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 6 December 2025, 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
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 66 53
Rank change year-on-year -39 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing VMware 816 1,038 1,516
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.62% 3.39% 3.96%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 7.44% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 662 1,022
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +3.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £612 £606
90th Percentile £658 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 66
10th Percentile £29.00 £28.70 £22.00
25th Percentile £32.83 £35.00 £44.95
Median hourly rate £68.25 £55.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +24.09% -16.64% +1.51%
75th Percentile £84.50 £81.07 £76.53
90th Percentile £98.63 £98.89 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +55.56% -31.80% +1.51%

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 14,801 13,944 17,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.58% 45.61% 44.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,613 8,445 11,216
10th Percentile £288 £300 £252
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 721 425 619
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.00 £20.39
Median hourly rate £23.83 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% -26.97% +71.15%
75th Percentile £44.94 £65.00 £64.70
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% -32.58% +73.08%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -5 228 £513 -6.82% 206
London -84 205 £541 +8.25% 93
North of England -24 133 £475 -5.00% 133
Midlands +2 131 £483 +4.89% 89
West Midlands +14 111 £525 +12.30% 58
North West -14 85 £500 -2.44% 64
South West -30 79 £550 +4.76% 74
Yorkshire +2 60 £425 +3.03% 57
East of England -12 39 £526 +5.10% 69
East Midlands -16 20 £465 +24.00% 30
North East -6 4 £550 +137.84% 15
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 51 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.06%) Confluence
4 12 (1.47%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.10%) Apache
6 8 (0.98%) IIS
7 7 (0.86%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.86%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.25%) CICS
9 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Traefik
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 202 (24.75%) Azure
2 156 (19.12%) AWS
3 65 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (6.37%) GCP
5 48 (5.88%) OpenShift
6 43 (5.27%) GitHub
7 39 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 35 (4.29%) IaaS
9 27 (3.31%) Nutanix
10 24 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.82%) SaaS
12 18 (2.21%) PaaS
13 14 (1.72%) Datadog
14 12 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 10 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 6 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
18 5 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
19 4 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
19 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 193 (23.65%) DNS
2 161 (19.73%) Firewall
3 92 (11.27%) TCP/IP
4 84 (10.29%) DHCP
5 65 (7.97%) SAN
6 54 (6.62%) VLAN
7 51 (6.25%) VPN
8 50 (6.13%) VSAN
9 47 (5.76%) WAN
10 42 (5.15%) Network Security
11 40 (4.90%) LAN
12 39 (4.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 35 (4.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 31 (3.80%) DMZ
15 28 (3.43%) NAS
16 24 (2.94%) SSL
17 23 (2.82%) iSCSI
18 22 (2.70%) BGP
19 21 (2.57%) Wireless
20 18 (2.21%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.49%) Redis
5 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (6.74%) Jenkins
2 31 (3.80%) Git
3 28 (3.43%) GitLab
4 21 (2.57%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (2.45%) JIRA
6 14 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.72%) JMeter
6 14 (1.72%) JUnit
7 12 (1.47%) Fiddler
8 8 (0.98%) Subversion
9 7 (0.86%) Postman
10 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.61%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.61%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.49%) PVCS
12 4 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.37%) Maven
13 3 (0.37%) RStudio
14 2 (0.25%) Jaeger
14 2 (0.25%) MSI
General
1 221 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 95 (11.64%) Finance
3 91 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 84 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.86%) Banking
6 36 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.08%) Legal
9 16 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.35%) Local Government
12 11 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.23%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.23%) Electronics
14 8 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.86%) Law
16 6 (0.74%) Marketing
17 5 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (15.44%) Architect
2 117 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 72 (8.82%) Consultant
4 55 (6.74%) Senior
5 49 (6.00%) VMware Consultant
6 46 (5.64%) Network Engineer
6 46 (5.64%) VMware Engineer
7 44 (5.39%) Analyst
7 44 (5.39%) Support Engineer
8 38 (4.66%) Infrastructure Architect
9 32 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
10 30 (3.68%) Developer
10 30 (3.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 27 (3.31%) Infrastructure Support
11 27 (3.31%) VMware Architect
12 26 (3.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 25 (3.06%) Administrator
14 23 (2.82%) Lead
15 21 (2.57%) IT Engineer
