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 31 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 192 114
Rank change year-on-year +2 -78 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware 287 194 360
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.43% 1.43% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 3.41% 3.12% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 124 243
10th Percentile £380 £363 £322
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £590 £575
90th Percentile £725 £698 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -
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 £58.49 £34.71 £67.50
% change year-on-year +68.53% -48.58% +25.10%

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 8,410 6,226 7,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.90% 45.77% 42.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,493 4,068 4,813
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £761 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 121 87
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.62
25th Percentile £20.60 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -13.95%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -10.18% -27.32%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +10 48 £550 +4.76% 13
West London -21 4 £475 -25.49% 1
South London -24 3 £413 -21.43% 3
East London +2 1 £525 - 5
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 21 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.79%) nginx
3 8 (2.79%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.09%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.74%) Confluence
6 4 (1.39%) JBoss
7 3 (1.05%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.70%) Apache
8 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.70%) IIS
9 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.35%) CloudStack
Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (32.75%) Azure
2 47 (16.38%) AWS
3 33 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.71%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.36%) IaaS
6 20 (6.97%) PaaS
7 18 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.23%) SaaS
9 14 (4.88%) GitHub
10 13 (4.53%) Datadog
11 12 (4.18%) GCP
12 11 (3.83%) Rubrik
13 10 (3.48%) OneDrive
14 9 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (2.79%) OpenShift
16 7 (2.44%) Azure Stack
16 7 (2.44%) Power Platform
17 6 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (2.09%) Nutanix
18 5 (1.74%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 63 (21.95%) DNS
2 56 (19.51%) Firewall
3 45 (15.68%) DHCP
4 28 (9.76%) VPN
5 26 (9.06%) SAN
6 22 (7.67%) VSAN
7 20 (6.97%) WAN
8 18 (6.27%) LAN
9 17 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (5.57%) VLAN
11 15 (5.23%) NAS
12 14 (4.88%) Network Security
13 13 (4.53%) TCP/IP
14 8 (2.79%) BGP
14 8 (2.79%) SMTP
15 6 (2.09%) HTTP
15 6 (2.09%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.74%) OSPF
17 4 (1.39%) 4G
17 4 (1.39%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.89%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.53%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.44%) Power BI
3 7 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.09%) Big Data
4 6 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.05%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.35%) GIS
8 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) MySQL
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 11 (3.83%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.48%) Chocolatey
2 10 (3.48%) Git
2 10 (3.48%) GitLab
3 9 (3.14%) JIRA
4 3 (1.05%) Subversion
4 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.35%) Maven
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
5 1 (0.35%) VersionOne
General
1 60 (20.91%) Social Skills
2 57 (19.86%) Finance
3 28 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.92%) Banking
5 15 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.23%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.53%) Financial Institution
7 12 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.44%) Legal
9 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Retail
10 2 (0.70%) Front Office
10 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.70%) 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 57 (19.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (13.24%) Senior
3 24 (8.36%) VMware Engineer
4 23 (8.01%) Architect
4 23 (8.01%) Consultant
5 20 (6.97%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (5.57%) VMware Consultant
7 14 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (4.88%) Network Engineer
7 14 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 12 (4.18%) IT Engineer
8 12 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (4.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.48%) Storage Engineer
10 9 (3.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (2.79%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.79%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (2.79%) IT Support
11 8 (2.79%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (2.09%) REST
2 5 (1.74%) .NET
3 3 (1.05%) Flash
3 3 (1.05%) JSON
4 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.70%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.70%) Blazor
4 2 (0.70%) Middleware
4 2 (0.70%) YAML
5 1 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.35%) EJB
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) JSP
5 1 (0.35%) Kafka
5 1 (0.35%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.59%) Data Centre
2 27 (9.41%) Clustering
3 16 (5.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
4 14 (4.88%) PKI
5 13 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.83%) Replication
7 10 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.44%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.09%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (2.09%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.74%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 147 (51.22%) Windows
2 86 (29.97%) Windows Server
3 71 (24.74%) Linux
4 20 (6.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (5.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.48%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (3.14%) Ubuntu
8 9 (3.14%) VMS
9 8 (2.79%) Windows 10
10 6 (2.09%) Solaris
11 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.39%) SUSE
12 4 (1.39%) Unix
13 3 (1.05%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.70%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.35%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (28.22%) Migration
3 44 (15.33%) ITIL
4 42 (14.63%) CI/CD
5 40 (13.94%) DevOps
6 37 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (12.54%) High Availability
7 36 (12.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 31 (10.80%) Change Management
10 25 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (8.36%) Agile
11 24 (8.36%) Infrastructure Automation
12 21 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (7.32%) Incident Management
12 21 (7.32%) ITSM
13 20 (6.97%) Validation
14 18 (6.27%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.27%) Service Management
15 17 (5.92%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (25.78%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.76%) Python
3 23 (8.01%) Bash
4 22 (7.67%) SQL
5 13 (4.53%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.83%) Java
7 4 (1.39%) C#
7 4 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.05%) Bicep
8 3 (1.05%) Go
9 2 (0.70%) C
9 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.35%) C++
10 1 (0.35%) Korn
10 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (37.63%) Security Cleared
2 79 (27.53%) SC Cleared
3 35 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.06%) Degree
5 12 (4.18%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.44%) CCNA
7 7 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.39%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.39%) CCNP
8 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.39%) PMP
9 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.05%) VCAP
10 2 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.70%) VCDX
11 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.01%) SLA
2 7 (2.44%) QA
3 5 (1.74%) NIST
4 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.35%) DICOM
5 1 (0.35%) GRC
5 1 (0.35%) HL7
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
5 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 172 (59.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 92 (32.06%) Active Directory
3 47 (16.38%) VMware ESXi
4 46 (16.03%) vSphere
5 41 (14.29%) VMware NSX
6 32 (11.15%) Hyper-V
7 19 (6.62%) Docker
7 19 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (2.79%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (2.44%) NFS
11 6 (2.09%) Firmware
12 5 (1.74%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.39%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.39%) UAG
13 4 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (1.05%) KVM
14 3 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.35%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 47 (16.38%) Ansible
2 44 (15.33%) Terraform
3 40 (13.94%) vCenter Server
4 36 (12.54%) Kubernetes
5 29 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (8.01%) SCCM
7 18 (6.27%) vRealize
8 16 (5.57%) Puppet
9 11 (3.83%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (3.83%) vMotion
10 8 (2.79%) SCOM
11 7 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (2.44%) PowerCLI
11 7 (2.44%) VxRail
12 6 (2.09%) FortiGate
12 6 (2.09%) Grafana
12 6 (2.09%) Prometheus
13 5 (1.74%) Nagios
13 5 (1.74%) NetBackup
13 5 (1.74%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 84 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.98%) Cisco
3 25 (8.71%) Citrix
4 24 (8.36%) Red Hat
5 21 (7.32%) NetApp
6 16 (5.57%) Oracle
7 14 (4.88%) Tenable
8 12 (4.18%) Dell
8 12 (4.18%) Pure Storage
8 12 (4.18%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.83%) Commvault
10 10 (3.48%) AppDynamics
10 10 (3.48%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.79%) Broadcom
11 8 (2.79%) HP
12 7 (2.44%) BeyondTrust
12 7 (2.44%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.44%) EMC
12 7 (2.44%) WALLIX
12 7 (2.44%) Zscaler