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 17 February 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
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 31 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -21
Contract jobs citing VMware 28 14 45
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.87% 3.77% 6.06%
As % of the Vendors category 8.46% 9.03% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 28
10th Percentile £462 £466 £511
25th Percentile £463 £494 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £519 £688
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% -24.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £775
90th Percentile £583 £613 £786
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £650
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £71.25 £73.09
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -7.91% +7.84%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £88.75
90th Percentile - - £88.88
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £78.73
% change year-on-year -3.45% -7.91% +7.84%

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 331 155 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 45.78% 41.78% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 77 175
10th Percentile £350 £281 £275
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +4.88% -6.82%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £700
90th Percentile £775 £653 £775
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 32 65
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.99 £24.80
25th Percentile £17.69 £59.19 £42.25
Median hourly rate £18.50 £75.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.33% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £20.35 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £95.00 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £21.46 £24.00
% change year-on-year -7.22% -10.58% +9.09%

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 17 February 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
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 17 February 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 -3 18 £492 -6.29% 1
Watford -2 3 £475 +86.27%
Hatfield - 3 £575 - 1
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £526 - 1
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 1 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) IaaS
3 1 (3.57%) PaaS
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) DNS
2 4 (14.29%) DHCP
2 4 (14.29%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.71%) SAN
4 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (7.14%) Network Security
4 2 (7.14%) VLAN
4 2 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (53.57%) Git
2 9 (32.14%) GitLab
3 8 (28.57%) JIRA
3 8 (28.57%) PVCS
3 8 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (32.14%) Documentation Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Electronics
3 7 (25.00%) Aerospace
4 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Administrator
2 7 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) LDAP
1 7 (25.00%) Middleware
2 2 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) PKI
3 2 (7.14%) CCTV
4 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Linux
2 8 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (28.57%) Windows
3 7 (25.00%) CentOS
3 7 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (14.29%) VMS
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (28.57%) Code Coverage
2 8 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
2 8 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 8 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 8 (28.57%) Workflow
3 7 (25.00%) Information Management
3 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 3 (10.71%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.71%) Scrum
5 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
6 2 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (7.14%) SDLC
6 2 (7.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) C
1 8 (28.57%) C++
1 8 (28.57%) Shell Script
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 7 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.71%) Python
5 1 (3.57%) Bash
5 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.57%) Korn
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (60.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (39.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.57%) Sendmail
5 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) Ansible
2 7 (25.00%) Check_MK
2 7 (25.00%) Podman
2 7 (25.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (10.71%) Terraform
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (7.14%) SCCM
4 2 (7.14%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.57%) vRealize
5 1 (3.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) IBM
2 8 (28.57%) ANSYS
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.14%) Citrix
3 2 (7.14%) Google
3 2 (7.14%) Veeam
3 2 (7.14%) Wyse
4 1 (3.57%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) Veritas