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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 60 51
Rank change year-on-year -39 -9 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 829 1,101 1,611
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.73% 3.57% 4.10%
As % of the Vendors category 5.74% 7.92% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 702 1,091
10th Percentile £325 £322 £300
25th Percentile £435 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 68
10th Percentile £27.80 £23.24 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.39 £35.00 £45.65
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -24.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile £83.00 £80.59 £76.53
90th Percentile £99.20 £96.27 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £43.75 £65.98
% change year-on-year +31.43% -33.69% +1.51%

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 14,454 13,909 17,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.56% 45.11% 44.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,299 8,356 11,614
10th Percentile £286 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 728 430 621
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% -22.22% +73.08%
75th Percentile £45.20 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.21 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.75% -32.12% +73.08%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -9 227 £513 -6.82% 191
London -71 215 £525 +8.34% 142
North of England -16 137 £500 - 60
Midlands -22 119 £525 - 65
West Midlands -14 100 £563 -2.17% 42
South West -28 94 £550 +2.33% 62
North West -16 82 £525 +5.00% 35
Yorkshire +6 67 £436 -3.65% 17
East of England -24 35 £500 -2.44% 46
East Midlands -28 19 £458 +11.04% 23
North East -10 4 £550 +137.84% 8
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 59 (7.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (3.98%) Confluence
3 32 (3.86%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.69%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.33%) Apache
6 9 (1.09%) IIS
7 7 (0.84%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.84%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.36%) nginx
10 2 (0.24%) CICS
10 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) Traefik
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 29 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 201 (24.25%) Azure
2 145 (17.49%) AWS
3 67 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (6.03%) GCP
5 48 (5.79%) OpenShift
6 43 (5.19%) GitHub
7 36 (4.34%) Entra ID
8 31 (3.74%) IaaS
9 26 (3.14%) SaaS
10 25 (3.02%) Nutanix
11 23 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (1.93%) PaaS
13 12 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (1.21%) Datadog
15 9 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 6 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
18 5 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
18 5 (0.60%) OneDrive
19 4 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 200 (24.13%) DNS
2 164 (19.78%) Firewall
3 97 (11.70%) TCP/IP
4 89 (10.74%) DHCP
5 67 (8.08%) SAN
6 62 (7.48%) VLAN
7 59 (7.12%) VPN
8 50 (6.03%) VSAN
9 48 (5.79%) WAN
10 44 (5.31%) Network Security
11 38 (4.58%) BGP
11 38 (4.58%) LAN
12 37 (4.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 33 (3.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 30 (3.62%) DMZ
15 29 (3.50%) NAS
16 27 (3.26%) iSCSI
17 21 (2.53%) MPLS
18 20 (2.41%) Fibre Channel
18 20 (2.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.24%) MySQL
6 2 (0.24%) Redis
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 64 (7.72%) Jenkins
2 37 (4.46%) Git
3 30 (3.62%) GitLab
4 29 (3.50%) JIRA
5 23 (2.77%) Sonatype Nexus
6 16 (1.93%) Postman
7 14 (1.69%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.69%) JMeter
7 14 (1.69%) JUnit
8 9 (1.09%) Fiddler
9 8 (0.97%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.97%) Subversion
10 7 (0.84%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.72%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.48%) MSI
13 3 (0.36%) Maven
13 3 (0.36%) RStudio
14 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
14 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 234 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 99 (11.94%) Finance
3 95 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 50 (6.03%) Banking
6 38 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.53%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.05%) Legal
9 16 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.33%) Local Government
12 11 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.21%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.97%) Electronics
14 8 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.84%) Law
16 6 (0.72%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.72%) Marketing
16 6 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (15.68%) Architect
2 116 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 72 (8.69%) Consultant
4 66 (7.96%) Senior
5 51 (6.15%) Network Engineer
5 51 (6.15%) VMware Consultant
6 45 (5.43%) Support Engineer
6 45 (5.43%) VMware Engineer
7 41 (4.95%) Infrastructure Architect
8 35 (4.22%) Analyst
9 32 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
10 30 (3.62%) Administrator
11 29 (3.50%) Windows Engineer
12 28 (3.38%) Developer
12 28 (3.38%) VMware Architect
13 27 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support
14 26 (3.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 23 (2.77%) Lead
16 20 (2.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 20 (2.41%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.90%) Middleware
