541 788
10th Percentile £347 £320 £263
25th Percentile £450 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £609 £623 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 7 44
10th Percentile £39.80 £29.99 £22.14
25th Percentile £51.00 £48.16 £37.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -26.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.18 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.70 £85.97 £80.41
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £48.20
% change year-on-year -3.45% +50.43% -25.85%

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 16,823 11,670 15,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.34% 47.44% 42.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,964 7,550 9,996
10th Percentile £313 £292 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.63%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £631
90th Percentile £711 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 452 988
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.13 £14.27
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.63 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% +22.80% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.66 £56.25
90th Percentile £79.28 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.32 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.78% +20.56% -48.86%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -2 279 £550 -4.35% 99
London -42 253 £550 +4.76% 55
North of England -17 176 £456 +1.33% 49
Midlands -21 117 £402 -23.43% 28
North West -6 101 £456 +1.33% 22
South West -37 95 £550 -4.35% 25
West Midlands -25 88 £371 -25.87% 19
East of England +6 83 £507 -2.27% 22
Yorkshire -16 76 £444 -1.33% 17
East Midlands -26 29 £436 -20.73% 9
North East -23 3 £638 +78.32% 13
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 42 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) CICS
4 8 (0.79%) Confluence
5 7 (0.69%) IIS
5 7 (0.69%) nginx
5 7 (0.69%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.30%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.30%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.30%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.20%) WordPress
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.099%) JBoss
8 1 (0.099%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
1 14 (1.39%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 247 (24.46%) Azure
2 176 (17.43%) AWS
3 74 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (6.63%) OpenShift
5 52 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 50 (4.95%) IaaS
7 49 (4.85%) GitHub
8 38 (3.76%) PaaS
9 37 (3.66%) GCP
10 25 (2.48%) Nutanix
11 18 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (1.58%) Datadog
13 15 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.49%) SaaS
14 12 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.89%) Rubrik
16 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
17 6 (0.59%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 205 (20.30%) DNS
2 182 (18.02%) Firewall
3 102 (10.10%) DHCP
4 81 (8.02%) SAN
4 81 (8.02%) VSAN
5 79 (7.82%) VPN
6 65 (6.44%) TCP/IP
7 64 (6.34%) Network Security
8 61 (6.04%) WAN
9 51 (5.05%) LAN
10 50 (4.95%) SSL
11 45 (4.46%) BIG-IP
11 45 (4.46%) NAS
12 42 (4.16%) HTTP
13 39 (3.86%) Wireshark
14 37 (3.66%) VLAN
15 34 (3.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 30 (2.97%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 27 (2.67%) BGP
18 21 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.89%) DataStage
4 9 (0.89%) Redis
5 7 (0.69%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.40%) Power BI
7 3 (0.30%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.099%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.099%) Metadata
9 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (4.65%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.17%) GitLab
3 29 (2.87%) Git
4 28 (2.77%) Fiddler
5 26 (2.57%) JIRA
6 12 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.79%) PVCS
7 8 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.69%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.59%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.59%) JMeter
9 6 (0.59%) JUnit
9 6 (0.59%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.50%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) MSI
11 2 (0.20%) RStudio
11 2 (0.20%) Subversion
12 1 (0.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.099%) Maven
General
1 206 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 103 (10.20%) Finance
3 88 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 53 (5.25%) Banking
5 39 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (2.28%) Investment Banking
7 22 (2.18%) Legal
8 20 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 15 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.99%) Electronics
11 10 (0.99%) Local Government
11 10 (0.99%) Military
11 10 (0.99%) Police
11 10 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.89%) Retail
13 8 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 181 (17.92%) Architect
2 173 (17.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 95 (9.41%) VMware Engineer
4 93 (9.21%) Senior
5 74 (7.33%) Network Engineer
6 55 (5.45%) Consultant
7 49 (4.85%) Analyst
8 48 (4.75%) VMware Architect
9 43 (4.26%) Lead
10 36 (3.56%) VMware Consultant
11 35 (3.47%) Infrastructure Architect
12 34 (3.37%) Technical Architect
13 28 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (2.77%) Web Engineer
14 27 (2.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 24 (2.38%) Wintel Engineer
17 23 (2.28%) Administrator
17 23 (2.28%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.57%) LDAP
2 22 (2.18%) Middleware
3 20 (1.98%) Flash
4 15 (1.49%) Kafka
5 14 (1.39%) OpenTelemetry
