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 December 2025, 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 108 90
Rank change year-on-year -79 -18 +37
Contract jobs citing VMware 202 348 467
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 2.33% 2.50%
As % of the Vendors category 2.99% 5.28% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 207 330
10th Percentile £375 £278 £300
25th Percentile £475 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £605
90th Percentile £677 £653 £675
England median daily rate £525 £512 £500
% change year-on-year +2.54% +2.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 16
10th Percentile £24.40 - £22.00
25th Percentile £26.50 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £112.00 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -73.21% +139.01% +14.33%
75th Percentile £48.85 - £65.03
90th Percentile £60.16 - £74.38
England median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +12.00% -5.27% +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 6,747 6,590 7,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.12% 44.14% 40.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,394 4,112 5,250
10th Percentile £340 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 69 107
10th Percentile £17.74 £19.66 £16.94
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.17% -8.00% +45.86%
75th Percentile £41.89 £63.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £65.63 £83.10 £86.35
England median hourly rate £23.63 £30.45 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.40% -33.63% +76.46%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 34 £550 +7.84% 20
South London -1 6 £506 -5.90% 3
West London -14 6 £525 +31.25% 6
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 (8.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.97%) Confluence
3 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) JBoss
4 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.50%) Traefik
4 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.50%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.73%) Azure
2 25 (12.38%) AWS
2 25 (12.38%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.91%) Nutanix
4 15 (7.43%) GitHub
5 10 (4.95%) GCP
6 9 (4.46%) Entra ID
7 8 (3.96%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.47%) IaaS
9 6 (2.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.99%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.99%) PaaS
12 2 (0.99%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.50%) Datadog
13 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.85%) DNS
2 29 (14.36%) Firewall
3 16 (7.92%) VPN
4 15 (7.43%) DHCP
5 14 (6.93%) SAN
6 12 (5.94%) WAN
7 10 (4.95%) LAN
7 10 (4.95%) VSAN
8 9 (4.46%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.96%) NAS
10 7 (3.47%) Network Security
11 5 (2.48%) BGP
12 4 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.98%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.98%) SSL
12 4 (1.98%) VLAN
12 4 (1.98%) VXLAN
13 3 (1.49%) DKIM
13 3 (1.49%) DMARC
13 3 (1.49%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.49%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.50%) Power BI
4 1 (0.50%) Redis
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (2.48%) Git
4 4 (1.98%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.98%) JMeter
4 4 (1.98%) JUnit
4 4 (1.98%) Subversion
4 4 (1.98%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.49%) JIRA
5 3 (1.49%) RStudio
6 2 (0.99%) GitLab
7 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 47 (23.27%) Finance
1 47 (23.27%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.44%) Banking
5 8 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.98%) Financial Institution
6 4 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (1.98%) Local Government
6 4 (1.98%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.49%) Social Science
8 2 (0.99%) Electronics
8 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.99%) Marketing
8 2 (0.99%) Police
8 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Front Office
9 1 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (19.31%) Consultant
2 29 (14.36%) VMware Consultant
3 23 (11.39%) Architect
4 19 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (8.91%) Senior
6 16 (7.92%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (5.94%) Administrator
7 12 (5.94%) Developer
7 12 (5.94%) Windows Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) Linux Administrator
8 8 (3.96%) Wintel Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Lead
9 7 (3.47%) Support Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) ETL Developer
10 6 (2.97%) Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (2.97%) PowerShell Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (2.97%) Technical Architect
10 6 (2.97%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.97%) RESTful
2 5 (2.48%) JSON
2 5 (2.48%) XML
3 4 (1.98%) Hibernate
3 4 (1.98%) Kafka
3 4 (1.98%) REST
3 4 (1.98%) Spring
4 3 (1.49%) .NET
4 3 (1.49%) Middleware
4 3 (1.49%) React
5 2 (0.99%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.99%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.99%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.99%) EDI
5 2 (0.99%) Express.js
5 2 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (0.99%) SOAP
5 2 (0.99%) WCF
5 2 (0.99%) Web Services
5 2 (0.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.91%) Replication
2 15 (7.43%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.94%) PKI
4 10 (4.95%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.96%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.96%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.47%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.97%) Clustering
7 6 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.49%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.99%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (31.19%) Windows
2 44 (21.78%) Linux
3 40 (19.80%) Windows Server
4 21 (10.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.95%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.47%) Solaris
6 7 (3.47%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.97%) CentOS
7 6 (2.97%) VMS
8 5 (2.48%) Unix
8 5 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.99%) AIX
9 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.50%) Android
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (17.82%) Migration
3 28 (13.86%) DevOps
3 28 (13.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 23 (11.39%) CI/CD
4 23 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (10.89%) ITIL
6 17 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (7.92%) High Availability
8 13 (6.44%) Agile
9 11 (5.45%) Business Continuity
9 11 (5.45%) Data Protection
10 10 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (4.95%) Task Automation
11 9 (4.46%) Containerisation
11 9 (4.46%) Knowledge Transfer
11 9 (4.46%) Patch Management
11 9 (4.46%) Project Delivery
11 9 (4.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 54 (26.73%) Python
2 50 (24.75%) PowerShell
3 21 (10.40%) Bash
4 17 (8.42%) JavaScript
4 17 (8.42%) SQL
5 9 (4.46%) Java
6 8 (3.96%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.97%) VBA
8 5 (2.48%) Perl
9 4 (1.98%) C#
9 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.99%) Go
11 1 (0.50%) C
11 1 (0.50%) C++
11 1 (0.50%) Korn
11 1 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (28.22%) Security Cleared
2 41 (20.30%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (5.45%) Degree
4 11 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.46%) CCNP
7 7 (3.47%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.48%) CCNA
9 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.49%) VCAP
10 3 (1.49%) VCDX
11 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.99%) CCIE
11 2 (0.99%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.99%) RHCE
11 2 (0.99%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.48%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.48%) GDPR
3 4 (1.98%) NIST
4 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.99%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.50%) MiFID
5 1 (0.50%) NCSC
5 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 113 (55.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (21.29%) Active Directory
3 27 (13.37%) vSphere
4 21 (10.40%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (9.90%) Hyper-V
6 19 (9.41%) VMware NSX
7 12 (5.94%) Docker
8 9 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.48%) KVM
11 4 (1.98%) NFS
11 4 (1.98%) Veritas File System
11 4 (1.98%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 4 (1.98%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.50%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.50%) Firmware
12 1 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.50%) Postfix
12 1 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (15.84%) Ansible
2 23 (11.39%) SCCM
3 22 (10.89%) vRealize
4 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (9.41%) Terraform
6 15 (7.43%) Kubernetes
6 15 (7.43%) vCenter Server
7 9 (4.46%) SCOM
8 6 (2.97%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.97%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (2.48%) Grafana
10 4 (1.98%) Argo
10 4 (1.98%) Control-M
10 4 (1.98%) QRadar
11 3 (1.49%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.49%) NetBackup
11 3 (1.49%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.49%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.49%) Puppet
11 3 (1.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 46 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.39%) Red Hat
3 20 (9.90%) Citrix
4 19 (9.41%) Cisco
5 13 (6.44%) Dell
6 12 (5.94%) NetApp
6 12 (5.94%) Oracle
7 10 (4.95%) CyberArk
8 8 (3.96%) EMC
8 8 (3.96%) Splunk
9 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.97%) Qualys
10 6 (2.97%) Veeam
11 5 (2.48%) F5
11 5 (2.48%) Google
12 4 (1.98%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.98%) SaltStack
12 4 (1.98%) Symantec
12 4 (1.98%) Tenable
13 3 (1.49%) Pure Storage