VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

VMware Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median VMware Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 72 92
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 +17
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 5 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.39% 0.92% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.97% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £510 £478 -
25th Percentile £525 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £581 £538
90th Percentile £720 £593 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,140 925 1,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 94.29% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 632 678
10th Percentile £305 £330 £300
25th Percentile £447 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.09% +2.62%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 61 80
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.41 £21.04
Median hourly rate £24.21 £62.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.27% +26.26% +10.00%
75th Percentile £41.00 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £56.44 £75.00 £70.75
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%

VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

VMware Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Engineer in Hampshire

VMware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

VMware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
Farnborough -11 4 £650 +23.81% 4
VMware Engineer
South East

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, VMware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) GitLab
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (20.00%) EMC
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Rundeck
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Server
4 1 (20.00%) vRealize
4 1 (20.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (20.00%) VxRail

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Rundeck
1 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (20.00%) vRealize
1 1 (20.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 1 (20.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (20.00%) EMC