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 17 January 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
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware 873 876 1,351
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.73% 3.25% 3.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.90% 7.06% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 562 910
10th Percentile £319 £310 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 62
10th Percentile £29.00 £35.00 £22.93
25th Percentile £33.00 £42.50 £47.26
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.20% +1.51%
75th Percentile £74.26 £83.32 £76.53
90th Percentile £96.50 £99.13 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +16.67% -9.06% +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 14,806 12,407 16,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.33% 46.10% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,732 7,496 10,412
10th Percentile £300 £292 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £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 £709 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 359 697
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.59 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £62.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -13.36% -29.03% +27.05%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -3 247 £500 -9.09% 120
London -69 199 £550 +10.00% 62
Midlands +28 138 £449 +2.51% 38
North of England -39 134 £458 -3.58% 62
West Midlands +23 114 £450 -2.17% 20
North West -21 91 £469 -6.16% 34
South West -31 87 £550 - 53
East of England +6 59 £496 +4.42% 18
Yorkshire -15 54 £400 -11.11% 23
East Midlands -13 24 £449 +33.88% 18
North East -15 4 £550 +69.23% 8
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 46 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.41%) Confluence
4 13 (1.49%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.80%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.69%) IIS
7 5 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.34%) Apache
8 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
9 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Traefik
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 215 (24.63%) Azure
2 174 (19.93%) AWS
3 72 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (6.64%) OpenShift
5 53 (6.07%) GCP
6 48 (5.50%) GitHub
7 41 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 37 (4.24%) IaaS
9 28 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (2.75%) Nutanix
11 22 (2.52%) PaaS
12 20 (2.29%) SaaS
13 14 (1.60%) Datadog
14 10 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
17 6 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 5 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
18 5 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 209 (23.94%) DNS
2 162 (18.56%) Firewall
3 93 (10.65%) DHCP
4 83 (9.51%) TCP/IP
5 67 (7.67%) VPN
6 50 (5.73%) SAN
7 49 (5.61%) VSAN
8 48 (5.50%) Network Security
8 48 (5.50%) VLAN
9 46 (5.27%) WAN
10 40 (4.58%) LAN
11 37 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 35 (4.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 32 (3.67%) SSL
14 31 (3.55%) BIG-IP
15 28 (3.21%) HTTP
16 26 (2.98%) Wireshark
17 25 (2.86%) BGP
18 23 (2.63%) DMZ
19 22 (2.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.92%) Redis
4 5 (0.57%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.11%) Power BI
7 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (5.27%) Jenkins
2 35 (4.01%) GitLab
3 32 (3.67%) Git
4 23 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (2.29%) Fiddler
5 20 (2.29%) JIRA
6 14 (1.60%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.60%) JMeter
6 14 (1.60%) JUnit
7 8 (0.92%) PVCS
7 8 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.57%) Subversion
9 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.46%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.46%) RStudio
9 4 (0.46%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.34%) Maven
11 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.23%) GoCD
11 2 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 212 (24.28%) Social Skills
2 89 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
2 89 (10.19%) Public Sector
3 88 (10.08%) Finance
4 50 (5.73%) Banking
5 41 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (2.86%) Investment Banking
7 22 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 18 (2.06%) Legal
9 14 (1.60%) Local Government
10 13 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.37%) Electronics
11 12 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.57%) Military
15 5 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 142 (16.27%) Architect
2 128 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 59 (6.76%) Consultant
4 57 (6.53%) Analyst
5 55 (6.30%) Network Engineer
6 52 (5.96%) Senior
6 52 (5.96%) VMware Engineer
7 46 (5.27%) VMware Consultant
8 42 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
8 42 (4.81%) Support Engineer
9 36 (4.12%) Infrastructure Architect
10 31 (3.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 28 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.21%) VMware Architect
12 26 (2.98%) Administrator
12 26 (2.98%) Lead
13 24 (2.75%) Infrastructure Support
13 24 (2.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 23 (2.63%) Windows Engineer
15 22 (2.52%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.75%) Kafka
2 22 (2.52%) Middleware
3 21 (2.41%) LDAP
4 18 (2.06%) Flash
5 17 (1.95%) SAML
6 14 (1.60%) Spring
7 13 (1.49%) Hibernate
8 12 (1.37%) REST
9 11 (1.26%) Keycloak
