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 27 August 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 106 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 -48 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,126 701 1,193
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.54% 3.59%
As % of the Vendors category 5.93% 5.39% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 447 806
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +6.80% +1.98%
75th Percentile £627 £601 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £647
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 8 13
10th Percentile £28.00 £28.70 £22.68
25th Percentile £46.50 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £31.39 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.48% -37.23% -14.34%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £95.08 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £31.39 £50.00
% change year-on-year +101.16% -37.23% -20.00%

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 18,992 13,016 14,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.17% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,896 8,242 9,108
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 636 685
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%
75th Percentile £65.58 £48.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 0 327 £550 - 84
London +7 308 £550 +4.76% 44
North of England -9 188 £450 +0.67% 41
Midlands -13 121 £450 -21.36% 26
South West -25 112 £575 -1.71% 49
North West +2 107 £472 +11.06% 21
West Midlands -14 95 £474 -18.42% 16
Yorkshire -34 70 £458 +2.01% 12
East of England -9 68 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -3 26 £425 -22.73% 10
North East -33 12 £275 -56.00% 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 58 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.69%) Confluence
4 13 (1.15%) nginx
5 10 (0.89%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.80%) Apache
6 9 (0.80%) IIS
7 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.62%) JBoss
9 4 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.27%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.089%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.089%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.18%) Houdini
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 13 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
2 1 (0.089%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 313 (27.80%) Azure
2 199 (17.67%) AWS
3 101 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 81 (7.19%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.09%) GCP
6 40 (3.55%) IaaS
6 40 (3.55%) OpenShift
7 37 (3.29%) GitHub
8 29 (2.58%) Rubrik
9 24 (2.13%) PaaS
10 23 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.69%) SaaS
12 18 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.60%) OneDrive
13 14 (1.24%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.15%) Nutanix
14 13 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (1.07%) Datadog
16 11 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 306 (27.18%) DNS
2 217 (19.27%) Firewall
3 186 (16.52%) DHCP
4 100 (8.88%) VSAN
5 99 (8.79%) TCP/IP
6 90 (7.99%) VPN
7 86 (7.64%) WAN
8 80 (7.10%) SAN
9 78 (6.93%) VLAN
10 74 (6.57%) Network Security
11 69 (6.13%) LAN
12 45 (4.00%) SSL
13 44 (3.91%) NAS
14 42 (3.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 37 (3.29%) BGP
16 34 (3.02%) BIG-IP
16 34 (3.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 33 (2.93%) SD-WAN
17 33 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
18 30 (2.66%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.15%) Power BI
2 13 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.80%) Big Data
5 9 (0.80%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.71%) NonStop SQL
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.27%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
12 1 (0.089%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (3.64%) JIRA
2 35 (3.11%) GitLab
3 32 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.31%) Git
5 15 (1.33%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.53%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.36%) Selenium
10 3 (0.27%) Subversion
11 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.18%) MSI
11 2 (0.18%) PVCS
11 2 (0.18%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.089%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.089%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.089%) VersionOne
General
1 241 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 124 (11.01%) Finance
3 112 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.44%) Public Sector
5 42 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
6 39 (3.46%) Banking
7 29 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.22%) Legal
9 15 (1.33%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.15%) Retail
12 10 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.89%) Military
12 10 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.80%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.53%) Law
15 6 (0.53%) Police
16 4 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 247 (21.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 153 (13.59%) Senior
3 117 (10.39%) VMware Engineer
4 111 (9.86%) Architect
5 89 (7.90%) Network Engineer
6 66 (5.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 64 (5.68%) Consultant
8 61 (5.42%) Support Engineer
9 59 (5.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 57 (5.06%) Lead
11 45 (4.00%) Administrator
12 40 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 40 (3.55%) Platform Engineer
13 38 (3.37%) VMware Consultant
14 37 (3.29%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 37 (3.29%) Storage Engineer
15 34 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
16 30 (2.66%) Linux Engineer
