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 19 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 68 54
Rank change year-on-year -32 -14 +10
Contract jobs citing VMware 845 968 1,465
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.69% 3.34% 3.92%
As % of the Vendors category 5.66% 7.28% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 614 989
10th Percentile £315 £302 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +2.32% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +3.04% +1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 68
10th Percentile £29.00 £35.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £33.00 £35.29 £45.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -9.06% +1.51%
75th Percentile £80.00 £81.54 £76.53
90th Percentile £98.25 £101.51 £85.30
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +40.00% -24.22% +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 14,934 13,299 16,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.48% 45.90% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,682 8,112 10,891
10th Percentile £294 £291 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £626 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 385 614
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.55 £14.62
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.08 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%
75th Percentile £47.69 £65.00 £64.85
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -4 237 £500 -9.09% 156
London -75 208 £550 +10.00% 85
North of England -16 141 £472 -0.61% 122
Midlands +9 132 £475 +5.56% 68
West Midlands +12 109 £513 +11.41% 45
North West -12 96 £486 -2.88% 63
South West -33 78 £550 +2.80% 70
Yorkshire -9 56 £420 +1.82% 45
East of England -6 45 £538 +7.55% 49
East Midlands -12 23 £450 +20.00% 21
North East -9 5 £550 +238.46% 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 52 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.72%) Confluence
4 12 (1.42%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.83%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.83%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.71%) Apache
6 6 (0.71%) IIS
7 5 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.24%) CICS
8 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) Traefik
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 213 (25.21%) Azure
2 166 (19.64%) AWS
3 79 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (6.86%) GCP
5 56 (6.63%) OpenShift
6 48 (5.68%) GitHub
7 46 (5.44%) Entra ID
8 35 (4.14%) IaaS
9 31 (3.67%) Nutanix
10 28 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.72%) SaaS
12 19 (2.25%) PaaS
13 14 (1.66%) Datadog
14 13 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 11 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 6 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
19 5 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
19 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 199 (23.55%) DNS
2 166 (19.64%) Firewall
3 90 (10.65%) DHCP
4 86 (10.18%) TCP/IP
5 60 (7.10%) VPN
6 55 (6.51%) SAN
7 54 (6.39%) VLAN
8 53 (6.27%) VSAN
9 48 (5.68%) WAN
10 46 (5.44%) Network Security
11 41 (4.85%) LAN
12 38 (4.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 36 (4.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (3.55%) DMZ
15 28 (3.31%) NAS
16 26 (3.08%) SSL
17 23 (2.72%) BGP
18 21 (2.49%) iSCSI
18 21 (2.49%) Wireless
19 20 (2.37%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.95%) Redis
4 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.24%) MySQL
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.12%) Power BI
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (5.68%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.79%) GitLab
3 31 (3.67%) Git
4 21 (2.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (2.37%) JIRA
6 14 (1.66%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.66%) Fiddler
6 14 (1.66%) JMeter
6 14 (1.66%) JUnit
7 8 (0.95%) Subversion
8 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.71%) PVCS
8 6 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.59%) 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%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 226 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 91 (10.77%) Finance
3 90 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 89 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.63%) Banking
6 36 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.72%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.01%) Legal
9 14 (1.66%) Aerospace
9 14 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.54%) Local Government
11 12 (1.42%) Electronics
11 12 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.30%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.95%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.83%) Law
14 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.71%) Marketing
16 5 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 137 (16.21%) Architect
2 121 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 68 (8.05%) Consultant
4 52 (6.15%) Senior
5 48 (5.68%) Network Engineer
5 48 (5.68%) VMware Consultant
6 47 (5.56%) VMware Engineer
7 46 (5.44%) Analyst
8 43 (5.09%) Support Engineer
9 40 (4.73%) Infrastructure Architect
10 39 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
11 30 (3.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 27 (3.20%) Developer
12 27 (3.20%) VMware Architect
13 26 (3.08%) Infrastructure Support
14 25 (2.96%) Administrator
14 25 (2.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 24 (2.84%) Lead
16 23 (2.72%) Windows Engineer
