vSphere Contracts in England

VMware vSphere
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 419 439
Rank change year-on-year +50 +20 -4
Contract jobs citing vSphere 174 245 379
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.50% 0.54%
As % of the System Software category 4.35% 3.86% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 186 280
10th Percentile £300 £305 £262
25th Percentile £455 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £455
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% - +5.08%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £631 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £454
% change year-on-year +2.04% +7.93% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 6
10th Percentile - £35.08 £21.02
25th Percentile - £36.75 £22.59
Median hourly rate £70.66 £62.00 £27.38
Median % change year-on-year +13.97% +126.48% -39.50%
75th Percentile - £76.31 £55.53
90th Percentile - £78.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £34.38
% change year-on-year +7.06% +92.00% -24.03%

All System Software Skills
England

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,003 6,349 9,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.88% 12.94% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 4,596 7,048
10th Percentile £200 £203 £196
25th Percentile £325 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 231 274
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.61 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.38 £33.59
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.75 £56.44
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

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 9 May 2024.

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

vSphere
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 9 May 2024. 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 +36 62 £475 +11.76% 19
London +79 53 £525 +2.44% 21
South West +26 44 £508 +1.50% 8
Midlands +14 10 £525 +50.00% 12
West Midlands +17 9 £550 +69.23% 9
North of England +16 4 £475 +35.71% 7
North East - 2 £403 - 1
Yorkshire +15 1 £375 +11.11% 1
North West +4 1 £575 +55.41% 5
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 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.30%) Confluence
3 4 (2.30%) IBM Domino
3 4 (2.30%) IIS
4 3 (1.72%) WordPress
5 2 (1.15%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.57%) nginx
6 1 (0.57%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.57%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.69%) Azure
2 20 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (9.20%) AWS
4 10 (5.75%) GitHub
5 9 (5.17%) Nutanix
6 8 (4.60%) IaaS
7 7 (4.02%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.15%) GCP
10 2 (1.15%) Slack
10 2 (1.15%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.57%) OCI
11 1 (0.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.41%) SAN
2 37 (21.26%) Firewall
3 35 (20.11%) DNS
4 29 (16.67%) DHCP
4 29 (16.67%) VSAN
5 18 (10.34%) NAS
6 13 (7.47%) Fibre Channel
6 13 (7.47%) VPN
7 12 (6.90%) iSCSI
7 12 (6.90%) TCP/IP
8 10 (5.75%) VLAN
9 8 (4.60%) LAN
9 8 (4.60%) WAN
10 6 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (2.87%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (2.87%) Wireless
12 4 (2.30%) NetScaler
12 4 (2.30%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (2.30%) SSL
12 4 (2.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.75%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.45%) MySQL
5 5 (2.87%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.87%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.15%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (9.20%) GitLab
2 10 (5.75%) JIRA
3 7 (4.02%) Git
4 4 (2.30%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
General
1 49 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (3.45%) Banking
5 5 (2.87%) Finance
6 3 (1.72%) Front Office
6 3 (1.72%) Legal
6 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.15%) Marketing
7 2 (1.15%) Military
8 1 (0.57%) Back Office
8 1 (0.57%) Billing
8 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (32.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
3 26 (14.94%) Senior
4 25 (14.37%) Network Engineer
5 16 (9.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (8.62%) Architect
7 12 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.32%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (5.75%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Consultant
10 9 (5.17%) Wintel Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Data Centre Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Database Specialist
12 7 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Platform Specialist
12 7 (4.02%) VMware Consultant
13 6 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.60%) .NET
2 3 (1.72%) LAMP
3 2 (1.15%) Middleware
3 2 (1.15%) YAML
4 1 (0.57%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.57%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (31.03%) Data Centre
2 26 (14.94%) PKI
3 19 (10.92%) Linux Command Line
4 17 (9.77%) Private Cloud
5 14 (8.05%) Clustering
6 12 (6.90%) Replication
7 5 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.72%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.72%) Smart Meter
9 2 (1.15%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.15%) Tandem
9 2 (1.15%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.57%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.57%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 69 (39.66%) Linux
2 66 (37.93%) Windows
3 43 (24.71%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.77%) Unix
5 15 (8.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (8.62%) VMS
6 11 (6.32%) Ubuntu
7 10 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (4.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (2.30%) CentOS
10 3 (1.72%) Android
10 3 (1.72%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.72%) Windows 10
11 2 (1.15%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.15%) Solaris
11 2 (1.15%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.15%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (15.52%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 22 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (12.64%) Migration
5 19 (10.92%) Agile
6 17 (9.77%) ITIL
7 16 (9.20%) Resource Management
8 15 (8.62%) Computer Science
8 15 (8.62%) High Availability
8 15 (8.62%) Task Automation
9 14 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (8.05%) Penetration Testing
9 14 (8.05%) Platform Engineering
9 14 (8.05%) Project Delivery
10 13 (7.47%) Data Migration
10 13 (7.47%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 12 (6.90%) Converged Infrastructure
11 12 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (6.32%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.54%) Bash
2 32 (18.39%) PowerShell
3 28 (16.09%) Python
4 13 (7.47%) SQL
5 6 (3.45%) C
5 6 (3.45%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.72%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.15%) C#
7 2 (1.15%) C++
7 2 (1.15%) Java
7 2 (1.15%) Perl
8 1 (0.57%) Go
8 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.57%) Ruby
8 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (48.85%) Security Cleared
2 56 (32.18%) SC Cleared
3 29 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 26 (14.94%) Degree
5 17 (9.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (9.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.02%) MCSE
10 6 (3.45%) CCNP
10 6 (3.45%) VCAP
11 4 (2.30%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.30%) CCNA
12 3 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.15%) CCIE
13 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.87%) SLA
2 3 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.15%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 105 (60.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 55 (31.61%) Active Directory
3 48 (27.59%) VMware NSX
4 37 (21.26%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (7.47%) Hyper-V
6 12 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (4.02%) Docker
7 7 (4.02%) VMware Server
8 6 (3.45%) Firmware
8 6 (3.45%) KVM
9 5 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.72%) UAG
11 2 (1.15%) Ceph
11 2 (1.15%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (22.99%) vCenter Server
2 34 (19.54%) Ansible
3 21 (12.07%) Terraform
4 14 (8.05%) Kubernetes
5 13 (7.47%) vRealize
6 10 (5.75%) SCCM
6 10 (5.75%) WSUS
7 8 (4.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 8 (4.60%) SCOM
8 7 (4.02%) Packer
8 7 (4.02%) VxRail
9 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.72%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 2 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (1.15%) Pacemaker
11 2 (1.15%) Podman
11 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.15%) SELinux
Vendors
1 158 (90.80%) VMware
2 52 (29.89%) Microsoft
3 19 (10.92%) Cisco
4 18 (10.34%) Dell
5 17 (9.77%) Oracle
6 16 (9.20%) Red Hat
7 14 (8.05%) SolarWinds
8 10 (5.75%) HP
9 8 (4.60%) Veritas
10 7 (4.02%) Veeam
11 6 (3.45%) Atlassian
12 5 (2.87%) Arqiva
12 5 (2.87%) Aruba
12 5 (2.87%) Citrix
13 4 (2.30%) Palo Alto
14 3 (1.72%) Apple
14 3 (1.72%) IBM
14 3 (1.72%) Juniper
14 3 (1.72%) Synology
14 3 (1.72%) Zerto