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 23 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
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 82 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 -21 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,020 761 1,204
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 3.05% 3.21%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 6.42% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 511 840
10th Percentile £350 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £463 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £645
UK median daily rate £520 £536 £505
% change year-on-year -2.89% +6.04% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 34
10th Percentile £19.93 £29.66 £22.33
25th Percentile £29.00 £31.68 £36.09
Median hourly rate £51.00 £47.07 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +8.34% +17.31% -26.46%
75th Percentile £70.38 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £77.10
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £47.07 £40.25
% change year-on-year +8.34% +16.95% -34.39%

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 17,589 11,849 15,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.59% 47.44% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,252 7,532 10,018
10th Percentile £313 £280 £273
25th Percentile £413 £404 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 535 1,070
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.23 £27.13 £24.14
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% +12.37% -35.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.63 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.86 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.05
% change year-on-year +33.29% +6.03% -43.18%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +4 292 £550 -1.79% 80
London -33 252 £550 +4.76% 47
North of England -16 183 £459 +2.00% 49
Midlands -23 112 £450 -17.09% 45
South West -34 102 £550 -8.33% 27
North West -4 99 £450 +1.41% 31
West Midlands -34 86 £450 -14.12% 21
Yorkshire -16 82 £485 +5.96% 13
East of England -17 67 £507 -7.82% 27
East Midlands -10 26 £450 -18.18% 24
North East -42 3 £638 +78.32% 7
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 41 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) CICS
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) Tomcat
4 8 (0.78%) nginx
5 6 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.20%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.098%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.098%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 258 (25.29%) Azure
2 167 (16.37%) AWS
3 74 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.39%) OpenShift
5 50 (4.90%) Entra ID
6 40 (3.92%) GCP
7 39 (3.82%) GitHub
7 39 (3.82%) IaaS
8 28 (2.75%) PaaS
9 25 (2.45%) Rubrik
10 19 (1.86%) Nutanix
11 16 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.57%) SaaS
12 12 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (0.98%) Datadog
14 9 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.78%) Azure Stack
15 8 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 221 (21.67%) DNS
2 177 (17.35%) Firewall
3 116 (11.37%) DHCP
4 90 (8.82%) SAN
5 82 (8.04%) VPN
5 82 (8.04%) VSAN
6 80 (7.84%) WAN
7 64 (6.27%) Network Security
8 63 (6.18%) LAN
9 54 (5.29%) TCP/IP
10 49 (4.80%) VLAN
11 48 (4.71%) NAS
11 48 (4.71%) SSL
12 38 (3.73%) BIG-IP
13 36 (3.53%) HTTP
14 35 (3.43%) Wireshark
15 33 (3.24%) Cisco Nexus
16 31 (3.04%) BGP
17 30 (2.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 30 (2.94%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.88%) DataStage
4 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.59%) Power BI
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Big Data
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.20%) Redis
11 1 (0.098%) GIS
11 1 (0.098%) Metadata
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 44 (4.31%) Jenkins
2 29 (2.84%) GitLab
2 29 (2.84%) JIRA
3 28 (2.75%) Git
4 23 (2.25%) Fiddler
5 7 (0.69%) Chocolatey
6 6 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.29%) MSI
9 2 (0.20%) PVCS
9 2 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.098%) GoCD
10 1 (0.098%) Maven
10 1 (0.098%) RStudio
10 1 (0.098%) Subversion
10 1 (0.098%) VersionOne
General
1 208 (20.39%) Social Skills
2 110 (10.78%) Finance
3 87 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
6 42 (4.12%) Banking
7 22 (2.16%) Legal
8 18 (1.76%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.08%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.08%) Police
12 10 (0.98%) Retail
13 9 (0.88%) Military
14 7 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.59%) Law
15 6 (0.59%) Local Government
16 5 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 206 (20.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (15.20%) Architect
3 103 (10.10%) Senior
4 89 (8.73%) VMware Engineer
5 83 (8.14%) Network Engineer
6 58 (5.69%) Consultant
7 42 (4.12%) VMware Architect
8 41 (4.02%) Support Engineer
9 40 (3.92%) Administrator
10 38 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 36 (3.53%) VMware Consultant
12 31 (3.04%) Lead
12 31 (3.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (2.84%) Storage Engineer
14 28 (2.75%) Analyst
14 28 (2.75%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 28 (2.75%) Technical Architect
15 27 (2.65%) Infrastructure Architect
16 26 (2.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 26 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.65%) LDAP
2 22 (2.16%) Middleware
3 19 (1.86%) Flash
4 15 (1.47%) REST
5 12 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (0.88%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.88%) SAML
