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 6 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
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 166 131
Rank change year-on-year -30 -35 -20
Contract jobs citing VMware 264 210 341
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 1.58% 1.94%
As % of the Vendors category 3.28% 3.47% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 138 226
10th Percentile £380 £363 £313
25th Percentile £458 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £595 £550
90th Percentile £668 £700 £657
England median daily rate £525 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £21.20 - £22.08
25th Percentile £24.13 - £23.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +26.05% -57.94%
75th Percentile £49.35 - £71.25
90th Percentile £60.36 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £32.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year +55.63% -18.08% -26.69%

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 8,046 6,056 7,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.42% 45.59% 42.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,268 3,923 5,078
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% - -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £775
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 114 127
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.04 £13.87
25th Percentile £24.81 £22.60 £17.96
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.33 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% +17.14% -21.37%
75th Percentile £59.57 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £82.38 £65.00 £65.01
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.80% +1.60% -33.33%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +4 42 £500 -9.09% 18
South London -11 6 £165 -68.57% 1
West London -30 2 £475 -25.49% 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 15 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.03%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.65%) nginx
5 4 (1.52%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.14%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.76%) Apache
7 2 (0.76%) IIS
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.38%) CloudStack
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 83 (31.44%) Azure
2 39 (14.77%) AWS
3 29 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.58%) IaaS
5 16 (6.06%) PaaS
6 15 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.68%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.17%) GitHub
7 11 (4.17%) Rubrik
8 9 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.41%) SaaS
9 8 (3.03%) GCP
9 8 (3.03%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.65%) Azure Stack
10 7 (2.65%) Datadog
10 7 (2.65%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.89%) Cohesity
12 4 (1.52%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (20.45%) Firewall
2 49 (18.56%) DNS
3 37 (14.02%) DHCP
4 28 (10.61%) SAN
4 28 (10.61%) VPN
5 25 (9.47%) VSAN
6 22 (8.33%) WAN
7 21 (7.95%) NAS
8 19 (7.20%) LAN
9 13 (4.92%) VLAN
10 10 (3.79%) Network Security
10 10 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.41%) SMTP
12 7 (2.65%) BGP
12 7 (2.65%) SD-WAN
12 7 (2.65%) TCP/IP
13 5 (1.89%) HTTP
13 5 (1.89%) OSPF
14 4 (1.52%) DMZ
14 4 (1.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.14%) Big Data
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.14%) Power BI
5 2 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) GIS
6 1 (0.38%) Metadata
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.03%) Git
2 7 (2.65%) Chocolatey
3 6 (2.27%) GitLab
3 6 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.52%) JIRA
5 3 (1.14%) Subversion
6 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) MSI
6 1 (0.38%) RStudio
6 1 (0.38%) VersionOne
General
1 49 (18.56%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.18%) Finance
3 16 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.79%) Banking
6 9 (3.41%) Financial Institution
6 9 (3.41%) Legal
6 9 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.14%) Retail
8 2 (0.76%) Front Office
8 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.38%) Law
9 1 (0.38%) Local Government
9 1 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (18.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (10.61%) Senior
3 27 (10.23%) Consultant
4 26 (9.85%) Architect
5 22 (8.33%) VMware Engineer
6 20 (7.58%) VMware Consultant
7 17 (6.44%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (4.55%) Storage Engineer
8 12 (4.55%) Support Engineer
9 11 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (3.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (3.79%) IT Engineer
10 10 (3.79%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.41%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) IT Support
12 8 (3.03%) NetApp Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) VMware Architect
12 8 (3.03%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.27%) REST
2 5 (1.89%) .NET
3 3 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.14%) Flash
3 3 (1.14%) JSON
4 2 (0.76%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.76%) Blazor
4 2 (0.76%) Middleware
4 2 (0.76%) YAML
5 1 (0.38%) Django
5 1 (0.38%) EJB
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) Java SE
5 1 (0.38%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.38%) JSP
5 1 (0.38%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.58%) Replication
3 16 (6.06%) Clustering
4 15 (5.68%) Enterprise Storage
4 15 (5.68%) PKI
5 11 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.52%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.14%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.14%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.14%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 116 (43.94%) Windows
2 68 (25.76%) Windows Server
3 52 (19.70%) Linux
4 15 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.65%) VMS
8 6 (2.27%) Solaris
8 6 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.89%) Unix
10 4 (1.52%) SUSE
11 3 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (1.14%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.38%) AIX
13 1 (0.38%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (27.65%) Migration
2 67 (25.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 36 (13.64%) DevOps
4 33 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 31 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (10.98%) ITIL
7 26 (9.85%) Validation
8 23 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (8.33%) Change Management
9 22 (8.33%) High Availability
10 21 (7.95%) Agile
10 21 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (7.58%) Infrastructure Automation
12 15 (5.68%) ITSM
13 14 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (5.30%) Runbook
13 14 (5.30%) Storage Management
14 13 (4.92%) Capacity Management
14 13 (4.92%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.11%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.85%) Python
3 13 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 13 (4.92%) SQL
4 12 (4.55%) Bash
5 7 (2.65%) Java
6 5 (1.89%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.52%) C#
7 4 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.14%) Bicep
8 3 (1.14%) C
9 1 (0.38%) Korn
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (35.61%) Security Cleared
2 66 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.74%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.20%) Degree
5 12 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.65%) CCNA
9 5 (1.89%) CCNP
10 4 (1.52%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.52%) PMP
11 3 (1.14%) VCAP
12 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.76%) VCDX
13 1 (0.38%) MCSE
13 1 (0.38%) OCP
13 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.06%) SLA
2 4 (1.52%) NIST
3 3 (1.14%) QA
4 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.38%) COBIT
5 1 (0.38%) DICOM
5 1 (0.38%) HL7
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 162 (61.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 48 (18.18%) VMware NSX
4 44 (16.67%) vSphere
5 40 (15.15%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (10.98%) Hyper-V
7 19 (7.20%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (6.82%) Docker
9 14 (5.30%) NFS
10 10 (3.79%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (3.41%) BitLocker
12 7 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (1.89%) Firmware
13 5 (1.89%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (1.52%) Terminal Services
15 3 (1.14%) UAG
15 3 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.76%) vCloud
16 2 (0.76%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.38%) KVM
Systems Management
1 40 (15.15%) Ansible
2 35 (13.26%) Terraform
2 35 (13.26%) vCenter Server
3 28 (10.61%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (7.58%) vRealize
6 19 (7.20%) SCCM
7 17 (6.44%) vMotion
8 12 (4.55%) Puppet
9 8 (3.03%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (2.65%) PowerCLI
10 7 (2.65%) VxRail
11 5 (1.89%) FortiGate
11 5 (1.89%) Nagios
11 5 (1.89%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (1.89%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.52%) Progress Chef
13 3 (1.14%) Grafana
13 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 62 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.88%) Cisco
3 25 (9.47%) Citrix
4 18 (6.82%) NetApp
4 18 (6.82%) Pure Storage
5 17 (6.44%) Dell
6 16 (6.06%) Red Hat
7 11 (4.17%) Commvault
7 11 (4.17%) ServiceNow
7 11 (4.17%) Tenable
8 10 (3.79%) Oracle
9 8 (3.03%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.65%) AppDynamics
10 7 (2.65%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.65%) IBM
11 6 (2.27%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.27%) EMC
11 6 (2.27%) Juniper
12 5 (1.89%) Google
12 5 (1.89%) Palo Alto