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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 81 62
Rank change year-on-year -18 -19 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,040 739 1,183
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 3.03% 3.18%
As % of the Vendors category 6.04% 6.39% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 498 820
10th Percentile £355 £350 £297
25th Percentile £450 £433 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £575
90th Percentile £675 £665 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 5 34
10th Percentile £20.60 £29.33 £22.75
25th Percentile £46.00 £31.32 £38.22
Median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £42.05
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +36.76% -29.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.30% +24.51% -26.11%

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 17,231 11,568 15,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.63% 47.47% 42.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,068 7,341 9,911
10th Percentile £313 £275 £266
25th Percentile £413 £405 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% - -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £514
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.63% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 506 1,041
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.98 £27.39 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% +15.07% -39.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £23.22
% change year-on-year +22.87% +13.93% -45.70%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +10 307 £550 - 85
London -23 256 £550 +4.76% 61
North of England -15 185 £456 +7.29% 54
North West +1 108 £456 +7.29% 33
Midlands -32 108 £450 -15.09% 33
South West -36 96 £550 -7.37% 36
West Midlands -38 81 £450 -12.11% 20
Yorkshire -24 75 £425 -8.11% 14
East of England -15 72 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -21 27 £443 -19.45% 13
North East -33 3 £638 +78.32% 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 42 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.87%) CICS
3 9 (0.87%) IIS
3 9 (0.87%) nginx
3 9 (0.87%) Tomcat
4 8 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.38%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.096%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.096%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.096%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 271 (26.06%) Azure
2 173 (16.63%) AWS
3 80 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (5.77%) OpenShift
5 54 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 46 (4.42%) IaaS
7 44 (4.23%) GitHub
8 43 (4.13%) GCP
9 35 (3.37%) PaaS
10 23 (2.21%) Nutanix
11 20 (1.92%) Rubrik
12 16 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.44%) SaaS
14 14 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.96%) Datadog
16 8 (0.77%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.67%) Cohesity
17 7 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 226 (21.73%) DNS
2 176 (16.92%) Firewall
3 123 (11.83%) DHCP
4 89 (8.56%) SAN
5 84 (8.08%) VPN
5 84 (8.08%) VSAN
6 70 (6.73%) WAN
7 64 (6.15%) Network Security
8 55 (5.29%) TCP/IP
9 53 (5.10%) LAN
10 49 (4.71%) NAS
11 48 (4.62%) SSL
12 45 (4.33%) VLAN
13 39 (3.75%) BIG-IP
14 38 (3.65%) HTTP
15 36 (3.46%) Wireshark
16 30 (2.88%) BGP
17 29 (2.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 26 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
18 26 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.87%) DataStage
5 8 (0.77%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 6 (0.58%) Redis
8 4 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 1 (0.096%) GIS
11 1 (0.096%) Metadata
11 1 (0.096%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (4.13%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.37%) GitLab
3 30 (2.88%) Git
4 28 (2.69%) JIRA
5 25 (2.40%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.67%) Chocolatey
6 7 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.38%) PVCS
8 4 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.096%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.096%) GoCD
10 1 (0.096%) Maven
10 1 (0.096%) RStudio
10 1 (0.096%) Subversion
10 1 (0.096%) VersionOne
General
1 204 (19.62%) Social Skills
2 104 (10.00%) Finance
3 88 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 44 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 43 (4.13%) Banking
7 21 (2.02%) Legal
8 19 (1.83%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.06%) Police
11 10 (0.96%) Retail
12 9 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 9 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.87%) Military
12 9 (0.87%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.77%) Local Government
14 7 (0.67%) Law
14 7 (0.67%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 207 (19.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (16.15%) Architect
3 108 (10.38%) Senior
4 98 (9.42%) VMware Engineer
5 81 (7.79%) Network Engineer
6 55 (5.29%) Consultant
7 47 (4.52%) VMware Architect
8 37 (3.56%) Administrator
8 37 (3.56%) Support Engineer
9 34 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 34 (3.27%) Lead
10 33 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (3.17%) VMware Consultant
11 32 (3.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 31 (2.98%) Storage Engineer
13 30 (2.88%) Infrastructure Architect
13 30 (2.88%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 30 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (2.79%) Technical Architect
14 29 (2.79%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.60%) LDAP
2 23 (2.21%) Middleware
3 19 (1.83%) Flash
4 15 (1.44%) REST
5 12 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (1.06%) Keycloak
7 9 (0.87%) SAML
