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 10 July 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
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 86 60
Rank change year-on-year -14 -26 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,055 774 1,257
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 2.86% 3.39%
As % of the Vendors category 5.74% 6.04% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 721 511 864
10th Percentile £350 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.64% -3.57%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £649
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 33
10th Percentile £24.65 £29.00 £22.32
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.33 £35.58
Median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -24.76%
75th Percentile £74.00 £54.56 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.31 £109.38 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.25
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.77% -32.80%

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 18,368 12,813 15,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.98% 47.40% 42.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,656 8,119 10,107
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £403 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £609 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 596 1,041
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.67 £17.58 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -31.51%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.41 £61.25
90th Percentile £83.25 £68.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.61 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.62% +0.60% -38.34%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +4 310 £550 -3.80% 98
London -25 265 £550 +4.76% 63
North of England -29 182 £469 +4.57% 56
Midlands -23 121 £450 -15.89% 31
South West -26 116 £550 -6.38% 36
North West -4 100 £458 +4.57% 33
West Midlands -33 91 £450 -10.00% 18
Yorkshire -17 79 £500 +11.11% 15
East of England -25 59 £507 -7.82% 24
East Midlands -6 30 £450 -18.18% 13
North East -42 4 £569 +59.09% 10
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 46 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.95%) nginx
4 9 (0.85%) CICS
4 9 (0.85%) IIS
4 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.66%) Confluence
6 6 (0.57%) Apache
6 6 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.095%) Houdini
4 1 (0.095%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.095%) Shopify
2 1 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 273 (25.88%) Azure
2 173 (16.40%) AWS
3 79 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (5.97%) Entra ID
5 56 (5.31%) OpenShift
6 39 (3.70%) GitHub
7 38 (3.60%) GCP
7 38 (3.60%) IaaS
8 28 (2.65%) Rubrik
9 26 (2.46%) PaaS
10 17 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.61%) Nutanix
10 17 (1.61%) SaaS
11 13 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.04%) Datadog
13 11 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 249 (23.60%) DNS
2 196 (18.58%) Firewall
3 133 (12.61%) DHCP
4 93 (8.82%) SAN
5 87 (8.25%) VPN
6 86 (8.15%) VSAN
7 84 (7.96%) WAN
8 75 (7.11%) TCP/IP
9 67 (6.35%) LAN
9 67 (6.35%) Network Security
10 61 (5.78%) VLAN
11 51 (4.83%) NAS
12 48 (4.55%) SSL
13 39 (3.70%) BIG-IP
14 37 (3.51%) BGP
15 35 (3.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 35 (3.32%) HTTP
16 34 (3.22%) Wireshark
17 33 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
18 32 (3.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.85%) DataStage
4 8 (0.76%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.57%) Power BI
7 5 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.28%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.095%) GIS
11 1 (0.095%) Metadata
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 40 (3.79%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.94%) JIRA
3 24 (2.27%) Git
3 24 (2.27%) GitLab
4 21 (1.99%) Fiddler
5 8 (0.76%) Chocolatey
6 6 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.28%) MSI
8 3 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 1 (0.095%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.095%) GoCD
9 1 (0.095%) Maven
9 1 (0.095%) Postman
9 1 (0.095%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.095%) RStudio
9 1 (0.095%) VersionOne
General
1 227 (21.52%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.28%) Finance
3 98 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.16%) Public Sector
5 44 (4.17%) Banking
6 40 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.27%) Legal
8 18 (1.71%) Investment Banking
8 18 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.14%) Retail
11 11 (1.04%) Military
12 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.85%) Police
13 6 (0.57%) Law
14 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.38%) Advertising
15 4 (0.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 215 (20.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (13.55%) Architect
3 111 (10.52%) Senior
4 97 (9.19%) VMware Engineer
5 85 (8.06%) Network Engineer
6 62 (5.88%) Consultant
7 46 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 46 (4.36%) Support Engineer
8 40 (3.79%) VMware Consultant
9 37 (3.51%) Administrator
9 37 (3.51%) Lead
10 35 (3.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 34 (3.22%) VMware Architect
12 30 (2.84%) Storage Engineer
13 29 (2.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 29 (2.75%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 29 (2.75%) Technical Architect
14 26 (2.46%) Analyst
14 26 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.18%) LDAP
2 17 (1.61%) Flash
2 17 (1.61%) Middleware
3 13 (1.23%) REST
4 12 (1.14%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (0.95%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.85%) SAML
