vSphere Contracts in England

VMware vSphere
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 371 407
Rank change year-on-year +11 +36 +27
Contract jobs citing vSphere 125 173 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 4.05% 4.29% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 133 195
10th Percentile £380 £325 £310
25th Percentile £500 £456 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £508 £455
Median % change year-on-year +12.02% +11.54% +0.55%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £580
90th Percentile £670 £635 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £480
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.15% +6.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.75
Median hourly rate - £70.66 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year - +29.65% +99.09%
75th Percentile - - £75.94
90th Percentile - - £77.85
UK median hourly rate - £70.66 £55.50
% change year-on-year - +27.32% +61.45%

All System Software Skills
England

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,088 4,031 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.68% 10.84% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 2,794 4,778
10th Percentile £213 £190 £204
25th Percentile £400 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 209 243
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £58.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.65 £72.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in England

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in England

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in England

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in England

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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 vSphere 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
South East +24 40 £575 +21.05% 37
London +21 37 £525 - 21
North of England +41 27 £488 -6.25% 19
Yorkshire +22 15 £475 +26.67% 5
North West +28 12 £510 -11.30% 13
South West +10 9 £478 -5.91% 10
East of England - 8 £550 - 5
Midlands +19 3 £543 -32.19% 14
West Midlands +11 2 £543 -39.72% 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
vSphere
UK

