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 12 June 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
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 84 61
Rank change year-on-year -17 -23 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,026 747 1,194
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.41% 3.05% 3.19%
As % of the Vendors category 5.92% 6.42% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 721 503 830
10th Percentile £358 £350 £300
25th Percentile £454 £460 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £575
90th Percentile £675 £674 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £531 £502
% change year-on-year -1.18% +5.76% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 5 34
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.33 £22.75
25th Percentile £46.00 £31.32 £38.22
Median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £42.05
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +36.76% -29.07%
75th Percentile £70.75 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £45.01
% change year-on-year -11.30% +27.75% -27.98%

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 17,318 11,635 15,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.61% 47.46% 41.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,118 7,380 9,989
10th Percentile £313 £276 £270
25th Percentile £413 £404 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.04% -2.24%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £515
% change year-on-year -0.50% -2.43% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 927 512 1,043
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.99 £27.17 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.11% +14.15% -37.37%
75th Percentile £60.75 £54.06 £59.50
90th Percentile £79.72 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.32 £23.50
% change year-on-year +23.48% +12.00% -44.71%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +6 305 £550 -0.18% 103
London -18 252 £550 +4.76% 49
North of England -16 180 £459 +6.43% 62
Midlands -33 108 £450 -15.97% 50
North West +5 104 £459 +8.00% 38
South West -33 98 £550 -8.33% 37
West Midlands -35 84 £438 -16.51% 26
Yorkshire -22 75 £454 -1.95% 15
East of England -11 69 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -17 24 £450 -18.18% 24
North East -43 2 £656 +83.57% 10
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 39 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) CICS
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) nginx
3 9 (0.88%) Tomcat
4 7 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.39%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.097%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.097%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 265 (25.83%) Azure
2 170 (16.57%) AWS
3 72 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (5.65%) OpenShift
5 49 (4.78%) Entra ID
6 44 (4.29%) IaaS
7 43 (4.19%) GitHub
8 40 (3.90%) GCP
9 33 (3.22%) PaaS
10 22 (2.14%) Nutanix
10 22 (2.14%) Rubrik
11 16 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.46%) SaaS
13 13 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.97%) Datadog
15 8 (0.78%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.68%) Cohesity
16 7 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 221 (21.54%) DNS
2 174 (16.96%) Firewall
3 119 (11.60%) DHCP
4 90 (8.77%) SAN
5 81 (7.89%) VPN
5 81 (7.89%) VSAN
6 71 (6.92%) WAN
7 63 (6.14%) Network Security
8 55 (5.36%) LAN
9 54 (5.26%) TCP/IP
10 49 (4.78%) NAS
10 49 (4.78%) SSL
11 44 (4.29%) VLAN
12 39 (3.80%) BIG-IP
13 38 (3.70%) HTTP
14 36 (3.51%) Wireshark
15 30 (2.92%) BGP
16 29 (2.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
17 26 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.88%) DataStage
5 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 6 (0.58%) Redis
8 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 1 (0.097%) GIS
11 1 (0.097%) Metadata
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (4.19%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.31%) GitLab
3 30 (2.92%) Git
4 28 (2.73%) JIRA
5 25 (2.44%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 3 (0.29%) PVCS
10 3 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.097%) GoCD
11 1 (0.097%) Maven
11 1 (0.097%) RStudio
11 1 (0.097%) Subversion
11 1 (0.097%) VersionOne
General
1 199 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 107 (10.43%) Finance
3 85 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.95%) Public Sector
5 43 (4.19%) Banking
5 43 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (2.14%) Legal
7 19 (1.85%) Investment Banking
8 15 (1.46%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.07%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.07%) Police
9 11 (1.07%) Telecoms
10 10 (0.97%) Retail
11 9 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.88%) Military
12 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.58%) Law
13 6 (0.58%) Local Government
14 5 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 202 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 163 (15.89%) Architect
3 104 (10.14%) Senior
4 97 (9.45%) VMware Engineer
5 81 (7.89%) Network Engineer
6 55 (5.36%) Consultant
7 45 (4.39%) VMware Architect
8 38 (3.70%) Administrator
9 36 (3.51%) Support Engineer
10 34 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (3.22%) VMware Consultant
12 32 (3.12%) Infrastructure Architect
13 31 (3.02%) Lead
14 30 (2.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 30 (2.92%) Storage Engineer
14 30 (2.92%) Technical Architect
15 29 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 29 (2.83%) Analyst