8 7 (0.67%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.58%) Kafka
10 5 (0.48%) .NET
10 5 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.48%) JSON
10 5 (0.48%) Software Packaging
11 4 (0.38%) Redfish
12 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
13 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
13 2 (0.19%) Blazor
13 2 (0.19%) Django
13 2 (0.19%) OAuth
13 2 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.88%) Data Centre
2 76 (7.31%) Replication
3 70 (6.73%) PKI
4 67 (6.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (4.23%) Enterprise Storage
6 41 (3.94%) Cloud Native
7 40 (3.85%) Clustering
8 39 (3.75%) Management Information System
9 38 (3.65%) Public Cloud
10 34 (3.27%) Private Cloud
11 24 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.54%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.44%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.15%) Operational Technology
16 11 (1.06%) Product Ownership
16 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
17 10 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 429 (41.25%) Windows
2 268 (25.77%) Windows Server
3 265 (25.48%) Linux
4 61 (5.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (2.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.40%) Unix
8 24 (2.31%) Windows 10
9 21 (2.02%) Ubuntu
9 21 (2.02%) VMS
10 19 (1.83%) CentOS
11 17 (1.63%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.63%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.63%) Solaris
12 16 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.44%) AIX
13 15 (1.44%) Android
14 12 (1.15%) Mac OS
15 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
16 8 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (24.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 185 (17.79%) Migration
3 172 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (12.02%) ITIL
5 122 (11.73%) High Availability
6 110 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 108 (10.38%) DevOps
8 97 (9.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 96 (9.23%) CI/CD
10 95 (9.13%) Agile
11 81 (7.79%) Load Balancing
12 76 (7.31%) Change Management
13 75 (7.21%) Capacity Planning
14 70 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 66 (6.35%) ITSM
16 64 (6.15%) Roadmaps
17 63 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
18 59 (5.67%) Network Virtualisation
18 59 (5.67%) Performance Tuning
19 58 (5.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 196 (18.85%) PowerShell
2 127 (12.21%) Python
3 66 (6.35%) Bash
4 45 (4.33%) SQL
5 20 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.06%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.87%) COBOL
9 8 (0.77%) Java
10 7 (0.67%) C
10 7 (0.67%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.58%) Bicep
11 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.48%) C#
13 4 (0.38%) C++
13 4 (0.38%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.38%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.38%) PHP
14 2 (0.19%) VBScript
15 1 (0.096%) VB
Qualifications
1 473 (45.48%) Security Cleared
2 286 (27.50%) SC Cleared
3 206 (19.81%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 44 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (4.04%) Degree
7 41 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (3.37%) VCAP
9 31 (2.98%) MCSE
10 26 (2.50%) CCNP
11 20 (1.92%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.92%) MCSA
12 15 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
13 13 (1.25%) CCNA
14 12 (1.15%) OCP
15 8 (0.77%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 8 (0.77%) RHCA
16 6 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.42%) SLA
2 38 (3.65%) NIST
3 26 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (2.12%) NCSC
6 10 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.96%) QA
7 7 (0.67%) GDPR
8 5 (0.48%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.19%) ISA99
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.096%) COBIT
11 1 (0.096%) DICOM
11 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.096%) HL7
11 1 (0.096%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 666 (64.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 251 (24.13%) Active Directory
3 221 (21.25%) VMware NSX
4 218 (20.96%) vSphere
5 198 (19.04%) VMware ESXi
6 145 (13.94%) Hyper-V
7 98 (9.42%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (3.85%) Docker
9 38 (3.65%) Firmware
9 38 (3.65%) NFS
10 31 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
11 24 (2.31%) KVM
12 23 (2.21%) vCloud
13 14 (1.35%) GPFS
13 14 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
14 12 (1.15%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.87%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.58%) SRDF
17 4 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 186 (17.88%) Ansible
2 167 (16.06%) vCenter Server
3 106 (10.19%) Terraform
4 99 (9.52%) Kubernetes
5 70 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 67 (6.44%) vRealize
7 59 (5.67%) SCCM
8 39 (3.75%) SCOM
9 32 (3.08%) Argo
10 29 (2.79%) Grafana
11 28 (2.69%) vMotion
12 27 (2.60%) PowerCLI
13 25 (2.40%) VxRail
14 20 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
15 19 (1.83%) Red Hat Satellite
16 18 (1.73%) NetBackup
17 17 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 17 (1.63%) WSUS
18 16 (1.54%) Prometheus
18 16 (1.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 250 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 170 (16.35%) Cisco
3 104 (10.00%) Citrix
4 80 (7.69%) Red Hat
5 68 (6.54%) NetApp
6 57 (5.48%) F5
7 52 (5.00%) Dell
8 47 (4.52%) ServiceNow
9 43 (4.13%) IBM
10 42 (4.04%) Pure Storage
11 40 (3.85%) Palo Alto
12 37 (3.56%) Oracle
13 32 (3.08%) Veeam
14 28 (2.69%) Juniper
14 28 (2.69%) McAfee
15 27 (2.60%) CheckPoint
16 26 (2.50%) Blue Coat
16 26 (2.50%) Fortinet
17 24 (2.31%) Splunk
18 23 (2.21%) Broadcom