vSphere
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 19 (15.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.40%) IIS
3 5 (4.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.20%) Apache
4 4 (3.20%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.80%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (42.40%) Azure
2 27 (21.60%) IaaS
2 27 (21.60%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (12.80%) Entra ID
4 14 (11.20%) OpenShift
5 9 (7.20%) AWS
6 7 (5.60%) SaaS
7 6 (4.80%) PaaS
8 5 (4.00%) GitHub
9 2 (1.60%) OCI
10 1 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.80%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.80%) Cohesity
10 1 (0.80%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.80%) Route 53
10 1 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (25.60%) DNS
1 32 (25.60%) Firewall
2 26 (20.80%) VSAN
3 20 (16.00%) Network Security
4 18 (14.40%) SAN
5 15 (12.00%) DHCP
6 13 (10.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (7.20%) NAS
8 8 (6.40%) Fibre Channel
8 8 (6.40%) iSCSI
8 8 (6.40%) TCP/IP
8 8 (6.40%) VLAN
9 7 (5.60%) NetScaler
10 6 (4.80%) SMTP
11 4 (3.20%) VPN
11 4 (3.20%) VXLAN
12 3 (2.40%) BGP
12 3 (2.40%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (2.40%) Multicast
12 3 (2.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.20%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.40%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.40%) Big Data
3 3 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.80%) GIS
4 1 (0.80%) MSDE
4 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) Jenkins
2 8 (6.40%) Git
3 5 (4.00%) GitLab
3 5 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (2.40%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.40%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.60%) Subversion
6 1 (0.80%) JIRA
General
1 29 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.40%) Telecoms
3 13 (10.40%) Finance
4 11 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.40%) Law
6 5 (4.00%) Local Government
7 3 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Billing
7 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Legal
8 1 (0.80%) Banking
8 1 (0.80%) Electronics
8 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.80%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (20.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (19.20%) VMware Engineer
3 13 (10.40%) Architect
4 12 (9.60%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 12 (9.60%) Senior
4 12 (9.60%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) Consultant
6 8 (6.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) VMware Architect
7 7 (5.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Architect
8 6 (4.80%) Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Database Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Migration Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Oracle Database Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) .NET
1 4 (3.20%) ASP.NET
1 4 (3.20%) Middleware
2 3 (2.40%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (2.40%) CSS
2 3 (2.40%) HTML
2 3 (2.40%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.80%) LDAP
3 1 (0.80%) SOAP
3 1 (0.80%) XML
3 1 (0.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.20%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (11.20%) Public Cloud
3 11 (8.80%) Clustering
3 11 (8.80%) Data Centre
4 9 (7.20%) PKI
5 6 (4.80%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.40%) Replication
8 1 (0.80%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.80%) NHS
8 1 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.80%) RSA SecurID
8 1 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (53.60%) Windows
2 49 (39.20%) Windows Server
3 32 (25.60%) Linux
4 13 (10.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (10.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (8.80%) CentOS
6 9 (7.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (7.20%) Ubuntu
6 9 (7.20%) Windows 10
7 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (2.40%) Android
9 3 (2.40%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.40%) Unix
10 2 (1.60%) Solaris
11 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.80%) High Availability
4 18 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (13.60%) Agile
6 16 (12.80%) Change Management
7 15 (12.00%) Network Virtualisation
7 15 (12.00%) Project Delivery
8 14 (11.20%) Migration
9 13 (10.40%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.60%) Business Continuity
10 12 (9.60%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 11 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (8.80%) Infrastructure Automation
12 10 (8.00%) ITIL
12 10 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
13 9 (7.20%) Change Control
13 9 (7.20%) DevOps
13 9 (7.20%) Enterprise Architecture
13 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 47 (37.60%) PowerShell
2 22 (17.60%) Python
3 13 (10.40%) Shell Script
4 7 (5.60%) SQL
5 4 (3.20%) Bash
6 3 (2.40%) C#
6 3 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.60%) Java
7 2 (1.60%) Perl
8 1 (0.80%) C
8 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.80%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (23.20%) DV Cleared
3 23 (18.40%) SC Cleared
4 17 (13.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (12.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (9.60%) Azure Certification
7 7 (5.60%) VCAP
8 5 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.20%) MCSE
9 4 (3.20%) OCP
9 4 (3.20%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (3.20%) VCP5
9 4 (3.20%) VCP6
10 3 (2.40%) CCNA
10 3 (2.40%) Degree
11 2 (1.60%) CCIE
11 2 (1.60%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (1.60%) CCNP
11 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.80%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.80%) SLA
2 4 (3.20%) GDPR
3 2 (1.60%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.60%) QA
4 1 (0.80%) NIST
4 1 (0.80%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (71.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 58 (46.40%) Active Directory
3 26 (20.80%) VMware NSX
4 23 (18.40%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (8.80%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (5.60%) XenApp
7 6 (4.80%) DFS Replication
7 6 (4.80%) Docker
7 6 (4.80%) XenDesktop
8 5 (4.00%) NFS
9 4 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (2.40%) vCloud
10 3 (2.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 31 (24.80%) Ansible
2 29 (23.20%) vCenter Server
3 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (13.60%) Kubernetes
5 13 (10.40%) Terraform
5 13 (10.40%) WSUS
6 10 (8.00%) vRealize
7 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (7.20%) VxRail
8 8 (6.40%) Nessus
8 8 (6.40%) SCCM
9 6 (4.80%) PowerCLI
10 4 (3.20%) Norton AntiVirus
10 4 (3.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (2.40%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (2.40%) Kibana
11 3 (2.40%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.60%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (1.60%) SCOM
12 2 (1.60%) SELinux
Vendors
1 109 (87.20%) VMware
2 62 (49.60%) Microsoft
3 19 (15.20%) Red Hat
4 15 (12.00%) Dell
5 11 (8.80%) Citrix
6 10 (8.00%) Cisco
6 10 (8.00%) Veeam
7 9 (7.20%) HP
7 9 (7.20%) Oracle
8 7 (5.60%) Symantec
9 6 (4.80%) NetApp
10 4 (3.20%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.20%) Splunk
11 3 (2.40%) Ericsson
11 3 (2.40%) Infoblox
11 3 (2.40%) Mavenir
11 3 (2.40%) Meraki
11 3 (2.40%) Nokia
11 3 (2.40%) Palo Alto
11 3 (2.40%) Veritas