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 16 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 104 65
Rank change year-on-year -8 -39 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,109 720 1,097
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 2.55% 3.42%
As % of the Vendors category 5.69% 5.33% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 720 479 697
10th Percentile £325 £346 £321
25th Percentile £435 £445 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +0.48% +4.50%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £733 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 11 14
10th Percentile £26.00 £29.00 £22.82
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.00 £34.00 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -4.45% -46.07%
75th Percentile £90.00 £46.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £102.58
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £34.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +98.44% -5.99% -45.19%

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 19,506 13,501 14,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.66% 47.86% 44.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,919 8,589 8,579
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £626
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,306 656 497
10th Percentile £13.77 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.20 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.28 £25.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -28.46% -21.35%
75th Percentile £59.59 £41.71 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.82 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £24.62 £32.75
% change year-on-year -1.75% -24.82% -25.40%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -15 302 £550 +5.77% 43
South East -12 296 £538 +2.38% 55
North of England -9 194 £475 +11.65% 38
Midlands -21 118 £450 -21.36% 24
South West -12 110 £600 +8.11% 28
North West -16 94 £449 +4.12% 25
West Midlands -23 91 £475 -17.82% 16
East of England +5 83 £550 - 10
Yorkshire -10 83 £525 +23.53% 10
East Midlands +5 27 £438 -9.33% 8
North East -21 18 £375 - 5
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 53 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.52%) Confluence
4 14 (1.26%) CMS
4 14 (1.26%) IIS
5 10 (0.90%) Apache
5 10 (0.90%) nginx
5 10 (0.90%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.72%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.63%) JBoss
8 5 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
9 4 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
11 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
Business Applications
1 18 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.090%) Shopify
2 1 (0.090%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 321 (28.94%) Azure
2 164 (14.79%) AWS
3 112 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (8.03%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.42%) OpenShift
6 47 (4.24%) GCP
7 36 (3.25%) GitHub
8 33 (2.98%) Rubrik
9 31 (2.80%) IaaS
10 25 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.71%) OneDrive
13 16 (1.44%) SaaS
14 15 (1.35%) PaaS
15 14 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.26%) Nutanix
16 13 (1.17%) Power Platform
17 12 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 11 (0.99%) Datadog
19 10 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 308 (27.77%) DNS
2 212 (19.12%) Firewall
3 188 (16.95%) DHCP
4 115 (10.37%) TCP/IP
5 83 (7.48%) SAN
6 81 (7.30%) VLAN
6 81 (7.30%) VPN
7 79 (7.12%) VSAN
8 77 (6.94%) WAN
9 71 (6.40%) LAN
10 68 (6.13%) Network Security
11 45 (4.06%) SSL
12 41 (3.70%) BGP
13 39 (3.52%) NAS
14 37 (3.34%) HTTP
14 37 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
15 35 (3.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 31 (2.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 29 (2.61%) SD-WAN
18 27 (2.43%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.86%) 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
7 7 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.54%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
11 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.27%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.18%) GIS
12 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
13 1 (0.090%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 50 (4.51%) JIRA
2 39 (3.52%) GitLab
3 29 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.43%) Git
5 11 (0.99%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.36%) Chocolatey
8 4 (0.36%) CppUnit
8 4 (0.36%) PVCS
8 4 (0.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.18%) MSI
9 2 (0.18%) Subversion
10 1 (0.090%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.090%) Postman
10 1 (0.090%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.090%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 237 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 144 (12.98%) Finance
3 118 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
5 35 (3.16%) Banking
5 35 (3.16%) Public Sector
6 31 (2.80%) Telecoms
7 25 (2.25%) Legal
8 16 (1.44%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 11 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 11 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (0.90%) Law
12 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (0.81%) Retail
13 8 (0.72%) Back Office
13 8 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 244 (22.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 151 (13.62%) Senior
3 109 (9.83%) Architect
4 99 (8.93%) VMware Engineer
5 76 (6.85%) Network Engineer
6 71 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
7 67 (6.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 66 (5.95%) Support Engineer
9 63 (5.68%) Lead
10 48 (4.33%) Consultant
10 48 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
11 42 (3.79%) Administrator
12 40 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 38 (3.43%) Storage Engineer