9 11 (1.26%) OAuth
9 11 (1.26%) OpenID
10 9 (1.03%) Loki
11 8 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 6 (0.69%) .NET
13 6 (0.69%) XMPP
14 5 (0.57%) OpenTelemetry
14 5 (0.57%) React
15 4 (0.46%) Spring Boot
16 3 (0.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.97%) Data Centre
2 66 (7.56%) PKI
3 64 (7.33%) Replication
4 42 (4.81%) Management Information System
5 38 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 34 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (3.89%) Private Cloud
7 32 (3.67%) Linux Command Line
8 22 (2.52%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.06%) Clustering
9 18 (2.06%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.49%) Fat Client
12 13 (1.49%) Thin Client
13 12 (1.37%) Onboarding
13 12 (1.37%) SCADA
14 10 (1.15%) Hedge funds
14 10 (1.15%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 325 (37.23%) Windows
2 268 (30.70%) Linux
3 189 (21.65%) Windows Server
4 77 (8.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.81%) Windows 10
6 27 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (2.06%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.83%) CentOS
11 14 (1.60%) Mac OS
12 13 (1.49%) VMS
13 12 (1.37%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.26%) Solaris
14 11 (1.26%) Unix
15 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.46%) CatOS
18 3 (0.34%) AIX
18 3 (0.34%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (18.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 135 (15.46%) Agile
4 113 (12.94%) ITIL
5 105 (12.03%) CI/CD
6 103 (11.80%) DevOps
7 94 (10.77%) Migration
8 79 (9.05%) Load Balancing
9 77 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 76 (8.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 64 (7.33%) Containerisation
12 63 (7.22%) Platform Engineering
13 55 (6.30%) High Availability
14 54 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
15 53 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 50 (5.73%) Service Management
17 49 (5.61%) Roadmaps
18 43 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
19 42 (4.81%) Business Continuity
20 41 (4.70%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 191 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 184 (21.08%) Python
3 105 (12.03%) Bash
4 41 (4.70%) SQL
5 31 (3.55%) Java
6 26 (2.98%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.41%) Perl
8 15 (1.72%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.15%) C
9 10 (1.15%) C++
10 8 (0.92%) C#
11 7 (0.80%) Embedded C
11 7 (0.80%) Embedded C++
11 7 (0.80%) Go
11 7 (0.80%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.46%) Bicep
14 3 (0.34%) VBA
14 3 (0.34%) VBScript
15 2 (0.23%) Korn
Qualifications
1 381 (43.64%) Security Cleared
2 236 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 136 (15.58%) DV Cleared
4 58 (6.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 50 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (5.04%) Degree
7 40 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.67%) Azure Certification
9 29 (3.32%) CCNP
10 22 (2.52%) AWS Certification
11 20 (2.29%) CCNA
12 19 (2.18%) MCSE
12 19 (2.18%) VCAP
13 15 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.49%) CCIE
15 11 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (1.26%) Server+ Certification
16 9 (1.03%) CCDP
16 9 (1.03%) CISSP
16 9 (1.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.98%) GDPR
2 23 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.06%) NIST
3 18 (2.06%) SLA
4 13 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.26%) NCSC
6 8 (0.92%) Def Stans
6 8 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.80%) QA
8 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.11%) MiFID
10 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 551 (63.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 227 (26.00%) Active Directory
3 148 (16.95%) vSphere
4 119 (13.63%) VMware NSX
5 111 (12.71%) Hyper-V
6 92 (10.54%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (6.30%) Docker
8 47 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
9 33 (3.78%) NFS
10 21 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (1.95%) GPFS
12 16 (1.83%) Firmware
12 16 (1.83%) KVM
13 9 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.69%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.69%) Postfix
14 6 (0.69%) vCloud
15 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.46%) Veritas File System
16 4 (0.46%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 173 (19.82%) Ansible
2 114 (13.06%) Terraform
3 86 (9.85%) Kubernetes
3 86 (9.85%) vCenter Server
4 77 (8.82%) vRealize
5 69 (7.90%) SCCM
6 53 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 32 (3.67%) Grafana
8 30 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
9 28 (3.21%) Prometheus
10 27 (3.09%) Argo
10 27 (3.09%) Red Hat Satellite
11 26 (2.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 26 (2.98%) VxRail
12 22 (2.52%) SCOM
13 18 (2.06%) Progress Chef
14 16 (1.83%) FortiGate
15 14 (1.60%) WSUS
16 13 (1.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
17 11 (1.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 219 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 153 (17.53%) Cisco
3 97 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 83 (9.51%) F5
5 69 (7.90%) Citrix
6 48 (5.50%) Dell
7 45 (5.15%) SolarWinds
8 44 (5.04%) Oracle
8 44 (5.04%) Veeam
9 42 (4.81%) IBM
9 42 (4.81%) NetApp
10 38 (4.35%) Palo Alto
11 36 (4.12%) ServiceNow
12 28 (3.21%) McAfee
13 27 (3.09%) Blue Coat
13 27 (3.09%) Broadcom
14 26 (2.98%) Splunk
15 21 (2.41%) HP
16 18 (2.06%) CyberArk
17 17 (1.95%) Google