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 1 August 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
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 98 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 -38 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,084 719 1,198
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.38% 2.61% 3.55%
As % of the Vendors category 5.79% 5.53% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 462 828
10th Percentile £358 £356 £320
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -
75th Percentile £610 £600 £575
90th Percentile £705 £650 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 5 14
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.80 £23.80
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.00 £26.75
Median hourly rate £60.94 £32.77 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.95% -51.45% +23.72%
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.19 £119.50 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £32.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year +67.45% -50.35% +10.00%

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 18,724 12,993 14,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.14% 47.08% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 8,233 9,379
10th Percentile £313 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £621 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,004 626 798
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.52 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.21% -10.18% -29.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.38 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.83 £70.20
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% -8.55% -34.21%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +11 333 £550 -3.25% 116
London +1 291 £525 - 96
North of England -28 167 £477 +6.00% 55
Midlands -19 117 £450 -18.18% 33
South West -30 110 £550 -6.38% 53
West Midlands -29 92 £475 -15.64% 20
North West -19 86 £459 -3.37% 33
Yorkshire -22 77 £500 +11.11% 14
East of England -5 65 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -6 25 £450 -18.18% 13
North East -39 5 £500 +1.01% 11
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 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.38%) Confluence
4 13 (1.20%) nginx
5 9 (0.83%) IIS
5 9 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.74%) Apache
6 8 (0.74%) CICS
6 8 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.37%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.18%) CMS
9 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.092%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.18%) Houdini
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.092%) Shopify
2 1 (0.092%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 282 (26.01%) Azure
2 185 (17.07%) AWS
3 88 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (6.37%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.52%) OpenShift
6 43 (3.97%) GitHub
7 42 (3.87%) GCP
7 42 (3.87%) IaaS
8 29 (2.68%) PaaS
8 29 (2.68%) Rubrik
9 22 (2.03%) SaaS
10 21 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.57%) OneDrive
12 16 (1.48%) Datadog
12 16 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (1.01%) Nutanix
14 11 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 278 (25.65%) DNS
2 213 (19.65%) Firewall
3 160 (14.76%) DHCP
4 99 (9.13%) VSAN
5 93 (8.58%) TCP/IP
6 86 (7.93%) SAN
6 86 (7.93%) VPN
7 81 (7.47%) WAN
8 71 (6.55%) VLAN
9 65 (6.00%) Network Security
10 64 (5.90%) LAN
11 51 (4.70%) SSL
12 44 (4.06%) NAS
13 39 (3.60%) BGP
14 35 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 35 (3.23%) SD-WAN
15 32 (2.95%) BIG-IP
15 32 (2.95%) HTTP
16 31 (2.86%) Cisco Nexus
17 30 (2.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.92%) Power BI
3 10 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.74%) DataStage
5 8 (0.74%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (0.55%) Big Data
7 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.37%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.28%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
12 1 (0.092%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (3.78%) Jenkins
2 39 (3.60%) JIRA
3 26 (2.40%) GitLab
4 25 (2.31%) Git
5 18 (1.66%) Fiddler
6 10 (0.92%) Chocolatey
7 7 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.28%) MSI
10 3 (0.28%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.28%) Subversion
10 3 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.18%) PVCS
12 1 (0.092%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.092%) Maven
12 1 (0.092%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 241 (22.23%) Social Skills
2 118 (10.89%) Finance
3 111 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 48 (4.43%) Banking
6 36 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (2.49%) Telecoms
8 23 (2.12%) Legal
9 17 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.38%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (1.29%) Military
12 12 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.11%) Retail
13 7 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.55%) Law
14 6 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.55%) Police
15 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 231 (21.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 134 (12.36%) Senior
3 131 (12.08%) Architect
4 105 (9.69%) VMware Engineer
5 91 (8.39%) Network Engineer
6 62 (5.72%) Consultant
7 55 (5.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 54 (4.98%) Support Engineer
9 48 (4.43%) Lead
9 48 (4.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 39 (3.60%) Administrator
10 39 (3.60%) VMware Consultant
11 37 (3.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 36 (3.32%) Storage Engineer
13 35 (3.23%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 31 (2.86%) VMware Architect
15 30 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
15 30 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (2.68%) IT Engineer
