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 18 August 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 192 113
Rank change year-on-year +8 -79 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 307 184 355
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.53% 1.37% 2.20%
As % of the Vendors category 3.59% 2.97% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 111 237
10th Percentile £380 £363 £325
25th Percentile £463 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -8.05%
75th Percentile £645 £599 £560
90th Percentile £728 £700 £656
England median daily rate £530 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £20.23 - -
25th Percentile £21.69 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £24.75 £30.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -55.56% +27.43%
75th Percentile £28.19 - £71.25
90th Percentile £29.88 - -
England median hourly rate £63.31 £31.39 £67.50
% change year-on-year +101.71% -53.50% +23.72%

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 8,553 6,205 6,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.57% 46.09% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,569 4,030 4,732
10th Percentile £349 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.72%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 127 87
10th Percentile £18.14 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.76 £22.70 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £58.31 £38.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £75.50
England median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.39
% change year-on-year +35.11% -14.41% -21.64%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +24 54 £550 +4.76% 9
West London -26 4 £475 -25.49%
East London 0 2 £538 +2.38% 5
South London -20 1 £413 -21.43% 2
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 22 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.61%) nginx
3 8 (2.61%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.28%) JBoss
4 7 (2.28%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.95%) Confluence
6 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.98%) IIS
6 3 (0.98%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.65%) Apache
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.22%) Azure
2 56 (18.24%) AWS
3 31 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 24 (7.82%) IaaS
6 20 (6.51%) PaaS
7 18 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (5.54%) SaaS
9 16 (5.21%) GCP
10 14 (4.56%) GitHub
11 11 (3.58%) Datadog
11 11 (3.58%) Power Platform
11 11 (3.58%) Rubrik
12 10 (3.26%) OneDrive
13 9 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.61%) Nutanix
15 7 (2.28%) Azure Stack
15 7 (2.28%) OpenShift
16 6 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
17 5 (1.63%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 63 (20.52%) DNS
2 54 (17.59%) Firewall
3 45 (14.66%) DHCP
4 25 (8.14%) VPN
5 24 (7.82%) SAN
6 21 (6.84%) VSAN
7 19 (6.19%) WAN
8 17 (5.54%) LAN
9 16 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (4.89%) Network Security
11 14 (4.56%) VLAN
12 13 (4.23%) NAS
12 13 (4.23%) TCP/IP
13 10 (3.26%) BGP
14 7 (2.28%) HTTP
14 7 (2.28%) Kerberos
14 7 (2.28%) SMTP
14 7 (2.28%) VXLAN
15 6 (1.95%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (14.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (3.58%) Power BI
3 11 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (3.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.93%) Big Data
6 6 (1.95%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.98%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.65%) GIS
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.33%) Metadata
10 1 (0.33%) MySQL
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 12 (3.91%) Git
1 12 (3.91%) GitLab
2 10 (3.26%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.26%) JIRA
3 8 (2.61%) Chocolatey
4 3 (0.98%) Subversion
5 2 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) MSI
6 1 (0.33%) VersionOne
General
1 71 (23.13%) Social Skills
2 69 (22.48%) Finance
3 31 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.54%) Banking
5 16 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.91%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.93%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.28%) Legal
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Retail
11 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 41 (13.36%) Senior
3 27 (8.79%) VMware Engineer
4 26 (8.47%) Architect
5 22 (7.17%) Consultant
6 19 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (5.54%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.89%) Network Engineer
8 15 (4.89%) VMware Consultant
9 14 (4.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) IT Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) Lead
13 9 (2.93%) Administrator
13 9 (2.93%) Infrastructure Manager
13 9 (2.93%) Server Engineer
13 9 (2.93%) SQL DBA
13 9 (2.93%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.58%) REST
2 7 (2.28%) JSON
3 6 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.63%) .NET
4 5 (1.63%) YAML
5 3 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.98%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.98%) Middleware
