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 28 September 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
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 25 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 67 27 32
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 7.14% 5.97% 5.44%
As % of the Vendors category 16.67% 12.22% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 25 23
10th Percentile £415 £463 £467
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.40%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £818 - -
East of England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £91.27 - -
90th Percentile £92.11 - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 - £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 402 221 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 42.81% 48.89% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 130 104
10th Percentile £250 £349 £264
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £678 £600 £575
90th Percentile £790 £700 £618
East of England median daily rate £505 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 42 46
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.27 £13.86
25th Percentile £24.19 £16.98 £17.11
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.03% -65.24% +6.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £38.00 £22.60 £16.23
% change year-on-year +68.18% +39.22% -63.53%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +4 41 £600 +9.09% 29
Hatfield - 15 £515 - 2
Watford -7 2 £500 +5.26% 1
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £700 - 2
St Albans - 1 £400 -
VMware
East of England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (17.91%) CMS
2 7 (10.45%) IIS
3 5 (7.46%) Confluence
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.48%) Cohesity
2 2 (2.99%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) GCP
2 2 (2.99%) GitHub
2 2 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (2.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.49%) IaaS
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.49%) PaaS
3 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) HTTP
2 13 (19.40%) Firewall
3 12 (17.91%) H.323
4 10 (14.93%) DNS
4 10 (14.93%) LAN
5 9 (13.43%) BGP
5 9 (13.43%) WAN
6 8 (11.94%) TCP/IP
7 7 (10.45%) HSRP
7 7 (10.45%) Network Security
7 7 (10.45%) OSPF
7 7 (10.45%) SSL
7 7 (10.45%) VRRP
8 6 (8.96%) Unified Communications
8 6 (8.96%) WebEx
9 5 (7.46%) NAS
9 5 (7.46%) SAN
9 5 (7.46%) VLAN
10 4 (5.97%) IP Telephony
10 4 (5.97%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) GitLab
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
2 4 (5.97%) CppUnit
2 4 (5.97%) Git
2 4 (5.97%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.97%) PVCS
2 4 (5.97%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (11.94%) Documentation Skills
1 8 (11.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Back Office
3 5 (7.46%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.97%) Finance
5 3 (4.48%) Law
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (14.93%) Network Engineer
2 7 (10.45%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (10.45%) Security Engineer
3 6 (8.96%) Administrator
3 6 (8.96%) Lead
3 6 (8.96%) Senior
3 6 (8.96%) Team Leader
3 6 (8.96%) VMware Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Backup Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Consultant
4 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) JavaScript Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Linux Administrator
4 4 (5.97%) Principal Consultant
4 4 (5.97%) Project Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
4 4 (5.97%) Telephony Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Video Conferencing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.91%) LDAP
1 12 (17.91%) XMPP
2 7 (10.45%) JSON
2 7 (10.45%) Regular Expression
3 4 (5.97%) Middleware
4 3 (4.48%) Terraform
5 1 (1.49%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.49%) OAuth
5 1 (1.49%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.49%) OpenID
5 1 (1.49%) REST
5 1 (1.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (10.45%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (10.45%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.99%) CSOC
6 2 (2.99%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.49%) FMCG
7 1 (1.49%) PKI
7 1 (1.49%) PMI
7 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (34.33%) Windows
2 15 (22.39%) Linux
3 14 (20.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (19.40%) Windows Server
5 5 (7.46%) CentOS
6 1 (1.49%) Rocky
6 1 (1.49%) VMS
6 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
2 10 (14.93%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (13.43%) Service Delivery
4 8 (11.94%) ITIL
5 7 (10.45%) AI
5 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (10.45%) DevOps
5 7 (10.45%) Machine Learning
5 7 (10.45%) Network Packet Capture
5 7 (10.45%) Project Management
5 7 (10.45%) Risk Analysis
5 7 (10.45%) SIEM
5 7 (10.45%) Threat Detection
6 6 (8.96%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.96%) Red Team
6 6 (8.96%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.46%) B2B
7 5 (7.46%) Planning and Forecasting
7 5 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.88%) PowerShell
2 14 (20.90%) Python
3 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.97%) C
4 4 (5.97%) C++
4 4 (5.97%) MATLAB
4 4 (5.97%) Shell Script
5 3 (4.48%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 45 (67.16%) Security Cleared
2 30 (44.78%) SC Cleared
3 18 (26.87%) DV Cleared
4 11 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (14.93%) CCNP
6 8 (11.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (7.46%) CCNA
8 4 (5.97%) CCNP Voice
9 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (2.99%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.49%) Degree
11 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.49%) MCSE
11 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (74.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (35.82%) Active Directory
3 13 (19.40%) vSphere
4 11 (16.42%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (11.94%) Hyper-V
5 8 (11.94%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (10.45%) NFS
7 3 (4.48%) Firmware
8 1 (1.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (17.91%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (13.43%) Ansible
3 7 (10.45%) Nagios
4 6 (8.96%) vRealize
5 5 (7.46%) vCenter Server
6 4 (5.97%) Check_MK
6 4 (5.97%) Podman
6 4 (5.97%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (2.99%) Argo
7 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.49%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (31.34%) Cisco
2 8 (11.94%) NetApp
3 7 (10.45%) SolarWinds
4 6 (8.96%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.46%) Red Hat
5 5 (7.46%) Veeam
6 4 (5.97%) Remedy
7 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.49%) Citrix
8 1 (1.49%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) McAfee
8 1 (1.49%) Splunk
8 1 (1.49%) Wyse