17 28 (2.58%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.29%) Flash
1 14 (1.29%) Middleware
1 14 (1.29%) REST
2 13 (1.20%) LDAP
3 11 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (0.92%) 802.1X
5 9 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.65%) Kafka
7 5 (0.46%) .NET
7 5 (0.46%) JSON
7 5 (0.46%) SAML
8 4 (0.37%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.37%) Redfish
8 4 (0.37%) YAML
9 3 (0.28%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.28%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.18%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.18%) Java SE
10 2 (0.18%) OAuth
10 2 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 156 (14.39%) Data Centre
2 82 (7.56%) PKI
3 79 (7.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 54 (4.98%) Replication
5 50 (4.61%) Enterprise Storage
6 43 (3.97%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.87%) Clustering
8 35 (3.23%) Public Cloud
9 34 (3.14%) Cloud Native
10 27 (2.49%) Onboarding
10 27 (2.49%) Private Cloud
11 21 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.11%) Blackberry
13 12 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.01%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.01%) SCADA
14 11 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 497 (45.85%) Windows
2 295 (27.21%) Linux
3 293 (27.03%) Windows Server
4 61 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (4.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.49%) VMS
7 26 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (2.21%) Unix
8 24 (2.21%) Windows 10
9 22 (2.03%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.85%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.66%) AIX
12 17 (1.57%) Data ONTAP
13 16 (1.48%) Solaris
13 16 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
14 13 (1.20%) Android
15 12 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (1.01%) CentOS
17 7 (0.65%) Mac OS
17 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (27.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 198 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (17.71%) Migration
4 148 (13.65%) ITIL
5 139 (12.82%) High Availability
6 121 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 120 (11.07%) CI/CD
8 117 (10.79%) Disaster Recovery
9 99 (9.13%) DevOps
9 99 (9.13%) Technical Leadership
10 96 (8.86%) Agile
11 90 (8.30%) Change Management
12 88 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 82 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 79 (7.29%) ITSM
15 77 (7.10%) Network Virtualisation
16 76 (7.01%) Service Management
17 71 (6.55%) Load Balancing
18 68 (6.27%) Performance Tuning
19 67 (6.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 223 (20.57%) PowerShell
2 140 (12.92%) Python
3 95 (8.76%) Bash
4 59 (5.44%) SQL
5 22 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.66%) Java
7 9 (0.83%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.74%) COBOL
9 7 (0.65%) C
9 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.55%) Bicep
11 4 (0.37%) C#
11 4 (0.37%) Go
11 4 (0.37%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.28%) C++
12 3 (0.28%) Lua
13 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.18%) VBScript
14 1 (0.092%) VB
Qualifications
1 523 (48.25%) Security Cleared
2 308 (28.41%) SC Cleared
3 246 (22.69%) DV Cleared
4 87 (8.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 65 (6.00%) Degree
6 55 (5.07%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (3.69%) VCAP
9 33 (3.04%) CCNP
10 32 (2.95%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.40%) MCSE
12 23 (2.12%) CCNA
13 16 (1.48%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.38%) MCSA
15 14 (1.29%) Oracle Certification
16 12 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (1.01%) OCP
18 10 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
19 9 (0.83%) RHCA
20 8 (0.74%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.15%) SLA
2 28 (2.58%) NIST
3 23 (2.12%) NCSC
4 17 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.29%) QA
7 4 (0.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.37%) GxP
7 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.18%) GDPR
9 2 (0.18%) ISA99
9 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.092%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.092%) GRC
10 1 (0.092%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.092%) PMO
10 1 (0.092%) SOC 2
System Software
1 720 (66.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 303 (27.95%) Active Directory
3 236 (21.77%) VMware NSX
4 230 (21.22%) vSphere
5 226 (20.85%) VMware ESXi
6 150 (13.84%) Hyper-V
7 91 (8.39%) Virtual Machines
8 59 (5.44%) Docker
9 37 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 34 (3.14%) Firmware
11 26 (2.40%) NFS
12 22 (2.03%) vCloud
13 20 (1.85%) KVM
14 12 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 9 (0.83%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.83%) GPFS
15 9 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (0.65%) UAG
17 6 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.55%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 195 (17.99%) vCenter Server
2 193 (17.80%) Ansible
3 143 (13.19%) Terraform
4 117 (10.79%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 59 (5.44%) vRealize
7 57 (5.26%) SCOM
8 55 (5.07%) SCCM
9 36 (3.32%) VxRail
10 28 (2.58%) Argo
10 28 (2.58%) Grafana
11 26 (2.40%) PowerCLI
12 23 (2.12%) NetBackup
12 23 (2.12%) Puppet
13 22 (2.03%) vMotion
14 19 (1.75%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.66%) Avamar
15 18 (1.66%) Prometheus
16 17 (1.57%) WSUS
17 13 (1.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 274 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 187 (17.25%) Cisco
3 98 (9.04%) Citrix
4 80 (7.38%) NetApp
5 76 (7.01%) Red Hat
6 55 (5.07%) Dell
7 50 (4.61%) F5
8 47 (4.34%) ServiceNow
9 44 (4.06%) Palo Alto
10 42 (3.87%) SolarWinds
11 40 (3.69%) Juniper
12 39 (3.60%) Oracle
13 35 (3.23%) IBM
14 34 (3.14%) Veeam
15 32 (2.95%) Pure Storage
16 29 (2.68%) Broadcom
17 25 (2.31%) Fortinet
18 22 (2.03%) CheckPoint
18 22 (2.03%) Splunk
19 21 (1.94%) McAfee