14 29 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (2.52%) VMware Consultant
16 27 (2.43%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 27 (2.43%) Server Engineer
16 27 (2.43%) Wintel Engineer
17 26 (2.34%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (13.98%) Terraform
2 29 (2.61%) REST
3 20 (1.80%) JSON
3 20 (1.80%) Kafka
4 15 (1.35%) LDAP
4 15 (1.35%) YAML
5 13 (1.17%) XMPP
6 11 (0.99%) 802.1X
7 7 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.63%) Middleware
7 7 (0.63%) Regular Expression
8 6 (0.54%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.45%) .NET
9 5 (0.45%) Flash
10 4 (0.36%) Pulumi
10 4 (0.36%) Redfish
11 3 (0.27%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.27%) Keycloak
11 3 (0.27%) OAuth
11 3 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (15.87%) Data Centre
2 85 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 79 (7.12%) PKI
4 51 (4.60%) Enterprise Storage
5 46 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 46 (4.15%) Replication
6 45 (4.06%) Private Cloud
7 42 (3.79%) Onboarding
8 40 (3.61%) Clustering
9 34 (3.07%) Cloud Native
10 31 (2.80%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
12 18 (1.62%) Operational Technology
13 17 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.35%) SCADA
16 13 (1.17%) Product Ownership
17 12 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 569 (51.31%) Windows
2 376 (33.90%) Windows Server
3 281 (25.34%) Linux
4 62 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (3.16%) Windows 10
7 24 (2.16%) Unix
8 23 (2.07%) VMS
9 22 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.53%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.99%) AIX
12 11 (0.99%) CentOS
12 11 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
15 7 (0.63%) macOS
15 7 (0.63%) Solaris
16 5 (0.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (30.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 208 (18.76%) ITIL
3 198 (17.85%) Migration
4 193 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (15.60%) Infrastructure as Code
6 160 (14.43%) Technical Leadership
7 147 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 136 (12.26%) CI/CD
9 123 (11.09%) Change Management
10 110 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 108 (9.74%) ITSM
12 102 (9.20%) Project Delivery
12 102 (9.20%) Service Management
13 101 (9.11%) High Availability
14 99 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 98 (8.84%) Platform Engineering
16 97 (8.75%) DevOps
17 96 (8.66%) Root Cause Analysis
18 94 (8.48%) Agile
19 90 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 254 (22.90%) PowerShell
2 138 (12.44%) Python
3 87 (7.84%) Bash
4 66 (5.95%) SQL
5 20 (1.80%) Java
6 14 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.08%) Bicep
8 11 (0.99%) C
9 7 (0.63%) Go
9 7 (0.63%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.63%) VB
10 6 (0.54%) VBScript
11 5 (0.45%) C#
11 5 (0.45%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.27%) Korn
12 3 (0.27%) Lua
13 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.090%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.090%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 541 (48.78%) Security Cleared
2 308 (27.77%) SC Cleared
3 252 (22.72%) DV Cleared
4 71 (6.40%) Degree
5 68 (6.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 56 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (3.70%) VCAP
8 36 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.98%) Azure Certification
10 32 (2.89%) CCNP
11 26 (2.34%) CCNA
12 22 (1.98%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.98%) MCSE
13 16 (1.44%) MCSA
14 15 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (0.99%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.90%) CISSP
17 10 (0.90%) PMP
18 9 (0.81%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.71%) SLA
2 23 (2.07%) QA
3 18 (1.62%) NIST
4 16 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.26%) NCSC
6 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.45%) GxP
7 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.36%) GDPR
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.27%) GRC
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 3 (0.27%) NIST 800
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%) HL7
System Software
1 795 (71.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 358 (32.28%) Active Directory
3 237 (21.37%) vSphere
4 227 (20.47%) VMware ESXi
5 183 (16.50%) Hyper-V
6 181 (16.32%) VMware NSX
7 85 (7.66%) Virtual Machines
8 58 (5.23%) Docker
9 41 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 35 (3.16%) Firmware
11 24 (2.16%) vCloud
12 23 (2.07%) NFS
13 20 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (1.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 14 (1.26%) KVM
16 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 9 (0.81%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.81%) XenApp
18 8 (0.72%) XenDesktop
19 7 (0.63%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 173 (15.60%) Ansible
2 164 (14.79%) vCenter Server
3 161 (14.52%) Kubernetes
4 76 (6.85%) SCOM
5 70 (6.31%) SCCM
6 63 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (3.25%) VxRail
8 34 (3.07%) vRealize
9 25 (2.25%) Prometheus
10 21 (1.89%) Grafana
10 21 (1.89%) Puppet
11 20 (1.80%) PowerCLI
12 19 (1.71%) Nagios
13 18 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
14 17 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
14 17 (1.53%) vMotion
15 16 (1.44%) Avamar
16 14 (1.26%) NetBackup
17 13 (1.17%) Dell DRAC
17 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 321 (28.94%) Microsoft
2 189 (17.04%) Cisco
3 85 (7.66%) Citrix
4 78 (7.03%) NetApp
5 71 (6.40%) Red Hat
6 66 (5.95%) Dell
7 57 (5.14%) ServiceNow
8 52 (4.69%) SolarWinds
9 46 (4.15%) F5
10 44 (3.97%) Oracle
11 41 (3.70%) Veeam
12 35 (3.16%) Palo Alto
13 33 (2.98%) Fortinet
14 30 (2.71%) Juniper
15 28 (2.52%) CyberArk
16 22 (1.98%) Broadcom
16 22 (1.98%) IBM
17 21 (1.89%) Remedy
18 20 (1.80%) Commvault
18 20 (1.80%) Meraki