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 22 July 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
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 173 126
Rank change year-on-year -17 -47 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware 280 207 359
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 1.53% 2.12%
As % of the Vendors category 3.38% 3.31% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 132 242
10th Percentile £382 £363 £313
25th Percentile £454 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £590 £571
90th Percentile £699 £699 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £20.23 - £22.08
25th Percentile £21.69 - £22.68
Median hourly rate £24.75 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +26.05% -55.07%
75th Percentile £28.19 - £71.25
90th Percentile £29.88 - -
England median hourly rate £58.74 £34.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year +69.23% -13.23% -24.76%

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 8,287 6,247 7,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.82% 46.06% 42.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,406 4,061 4,967
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 115 101
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.45 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +34.22% -1.93% -15.61%
75th Percentile £58.92 £48.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.00 £64.50 £71.25
England median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £26.21
% change year-on-year +41.27% -4.04% -30.11%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +1 43 £525 -4.55% 14
South London -21 5 £165 -68.57% 3
West London -19 3 £475 -25.49% 2
East London 0 1 £525 +40.00% 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 18 (6.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.86%) nginx
3 8 (2.86%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.14%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.07%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.71%) Confluence
6 2 (0.71%) IIS
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.36%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (32.50%) Azure
2 42 (15.00%) AWS
3 33 (11.79%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.93%) Entra ID
5 22 (7.86%) IaaS
6 18 (6.43%) PaaS
7 17 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.64%) GitHub
9 12 (4.29%) SaaS
10 11 (3.93%) Datadog
10 11 (3.93%) Rubrik
11 10 (3.57%) GCP
12 9 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.86%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.86%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.50%) Azure Stack
14 7 (2.50%) Nutanix
15 5 (1.79%) Cohesity
15 5 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
16 3 (1.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 57 (20.36%) Firewall
2 54 (19.29%) DNS
3 40 (14.29%) DHCP
4 32 (11.43%) SAN
5 27 (9.64%) VPN
6 25 (8.93%) VSAN
7 22 (7.86%) NAS
8 20 (7.14%) WAN
9 18 (6.43%) LAN
10 15 (5.36%) VLAN
10 15 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (4.64%) Network Security
12 12 (4.29%) TCP/IP
13 8 (2.86%) BGP
13 8 (2.86%) SMTP
14 6 (2.14%) HTTP
14 6 (2.14%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.79%) OSPF
16 4 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
16 4 (1.43%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.64%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.07%) Big Data
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.07%) Power BI
5 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.36%) GIS
7 1 (0.36%) Metadata
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 9 (3.21%) Chocolatey
1 9 (3.21%) Git
1 9 (3.21%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.86%) GitLab
3 6 (2.14%) JIRA
3 6 (2.14%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.07%) Subversion
5 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.36%) Maven
5 1 (0.36%) MSI
5 1 (0.36%) VersionOne
General
1 57 (20.36%) Finance
2 56 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.43%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (5.71%) Banking
6 14 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.64%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.93%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.14%) Legal
10 3 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.07%) Retail
11 2 (0.71%) Front Office
11 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Local Government
12 1 (0.36%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (18.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (11.79%) Senior
3 26 (9.29%) Architect
3 26 (9.29%) VMware Engineer
4 24 (8.57%) Consultant
5 19 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (6.07%) VMware Consultant
7 13 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (4.64%) Network Engineer
8 12 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (4.29%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.93%) IT Engineer
9 11 (3.93%) Storage Engineer
10 10 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.21%) IT Support
12 8 (2.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 8 (2.86%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.86%) Infrastructure Manager
12 8 (2.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.86%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.14%) REST
2 5 (1.79%) .NET
2 5 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.07%) Flash
3 3 (1.07%) JSON
4 2 (0.71%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.71%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.71%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.71%) Blazor
4 2 (0.71%) Middleware
4 2 (0.71%) YAML
5 1 (0.36%) EJB
5 1 (0.36%) HTML
5 1 (0.36%) Java SE
5 1 (0.36%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.36%) JSP
5 1 (0.36%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.36%) RESTful
5 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.79%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.14%) Replication
3 18 (6.43%) Clustering
4 16 (5.71%) Enterprise Storage
5 14 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (4.64%) PKI
7 10 (3.57%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.07%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.07%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 130 (46.43%) Windows
2 76 (27.14%) Windows Server
3 62 (22.14%) Linux
4 17 (6.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.86%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.86%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.50%) VMS
9 6 (2.14%) Solaris
9 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.43%) SUSE
11 4 (1.43%) Unix
12 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.07%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.36%) AIX
14 1 (0.36%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.93%) Migration
2 73 (26.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (13.93%) CI/CD
4 38 (13.57%) DevOps
5 36 (12.86%) ITIL
6 31 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (10.71%) High Availability
8 29 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (9.29%) Change Management
11 24 (8.57%) Validation
12 23 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (7.86%) Infrastructure Automation
14 21 (7.50%) Agile
15 20 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (6.43%) ITSM
17 17 (6.07%) Runbook
18 16 (5.71%) Platform Engineering
19 15 (5.36%) Service Management
19 15 (5.36%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 27 (9.64%) Python
3 20 (7.14%) Bash
4 17 (6.07%) SQL
5 12 (4.29%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.21%) Java
7 5 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.43%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.07%) Bicep
9 3 (1.07%) C
9 3 (1.07%) C#
10 2 (0.71%) Go
10 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) Korn
11 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (35.36%) Security Cleared
2 73 (26.07%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.93%) Degree
5 11 (3.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.50%) CCNA
9 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.43%) CCNP
10 4 (1.43%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.43%) PMP
11 3 (1.07%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.07%) VCAP
12 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.71%) VCDX
13 1 (0.36%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.14%) SLA
2 5 (1.79%) NIST
3 3 (1.07%) QA
4 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.36%) COBIT
5 1 (0.36%) DICOM
5 1 (0.36%) GRC
5 1 (0.36%) HL7
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.36%) NCSC
5 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 167 (59.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 78 (27.86%) Active Directory
3 47 (16.79%) vSphere
4 46 (16.43%) VMware NSX
5 44 (15.71%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (10.00%) Hyper-V
7 19 (6.79%) Docker
7 19 (6.79%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (5.00%) NFS
9 9 (3.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.86%) BitLocker
11 7 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (1.79%) Firmware
12 5 (1.79%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.43%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.43%) UAG
14 3 (1.07%) KVM
14 3 (1.07%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (0.71%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.36%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 40 (14.29%) Ansible
2 38 (13.57%) vCenter Server
3 37 (13.21%) Terraform
4 34 (12.14%) Kubernetes
5 27 (9.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (7.14%) SCCM
7 18 (6.43%) vRealize
8 16 (5.71%) vMotion
9 12 (4.29%) Puppet
10 8 (2.86%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (2.50%) PowerCLI
11 7 (2.50%) VxRail
12 6 (2.14%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.79%) Grafana
13 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
13 5 (1.79%) Nagios
13 5 (1.79%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (1.79%) Prometheus
14 4 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (1.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 73 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.64%) Cisco
3 25 (8.93%) Citrix
4 21 (7.50%) NetApp
4 21 (7.50%) Red Hat
5 19 (6.79%) Pure Storage
6 13 (4.64%) Commvault
6 13 (4.64%) Dell
6 13 (4.64%) Oracle
6 13 (4.64%) Tenable
7 12 (4.29%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.21%) AppDynamics
8 9 (3.21%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.86%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.50%) EMC
10 7 (2.50%) HP
11 6 (2.14%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.14%) CyberArk
11 6 (2.14%) IBM
11 6 (2.14%) Zscaler