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 12 September 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 101 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 -41 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,150 716 1,155
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.57% 3.50%
As % of the Vendors category 5.94% 5.47% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 464 767
10th Percentile £325 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £582
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 10 12
10th Percentile £29.00 £28.90 £22.54
25th Percentile £51.00 £29.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.49 £33.39 £43.08
Median % change year-on-year +102.14% -22.51% -31.07%
75th Percentile £89.94 £52.81 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.53 -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £33.39 £38.00
% change year-on-year +102.10% -12.14% -40.63%

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 19,344 13,085 14,560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.73% 47.03% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,057 8,294 8,946
10th Percentile £312 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £619 £616 £631
90th Percentile £707 £706 £734
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,113 617 610
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.75 £14.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £82.90 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £30.80
% change year-on-year +9.34% -18.33% -27.54%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -8 322 £538 -2.27% 132
London -4 303 £550 +5.26% 165
North of England -1 197 £459 +4.91% 65
Midlands -18 124 £450 -20.00% 51
South West -21 117 £575 - 60
North West +6 105 £466 +6.40% 29
West Midlands -18 96 £474 -17.21% 30
East of England +6 83 £507 -7.82% 65
Yorkshire -20 76 £525 +22.16% 18
East Midlands -5 28 £425 -13.62% 21
North East -30 17 £400 -36.00% 19
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 60 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.09%) Confluence
4 16 (1.39%) IIS
5 13 (1.13%) nginx
6 10 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.78%) Apache
8 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.70%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.61%) JBoss
10 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
11 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.17%) CMS
12 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.087%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.087%) CICS
Applications
1 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.17%) Houdini
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.17%) NUKE
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.087%) Shopify
2 1 (0.087%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 323 (28.09%) Azure
2 187 (16.26%) AWS
3 109 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (7.65%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.00%) GCP
6 41 (3.57%) OpenShift
7 39 (3.39%) GitHub
8 37 (3.22%) IaaS
9 25 (2.17%) Rubrik
10 24 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (1.83%) PaaS
12 18 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (1.57%) OneDrive
13 17 (1.48%) SaaS
14 14 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.13%) Datadog
15 13 (1.13%) Power Platform
16 12 (1.04%) Nutanix
17 11 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 314 (27.30%) DNS
2 213 (18.52%) Firewall
3 192 (16.70%) DHCP
4 101 (8.78%) TCP/IP
5 95 (8.26%) VSAN
6 89 (7.74%) VPN
7 82 (7.13%) SAN
7 82 (7.13%) VLAN
8 80 (6.96%) WAN
9 68 (5.91%) Network Security
10 64 (5.57%) LAN
11 44 (3.83%) NAS
11 44 (3.83%) SSL
12 38 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 34 (2.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 34 (2.96%) HTTP
13 34 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (2.87%) BGP
15 31 (2.70%) SD-WAN
16 30 (2.61%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.13%) Power BI
4 10 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.78%) Big Data
5 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.70%) NonStop SQL
7 7 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.17%) GIS
12 1 (0.087%) DataStage
12 1 (0.087%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 47 (4.09%) JIRA
2 39 (3.39%) GitLab
3 33 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.35%) Git
5 14 (1.22%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.43%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 3 (0.26%) Subversion
11 1 (0.087%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.087%) Maven
11 1 (0.087%) MSI
11 1 (0.087%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.087%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.087%) VersionOne
General
1 245 (21.30%) Social Skills
2 124 (10.78%) Finance
3 118 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
5 46 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 35 (3.04%) Banking
7 29 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.17%) Legal
9 14 (1.22%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.04%) Aerospace
11 11 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 11 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 11 (0.96%) Retail
12 10 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.70%) Law
14 8 (0.70%) Military
14 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.52%) Back Office
15 6 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 258 (22.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 159 (13.83%) Senior
3 119 (10.35%) Architect
3 119 (10.35%) VMware Engineer
4 81 (7.04%) Network Engineer
5 73 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 65 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 64 (5.57%) Support Engineer
8 60 (5.22%) Consultant
8 60 (5.22%) Lead
9 48 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
10 45 (3.91%) Administrator
11 39 (3.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 38 (3.30%) VMware Consultant
13 37 (3.22%) Storage Engineer
14 35 (3.04%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 33 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 31 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