2 18 (2.17%) Kafka
3 14 (1.69%) Spring
4 13 (1.57%) Hibernate
4 13 (1.57%) REST
5 10 (1.21%) Flash
6 9 (1.09%) Loki
6 9 (1.09%) OAuth
6 9 (1.09%) OpenID
6 9 (1.09%) SAML
7 8 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (0.97%) RESTful
8 7 (0.84%) JSON
8 7 (0.84%) NETCONF
8 7 (0.84%) RESTCONF
9 6 (0.72%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.72%) XMPP
10 5 (0.60%) .NET
10 5 (0.60%) XML
10 5 (0.60%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.37%) Data Centre
2 65 (7.84%) PKI
3 50 (6.03%) Replication
4 39 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 38 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.98%) Private Cloud
7 28 (3.38%) Cloud Native
8 24 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (2.90%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.45%) Clustering
13 11 (1.33%) Fat Client
13 11 (1.33%) Thin Client
14 10 (1.21%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.21%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.09%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 343 (41.38%) Windows
2 266 (32.09%) Linux
3 183 (22.07%) Windows Server
4 82 (9.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (5.67%) Windows 10
6 32 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (3.62%) Ubuntu
8 26 (3.14%) CentOS
9 24 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 21 (2.53%) Unix
11 20 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
12 17 (2.05%) VMS
13 15 (1.81%) Mac OS
13 15 (1.81%) Solaris
14 11 (1.33%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.84%) Debian
16 6 (0.72%) AIX
17 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.48%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 126 (15.20%) Agile
4 105 (12.67%) DevOps
5 99 (11.94%) CI/CD
5 99 (11.94%) Migration
6 91 (10.98%) ITIL
7 74 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 69 (8.32%) Containerisation
8 69 (8.32%) Infrastructure as Code
9 63 (7.60%) Load Balancing
10 52 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (6.27%) Service Management
10 52 (6.27%) Validation
11 50 (6.03%) High Availability
12 45 (5.43%) Business Strategy
13 44 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
14 42 (5.07%) Configuration Management
14 42 (5.07%) Data Protection
15 40 (4.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (25.81%) Python
2 182 (21.95%) PowerShell
3 107 (12.91%) Bash
4 59 (7.12%) SQL
5 33 (3.98%) Java
6 28 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.77%) Perl
8 11 (1.33%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.21%) Go
10 9 (1.09%) PHP
11 7 (0.84%) C++
11 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.84%) VBA
12 4 (0.48%) C
12 4 (0.48%) C#
13 3 (0.36%) VBScript
14 2 (0.24%) Korn
15 1 (0.12%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.12%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 346 (41.74%) Security Cleared
2 212 (25.57%) SC Cleared
3 141 (17.01%) DV Cleared
4 61 (7.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 59 (7.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (6.39%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (6.27%) Degree
8 41 (4.95%) CCNP
9 32 (3.86%) Azure Certification
10 26 (3.14%) CCNA
11 24 (2.90%) MCSE
12 22 (2.65%) AWS Certification
13 18 (2.17%) VCAP
14 14 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (1.57%) CCIE
16 12 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.33%) Server+ Certification
18 10 (1.21%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.26%) GDPR
2 18 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.57%) NCSC
4 12 (1.45%) QA
5 11 (1.33%) SLA
6 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) NIST
8 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.48%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.36%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) PMO
12 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 541 (65.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 230 (27.74%) Active Directory
3 153 (18.46%) vSphere
4 116 (13.99%) VMware ESXi
5 101 (12.18%) Hyper-V
6 93 (11.22%) VMware NSX
7 51 (6.15%) Docker
8 48 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
9 31 (3.74%) NFS
10 20 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (1.81%) Firmware
12 12 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (1.33%) KVM
14 9 (1.09%) GPFS
15 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 7 (0.84%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 6 (0.72%) Dovecot
16 6 (0.72%) Postfix
16 6 (0.72%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.72%) UAG
Systems Management
1 180 (21.71%) Ansible
2 106 (12.79%) Terraform
3 84 (10.13%) vCenter Server
4 66 (7.96%) SCCM
5 64 (7.72%) Kubernetes
6 57 (6.88%) vRealize
7 42 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
8 28 (3.38%) Puppet
9 26 (3.14%) Grafana
10 24 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 22 (2.65%) Prometheus
12 21 (2.53%) Argo
13 20 (2.41%) Progress Chef
13 20 (2.41%) VxRail
14 19 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
15 16 (1.93%) FortiGate
15 16 (1.93%) Red Hat Satellite
16 15 (1.81%) SCOM
17 13 (1.57%) PowerCLI
17 13 (1.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 240 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 140 (16.89%) Cisco
3 89 (10.74%) Red Hat
4 76 (9.17%) Citrix
5 74 (8.93%) F5
6 54 (6.51%) Veeam
7 48 (5.79%) NetApp
8 44 (5.31%) Dell
9 42 (5.07%) Oracle
10 40 (4.83%) SolarWinds
11 34 (4.10%) Splunk
12 29 (3.50%) IBM
12 29 (3.50%) Palo Alto
13 27 (3.26%) Broadcom
14 23 (2.77%) HP
15 22 (2.65%) ServiceNow
16 20 (2.41%) MuleSoft
17 19 (2.29%) Juniper
18 18 (2.17%) CyberArk
18 18 (2.17%) McAfee