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 15 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
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 80 69
Rank change year-on-year -17 -11 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,008 728 1,100
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 3.01% 3.02%
As % of the Vendors category 6.00% 6.33% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 502 759
10th Percentile £335 £329 £274
25th Percentile £449 £431 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -2.83% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 4 36
10th Percentile £27.13 £29.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £50.75 £30.49 £40.00
Median hourly rate £68.85 £54.57 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.16% +18.17% -25.52%
75th Percentile £74.00 £76.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £86.90 £82.50 £80.29
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £54.57 £46.39
% change year-on-year +24.06% +17.64% -26.63%

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 16,807 11,505 15,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.26% 47.55% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,886 7,407 9,719
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -2.82%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £710 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 458 1,005
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.84 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.64 £17.46 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.16 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +6 294 £550 -2.96% 118
London -34 235 £550 +4.76% 67
North of England -14 179 £449 +8.19% 56
Midlands -31 111 £407 -22.43% 39
North West +2 104 £448 +5.41% 32
South West -32 93 £550 -4.35% 26
West Midlands -29 84 £401 -19.96% 26
East of England -6 81 £507 -7.82% 28
Yorkshire -17 73 £425 -5.56% 16
East Midlands -21 27 £450 -18.18% 13
North East -27 3 £638 +78.32% 9
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 38 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) CICS
3 9 (0.89%) IIS
4 7 (0.69%) nginx
4 7 (0.69%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.40%) Apache
6 4 (0.40%) Confluence
7 3 (0.30%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) WordPress
9 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.099%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.099%) CMS
9 1 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.099%) JBoss
9 1 (0.099%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (1.19%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 250 (24.80%) Azure
2 170 (16.87%) AWS
3 77 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (5.65%) OpenShift
5 54 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 48 (4.76%) IaaS
7 42 (4.17%) GitHub
8 37 (3.67%) GCP
8 37 (3.67%) PaaS
9 23 (2.28%) Nutanix
10 15 (1.49%) SaaS
11 13 (1.29%) Datadog
11 13 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (0.99%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.60%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 214 (21.23%) DNS
2 184 (18.25%) Firewall
3 110 (10.91%) DHCP
4 86 (8.53%) VPN
5 84 (8.33%) SAN
6 83 (8.23%) VSAN
7 68 (6.75%) WAN
8 65 (6.45%) TCP/IP
9 62 (6.15%) Network Security
10 57 (5.65%) LAN
11 51 (5.06%) SSL
12 47 (4.66%) NAS
13 44 (4.37%) BIG-IP
14 43 (4.27%) HTTP
15 41 (4.07%) VLAN
16 39 (3.87%) Wireshark
17 30 (2.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 28 (2.78%) BGP
19 27 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
20 26 (2.58%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.89%) DataStage
5 8 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
5 8 (0.79%) Redis
6 5 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.50%) Power BI
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.30%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.099%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.099%) Metadata
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 38 (3.77%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.27%) GitLab
3 27 (2.68%) Fiddler
3 27 (2.68%) Git
4 24 (2.38%) JIRA
5 7 (0.69%) Chocolatey
5 7 (0.69%) Robot Framework
5 7 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.60%) PVCS
6 6 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.30%) MSI
8 1 (0.099%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.099%) GoCD
8 1 (0.099%) Maven
8 1 (0.099%) Postman
8 1 (0.099%) RStudio
8 1 (0.099%) VersionOne
General
1 199 (19.74%) Social Skills
2 96 (9.52%) Finance
3 87 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.66%) Banking
6 39 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.18%) Legal
8 20 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 19 (1.88%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.19%) Police
11 11 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.09%) Retail
12 10 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.89%) Military
14 8 (0.79%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.69%) Local Government
15 7 (0.69%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.60%) Electronics
16 6 (0.60%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 177 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 176 (17.46%) Architect
3 95 (9.42%) Senior
4 93 (9.23%) VMware Engineer
5 83 (8.23%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.16%) Consultant
7 49 (4.86%) VMware Architect
8 42 (4.17%) Analyst
9 35 (3.47%) Technical Architect
10 33 (3.27%) Lead
11 32 (3.17%) Infrastructure Architect
12 31 (3.08%) VMware Consultant
13 30 (2.98%) Administrator
14 27 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (2.68%) Web Engineer
15 26 (2.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 25 (2.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (2.48%) Support Engineer
