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 28 May 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
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 164 144
Rank change year-on-year -31 -20 -29
Contract jobs citing VMware 244 207 318
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 1.71% 1.82%
As % of the Vendors category 3.18% 3.76% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 137 207
10th Percentile £417 £350 £295
25th Percentile £465 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £595 £550
90th Percentile £663 £683 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.64% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £28.94 - £22.08
25th Percentile £43.48 - £22.68
Median hourly rate £67.70 - £33.82
75th Percentile - - £71.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +9.80% +24.51% -23.92%

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 7,675 5,506 7,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.83% 45.57% 40.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,066 3,579 4,913
10th Percentile £350 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £674 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £521 £518
% change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 99 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.56% +21.28% -11.32%
75th Percentile £50.56 £42.75 £36.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £64.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -13 30 £503 -8.50% 10
South London -13 7 £165 -68.57% 1
West London -35 1 - - 2
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 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.87%) Tomcat
3 6 (2.46%) nginx
3 6 (2.46%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.23%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.82%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 79 (32.38%) Azure
2 35 (14.34%) AWS
3 28 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.97%) IaaS
5 15 (6.15%) PaaS
6 14 (5.74%) Entra ID
7 13 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.92%) Rubrik
9 11 (4.51%) GitHub
10 9 (3.69%) Nutanix
11 8 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.87%) Datadog
12 7 (2.87%) SaaS
13 6 (2.46%) Azure Stack
13 6 (2.46%) GCP
14 5 (2.05%) Cohesity
14 5 (2.05%) OpenShift
15 4 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
16 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (20.90%) Firewall
2 40 (16.39%) DNS
3 30 (12.30%) DHCP
3 30 (12.30%) SAN
4 28 (11.48%) VSAN
5 24 (9.84%) VPN
6 23 (9.43%) NAS
7 20 (8.20%) WAN
8 17 (6.97%) LAN
9 12 (4.92%) VLAN
10 9 (3.69%) Network Security
11 8 (3.28%) SMTP
12 7 (2.87%) BGP
12 7 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.46%) HTTP
13 6 (2.46%) SD-WAN
14 5 (2.05%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.64%) OSPF
15 4 (1.64%) VXLAN
16 3 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.23%) Power BI
4 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.41%) Metadata
5 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.87%) Chocolatey
1 7 (2.87%) GitLab
1 7 (2.87%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (2.05%) JIRA
3 4 (1.64%) Git
3 4 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.41%) Maven
4 1 (0.41%) MSI
4 1 (0.41%) RStudio
4 1 (0.41%) Subversion
4 1 (0.41%) VersionOne
General
1 45 (18.44%) Finance
2 39 (15.98%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.92%) Banking
4 12 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.28%) Legal
7 6 (2.46%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (0.82%) Front Office
9 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Law
10 1 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 42 (17.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (12.70%) Senior
3 27 (11.07%) Architect
4 26 (10.66%) Consultant
5 22 (9.02%) VMware Engineer
6 18 (7.38%) VMware Consultant
7 15 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (5.74%) Storage Engineer
9 13 (5.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.10%) NetApp Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.69%) VMware Architect
13 8 (3.28%) IT Engineer
13 8 (3.28%) Senior DevOps
13 8 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.05%) REST
2 4 (1.64%) .NET
3 3 (1.23%) Flash
3 3 (1.23%) JSON
4 2 (0.82%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.82%) Middleware
4 2 (0.82%) YAML
5 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.41%) Blazor
5 1 (0.41%) Django
5 1 (0.41%) EJB
5 1 (0.41%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.41%) JSP
5 1 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.41%) RESTful
5 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.66%) Replication
2 24 (9.84%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.56%) Enterprise Storage
4 15 (6.15%) Clustering
5 13 (5.33%) PKI
6 10 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.87%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.46%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.64%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.23%) CMDB
11 3 (1.23%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.23%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (37.30%) Windows
2 51 (20.90%) Windows Server
3 42 (17.21%) Linux
4 13 (5.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.87%) VMS
7 7 (2.87%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.87%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (2.05%) Solaris
8 5 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.64%) SUSE
9 4 (1.64%) Unix
10 3 (1.23%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.41%) AIX
11 1 (0.41%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.33%) Migration
2 51 (20.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 32 (13.11%) DevOps
4 25 (10.25%) CI/CD
5 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (9.43%) ITIL
6 23 (9.43%) Validation
7 22 (9.02%) Change Management
8 20 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (7.38%) Agile
10 18 (7.38%) High Availability
11 15 (6.15%) Capacity Management
11 15 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (5.74%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (5.74%) ITSM
12 14 (5.74%) Platform Engineering
13 13 (5.33%) Runbook
13 13 (5.33%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.90%) PowerShell
2 18 (7.38%) Python
3 15 (6.15%) SQL
4 10 (4.10%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.28%) Bash
6 6 (2.46%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.64%) C#
7 4 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.23%) Bicep
8 3 (1.23%) C
8 3 (1.23%) Java
9 1 (0.41%) Korn
9 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (33.20%) Security Cleared
2 57 (23.36%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.84%) DV Cleared
4 11 (4.51%) Degree
5 9 (3.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (2.87%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.64%) CCNA
8 4 (1.64%) VCAP
9 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.23%) PMP
9 3 (1.23%) VCDX
10 2 (0.82%) CCNP
10 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
11 1 (0.41%) OCP
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.15%) SLA
2 5 (2.05%) NIST
3 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.82%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) COBIT
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.41%) DICOM
4 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.41%) HL7
4 1 (0.41%) NCSC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 142 (58.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (21.31%) Active Directory
3 46 (18.85%) VMware NSX
4 41 (16.80%) vSphere
5 30 (12.30%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (11.07%) Hyper-V
7 17 (6.97%) Docker
8 16 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (5.33%) NFS
10 9 (3.69%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (3.28%) BitLocker
12 6 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (2.05%) Firmware
14 4 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
15 3 (1.23%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.82%) vCloud
16 2 (0.82%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.41%) KVM
17 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.41%) UAG
Systems Management
1 30 (12.30%) Ansible
2 26 (10.66%) Terraform
3 24 (9.84%) vCenter Server
4 23 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (8.61%) Kubernetes
6 18 (7.38%) SCCM
7 17 (6.97%) vRealize
8 16 (6.56%) vMotion
9 8 (3.28%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (3.28%) Puppet
10 7 (2.87%) VxRail
11 5 (2.05%) PowerCLI
11 5 (2.05%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (1.64%) AirWatch
12 4 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.64%) Progress Chef
13 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (1.23%) NetBackup
13 3 (1.23%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 51 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.84%) Cisco
3 21 (8.61%) Citrix
3 21 (8.61%) NetApp
4 18 (7.38%) Pure Storage
5 17 (6.97%) Dell
6 16 (6.56%) Red Hat
7 10 (4.10%) Commvault
8 9 (3.69%) Oracle
9 8 (3.28%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.87%) AppDynamics
10 7 (2.87%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.87%) Tenable
11 6 (2.46%) Broadcom
11 6 (2.46%) IBM
12 5 (2.05%) Bloomberg
12 5 (2.05%) Juniper
13 4 (1.64%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.64%) EMC
14 3 (1.23%) Zerto