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 20 April 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
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 74 66
Rank change year-on-year -23 -8 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,028 802 1,157
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.60% 3.27% 3.11%
As % of the Vendors category 6.09% 6.91% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 548 793
10th Percentile £325 £325 £263
25th Percentile £448 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £608 £623 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 43
10th Percentile £45.43 £30.99 £22.08
25th Percentile £51.00 £42.50 £38.81
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +59.70% -28.95%
75th Percentile £74.07 £82.02 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.50 £85.83 £79.60
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £49.88
% change year-on-year -5.08% +47.85% -23.26%

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 16,879 11,608 15,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.68% 47.37% 42.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,008 7,526 10,017
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £635
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £518
% change year-on-year -2.63% -0.87% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 883 440 993
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.99 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £56.25
90th Percentile £78.71 £80.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.97 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.28% +24.29% -47.06%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -5 279 £550 -4.35% 107
London -33 251 £550 +4.76% 65
North of England -16 177 £460 +2.22% 72
Midlands -22 132 £400 -23.81% 30
West Midlands -20 104 £340 -32.07% 18
North West -9 103 £459 +2.00% 30
South West -34 101 £550 -4.35% 28
East of England +6 83 £507 -1.07% 30
Yorkshire -22 75 £463 +2.89% 29
East Midlands -22 28 £436 -20.73% 11
North East -22 6 £550 +53.85% 17
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 47 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.07%) Confluence
4 9 (0.88%) CICS
5 7 (0.68%) nginx
5 7 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.29%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) JBoss
9 1 (0.097%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 15 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 253 (24.61%) Azure
2 191 (18.58%) AWS
3 76 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (6.81%) OpenShift
5 59 (5.74%) Entra ID
6 51 (4.96%) IaaS
7 48 (4.67%) GitHub
8 41 (3.99%) GCP
9 38 (3.70%) PaaS
10 25 (2.43%) Nutanix
11 22 (2.14%) Datadog
12 17 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.46%) SaaS
15 9 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.88%) Rubrik
16 8 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
18 6 (0.58%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 217 (21.11%) DNS
2 194 (18.87%) Firewall
3 108 (10.51%) DHCP
4 87 (8.46%) VSAN
5 84 (8.17%) VPN
6 79 (7.68%) SAN
7 67 (6.52%) TCP/IP
8 64 (6.23%) Network Security
8 64 (6.23%) WAN
9 54 (5.25%) LAN
10 49 (4.77%) SSL
11 45 (4.38%) BIG-IP
12 44 (4.28%) NAS
13 42 (4.09%) HTTP
13 42 (4.09%) VLAN
14 39 (3.79%) Wireshark
15 37 (3.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 34 (3.31%) BGP
17 31 (3.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 25 (2.43%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.88%) DataStage
4 9 (0.88%) Redis
5 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.19%) Power BI
9 1 (0.097%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.097%) Metadata
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (4.77%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.31%) GitLab
3 30 (2.92%) Git
4 28 (2.72%) Fiddler
5 23 (2.24%) JIRA
6 12 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.78%) PVCS
7 8 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.58%) JMeter
9 6 (0.58%) JUnit
9 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.49%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.19%) MSI
11 2 (0.19%) RStudio
11 2 (0.19%) Subversion
12 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.097%) Maven
General
1 211 (20.53%) Social Skills
2 108 (10.51%) Finance
3 96 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 55 (5.35%) Banking
6 39 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.82%) Legal
8 24 (2.33%) Investment Banking
9 20 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.97%) Electronics
13 10 (0.97%) Local Government
13 10 (0.97%) Military
13 10 (0.97%) Police
14 9 (0.88%) Retail
15 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.58%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 185 (18.00%) Architect
2 169 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 93 (9.05%) VMware Engineer
4 92 (8.95%) Senior
5 73 (7.10%) Network Engineer
6 60 (5.84%) Analyst
7 55 (5.35%) Consultant
8 47 (4.57%) VMware Architect
9 43 (4.18%) Lead
10 38 (3.70%) VMware Consultant
11 36 (3.50%) Infrastructure Architect
12 34 (3.31%) Technical Architect
13 33 (3.21%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 31 (3.02%) Platform Engineer
15 29 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
16 28 (2.72%) Web Engineer
17 26 (2.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 26 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 24 (2.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 24 (2.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.53%) LDAP
2 23 (2.24%) Flash
2 23 (2.24%) Middleware
3 19 (1.85%) SAML
4 15 (1.46%) Kafka