16 25 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 24 (2.38%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.08%) LDAP
2 24 (2.38%) Middleware
3 22 (2.18%) Flash
4 14 (1.39%) SAML
5 12 (1.19%) Keycloak
5 12 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.09%) REST
7 8 (0.79%) Kafka
8 5 (0.50%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.40%) OAuth
9 4 (0.40%) OpenID
10 3 (0.30%) .NET
10 3 (0.30%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.30%) JSON
11 2 (0.20%) Django
11 2 (0.20%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.20%) Qt
11 2 (0.20%) SOAP
11 2 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (11.81%) Data Centre
2 80 (7.94%) Replication
3 64 (6.35%) PKI
4 58 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 47 (4.66%) Cloud Native
6 37 (3.67%) Clustering
7 35 (3.47%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.37%) Enterprise Storage
9 32 (3.17%) Private Cloud
10 31 (3.08%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.68%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.49%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.49%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.09%) SCADA
15 11 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 389 (38.59%) Windows
2 261 (25.89%) Linux
3 238 (23.61%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.78%) Ubuntu
8 22 (2.18%) VMS
8 22 (2.18%) Windows 10
9 21 (2.08%) Unix
10 19 (1.88%) CentOS
11 17 (1.69%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.59%) Data ONTAP
12 16 (1.59%) Solaris
13 15 (1.49%) Android
13 15 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
14 14 (1.39%) AIX
15 12 (1.19%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.69%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 180 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (16.07%) Migration
4 132 (13.10%) ITIL
5 118 (11.71%) High Availability
6 115 (11.41%) Agile
7 105 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 101 (10.02%) DevOps
9 91 (9.03%) CI/CD
10 86 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 79 (7.84%) Load Balancing
12 72 (7.14%) Change Management
13 71 (7.04%) Capacity Planning
13 71 (7.04%) Roadmaps
13 71 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (5.85%) Containerisation
14 59 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (5.65%) Performance Tuning
16 56 (5.56%) Platform Engineering
17 53 (5.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (18.45%) PowerShell
2 131 (13.00%) Python
3 70 (6.94%) Bash
4 42 (4.17%) SQL
5 18 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.09%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.89%) COBOL
9 8 (0.79%) C
10 7 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.60%) Bicep
11 6 (0.60%) C#
11 6 (0.60%) C++
11 6 (0.60%) Embedded C
11 6 (0.60%) Embedded C++
11 6 (0.60%) Java
12 4 (0.40%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) Perl
13 2 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 457 (45.34%) Security Cleared
2 279 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 199 (19.74%) DV Cleared
4 73 (7.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 41 (4.07%) Degree
6 39 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (3.08%) VCAP
9 28 (2.78%) CCNP
10 26 (2.58%) MCSE
11 24 (2.38%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.49%) MCSA
13 15 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
14 14 (1.39%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.19%) OCP
16 10 (0.99%) CCNA
17 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 8 (0.79%) RHCA
18 6 (0.60%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.07%) SLA
2 33 (3.27%) NIST
3 23 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.08%) NCSC
5 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (0.79%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.40%) QA
9 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.20%) ISA99
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.099%) COBIT
11 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.099%) DICOM
11 1 (0.099%) HL7
11 1 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.099%) SOC 2
System Software
1 626 (62.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 240 (23.81%) Active Directory
3 207 (20.54%) VMware NSX
4 205 (20.34%) vSphere
5 173 (17.16%) VMware ESXi
6 130 (12.90%) Hyper-V
7 87 (8.63%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (4.46%) Docker
9 43 (4.27%) NFS
10 36 (3.57%) Firmware
11 25 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 24 (2.38%) KVM
13 19 (1.88%) vCloud
14 17 (1.69%) GPFS
15 12 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.99%) BitLocker
17 6 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.50%) XenDesktop
19 4 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
19 4 (0.40%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 185 (18.35%) Ansible
2 147 (14.58%) vCenter Server
3 106 (10.52%) Terraform
4 92 (9.13%) Kubernetes
5 74 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 72 (7.14%) vRealize
7 61 (6.05%) SCCM
8 33 (3.27%) Argo
9 30 (2.98%) SCOM
10 28 (2.78%) Grafana
11 27 (2.68%) VxRail
12 26 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
13 24 (2.38%) vMotion
14 23 (2.28%) PowerCLI
15 20 (1.98%) Red Hat Satellite
16 19 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 18 (1.79%) WSUS
18 17 (1.69%) NetBackup
19 15 (1.49%) Podman
19 15 (1.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 241 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 166 (16.47%) Cisco
3 92 (9.13%) Citrix
4 83 (8.23%) Red Hat
5 65 (6.45%) F5
6 60 (5.95%) NetApp
7 49 (4.86%) IBM
8 44 (4.37%) Dell
8 44 (4.37%) ServiceNow
9 41 (4.07%) Pure Storage
10 40 (3.97%) Palo Alto
11 38 (3.77%) Oracle
12 32 (3.17%) Veeam
13 31 (3.08%) McAfee
14 29 (2.88%) CheckPoint
15 27 (2.68%) Blue Coat
16 25 (2.48%) Splunk
17 22 (2.18%) Fortinet
17 22 (2.18%) SolarWinds
18 21 (2.08%) Commvault