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 28 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
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 101 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 -43 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,137 698 1,186
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.53% 3.57%
As % of the Vendors category 5.98% 5.37% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 756 444 802
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +6.80% +2.39%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £575
90th Percentile £722 £650 £648
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 8 13
10th Percentile £28.20 £28.70 £22.68
25th Percentile £47.38 £29.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £31.39 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.48% -37.23% -14.89%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £95.08 -
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £31.39 £50.00
% change year-on-year +102.26% -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 19,023 12,987 14,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.56% 47.14% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,913 8,225 9,106
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 £618 £616 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,037 625 685
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.23 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -13.28% -30.12%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £70.75
UK median hourly rate £29.96 £25.15 £27.86
% change year-on-year +19.13% -9.73% -35.21%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +4 331 £550 -0.90% 144
London -2 309 £550 +4.76% 222
North of England -16 188 £450 +3.21% 85
Midlands -7 124 £450 -21.36% 46
South West -20 113 £575 -1.71% 79
North West +5 107 £472 +11.06% 40
West Midlands -18 96 £474 -18.42% 27
Yorkshire -31 70 £458 +2.35% 27
East of England -2 69 £507 -7.82% 60
East Midlands -3 28 £425 -22.73% 19
North East -31 12 £275 -56.00% 22
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 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.67%) Confluence
4 13 (1.14%) nginx
5 10 (0.88%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.79%) Apache
6 9 (0.79%) IIS
7 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.70%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.62%) JBoss
9 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.088%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.088%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.26%) 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 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.088%) Shopify
2 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 316 (27.79%) Azure
2 198 (17.41%) AWS
3 102 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (7.21%) Entra ID
5 45 (3.96%) GCP
6 42 (3.69%) OpenShift
7 40 (3.52%) IaaS
8 37 (3.25%) GitHub
9 28 (2.46%) Rubrik
10 24 (2.11%) PaaS
11 23 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (1.67%) SaaS
13 18 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (1.58%) OneDrive
14 14 (1.23%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.14%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (1.06%) Datadog
17 11 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 309 (27.18%) DNS
2 218 (19.17%) Firewall
3 188 (16.53%) DHCP
4 102 (8.97%) TCP/IP
4 102 (8.97%) VSAN
5 92 (8.09%) VPN
6 87 (7.65%) WAN
7 82 (7.21%) SAN
8 78 (6.86%) VLAN
9 74 (6.51%) Network Security
10 70 (6.16%) LAN
11 45 (3.96%) NAS
11 45 (3.96%) SSL
12 42 (3.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 37 (3.25%) BGP
14 34 (2.99%) BIG-IP
14 34 (2.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 33 (2.90%) SD-WAN
15 33 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
16 31 (2.73%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.14%) Power BI
4 11 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.79%) Big Data
6 9 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 8 (0.70%) NonStop SQL
8 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.26%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.18%) GIS
12 2 (0.18%) Redis
13 1 (0.088%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 42 (3.69%) JIRA
2 35 (3.08%) GitLab
3 32 (2.81%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.37%) Git
5 15 (1.32%) 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 (0.35%) Selenium
10 3 (0.26%) Subversion
11 2 (0.18%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.18%) MSI
11 2 (0.18%) PVCS
11 2 (0.18%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.088%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.088%) VersionOne
General
1 244 (21.46%) Social Skills
2 124 (10.91%) Finance
3 114 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 43 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
6 39 (3.43%) Banking
7 29 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.20%) Legal
9 15 (1.32%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.14%) Retail
12 11 (0.97%) Aerospace
13 10 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.79%) Military
15 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.53%) Law
16 6 (0.53%) Police
17 4 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 250 (21.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 156 (13.72%) Senior
3 120 (10.55%) VMware Engineer
4 113 (9.94%) Architect
5 89 (7.83%) Network Engineer
6 69 (6.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 64 (5.63%) Consultant
8 62 (5.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 62 (5.45%) Support Engineer
9 57 (5.01%) Lead
10 46 (4.05%) Administrator
11 41 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
12 40 (3.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 38 (3.34%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 38 (3.34%) Storage Engineer
13 38 (3.34%) VMware Consultant
