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 19 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
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 85 69
Rank change year-on-year -12 -16 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,006 733 1,099
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 3.01% 3.02%
As % of the Vendors category 5.97% 6.32% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 708 507 757
10th Percentile £349 £329 £273
25th Percentile £450 £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 £525 £533 £500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +6.63% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 36
10th Percentile £22.75 £29.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £48.25 £30.49 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.57 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% +18.17% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £76.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.50 £80.29
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £54.57 £46.39
% change year-on-year +15.69% +17.64% -26.37%

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 16,861 11,593 15,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.08% 47.66% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,923 7,461 9,729
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £407 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £635
90th Percentile £706 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 880 469 1,006
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.84 £12.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.11 £26.34 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.94% +17.04% -40.00%
75th Percentile £58.79 £58.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +25.49% +15.91% -48.02%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +4 289 £550 -3.25% 115
London -39 235 £550 +4.76% 71
North of England -14 181 £456 +7.29% 58
Midlands -28 113 £415 -20.95% 40
North West -2 105 £450 +5.88% 30
South West -32 94 £550 -4.35% 26
West Midlands -30 86 £402 -19.76% 27
East of England -8 80 £507 -7.82% 27
Yorkshire -15 74 £444 -1.33% 19
East Midlands -23 27 £450 -18.18% 13
North East -29 3 £638 +78.32% 10
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 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.99%) IIS
4 9 (0.89%) CICS
5 7 (0.70%) nginx
5 7 (0.70%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.50%) Apache
6 5 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.40%) Confluence
8 3 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.20%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.099%) CMS
10 1 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (1.19%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 249 (24.75%) Azure
2 167 (16.60%) AWS
3 76 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (5.77%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.27%) Entra ID
6 48 (4.77%) IaaS
7 43 (4.27%) GitHub
8 37 (3.68%) GCP
8 37 (3.68%) PaaS
9 23 (2.29%) Nutanix
10 15 (1.49%) SaaS
11 14 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.39%) Rubrik
12 13 (1.29%) Datadog
13 12 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.70%) Azure Stack
16 6 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 215 (21.37%) DNS
2 175 (17.40%) Firewall
3 108 (10.74%) DHCP
4 85 (8.45%) VPN
5 83 (8.25%) SAN
6 81 (8.05%) VSAN
7 67 (6.66%) WAN
8 62 (6.16%) Network Security
9 61 (6.06%) TCP/IP
10 56 (5.57%) LAN
11 50 (4.97%) SSL
12 46 (4.57%) NAS
13 44 (4.37%) BIG-IP
14 43 (4.27%) HTTP
15 40 (3.98%) VLAN
16 39 (3.88%) 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 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.89%) DataStage
5 8 (0.80%) NonStop SQL
5 8 (0.80%) 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 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.099%) Metadata
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 39 (3.88%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.38%) GitLab
3 27 (2.68%) Fiddler
3 27 (2.68%) Git
4 24 (2.39%) JIRA
5 7 (0.70%) Chocolatey
5 7 (0.70%) Robot Framework
5 7 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (0.70%) 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%) RStudio
8 1 (0.099%) Subversion
8 1 (0.099%) VersionOne
General
1 196 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 101 (10.04%) Finance
3 84 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 47 (4.67%) Banking
6 39 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.09%) Legal
8 19 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (0.99%) Police
11 10 (0.99%) Retail
12 9 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.89%) Military
13 8 (0.80%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.70%) Local Government
14 7 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.60%) Electronics
15 6 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 182 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 167 (16.60%) Architect
3 95 (9.44%) Senior
4 93 (9.24%) VMware Engineer
5 84 (8.35%) Network Engineer
6 50 (4.97%) Consultant
7 49 (4.87%) VMware Architect
8 40 (3.98%) Analyst
9 35 (3.48%) Lead
10 31 (3.08%) Administrator
11 30 (2.98%) Infrastructure Architect
12 29 (2.88%) Technical Architect
12 29 (2.88%) VMware Consultant
13 28 (2.78%) Support Engineer
13 28 (2.78%) Wintel Engineer
14 27 (2.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 27 (2.68%) Web Engineer
15 26 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (2.49%) DevOps Engineer