17 22 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.84%) Kafka
2 22 (2.60%) Middleware
3 14 (1.66%) Spring
4 13 (1.54%) Flash
4 13 (1.54%) Hibernate
4 13 (1.54%) SAML
5 11 (1.30%) REST
6 10 (1.18%) OAuth
6 10 (1.18%) OpenID
7 9 (1.07%) Loki
8 8 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.95%) Keycloak
8 8 (0.95%) LDAP
8 8 (0.95%) RESTful
9 6 (0.71%) .NET
9 6 (0.71%) JSON
9 6 (0.71%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.71%) XMPP
10 5 (0.59%) React
10 5 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 65 (7.69%) Replication
3 60 (7.10%) PKI
4 39 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 37 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (4.02%) Private Cloud
7 32 (3.79%) Cloud Native
8 28 (3.31%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.01%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.89%) Clustering
11 15 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.66%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.54%) Fat Client
13 13 (1.54%) Operational Technology
13 13 (1.54%) Thin Client
14 10 (1.18%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.18%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.07%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 334 (39.53%) Windows
2 265 (31.36%) Linux
3 192 (22.72%) Windows Server
4 78 (9.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (5.80%) Windows 10
6 30 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.60%) Ubuntu
8 22 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (2.13%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.89%) VMS
11 14 (1.66%) CentOS
11 14 (1.66%) Unix
12 13 (1.54%) Windows 7
13 12 (1.42%) Solaris
14 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.59%) Debian
16 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.36%) AIX
18 2 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (18.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 129 (15.27%) Agile
4 109 (12.90%) CI/CD
5 108 (12.78%) ITIL
6 100 (11.83%) DevOps
7 96 (11.36%) Migration
8 76 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
9 75 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 74 (8.76%) Load Balancing
11 71 (8.40%) Containerisation
12 56 (6.63%) Platform Engineering
13 53 (6.27%) High Availability
14 52 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 49 (5.80%) Service Management
16 48 (5.68%) Business Strategy
17 47 (5.56%) Data Protection
18 46 (5.44%) Roadmaps
19 45 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
20 44 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 194 (22.96%) Python
2 193 (22.84%) PowerShell
3 117 (13.85%) Bash
4 58 (6.86%) SQL
5 34 (4.02%) Java
6 29 (3.43%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.72%) Perl
8 11 (1.30%) C++
9 10 (1.18%) Go
9 10 (1.18%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.95%) C
12 7 (0.83%) C#
12 7 (0.83%) VBA
13 6 (0.71%) PHP
14 5 (0.59%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.59%) Embedded C++
15 4 (0.47%) Bicep
16 3 (0.36%) VBScript
17 2 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 352 (41.66%) Security Cleared
2 220 (26.04%) SC Cleared
3 128 (15.15%) DV Cleared
4 63 (7.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 62 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (5.68%) Degree
7 47 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (4.26%) CCNP
9 34 (4.02%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.96%) CCNA
10 25 (2.96%) MCSE
11 24 (2.84%) AWS Certification
12 18 (2.13%) VCAP
13 16 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (1.66%) CCIE
15 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.30%) Server+ Certification
16 10 (1.18%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.91%) GDPR
2 23 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.42%) NCSC
4 11 (1.30%) NIST
5 10 (1.18%) QA
6 7 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.83%) SLA
7 5 (0.59%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.59%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 540 (63.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 232 (27.46%) Active Directory
3 147 (17.40%) vSphere
4 108 (12.78%) VMware NSX
5 100 (11.83%) Hyper-V
6 94 (11.12%) VMware ESXi
7 59 (6.98%) Docker
8 52 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
9 32 (3.79%) NFS
10 21 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (1.42%) Firmware
11 12 (1.42%) GPFS
11 12 (1.42%) KVM
12 10 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.71%) Dovecot
13 6 (0.71%) Postfix
13 6 (0.71%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.59%) UAG
14 5 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 170 (20.12%) Ansible
2 115 (13.61%) Terraform
3 87 (10.30%) vCenter Server
4 82 (9.70%) Kubernetes
5 71 (8.40%) SCCM
6 69 (8.17%) vRealize
7 53 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 32 (3.79%) Grafana
9 28 (3.31%) Prometheus
10 27 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 27 (3.20%) Argo
11 26 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
12 24 (2.84%) VxRail
13 20 (2.37%) Progress Chef
13 20 (2.37%) Red Hat Satellite
14 19 (2.25%) SCOM
15 16 (1.89%) FortiGate
16 14 (1.66%) Puppet
16 14 (1.66%) WSUS
17 11 (1.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 231 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 144 (17.04%) Cisco
3 96 (11.36%) Red Hat
4 84 (9.94%) F5
5 81 (9.59%) Citrix
6 50 (5.92%) Veeam
7 49 (5.80%) NetApp
8 45 (5.33%) Dell
8 45 (5.33%) Oracle
9 43 (5.09%) SolarWinds
10 39 (4.62%) IBM
11 32 (3.79%) Palo Alto
11 32 (3.79%) Splunk
12 27 (3.20%) Broadcom
12 27 (3.20%) ServiceNow
13 26 (3.08%) HP
14 24 (2.84%) McAfee
15 21 (2.49%) Blue Coat
15 21 (2.49%) Google
16 18 (2.13%) CyberArk