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 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
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 105 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 -43 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,124 709 1,084
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.43% 2.55% 3.37%
As % of the Vendors category 5.85% 5.35% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 469 693
10th Percentile £325 £336 £325
25th Percentile £447 £443 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £738 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £518
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.35% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 11 15
10th Percentile £26.60 £29.00 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +102.21% -5.99% -45.19%
75th Percentile £89.94 £46.88 £65.63
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £99.44
UK median hourly rate £67.75 £34.00 £37.08
% change year-on-year +99.26% -8.31% -43.80%

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 19,213 13,244 14,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.48% 47.71% 44.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,760 8,427 8,570
10th Percentile £309 £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 £619 £630
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,240 639 535
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.96 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.06 £15.62
Median hourly rate £25.92 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £72.45
UK median hourly rate £25.04 £25.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year -0.45% -20.17% -26.74%

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 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 6 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 6 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
South East -12 304 £538 +0.47% 181
London -14 300 £550 +5.77% 257
North of England -4 198 £480 +12.94% 118
Midlands -14 124 £450 -21.36% 81
South West -15 104 £588 +3.98% 67
North West -8 98 £449 +4.12% 70
West Midlands -17 97 £474 -18.42% 49
East of England +9 90 £550 -0.06% 67
Yorkshire -10 83 £530 +24.71% 34
East Midlands +1 27 £425 -13.27% 32
North East -19 19 £400 - 16
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 56 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.49%) Confluence
4 16 (1.42%) IIS
5 14 (1.25%) 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 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
13 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.18%) Houdini
3 2 (0.18%) NUKE
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
4 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
1 325 (28.91%) Azure
2 174 (15.48%) AWS
3 113 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (8.10%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.36%) GCP
6 47 (4.18%) OpenShift
7 37 (3.29%) GitHub
8 31 (2.76%) IaaS
9 30 (2.67%) Rubrik
10 26 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.69%) OneDrive
13 16 (1.42%) PaaS
13 16 (1.42%) SaaS
14 14 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.16%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.16%) Power Platform
16 12 (1.07%) Datadog
16 12 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 319 (28.38%) DNS
2 210 (18.68%) Firewall
3 196 (17.44%) DHCP
4 115 (10.23%) TCP/IP
5 85 (7.56%) VPN
6 83 (7.38%) VSAN
7 82 (7.30%) SAN
8 81 (7.21%) WAN
9 77 (6.85%) VLAN
10 74 (6.58%) LAN
11 70 (6.23%) Network Security
12 49 (4.36%) SSL
13 42 (3.74%) BGP
13 42 (3.74%) NAS
14 40 (3.56%) HTTP
15 39 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
16 37 (3.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 33 (2.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 31 (2.76%) SD-WAN
19 28 (2.49%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.16%) Power BI
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.80%) Big Data
6 8 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.71%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.089%) Oracle Database 12c
12 1 (0.089%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (4.36%) JIRA
2 41 (3.65%) GitLab
3 29 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.31%) Git
5 12 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.36%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.36%) PVCS
9 4 (0.36%) 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 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 137 (12.19%) Finance
3 116 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
5 36 (3.20%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.11%) Banking
7 31 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.14%) Legal
9 13 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 11 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.89%) Retail
13 9 (0.80%) Law
13 9 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.71%) Back Office
14 8 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.71%) Military
14 8 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 251 (22.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 151 (13.43%) Senior
3 111 (9.88%) Architect
4 103 (9.16%) VMware Engineer
5 80 (7.12%) Network Engineer
6 74 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
7 66 (5.87%) Lead
7 66 (5.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 66 (5.87%) Support Engineer
8 52 (4.63%) Consultant