17 29 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
18 26 (2.26%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (13.74%) Terraform
2 23 (2.00%) REST
3 18 (1.57%) JSON
3 18 (1.57%) LDAP
4 17 (1.48%) Kafka
5 12 (1.04%) YAML
6 11 (0.96%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.78%) Middleware
8 8 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.61%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.52%) Flash
11 5 (0.43%) .NET
12 4 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.35%) Redfish
12 4 (0.35%) SAML
13 3 (0.26%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.26%) OAuth
13 3 (0.26%) Pulumi
13 3 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 173 (15.04%) Data Centre
2 91 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 83 (7.22%) PKI
4 51 (4.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 50 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.17%) Replication
7 46 (4.00%) Clustering
8 45 (3.91%) Private Cloud
9 44 (3.83%) Onboarding
10 38 (3.30%) Public Cloud
11 29 (2.52%) Cloud Native
12 20 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.39%) SCADA
15 14 (1.22%) Operational Technology
16 13 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
17 12 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
17 12 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
18 11 (0.96%) Product Ownership
19 10 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 574 (49.91%) Windows
2 371 (32.26%) Windows Server
3 306 (26.61%) Linux
4 59 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (4.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (3.30%) Windows 10
7 27 (2.35%) VMS
8 22 (1.91%) Unix
9 21 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (1.74%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.96%) CentOS
12 11 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
13 10 (0.87%) AIX
13 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
13 10 (0.87%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.78%) Solaris
15 6 (0.52%) Debian
15 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (29.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 201 (17.48%) ITIL
2 201 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (16.96%) Migration
4 166 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 153 (13.30%) Technical Leadership
6 140 (12.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 137 (11.91%) CI/CD
8 113 (9.83%) High Availability
9 108 (9.39%) Change Management
10 106 (9.22%) ITSM
11 105 (9.13%) DevOps
12 100 (8.70%) Service Management
12 100 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 95 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 94 (8.17%) Agile
15 92 (8.00%) Platform Engineering
16 86 (7.48%) Root Cause Analysis
17 81 (7.04%) Project Delivery
18 79 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 265 (23.04%) PowerShell
2 151 (13.13%) Python
3 99 (8.61%) Bash
4 70 (6.09%) SQL
5 22 (1.91%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.83%) Java
7 11 (0.96%) Bicep
8 10 (0.87%) C
8 10 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.61%) VB
10 6 (0.52%) Go
10 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.52%) VBScript
11 5 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.35%) C#
12 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.26%) Lua
14 2 (0.17%) Korn
15 1 (0.087%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 559 (48.61%) Security Cleared
2 315 (27.39%) SC Cleared
3 276 (24.00%) DV Cleared
4 85 (7.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 70 (6.09%) Degree
6 53 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (3.74%) VCAP
8 42 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (3.22%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.35%) CCNP
11 26 (2.26%) MCSE
12 21 (1.83%) CCNA
13 19 (1.65%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.39%) MCSA
15 15 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 10 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
19 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
19 8 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.48%) SLA
2 24 (2.09%) NIST
3 21 (1.83%) NCSC
3 21 (1.83%) QA
4 18 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.35%) GxP
8 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.26%) GDPR
8 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.17%) ISA99
9 2 (0.17%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.087%) GRC
10 1 (0.087%) SOC 2
System Software
1 795 (69.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 347 (30.17%) Active Directory
3 252 (21.91%) VMware ESXi
4 236 (20.52%) vSphere
5 225 (19.57%) VMware NSX
6 189 (16.43%) Hyper-V
7 97 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
8 64 (5.57%) Docker
9 40 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 34 (2.96%) Firmware
11 27 (2.35%) vCloud
12 21 (1.83%) NFS
13 15 (1.30%) KVM
14 13 (1.13%) BitLocker
14 13 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
15 12 (1.04%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 8 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (0.70%) XenApp
16 8 (0.70%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.61%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 194 (16.87%) vCenter Server
2 192 (16.70%) Ansible
3 144 (12.52%) Kubernetes
4 74 (6.43%) SCOM
5 67 (5.83%) SCCM
6 56 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 56 (4.87%) vRealize
7 39 (3.39%) VxRail
8 26 (2.26%) Grafana
9 25 (2.17%) Prometheus
10 24 (2.09%) PowerCLI
11 23 (2.00%) NetBackup
12 22 (1.91%) Puppet
13 21 (1.83%) vMotion
14 19 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
15 17 (1.48%) WSUS
16 16 (1.39%) Argo
16 16 (1.39%) Avamar
16 16 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
16 16 (1.39%) Podman
Vendors
1 310 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 183 (15.91%) Cisco
3 92 (8.00%) Citrix
4 79 (6.87%) NetApp
5 69 (6.00%) Red Hat
6 63 (5.48%) Dell
7 58 (5.04%) ServiceNow
8 52 (4.52%) F5
9 45 (3.91%) Oracle
10 44 (3.83%) SolarWinds
11 39 (3.39%) Palo Alto
12 36 (3.13%) Veeam
13 35 (3.04%) Juniper
14 33 (2.87%) Fortinet
15 27 (2.35%) Broadcom
15 27 (2.35%) CyberArk
15 27 (2.35%) IBM
16 20 (1.74%) Meraki
17 19 (1.65%) CheckPoint
17 19 (1.65%) McAfee