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 2 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 108 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 -43 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,128 717 1,100
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 2.56% 3.39%
As % of the Vendors category 5.84% 5.37% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 469 708
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £440 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £516
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.54% +3.25%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £661
UK median daily rate £525 £547 £515
% change year-on-year -4.09% +6.29% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 11 15
10th Percentile £26.20 £29.00 £22.96
25th Percentile £50.31 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.38 £34.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% -24.44% -31.80%
75th Percentile £90.00 £46.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £99.44
UK median hourly rate £67.49 £34.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +98.49% -15.53% -39.00%

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 19,324 13,356 14,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.52% 47.72% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,874 8,498 8,684
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £703 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,218 643 545
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.98 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £62.38 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.28 £25.15 £31.25
% change year-on-year +0.53% -19.52% -26.90%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -12 302 £550 +5.77% 281
South East -10 301 £538 -1.38% 191
North of England -6 197 £479 +12.71% 122
Midlands -25 123 £450 -20.18% 86
South West -16 108 £600 +4.35% 81
North West -14 96 £450 +4.35% 66
West Midlands -16 96 £474 -17.82% 54
East of England +12 90 £549 -0.13% 67
Yorkshire -7 83 £528 +24.12% 41
East Midlands -6 27 £425 -13.44% 32
North East -23 20 £400 - 17
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 57 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.48%) Confluence
4 16 (1.42%) IIS
5 14 (1.24%) CMS
6 11 (0.98%) nginx
7 10 (0.89%) OpenStack
8 9 (0.80%) Apache
9 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
10 7 (0.62%) JBoss
11 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
13 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.089%) CICS
14 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.18%) Houdini
2 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.18%) NUKE
3 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
2 1 (0.089%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 324 (28.72%) Azure
2 175 (15.51%) AWS
3 114 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (8.07%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.34%) GCP
6 46 (4.08%) OpenShift
7 38 (3.37%) GitHub
8 31 (2.75%) IaaS
9 29 (2.57%) Rubrik
10 26 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.68%) OneDrive
13 16 (1.42%) PaaS
13 16 (1.42%) SaaS
14 14 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.15%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.15%) Power Platform
16 12 (1.06%) Datadog
16 12 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 317 (28.10%) DNS
2 213 (18.88%) Firewall
3 196 (17.38%) DHCP
4 112 (9.93%) TCP/IP
5 84 (7.45%) VSAN
6 83 (7.36%) VPN
7 82 (7.27%) WAN
8 80 (7.09%) SAN
9 76 (6.74%) VLAN
10 73 (6.47%) LAN
11 69 (6.12%) Network Security
12 47 (4.17%) SSL
13 42 (3.72%) BGP
14 41 (3.63%) NAS
15 38 (3.37%) HTTP
16 37 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
17 35 (3.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 31 (2.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 30 (2.66%) SD-WAN
20 28 (2.48%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.15%) Power BI
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.80%) Big Data
5 9 (0.80%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.089%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 47 (4.17%) JIRA
2 42 (3.72%) GitLab
3 29 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.48%) Git
5 11 (0.98%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.35%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.18%) MSI
10 2 (0.18%) Subversion
11 1 (0.089%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.089%) Postman
11 1 (0.089%) Robot Framework
General
1 243 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 132 (11.70%) Finance
3 116 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 34 (3.01%) Banking
7 32 (2.84%) Telecoms
8 23 (2.04%) Legal
9 12 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 11 (0.98%) Aerospace
10 11 (0.98%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.89%) Manufacturing
11 10 (0.89%) Retail
12 9 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.80%) Law
12 9 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.71%) Back Office
13 8 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.71%) Military
13 8 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 253 (22.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (13.74%) Senior
3 109 (9.66%) Architect
4 107 (9.49%) VMware Engineer
5 80 (7.09%) Network Engineer
6 74 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 67 (5.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 66 (5.85%) Lead
8 66 (5.85%) Support Engineer
9 53 (4.70%) Consultant
10 48 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
11 43 (3.81%) Administrator
12 40 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 40 (3.55%) Storage Engineer
13 32 (2.84%) VMware Consultant
14 31 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.57%) Linux Engineer