7 7 (0.69%) Keycloak
8 5 (0.49%) .NET
8 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.49%) JSON
9 4 (0.39%) Redfish
9 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.20%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.20%) Blazor
11 2 (0.20%) Django
11 2 (0.20%) Java SE
11 2 (0.20%) OpenID
11 2 (0.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (14.02%) Data Centre
2 69 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (6.57%) Replication
4 64 (6.27%) PKI
5 46 (4.51%) Enterprise Storage
6 41 (4.02%) Management Information System
7 39 (3.82%) Cloud Native
8 36 (3.53%) Public Cloud
9 35 (3.43%) Clustering
10 30 (2.94%) Private Cloud
11 24 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.47%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.47%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (1.08%) BYOD
15 11 (1.08%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 416 (40.78%) Windows
2 265 (25.98%) Linux
3 260 (25.49%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.45%) Unix
8 21 (2.06%) VMS
9 20 (1.96%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.86%) CentOS
10 19 (1.86%) Windows 10
11 18 (1.76%) Apple iOS
12 17 (1.67%) Data ONTAP
12 17 (1.67%) Solaris
13 16 (1.57%) AIX
14 15 (1.47%) Android
15 13 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
16 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
16 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (25.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 187 (18.33%) Migration
3 170 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (12.16%) High Availability
5 123 (12.06%) ITIL
6 104 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 97 (9.51%) DevOps
8 92 (9.02%) CI/CD
8 92 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (8.63%) Agile
10 75 (7.35%) Load Balancing
11 71 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 70 (6.86%) Change Management
13 69 (6.76%) Capacity Planning
14 64 (6.27%) ITSM
14 64 (6.27%) Validation
15 62 (6.08%) Performance Tuning
16 61 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
17 60 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (5.59%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 183 (17.94%) PowerShell
2 121 (11.86%) Python
3 57 (5.59%) Bash
4 46 (4.51%) SQL
5 22 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.37%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.08%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 7 (0.69%) Java
9 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.59%) Bicep
11 5 (0.49%) C
11 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.39%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) C++
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.20%) VBScript
14 1 (0.098%) Korn
Qualifications
1 461 (45.20%) Security Cleared
2 282 (27.65%) SC Cleared
3 200 (19.61%) DV Cleared
4 80 (7.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 46 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
5 46 (4.51%) Degree
6 39 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (3.04%) CCNP
7 31 (3.04%) VCAP
8 27 (2.65%) MCSE
9 23 (2.25%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.67%) MCSA
11 15 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.47%) CCNA
11 15 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
12 12 (1.18%) OCP
13 8 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.78%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 8 (0.78%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.31%) SLA
2 37 (3.63%) NIST
3 22 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.16%) NCSC
4 10 (0.98%) QA
5 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.20%) ISA99
7 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.098%) DICOM
8 1 (0.098%) GDPR
8 1 (0.098%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.098%) HL7
8 1 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 658 (64.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 240 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 220 (21.57%) VMware NSX
4 210 (20.59%) vSphere
5 202 (19.80%) VMware ESXi
6 142 (13.92%) Hyper-V
7 94 (9.22%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (3.73%) Docker
8 38 (3.73%) Firmware
9 37 (3.63%) NFS
10 32 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (2.55%) KVM
12 23 (2.25%) vCloud
13 14 (1.37%) GPFS
14 13 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
15 11 (1.08%) BitLocker
16 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
17 6 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.59%) SRDF
18 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 179 (17.55%) Ansible
2 164 (16.08%) vCenter Server
3 102 (10.00%) Terraform
4 89 (8.73%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.67%) vRealize
6 64 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 51 (5.00%) SCCM
8 39 (3.82%) SCOM
9 28 (2.75%) Argo
10 27 (2.65%) PowerCLI
10 27 (2.65%) vMotion
11 26 (2.55%) VxRail
12 25 (2.45%) Grafana
13 22 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
14 20 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
15 19 (1.86%) NetBackup
16 16 (1.57%) WSUS
17 15 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 15 (1.47%) Podman
17 15 (1.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 240 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 179 (17.55%) Cisco
3 100 (9.80%) Citrix
4 76 (7.45%) Red Hat
5 69 (6.76%) NetApp
6 54 (5.29%) F5
7 51 (5.00%) Dell
8 44 (4.31%) ServiceNow
9 42 (4.12%) IBM
9 42 (4.12%) Palo Alto
9 42 (4.12%) Pure Storage
10 39 (3.82%) Oracle
11 32 (3.14%) Juniper
12 30 (2.94%) Veeam
13 27 (2.65%) CheckPoint
13 27 (2.65%) SolarWinds
14 26 (2.55%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.55%) McAfee
15 24 (2.35%) Blue Coat
16 23 (2.25%) Broadcom