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 1 October 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
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 104 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 -40 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,136 714 1,094
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 2.56% 3.39%
As % of the Vendors category 5.87% 5.36% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 467 703
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £439 £433 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £657
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 11 15
10th Percentile £26.20 £29.00 £22.96
25th Percentile £50.31 £29.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £68.38 £34.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% -24.44% -31.80%
75th Percentile £90.00 £46.88 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £67.25 £99.44
UK median hourly rate £67.49 £34.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +98.49% -15.53% -39.00%

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 19,337 13,323 14,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.68% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,901 8,487 8,614
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £623 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £701 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,205 633 543
10th Percentile £14.02 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.52 £25.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +1.47% -20.16% -27.38%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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
London -6 304 £550 +5.77% 212
South East -10 303 £538 -2.27% 143
North of England +5 200 £478 +10.72% 113
Midlands -23 123 £450 -20.18% 73
South West -20 108 £588 +2.17% 72
North West -9 96 £450 +5.88% 61
West Midlands -11 96 £474 -17.82% 48
East of England +11 91 £549 -0.13% 59
Yorkshire -5 86 £525 +17.45% 36
East Midlands -7 27 £425 -13.44% 25
North East -18 20 £400 - 17
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 58 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.46%) Confluence
4 16 (1.41%) IIS
5 14 (1.23%) CMS
6 11 (0.97%) nginx
7 10 (0.88%) OpenStack
8 9 (0.79%) Apache
9 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
10 7 (0.62%) JBoss
11 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
13 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.088%) CICS
14 1 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.18%) Houdini
2 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.18%) NUKE
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.088%) Shopify
2 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 324 (28.52%) Azure
2 176 (15.49%) AWS
3 114 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (8.01%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.31%) GCP
6 48 (4.23%) OpenShift
7 39 (3.43%) GitHub
8 33 (2.90%) IaaS
9 29 (2.55%) Rubrik
10 26 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.67%) OneDrive
13 18 (1.58%) PaaS
14 16 (1.41%) SaaS
15 14 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (1.14%) Nutanix
16 13 (1.14%) Power Platform
17 12 (1.06%) Datadog
17 12 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 11 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 321 (28.26%) DNS
2 215 (18.93%) Firewall
3 197 (17.34%) DHCP
4 111 (9.77%) TCP/IP
5 84 (7.39%) VPN
5 84 (7.39%) VSAN
6 82 (7.22%) WAN
7 80 (7.04%) SAN
8 76 (6.69%) VLAN
9 73 (6.43%) LAN
10 69 (6.07%) Network Security
11 47 (4.14%) SSL
12 42 (3.70%) BGP
13 41 (3.61%) NAS
14 38 (3.35%) HTTP
15 36 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
16 35 (3.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 31 (2.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 30 (2.64%) SD-WAN
19 29 (2.55%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (1.14%) Power BI
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (0.79%) Big Data
5 9 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.18%) GIS
11 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 48 (4.23%) JIRA
2 42 (3.70%) GitLab
3 30 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.46%) Git
5 11 (0.97%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.35%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.35%) CppUnit
9 4 (0.35%) PVCS
9 4 (0.35%) Selenium
10 2 (0.18%) MSI
10 2 (0.18%) Subversion
11 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.088%) Postman
11 1 (0.088%) Robot Framework
General
1 244 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 133 (11.71%) Finance
3 117 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (3.26%) Public Sector
6 34 (2.99%) Banking
7 32 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 23 (2.02%) Legal
9 12 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 11 (0.97%) Aerospace
10 11 (0.97%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 10 (0.88%) Retail
12 9 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.79%) Law
12 9 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.70%) Military
13 8 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.62%) Back Office
14 7 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 256 (22.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 156 (13.73%) Senior
3 111 (9.77%) Architect
4 107 (9.42%) VMware Engineer
5 80 (7.04%) Network Engineer
6 74 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 67 (5.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 66 (5.81%) Lead
8 66 (5.81%) Support Engineer
9 54 (4.75%) Consultant
10 48 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
11 43 (3.79%) Administrator
12 41 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 41 (3.61%) Storage Engineer
13 33 (2.90%) VMware Consultant
14 31 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.55%) Linux Engineer