17 28 (2.49%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (13.59%) Terraform
2 20 (1.78%) REST
3 13 (1.15%) Kafka
4 12 (1.07%) LDAP
4 12 (1.07%) YAML
5 11 (0.98%) JSON
6 10 (0.89%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.80%) Flash
7 9 (0.80%) Middleware
8 5 (0.44%) .NET
8 5 (0.44%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.44%) SAML
9 4 (0.36%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.36%) Redfish
10 3 (0.27%) Java SE
10 3 (0.27%) XML
11 2 (0.18%) EJB
11 2 (0.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 168 (14.92%) Data Centre
2 85 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 79 (7.02%) PKI
4 57 (5.06%) Enterprise Storage
5 52 (4.62%) Replication
6 51 (4.53%) Management Information System
7 49 (4.35%) Clustering
8 40 (3.55%) Public Cloud
9 39 (3.46%) Onboarding
9 39 (3.46%) Private Cloud
10 26 (2.31%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.07%) SCADA
14 11 (0.98%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.98%) Product Ownership
14 11 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.89%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 547 (48.58%) Windows
2 350 (31.08%) Windows Server
3 309 (27.44%) Linux
4 58 (5.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 48 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (2.93%) Windows 10
7 28 (2.49%) VMS
8 25 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.13%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.78%) Unix
10 20 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
11 13 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (1.07%) CentOS
13 10 (0.89%) AIX
13 10 (0.89%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.80%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.71%) Solaris
16 7 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.53%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (28.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 198 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (17.32%) Migration
4 188 (16.70%) ITIL
5 154 (13.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 139 (12.34%) Technical Leadership
7 133 (11.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 128 (11.37%) CI/CD
9 127 (11.28%) High Availability
10 103 (9.15%) Change Management
10 103 (9.15%) DevOps
11 101 (8.97%) ITSM
12 96 (8.53%) Agile
13 95 (8.44%) Service Management
14 93 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 92 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 83 (7.37%) Platform Engineering
17 80 (7.10%) Project Delivery
18 75 (6.66%) Network Virtualisation
18 75 (6.66%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 257 (22.82%) PowerShell
2 145 (12.88%) Python
3 99 (8.79%) Bash
4 65 (5.77%) SQL
5 21 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.78%) Java
7 8 (0.71%) Bicep
8 7 (0.62%) C
8 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.62%) VB
8 7 (0.62%) VBScript
9 6 (0.53%) Go
9 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.36%) C#
10 4 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.27%) C++
11 3 (0.27%) Lua
12 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.089%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 539 (47.87%) Security Cleared
2 311 (27.62%) SC Cleared
3 259 (23.00%) DV Cleared
4 84 (7.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 67 (5.95%) Degree
6 50 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (4.00%) VCAP
8 40 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (3.46%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.31%) CCNP
11 25 (2.22%) MCSE
12 20 (1.78%) CCNA
13 19 (1.69%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.42%) MCSA
15 13 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.80%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
18 8 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.64%) SLA
2 22 (1.95%) NIST
3 20 (1.78%) NCSC
3 20 (1.78%) QA
4 17 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.36%) GxP
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) ISA99
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.089%) GRC
11 1 (0.089%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.089%) SOC 2
System Software
1 773 (68.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 320 (28.42%) Active Directory
3 240 (21.31%) VMware ESXi
4 234 (20.78%) VMware NSX
4 234 (20.78%) vSphere
5 174 (15.45%) Hyper-V
6 88 (7.82%) Virtual Machines
7 63 (5.60%) Docker
8 37 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 35 (3.11%) Firmware
10 26 (2.31%) vCloud
11 18 (1.60%) NFS
12 17 (1.51%) KVM
13 14 (1.24%) BitLocker
14 11 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
15 10 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
16 9 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 8 (0.71%) GPFS
17 8 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
18 6 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 196 (17.41%) Ansible
2 194 (17.23%) vCenter Server
3 128 (11.37%) Kubernetes
4 66 (5.86%) SCOM
5 61 (5.42%) SCCM
6 59 (5.24%) vRealize
7 51 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (3.20%) VxRail
9 27 (2.40%) PowerCLI
10 24 (2.13%) Grafana
10 24 (2.13%) NetBackup
11 22 (1.95%) Prometheus
12 21 (1.87%) Puppet
12 21 (1.87%) vMotion
13 20 (1.78%) WSUS
14 19 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (1.60%) Argo
15 18 (1.60%) Avamar
16 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
17 14 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 297 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 190 (16.87%) Cisco
3 90 (7.99%) Citrix
4 81 (7.19%) NetApp
5 69 (6.13%) Red Hat
6 59 (5.24%) ServiceNow
7 56 (4.97%) F5
8 55 (4.88%) Dell
9 45 (4.00%) Oracle
9 45 (4.00%) Palo Alto
10 42 (3.73%) SolarWinds
11 36 (3.20%) Juniper
11 36 (3.20%) Veeam
12 32 (2.84%) Fortinet
13 30 (2.66%) IBM
14 27 (2.40%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.22%) Broadcom
16 22 (1.95%) CheckPoint
17 19 (1.69%) Meraki
17 19 (1.69%) Splunk