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 11 July 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
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 86 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 -27 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,062 774 1,261
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.36% 2.86% 3.41%
As % of the Vendors category 5.75% 6.02% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 507 868
10th Percentile £350 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £454 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £647
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 33
10th Percentile £24.65 £29.00 £22.32
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.33 £35.58
Median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -24.76%
75th Percentile £74.00 £54.56 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.31 £109.38 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.25
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.77% -32.80%

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 18,460 12,864 15,875
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.99% 47.45% 42.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,711 8,151 10,087
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 596 1,026
10th Percentile £16.08 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.56 £17.58 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -31.51%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.93 £61.25
90th Percentile £83.30 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.30 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +36.39% +0.60% -38.34%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +3 314 £550 -3.25% 104
London -18 267 £550 +4.76% 55
North of England -21 183 £469 +4.57% 48
Midlands -26 121 £450 -15.89% 34
South West -28 116 £550 -5.98% 30
North West -7 100 £458 +4.57% 28
West Midlands -35 91 £450 -10.00% 19
Yorkshire -20 80 £500 +11.11% 12
East of England -18 59 £507 -7.82% 24
East Midlands -11 30 £450 -18.18% 15
North East -37 4 £569 +59.09% 10
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 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.94%) nginx
4 9 (0.85%) CICS
4 9 (0.85%) IIS
4 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.66%) Confluence
5 7 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.56%) Apache
7 3 (0.28%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.094%) Houdini
4 1 (0.094%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.094%) Shopify
2 1 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 275 (25.89%) Azure
2 174 (16.38%) AWS
3 79 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (6.03%) Entra ID
5 56 (5.27%) OpenShift
6 39 (3.67%) GitHub
6 39 (3.67%) IaaS
7 38 (3.58%) GCP
8 28 (2.64%) Rubrik
9 26 (2.45%) PaaS
10 17 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.60%) Nutanix
10 17 (1.60%) SaaS
11 13 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.04%) Datadog
13 11 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 249 (23.45%) DNS
2 198 (18.64%) Firewall
3 133 (12.52%) DHCP
4 94 (8.85%) SAN
5 87 (8.19%) VPN
5 87 (8.19%) VSAN
6 85 (8.00%) WAN
7 75 (7.06%) TCP/IP
8 68 (6.40%) LAN
9 67 (6.31%) Network Security
10 62 (5.84%) VLAN
11 52 (4.90%) NAS
12 48 (4.52%) SSL
13 39 (3.67%) BIG-IP
14 37 (3.48%) BGP
15 35 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 35 (3.30%) HTTP
15 35 (3.30%) Wireshark
16 33 (3.11%) Cisco Nexus
17 32 (3.01%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.85%) DataStage
4 8 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.56%) Power BI
7 5 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.28%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.19%) Redis
11 1 (0.094%) GIS
11 1 (0.094%) Metadata
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 40 (3.77%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.92%) JIRA
3 24 (2.26%) Git
3 24 (2.26%) GitLab
4 21 (1.98%) Fiddler
5 8 (0.75%) Chocolatey
6 6 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.28%) MSI
8 3 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.094%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.094%) GoCD
10 1 (0.094%) Maven
10 1 (0.094%) Postman
10 1 (0.094%) RStudio
10 1 (0.094%) VersionOne
General
1 231 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 120 (11.30%) Finance
3 99 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.24%) Banking
6 41 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.26%) Legal
8 19 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 18 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.13%) Military
12 12 (1.13%) Retail
13 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.85%) Police
14 6 (0.56%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.38%) Advertising
16 4 (0.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 219 (20.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (13.47%) Architect
3 113 (10.64%) Senior
4 97 (9.13%) VMware Engineer
5 86 (8.10%) Network Engineer
6 62 (5.84%) Consultant
7 47 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (4.33%) Support Engineer
9 40 (3.77%) VMware Consultant
10 38 (3.58%) Lead
11 37 (3.48%) Administrator
12 35 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 34 (3.20%) VMware Architect
14 31 (2.92%) Storage Engineer
15 29 (2.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 29 (2.73%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 29 (2.73%) Technical Architect
16 26 (2.45%) Analyst
16 26 (2.45%) Azure Engineer
17 25 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.17%) LDAP
2 17 (1.60%) Flash
2 17 (1.60%) Middleware
3 14 (1.32%) REST
4 12 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (0.94%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.85%) SAML