14 34 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 30 (2.64%) Linux Engineer
16 29 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
17 28 (2.46%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (13.63%) Terraform
2 22 (1.93%) REST
3 13 (1.14%) Kafka
4 12 (1.06%) LDAP
4 12 (1.06%) YAML
5 11 (0.97%) JSON
6 10 (0.88%) 802.1X
7 9 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.79%) Flash
7 9 (0.79%) Middleware
8 6 (0.53%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.44%) .NET
9 5 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.44%) SAML
10 4 (0.35%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.35%) Redfish
11 3 (0.26%) Java SE
11 3 (0.26%) OAuth
11 3 (0.26%) XML
12 2 (0.18%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 174 (15.30%) Data Centre
2 88 (7.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 80 (7.04%) PKI
4 57 (5.01%) Enterprise Storage
5 52 (4.57%) Replication
6 51 (4.49%) Management Information System
7 48 (4.22%) Clustering
8 40 (3.52%) Public Cloud
9 39 (3.43%) Onboarding
9 39 (3.43%) Private Cloud
10 28 (2.46%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.06%) SCADA
13 12 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.97%) Operational Technology
15 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 554 (48.72%) Windows
2 355 (31.22%) Windows Server
3 310 (27.26%) Linux
4 59 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 49 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (2.90%) Windows 10
7 28 (2.46%) VMS
8 25 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.11%) Ubuntu
10 21 (1.85%) Unix
10 21 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
11 13 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (1.06%) CentOS
13 11 (0.97%) AIX
14 10 (0.88%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.79%) Apple iOS
15 9 (0.79%) Solaris
16 7 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.53%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (28.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 201 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (17.41%) Migration
4 196 (17.24%) ITIL
5 156 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 142 (12.49%) Technical Leadership
7 137 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 128 (11.26%) CI/CD
9 125 (10.99%) High Availability
10 106 (9.32%) Change Management
11 104 (9.15%) DevOps
11 104 (9.15%) ITSM
12 99 (8.71%) Agile
13 96 (8.44%) Service Management
13 96 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 95 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 84 (7.39%) Platform Engineering
16 79 (6.95%) Project Delivery
17 76 (6.68%) Network Virtualisation
18 75 (6.60%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 261 (22.96%) PowerShell
2 147 (12.93%) Python
3 100 (8.80%) Bash
4 67 (5.89%) SQL
5 21 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.76%) Java
7 9 (0.79%) Bicep
8 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.62%) C
9 7 (0.62%) VB
9 7 (0.62%) VBScript
10 6 (0.53%) Go
10 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.35%) C#
11 4 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.26%) C++
12 3 (0.26%) Lua
13 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.18%) Korn
14 1 (0.088%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 551 (48.46%) Security Cleared
2 318 (27.97%) SC Cleared
3 264 (23.22%) DV Cleared
4 86 (7.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 69 (6.07%) Degree
6 50 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (4.05%) VCAP
8 41 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (3.52%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.29%) CCNP
11 25 (2.20%) MCSE
12 20 (1.76%) CCNA
13 19 (1.67%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.41%) MCSA
15 15 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.79%) PMI Certification
19 8 (0.70%) ISTQB
19 8 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.69%) SLA
2 22 (1.93%) NIST
3 20 (1.76%) NCSC
3 20 (1.76%) QA
4 17 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) GxP
9 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.26%) 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 (0.088%) GRC
11 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 783 (68.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 325 (28.58%) Active Directory
3 240 (21.11%) VMware ESXi
4 238 (20.93%) vSphere
5 237 (20.84%) VMware NSX
6 177 (15.57%) Hyper-V
7 87 (7.65%) Virtual Machines
8 64 (5.63%) Docker
9 37 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 35 (3.08%) Firmware
11 26 (2.29%) vCloud
12 18 (1.58%) NFS
13 16 (1.41%) KVM
14 14 (1.23%) BitLocker
15 11 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
16 10 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
17 9 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 8 (0.70%) GPFS
19 7 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
20 6 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 199 (17.50%) Ansible
2 196 (17.24%) vCenter Server
3 130 (11.43%) Kubernetes
4 69 (6.07%) SCOM
5 62 (5.45%) SCCM
6 60 (5.28%) vRealize
7 50 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (3.17%) VxRail
9 29 (2.55%) PowerCLI
10 25 (2.20%) Grafana
10 25 (2.20%) NetBackup
11 23 (2.02%) Prometheus
12 22 (1.93%) Puppet
13 21 (1.85%) vMotion
14 20 (1.76%) WSUS
15 19 (1.67%) Red Hat Satellite
16 18 (1.58%) Argo
16 18 (1.58%) Avamar
17 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Clustering
18 14 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 300 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 192 (16.89%) Cisco
3 89 (7.83%) Citrix
4 82 (7.21%) NetApp
5 71 (6.24%) Red Hat
6 62 (5.45%) ServiceNow
7 56 (4.93%) Dell
7 56 (4.93%) F5
8 46 (4.05%) Oracle
9 45 (3.96%) Palo Alto
10 43 (3.78%) SolarWinds
11 36 (3.17%) Juniper
11 36 (3.17%) Veeam
12 32 (2.81%) Fortinet
13 30 (2.64%) IBM
14 27 (2.37%) CyberArk
15 26 (2.29%) Broadcom
16 22 (1.93%) CheckPoint
17 19 (1.67%) Meraki
17 19 (1.67%) Splunk