6 13 (1.29%) Keycloak
7 12 (1.19%) SAML
8 11 (1.09%) REST
9 6 (0.59%) Spring
10 5 (0.50%) Hibernate
10 5 (0.50%) Software Packaging
11 4 (0.40%) OAuth
11 4 (0.40%) OpenID
12 2 (0.20%) 802.1X
12 2 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
12 2 (0.20%) Django
12 2 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.20%) JSON
12 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (10.40%) Data Centre
2 80 (7.92%) Replication
3 61 (6.04%) PKI
4 57 (5.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 54 (5.35%) Cloud Native
6 38 (3.76%) Clustering
6 38 (3.76%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.37%) Public Cloud
8 33 (3.27%) Private Cloud
9 30 (2.97%) Enterprise Storage
10 27 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.68%) Operational Technology
13 15 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.49%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.29%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.29%) SCADA
15 11 (1.09%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 379 (37.52%) Windows
2 261 (25.84%) Linux
3 232 (22.97%) Windows Server
4 61 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.77%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.48%) VMS
9 24 (2.38%) Windows 10
10 20 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.68%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.68%) Unix
12 16 (1.58%) CentOS
12 16 (1.58%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.58%) Solaris
13 15 (1.49%) Android
14 13 (1.29%) AIX
15 12 (1.19%) Mac OS
16 9 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (21.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 179 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (17.43%) Migration
4 127 (12.57%) Agile
5 122 (12.08%) ITIL
6 113 (11.19%) DevOps
6 113 (11.19%) High Availability
7 108 (10.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (9.60%) CI/CD
9 83 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 81 (8.02%) Load Balancing
11 73 (7.23%) Roadmaps
11 73 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 70 (6.93%) Capacity Planning
13 63 (6.24%) Containerisation
14 60 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (5.84%) Change Management
15 59 (5.84%) Platform Engineering
16 58 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
17 55 (5.45%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 186 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 136 (13.47%) Python
3 67 (6.63%) Bash
4 32 (3.17%) SQL
5 19 (1.88%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.39%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.09%) C
7 11 (1.09%) Java
8 9 (0.89%) COBOL
8 9 (0.89%) MATLAB
9 8 (0.79%) C++
10 7 (0.69%) Embedded C
10 7 (0.69%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.59%) Bicep
12 5 (0.50%) C#
13 4 (0.40%) PHP
14 3 (0.30%) Perl
15 2 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 449 (44.46%) Security Cleared
2 276 (27.33%) SC Cleared
3 185 (18.32%) DV Cleared
4 73 (7.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (4.26%) Degree
6 39 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.17%) VCAP
9 27 (2.67%) MCSE
10 25 (2.48%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.48%) CCNP
11 22 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.78%) MCSA
13 17 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
14 14 (1.39%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.19%) OCP
16 9 (0.89%) CCNA
17 7 (0.69%) RHCA
18 6 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.59%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.47%) SLA
2 31 (3.07%) NIST
3 22 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (2.08%) NCSC
5 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (0.89%) GDPR
6 5 (0.50%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.50%) QA
7 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.20%) ISA99
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.099%) COBIT
9 1 (0.099%) DICOM
9 1 (0.099%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 640 (63.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 229 (22.67%) Active Directory
3 201 (19.90%) VMware NSX
4 200 (19.80%) vSphere
5 160 (15.84%) VMware ESXi
6 130 (12.87%) Hyper-V
7 80 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
8 43 (4.26%) Docker
9 39 (3.86%) NFS
10 36 (3.56%) Firmware
11 27 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
12 22 (2.18%) KVM
13 14 (1.39%) GPFS
13 14 (1.39%) vCloud
14 10 (0.99%) BitLocker
14 10 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.50%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
16 4 (0.40%) SRDF
16 4 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (18.81%) Ansible
2 141 (13.96%) vCenter Server
3 108 (10.69%) Terraform
4 97 (9.60%) Kubernetes
5 79 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 71 (7.03%) vRealize
7 69 (6.83%) SCCM
8 37 (3.66%) Argo
9 31 (3.07%) Grafana
10 28 (2.77%) VxRail
11 27 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
12 25 (2.48%) SCOM
13 22 (2.18%) PowerCLI
14 19 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 19 (1.88%) Red Hat Satellite
14 19 (1.88%) vMotion
15 17 (1.68%) Progress Chef
16 16 (1.58%) NetBackup
16 16 (1.58%) Prometheus
17 15 (1.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 235 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 154 (15.25%) Cisco
3 87 (8.61%) Red Hat
4 86 (8.51%) Citrix
5 68 (6.73%) F5
6 59 (5.84%) NetApp
7 49 (4.85%) IBM
8 43 (4.26%) Dell
9 42 (4.16%) Pure Storage
9 42 (4.16%) ServiceNow
10 41 (4.06%) Oracle
11 37 (3.66%) Palo Alto
12 32 (3.17%) McAfee
12 32 (3.17%) Veeam
13 28 (2.77%) Blue Coat
14 26 (2.57%) Splunk
15 24 (2.38%) Broadcom
16 23 (2.28%) CheckPoint
16 23 (2.28%) SolarWinds
17 20 (1.98%) Commvault
258 VMware jobs in England