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 22 September 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
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 103 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 -40 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,151 712 1,123
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 2.60% 3.46%
As % of the Vendors category 5.99% 5.47% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 465 735
10th Percentile £325 £328 £325
25th Percentile £450 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 11 16
10th Percentile £27.00 £29.00 £23.10
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.38 £34.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% -38.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £89.81 £46.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £96.29
UK median hourly rate £67.49 £34.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +98.49% -32.00% -24.22%

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 19,216 13,019 14,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.51% 47.48% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,908 8,258 8,772
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £630
90th Percentile £713 £712 £733
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,144 615 575
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.75 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.85 £17.88 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% -20.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £70.75
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £31.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -18.87% -30.34%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -9 309 £538 -2.27% 182
London -8 306 £550 +5.77% 209
North of England +1 199 £480 +8.54% 116
Midlands -17 124 £450 -19.10% 100
South West -16 111 £588 +2.17% 77
North West -6 100 £472 +7.89% 63
West Midlands -20 96 £474 -17.21% 65
East of England +4 95 £510 -7.27% 83
Yorkshire -18 81 £525 +17.45% 38
East Midlands -6 28 £425 -13.27% 35
North East -16 20 £400 - 15
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 59 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.26%) Confluence
4 16 (1.39%) IIS
5 13 (1.13%) CMS
5 13 (1.13%) nginx
6 10 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.78%) Apache
8 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.61%) JBoss
9 7 (0.61%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
11 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.087%) CICS
Applications
1 17 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.17%) Houdini
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.17%) NUKE
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.087%) Shopify
2 1 (0.087%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 325 (28.24%) Azure
2 182 (15.81%) AWS
3 110 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (7.47%) Entra ID
5 48 (4.17%) GCP
6 43 (3.74%) OpenShift
7 38 (3.30%) GitHub
8 36 (3.13%) IaaS
9 27 (2.35%) Rubrik
10 26 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (1.74%) PaaS
13 18 (1.56%) OneDrive
14 17 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (1.48%) SaaS
15 13 (1.13%) Datadog
15 13 (1.13%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.13%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 315 (27.37%) DNS
2 213 (18.51%) Firewall
3 195 (16.94%) DHCP
4 110 (9.56%) TCP/IP
5 90 (7.82%) VSAN
6 85 (7.38%) VPN
7 84 (7.30%) WAN
8 83 (7.21%) VLAN
9 80 (6.95%) SAN
10 71 (6.17%) LAN
10 71 (6.17%) Network Security
11 47 (4.08%) SSL
12 42 (3.65%) NAS
13 39 (3.39%) BGP
13 39 (3.39%) HTTP
14 37 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 35 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
16 33 (2.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 31 (2.69%) SD-WAN
18 29 (2.52%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.13%) Power BI
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.78%) Big Data
5 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.17%) GIS
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.087%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 46 (4.00%) JIRA
2 42 (3.65%) GitLab
3 31 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.52%) Git
5 12 (1.04%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.43%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.17%) Subversion
11 1 (0.087%) MSI
11 1 (0.087%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.087%) Postman
11 1 (0.087%) Robot Framework
General
1 243 (21.11%) Social Skills
2 129 (11.21%) Finance
3 121 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
5 39 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.04%) Banking
7 31 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.09%) Legal
9 13 (1.13%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.04%) Investment Banking
11 11 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 11 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (0.87%) Retail
13 9 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.78%) Law
13 9 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.70%) Military
15 7 (0.61%) Back Office
16 6 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 253 (21.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 162 (14.07%) Senior
3 116 (10.08%) Architect
4 114 (9.90%) VMware Engineer
5 82 (7.12%) Network Engineer
6 75 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
7 66 (5.73%) Lead
8 65 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 65 (5.65%) Support Engineer
9 57 (4.95%) Consultant
10 48 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
11 46 (4.00%) Administrator
12 39 (3.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 38 (3.30%) Storage Engineer
14 37 (3.21%) VMware Consultant
