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 6 January 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
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware 25 14 51
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.79% 3.67% 7.46%
As % of the Vendors category 7.94% 9.21% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 32
10th Percentile £463 £441 £458
25th Percentile £463 £494 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £519 £663
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% -21.70% +10.42%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £775
90th Percentile £575 £613 £809
East of England median daily rate £500 £488 £646
% change year-on-year +2.56% -24.56% +29.25%
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 £61.25 £78.73
% change year-on-year +14.29% -22.20% +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 315 152 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 47.80% 39.90% 46.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 64 181
10th Percentile £350 £261 £300
25th Percentile £450 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £643 £600 £650
90th Percentile £775 £638 £775
East of England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 33 49
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.37 £30.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £65.00 £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 £20.00 £34.22
% change year-on-year -0.45% -41.55% +31.62%

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 6 January 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

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 6 January 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 16 £496 -7.72% 4
Watford +1 3 £475 +86.27%
Hatfield - 2 - -
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 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) DNS
2 4 (16.00%) DHCP
2 4 (16.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.00%) SAN
4 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (8.00%) Network Security
4 2 (8.00%) VLAN
4 2 (8.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) Git
2 8 (32.00%) JIRA
2 8 (32.00%) PVCS
2 8 (32.00%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (28.00%) GitLab
4 5 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (32.00%) Electronics
2 7 (28.00%) Aerospace
2 7 (28.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) C Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.00%) Administrator
4 5 (20.00%) Linux Administrator
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) LDAP
1 5 (20.00%) Middleware
2 2 (8.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) PKI
3 2 (8.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 8 (32.00%) Windows
3 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (24.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (20.00%) CentOS
6 4 (16.00%) VMS
7 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (4.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (32.00%) Code Coverage
2 8 (32.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 8 (32.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (32.00%) Unit Testing
2 8 (32.00%) Workflow
3 5 (20.00%) Information Management
3 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (16.00%) Zero Trust
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (8.00%) SDLC
6 2 (8.00%) Task Automation
6 2 (8.00%) Virtual Environments
6 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) C
1 8 (32.00%) C++
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C
2 7 (28.00%) Embedded C++
3 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (24.00%) Shell Script
4 5 (20.00%) MATLAB
5 3 (12.00%) Python
6 1 (4.00%) Bash
6 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (68.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (44.00%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.00%) Sendmail
5 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Ansible
2 5 (20.00%) Check_MK
2 5 (20.00%) Podman
2 5 (20.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (12.00%) Terraform
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (8.00%) SCCM
4 2 (8.00%) vCenter Server
5 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (4.00%) vRealize
5 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) IBM
2 8 (32.00%) ANSYS
3 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (24.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (8.00%) Citrix
5 2 (8.00%) Google
5 2 (8.00%) Veeam
5 2 (8.00%) Wyse
6 1 (4.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) Veritas