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 11 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 81 66
Rank change year-on-year -17 -15 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,020 746 1,121
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.51% 3.05% 3.05%
As % of the Vendors category 6.05% 6.41% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 513 772
10th Percentile £335 £329 £276
25th Percentile £450 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 7 37
10th Percentile £28.00 £29.99 £22.21
25th Percentile £51.00 £48.16 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -25.52%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.18 £71.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £85.97 £80.24
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.29
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.64% -27.24%

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 16,850 11,636 15,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.43% 47.52% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,502 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -2.81%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.19% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 466 1,003
10th Percentile £15.65 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.53 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.43%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +2 292 £550 -3.25% 110
London -33 239 £550 +4.76% 59
North of England -14 178 £450 +8.43% 54
Midlands -33 118 £413 -21.43% 44
North West -5 103 £449 +5.65% 27
South West -35 94 £550 -4.35% 25
West Midlands -23 91 £402 -19.76% 32
East of England +3 86 £507 -7.82% 28
Yorkshire -15 74 £425 -5.56% 18
East Midlands -26 27 £450 -18.18% 12
North East -25 3 £638 +78.32% 11
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 40 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) CICS
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
4 7 (0.69%) nginx
4 7 (0.69%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.59%) Confluence
6 5 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) WordPress
9 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.098%) CMS
9 1 (0.098%) JBoss
9 1 (0.098%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.37%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 248 (24.31%) Azure
2 169 (16.57%) AWS
3 78 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (5.88%) OpenShift
5 54 (5.29%) Entra ID
6 47 (4.61%) IaaS
7 46 (4.51%) GitHub
8 38 (3.73%) GCP
9 37 (3.63%) PaaS
10 23 (2.25%) Nutanix
11 15 (1.47%) Datadog
11 15 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (1.47%) SaaS
12 12 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (1.08%) Rubrik
14 9 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.59%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 217 (21.27%) DNS
2 183 (17.94%) Firewall
3 110 (10.78%) DHCP
4 86 (8.43%) VPN
5 84 (8.24%) SAN
6 82 (8.04%) VSAN
7 66 (6.47%) TCP/IP
7 66 (6.47%) WAN
8 61 (5.98%) Network Security
9 54 (5.29%) LAN
10 52 (5.10%) SSL
11 46 (4.51%) NAS
12 45 (4.41%) BIG-IP
13 44 (4.31%) HTTP
14 40 (3.92%) Wireshark
15 39 (3.82%) VLAN
16 31 (3.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 28 (2.75%) BGP
18 27 (2.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 25 (2.45%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.88%) DataStage
5 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 8 (0.78%) Redis
6 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (0.39%) Power BI
7 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.098%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.098%) Metadata
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 40 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.14%) GitLab
3 28 (2.75%) Fiddler
3 28 (2.75%) Git
4 26 (2.55%) JIRA
5 9 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (0.78%) PVCS
6 8 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.69%) Chocolatey
7 7 (0.69%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.29%) MSI
9 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.20%) JMeter
9 2 (0.20%) JUnit
9 2 (0.20%) RStudio
10 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.098%) GoCD
10 1 (0.098%) VersionOne
General
1 199 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 97 (9.51%) Finance
3 88 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (7.65%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.61%) Banking
6 38 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.16%) Legal
8 21 (2.06%) Aerospace
8 21 (2.06%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.18%) Police
10 11 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.08%) Retail
11 10 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.88%) Military
13 8 (0.78%) Electronics
13 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.69%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.69%) Local Government
14 7 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 176 (17.25%) Architect
2 175 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 99 (9.71%) Senior
4 94 (9.22%) VMware Engineer
5 81 (7.94%) Network Engineer
6 53 (5.20%) Consultant
7 48 (4.71%) VMware Architect
8 46 (4.51%) Analyst
9 35 (3.43%) Lead
9 35 (3.43%) Technical Architect
10 32 (3.14%) Infrastructure Architect
10 32 (3.14%) VMware Consultant
11 28 (2.75%) Administrator
11 28 (2.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (2.75%) Web Engineer
12 27 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (2.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 25 (2.45%) Support Engineer
14 25 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.45%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.94%) LDAP
2 23 (2.25%) Middleware
3 20 (1.96%) Flash
4 14 (1.37%) SAML
5 13 (1.27%) OpenTelemetry
