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 10 January 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
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 69 57
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware 845 890 1,357
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.70% 3.29% 3.74%
As % of the Vendors category 5.78% 7.15% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 570 918
10th Percentile £317 £309 £300
25th Percentile £432 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £618 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 61
10th Percentile £29.00 £35.00 £31.25
25th Percentile £33.00 £42.50 £49.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.20% +1.51%
75th Percentile £75.70 £83.32 £76.53
90th Percentile £96.75 £99.13 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £66.62
% change year-on-year +16.67% -9.94% +2.50%

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 14,617 12,440 15,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.69% 45.99% 43.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,563 7,513 10,339
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 683 352 622
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.20 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% -32.13% +53.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.81 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £44.50
% change year-on-year -13.13% -38.37% +63.30%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -3 241 £500 -9.09% 111
London -71 196 £550 +13.50% 53
North of England -24 136 £458 -6.05% 63
Midlands +16 132 £465 +1.09% 38
West Midlands +18 110 £513 +10.22% 26
North West -20 93 £469 -6.16% 29
South West -42 75 £550 - 52
East of England +5 57 £500 +2.56% 12
Yorkshire -13 55 £400 -3.03% 26
East Midlands -7 22 £450 +34.33% 11
North East -10 4 £550 +69.23% 12
South Coast - 1 £575 -
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 48 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.49%) Confluence
4 13 (1.54%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.83%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.71%) IIS
7 5 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.36%) Apache
8 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.24%) CICS
9 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) Traefik
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 207 (24.50%) Azure
2 169 (20.00%) AWS
3 74 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (6.75%) OpenShift
5 52 (6.15%) GCP
6 47 (5.56%) GitHub
7 37 (4.38%) Entra ID
7 37 (4.38%) IaaS
8 28 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (2.96%) Nutanix
10 22 (2.60%) PaaS
11 20 (2.37%) SaaS
12 14 (1.66%) Datadog
13 10 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 201 (23.79%) DNS
2 158 (18.70%) Firewall
3 87 (10.30%) DHCP
4 83 (9.82%) TCP/IP
5 60 (7.10%) VPN
6 50 (5.92%) SAN
6 50 (5.92%) VSAN
7 48 (5.68%) Network Security
7 48 (5.68%) VLAN
8 40 (4.73%) WAN
9 39 (4.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 37 (4.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 36 (4.26%) LAN
12 27 (3.20%) SSL
13 26 (3.08%) DMZ
14 25 (2.96%) BIG-IP
15 23 (2.72%) HTTP
16 22 (2.60%) BGP
16 22 (2.60%) NAS
17 21 (2.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.95%) Redis
4 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (5.21%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.91%) GitLab
3 30 (3.55%) Git
4 22 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (2.37%) JIRA
6 18 (2.13%) Fiddler
7 14 (1.66%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.66%) JMeter
7 14 (1.66%) JUnit
8 8 (0.95%) PVCS
8 8 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.59%) Subversion
10 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.47%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.47%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.36%) Maven
11 3 (0.36%) RStudio
12 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.24%) Jaeger
12 2 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 212 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 88 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
2 88 (10.41%) Finance
3 85 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 50 (5.92%) Banking
5 37 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (2.96%) Investment Banking
7 22 (2.60%) Aerospace
8 15 (1.78%) Legal
9 13 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.54%) Local Government
10 12 (1.42%) Electronics
10 12 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.59%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.59%) Law
14 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 137 (16.21%) Architect
2 121 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 62 (7.34%) Consultant
4 53 (6.27%) Senior
5 52 (6.15%) VMware Engineer
6 51 (6.04%) Network Engineer
7 50 (5.92%) Analyst
8 47 (5.56%) VMware Consultant
9 43 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
10 42 (4.97%) Support Engineer
11 34 (4.02%) Infrastructure Architect
12 30 (3.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 27 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.08%) Administrator
14 26 (3.08%) VMware Architect
15 25 (2.96%) Lead
16 24 (2.84%) Infrastructure Support
16 24 (2.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 23 (2.72%) Developer
18 22 (2.60%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.84%) Kafka
2 20 (2.37%) Middleware
3 15 (1.78%) Flash
4 14 (1.66%) Spring
5 13 (1.54%) Hibernate
5 13 (1.54%) LDAP
5 13 (1.54%) SAML
6 12 (1.42%) REST
7 10 (1.18%) OAuth
