VMware Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

VMware Specialist
England > London

The median VMware Specialist daily rate in London is £448, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 378 452
Rank change year-on-year +12 +74 +156
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Specialist 5 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.037% 0.062% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.066% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £710
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £400 £719
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% -44.37% +51.37%
75th Percentile £506 - £729
90th Percentile £570 £460 -
England median daily rate £563 £541 £600
% change year-on-year +4.04% -9.79% +45.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,369 15,243 21,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.10% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,281 10,259 15,401
10th Percentile £325 £343 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 181 236
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.33
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.69
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £50.25 £56.00 £64.13
90th Percentile £66.34 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +70.66%

VMware Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured VMware Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Specialist in London

VMware Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Specialist job vacancies in London

VMware Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Specialist in London over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Specialist in London

VMware Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Specialist job vacancies in London

VMware Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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
Central London +3 2 £425 -39.29%
VMware Specialist
England

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, VMware Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring VMware Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) vRealize
3 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 2 (40.00%) VSAN
5 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
5 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (20.00%) Confluence
5 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (20.00%) VBA
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VSAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) vRealize
2 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware