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 25 May 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
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 83 66
Rank change year-on-year -12 -17 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,024 721 1,131
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 3.01% 3.10%
As % of the Vendors category 6.04% 6.31% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 491 785
10th Percentile £350 £350 £275
25th Percentile £450 £436 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 35
10th Percentile £22.63 £29.00 £22.90
25th Percentile £46.00 £30.49 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.57 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% +18.17% -23.48%
75th Percentile £70.38 £76.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.50 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £54.57 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.55% +18.17% -26.70%

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 16,954 11,434 15,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.96% 47.69% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,949 7,342 9,751
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -3.92%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 469 1,015
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.50 £14.34
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -43.11%
75th Percentile £58.75 £55.25 £57.41
90th Percentile £76.68 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.30
% change year-on-year +27.45% +14.35% -47.84%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 +8 295 £550 -3.25% 101
London -36 238 £550 +4.76% 59
North of England -11 183 £453 +6.59% 61
Midlands -23 114 £425 -19.81% 42
North West -6 107 £450 +5.88% 32
South West -31 97 £550 -4.35% 23
West Midlands -34 87 £407 -20.46% 23
East of England -9 79 £507 -7.82% 22
Yorkshire -18 74 £425 -5.56% 18
East Midlands -17 27 £450 -18.18% 19
North East -33 3 £638 +78.32% 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 39 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.98%) IIS
4 9 (0.88%) CICS
5 7 (0.68%) nginx
5 7 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.49%) Apache
7 5 (0.49%) Confluence
8 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.20%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.098%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 252 (24.61%) Azure
2 167 (16.31%) AWS
3 77 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (5.76%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.18%) Entra ID
6 47 (4.59%) IaaS
7 43 (4.20%) GitHub
8 39 (3.81%) GCP
9 37 (3.61%) PaaS
10 23 (2.25%) Nutanix
11 18 (1.76%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.46%) SaaS
13 14 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.27%) Datadog
15 12 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
16 10 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (0.68%) Azure Stack
18 6 (0.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 218 (21.29%) DNS
2 177 (17.29%) Firewall
3 112 (10.94%) DHCP
4 85 (8.30%) VPN
5 84 (8.20%) SAN
6 82 (8.01%) VSAN
7 70 (6.84%) WAN
8 65 (6.35%) Network Security
9 57 (5.57%) LAN
9 57 (5.57%) TCP/IP
10 49 (4.79%) SSL
11 46 (4.49%) NAS
12 43 (4.20%) BIG-IP
13 42 (4.10%) HTTP
14 41 (4.00%) VLAN
15 38 (3.71%) Wireshark
16 30 (2.93%) BGP
16 30 (2.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 27 (2.64%) Cisco Nexus
18 26 (2.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.88%) DataStage
5 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 8 (0.78%) Redis
6 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.49%) Power BI
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.098%) Metadata
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 39 (3.81%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.32%) GitLab
3 27 (2.64%) Git
4 26 (2.54%) Fiddler
5 25 (2.44%) JIRA
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
6 7 (0.68%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.49%) PVCS
7 5 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.098%) GoCD
10 1 (0.098%) Maven
10 1 (0.098%) RStudio
10 1 (0.098%) Subversion
10 1 (0.098%) VersionOne
General
1 197 (19.24%) Social Skills
2 102 (9.96%) Finance
3 86 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (6.64%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.39%) Banking
6 39 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.05%) Legal
8 19 (1.86%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.07%) Police
11 10 (0.98%) Retail
12 9 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.88%) Military
13 8 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
15 6 (0.59%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.49%) Electronics
16 5 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (18.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (16.41%) Architect
3 100 (9.77%) Senior
4 94 (9.18%) VMware Engineer
5 84 (8.20%) Network Engineer
6 53 (5.18%) Consultant
7 50 (4.88%) VMware Architect
8 38 (3.71%) Analyst
9 34 (3.32%) Lead
10 33 (3.22%) Administrator
11 30 (2.93%) Infrastructure Architect
11 30 (2.93%) Support Engineer
11 30 (2.93%) VMware Consultant
12 29 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 29 (2.83%) Wintel Engineer
13 28 (2.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (2.73%) Technical Architect
14 27 (2.64%) Cloud Engineer
14 27 (2.64%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 26 (2.54%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.93%) LDAP
2 23 (2.25%) Middleware
3 21 (2.05%) Flash
4 13 (1.27%) SAML
5 12 (1.17%) Keycloak
5 12 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.07%) REST
7 8 (0.78%) Kafka
8 5 (0.49%) 802.1X
8 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.49%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.29%) JSON
9 3 (0.29%) OAuth
9 3 (0.29%) OpenID
9 3 (0.29%) Redfish
10 2 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.20%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.20%) Django
10 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.20%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 127 (12.40%) Data Centre
2 78 (7.62%) Replication
3 63 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (5.96%) PKI
5 40 (3.91%) Cloud Native
6 39 (3.81%) Clustering
7 38 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 36 (3.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 34 (3.32%) Public Cloud
10 32 (3.13%) Private Cloud
11 27 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.46%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.27%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 401 (39.16%) Windows
2 267 (26.07%) Linux
3 252 (24.61%) Windows Server
4 63 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.54%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.34%) Unix
8 24 (2.34%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.95%) VMS
10 19 (1.86%) CentOS
11 17 (1.66%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.46%) Android
13 15 (1.46%) Solaris
14 14 (1.37%) AIX
15 12 (1.17%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.78%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (22.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 176 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (16.70%) Migration
4 131 (12.79%) ITIL
5 116 (11.33%) High Availability
6 107 (10.45%) Agile
6 107 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 99 (9.67%) DevOps
8 88 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 87 (8.50%) CI/CD
10 79 (7.71%) Load Balancing
11 75 (7.32%) Change Management
12 74 (7.23%) Capacity Planning
13 69 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 66 (6.45%) Roadmaps
15 65 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (5.47%) ITSM
16 56 (5.47%) Network Virtualisation
16 56 (5.47%) Performance Tuning
17 55 (5.37%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 184 (17.97%) PowerShell
2 124 (12.11%) Python
3 64 (6.25%) Bash
4 42 (4.10%) SQL
5 18 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.07%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 8 (0.78%) Bicep
10 7 (0.68%) C
10 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.59%) Java
11 6 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.49%) C++
12 5 (0.49%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.49%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.39%) C#
13 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 2 (0.20%) VBScript
15 1 (0.098%) VB
Qualifications
1 458 (44.73%) Security Cleared
2 275 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 204 (19.92%) DV Cleared
4 73 (7.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.10%) Degree
6 41 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.22%) VCAP
9 28 (2.73%) CCNP
9 28 (2.73%) MCSE
10 19 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.66%) MCSA
12 15 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (1.17%) OCP
14 11 (1.07%) CCNA
15 8 (0.78%) RHCA
16 6 (0.59%) CISSP
17 5 (0.49%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.49%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.20%) SLA
2 34 (3.32%) NIST
3 24 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.15%) NCSC
6 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.68%) GDPR
8 5 (0.49%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.39%) QA
10 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.20%) ISA99
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.098%) COBIT
12 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.098%) DICOM
12 1 (0.098%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.098%) HL7
12 1 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.098%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 636 (62.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 241 (23.54%) Active Directory
3 218 (21.29%) VMware NSX
4 216 (21.09%) vSphere
5 181 (17.68%) VMware ESXi
6 135 (13.18%) Hyper-V
7 91 (8.89%) Virtual Machines
8 41 (4.00%) NFS
9 39 (3.81%) Docker
10 37 (3.61%) Firmware
11 28 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.44%) KVM
13 22 (2.15%) vCloud
14 16 (1.56%) GPFS
15 12 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.98%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
18 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
18 4 (0.39%) SRDF
18 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 181 (17.68%) Ansible
2 155 (15.14%) vCenter Server
3 103 (10.06%) Terraform
4 93 (9.08%) Kubernetes
5 71 (6.93%) vRealize
6 69 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 59 (5.76%) SCCM
8 35 (3.42%) SCOM
9 33 (3.22%) Argo
10 30 (2.93%) Grafana
11 27 (2.64%) VxRail
12 24 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
12 24 (2.34%) vMotion
13 23 (2.25%) PowerCLI
14 19 (1.86%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 18 (1.76%) WSUS
16 17 (1.66%) NetBackup
16 17 (1.66%) Prometheus
17 15 (1.46%) Podman
Vendors
1 242 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 167 (16.31%) Cisco
3 95 (9.28%) Citrix
4 84 (8.20%) Red Hat
5 65 (6.35%) F5
6 63 (6.15%) NetApp
7 48 (4.69%) Dell
8 47 (4.59%) IBM
9 41 (4.00%) Pure Storage
9 41 (4.00%) ServiceNow
10 40 (3.91%) Palo Alto
11 36 (3.52%) Oracle
12 32 (3.13%) Veeam
13 30 (2.93%) McAfee
14 29 (2.83%) CheckPoint
15 27 (2.64%) Blue Coat
16 25 (2.44%) Fortinet
16 25 (2.44%) Juniper
16 25 (2.44%) Splunk
17 23 (2.25%) SolarWinds