6 12 (1.18%) Keycloak
7 11 (1.08%) REST
8 10 (0.98%) Kafka
9 5 (0.49%) Software Packaging
10 4 (0.39%) OAuth
10 4 (0.39%) OpenID
11 3 (0.29%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
12 2 (0.20%) Django
12 2 (0.20%) JSON
12 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.20%) OpenGL
12 2 (0.20%) Qt
12 2 (0.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 118 (11.57%) Data Centre
2 78 (7.65%) Replication
3 66 (6.47%) PKI
4 60 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 51 (5.00%) Cloud Native
6 38 (3.73%) Clustering
7 37 (3.63%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.33%) Enterprise Storage
9 33 (3.24%) Private Cloud
10 30 (2.94%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.67%) Operational Technology
13 15 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.47%) Blackberry
14 14 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.37%) Onboarding
15 13 (1.27%) SCADA
16 12 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
17 11 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 390 (38.24%) Windows
2 258 (25.29%) Linux
3 243 (23.82%) Windows Server
4 60 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (2.65%) Ubuntu
8 23 (2.25%) VMS
9 22 (2.16%) Windows 10
10 18 (1.76%) CentOS
10 18 (1.76%) Unix
11 17 (1.67%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.57%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.57%) Solaris
12 16 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.47%) Android
14 13 (1.27%) AIX
15 12 (1.18%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.69%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (21.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 185 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (16.47%) Migration
4 130 (12.75%) ITIL
5 119 (11.67%) High Availability
6 118 (11.57%) Agile
7 108 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 101 (9.90%) DevOps
9 94 (9.22%) CI/CD
10 87 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 80 (7.84%) Load Balancing
12 72 (7.06%) Capacity Planning
13 71 (6.96%) Roadmaps
14 70 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 68 (6.67%) Change Management
16 61 (5.98%) Containerisation
17 60 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (5.69%) Platform Engineering
19 57 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
19 57 (5.59%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 187 (18.33%) PowerShell
2 132 (12.94%) Python
3 68 (6.67%) Bash
4 40 (3.92%) SQL
5 17 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.47%) Shell Script
7 10 (0.98%) C
7 10 (0.98%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 8 (0.78%) C++
9 8 (0.78%) Java
10 7 (0.69%) Embedded C
10 7 (0.69%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.59%) Bicep
12 5 (0.49%) C#
13 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 2 (0.20%) Perl
14 2 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 460 (45.10%) Security Cleared
2 279 (27.35%) SC Cleared
3 199 (19.51%) DV Cleared
4 73 (7.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 41 (4.02%) Degree
6 38 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.14%) VCAP
9 26 (2.55%) CCNP
10 25 (2.45%) MCSE
11 23 (2.25%) Azure Certification
12 22 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.47%) MCSA
13 15 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
14 13 (1.27%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.18%) OCP
16 10 (0.98%) CCNA
17 8 (0.78%) RHCA
18 7 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 6 (0.59%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.73%) SLA
2 33 (3.24%) NIST
3 23 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.06%) NCSC
5 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (0.78%) GDPR
7 5 (0.49%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.39%) QA
9 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.098%) COBIT
11 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.098%) DICOM
11 1 (0.098%) HL7
11 1 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.098%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.098%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 644 (63.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 245 (24.02%) Active Directory
3 211 (20.69%) VMware NSX
4 204 (20.00%) vSphere
5 171 (16.76%) VMware ESXi
6 131 (12.84%) Hyper-V
7 90 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
8 46 (4.51%) Docker
9 41 (4.02%) NFS
10 36 (3.53%) Firmware
11 26 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.45%) KVM
13 18 (1.76%) vCloud
14 15 (1.47%) GPFS
15 12 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.98%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.49%) XenDesktop
19 4 (0.39%) SRDF
19 4 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 188 (18.43%) Ansible
2 145 (14.22%) vCenter Server
3 106 (10.39%) Terraform
4 94 (9.22%) Kubernetes
5 74 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 72 (7.06%) vRealize
7 66 (6.47%) SCCM
8 34 (3.33%) Argo
9 29 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
10 28 (2.75%) Grafana
10 28 (2.75%) SCOM
10 28 (2.75%) VxRail
11 24 (2.35%) PowerCLI
11 24 (2.35%) vMotion
12 19 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 19 (1.86%) Red Hat Satellite
13 18 (1.76%) WSUS
14 17 (1.67%) NetBackup
15 14 (1.37%) Prometheus
15 14 (1.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 242 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 164 (16.08%) Cisco
3 92 (9.02%) Citrix
4 82 (8.04%) Red Hat
5 66 (6.47%) F5
6 59 (5.78%) NetApp
7 50 (4.90%) IBM
8 45 (4.41%) Dell
9 42 (4.12%) Pure Storage
9 42 (4.12%) ServiceNow
10 41 (4.02%) Palo Alto
11 36 (3.53%) Oracle
12 32 (3.14%) McAfee
13 29 (2.84%) Veeam
14 28 (2.75%) Blue Coat
15 26 (2.55%) CheckPoint
16 25 (2.45%) Splunk
17 24 (2.35%) Broadcom
18 22 (2.16%) SolarWinds
19 20 (1.96%) Fortinet