15 29 (2.57%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 28 (2.48%) Server Engineer
17 26 (2.30%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (13.92%) Terraform
2 27 (2.39%) REST
3 21 (1.86%) JSON
3 21 (1.86%) Kafka
4 16 (1.42%) LDAP
5 15 (1.33%) YAML
6 13 (1.15%) XMPP
7 12 (1.06%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.71%) Middleware
9 7 (0.62%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.53%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.53%) Flash
11 5 (0.44%) .NET
12 4 (0.35%) Pulumi
12 4 (0.35%) Redfish
12 4 (0.35%) SAML
13 3 (0.27%) Java SE
13 3 (0.27%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 181 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 88 (7.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 80 (7.09%) PKI
4 50 (4.43%) Enterprise Storage
4 50 (4.43%) Private Cloud
5 45 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 43 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.81%) Replication
7 42 (3.72%) Clustering
8 33 (2.93%) Public Cloud
9 30 (2.66%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
11 18 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.51%) Operational Technology
13 14 (1.24%) SCADA
13 14 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.15%) Product Ownership
15 11 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 585 (51.86%) Windows
2 384 (34.04%) Windows Server
3 294 (26.06%) Linux
4 61 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (3.19%) Windows 10
7 24 (2.13%) Unix
7 24 (2.13%) VMS
8 22 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.51%) Ubuntu
11 12 (1.06%) AIX
11 12 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (0.89%) Apple iOS
13 10 (0.89%) CentOS
13 10 (0.89%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.80%) Mac OS
14 9 (0.80%) Solaris
15 5 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (30.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 203 (18.00%) ITIL
3 202 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (17.73%) Migration
5 177 (15.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 164 (14.54%) Technical Leadership
7 144 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 133 (11.79%) CI/CD
9 121 (10.73%) Change Management
10 107 (9.49%) ITSM
11 104 (9.22%) High Availability
12 103 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 101 (8.95%) DevOps
14 100 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (8.78%) Platform Engineering
15 99 (8.78%) Project Delivery
15 99 (8.78%) Service Management
16 93 (8.24%) Agile
17 91 (8.07%) Root Cause Analysis
18 87 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 255 (22.61%) PowerShell
2 142 (12.59%) Python
3 92 (8.16%) Bash
4 65 (5.76%) SQL
5 20 (1.77%) Java
6 15 (1.33%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.06%) Bicep
8 11 (0.98%) C
9 8 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.62%) VB
11 6 (0.53%) Go
11 6 (0.53%) VBScript
12 5 (0.44%) C++
13 4 (0.35%) C#
14 3 (0.27%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.27%) Korn
14 3 (0.27%) Lua
15 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.089%) COBOL
16 1 (0.089%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 546 (48.40%) Security Cleared
2 310 (27.48%) SC Cleared
3 262 (23.23%) DV Cleared
4 77 (6.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 73 (6.47%) Degree
6 59 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.72%) VCAP
8 37 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (3.01%) Azure Certification
9 34 (3.01%) CCNP
10 25 (2.22%) CCNA
11 22 (1.95%) MCSE
12 21 (1.86%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.42%) MCSA
14 13 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (0.98%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.89%) PMP
17 9 (0.80%) CISSP
17 9 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.93%) SLA
2 21 (1.86%) QA
3 19 (1.68%) NIST
4 16 (1.42%) NCSC
5 15 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) GxP
8 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
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
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.089%) PMO
11 1 (0.089%) SOC 2
System Software
1 806 (71.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 367 (32.54%) Active Directory
3 240 (21.28%) vSphere
4 235 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
5 200 (17.73%) VMware NSX
6 193 (17.11%) Hyper-V
7 86 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
8 61 (5.41%) Docker
9 43 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 34 (3.01%) Firmware
11 24 (2.13%) vCloud
12 23 (2.04%) NFS
13 20 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (1.33%) KVM
15 14 (1.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 10 (0.89%) BitLocker
16 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 10 (0.89%) XenApp
17 9 (0.80%) XenDesktop
18 7 (0.62%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 179 (15.87%) Ansible
2 170 (15.07%) vCenter Server
3 147 (13.03%) Kubernetes
4 77 (6.83%) SCOM
5 72 (6.38%) SCCM
6 61 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 40 (3.55%) vRealize
8 37 (3.28%) VxRail
9 26 (2.30%) Prometheus
10 23 (2.04%) Grafana
11 21 (1.86%) Puppet
12 19 (1.68%) PowerCLI
13 18 (1.60%) Nagios
13 18 (1.60%) Red Hat Satellite
14 17 (1.51%) Avamar
14 17 (1.51%) Cisco CUCM
15 16 (1.42%) NetBackup
15 16 (1.42%) vMotion
16 14 (1.24%) WSUS
17 13 (1.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 325 (28.81%) Microsoft
2 197 (17.46%) Cisco
3 90 (7.98%) Citrix
4 79 (7.00%) NetApp
5 72 (6.38%) Red Hat
6 64 (5.67%) Dell
7 59 (5.23%) ServiceNow
8 53 (4.70%) SolarWinds
9 48 (4.26%) F5
10 42 (3.72%) Veeam
11 40 (3.55%) Oracle
12 38 (3.37%) Palo Alto
13 32 (2.84%) Fortinet
13 32 (2.84%) Juniper
14 27 (2.39%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.22%) IBM
16 23 (2.04%) Broadcom
17 22 (1.95%) Meraki
18 21 (1.86%) Remedy
19 19 (1.68%) Commvault