15 29 (2.55%) Senior VMware Engineer
16 27 (2.38%) Server Engineer
17 26 (2.29%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (13.82%) Terraform
2 27 (2.38%) REST
3 21 (1.85%) JSON
3 21 (1.85%) Kafka
4 16 (1.41%) LDAP
5 15 (1.32%) YAML
6 13 (1.14%) XMPP
7 12 (1.06%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.70%) Middleware
9 7 (0.62%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.53%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.53%) Flash
11 5 (0.44%) .NET
12 4 (0.35%) Pulumi
12 4 (0.35%) Redfish
12 4 (0.35%) SAML
13 3 (0.26%) Java SE
13 3 (0.26%) Keycloak
13 3 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 182 (16.02%) Data Centre
2 88 (7.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 82 (7.22%) PKI
4 53 (4.67%) Enterprise Storage
5 51 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 45 (3.96%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.79%) Clustering
7 43 (3.79%) Onboarding
7 43 (3.79%) Replication
8 34 (2.99%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.73%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
11 18 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.50%) Operational Technology
13 14 (1.23%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.23%) SCADA
13 14 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 586 (51.58%) Windows
2 386 (33.98%) Windows Server
3 295 (25.97%) Linux
4 61 (5.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (3.17%) Windows 10
7 24 (2.11%) Unix
7 24 (2.11%) VMS
8 22 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.50%) Ubuntu
11 12 (1.06%) AIX
11 12 (1.06%) Data ONTAP
11 12 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
12 10 (0.88%) CentOS
12 10 (0.88%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.79%) Solaris
14 8 (0.70%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (30.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 206 (18.13%) ITIL
3 204 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (17.78%) Migration
5 178 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 164 (14.44%) Technical Leadership
7 144 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 136 (11.97%) CI/CD
9 119 (10.48%) Change Management
10 107 (9.42%) ITSM
11 105 (9.24%) High Availability
11 105 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (9.07%) DevOps
13 101 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 100 (8.80%) Platform Engineering
14 100 (8.80%) Service Management
15 99 (8.71%) Project Delivery
16 95 (8.36%) Agile
17 91 (8.01%) Root Cause Analysis
18 87 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 255 (22.45%) PowerShell
2 142 (12.50%) Python
3 92 (8.10%) Bash
4 65 (5.72%) SQL
5 20 (1.76%) Java
6 15 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.06%) Bicep
8 11 (0.97%) C
9 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.62%) VB
11 6 (0.53%) Go
11 6 (0.53%) VBScript
12 5 (0.44%) C++
13 4 (0.35%) C#
14 3 (0.26%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.26%) Korn
14 3 (0.26%) Lua
15 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.088%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.088%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 552 (48.59%) Security Cleared
2 312 (27.46%) SC Cleared
3 268 (23.59%) DV Cleared
4 78 (6.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 72 (6.34%) Degree
6 60 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.70%) VCAP
8 39 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (3.08%) CCNP
10 34 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.20%) CCNA
12 23 (2.02%) MCSE
13 21 (1.85%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.41%) MCSA
15 14 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (0.97%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.88%) PMP
18 9 (0.79%) CISSP
18 9 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.99%) SLA
2 21 (1.85%) QA
3 20 (1.76%) NIST
4 17 (1.50%) NCSC
5 15 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.32%) 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
8 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.26%) GRC
9 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.18%) GDPR
10 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.088%) PMO
System Software
1 809 (71.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 369 (32.48%) Active Directory
3 241 (21.21%) vSphere
4 237 (20.86%) VMware ESXi
5 202 (17.78%) VMware NSX
6 193 (16.99%) Hyper-V
7 87 (7.66%) Virtual Machines
8 62 (5.46%) Docker
9 42 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 34 (2.99%) Firmware
11 25 (2.20%) vCloud
12 23 (2.02%) NFS
13 20 (1.76%) Virtual Servers
14 15 (1.32%) KVM
15 14 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 11 (0.97%) BitLocker
17 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 10 (0.88%) XenApp
18 9 (0.79%) XenDesktop
19 7 (0.62%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 182 (16.02%) Ansible
2 174 (15.32%) vCenter Server
3 150 (13.20%) Kubernetes
4 77 (6.78%) SCOM
5 72 (6.34%) SCCM
6 61 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 40 (3.52%) vRealize
8 37 (3.26%) VxRail
9 26 (2.29%) Prometheus
10 23 (2.02%) Grafana
11 22 (1.94%) Puppet
12 19 (1.67%) PowerCLI
13 18 (1.58%) Nagios
13 18 (1.58%) Red Hat Satellite
14 17 (1.50%) Avamar
14 17 (1.50%) Cisco CUCM
14 17 (1.50%) vMotion
15 16 (1.41%) NetBackup
16 14 (1.23%) WSUS
17 13 (1.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 326 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 198 (17.43%) Cisco
3 90 (7.92%) Citrix
4 81 (7.13%) NetApp
5 73 (6.43%) Red Hat
6 64 (5.63%) Dell
7 59 (5.19%) ServiceNow
8 53 (4.67%) SolarWinds
9 48 (4.23%) F5
10 42 (3.70%) Veeam
11 40 (3.52%) Oracle
12 38 (3.35%) Palo Alto
13 33 (2.90%) Juniper
14 32 (2.82%) Fortinet
15 27 (2.38%) CyberArk
16 25 (2.20%) IBM
17 24 (2.11%) Broadcom
18 22 (1.94%) Meraki
19 21 (1.85%) Remedy
20 19 (1.67%) Commvault