16 25 (2.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.08%) LDAP
2 24 (2.39%) Middleware
3 22 (2.19%) Flash
4 13 (1.29%) SAML
5 12 (1.19%) Keycloak
5 12 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.09%) REST
7 8 (0.80%) Kafka
8 5 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.50%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.30%) .NET
9 3 (0.30%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.30%) JSON
9 3 (0.30%) OAuth
9 3 (0.30%) OpenID
10 2 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.20%) OpenGL
10 2 (0.20%) SOAP
10 2 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 121 (12.03%) Data Centre
2 79 (7.85%) Replication
3 61 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 60 (5.96%) PKI
5 40 (3.98%) Cloud Native
6 38 (3.78%) Clustering
7 36 (3.58%) Management Information System
8 35 (3.48%) Enterprise Storage
9 34 (3.38%) Public Cloud
10 32 (3.18%) Private Cloud
11 28 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.49%) Blackberry
12 15 (1.49%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.29%) Operational Technology
15 11 (1.09%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 393 (39.07%) Windows
2 265 (26.34%) Linux
3 244 (24.25%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.78%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.39%) Unix
8 24 (2.39%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.99%) VMS
10 19 (1.89%) CentOS
11 17 (1.69%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
12 16 (1.59%) Data ONTAP
13 15 (1.49%) Android
13 15 (1.49%) Solaris
14 14 (1.39%) AIX
15 12 (1.19%) Mac OS
16 10 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.80%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 173 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
3 165 (16.40%) Migration
4 133 (13.22%) ITIL
5 118 (11.73%) High Availability
6 109 (10.83%) Agile
7 107 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 100 (9.94%) DevOps
9 88 (8.75%) CI/CD
10 86 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
11 78 (7.75%) Load Balancing
12 73 (7.26%) Capacity Planning
13 72 (7.16%) Change Management
14 70 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (6.66%) Roadmaps
16 61 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (5.77%) Performance Tuning
18 56 (5.57%) Containerisation
19 53 (5.27%) ITSM
20 52 (5.17%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 182 (18.09%) PowerShell
2 126 (12.52%) Python
3 65 (6.46%) Bash
4 41 (4.08%) SQL
5 17 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.09%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.89%) COBOL
9 8 (0.80%) Bicep
9 8 (0.80%) C
10 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.70%) T-SQL
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%) VBScript
14 1 (0.099%) VB
Qualifications
1 450 (44.73%) Security Cleared
2 274 (27.24%) SC Cleared
3 199 (19.78%) DV Cleared
4 71 (7.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 42 (4.17%) Degree
6 40 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.18%) VCAP
9 27 (2.68%) CCNP
9 27 (2.68%) MCSE
10 21 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.59%) MCSA
13 15 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
14 12 (1.19%) OCP
15 10 (0.99%) CCNA
16 8 (0.80%) RHCA
17 7 (0.70%) AWS Certification
18 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.27%) SLA
2 33 (3.28%) NIST
3 23 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.09%) NCSC
5 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.70%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) Def Stans
7 5 (0.50%) QA
8 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.20%) ISA99
9 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.099%) COBIT
10 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.099%) DICOM
10 1 (0.099%) HL7
10 1 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.099%) SOC 2
System Software
1 622 (61.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 236 (23.46%) Active Directory
3 209 (20.78%) VMware NSX
4 207 (20.58%) vSphere
5 172 (17.10%) VMware ESXi
6 131 (13.02%) Hyper-V
7 87 (8.65%) Virtual Machines
8 42 (4.17%) NFS
9 41 (4.08%) Docker
10 36 (3.58%) Firmware
11 29 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
12 24 (2.39%) KVM
13 20 (1.99%) vCloud
14 17 (1.69%) GPFS
15 12 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.99%) BitLocker
17 8 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.50%) XenDesktop
19 4 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
19 4 (0.40%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 179 (17.79%) Ansible
2 146 (14.51%) vCenter Server
3 101 (10.04%) Terraform
4 91 (9.05%) Kubernetes
5 71 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 71 (7.06%) vRealize
6 60 (5.96%) SCCM
7 33 (3.28%) Argo
8 31 (3.08%) SCOM
9 29 (2.88%) Grafana
10 27 (2.68%) VxRail
11 25 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
12 24 (2.39%) vMotion
13 23 (2.29%) PowerCLI
14 19 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 18 (1.79%) WSUS
16 17 (1.69%) NetBackup
17 16 (1.59%) Prometheus
18 15 (1.49%) Podman
Vendors
1 241 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 162 (16.10%) Cisco
3 96 (9.54%) Citrix
4 83 (8.25%) Red Hat
5 65 (6.46%) F5
6 61 (6.06%) NetApp
7 49 (4.87%) IBM
8 46 (4.57%) Dell
9 43 (4.27%) ServiceNow
10 41 (4.08%) Pure Storage
11 38 (3.78%) Palo Alto
12 37 (3.68%) Oracle
13 31 (3.08%) McAfee
13 31 (3.08%) Veeam
14 27 (2.68%) Blue Coat
14 27 (2.68%) CheckPoint
15 25 (2.49%) Splunk
16 23 (2.29%) Fortinet
17 22 (2.19%) SolarWinds
18 21 (2.09%) Commvault