5 14 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
6 13 (1.26%) Keycloak
7 12 (1.17%) REST
8 11 (1.07%) OAuth
8 11 (1.07%) OpenID
9 8 (0.78%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.58%) Spring
10 6 (0.58%) XMPP
11 5 (0.49%) Hibernate
11 5 (0.49%) Software Packaging
12 4 (0.39%) Loki
13 3 (0.29%) SOAP
14 2 (0.19%) .NET
14 2 (0.19%) WCF
14 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.80%) Data Centre
2 81 (7.88%) Replication
3 63 (6.13%) PKI
4 57 (5.54%) Cloud Native
5 55 (5.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (3.89%) Private Cloud
7 39 (3.79%) Management Information System
8 36 (3.50%) Linux Command Line
9 34 (3.31%) Public Cloud
10 31 (3.02%) Clustering
11 29 (2.82%) Enterprise Storage
12 21 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.95%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.65%) Operational Technology
15 15 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.46%) Blackberry
16 14 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (1.26%) SCADA
18 12 (1.17%) Onboarding
19 11 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 382 (37.16%) Windows
2 283 (27.53%) Linux
3 236 (22.96%) Windows Server
4 71 (6.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.72%) Ubuntu
8 26 (2.53%) VMS
9 23 (2.24%) Windows 10
10 20 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.65%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.65%) Unix
12 16 (1.56%) CentOS
12 16 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.56%) Solaris
13 15 (1.46%) Android
14 13 (1.26%) AIX
15 12 (1.17%) Mac OS
16 9 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (21.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 193 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
3 175 (17.02%) Migration
4 141 (13.72%) Agile
5 123 (11.96%) ITIL
6 116 (11.28%) DevOps
7 111 (10.80%) High Availability
8 103 (10.02%) Disaster Recovery
9 101 (9.82%) CI/CD
10 90 (8.75%) Load Balancing
11 86 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
12 75 (7.30%) Roadmaps
13 74 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (6.81%) Platform Engineering
15 68 (6.61%) Containerisation
16 65 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
17 61 (5.93%) Capacity Planning
17 61 (5.93%) Change Management
18 53 (5.16%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (18.68%) PowerShell
2 151 (14.69%) Python
3 81 (7.88%) Bash
4 31 (3.02%) SQL
5 18 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.17%) Perl
8 11 (1.07%) C
8 11 (1.07%) Java
9 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 9 (0.88%) MATLAB
10 8 (0.78%) C++
10 8 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.68%) Embedded C
11 7 (0.68%) Embedded C++
11 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.58%) Bicep
13 5 (0.49%) C#
14 4 (0.39%) PHP
15 2 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 459 (44.65%) Security Cleared
2 280 (27.24%) SC Cleared
3 190 (18.48%) DV Cleared
4 66 (6.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 52 (5.06%) Degree
6 43 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.40%) CCNP
9 28 (2.72%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.53%) VCAP
11 22 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (2.04%) MCSE
13 17 (1.65%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.65%) CCNA
13 17 (1.65%) Oracle Certification
14 12 (1.17%) MCSA
14 12 (1.17%) OCP
15 10 (0.97%) CCDP
16 8 (0.78%) CISSP
17 7 (0.68%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.40%) NIST
2 33 (3.21%) SLA
3 26 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (2.04%) NCSC
5 13 (1.26%) GDPR
6 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.49%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.49%) QA
8 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.19%) ISA99
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.097%) COBIT
10 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.097%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 650 (63.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 244 (23.74%) Active Directory
3 207 (20.14%) vSphere
4 205 (19.94%) VMware NSX
5 154 (14.98%) VMware ESXi
6 130 (12.65%) Hyper-V
7 70 (6.81%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (4.38%) Docker
9 42 (4.09%) NFS
10 35 (3.40%) Firmware
11 26 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
12 22 (2.14%) KVM
13 17 (1.65%) GPFS
14 14 (1.36%) vCloud
15 10 (0.97%) BitLocker
15 10 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
16 5 (0.49%) XenDesktop
17 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
17 4 (0.39%) SRDF
17 4 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 189 (18.39%) Ansible
2 136 (13.23%) vCenter Server
3 114 (11.09%) Terraform
4 100 (9.73%) Kubernetes
5 80 (7.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 79 (7.68%) vRealize
7 69 (6.71%) SCCM
8 40 (3.89%) Argo
9 34 (3.31%) Grafana
9 34 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
9 34 (3.31%) VxRail
10 31 (3.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 23 (2.24%) SCOM
12 22 (2.14%) PowerCLI
13 19 (1.85%) Prometheus
13 19 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
13 19 (1.85%) vMotion
14 17 (1.65%) Progress Chef
15 15 (1.46%) NetBackup
16 14 (1.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 166 (16.15%) Cisco
3 99 (9.63%) Red Hat
4 94 (9.14%) Citrix
5 73 (7.10%) F5
6 59 (5.74%) NetApp
7 58 (5.64%) IBM
8 49 (4.77%) Dell
9 43 (4.18%) Pure Storage
9 43 (4.18%) ServiceNow
10 41 (3.99%) Oracle
11 40 (3.89%) Palo Alto
12 33 (3.21%) SolarWinds
13 32 (3.11%) McAfee
13 32 (3.11%) Veeam
14 28 (2.72%) Blue Coat
15 26 (2.53%) Commvault
15 26 (2.53%) Splunk
16 23 (2.24%) Broadcom
17 22 (2.14%) CheckPoint