15 34 (2.95%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 32 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (2.69%) Linux Engineer
18 28 (2.43%) Azure Engineer
19 26 (2.26%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (13.38%) Terraform
2 25 (2.17%) REST
3 21 (1.82%) Kafka
4 20 (1.74%) JSON
5 18 (1.56%) LDAP
6 14 (1.22%) YAML
7 12 (1.04%) XMPP
8 11 (0.96%) 802.1X
9 10 (0.87%) Middleware
10 8 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.61%) Regular Expression
12 6 (0.52%) ARM Templates
12 6 (0.52%) Flash
13 5 (0.43%) .NET
14 4 (0.35%) Pulumi
14 4 (0.35%) Redfish
14 4 (0.35%) SAML
15 3 (0.26%) Java SE
15 3 (0.26%) Keycloak
15 3 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (14.94%) Data Centre
2 88 (7.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 82 (7.12%) PKI
4 53 (4.60%) Private Cloud
5 52 (4.52%) Enterprise Storage
6 49 (4.26%) Management Information System
7 47 (4.08%) Onboarding
7 47 (4.08%) Replication
8 46 (4.00%) Clustering
9 35 (3.04%) Public Cloud
10 30 (2.61%) Cloud Native
11 20 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.48%) Operational Technology
13 16 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.30%) SCADA
15 14 (1.22%) Product Ownership
16 12 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 588 (51.09%) Windows
2 386 (33.54%) Windows Server
3 305 (26.50%) Linux
4 66 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (3.30%) Windows 10
7 28 (2.43%) VMS
8 22 (1.91%) Unix
8 22 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (1.65%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (1.13%) Data ONTAP
13 12 (1.04%) CentOS
14 11 (0.96%) AIX
15 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
15 10 (0.87%) Solaris
15 10 (0.87%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.52%) Debian
16 6 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (29.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 206 (17.90%) ITIL
3 203 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (17.20%) Migration
5 170 (14.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 164 (14.25%) Technical Leadership
7 143 (12.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 137 (11.90%) CI/CD
9 118 (10.25%) Change Management
10 109 (9.47%) High Availability
11 108 (9.38%) ITSM
12 107 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (8.95%) DevOps
14 101 (8.77%) Service Management
15 99 (8.60%) Platform Engineering
16 98 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
17 97 (8.43%) Agile
18 90 (7.82%) Root Cause Analysis
19 89 (7.73%) Project Delivery
20 83 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 259 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 145 (12.60%) Python
3 95 (8.25%) Bash
4 69 (5.99%) SQL
5 21 (1.82%) Java
6 17 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.96%) Bicep
7 11 (0.96%) C
8 10 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.61%) VB
10 6 (0.52%) Go
10 6 (0.52%) VBScript
11 5 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.35%) C#
12 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.26%) Korn
13 3 (0.26%) Lua
14 1 (0.087%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 564 (49.00%) Security Cleared
2 320 (27.80%) SC Cleared
3 272 (23.63%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 72 (6.26%) Degree
6 61 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.56%) VCAP
9 37 (3.21%) Azure Certification
10 34 (2.95%) CCNP
11 26 (2.26%) MCSE
12 24 (2.09%) CCNA
13 21 (1.82%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.39%) MCSA
15 14 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (0.96%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.87%) PMP
18 9 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
19 8 (0.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.30%) SLA
2 21 (1.82%) NIST
3 20 (1.74%) QA
4 18 (1.56%) NCSC
5 16 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) GxP
9 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.26%) GRC
9 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 3 (0.26%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.17%) GDPR
10 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.087%) HL7
System Software
1 801 (69.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 357 (31.02%) Active Directory
3 245 (21.29%) VMware ESXi
4 242 (21.03%) vSphere
5 211 (18.33%) VMware NSX
6 191 (16.59%) Hyper-V
7 98 (8.51%) Virtual Machines
8 64 (5.56%) Docker
9 40 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 37 (3.21%) Firmware
11 26 (2.26%) vCloud
12 23 (2.00%) NFS
13 16 (1.39%) KVM
13 16 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
14 12 (1.04%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 11 (0.96%) BitLocker
16 9 (0.78%) XenApp
17 8 (0.70%) XenDesktop
18 7 (0.61%) oVirt
19 6 (0.52%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 189 (16.42%) Ansible
2 182 (15.81%) vCenter Server
3 146 (12.68%) Kubernetes
4 78 (6.78%) SCOM
5 70 (6.08%) SCCM
6 57 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 46 (4.00%) vRealize
8 40 (3.48%) VxRail
9 26 (2.26%) Prometheus
10 24 (2.09%) PowerCLI
11 23 (2.00%) Grafana
12 22 (1.91%) Puppet
13 20 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
13 20 (1.74%) vMotion
14 17 (1.48%) Avamar
14 17 (1.48%) WSUS
15 16 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
15 16 (1.39%) Nagios
15 16 (1.39%) NetBackup
15 16 (1.39%) Podman
Vendors
1 314 (27.28%) Microsoft
2 193 (16.77%) Cisco
3 92 (7.99%) Citrix
4 78 (6.78%) NetApp
5 72 (6.26%) Red Hat
6 65 (5.65%) Dell
7 59 (5.13%) ServiceNow
8 50 (4.34%) F5
8 50 (4.34%) SolarWinds
9 43 (3.74%) Oracle
10 38 (3.30%) Veeam
11 37 (3.21%) Palo Alto
12 34 (2.95%) Juniper
13 33 (2.87%) Fortinet
14 28 (2.43%) IBM
15 27 (2.35%) CyberArk
16 24 (2.09%) Broadcom
17 20 (1.74%) Meraki
18 19 (1.65%) McAfee
18 19 (1.65%) Remedy