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 3 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
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 83 64
Rank change year-on-year -15 -19 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,031 734 1,176
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 3.07% 3.18%
As % of the Vendors category 6.06% 6.44% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 727 499 819
10th Percentile £353 £350 £296
25th Percentile £452 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £575
90th Percentile £675 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 5 36
10th Percentile £21.28 £29.33 £23.05
25th Percentile £46.13 £31.32 £39.41
Median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £45.01
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +27.75% -24.86%
75th Percentile £71.13 £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.25 £80.29
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 17,017 11,390 15,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.81% 47.58% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,275 9,848
10th Percentile £313 £279 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.78% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 490 1,031
10th Percentile £15.77 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.60
90th Percentile £78.54 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.56
% change year-on-year +24.81% +15.43% -46.92%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +7 299 £550 -0.18% 102
London -33 249 £550 +4.76% 87
North of England -16 186 £458 +7.65% 54
Midlands -23 109 £443 -15.62% 39
North West +3 108 £456 +10.55% 32
South West -37 94 £550 -5.98% 37
West Midlands -34 82 £438 -12.67% 24
Yorkshire -21 76 £463 -2.53% 15
East of England -12 74 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -20 27 £443 -19.45% 15
North East -38 3 £638 +78.32% 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 40 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.97%) IIS
4 9 (0.87%) CICS
4 9 (0.87%) nginx
4 9 (0.87%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.39%) Apache
6 4 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 262 (25.41%) Azure
2 171 (16.59%) AWS
3 76 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (5.72%) OpenShift
5 53 (5.14%) Entra ID
6 44 (4.27%) IaaS
7 42 (4.07%) GitHub
8 40 (3.88%) GCP
9 34 (3.30%) PaaS
10 23 (2.23%) Nutanix
11 20 (1.94%) Rubrik
12 15 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.45%) SaaS
13 14 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
15 11 (1.07%) Datadog
16 10 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (0.68%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.68%) Cohesity
17 7 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 219 (21.24%) DNS
2 176 (17.07%) Firewall
3 117 (11.35%) DHCP
4 87 (8.44%) SAN
5 86 (8.34%) VSAN
6 84 (8.15%) VPN
7 71 (6.89%) WAN
8 67 (6.50%) Network Security
9 57 (5.53%) TCP/IP
10 56 (5.43%) LAN
11 49 (4.75%) NAS
11 49 (4.75%) SSL
12 42 (4.07%) VLAN
13 40 (3.88%) BIG-IP
13 40 (3.88%) HTTP
14 36 (3.49%) Wireshark
15 31 (3.01%) BGP
16 29 (2.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 27 (2.62%) Cisco ASA
17 27 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.87%) DataStage
5 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
6 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.58%) Power BI
7 6 (0.58%) Redis
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.097%) GIS
11 1 (0.097%) Metadata
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 42 (4.07%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.20%) GitLab
3 28 (2.72%) Git
4 26 (2.52%) JIRA
5 25 (2.42%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
6 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.39%) PVCS
8 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.097%) GoCD
10 1 (0.097%) Maven
10 1 (0.097%) RStudio
10 1 (0.097%) Subversion
10 1 (0.097%) VersionOne
General
1 203 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 107 (10.38%) Finance
3 86 (8.34%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.40%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.36%) Banking
6 42 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.04%) Legal
8 19 (1.84%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.55%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.07%) Police
11 10 (0.97%) Retail
12 9 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.87%) Military
13 8 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.68%) Law
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
14 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (19.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (16.29%) Architect
3 108 (10.48%) Senior
4 97 (9.41%) VMware Engineer
5 84 (8.15%) Network Engineer
6 53 (5.14%) Consultant
7 47 (4.56%) VMware Architect
8 33 (3.20%) Administrator
8 33 (3.20%) Lead
9 32 (3.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (3.10%) Storage Engineer
9 32 (3.10%) Support Engineer
10 31 (3.01%) Analyst
10 31 (3.01%) VMware Consultant
11 30 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 30 (2.91%) Infrastructure Architect
11 30 (2.91%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 30 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (2.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 29 (2.81%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.72%) LDAP
2 23 (2.23%) Middleware
3 20 (1.94%) Flash
4 14 (1.36%) REST
5 12 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
6 10 (0.97%) Keycloak
6 10 (0.97%) SAML
7 7 (0.68%) 802.1X
8 6 (0.58%) Kafka
9 5 (0.48%) .NET
9 5 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.48%) JSON
9 5 (0.48%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.29%) Redfish