7 7 (0.66%) Keycloak
8 6 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.47%) .NET
9 5 (0.47%) JSON
10 4 (0.38%) Redfish
10 4 (0.38%) Software Packaging
11 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.28%) YAML
12 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.19%) Kafka
12 2 (0.19%) OAuth
12 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.19%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 147 (13.84%) Data Centre
2 72 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (6.50%) PKI
4 67 (6.31%) Replication
5 47 (4.43%) Enterprise Storage
6 43 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.48%) Cloud Native
8 34 (3.20%) Clustering
8 34 (3.20%) Public Cloud
9 32 (3.01%) Private Cloud
10 23 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (1.98%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.41%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.13%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.04%) BYOD
15 11 (1.04%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 459 (43.22%) Windows
2 281 (26.46%) Windows Server
3 273 (25.71%) Linux
4 60 (5.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 44 (4.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (2.26%) Unix
8 23 (2.17%) Ubuntu
9 22 (2.07%) VMS
9 22 (2.07%) Windows 10
10 20 (1.88%) Apple iOS
11 17 (1.60%) AIX
11 17 (1.60%) Data ONTAP
11 17 (1.60%) Solaris
12 16 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.41%) Android
14 14 (1.32%) CentOS
15 9 (0.85%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (25.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 192 (18.08%) Migration
3 187 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (12.52%) ITIL
5 131 (12.34%) High Availability
6 107 (10.08%) CI/CD
6 107 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
7 103 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 98 (9.23%) DevOps
9 90 (8.47%) Agile
10 83 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 78 (7.34%) Change Management
12 76 (7.16%) Load Balancing
12 76 (7.16%) Technical Leadership
13 71 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 71 (6.69%) Validation
14 68 (6.40%) ITSM
15 67 (6.31%) Network Virtualisation
16 66 (6.21%) Capacity Planning
17 60 (5.65%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 201 (18.93%) PowerShell
2 133 (12.52%) Python
3 73 (6.87%) Bash
4 47 (4.43%) SQL
5 22 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.13%) Java
7 10 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 9 (0.85%) COBOL
9 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.56%) Bicep
10 6 (0.56%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.47%) C
11 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.38%) C#
12 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 2 (0.19%) Lua
13 2 (0.19%) VBScript
14 1 (0.094%) Korn
14 1 (0.094%) Perl
14 1 (0.094%) VB
Qualifications
1 492 (46.33%) Security Cleared
2 294 (27.68%) SC Cleared
3 224 (21.09%) DV Cleared
4 83 (7.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 55 (5.18%) Degree
6 50 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.30%) CCNP
9 31 (2.92%) VCAP
10 28 (2.64%) MCSE
11 26 (2.45%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.79%) MCSA
13 16 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.51%) CCNA
14 15 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
15 12 (1.13%) OCP
16 10 (0.94%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.75%) ISTQB
17 8 (0.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 8 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.77%) SLA
2 33 (3.11%) NIST
3 24 (2.26%) NCSC
4 21 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.94%) QA
7 6 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.19%) GDPR
10 2 (0.19%) GxP
10 2 (0.19%) ISA99
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.094%) DICOM
11 1 (0.094%) GRC
11 1 (0.094%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.094%) HL7
11 1 (0.094%) SOC 2
System Software
1 697 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 272 (25.61%) Active Directory
3 232 (21.85%) VMware NSX
4 228 (21.47%) vSphere
5 220 (20.72%) VMware ESXi
6 145 (13.65%) Hyper-V
7 94 (8.85%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (4.24%) Docker
9 39 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 37 (3.48%) Firmware
10 37 (3.48%) NFS
11 23 (2.17%) KVM
12 22 (2.07%) vCloud
13 12 (1.13%) GPFS
13 12 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (0.94%) BitLocker
15 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
16 7 (0.66%) UAG
17 6 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.56%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 184 (17.33%) Ansible
2 182 (17.14%) vCenter Server
3 120 (11.30%) Terraform
4 102 (9.60%) Kubernetes
5 69 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 65 (6.12%) vRealize
7 56 (5.27%) SCCM
8 47 (4.43%) SCOM
9 32 (3.01%) VxRail
10 28 (2.64%) Argo
10 28 (2.64%) Grafana
10 28 (2.64%) PowerCLI
11 26 (2.45%) vMotion
12 20 (1.88%) NetBackup
12 20 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (1.60%) Puppet
13 17 (1.60%) Red Hat Satellite
14 16 (1.51%) Prometheus
14 16 (1.51%) WSUS
15 15 (1.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 261 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 186 (17.51%) Cisco
3 106 (9.98%) Citrix
4 76 (7.16%) Red Hat
5 75 (7.06%) NetApp
6 57 (5.37%) Dell
6 57 (5.37%) F5
7 45 (4.24%) ServiceNow
8 43 (4.05%) Palo Alto
9 40 (3.77%) IBM
9 40 (3.77%) Pure Storage
10 38 (3.58%) Oracle
11 36 (3.39%) Juniper
12 34 (3.20%) Veeam
13 33 (3.11%) SolarWinds
14 27 (2.54%) CheckPoint
14 27 (2.54%) Fortinet
15 25 (2.35%) Broadcom
16 24 (2.26%) McAfee
16 24 (2.26%) Splunk