15 29 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
16 28 (2.73%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.63%) LDAP
2 23 (2.24%) Middleware
3 19 (1.85%) Flash
4 15 (1.46%) REST
5 12 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.07%) Keycloak
7 9 (0.88%) SAML
8 7 (0.68%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.58%) Kafka
10 5 (0.49%) .NET
10 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.49%) JSON
11 4 (0.39%) Redfish
11 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
12 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
13 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
13 2 (0.19%) Blazor
13 2 (0.19%) Java SE
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
13 2 (0.19%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 136 (13.26%) Data Centre
2 73 (7.12%) Replication
3 67 (6.53%) PKI
4 66 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (4.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 40 (3.90%) Cloud Native
7 39 (3.80%) Clustering
7 39 (3.80%) Management Information System
8 38 (3.70%) Public Cloud
9 32 (3.12%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.46%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.17%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 418 (40.74%) Windows
2 263 (25.63%) Linux
3 262 (25.54%) Windows Server
4 59 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.44%) Unix
8 21 (2.05%) Ubuntu
8 21 (2.05%) VMS
9 19 (1.85%) CentOS
10 18 (1.75%) Windows 10
11 17 (1.66%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.66%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.66%) Solaris
12 15 (1.46%) AIX
12 15 (1.46%) Android
12 15 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
14 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (24.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 180 (17.54%) Migration
3 170 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (11.99%) High Availability
5 121 (11.79%) ITIL
6 109 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 106 (10.33%) DevOps
8 98 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 96 (9.36%) CI/CD
10 92 (8.97%) Agile
11 80 (7.80%) Load Balancing
12 75 (7.31%) Capacity Planning
13 73 (7.12%) Change Management
14 65 (6.34%) ITSM
14 65 (6.34%) Stakeholder Management
15 59 (5.75%) Network Virtualisation
15 59 (5.75%) Performance Tuning
16 58 (5.65%) Roadmaps
17 57 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 185 (18.03%) PowerShell
2 125 (12.18%) Python
3 61 (5.95%) Bash
4 44 (4.29%) SQL
5 21 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.07%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 8 (0.78%) Java
10 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.58%) Bicep
11 6 (0.58%) C
12 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.39%) C#
13 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 3 (0.29%) C++
14 3 (0.29%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.29%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.19%) VBScript
16 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 469 (45.71%) Security Cleared
2 288 (28.07%) SC Cleared
3 199 (19.40%) DV Cleared
4 80 (7.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (4.09%) Degree
5 42 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (3.31%) VCAP
7 31 (3.02%) MCSE
8 26 (2.53%) CCNP
9 22 (2.14%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.95%) MCSA
11 15 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.36%) CCNA
13 12 (1.17%) OCP
14 8 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 8 (0.78%) RHCA
15 7 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.58%) SLA
2 38 (3.70%) NIST
3 24 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (2.14%) NCSC
5 21 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.97%) QA
7 5 (0.49%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) ISA99
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.097%) COBIT
10 1 (0.097%) DICOM
10 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.097%) HL7
10 1 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 656 (63.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 239 (23.29%) Active Directory
3 218 (21.25%) VMware NSX
4 215 (20.96%) vSphere
5 199 (19.40%) VMware ESXi
6 143 (13.94%) Hyper-V
7 98 (9.55%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (3.70%) Docker
8 38 (3.70%) Firmware
8 38 (3.70%) NFS
9 30 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (2.34%) KVM
11 22 (2.14%) vCloud
12 14 (1.36%) GPFS
13 13 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
14 11 (1.07%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.58%) SRDF
17 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 186 (18.13%) Ansible
2 165 (16.08%) vCenter Server
3 107 (10.43%) Terraform
4 96 (9.36%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.63%) vRealize
6 64 (6.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 52 (5.07%) SCCM
8 38 (3.70%) SCOM
9 32 (3.12%) Argo
10 29 (2.83%) Grafana
11 27 (2.63%) PowerCLI
11 27 (2.63%) vMotion
12 25 (2.44%) VxRail
13 20 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.75%) NetBackup
16 17 (1.66%) WSUS
17 16 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 16 (1.56%) Prometheus
18 15 (1.46%) Podman
Vendors
1 241 (23.49%) Microsoft
2 172 (16.76%) Cisco
3 97 (9.45%) Citrix
4 79 (7.70%) Red Hat
5 69 (6.73%) NetApp
6 56 (5.46%) F5
7 51 (4.97%) Dell
8 46 (4.48%) ServiceNow
9 42 (4.09%) IBM
9 42 (4.09%) Pure Storage
10 40 (3.90%) Palo Alto
11 37 (3.61%) Oracle
12 30 (2.92%) Veeam
13 29 (2.83%) Juniper
14 28 (2.73%) McAfee
15 27 (2.63%) CheckPoint
16 26 (2.53%) Blue Coat
16 26 (2.53%) Fortinet
17 24 (2.34%) Splunk
18 23 (2.24%) SolarWinds