11 2 (0.19%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.19%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.19%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.19%) Blazor
11 2 (0.19%) Java SE
11 2 (0.19%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 134 (13.00%) Data Centre
2 79 (7.66%) Replication
3 66 (6.40%) PKI
4 65 (6.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 42 (4.07%) Enterprise Storage
6 41 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 39 (3.78%) Clustering
8 38 (3.69%) Management Information System
8 38 (3.69%) Public Cloud
9 33 (3.20%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.45%) Blackberry
11 15 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.45%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.26%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.07%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.97%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 412 (39.96%) Windows
2 265 (25.70%) Linux
3 255 (24.73%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 45 (4.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.42%) Unix
8 24 (2.33%) Windows 10
9 22 (2.13%) Ubuntu
10 21 (2.04%) VMS
11 19 (1.84%) CentOS
12 18 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
13 17 (1.65%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.65%) Solaris
14 16 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
15 15 (1.45%) AIX
15 15 (1.45%) Android
16 12 (1.16%) Mac OS
17 10 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (23.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 184 (17.85%) Migration
3 170 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (12.61%) ITIL
5 123 (11.93%) High Availability
6 110 (10.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 103 (9.99%) DevOps
8 98 (9.51%) Agile
9 93 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 91 (8.83%) CI/CD
11 78 (7.57%) Change Management
11 78 (7.57%) Load Balancing
12 75 (7.27%) Capacity Planning
13 72 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 65 (6.30%) Roadmaps
15 62 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (6.01%) ITSM
16 60 (5.82%) Network Virtualisation
16 60 (5.82%) Performance Tuning
17 56 (5.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 187 (18.14%) PowerShell
2 126 (12.22%) Python
3 67 (6.50%) Bash
4 43 (4.17%) SQL
5 18 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.45%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.07%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.87%) COBOL
9 8 (0.78%) Java
10 7 (0.68%) Bicep
10 7 (0.68%) C
10 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.39%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) C++
12 4 (0.39%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.39%) Embedded C++
12 4 (0.39%) PHP
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 460 (44.62%) Security Cleared
2 277 (26.87%) SC Cleared
3 201 (19.50%) DV Cleared
4 79 (7.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 43 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.98%) Degree
6 41 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (3.49%) VCAP
8 29 (2.81%) CCNP
9 28 (2.72%) MCSE
10 20 (1.94%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (1.65%) MCSA
12 15 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
13 13 (1.26%) CCNA
14 12 (1.16%) OCP
15 8 (0.78%) RHCA
16 6 (0.58%) CISSP
16 6 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 6 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.36%) SLA
2 38 (3.69%) NIST
3 24 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (2.04%) NCSC
6 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.68%) GDPR
7 7 (0.68%) QA
8 5 (0.48%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.19%) ISA99
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.097%) COBIT
11 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.097%) DICOM
11 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.097%) HL7
11 1 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 654 (63.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 241 (23.38%) Active Directory
3 221 (21.44%) VMware NSX
4 216 (20.95%) vSphere
5 189 (18.33%) VMware ESXi
6 138 (13.39%) Hyper-V
7 92 (8.92%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (3.88%) NFS
9 38 (3.69%) Docker
10 37 (3.59%) Firmware
11 29 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
12 25 (2.42%) KVM
13 22 (2.13%) vCloud
14 15 (1.45%) GPFS
15 12 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.97%) BitLocker
17 9 (0.87%) VMware Workstation
18 7 (0.68%) SRDF
19 6 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
20 4 (0.39%) UAG
Systems Management
1 182 (17.65%) Ansible
2 159 (15.42%) vCenter Server
3 104 (10.09%) Terraform
4 93 (9.02%) Kubernetes
5 67 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 66 (6.40%) vRealize
7 57 (5.53%) SCCM
8 36 (3.49%) SCOM
9 32 (3.10%) Argo
10 29 (2.81%) Grafana
11 27 (2.62%) PowerCLI
12 25 (2.42%) VxRail
13 24 (2.33%) vMotion
14 20 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
15 19 (1.84%) Red Hat Satellite
16 18 (1.75%) NetBackup
17 17 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 17 (1.65%) WSUS
18 16 (1.55%) Prometheus
19 15 (1.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 242 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 173 (16.78%) Cisco
3 98 (9.51%) Citrix
4 82 (7.95%) Red Hat
5 67 (6.50%) NetApp
6 60 (5.82%) F5
7 53 (5.14%) Dell
8 45 (4.36%) IBM
8 45 (4.36%) ServiceNow
9 42 (4.07%) Pure Storage
10 41 (3.98%) Palo Alto
11 38 (3.69%) Oracle
12 32 (3.10%) Veeam
13 28 (2.72%) CheckPoint
13 28 (2.72%) McAfee
14 26 (2.52%) Blue Coat
14 26 (2.52%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.52%) Juniper
15 24 (2.33%) SolarWinds
16 23 (2.23%) Splunk