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 17 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
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 181 116
Rank change year-on-year -12 -65 -21
Contract jobs citing VMware 305 194 357
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 1.44% 2.21%
As % of the Vendors category 3.50% 3.13% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 119 227
10th Percentile £350 £330 £306
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £648 £600 £569
90th Percentile £725 £700 £657
England median daily rate £526 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.43% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £23.15 - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £62.00 £30.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.67% -55.56% +19.50%
75th Percentile £63.00 - £71.25
90th Percentile £80.70 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £43.08
% change year-on-year +102.21% -21.08% -31.62%

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 8,715 6,204 7,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.84% 46.19% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,667 4,017 4,543
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.65% -4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 120 78
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.30 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -14.60% -17.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £83.50 £63.88 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £33.25
% change year-on-year +19.28% -24.36% -22.22%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -2 52 £550 +4.76% 27
West London -27 4 £475 -25.49% 12
East London +4 3 £538 +2.38% 6
South London -17 1 £413 -21.43% 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 19 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.30%) JBoss
3 7 (2.30%) nginx
3 7 (2.30%) OpenStack
3 7 (2.30%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.97%) Confluence
5 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.98%) IIS
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (3.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.70%) Azure
2 54 (17.70%) AWS
3 31 (10.16%) Entra ID
4 29 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.57%) GCP
6 17 (5.57%) IaaS
7 16 (5.25%) GitHub
8 15 (4.92%) SaaS
9 14 (4.59%) PaaS
10 11 (3.61%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.61%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.28%) Datadog
11 10 (3.28%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.62%) Rubrik
13 7 (2.30%) Azure Stack
13 7 (2.30%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 62 (20.33%) DNS
2 47 (15.41%) Firewall
3 43 (14.10%) DHCP
4 23 (7.54%) SAN
5 21 (6.89%) WAN
6 19 (6.23%) VPN
7 17 (5.57%) Network Security
8 16 (5.25%) TCP/IP
9 15 (4.92%) LAN
10 14 (4.59%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (4.26%) VLAN
11 13 (4.26%) VSAN
12 12 (3.93%) NAS
13 9 (2.95%) HTTP
14 8 (2.62%) SSL
15 7 (2.30%) BGP
15 7 (2.30%) Kerberos
16 6 (1.97%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 5 (1.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (13.44%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (3.61%) Power BI
4 10 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.95%) Big Data
5 9 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.97%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.97%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.66%) GIS
10 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.33%) Metadata
11 1 (0.33%) MySQL
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 15 (4.92%) GitLab
2 13 (4.26%) Git
2 13 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.95%) JIRA
4 5 (1.64%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.98%) Subversion
6 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.33%) VersionOne
General
1 79 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.64%) Finance
3 30 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.23%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (5.25%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.92%) Banking
7 10 (3.28%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.95%) Legal
9 8 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 58 (19.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 40 (13.11%) Senior
3 28 (9.18%) VMware Engineer
4 25 (8.20%) Architect
5 21 (6.89%) Consultant
6 18 (5.90%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.57%) Support Engineer
8 16 (5.25%) Network Engineer
9 15 (4.92%) Lead
10 14 (4.59%) VMware Consultant
11 13 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.61%) IT Engineer
14 10 (3.28%) Senior VMware Engineer
15 9 (2.95%) Administrator
15 9 (2.95%) DBA
15 9 (2.95%) Infrastructure Manager
15 9 (2.95%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (16.39%) Terraform
2 12 (3.93%) REST
3 7 (2.30%) JSON
4 5 (1.64%) .NET
4 5 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.64%) YAML
5 3 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.98%) ARM Templates
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%) Middleware
6 2 (0.66%) OAuth
6 2 (0.66%) Pulumi
6 2 (0.66%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.72%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.49%) Clustering
3 27 (8.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.90%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.26%) Enterprise Storage
5 13 (4.26%) PKI
6 10 (3.28%) Replication
7 9 (2.95%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.95%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.62%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 157 (51.48%) Windows
2 101 (33.11%) Windows Server
3 83 (27.21%) Linux
4 22 (7.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.59%) VMS
5 14 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (3.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.95%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.30%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.64%) Solaris
10 5 (1.64%) Unix
11 4 (1.31%) SUSE
11 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.98%) OpenVMS
12 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.66%) CentOS
13 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (26.56%) Migration
3 55 (18.03%) Disaster Recovery
3 55 (18.03%) ITIL
4 48 (15.74%) CI/CD
4 48 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (15.08%) DevOps
6 40 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (12.79%) High Availability
8 38 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (10.16%) Change Management
10 29 (9.51%) Infrastructure Automation
11 26 (8.52%) Platform Engineering
12 24 (7.87%) ITSM
12 24 (7.87%) Project Delivery
12 24 (7.87%) Service Management
13 23 (7.54%) Agile
13 23 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (7.54%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (6.89%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.23%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.43%) Python
3 27 (8.85%) Bash
4 25 (8.20%) SQL
5 14 (4.59%) Java
6 12 (3.93%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.30%) Bicep
8 5 (1.64%) Go
9 4 (1.31%) C#
10 3 (0.98%) C
10 3 (0.98%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.66%) Korn
11 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (35.08%) Security Cleared
2 79 (25.90%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.48%) DV Cleared
4 31 (10.16%) Degree
5 13 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.93%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.62%) CCNA
10 7 (2.30%) A+ Certification
11 6 (1.97%) CCNP
12 5 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.64%) CISSP
12 5 (1.64%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.64%) PMP
13 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.66%) CCSP
14 2 (0.66%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.90%) SLA
2 11 (3.61%) QA
3 7 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.97%) NIST
5 5 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.66%) NCSC
7 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) DICOM
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) HL7
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 190 (62.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (32.13%) Active Directory
3 54 (17.70%) VMware ESXi
4 50 (16.39%) vSphere
5 34 (11.15%) Hyper-V
5 34 (11.15%) VMware NSX
6 19 (6.23%) Docker
6 19 (6.23%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.95%) Firmware
8 8 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.31%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.31%) NFS
10 4 (1.31%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.98%) KVM
11 3 (0.98%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.98%) UAG
12 2 (0.66%) Ceph
13 1 (0.33%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 54 (17.70%) Ansible
2 45 (14.75%) Kubernetes
3 35 (11.48%) vCenter Server
4 24 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.56%) vRealize
6 19 (6.23%) Puppet
6 19 (6.23%) SCCM
7 15 (4.92%) Microsoft Clustering
8 10 (3.28%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (2.95%) Prometheus
9 9 (2.95%) SCOM
10 7 (2.30%) Nagios
10 7 (2.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (1.97%) FortiGate
11 6 (1.97%) Grafana
12 5 (1.64%) PowerCLI
12 5 (1.64%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.31%) NetBackup
13 4 (1.31%) vMotion
13 4 (1.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 94 (30.82%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.08%) Cisco
3 30 (9.84%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.90%) Oracle
5 16 (5.25%) NetApp
5 16 (5.25%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.92%) Citrix
7 14 (4.59%) Dell
8 11 (3.61%) BMC
9 10 (3.28%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.28%) Remedy
10 9 (2.95%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (2.95%) Commvault
10 9 (2.95%) Tenable
10 9 (2.95%) WALLIX
11 8 (2.62%) Zscaler
12 7 (2.30%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.30%) EMC
12 7 (2.30%) IBM
12 7 (2.30%) Meraki