7 7 (0.66%) Keycloak
8 6 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.47%) .NET
9 5 (0.47%) JSON
10 4 (0.38%) Redfish
10 4 (0.38%) Software Packaging
11 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.28%) YAML
12 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.19%) Kafka
12 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.19%) OpenID
12 2 (0.19%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 146 (13.84%) Data Centre
2 71 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (6.54%) PKI
4 66 (6.26%) Replication
5 45 (4.27%) Enterprise Storage
6 42 (3.98%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.51%) Cloud Native
8 34 (3.22%) Clustering
8 34 (3.22%) Public Cloud
9 32 (3.03%) Private Cloud
10 23 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
11 20 (1.90%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.42%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.14%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.04%) BYOD
15 11 (1.04%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 456 (43.22%) Windows
2 279 (26.45%) Windows Server
3 271 (25.69%) Linux
4 59 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 43 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (2.27%) Unix
8 22 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 22 (2.09%) Windows 10
9 21 (1.99%) VMS
10 20 (1.90%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.61%) AIX
11 17 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.61%) Solaris
12 16 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.42%) Android
14 14 (1.33%) CentOS
15 9 (0.85%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (25.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 191 (18.10%) Migration
3 185 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (12.51%) ITIL
5 130 (12.32%) High Availability
6 107 (10.14%) CI/CD
7 106 (10.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 103 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 98 (9.29%) DevOps
10 89 (8.44%) Agile
11 82 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 77 (7.30%) Change Management
13 76 (7.20%) Load Balancing
14 75 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
15 70 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 70 (6.64%) Validation
16 68 (6.45%) ITSM
17 67 (6.35%) Network Virtualisation
18 66 (6.26%) Capacity Planning
19 60 (5.69%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 199 (18.86%) PowerShell
2 131 (12.42%) Python
3 72 (6.82%) Bash
4 47 (4.45%) SQL
5 22 (2.09%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.04%) Java
7 10 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 9 (0.85%) COBOL
9 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.57%) Bicep
10 6 (0.57%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.38%) C
12 4 (0.38%) C#
12 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.095%) Korn
14 1 (0.095%) Lua
14 1 (0.095%) Perl
14 1 (0.095%) VB
Qualifications
1 489 (46.35%) Security Cleared
2 292 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 221 (20.95%) DV Cleared
4 83 (7.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 53 (5.02%) Degree
6 50 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
7 41 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.32%) CCNP
9 31 (2.94%) VCAP
10 28 (2.65%) MCSE
11 26 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 18 (1.71%) MCSA
13 16 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.52%) CCNA
14 15 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
15 12 (1.14%) OCP
16 10 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.76%) ISTQB
17 8 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 8 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.79%) SLA
2 33 (3.13%) NIST
3 24 (2.27%) NCSC
4 21 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.95%) QA
7 6 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.19%) GDPR
10 2 (0.19%) GxP
10 2 (0.19%) ISA99
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.095%) DICOM
11 1 (0.095%) GRC
11 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.095%) HL7
11 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 692 (65.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 269 (25.50%) Active Directory
3 231 (21.90%) VMware NSX
4 226 (21.42%) vSphere
5 218 (20.66%) VMware ESXi
6 145 (13.74%) Hyper-V
7 92 (8.72%) Virtual Machines
8 44 (4.17%) Docker
9 39 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 37 (3.51%) Firmware
10 37 (3.51%) NFS
11 23 (2.18%) KVM
12 22 (2.09%) vCloud
13 12 (1.14%) GPFS
13 12 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (0.95%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (0.66%) UAG
17 6 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.57%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 184 (17.44%) Ansible
2 180 (17.06%) vCenter Server
3 120 (11.37%) Terraform
4 101 (9.57%) Kubernetes
5 69 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 65 (6.16%) vRealize
7 56 (5.31%) SCCM
8 47 (4.45%) SCOM
9 32 (3.03%) VxRail
10 28 (2.65%) Argo
10 28 (2.65%) Grafana
11 27 (2.56%) PowerCLI
12 26 (2.46%) vMotion
13 20 (1.90%) NetBackup
13 20 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
14 17 (1.61%) Puppet
14 17 (1.61%) Red Hat Satellite
15 16 (1.52%) Prometheus
15 16 (1.52%) WSUS
16 15 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 259 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 184 (17.44%) Cisco
3 106 (10.05%) Citrix
4 75 (7.11%) Red Hat
5 73 (6.92%) NetApp
6 57 (5.40%) F5
7 55 (5.21%) Dell
8 45 (4.27%) ServiceNow
9 42 (3.98%) Palo Alto
10 40 (3.79%) Pure Storage
11 39 (3.70%) IBM
12 37 (3.51%) Oracle
13 36 (3.41%) Juniper
14 33 (3.13%) SolarWinds
14 33 (3.13%) Veeam
15 27 (2.56%) CheckPoint
15 27 (2.56%) Fortinet
16 25 (2.37%) Broadcom
17 24 (2.27%) McAfee
17 24 (2.27%) Splunk