VMware Contract Job Trends in London

VMware
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 2 March 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
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 124 109
Rank change year-on-year -59 -15 +15
Contract jobs citing VMware 236 277 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 2.09% 2.16%
As % of the Vendors category 3.35% 4.72% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 169 256
10th Percentile £405 £263 £270
25th Percentile £475 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £626 £600 £591
90th Percentile £675 £664 £666
England median daily rate £525 £525 £496
% change year-on-year - +5.79% -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £31.94 - £22.02
25th Percentile £45.35 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £38.17
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +193.42% -12.46%
75th Percentile - - £57.47
90th Percentile - - £63.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -7.69%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,035 5,864 7,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.64% 44.25% 40.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,644 3,704 5,001
10th Percentile £350 £319 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £670
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £508 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 80 145
10th Percentile £17.98 £21.48 £13.59
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.09 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +37.00% -
75th Percentile £41.85 £60.94 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.66 £80.75 £69.20
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.81% +21.15% -23.62%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

VMware job vacancy trend in London

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in London over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in London

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VMware

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in London over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in London

VMware
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Central London -11 32 £550 -7.17% 19
South London - 9 £333 - 1
West London -27 2 - - 3
VMware
England

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 14 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.12%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) nginx
4 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) JBoss
5 1 (0.42%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.42%) Traefik
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.69%) Azure
2 33 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.32%) AWS
4 20 (8.47%) GitHub
5 16 (6.78%) IaaS
6 13 (5.51%) Nutanix
7 12 (5.08%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.66%) OpenShift
9 10 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.24%) PaaS
10 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.12%) Datadog
11 5 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.12%) SaaS
12 4 (1.69%) GCP
13 3 (1.27%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.27%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.80%) Firewall
2 37 (15.68%) DNS
3 26 (11.02%) SAN
4 23 (9.75%) DHCP
5 18 (7.63%) VPN
5 18 (7.63%) VSAN
6 17 (7.20%) NAS
7 15 (6.36%) LAN
7 15 (6.36%) WAN
8 8 (3.39%) VLAN
9 7 (2.97%) Network Security
10 6 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.12%) BGP
11 5 (2.12%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.69%) HTTP
12 4 (1.69%) MPLS
12 4 (1.69%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.69%) SMTP
13 3 (1.27%) Calico
13 3 (1.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.42%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Redis
4 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.81%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.54%) GitLab
2 6 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (2.12%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.69%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.69%) JIRA
4 4 (1.69%) JMeter
4 4 (1.69%) JUnit
4 4 (1.69%) RStudio
4 4 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.85%) Git
6 1 (0.42%) MSI
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (22.03%) Finance
2 45 (19.07%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.36%) Banking
5 11 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.54%) Legal
7 4 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.69%) Social Science
7 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.27%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Local Government
8 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Electronics
9 2 (0.85%) Front Office
9 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Marketing
9 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (16.95%) Consultant
2 33 (13.98%) VMware Consultant
3 28 (11.86%) Architect
4 27 (11.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 26 (11.02%) Senior
6 24 (10.17%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.66%) Developer
8 11 (4.66%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (3.81%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (3.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.39%) Lead
11 7 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.97%) Storage Engineer
11 7 (2.97%) VMware Architect
12 6 (2.54%) Analyst
12 6 (2.54%) Database Developer
12 6 (2.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (2.54%) SQL Database Developer
12 6 (2.54%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.12%) Middleware
2 4 (1.69%) Hibernate
2 4 (1.69%) Kafka
2 4 (1.69%) Spring
3 3 (1.27%) Flash
3 3 (1.27%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (1.27%) React
4 2 (0.85%) .NET
4 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.85%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.85%) Django
4 2 (0.85%) Express.js
4 2 (0.85%) REST
4 2 (0.85%) SOAP
4 2 (0.85%) WCF
4 2 (0.85%) Web Services
4 2 (0.85%) WPF
5 1 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.44%) Replication
2 14 (5.93%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.93%) PKI
3 11 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.81%) Private Cloud
6 8 (3.39%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.97%) Clustering
7 7 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.54%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.12%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.27%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.27%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 66 (27.97%) Windows
2 42 (17.80%) Windows Server
3 34 (14.41%) Linux
4 12 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.81%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.12%) Solaris
7 5 (2.12%) VMS
7 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.69%) Unix
9 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.85%) AIX
10 2 (0.85%) CentOS
11 1 (0.42%) Android
11 1 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (31.36%) Migration
2 38 (16.10%) DevOps
3 33 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (11.86%) CI/CD
6 23 (9.75%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (8.47%) ITIL
8 19 (8.05%) Agile
8 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (6.78%) Validation
10 15 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.36%) Runbook
11 14 (5.93%) Change Management
12 13 (5.51%) Knowledge Transfer
12 13 (5.51%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (5.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (4.66%) Capacity Management
14 11 (4.66%) High Availability
14 11 (4.66%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.61%) PowerShell
2 40 (16.95%) Python
3 19 (8.05%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.78%) SQL
5 9 (3.81%) Bash
6 8 (3.39%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.54%) Java
8 5 (2.12%) C#
9 2 (0.85%) C
9 2 (0.85%) Go
9 2 (0.85%) Korn
9 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) Perl
10 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (32.20%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 19 (8.05%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.66%) Degree
6 8 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.97%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.97%) CCNP
8 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.69%) CCNA
10 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.27%) VCAP
11 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.85%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.85%) PMP
11 2 (0.85%) VCDX
12 1 (0.42%) CCSM
12 1 (0.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.39%) SLA
2 7 (2.97%) NIST
3 4 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.85%) NCSC
4 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.42%) COBIT
5 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.42%) MiFID
5 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 129 (54.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (20.34%) Active Directory
3 40 (16.95%) vSphere
4 38 (16.10%) VMware NSX
5 23 (9.75%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.78%) Hyper-V
7 15 (6.36%) Docker
8 12 (5.08%) NFS
9 9 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (2.12%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (1.69%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.85%) Firmware
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.85%) vCloud
13 2 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.42%) Veritas File System
14 1 (0.42%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (13.56%) Ansible
1 32 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (10.17%) SCCM
2 24 (10.17%) vRealize
3 23 (9.75%) Terraform
4 21 (8.90%) Kubernetes
5 18 (7.63%) vCenter Server
6 12 (5.08%) vMotion
7 8 (3.39%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (3.39%) SCOM
8 6 (2.54%) Argo
9 5 (2.12%) AirWatch
9 5 (2.12%) Grafana
9 5 (2.12%) Progress Chef
9 5 (2.12%) Puppet
10 4 (1.69%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.69%) PowerCLI
10 4 (1.69%) Rancher
11 3 (1.27%) Istio
11 3 (1.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.47%) Citrix
3 19 (8.05%) Pure Storage
4 16 (6.78%) Cisco
4 16 (6.78%) Dell
4 16 (6.78%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.08%) NetApp
6 11 (4.66%) Oracle
7 10 (4.24%) Commvault
8 7 (2.97%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.97%) Splunk
9 6 (2.54%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.54%) Tenable
9 6 (2.54%) Veeam
10 5 (2.12%) AppDynamics
10 5 (2.12%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.69%) Broadcom
11 4 (1.69%) IBM
11 4 (1.69%) Juniper