VMware Contracts 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 May 2025, 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 67 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 750 1,130 1,912
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.08% 3.04% 3.79%
As % of the Vendors category 6.49% 7.22% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 774 1,374
10th Percentile £325 £275 £313
25th Percentile £431 £380 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £638
90th Percentile £676 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £533 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.63% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 40 105
10th Percentile £29.99 £22.08 £27.98
25th Percentile £48.16 £39.41 £43.75
Median hourly rate £72.50 £46.18 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.99% -26.70% +76.84%
75th Percentile £83.18 £71.25 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.97 £81.40 £80.92
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £48.20 £65.00
% change year-on-year +50.43% -25.85% +36.84%

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 11,562 15,655 21,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.47% 42.09% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,448 9,950 14,523
10th Percentile £287 £256 £270
25th Percentile £408 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 1,007 599
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.19
25th Percentile £17.56 £14.27 £18.75
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.37 £64.50
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Daily rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in England

VMware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in England.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in England

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 May 2025. 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 -33 219 £525 +5.00% 195
South East -14 163 £575 +14.77% 177
South West +11 136 £575 +13.30% 100
North of England -5 109 £425 +12.58% 123
Midlands +18 72 £525 - 99
North West +3 64 £444 +26.79% 66
West Midlands +17 52 £501 +8.32% 54
Yorkshire -12 35 £450 +20.00% 44
East of England +25 34 £513 -9.21% 53
East Midlands +8 20 £550 - 40
North East -2 11 £358 -31.90% 17
VMware
UK

