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 30 September 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
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 185 118
Rank change year-on-year -9 -67 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware 303 198 351
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 1.48% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 3.49% 3.19% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 121 216
10th Percentile £345 £331 £305
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £492
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +5.63% -6.23%
75th Percentile £650 £576 £575
90th Percentile £738 £685 £666
England median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £14.63 £23.70 -
25th Percentile £21.69 £24.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £46.00 £26.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.58% -60.74% +12.50%
75th Percentile £63.00 £28.25 £91.63
90th Percentile £77.75 £29.30 £112.00
England median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +102.21% -24.44% -31.80%

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 8,685 6,211 6,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.72% 46.45% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,653 4,040 4,419
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 114 78
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.26
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.58 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.72% -25.33% -8.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.44 £64.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.16%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -6 52 £575 +12.20% 25
West London -29 4 £475 -25.49% 8
East London +5 3 £538 +2.38% 5
South London -15 1 £413 -21.43%
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 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.31%) Confluence
3 7 (2.31%) JBoss
3 7 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.98%) nginx
5 5 (1.65%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.99%) IIS
7 2 (0.66%) Apache
8 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 118 (38.94%) Azure
2 51 (16.83%) AWS
3 33 (10.89%) Entra ID
3 33 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.94%) GCP
6 17 (5.61%) GitHub
6 17 (5.61%) IaaS
7 14 (4.62%) PaaS
7 14 (4.62%) SaaS
8 13 (4.29%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.96%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.63%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.30%) Datadog
11 10 (3.30%) Rubrik
12 9 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.64%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 5 (1.65%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 65 (21.45%) DNS
2 46 (15.18%) DHCP
3 44 (14.52%) Firewall
4 26 (8.58%) SAN
5 19 (6.27%) WAN
6 17 (5.61%) TCP/IP
6 17 (5.61%) VPN
7 14 (4.62%) Network Security
8 13 (4.29%) LAN
8 13 (4.29%) NAS
8 13 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (3.63%) VSAN
10 8 (2.64%) HTTP
10 8 (2.64%) SSL
10 8 (2.64%) VLAN
11 7 (2.31%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.98%) BGP
12 6 (1.98%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (3.63%) Power BI
4 10 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.97%) Big Data
6 8 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.98%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.98%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.65%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.66%) GIS
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.33%) MySQL
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 16 (5.28%) GitLab
2 14 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.96%) Git
4 8 (2.64%) JIRA
5 4 (1.32%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.66%) Subversion
7 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 84 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 72 (23.76%) Finance
3 30 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.27%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (5.28%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.95%) Banking
7 12 (3.96%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.30%) Legal
9 6 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (20.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 40 (13.20%) Senior
3 28 (9.24%) VMware Engineer
4 25 (8.25%) Architect
5 18 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (5.94%) Consultant
5 18 (5.94%) Lead
5 18 (5.94%) Support Engineer
6 17 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (5.28%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) IT Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) VMware Consultant
10 9 (2.97%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (2.97%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (2.97%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 9 (2.97%) Server Engineer
10 9 (2.97%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (17.49%) Terraform
2 13 (4.29%) REST
3 7 (2.31%) JSON
4 5 (1.65%) .NET
4 5 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.65%) YAML
5 3 (0.99%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.99%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.99%) Middleware
5 3 (0.99%) Pulumi
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.66%) Blazor
6 2 (0.66%) EJB
6 2 (0.66%) Java SE
6 2 (0.66%) JSP
6 2 (0.66%) Kafka
6 2 (0.66%) OAuth
6 2 (0.66%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.49%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (9.24%) Clustering
4 18 (5.94%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.95%) Enterprise Storage
6 14 (4.62%) PKI
7 12 (3.96%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.96%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.97%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.64%) Replication
10 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.99%) CMDB
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 156 (51.49%) Windows
2 106 (34.98%) Windows Server
3 78 (25.74%) Linux
4 19 (6.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.96%) VMS
6 12 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (3.63%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.97%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.31%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.65%) Unix
12 4 (1.32%) Solaris
12 4 (1.32%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.99%) CentOS
13 3 (0.99%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.99%) OpenVMS
13 3 (0.99%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 83 (27.39%) Migration
3 60 (19.80%) Disaster Recovery
4 59 (19.47%) ITIL
5 52 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (16.17%) CI/CD
7 47 (15.51%) DevOps
8 41 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.55%) High Availability
11 33 (10.89%) Change Management
12 31 (10.23%) Infrastructure Automation
13 27 (8.91%) Platform Engineering
14 26 (8.58%) Project Delivery
15 25 (8.25%) Service Management
16 24 (7.92%) Root Cause Analysis
17 23 (7.59%) ITSM
18 22 (7.26%) Configuration Management
18 22 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
19 21 (6.93%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 78 (25.74%) PowerShell
2 42 (13.86%) Python
3 27 (8.91%) Bash
4 24 (7.92%) SQL
5 12 (3.96%) Java
6 8 (2.64%) Bicep
6 8 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.65%) Go
8 4 (1.32%) C
8 4 (1.32%) C#
9 3 (0.99%) Korn
10 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (33.00%) Security Cleared
2 74 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.55%) DV Cleared
4 30 (9.90%) Degree
5 13 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.64%) CCNA
8 7 (2.31%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.98%) CCNP
10 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.65%) CISSP
10 5 (1.65%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.65%) PMP
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.61%) SLA
2 10 (3.30%) QA
3 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.98%) NIST
5 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.66%) NCSC
6 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) DICOM
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 196 (64.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 103 (33.99%) Active Directory
3 50 (16.50%) VMware ESXi
3 50 (16.50%) vSphere
4 34 (11.22%) VMware NSX
5 33 (10.89%) Hyper-V
6 18 (5.94%) Docker
7 16 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (2.31%) Firmware
9 7 (2.31%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.32%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.32%) KVM
10 4 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.32%) NFS
11 3 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.99%) UAG
12 2 (0.66%) Ceph
12 2 (0.66%) IAG
Systems Management
1 55 (18.15%) Ansible
2 48 (15.84%) Kubernetes
3 31 (10.23%) vCenter Server
4 24 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.60%) Puppet
5 20 (6.60%) SCCM
6 16 (5.28%) vRealize
7 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Clustering
8 10 (3.30%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.30%) SCOM
9 8 (2.64%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (2.31%) Grafana
10 7 (2.31%) Nagios
11 6 (1.98%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (1.98%) FortiGate
12 5 (1.65%) PowerCLI
13 4 (1.32%) NetBackup
13 4 (1.32%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.32%) vMotion
14 3 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 100 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.84%) Cisco
3 33 (10.89%) Red Hat
4 17 (5.61%) NetApp
4 17 (5.61%) Oracle
5 16 (5.28%) Citrix
5 16 (5.28%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.96%) Dell
7 11 (3.63%) BMC
8 10 (3.30%) CyberArk
8 10 (3.30%) Remedy
9 9 (2.97%) BeyondTrust
9 9 (2.97%) Commvault
9 9 (2.97%) EMC
9 9 (2.97%) Veeam
9 9 (2.97%) WALLIX
10 8 (2.64%) Tenable
10 8 (2.64%) Zscaler
11 7 (2.31%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.31%) HP