7 10 (1.18%) OpenID
8 9 (1.07%) Loki
9 8 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (0.95%) Keycloak
10 6 (0.71%) .NET
10 6 (0.71%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.71%) XMPP
11 5 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.59%) React
12 4 (0.47%) RESTful
12 4 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 62 (7.34%) PKI
3 60 (7.10%) Replication
4 42 (4.97%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.50%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.55%) Private Cloud
8 29 (3.43%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.49%) Public Cloud
10 18 (2.13%) Clustering
10 18 (2.13%) Operational Technology
11 17 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.54%) Fat Client
13 13 (1.54%) Thin Client
14 12 (1.42%) SCADA
15 11 (1.30%) Onboarding
16 10 (1.18%) Hedge funds
16 10 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 9 (1.07%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 314 (37.16%) Windows
2 259 (30.65%) Linux
3 178 (21.07%) Windows Server
4 75 (8.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 44 (5.21%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (1.89%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.66%) CentOS
11 13 (1.54%) Mac OS
11 13 (1.54%) VMS
11 13 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 11 (1.30%) Solaris
12 11 (1.30%) Unix
13 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.36%) AIX
15 3 (0.36%) Debian
16 2 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 129 (15.27%) Agile
4 107 (12.66%) ITIL
5 105 (12.43%) CI/CD
6 102 (12.07%) DevOps
7 91 (10.77%) Migration
8 78 (9.23%) Load Balancing
9 77 (9.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (8.64%) Disaster Recovery
11 63 (7.46%) Containerisation
12 62 (7.34%) Platform Engineering
13 50 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (5.92%) High Availability
13 50 (5.92%) Service Management
14 48 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
14 48 (5.68%) Roadmaps
15 42 (4.97%) Zero Trust
16 41 (4.85%) Observability
16 41 (4.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (22.37%) PowerShell
2 184 (21.78%) Python
3 106 (12.54%) Bash
4 42 (4.97%) SQL
5 31 (3.67%) Java
6 27 (3.20%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.49%) Perl
8 13 (1.54%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.18%) C
9 10 (1.18%) C++
10 7 (0.83%) C#
10 7 (0.83%) Embedded C
10 7 (0.83%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.83%) Go
11 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.59%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.47%) Bicep
13 4 (0.47%) VBA
14 3 (0.36%) VBScript
15 2 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 362 (42.84%) Security Cleared
2 228 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 129 (15.27%) DV Cleared
4 58 (6.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (5.09%) Degree
7 39 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.79%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.31%) CCNP
10 22 (2.60%) AWS Certification
11 20 (2.37%) CCNA
12 19 (2.25%) MCSE
12 19 (2.25%) VCAP
13 14 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.54%) CCIE
15 11 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.30%) Server+ Certification
16 9 (1.07%) CCDP
16 9 (1.07%) CISSP
16 9 (1.07%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.20%) GDPR
2 20 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.78%) NIST
3 15 (1.78%) SLA
4 12 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.30%) NCSC
6 8 (0.95%) Def Stans
6 8 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.83%) QA
8 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.36%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) MiFID
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 526 (62.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 216 (25.56%) Active Directory
3 145 (17.16%) vSphere
4 114 (13.49%) VMware NSX
5 105 (12.43%) Hyper-V
6 86 (10.18%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (6.51%) Docker
8 46 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
9 29 (3.43%) NFS
10 20 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (1.78%) Firmware
11 15 (1.78%) KVM
12 14 (1.66%) GPFS
13 9 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.71%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.71%) Postfix
14 6 (0.71%) vCloud
15 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.47%) Veritas File System
16 4 (0.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 170 (20.12%) Ansible
2 113 (13.37%) Terraform
3 84 (9.94%) Kubernetes
4 83 (9.82%) vCenter Server
5 69 (8.17%) vRealize
6 66 (7.81%) SCCM
7 48 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (3.79%) Grafana
9 28 (3.31%) Prometheus
10 27 (3.20%) Argo
11 25 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 25 (2.96%) Red Hat Satellite
12 24 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
13 21 (2.49%) VxRail
14 20 (2.37%) SCOM
15 18 (2.13%) Progress Chef
16 16 (1.89%) FortiGate
17 14 (1.66%) WSUS
18 13 (1.54%) vRealize Orchestrator
19 11 (1.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 213 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 142 (16.80%) Cisco
3 97 (11.48%) Red Hat
4 80 (9.47%) F5
5 67 (7.93%) Citrix
6 44 (5.21%) SolarWinds
7 43 (5.09%) Dell
7 43 (5.09%) Veeam
8 41 (4.85%) NetApp
8 41 (4.85%) Oracle
9 39 (4.62%) IBM
10 34 (4.02%) Palo Alto
11 31 (3.67%) ServiceNow
12 27 (3.20%) Broadcom
13 26 (3.08%) McAfee
13 26 (3.08%) Splunk
14 25 (2.96%) Blue Coat
15 21 (2.49%) HP
16 17 (2.01%) CyberArk
16 17 (2.01%) Google