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 90 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (8.53%) SharePoint
3 37 (4.93%) Confluence
4 15 (2.00%) IIS
5 10 (1.33%) OpenStack
5 10 (1.33%) Skype for Business
6 8 (1.07%) Apache
7 4 (0.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.53%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 2 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 56 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (29.33%) Azure
2 129 (17.20%) AWS
3 123 (16.40%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (8.53%) Entra ID
5 56 (7.47%) IaaS
6 50 (6.67%) OpenShift
7 45 (6.00%) PaaS
8 37 (4.93%) SaaS
9 32 (4.27%) GCP
10 27 (3.60%) Nutanix
11 25 (3.33%) GitHub
12 24 (3.20%) OneDrive
13 16 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.20%) Azure Stack
16 6 (0.80%) Cohesity
17 5 (0.67%) Amazon S3
17 5 (0.67%) Rubrik
18 4 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 159 (21.20%) DNS
2 127 (16.93%) Firewall
3 110 (14.67%) DHCP
4 65 (8.67%) TCP/IP
5 64 (8.53%) SAN
6 54 (7.20%) VPN
7 49 (6.53%) Network Security
8 45 (6.00%) VSAN
9 43 (5.73%) LAN
9 43 (5.73%) WAN
10 33 (4.40%) VLAN
11 29 (3.87%) VoIP
11 29 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (3.47%) NAS
13 25 (3.33%) SMTP
14 24 (3.20%) HTTP
15 19 (2.53%) BGP
15 19 (2.53%) OSPF
16 17 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (2.27%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.47%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.27%) Oracle Database
3 16 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
3 16 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 15 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (1.73%) Big Data
6 10 (1.33%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.93%) Couchbase
7 7 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.40%) MySQL
9 3 (0.40%) OLTP
10 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.27%) Power BI
10 2 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (6.13%) JIRA
2 44 (5.87%) Git
3 36 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.13%) GitLab
5 15 (2.00%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.47%) Subversion
7 10 (1.33%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.27%) Introscope
10 2 (0.27%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.27%) Selenium
10 2 (0.27%) TestNG
11 1 (0.13%) Serena SBM
General
1 144 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 83 (11.07%) Public Sector
3 78 (10.40%) Finance
4 49 (6.53%) Telecoms
5 41 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (2.93%) Legal
7 21 (2.80%) Banking
8 14 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 14 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.60%) Military
10 9 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.20%) Marketing
11 8 (1.07%) Electronics
12 7 (0.93%) Billing
13 5 (0.67%) Law
13 5 (0.67%) Local Government
13 5 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 159 (21.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 115 (15.33%) Architect
3 47 (6.27%) Senior
4 46 (6.13%) Consultant
5 41 (5.47%) VMware Engineer
6 40 (5.33%) Infrastructure Architect
7 39 (5.20%) Support Engineer
8 37 (4.93%) Administrator
9 36 (4.80%) Linux Engineer
10 32 (4.27%) Network Engineer
11 29 (3.87%) Lead
12 26 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 24 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
14 24 (3.20%) VMware Architect
15 21 (2.80%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.80%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
16 19 (2.53%) Linux Administrator
16 19 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.80%) REST
2 14 (1.87%) Flash
2 14 (1.87%) Kafka
3 12 (1.60%) .NET
3 12 (1.60%) LDAP
4 11 (1.47%) SOAP
5 8 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.80%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.80%) HTML
7 5 (0.67%) Middleware
7 5 (0.67%) SAML
7 5 (0.67%) Spine.js
8 4 (0.53%) CSS
8 4 (0.53%) XML
9 3 (0.40%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (0.40%) JSON
9 3 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.33%) Data Centre
2 55 (7.33%) Clustering
3 50 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (6.53%) PKI
5 30 (4.00%) Public Cloud
6 25 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (3.07%) Replication
8 22 (2.93%) Video Conferencing
9 19 (2.53%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.27%) Private Cloud
11 16 (2.13%) Blackberry
12 13 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.33%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.07%) Management Information System
14 8 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 7 (0.93%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.93%) EMC VMAX
15 7 (0.93%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 374 (49.87%) Windows
2 237 (31.60%) Linux
2 237 (31.60%) Windows Server
3 68 (9.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 65 (8.67%) Windows 10
5 44 (5.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (5.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (4.53%) Unix
8 31 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (3.33%) VMS
10 22 (2.93%) CentOS
11 20 (2.67%) Ubuntu
12 18 (2.40%) Solaris
13 16 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
14 15 (2.00%) AIX
15 7 (0.93%) Android
15 7 (0.93%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
17 4 (0.53%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (27.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 140 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (12.93%) DevOps
4 96 (12.80%) Agile
4 96 (12.80%) ITIL
5 89 (11.87%) Migration
6 77 (10.27%) High Availability
7 68 (9.07%) Service Management
8 66 (8.80%) Containerisation
9 65 (8.67%) CI/CD
10 61 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 52 (6.93%) Configuration Management
11 52 (6.93%) Roadmaps
12 49 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
12 49 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
13 46 (6.13%) Validation
14 44 (5.87%) ITSM
15 42 (5.60%) Infrastructure Automation
16 41 (5.47%) Network Virtualisation
17 38 (5.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 173 (23.07%) PowerShell
2 137 (18.27%) Python
3 76 (10.13%) Bash
4 45 (6.00%) SQL
5 27 (3.60%) Java
6 22 (2.93%) Shell Script
7 21 (2.80%) Perl
8 11 (1.47%) VBScript
9 8 (1.07%) C#
9 8 (1.07%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.53%) VB
11 3 (0.40%) C
11 3 (0.40%) Scala
12 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.13%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.13%) Go
13 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 347 (46.27%) Security Cleared
2 234 (31.20%) SC Cleared
3 142 (18.93%) DV Cleared
4 90 (12.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 63 (8.40%) Cisco Certification
6 58 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 45 (6.00%) CCNP
8 39 (5.20%) Degree
9 35 (4.67%) MCSE
10 21 (2.80%) CCNA
11 19 (2.53%) Azure Certification
12 15 (2.00%) Oracle Certification
13 14 (1.87%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.73%) RHCE
15 12 (1.60%) VCAP
16 11 (1.47%) OCA
17 10 (1.33%) CCIE
17 10 (1.33%) RHCA
18 9 (1.20%) MCSA
19 8 (1.07%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.33%) NIST
2 23 (3.07%) SLA
3 19 (2.53%) NCSC
4 15 (2.00%) GDPR
5 13 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.07%) Def Stans
6 8 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.67%) QA
8 4 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.27%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 496 (66.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 267 (35.60%) Active Directory
3 110 (14.67%) VMware ESXi
4 109 (14.53%) vSphere
5 105 (14.00%) VMware NSX
6 89 (11.87%) Hyper-V
7 76 (10.13%) Docker
8 31 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
9 17 (2.27%) NFS
10 16 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (2.00%) BitLocker
12 13 (1.73%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (1.33%) Terminal Services
14 9 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (1.07%) XenApp
15 8 (1.07%) XenDesktop
16 7 (0.93%) vCloud
17 6 (0.80%) DFS Replication
17 6 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
18 5 (0.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 169 (22.53%) Ansible
2 103 (13.73%) Kubernetes
3 92 (12.27%) vCenter Server
4 84 (11.20%) Terraform
5 60 (8.00%) SCCM
6 58 (7.73%) Puppet
7 56 (7.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 37 (4.93%) WSUS
9 30 (4.00%) Progress Chef
10 29 (3.87%) vRealize
11 28 (3.73%) VxRail
12 17 (2.27%) Nagios
13 14 (1.87%) PowerCLI
13 14 (1.87%) Red Hat Satellite
13 14 (1.87%) vMotion
14 13 (1.73%) AppManager
14 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Clustering
15 12 (1.60%) FortiGate
15 12 (1.60%) Tivoli
16 11 (1.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 244 (32.53%) Microsoft
2 151 (20.13%) Cisco
3 100 (13.33%) Red Hat
4 48 (6.40%) Oracle
5 47 (6.27%) Citrix
6 46 (6.13%) Dell
7 43 (5.73%) HP
8 34 (4.53%) Palo Alto
8 34 (4.53%) Splunk
9 31 (4.13%) NetApp
9 31 (4.13%) SolarWinds
10 30 (4.00%) Veeam
11 26 (3.47%) EMC
12 24 (3.20%) Atlassian
13 23 (3.07%) ServiceNow
14 22 (2.93%) Broadcom
14 22 (2.93%) F5
14 22 (2.93%) Symantec
15 21 (2.80%) Juniper
16 19 (2.53%) Google