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 12 February 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
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 70 61
Rank change year-on-year -22 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 933 873 1,287
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.75% 3.35% 3.42%
As % of the Vendors category 6.07% 7.22% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 565 863
10th Percentile £324 £284 £263
25th Percentile £425 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +6.60% -5.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.76% +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 71
10th Percentile £33.00 £33.16 £22.08
25th Percentile £60.53 £35.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75.70 £83.32 £76.25
90th Percentile £96.75 £99.13 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -

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 15,376 12,095 16,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.26% 46.39% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,065 7,374 10,500
10th Percentile £300 £276 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 772 345 842
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.87
25th Percentile £17.94 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £26.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.60% +15.19% -17.78%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £72.45 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £26.72
% change year-on-year -17.84% +8.53% -16.50%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -3 265 £500 -9.26% 110
London -57 223 £550 +5.77% 76
North of England -33 159 £460 -3.26% 75
Midlands -1 128 £414 -22.74% 36
North West -16 107 £460 -8.00% 35
West Midlands -9 98 £400 -27.40% 25
South West -34 97 £550 -4.35% 47
Yorkshire -19 60 £420 -6.67% 37
East of England +1 59 £500 +5.26% 20
East Midlands -9 30 £449 -14.57% 11
North East -22 4 £550 +57.14% 7
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 48 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.14%) Confluence
4 11 (1.18%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.75%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.64%) CICS
6 6 (0.64%) IIS
7 5 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.32%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Traefik
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (1.82%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 231 (24.76%) Azure
2 178 (19.08%) AWS
3 79 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (7.82%) OpenShift
5 51 (5.47%) GCP
5 51 (5.47%) GitHub
6 46 (4.93%) Entra ID
7 42 (4.50%) IaaS
8 30 (3.22%) Nutanix
9 28 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (2.89%) PaaS
11 16 (1.71%) Datadog
12 12 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (0.86%) SaaS
14 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 218 (23.37%) DNS
2 182 (19.51%) Firewall
3 100 (10.72%) DHCP
4 79 (8.47%) TCP/IP
5 74 (7.93%) VPN
6 60 (6.43%) SAN
7 55 (5.89%) Network Security
8 51 (5.47%) VSAN
9 48 (5.14%) VLAN
9 48 (5.14%) WAN
10 43 (4.61%) LAN
11 38 (4.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 37 (3.97%) BIG-IP
12 37 (3.97%) SSL
13 36 (3.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 35 (3.75%) Wireshark
15 34 (3.64%) HTTP
16 30 (3.22%) NAS
17 29 (3.11%) BGP
18 21 (2.25%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.86%) Redis
4 6 (0.64%) DataStage
5 4 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.11%) Power BI
7 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (5.47%) Jenkins
2 36 (3.86%) GitLab
3 28 (3.00%) Git
4 26 (2.79%) Fiddler
5 22 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 18 (1.93%) JIRA
7 14 (1.50%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.50%) JMeter
7 14 (1.50%) JUnit
8 8 (0.86%) PVCS
8 8 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.43%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.43%) RStudio
11 3 (0.32%) Maven
11 3 (0.32%) Subversion
12 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.21%) Chocolatey
12 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 206 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 102 (10.93%) Finance
3 101 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 52 (5.57%) Banking
6 41 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (2.68%) Investment Banking
8 22 (2.36%) Aerospace
9 20 (2.14%) Legal
10 19 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.50%) Local Government
12 11 (1.18%) Electronics
13 10 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.96%) Military
15 7 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.75%) Police
16 6 (0.64%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.64%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 146 (15.65%) Architect
2 145 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 65 (6.97%) Network Engineer
4 59 (6.32%) Analyst
4 59 (6.32%) VMware Engineer
5 58 (6.22%) Consultant
6 57 (6.11%) Senior
7 46 (4.93%) VMware Consultant
8 45 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
9 41 (4.39%) Support Engineer
10 34 (3.64%) Infrastructure Architect
10 34 (3.64%) VMware Architect
11 32 (3.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 29 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (3.11%) Lead
13 27 (2.89%) Web Engineer
14 25 (2.68%) Developer
15 23 (2.47%) Infrastructure Support
15 23 (2.47%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 23 (2.47%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.57%) Kafka
2 23 (2.47%) Middleware
3 22 (2.36%) LDAP
4 19 (2.04%) Flash
5 17 (1.82%) SAML