15 21 (2.57%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.57%) Middleware
2 20 (2.45%) Kafka
3 14 (1.72%) Spring
4 13 (1.59%) Flash
4 13 (1.59%) Hibernate
4 13 (1.59%) SAML
5 11 (1.35%) REST
6 10 (1.23%) OAuth
6 10 (1.23%) OpenID
7 9 (1.10%) Loki
8 8 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.98%) LDAP
8 8 (0.98%) RESTful
9 6 (0.74%) .NET
9 6 (0.74%) JSON
9 6 (0.74%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.74%) XMPP
10 5 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (0.61%) React
10 5 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.05%) Data Centre
2 59 (7.23%) PKI
3 57 (6.99%) Replication
4 38 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 30 (3.68%) Private Cloud
6 29 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 29 (3.55%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.84%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.47%) Fat Client
10 12 (1.47%) Thin Client
11 10 (1.23%) Clustering
11 10 (1.23%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 326 (39.95%) Windows
2 265 (32.48%) Linux
3 184 (22.55%) Windows Server
4 76 (9.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (5.27%) Windows 10
6 29 (3.55%) Ubuntu
7 28 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (2.08%) CentOS
10 17 (2.08%) VMS
11 15 (1.84%) Unix
12 14 (1.72%) Mac OS
13 12 (1.47%) Solaris
13 12 (1.47%) Windows 7
14 10 (1.23%) Debian
15 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.37%) AIX
17 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (19.98%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (18.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 134 (16.42%) Agile
4 103 (12.62%) CI/CD
5 101 (12.38%) ITIL
6 98 (12.01%) DevOps
7 90 (11.03%) Migration
8 71 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
9 69 (8.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 69 (8.46%) Load Balancing
10 68 (8.33%) Containerisation
11 51 (6.25%) High Availability
12 49 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (5.76%) Service Management
14 45 (5.51%) Platform Engineering
15 44 (5.39%) Business Strategy
16 43 (5.27%) Cybersecurity
16 43 (5.27%) Data Protection
16 43 (5.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (5.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 196 (24.02%) Python
2 178 (21.81%) PowerShell
3 108 (13.24%) Bash
4 59 (7.23%) SQL
5 33 (4.04%) Java
6 28 (3.43%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.82%) Perl
8 11 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.23%) Go
10 9 (1.10%) C++
11 8 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.86%) PHP
12 7 (0.86%) VBA
13 6 (0.74%) C
13 6 (0.74%) C#
14 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.37%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.37%) VBScript
15 2 (0.25%) Bicep
15 2 (0.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 338 (41.42%) Security Cleared
2 207 (25.37%) SC Cleared
3 136 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 59 (7.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (6.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 49 (6.00%) Degree
7 45 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.17%) CCNP
9 33 (4.04%) Azure Certification
10 25 (3.06%) CCNA
11 24 (2.94%) AWS Certification
12 22 (2.70%) MCSE
13 16 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.96%) VCAP
14 15 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (1.59%) CCIE
16 12 (1.47%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.35%) Server+ Certification
18 10 (1.23%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.31%) GDPR
2 18 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.35%) QA
4 10 (1.23%) NCSC
4 10 (1.23%) SLA
5 9 (1.10%) NIST
6 8 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.37%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) 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
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 526 (64.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 221 (27.08%) Active Directory
3 148 (18.14%) vSphere
4 102 (12.50%) VMware NSX
5 100 (12.25%) VMware ESXi
6 96 (11.76%) Hyper-V
7 56 (6.86%) Docker
8 45 (5.51%) Virtual Machines
9 34 (4.17%) NFS
10 18 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (1.47%) GPFS
12 11 (1.35%) Firmware
12 11 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
13 10 (1.23%) KVM
14 6 (0.74%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.74%) Postfix
14 6 (0.74%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.74%) UAG
15 5 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 161 (19.73%) Ansible
2 111 (13.60%) Terraform
3 83 (10.17%) vCenter Server
4 70 (8.58%) Kubernetes
5 67 (8.21%) vRealize
6 61 (7.48%) SCCM
7 43 (5.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 28 (3.43%) Grafana
9 26 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
10 25 (3.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 24 (2.94%) Prometheus
12 23 (2.82%) Argo
12 23 (2.82%) VxRail
13 20 (2.45%) Progress Chef
14 19 (2.33%) Puppet
15 17 (2.08%) SCOM
16 16 (1.96%) FortiGate
16 16 (1.96%) Red Hat Satellite
17 13 (1.59%) WSUS
18 11 (1.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 230 (28.19%) Microsoft
2 138 (16.91%) Cisco
3 90 (11.03%) Red Hat
4 82 (10.05%) F5
5 72 (8.82%) Citrix
6 50 (6.13%) Veeam
7 48 (5.88%) NetApp
8 46 (5.64%) Dell
9 45 (5.51%) Oracle
10 42 (5.15%) SolarWinds
11 37 (4.53%) IBM
12 31 (3.80%) Palo Alto
13 30 (3.68%) Splunk
14 27 (3.31%) Broadcom
14 27 (3.31%) HP
15 24 (2.94%) ServiceNow
16 22 (2.70%) McAfee
17 19 (2.33%) Blue Coat
18 18 (2.21%) CyberArk
19 17 (2.08%) Juniper