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 21 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
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 25 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 58 27 32
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 6.40% 6.05% 5.25%
As % of the Vendors category 15.68% 12.39% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 23
10th Percentile £389 £463 £467
25th Percentile £476 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £725 - -
East of England median daily rate £509 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £92.11 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 370 218 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 40.84% 48.88% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 126 105
10th Percentile £233 £342 £254
25th Percentile £422 £463 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 42 49
10th Percentile £17.13 £16.27 £13.86
25th Percentile £25.24 £16.98 £15.73
Median hourly rate £51.25 £22.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.82% -65.24% +32.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.00 - £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year +77.78% +38.63% -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 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Hertfordshire

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 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 21 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 -1 29 £483 -12.27% 43
Hatfield - 16 £511 - 3
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £725 - 3
Watford -8 2 £500 +5.26% 1
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 7 (12.07%) IIS
2 4 (6.90%) Confluence
3 3 (5.17%) CMS
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Cohesity
2 2 (3.45%) GCP
2 2 (3.45%) GitHub
2 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.72%) IaaS
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) PaaS
3 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) HTTP
2 11 (18.97%) DNS
3 10 (17.24%) Firewall
4 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
5 7 (12.07%) BGP
6 5 (8.62%) DHCP
6 5 (8.62%) HSRP
6 5 (8.62%) OSPF
6 5 (8.62%) SSL
6 5 (8.62%) VRRP
6 5 (8.62%) WAN
7 4 (6.90%) LAN
7 4 (6.90%) NAS
7 4 (6.90%) Network Security
7 4 (6.90%) SAN
7 4 (6.90%) VLAN
8 3 (5.17%) H.323
9 2 (3.45%) MPLS
9 2 (3.45%) VPN
9 2 (3.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) GitLab
2 4 (6.90%) CppUnit
2 4 (6.90%) Git
2 4 (6.90%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 4 (6.90%) PVCS
2 4 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (12.07%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Back Office
3 5 (8.62%) Aerospace
3 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Law
5 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (13.79%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Administrator
3 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Security Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) VMware Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Senior
5 5 (8.62%) JavaScript Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) PowerShell Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Python Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (6.90%) Principal Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.90%) VMware Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Project Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.69%) LDAP
2 7 (12.07%) JSON
2 7 (12.07%) Regular Expression
3 4 (6.90%) Middleware
3 4 (6.90%) Terraform
4 3 (5.17%) XMPP
5 1 (1.72%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.72%) OAuth
5 1 (1.72%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.72%) OpenID
5 1 (1.72%) REST
5 1 (1.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.62%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.45%) CSOC
6 2 (3.45%) Private Cloud
6 2 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.72%) FMCG
7 1 (1.72%) NHS
7 1 (1.72%) PKI
7 1 (1.72%) PMI
7 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (41.38%) Windows
2 16 (27.59%) Linux
3 13 (22.41%) Windows Server
4 12 (20.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (8.62%) CentOS
6 1 (1.72%) Rocky
6 1 (1.72%) VMS
6 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (13.79%) ITIL
2 8 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (12.07%) AI
3 7 (12.07%) Machine Learning
3 7 (12.07%) Network Packet Capture
3 7 (12.07%) Project Management
3 7 (12.07%) SIEM
3 7 (12.07%) Threat Detection
4 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
4 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
4 6 (10.34%) Red Team
4 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
4 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.62%) DevOps
5 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.62%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.03%) PowerShell
2 15 (25.86%) Python
3 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.90%) C
4 4 (6.90%) C++
4 4 (6.90%) MATLAB
4 4 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 3 (5.17%) Embedded C
6 2 (3.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 34 (58.62%) Security Cleared
2 22 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 16 (27.59%) DV Cleared
4 9 (15.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (6.90%) CCNP
7 3 (5.17%) CCNA
7 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.72%) CCNP Voice
9 1 (1.72%) Degree
9 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.72%) MCSE
9 1 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (67.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (37.93%) Active Directory
3 11 (18.97%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (17.24%) Hyper-V
4 10 (17.24%) vSphere
5 7 (12.07%) NFS
5 7 (12.07%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.45%) Firmware
7 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) Ansible
2 8 (13.79%) vRealize
3 5 (8.62%) Nagios
3 5 (8.62%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.90%) Check_MK
4 4 (6.90%) Podman
4 4 (6.90%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (5.17%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (3.45%) Argo
6 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (3.45%) SCCM
7 1 (1.72%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Cisco
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.34%) NetApp
4 5 (8.62%) Red Hat
4 5 (8.62%) SolarWinds
5 4 (6.90%) Veeam
6 3 (5.17%) Remedy
7 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.72%) Citrix
8 1 (1.72%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.72%) Google
8 1 (1.72%) McAfee
8 1 (1.72%) Splunk
8 1 (1.72%) Wyse