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 24 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
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 82 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 -21 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,022 755 1,202
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 3.01% 3.22%
As % of the Vendors category 5.79% 6.36% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 506 839
10th Percentile £350 £353 £300
25th Percentile £450 £463 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £645
UK median daily rate £520 £538 £504
% change year-on-year -3.26% +6.57% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 34
10th Percentile £19.93 £29.66 £22.33
25th Percentile £29.00 £31.68 £36.09
Median hourly rate £51.00 £47.07 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +8.34% +17.31% -25.63%
75th Percentile £70.38 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £77.10
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £47.07 £40.25
% change year-on-year +8.34% +16.95% -33.31%

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 17,642 11,870 15,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.61% 47.39% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,289 7,537 10,007
10th Percentile £313 £280 £273
25th Percentile £413 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 947 540 1,063
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.31
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.45 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.38 £26.75 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +28.50% +9.50% -34.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.69 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.30 £24.18
% change year-on-year +34.35% +4.63% -42.15%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +6 293 £550 -3.25% 80
London -24 252 £550 +4.76% 46
North of England -25 183 £459 +2.00% 51
Midlands -24 113 £450 -17.09% 45
South West -38 103 £550 -8.33% 27
North West -11 99 £450 - 33
West Midlands -36 86 £450 -14.12% 21
Yorkshire -15 82 £485 +5.96% 13
East of England -16 66 £507 -7.82% 27
East Midlands -9 27 £450 -18.18% 24
North East -42 3 £638 +78.32% 7
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 41 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.88%) CICS
3 9 (0.88%) IIS
3 9 (0.88%) Tomcat
4 8 (0.78%) nginx
5 6 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.49%) Confluence
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.20%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.098%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.098%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 259 (25.34%) Azure
2 168 (16.44%) AWS
3 74 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.38%) OpenShift
5 50 (4.89%) Entra ID
6 41 (4.01%) GCP
7 40 (3.91%) IaaS
8 39 (3.82%) GitHub
9 29 (2.84%) PaaS
10 26 (2.54%) Rubrik
11 19 (1.86%) Nutanix
12 17 (1.66%) SaaS
13 16 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (0.98%) Datadog
16 9 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (0.78%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 222 (21.72%) DNS
2 177 (17.32%) Firewall
3 116 (11.35%) DHCP
4 91 (8.90%) SAN
5 82 (8.02%) VPN
5 82 (8.02%) VSAN
6 81 (7.93%) WAN
7 64 (6.26%) LAN
8 63 (6.16%) Network Security
9 55 (5.38%) TCP/IP
10 51 (4.99%) VLAN
11 48 (4.70%) NAS
11 48 (4.70%) SSL
12 39 (3.82%) BIG-IP
13 36 (3.52%) HTTP
14 35 (3.42%) Wireshark
15 34 (3.33%) Cisco Nexus
16 32 (3.13%) BGP
17 31 (3.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 31 (3.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.88%) DataStage
4 8 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
5 7 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.59%) Power BI
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.29%) Big Data
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.20%) Redis
11 1 (0.098%) GIS
11 1 (0.098%) Metadata
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 44 (4.31%) Jenkins
2 30 (2.94%) JIRA
3 29 (2.84%) GitLab
4 28 (2.74%) Git
5 23 (2.25%) Fiddler
6 7 (0.68%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.29%) MSI
11 2 (0.20%) PVCS
11 2 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.098%) GoCD
12 1 (0.098%) Maven
12 1 (0.098%) RStudio
12 1 (0.098%) Subversion
12 1 (0.098%) VersionOne
General
1 209 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 112 (10.96%) Finance
3 87 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (5.97%) Public Sector
5 45 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 42 (4.11%) Banking
7 22 (2.15%) Legal
8 18 (1.76%) Investment Banking
9 15 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 14 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.08%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.08%) Police
12 10 (0.98%) Retail
13 9 (0.88%) Military
14 7 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.59%) Law
15 6 (0.59%) Local Government
16 5 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 207 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 154 (15.07%) Architect
3 104 (10.18%) Senior
4 90 (8.81%) VMware Engineer
5 83 (8.12%) Network Engineer
6 58 (5.68%) Consultant
7 41 (4.01%) Support Engineer
7 41 (4.01%) VMware Architect
8 40 (3.91%) Administrator
9 38 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 36 (3.52%) VMware Consultant
11 32 (3.13%) Lead
11 32 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (2.84%) Storage Engineer
13 28 (2.74%) Analyst
13 28 (2.74%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 28 (2.74%) Technical Architect
14 27 (2.64%) Infrastructure Architect
15 26 (2.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 26 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.64%) LDAP
2 22 (2.15%) Middleware
3 19 (1.86%) Flash
4 15 (1.47%) REST
5 12 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (0.88%) 802.1X