6 14 (1.50%) Spring
7 13 (1.39%) Hibernate
8 12 (1.29%) Keycloak
9 11 (1.18%) OAuth
9 11 (1.18%) OpenID
9 11 (1.18%) REST
10 10 (1.07%) OpenTelemetry
11 9 (0.96%) Loki
12 8 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (0.75%) OAuth2
14 6 (0.64%) XMPP
15 5 (0.54%) .NET
15 5 (0.54%) React
15 5 (0.54%) Software Packaging
16 4 (0.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.08%) Data Centre
2 71 (7.61%) Replication
3 70 (7.50%) PKI
4 47 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 42 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.75%) Private Cloud
8 32 (3.43%) Linux Command Line
9 25 (2.68%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.93%) Clustering
11 18 (1.93%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.39%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.29%) Fat Client
13 12 (1.29%) Thin Client
14 11 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
15 9 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.86%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 342 (36.66%) Windows
2 287 (30.76%) Linux
3 203 (21.76%) Windows Server
4 72 (7.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (3.86%) Windows 10
6 27 (2.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (2.25%) Ubuntu
9 20 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.71%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.71%) Unix
10 16 (1.71%) VMS
11 15 (1.61%) CentOS
12 13 (1.39%) Solaris
12 13 (1.39%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.96%) AIX
14 7 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.54%) Android
15 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.43%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (19.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 140 (15.01%) Agile
4 131 (14.04%) Migration
5 121 (12.97%) ITIL
6 114 (12.22%) DevOps
7 109 (11.68%) CI/CD
8 93 (9.97%) Load Balancing
9 89 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 81 (8.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 77 (8.25%) Containerisation
12 74 (7.93%) High Availability
13 69 (7.40%) Platform Engineering
14 61 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
16 55 (5.89%) Roadmaps
17 52 (5.57%) Service Management
18 51 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
19 48 (5.14%) Change Management
20 47 (5.04%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 192 (20.58%) PowerShell
2 190 (20.36%) Python
3 106 (11.36%) Bash
4 36 (3.86%) SQL
5 26 (2.79%) Java
6 25 (2.68%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.14%) Perl
8 14 (1.50%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.29%) C
10 9 (0.96%) C++
11 8 (0.86%) C#
11 8 (0.86%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.75%) Embedded C
12 7 (0.75%) Embedded C++
12 7 (0.75%) Go
12 7 (0.75%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.64%) COBOL
14 5 (0.54%) Bicep
15 4 (0.43%) PHP
16 3 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 415 (44.48%) Security Cleared
2 254 (27.22%) SC Cleared
3 154 (16.51%) DV Cleared
4 62 (6.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 57 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (5.14%) Degree
7 43 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (3.64%) CCNP
9 33 (3.54%) Azure Certification
10 24 (2.57%) MCSE
11 23 (2.47%) VCAP
12 22 (2.36%) CCNA
13 21 (2.25%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (1.39%) MCSA
16 12 (1.29%) CCIE
17 11 (1.18%) CCDP
17 11 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.18%) Server+ Certification
18 8 (0.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.68%) NIST
2 24 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.14%) GDPR
3 20 (2.14%) SLA
4 16 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.39%) NCSC
6 9 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (0.86%) Def Stans
8 6 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.54%) QA
10 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 590 (63.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 240 (25.72%) Active Directory
3 175 (18.76%) vSphere
4 148 (15.86%) VMware NSX
5 116 (12.43%) Hyper-V
6 98 (10.50%) VMware ESXi
7 60 (6.43%) Virtual Machines
8 59 (6.32%) Docker
9 38 (4.07%) NFS
10 26 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
11 23 (2.47%) Firmware
12 20 (2.14%) KVM
13 16 (1.71%) GPFS
14 9 (0.96%) vCloud
15 7 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.54%) BitLocker
16 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
18 3 (0.32%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.32%) UAG
Systems Management
1 182 (19.51%) Ansible
2 116 (12.43%) Terraform
3 100 (10.72%) Kubernetes
3 100 (10.72%) vCenter Server
4 74 (7.93%) vRealize
5 73 (7.82%) SCCM
6 70 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (4.18%) Grafana
8 35 (3.75%) Argo
9 33 (3.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 32 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
11 29 (3.11%) Prometheus
12 28 (3.00%) Red Hat Satellite
13 27 (2.89%) VxRail
14 25 (2.68%) SCOM
15 18 (1.93%) Progress Chef
16 15 (1.61%) vMotion
17 14 (1.50%) FortiGate
17 14 (1.50%) WSUS
18 12 (1.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 237 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 162 (17.36%) Cisco
3 104 (11.15%) Red Hat
4 85 (9.11%) F5
5 74 (7.93%) Citrix
6 52 (5.57%) Dell
7 48 (5.14%) IBM
8 44 (4.72%) SolarWinds
9 40 (4.29%) Oracle
9 40 (4.29%) Veeam
10 39 (4.18%) NetApp
11 35 (3.75%) Palo Alto
11 35 (3.75%) ServiceNow
12 34 (3.64%) McAfee
13 33 (3.54%) Blue Coat
14 31 (3.32%) Pure Storage
15 28 (3.00%) Splunk
16 22 (2.36%) Commvault
17 21 (2.25%) HP
18 18 (1.93%) Google