6 2 (0.65%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.65%) Blazor
6 2 (0.65%) EJB
6 2 (0.65%) Java SE
6 2 (0.65%) JSP
6 2 (0.65%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) DCOM
7 1 (0.33%) Flash
7 1 (0.33%) HTML
7 1 (0.33%) Jakarta EE
7 1 (0.33%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 54 (17.59%) Data Centre
2 34 (11.07%) Clustering
3 18 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.54%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.21%) Enterprise Storage
6 15 (4.89%) PKI
7 10 (3.26%) Replication
8 8 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.28%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.63%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.98%) CMDB
13 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
14 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 155 (50.49%) Windows
2 92 (29.97%) Windows Server
3 84 (27.36%) Linux
4 24 (7.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (4.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.23%) VMS
7 12 (3.91%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.26%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.95%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.95%) Solaris
10 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.63%) Unix
12 4 (1.30%) SUSE
12 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.98%) OpenVMS
13 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (28.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (27.69%) Migration
3 55 (17.92%) ITIL
4 44 (14.33%) CI/CD
4 44 (14.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 43 (14.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (13.36%) DevOps
7 40 (13.03%) High Availability
8 39 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (10.10%) Change Management
10 30 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (9.12%) ITSM
12 27 (8.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 24 (7.82%) Agile
13 24 (7.82%) Incident Management
13 24 (7.82%) Project Delivery
14 23 (7.49%) Service Management
15 21 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (6.51%) Root Cause Analysis
16 20 (6.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.04%) PowerShell
2 37 (12.05%) Python
3 27 (8.79%) SQL
4 25 (8.14%) Bash
5 13 (4.23%) Java
6 12 (3.91%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.63%) Bicep
8 4 (1.30%) C#
8 4 (1.30%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.98%) Go
10 2 (0.65%) C
10 2 (0.65%) Korn
10 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (37.13%) Security Cleared
2 86 (28.01%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.05%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.45%) Degree
5 14 (4.56%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.28%) CCNA
10 6 (1.95%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.63%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.63%) PMP
12 4 (1.30%) CCNP
12 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.98%) CISSP
13 3 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.98%) VCAP
14 2 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.65%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.17%) SLA
2 11 (3.58%) QA
3 4 (1.30%) NIST
4 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) DICOM
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) HL7
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (0.33%) NCSC
5 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 190 (61.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 94 (30.62%) Active Directory
3 53 (17.26%) VMware ESXi
4 50 (16.29%) vSphere
5 41 (13.36%) VMware NSX
6 34 (11.07%) Hyper-V
7 20 (6.51%) Docker
7 20 (6.51%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (2.28%) BitLocker
10 7 (2.28%) Firmware
10 7 (2.28%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.63%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (1.30%) NFS
12 4 (1.30%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.30%) UAG
13 3 (0.98%) KVM
13 3 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.65%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 55 (17.92%) Ansible
2 47 (15.31%) Terraform
3 38 (12.38%) vCenter Server
4 37 (12.05%) Kubernetes
5 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (7.49%) SCCM
7 19 (6.19%) Puppet
7 19 (6.19%) vRealize
8 15 (4.89%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (3.26%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (2.93%) SCOM
11 7 (2.28%) NetBackup
11 7 (2.28%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (2.28%) vMotion
11 7 (2.28%) VxRail
12 6 (1.95%) FortiGate
12 6 (1.95%) PowerCLI
12 6 (1.95%) Prometheus
13 5 (1.63%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (1.63%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 89 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.31%) Cisco
3 30 (9.77%) Red Hat
4 22 (7.17%) Citrix
5 20 (6.51%) NetApp
6 19 (6.19%) Oracle
7 18 (5.86%) ServiceNow
8 13 (4.23%) Dell
9 12 (3.91%) Tenable
10 11 (3.58%) BMC
11 10 (3.26%) CyberArk
11 10 (3.26%) Remedy
12 9 (2.93%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (2.93%) WALLIX
13 8 (2.61%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.61%) Commvault
13 8 (2.61%) Dynatrace
13 8 (2.61%) EMC
13 8 (2.61%) HP
13 8 (2.61%) IBM