6 9 (0.88%) SAML
7 7 (0.68%) Keycloak
8 5 (0.49%) .NET
8 5 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.49%) JSON
9 4 (0.39%) Redfish
9 4 (0.39%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.20%) Java SE
11 2 (0.20%) Kafka
11 2 (0.20%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.20%) OpenID
11 2 (0.20%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 145 (14.19%) Data Centre
2 70 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (6.56%) Replication
4 65 (6.36%) PKI
5 46 (4.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 41 (4.01%) Management Information System
7 40 (3.91%) Cloud Native
8 36 (3.52%) Public Cloud
9 35 (3.42%) Clustering
10 31 (3.03%) Private Cloud
11 24 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
12 18 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.47%) Blackberry
13 15 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.47%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.17%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.08%) BYOD
15 11 (1.08%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 417 (40.80%) Windows
2 265 (25.93%) Linux
3 261 (25.54%) Windows Server
4 62 (6.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 41 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.45%) Unix
8 21 (2.05%) VMS
9 20 (1.96%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.86%) CentOS
10 19 (1.86%) Windows 10
11 18 (1.76%) Apple iOS
12 17 (1.66%) Data ONTAP
12 17 (1.66%) Solaris
13 16 (1.57%) AIX
14 15 (1.47%) Android
15 14 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
16 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
16 8 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (25.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 188 (18.40%) Migration
3 170 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (12.13%) High Availability
4 124 (12.13%) ITIL
5 104 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 97 (9.49%) DevOps
7 93 (9.10%) CI/CD
7 93 (9.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 90 (8.81%) Agile
9 75 (7.34%) Load Balancing
10 73 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 70 (6.85%) Change Management
12 69 (6.75%) Capacity Planning
13 64 (6.26%) Validation
14 63 (6.16%) ITSM
15 62 (6.07%) Performance Tuning
16 61 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
17 60 (5.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (5.58%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 183 (17.91%) PowerShell
2 122 (11.94%) Python
3 57 (5.58%) Bash
4 46 (4.50%) SQL
5 22 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.37%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.08%) MATLAB
8 9 (0.88%) COBOL
9 7 (0.68%) Java
9 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.59%) Bicep
11 5 (0.49%) C
11 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.39%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) C++
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.20%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.20%) VBScript
14 1 (0.098%) VB
Qualifications
1 461 (45.11%) Security Cleared
2 282 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 200 (19.57%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 47 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (4.60%) Degree
6 39 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (3.13%) CCNP
8 31 (3.03%) VCAP
9 27 (2.64%) MCSE
10 23 (2.25%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.66%) MCSA
12 15 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.47%) CCNA
12 15 (1.47%) Oracle Certification
13 12 (1.17%) OCP
14 8 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.78%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.31%) SLA
2 36 (3.52%) NIST
3 23 (2.25%) NCSC
4 22 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.98%) QA
7 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.20%) ISA99
9 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.098%) COBIT
10 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.098%) GDPR
10 1 (0.098%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.098%) HL7
10 1 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 660 (64.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 242 (23.68%) Active Directory
3 222 (21.72%) VMware NSX
4 211 (20.65%) vSphere
5 203 (19.86%) VMware ESXi
6 143 (13.99%) Hyper-V
7 94 (9.20%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (3.72%) Docker
8 38 (3.72%) Firmware
9 37 (3.62%) NFS
10 32 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (2.54%) KVM
12 23 (2.25%) vCloud
13 14 (1.37%) GPFS
14 13 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
15 11 (1.08%) BitLocker
16 9 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
17 6 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
17 6 (0.59%) SRDF
18 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 181 (17.71%) Ansible
2 165 (16.14%) vCenter Server
3 104 (10.18%) Terraform
4 89 (8.71%) Kubernetes
5 68 (6.65%) vRealize
6 64 (6.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 52 (5.09%) SCCM
8 39 (3.82%) SCOM
9 28 (2.74%) Argo
10 27 (2.64%) PowerCLI
10 27 (2.64%) vMotion
11 26 (2.54%) VxRail
12 25 (2.45%) Grafana
13 22 (2.15%) Red Hat Satellite
14 20 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
15 19 (1.86%) NetBackup
16 16 (1.57%) WSUS
17 15 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 15 (1.47%) Podman
17 15 (1.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 241 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 179 (17.51%) Cisco
3 100 (9.78%) Citrix
4 76 (7.44%) Red Hat
5 70 (6.85%) NetApp
6 55 (5.38%) F5
7 51 (4.99%) Dell
8 43 (4.21%) ServiceNow
9 42 (4.11%) IBM
9 42 (4.11%) Palo Alto
9 42 (4.11%) Pure Storage
10 39 (3.82%) Oracle
11 32 (3.13%) Juniper
12 30 (2.94%) Veeam
13 28 (2.74%) SolarWinds
14 27 (2.64%) CheckPoint
15 26 (2.54%) Fortinet
15 26 (2.54%) McAfee
16 24 (2.35%) Blue Coat
17 23 (2.25%) Broadcom