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 27 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
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 134 124
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 246 251 352
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.47% 1.99% 1.95%
As % of the Vendors category 3.33% 4.39% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 168 223
10th Percentile £425 £278 £263
25th Percentile £475 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.60% -10.45%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £572
90th Percentile £669 £672 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - £22.01
25th Percentile - - £22.08
Median hourly rate £67.70 - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £52.41
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -26.97%

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 7,380 5,714 7,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.14% 45.22% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,860 3,744 4,962
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 87 141
10th Percentile £18.04 £19.25 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £27.61 £30.00 £24.86
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% +20.70% -3.33%
75th Percentile £41.80 £55.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £67.70 £70.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -31.48%

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 27 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
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 27 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 -17 30 £545 -8.02% 25
South London -10 9 £333 -31.79%
West London -19 2 - - 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 13 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.22%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) nginx
4 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.41%) JBoss
5 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 75 (30.49%) Azure
2 34 (13.82%) AWS
3 33 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (7.32%) IaaS
5 15 (6.10%) GitHub
6 14 (5.69%) PaaS
7 13 (5.28%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.47%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.85%) Datadog
9 7 (2.85%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.85%) Rubrik
9 7 (2.85%) SaaS
10 6 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (2.03%) GCP
11 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.22%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (20.73%) Firewall
2 39 (15.85%) DNS
3 29 (11.79%) SAN
4 26 (10.57%) DHCP
4 26 (10.57%) VSAN
5 24 (9.76%) VPN
6 19 (7.72%) LAN
6 19 (7.72%) NAS
6 19 (7.72%) WAN
7 12 (4.88%) Network Security
7 12 (4.88%) VLAN
8 7 (2.85%) BGP
8 7 (2.85%) SMTP
8 7 (2.85%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.03%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.03%) VXLAN
10 4 (1.63%) HTTP
10 4 (1.63%) MPLS
10 4 (1.63%) OSPF
10 4 (1.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Redis
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) Chocolatey
1 7 (2.85%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (2.44%) GitLab
2 6 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.22%) JIRA
3 3 (1.22%) RStudio
4 2 (0.81%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.41%) JMeter
5 1 (0.41%) JUnit
5 1 (0.41%) Maven
5 1 (0.41%) MSI
5 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) Subversion
5 1 (0.41%) VersionOne
General
1 47 (19.11%) Finance
2 43 (17.48%) Social Skills
3 22 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.94%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.50%) Banking
5 14 (5.69%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.85%) Legal
7 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.63%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.22%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.22%) Local Government
8 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.22%) Social Science
9 2 (0.81%) Electronics
9 2 (0.81%) Front Office
9 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.81%) Marketing
9 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (14.63%) Consultant
2 35 (14.23%) Architect
3 30 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (11.79%) Senior
5 27 (10.98%) VMware Consultant
6 25 (10.16%) VMware Engineer
7 14 (5.69%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (4.88%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) VMware Architect
10 10 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Developer
11 9 (3.66%) NetApp Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (3.66%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Network Engineer
13 7 (2.85%) Infrastructure Architect
13 7 (2.85%) Lead
14 6 (2.44%) DevOps Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.03%) Middleware
2 4 (1.63%) Flash
3 3 (1.22%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.81%) .NET
4 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.81%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.81%) Express.js
4 2 (0.81%) React
4 2 (0.81%) REST
4 2 (0.81%) SOAP
4 2 (0.81%) WCF
4 2 (0.81%) Web Services
4 2 (0.81%) WPF
5 1 (0.41%) Django
5 1 (0.41%) Kafka
5 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.41%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.01%) Replication
2 21 (8.54%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.10%) Clustering
3 15 (6.10%) PKI
4 12 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.25%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.44%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.63%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.22%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.22%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (29.67%) Windows
2 42 (17.07%) Windows Server
3 36 (14.63%) Linux
4 12 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.25%) VMS
5 8 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.85%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.85%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.03%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.63%) SUSE
10 3 (1.22%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (1.22%) Solaris
10 3 (1.22%) Unix
10 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.81%) AIX
12 1 (0.41%) Android
12 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (32.52%) Migration
2 36 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (13.41%) DevOps
4 30 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (8.94%) Validation
7 21 (8.54%) Agile
7 21 (8.54%) ITIL
8 19 (7.72%) CI/CD
8 19 (7.72%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (6.50%) Change Management
10 16 (6.50%) High Availability
10 16 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (6.10%) Runbook
12 13 (5.28%) Capacity Management
13 12 (4.88%) Data Migration
13 12 (4.88%) ITSM
13 12 (4.88%) Platform Engineering
13 12 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.14%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.16%) Python
3 13 (5.28%) JavaScript
3 13 (5.28%) SQL
4 8 (3.25%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.03%) Bash
6 4 (1.63%) C#
7 2 (0.81%) C
7 2 (0.81%) Java
7 2 (0.81%) Korn
7 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 84 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 55 (22.36%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.16%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (5.69%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.88%) Degree
7 6 (2.44%) VCAP
8 5 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.63%) CCNP
9 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.63%) VCDX
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.81%) CCNA
10 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.81%) PMP
11 1 (0.41%) CISSP
11 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.41%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) SLA
2 7 (2.85%) NIST
3 3 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.81%) NCSC
4 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
4 2 (0.81%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) COBIT
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 138 (56.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 50 (20.33%) Active Directory
3 44 (17.89%) VMware NSX
4 42 (17.07%) vSphere
5 29 (11.79%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (9.35%) Hyper-V
7 15 (6.10%) Docker
7 15 (6.10%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (5.28%) NFS
9 8 (3.25%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (2.85%) BitLocker
11 5 (2.03%) Firmware
12 2 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.81%) vCloud
12 2 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.81%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.41%) UAG
13 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (13.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (12.20%) Ansible
3 26 (10.57%) vCenter Server
4 25 (10.16%) SCCM
5 24 (9.76%) Terraform
6 21 (8.54%) Kubernetes
7 18 (7.32%) vRealize
8 15 (6.10%) vMotion
9 8 (3.25%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (3.25%) VxRail
10 6 (2.44%) PowerCLI
10 6 (2.44%) Puppet
10 6 (2.44%) SCOM
10 6 (2.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 5 (2.03%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (2.03%) Grafana
11 5 (2.03%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.63%) AirWatch
12 4 (1.63%) Argo
13 3 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 54 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.54%) Pure Storage
3 19 (7.72%) Citrix
3 19 (7.72%) Dell
4 18 (7.32%) Cisco
4 18 (7.32%) NetApp
5 12 (4.88%) Red Hat
6 10 (4.07%) Commvault
6 10 (4.07%) Oracle
7 8 (3.25%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.25%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.25%) Tenable
8 7 (2.85%) AppDynamics
9 6 (2.44%) Splunk
9 6 (2.44%) Veeam
10 5 (2.03%) Bloomberg
10 5 (2.03%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.03%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.63%) IBM
11 4 (1.63%) Juniper