VMware Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

VMware
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 20 October 2026, 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
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 29 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 63 27 30
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 6.85% 5.41% 5.80%
As % of the Vendors category 15.07% 11.02% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 25 24
10th Percentile £390 £463 £469
25th Percentile £494 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £694 £575 £575
90th Percentile £824 - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £90.42 - -
90th Percentile £92.11 - -
East of England median hourly rate £69.38 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -36.49%

All Vendors
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 418 245 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 45.43% 49.10% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 134 111
10th Percentile £200 £335 £263
25th Percentile £400 £453 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £575
90th Percentile £807 £700 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 55 37
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.14 £14.03
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.92 £16.23
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -71.05% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.38 -
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £95.00
East of England median hourly rate £34.87 £20.75 £16.23
% change year-on-year +68.05% +27.85% -62.39%

VMware Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

VMware job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

VMware Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware

VMware Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Hertfordshire

VMware Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing VMware

VMware Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in Hertfordshire

VMware Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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
Stevenage +7 43 £600 +9.09% 20
Hatfield - 13 £515 - 4
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £700 - 1
Watford -5 1 £500 +5.26%
St Albans - 1 £400 -
VMware
East of England

VMware Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco34.9%22
2NetApp15.9%10
3SolarWinds12.7%8
4Veeam11.1%7
5Microsoft9.5%6
6Remedy7.9%5
7Red Hat4.8%3
8Computacenter1.6%1
8Fujitsu1.6%1
8McAfee1.6%1
8NVIDIA1.6%1
8Palo Alto1.6%1
8Splunk1.6%1