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 20 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
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 120 97
Rank change year-on-year -70 -23 +29
Contract jobs citing VMware 198 293 424
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.37% 2.12% 2.32%
As % of the Vendors category 2.97% 4.86% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 176 293
10th Percentile £406 £275 £300
25th Percentile £499 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -6.32%
75th Percentile £627 £596 £600
90th Percentile £676 £648 £665
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £31.94 - £24.78
25th Percentile £45.35 - £33.64
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +139.01% +22.13%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - £75.13
England median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £65.98
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.20% +1.51%

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 6,672 6,023 7,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.26% 43.65% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,385 3,723 5,017
10th Percentile £343 £313 £298
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -1.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 66 135
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.38 £14.11
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.42 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +2.19% +23.00%
75th Percentile £42.35 £60.25 £48.92
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £80.95
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -20.58% -17.81% +13.18%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 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
Central London -7 33 £550 +10.00% 13
South London -1 5 £506 -5.90% 6
West London -20 3 - - 1
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 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.03%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
4 1 (0.51%) JBoss
4 1 (0.51%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.51%) Traefik
4 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.74%) Azure
2 22 (11.11%) AWS
3 21 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.08%) GitHub
5 11 (5.56%) Nutanix
6 9 (4.55%) OpenShift
7 7 (3.54%) IaaS
8 6 (3.03%) GCP
9 5 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.52%) PaaS
12 2 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.51%) Datadog
13 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.51%) SaaS
13 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.66%) DNS
2 28 (14.14%) Firewall
3 15 (7.58%) DHCP
4 13 (6.57%) VPN
4 13 (6.57%) WAN
5 12 (6.06%) LAN
5 12 (6.06%) SAN
6 9 (4.55%) TCP/IP
7 8 (4.04%) VSAN
8 7 (3.54%) NAS
8 7 (3.54%) Network Security
9 5 (2.53%) SD-WAN
10 4 (2.02%) BGP
10 4 (2.02%) SMTP
10 4 (2.02%) VXLAN
11 3 (1.52%) Calico
11 3 (1.52%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.52%) SSL
11 3 (1.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.51%) Power BI
4 1 (0.51%) Redis
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.54%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (2.53%) Git
4 4 (2.02%) Cucumber
4 4 (2.02%) JMeter
4 4 (2.02%) JUnit
4 4 (2.02%) RStudio
4 4 (2.02%) Subversion
4 4 (2.02%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.52%) GitLab
5 3 (1.52%) JIRA
6 1 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 43 (21.72%) Finance
1 43 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (9.60%) Public Sector
3 10 (5.05%) Banking
4 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.02%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.02%) Legal
5 4 (2.02%) Social Science
5 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.52%) Local Government
6 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.01%) Electronics
7 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.01%) Marketing
7 2 (1.01%) Police
8 1 (0.51%) Front Office
8 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (18.69%) Consultant
2 31 (15.66%) VMware Consultant
3 23 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (10.61%) Architect
4 21 (10.61%) Senior
5 18 (9.09%) VMware Engineer
6 12 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
8 10 (5.05%) Administrator
9 9 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (4.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Lead
11 7 (3.54%) Linux Administrator
11 7 (3.54%) PowerShell Engineer
12 6 (3.03%) Developer
12 6 (3.03%) DevOps Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.03%) Platform Specialist
12 6 (3.03%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.03%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.53%) REST
2 4 (2.02%) Hibernate
2 4 (2.02%) Kafka
2 4 (2.02%) Spring
3 3 (1.52%) .NET
3 3 (1.52%) Middleware
3 3 (1.52%) React
4 2 (1.01%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.01%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.01%) Bootstrap
4 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.01%) Express.js
4 2 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.01%) SOAP
4 2 (1.01%) WCF
4 2 (1.01%) Web Services
4 2 (1.01%) WPF
5 1 (0.51%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.51%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.59%) Replication
2 14 (7.07%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.07%) PKI
3 10 (5.05%) Hedge funds
4 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.55%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.04%) Clustering
5 8 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.54%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.02%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.52%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.01%) Thin Client
10 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (28.79%) Windows
2 40 (20.20%) Linux
3 39 (19.70%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.05%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.54%) Solaris
7 6 (3.03%) Unix
7 6 (3.03%) VMS
8 4 (2.02%) CentOS
8 4 (2.02%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.01%) AIX
10 1 (0.51%) Android
10 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.51%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.21%) Migration
2 35 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (16.67%) DevOps
4 27 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 23 (11.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (9.09%) ITIL
8 16 (8.08%) Agile
9 13 (6.57%) High Availability
10 10 (5.05%) Platform Engineering
10 10 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (4.55%) Business Continuity
11 9 (4.55%) Change Management
11 9 (4.55%) Configuration Management
11 9 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
11 9 (4.55%) Patch Management
11 9 (4.55%) Project Delivery
11 9 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 48 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 47 (23.74%) Python
3 18 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.58%) Bash
5 12 (6.06%) SQL
6 9 (4.55%) Java
7 5 (2.53%) C#
7 5 (2.53%) Perl
8 4 (2.02%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.01%) Go
11 1 (0.51%) C
11 1 (0.51%) C++
11 1 (0.51%) Korn
11 1 (0.51%) Rust
11 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 43 (21.72%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 14 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.05%) Degree
6 9 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.04%) CCNP
8 7 (3.54%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.02%) CCNA
9 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.52%) VCAP
11 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.01%) CCIE
11 2 (1.01%) HP ASE
11 2 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.01%) RHCE
11 2 (1.01%) RHCSA
11 2 (1.01%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.53%) NIST
3 4 (2.02%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) SLA
5 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.51%) MiFID
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 109 (55.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (18.69%) Active Directory
3 27 (13.64%) vSphere
4 23 (11.62%) VMware NSX
5 20 (10.10%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (9.09%) Hyper-V
7 11 (5.56%) Docker
8 9 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.53%) KVM
11 4 (2.02%) NFS
11 4 (2.02%) Veritas File System
11 4 (2.02%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 4 (2.02%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (1.52%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.51%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.51%) Firmware
13 1 (0.51%) Postfix
13 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (17.68%) Ansible
2 23 (11.62%) vRealize
3 21 (10.61%) SCCM
4 20 (10.10%) Terraform
5 18 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 18 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (5.56%) vCenter Server
7 9 (4.55%) SCOM
8 6 (3.03%) Progress Chef
8 6 (3.03%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (2.53%) Grafana
9 5 (2.53%) Puppet
10 4 (2.02%) AirWatch
10 4 (2.02%) Argo
10 4 (2.02%) QRadar
10 4 (2.02%) Rancher
11 3 (1.52%) Istio
11 3 (1.52%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 37 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.10%) Red Hat
3 18 (9.09%) Citrix
4 16 (8.08%) Cisco
5 14 (7.07%) Dell
6 11 (5.56%) CyberArk
7 10 (5.05%) NetApp
7 10 (5.05%) Oracle
8 8 (4.04%) Splunk
9 6 (3.03%) Qualys
9 6 (3.03%) Veeam
10 5 (2.53%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.02%) Arista
11 4 (2.02%) F5
11 4 (2.02%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.02%) SaltStack
11 4 (2.02%) Symantec
11 4 (2.02%) Tenable
12 3 (1.52%) EMC
12 3 (1.52%) Pure Storage