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 25 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
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 103 59
Rank change year-on-year -1 -44 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,121 701 1,190
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 2.54% 3.58%
As % of the Vendors category 5.91% 5.40% 8.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 446 805
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +2.39%
75th Percentile £625 £602 £575
90th Percentile £725 £650 £647
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 8 14
10th Percentile £27.80 £28.70 £22.82
25th Percentile £46.38 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £65.24 £31.39 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +107.87% -46.58% +0.65%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.38 £95.08 £75.98
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 18,969 12,992 14,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.52% 47.17% 43.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,895 8,216 9,123
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £616 £615 £628
90th Percentile £703 £713 £732
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,036 639 694
10th Percentile £14.53 £14.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.55 £17.48 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.11 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.68% -13.28% -30.12%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.73 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +18.21% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +3 324 £550 - 94
London +7 305 £550 +4.76% 147
North of England -11 191 £450 +0.67% 60
Midlands -18 122 £450 -20.84% 39
South West -27 111 £575 -1.71% 60
North West +6 110 £472 +11.06% 31
West Midlands -13 96 £462 -19.30% 23
Yorkshire -26 70 £458 +2.01% 19
East of England -6 68 £507 -7.82% 38
East Midlands -5 26 £425 -22.73% 16
North East -31 12 £275 -56.00% 12
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 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.61%) Confluence
4 13 (1.16%) nginx
5 10 (0.89%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.80%) Apache
6 9 (0.80%) IIS
7 8 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.62%) JBoss
8 7 (0.62%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.27%) CICS
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
Applications
1 16 (1.43%) 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 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.089%) Shopify
2 1 (0.089%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 311 (27.74%) Azure
2 198 (17.66%) AWS
3 102 (9.10%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.10%) GCP
6 41 (3.66%) IaaS
7 39 (3.48%) OpenShift
8 36 (3.21%) GitHub
9 29 (2.59%) Rubrik
10 25 (2.23%) PaaS
11 22 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.78%) SaaS
13 18 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (1.61%) OneDrive
14 14 (1.25%) Nutanix
14 14 (1.25%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.16%) Datadog
15 13 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 306 (27.30%) DNS
2 219 (19.54%) Firewall
3 186 (16.59%) DHCP
4 101 (9.01%) VSAN
5 99 (8.83%) TCP/IP
6 92 (8.21%) VPN
7 86 (7.67%) WAN
8 79 (7.05%) SAN
8 79 (7.05%) VLAN
9 72 (6.42%) Network Security
10 69 (6.16%) LAN
11 46 (4.10%) SSL
12 43 (3.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 43 (3.84%) NAS
13 36 (3.21%) BGP
14 35 (3.12%) BIG-IP
14 35 (3.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 34 (3.03%) SD-WAN
15 34 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
16 29 (2.59%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.16%) Power BI
2 13 (1.16%) 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 (0.54%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.36%) Hazelcast
9 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.27%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.27%) DataStage
10 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (3.57%) JIRA
2 32 (2.85%) GitLab
3 31 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.23%) Git
5 16 (1.43%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.62%) Chocolatey
7 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.36%) Selenium
9 3 (0.27%) Subversion
10 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
10 2 (0.18%) MSI
10 2 (0.18%) PVCS
10 2 (0.18%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.089%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.089%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.089%) VersionOne
General
1 241 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 126 (11.24%) Finance
3 114 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (4.37%) Public Sector
5 42 (3.75%) Banking
5 42 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (2.59%) Telecoms
7 26 (2.32%) Legal
8 17 (1.52%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.25%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.16%) Retail
11 12 (1.07%) 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 (0.54%) Law
15 6 (0.54%) Police
16 4 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 242 (21.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 148 (13.20%) Senior
3 116 (10.35%) VMware Engineer
4 113 (10.08%) Architect
5 91 (8.12%) Network Engineer
6 63 (5.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 62 (5.53%) Consultant
8 61 (5.44%) Support Engineer
9 57 (5.08%) Lead
9 57 (5.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (4.01%) Administrator
11 40 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 40 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
12 37 (3.30%) Storage Engineer
12 37 (3.30%) VMware Consultant
13 35 (3.12%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 34 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 31 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
