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 25 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
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 175 121
Rank change year-on-year -7 -54 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware 283 201 358
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 1.48% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 3.39% 3.22% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 128 240
10th Percentile £388 £363 £320
25th Percentile £456 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £590 £575
90th Percentile £715 £700 £677
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -1.44%
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 £60.94 £34.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.57% -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 8,360 6,246 7,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.87% 45.99% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,457 4,066 4,895
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £418 £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 £764
England median daily rate £510 £510 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 119 97
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.62
25th Percentile £22.48 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.32 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -4.29% -14.06%
75th Percentile £57.86 £48.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £72.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £25.15 £27.25
% change year-on-year +43.14% -7.71% -27.33%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 45 £538 -2.27% 7
South London -25 4 £289 -45.00% 3
West London -24 3 £475 -25.49% 2
East London +4 1 £525 - 4
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 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.83%) nginx
3 8 (2.83%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.12%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.06%) Confluence
5 3 (1.06%) JBoss
5 3 (1.06%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.71%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.35%) CloudStack
Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (32.16%) Azure
2 43 (15.19%) AWS
3 32 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.83%) Entra ID
5 23 (8.13%) IaaS
6 19 (6.71%) PaaS
7 17 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.59%) GitHub
8 13 (4.59%) SaaS
9 11 (3.89%) Datadog
9 11 (3.89%) Rubrik
10 10 (3.53%) GCP
11 9 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (3.18%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.83%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.47%) Azure Stack
13 7 (2.47%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.77%) Cohesity
14 5 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (19.79%) Firewall
2 55 (19.43%) DNS
3 41 (14.49%) DHCP
4 31 (10.95%) SAN
5 27 (9.54%) VPN
6 23 (8.13%) VSAN
7 21 (7.42%) NAS
8 20 (7.07%) WAN
9 18 (6.36%) LAN
10 15 (5.30%) VLAN
10 15 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (4.59%) Network Security
12 12 (4.24%) TCP/IP
13 8 (2.83%) BGP
13 8 (2.83%) SMTP
14 6 (2.12%) HTTP
14 6 (2.12%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.77%) OSPF
16 4 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
16 4 (1.41%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.77%) Big Data
3 5 (1.77%) Power BI
3 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.71%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) GIS
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Chocolatey
1 9 (3.18%) Git
1 9 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.83%) GitLab
3 7 (2.47%) JIRA
4 5 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.06%) Subversion
6 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.35%) Maven
6 1 (0.35%) MSI
6 1 (0.35%) VersionOne
General
1 59 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.14%) Finance
3 26 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.65%) Banking
4 16 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.95%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.59%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.89%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.47%) Legal
9 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.06%) Retail
10 2 (0.71%) Front Office
10 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Law
11 1 (0.35%) Local Government
11 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (18.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (12.01%) Senior
3 25 (8.83%) Architect
4 24 (8.48%) Consultant
4 24 (8.48%) VMware Engineer
5 19 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (6.01%) VMware Consultant
7 14 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (4.59%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.59%) Support Engineer
9 12 (4.24%) IT Engineer
9 12 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (3.89%) Storage Engineer
11 10 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.18%) IT Support
12 9 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (2.83%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.83%) Infrastructure Manager
13 8 (2.83%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.12%) REST
2 5 (1.77%) .NET
2 5 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.06%) Flash
3 3 (1.06%) 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 (0.35%) EJB
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) Java SE
5 1 (0.35%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.35%) JSP
5 1 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.35%) RESTful
5 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.72%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.13%) Clustering
3 18 (6.36%) Replication
4 15 (5.30%) Enterprise Storage
4 15 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.59%) PKI
6 12 (4.24%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.12%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.06%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.06%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 135 (47.70%) Windows
2 77 (27.21%) Windows Server
3 65 (22.97%) Linux
4 19 (6.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.83%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.83%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.47%) VMS
9 6 (2.12%) Solaris
9 6 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.41%) SUSE
11 4 (1.41%) Unix
12 3 (1.06%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.35%) AIX
14 1 (0.35%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.33%) Migration
2 75 (26.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (14.13%) CI/CD
3 40 (14.13%) ITIL
4 38 (13.43%) DevOps
5 34 (12.01%) High Availability
6 33 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
7 32 (11.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (9.89%) Change Management
10 23 (8.13%) Infrastructure Automation
10 23 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (8.13%) Validation
11 22 (7.77%) Agile
12 20 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (7.07%) ITSM
13 17 (6.01%) Incident Management
13 17 (6.01%) Platform Engineering
14 16 (5.65%) Project Delivery
14 16 (5.65%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.38%) PowerShell
2 27 (9.54%) Python
3 21 (7.42%) Bash
4 19 (6.71%) SQL
5 12 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.18%) Java
7 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.41%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.06%) Bicep
8 3 (1.06%) C#
9 2 (0.71%) C
9 2 (0.71%) Go
9 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.35%) Korn
10 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (36.75%) Security Cleared
2 78 (27.56%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.31%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.83%) Degree
5 11 (3.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.47%) CCNA
9 5 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.41%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.41%) CCNP
10 4 (1.41%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.41%) PMP
11 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.06%) VCAP
12 2 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.71%) VCDX
13 1 (0.35%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.07%) SLA
2 5 (1.77%) NIST
2 5 (1.77%) QA
3 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.35%) COBIT
4 1 (0.35%) DICOM
4 1 (0.35%) GRC
4 1 (0.35%) HL7
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.35%) NCSC
4 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 171 (60.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 82 (28.98%) Active Directory
3 46 (16.25%) vSphere
4 44 (15.55%) VMware ESXi
5 43 (15.19%) VMware NSX
6 29 (10.25%) Hyper-V
7 19 (6.71%) Docker
7 19 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (4.59%) NFS
9 9 (3.18%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.83%) BitLocker
11 7 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (1.77%) Firmware
12 5 (1.77%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.41%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.41%) UAG
14 3 (1.06%) KVM
14 3 (1.06%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.71%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (14.49%) Ansible
2 38 (13.43%) Terraform
2 38 (13.43%) vCenter Server
3 34 (12.01%) Kubernetes
4 27 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (7.07%) SCCM
6 18 (6.36%) vRealize
7 15 (5.30%) vMotion
8 14 (4.95%) Puppet
9 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (2.47%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (2.47%) PowerCLI
10 7 (2.47%) VxRail
11 6 (2.12%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (2.12%) FortiGate
12 5 (1.77%) Grafana
12 5 (1.77%) Nagios
12 5 (1.77%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (1.77%) Prometheus
12 5 (1.77%) SCOM
Vendors
1 76 (26.86%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.49%) Cisco
3 25 (8.83%) Citrix
4 23 (8.13%) Red Hat
5 21 (7.42%) NetApp
6 18 (6.36%) Pure Storage
7 13 (4.59%) Commvault
7 13 (4.59%) Oracle
7 13 (4.59%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.59%) Tenable
8 12 (4.24%) Dell
9 9 (3.18%) AppDynamics
9 9 (3.18%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.83%) Broadcom
11 7 (2.47%) EMC
11 7 (2.47%) HP
12 6 (2.12%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (2.12%) Bloomberg
12 6 (2.12%) CyberArk
12 6 (2.12%) IBM