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 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 -11 +15
Contract jobs citing VMware 728 1,100 1,849
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.01% 3.02% 3.79%
As % of the Vendors category 6.33% 7.19% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 759 1,320
10th Percentile £329 £274 £313
25th Percentile £431 £380 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £638
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 36 97
10th Percentile £29.00 £23.05 £26.90
25th Percentile £30.49 £40.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £54.57 £46.18 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.17% -25.52% +49.40%
75th Percentile £76.88 £71.25 £74.50
90th Percentile £82.50 £80.29 £81.82
UK median hourly rate £54.57 £46.39 £63.23
% change year-on-year +17.64% -26.63% +41.30%

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 11,508 15,304 20,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.54% 41.97% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,406 9,720 14,025
10th Percentile £279 £263 £264
25th Percentile £406 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £534
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -3.09% +1.71%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 1,017 588
10th Percentile £14.64 £12.13 £15.15
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.41 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -40.00% +75.32%
75th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.91% -48.24% +97.67%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -28 209 £525 +5.00% 310
South East -14 147 £567 +10.91% 303
South West +7 133 £575 +15.00% 144
North of England -1 103 £415 +10.67% 203
Midlands +15 75 £525 +5.00% 153
North West -2 61 £425 +21.43% 110
West Midlands +16 55 £501 +17.88% 84
East of England +36 48 £550 - 127
Yorkshire +2 32 £450 +19.21% 66
East Midlands +9 20 £550 - 59
North East 0 11 £358 -35.00% 31
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 85 (11.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (7.42%) SharePoint
3 38 (5.22%) Confluence
4 16 (2.20%) IIS
5 10 (1.37%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.24%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.82%) Apache
8 4 (0.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 212 (29.12%) Azure
2 116 (15.93%) AWS
3 107 (14.70%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 53 (7.28%) IaaS
6 43 (5.91%) OpenShift
7 39 (5.36%) PaaS
8 30 (4.12%) GCP
9 26 (3.57%) SaaS
10 25 (3.43%) GitHub
11 24 (3.30%) Nutanix
12 18 (2.47%) Cohesity
13 16 (2.20%) OneDrive
14 15 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.24%) Azure Stack
17 5 (0.69%) Amazon S3
17 5 (0.69%) Asana
17 5 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 168 (23.08%) DNS
2 126 (17.31%) Firewall
3 105 (14.42%) DHCP
4 76 (10.44%) SAN
5 66 (9.07%) TCP/IP
6 51 (7.01%) VPN
7 48 (6.59%) Network Security
8 39 (5.36%) LAN
8 39 (5.36%) WAN
9 38 (5.22%) VSAN
10 30 (4.12%) VLAN
11 25 (3.43%) VoIP
12 24 (3.30%) NAS
13 23 (3.16%) HTTP
13 23 (3.16%) SMTP
14 20 (2.75%) BGP
14 20 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (2.47%) OSPF
16 17 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (2.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.34%) Oracle Database
3 16 (2.20%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (1.79%) Big Data
6 8 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.41%) Power BI
8 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.27%) MySQL
9 2 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) MSDE
10 1 (0.14%) OLTP
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database 11g
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (7.28%) JIRA
2 43 (5.91%) Git
3 36 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.34%) GitLab
5 14 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.65%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.51%) Subversion
8 7 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.41%) SonarQube
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 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) Serena SBM
General
1 152 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 78 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 74 (10.16%) Finance
4 45 (6.18%) Telecoms
5 37 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.02%) Legal
7 20 (2.75%) Banking
8 15 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (1.92%) Military
10 13 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.10%) Marketing
12 7 (0.96%) Billing
12 7 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.96%) Electronics
13 5 (0.69%) Law
13 5 (0.69%) Local Government
13 5 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 147 (20.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 100 (13.74%) Architect
3 48 (6.59%) VMware Engineer
4 44 (6.04%) Consultant
5 38 (5.22%) Administrator
6 37 (5.08%) Infrastructure Architect
6 37 (5.08%) Senior
6 37 (5.08%) Support Engineer
7 34 (4.67%) Linux Engineer
8 30 (4.12%) Network Engineer
9 26 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (3.57%) Lead
10 25 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 24 (3.30%) Systems Engineer
12 22 (3.02%) VMware Architect
13 21 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (2.75%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (2.75%) Analyst
15 18 (2.47%) Linux Administrator
15 18 (2.47%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.88%) REST
2 14 (1.92%) Flash
3 12 (1.65%) Kafka