16 30 (2.68%) Linux Engineer
17 29 (2.59%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (13.47%) Terraform
2 20 (1.78%) REST
3 12 (1.07%) Kafka
3 12 (1.07%) LDAP
4 11 (0.98%) JSON
4 11 (0.98%) Middleware
5 10 (0.89%) 802.1X
5 10 (0.89%) Flash
6 9 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (0.80%) YAML
7 5 (0.45%) .NET
7 5 (0.45%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.45%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.45%) SAML
8 4 (0.36%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.36%) Redfish
9 3 (0.27%) Java SE
9 3 (0.27%) XML
10 2 (0.18%) EJB
10 2 (0.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 167 (14.90%) Data Centre
2 82 (7.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 80 (7.14%) PKI
4 56 (5.00%) Enterprise Storage
5 52 (4.64%) Replication
6 51 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 49 (4.37%) Clustering
8 40 (3.57%) Public Cloud
9 38 (3.39%) Onboarding
9 38 (3.39%) Private Cloud
10 26 (2.32%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.07%) SCADA
13 12 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.98%) Operational Technology
15 10 (0.89%) Product Ownership
15 10 (0.89%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 544 (48.53%) Windows
2 345 (30.78%) Windows Server
3 308 (27.48%) Linux
4 57 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 47 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (2.94%) Windows 10
7 28 (2.50%) VMS
8 25 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (2.05%) Ubuntu
10 22 (1.96%) Unix
11 21 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (1.16%) Data ONTAP
12 13 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (1.07%) AIX
14 11 (0.98%) Apple iOS
14 11 (0.98%) CentOS
15 10 (0.89%) Solaris
15 10 (0.89%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.54%) Debian
16 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (28.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 198 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
3 190 (16.95%) Migration
4 185 (16.50%) ITIL
5 152 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 133 (11.86%) Technical Leadership
7 132 (11.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 128 (11.42%) High Availability
9 124 (11.06%) CI/CD
10 101 (9.01%) ITSM
11 100 (8.92%) Change Management
11 100 (8.92%) DevOps
12 96 (8.56%) Agile
13 94 (8.39%) Service Management
14 91 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
15 89 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (7.23%) Platform Engineering
17 78 (6.96%) Project Delivery
18 75 (6.69%) Network Virtualisation
19 73 (6.51%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 256 (22.84%) PowerShell
2 142 (12.67%) Python
3 96 (8.56%) Bash
4 65 (5.80%) 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 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.45%) Go
11 4 (0.36%) C#
11 4 (0.36%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) COBOL
12 3 (0.27%) Lua
13 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 536 (47.81%) Security Cleared
2 312 (27.83%) SC Cleared
3 256 (22.84%) DV Cleared
4 84 (7.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 66 (5.89%) Degree
6 49 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (4.01%) VCAP
8 40 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (3.39%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.32%) CCNP
11 25 (2.23%) MCSE
12 20 (1.78%) CCNA
13 18 (1.61%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.43%) MCSA
15 13 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
18 8 (0.71%) ISTQB
18 8 (0.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
18 8 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.93%) SLA
2 23 (2.05%) NIST
3 21 (1.87%) NCSC
4 20 (1.78%) QA
5 16 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.36%) GxP
8 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 2 (0.18%) GDPR
9 2 (0.18%) ISA99
9 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.089%) GRC
10 1 (0.089%) SOC 2
System Software
1 769 (68.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 318 (28.37%) Active Directory
3 238 (21.23%) VMware ESXi
4 233 (20.79%) VMware NSX
4 233 (20.79%) vSphere
5 171 (15.25%) Hyper-V
6 88 (7.85%) Virtual Machines
7 62 (5.53%) Docker
8 38 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (3.21%) Firmware
10 26 (2.32%) vCloud
11 19 (1.69%) NFS
12 17 (1.52%) KVM
13 14 (1.25%) BitLocker
14 11 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
15 10 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
16 9 (0.80%) GPFS
17 8 (0.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 8 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
18 6 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 195 (17.40%) Ansible
2 191 (17.04%) vCenter Server
3 126 (11.24%) Kubernetes
4 65 (5.80%) SCOM
5 63 (5.62%) SCCM
6 60 (5.35%) vRealize
7 55 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 38 (3.39%) VxRail
9 27 (2.41%) PowerCLI
10 24 (2.14%) Grafana
10 24 (2.14%) NetBackup
11 21 (1.87%) Prometheus
11 21 (1.87%) Puppet
11 21 (1.87%) vMotion
12 20 (1.78%) WSUS
13 19 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
14 18 (1.61%) Argo
14 18 (1.61%) Avamar
15 16 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
16 14 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 298 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 189 (16.86%) Cisco
3 92 (8.21%) Citrix
4 81 (7.23%) NetApp
5 67 (5.98%) Red Hat
6 61 (5.44%) ServiceNow
7 56 (5.00%) F5
8 55 (4.91%) Dell
9 46 (4.10%) Oracle
10 45 (4.01%) Palo Alto
11 41 (3.66%) SolarWinds
12 36 (3.21%) Juniper
12 36 (3.21%) Veeam
13 33 (2.94%) IBM
14 31 (2.77%) Fortinet
15 27 (2.41%) CyberArk
16 24 (2.14%) Broadcom
17 22 (1.96%) CheckPoint
18 19 (1.69%) Meraki
18 19 (1.69%) Splunk
422 VMware jobs in England