9 48 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
10 43 (3.83%) Administrator
11 40 (3.56%) Storage Engineer
12 38 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 32 (2.85%) VMware Consultant
14 31 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.58%) Linux Engineer
16 28 (2.49%) Senior VMware Engineer
17 27 (2.40%) Server Engineer
18 26 (2.31%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (13.88%) Terraform
2 26 (2.31%) REST
3 21 (1.87%) JSON
3 21 (1.87%) Kafka
4 16 (1.42%) LDAP
5 15 (1.33%) YAML
6 13 (1.16%) XMPP
7 12 (1.07%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.62%) 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 (0.36%) Pulumi
12 4 (0.36%) Redfish
12 4 (0.36%) SAML
13 3 (0.27%) Java SE
13 3 (0.27%) OAuth
13 3 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 180 (16.01%) Data Centre
2 87 (7.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 80 (7.12%) PKI
4 51 (4.54%) Enterprise Storage
5 48 (4.27%) Private Cloud
6 47 (4.18%) Management Information System
7 44 (3.91%) Replication
8 43 (3.83%) Onboarding
9 42 (3.74%) Clustering
10 35 (3.11%) Cloud Native
11 32 (2.85%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.51%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.25%) SCADA
15 14 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.16%) Product Ownership
17 11 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 577 (51.33%) Windows
2 380 (33.81%) Windows Server
3 290 (25.80%) Linux
4 62 (5.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (3.20%) Windows 10
7 23 (2.05%) Unix
7 23 (2.05%) VMS
8 22 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.51%) Ubuntu
11 12 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.98%) AIX
13 10 (0.89%) CentOS
13 10 (0.89%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (0.89%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.80%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.71%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.71%) Solaris
16 5 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 203 (18.06%) ITIL
3 202 (17.97%) Migration
4 200 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
5 175 (15.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 164 (14.59%) Technical Leadership
7 144 (12.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 138 (12.28%) CI/CD
9 121 (10.77%) Change Management
10 107 (9.52%) ITSM
11 104 (9.25%) High Availability
11 104 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (9.16%) DevOps
13 101 (8.99%) Project Delivery
14 100 (8.90%) Platform Engineering
15 99 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (8.81%) Service Management
16 97 (8.63%) Agile
17 91 (8.10%) Root Cause Analysis
18 87 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 250 (22.24%) PowerShell
2 140 (12.46%) Python
3 90 (8.01%) Bash
4 65 (5.78%) SQL
5 20 (1.78%) Java
6 14 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.07%) 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 (0.36%) 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%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.089%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 549 (48.84%) Security Cleared
2 317 (28.20%) SC Cleared
3 257 (22.86%) DV Cleared
4 74 (6.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 70 (6.23%) Degree
6 58 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.74%) VCAP
8 37 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (3.02%) Azure Certification
9 34 (3.02%) CCNP
10 26 (2.31%) CCNA
11 22 (1.96%) MCSE
12 21 (1.87%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.42%) MCSA
14 13 (1.16%) 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 32 (2.85%) SLA
2 21 (1.87%) QA
3 19 (1.69%) 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 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.36%) GxP
8 4 (0.36%) 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
1 807 (71.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 361 (32.12%) Active Directory
3 238 (21.17%) vSphere
4 233 (20.73%) VMware ESXi
5 193 (17.17%) VMware NSX
6 191 (16.99%) Hyper-V
7 85 (7.56%) Virtual Machines
8 60 (5.34%) Docker
9 44 (3.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 35 (3.11%) Firmware
11 24 (2.14%) vCloud
12 23 (2.05%) NFS
13 20 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
14 14 (1.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 14 (1.25%) KVM
15 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 10 (0.89%) XenApp
16 9 (0.80%) BitLocker
16 9 (0.80%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.62%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 178 (15.84%) Ansible
2 168 (14.95%) vCenter Server
3 160 (14.23%) Kubernetes
4 75 (6.67%) SCOM
5 70 (6.23%) SCCM
6 61 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (3.47%) vRealize
8 37 (3.29%) VxRail
9 26 (2.31%) Prometheus
10 23 (2.05%) Grafana
11 21 (1.87%) Puppet
12 19 (1.69%) Nagios
12 19 (1.69%) PowerCLI
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 (1.25%) WSUS
17 13 (1.16%) Podman
Vendors
1 323 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 197 (17.53%) Cisco
3 91 (8.10%) Citrix
4 81 (7.21%) NetApp
5 73 (6.49%) Red Hat
6 64 (5.69%) Dell
7 59 (5.25%) ServiceNow
8 55 (4.89%) SolarWinds
9 50 (4.45%) F5
10 42 (3.74%) Veeam
11 40 (3.56%) Oracle
12 37 (3.29%) Palo Alto
13 32 (2.85%) Juniper
14 31 (2.76%) Fortinet
15 27 (2.40%) CyberArk
16 24 (2.14%) IBM
17 23 (2.05%) Broadcom
17 23 (2.05%) Meraki
18 21 (1.87%) Remedy
19 20 (1.78%) Commvault