4 11 (1.51%) .NET
4 11 (1.51%) SOAP
5 10 (1.37%) LDAP
6 8 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.82%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.69%) HTML
8 5 (0.69%) Middleware
8 5 (0.69%) Spine.js
9 4 (0.55%) SAML
9 4 (0.55%) XML
10 3 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.41%) CSS
10 3 (0.41%) JSON
10 3 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.27%) pytest
11 2 (0.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.13%) Data Centre
2 57 (7.83%) Clustering
3 43 (5.91%) PKI
4 38 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (3.16%) Public Cloud
7 20 (2.75%) Replication
7 20 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
8 19 (2.61%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.20%) Private Cloud
10 15 (2.06%) Blackberry
11 14 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
12 10 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.96%) EMC VMAX
13 7 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.96%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.82%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.82%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 372 (51.10%) Windows
2 240 (32.97%) Windows Server
3 224 (30.77%) Linux
4 67 (9.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 65 (8.93%) Windows 10
6 58 (7.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 50 (6.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (4.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 30 (4.12%) Unix
10 24 (3.30%) VMS
11 19 (2.61%) Solaris
12 18 (2.47%) CentOS
12 18 (2.47%) Ubuntu
12 18 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
13 12 (1.65%) AIX
14 7 (0.96%) Android
14 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.69%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
15 5 (0.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 136 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (12.77%) Migration
4 90 (12.36%) DevOps
5 85 (11.68%) ITIL
6 84 (11.54%) Agile
7 78 (10.71%) High Availability
8 68 (9.34%) Service Management
9 52 (7.14%) CI/CD
9 52 (7.14%) Containerisation
9 52 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 50 (6.87%) Validation
11 49 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
12 48 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
12 48 (6.59%) Roadmaps
13 46 (6.32%) Configuration Management
14 43 (5.91%) ITSM
15 41 (5.63%) Network Virtualisation
16 39 (5.36%) Project Delivery
17 35 (4.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 177 (24.31%) PowerShell
2 132 (18.13%) Python
3 71 (9.75%) Bash
4 46 (6.32%) SQL
5 26 (3.57%) Java
6 24 (3.30%) Shell Script
7 21 (2.88%) Perl
8 10 (1.37%) VBScript
9 8 (1.10%) C#
10 6 (0.82%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.55%) VB
12 3 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.14%) ActionScript 2.0
14 1 (0.14%) Go
14 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 342 (46.98%) Security Cleared
2 217 (29.81%) SC Cleared
3 149 (20.47%) DV Cleared
4 85 (11.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 61 (8.38%) Cisco Certification
6 52 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (5.91%) CCNP
8 40 (5.49%) Degree
9 28 (3.85%) MCSE
10 21 (2.88%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.88%) CCNA
11 15 (2.06%) Oracle Certification
12 13 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.79%) RHCE
13 12 (1.65%) VCAP
14 11 (1.51%) OCA
15 10 (1.37%) CCIE
15 10 (1.37%) RHCA
16 9 (1.24%) MCSA
17 7 (0.96%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.02%) SLA
2 15 (2.06%) GDPR
3 14 (1.92%) NIST
4 13 (1.79%) NCSC
5 8 (1.10%) Def Stans
5 8 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.55%) QA
8 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.14%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 480 (65.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 268 (36.81%) Active Directory
3 113 (15.52%) VMware ESXi
3 113 (15.52%) vSphere
4 92 (12.64%) VMware NSX
5 91 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 65 (8.93%) Docker
7 34 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
9 19 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (2.06%) BitLocker
11 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 13 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (1.79%) NFS
13 10 (1.37%) Terminal Services
13 10 (1.37%) XenApp
14 7 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
14 7 (0.96%) XenDesktop
15 6 (0.82%) DFS Replication
16 5 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 171 (23.49%) Ansible
2 87 (11.95%) vCenter Server
3 82 (11.26%) Kubernetes
4 78 (10.71%) Terraform
5 63 (8.65%) SCCM
6 56 (7.69%) Puppet
7 49 (6.73%) WSUS
8 48 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 28 (3.85%) Progress Chef
9 28 (3.85%) VxRail
10 26 (3.57%) vRealize
11 16 (2.20%) Nagios
12 15 (2.06%) vMotion
13 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Clustering
13 14 (1.92%) Tivoli
14 13 (1.79%) FortiGate
14 13 (1.79%) PowerCLI
14 13 (1.79%) Red Hat Satellite
15 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
15 10 (1.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 245 (33.65%) Microsoft
2 140 (19.23%) Cisco
3 94 (12.91%) Red Hat
4 53 (7.28%) Citrix
5 49 (6.73%) Oracle
6 48 (6.59%) Dell
6 48 (6.59%) Splunk
7 44 (6.04%) NetApp
8 43 (5.91%) HP
9 36 (4.95%) Veeam
10 34 (4.67%) SolarWinds
11 27 (3.71%) ServiceNow
12 26 (3.57%) EMC
12 26 (3.57%) Palo Alto
13 24 (3.30%) Symantec
14 23 (3.16%) Atlassian
15 22 (3.02%) Broadcom
15 22 (3.02%) F5
16 21 (2.88%) Google
17 20 (2.75%) Juniper