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 16 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
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 172 119
Rank change year-on-year -21 -53 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware 262 209 361
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 1.54% 2.08%
As % of the Vendors category 3.18% 3.35% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 132 243
10th Percentile £367 £351 £314
25th Percentile £456 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £598 £553
90th Percentile £683 £700 £687
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 11
10th Percentile £20.23 - £22.08
25th Percentile £21.69 - £23.05
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 £54.87 £34.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.09% -13.23% -24.49%

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 8,244 6,233 7,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.72% 45.96% 42.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,382 4,041 5,054
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +0.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £765
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 119 122
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.93
25th Percentile £22.46 £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% +8.00% -21.68%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.00 £69.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
% change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 41 £500 -9.09% 9
South London -19 5 £165 -68.57% 1
West London -23 2 £475 -25.49% 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 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.05%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.67%) nginx
5 5 (1.91%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.15%) 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 (31.68%) Azure
2 39 (14.89%) AWS
3 29 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.63%) IaaS
5 19 (7.25%) Entra ID
6 16 (6.11%) PaaS
7 15 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.20%) Rubrik
8 11 (4.20%) SaaS
9 10 (3.82%) GitHub
10 9 (3.44%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.05%) Datadog
11 8 (3.05%) GCP
11 8 (3.05%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.67%) Azure Stack
12 7 (2.67%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.91%) Cohesity
13 5 (1.91%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 3 (1.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 53 (20.23%) Firewall
2 49 (18.70%) DNS
3 35 (13.36%) DHCP
4 30 (11.45%) SAN
5 27 (10.31%) VPN
6 25 (9.54%) VSAN
7 22 (8.40%) NAS
8 18 (6.87%) WAN
9 16 (6.11%) LAN
10 14 (5.34%) VLAN
11 11 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.82%) Network Security
13 9 (3.44%) TCP/IP
14 8 (3.05%) BGP
14 8 (3.05%) SMTP
15 6 (2.29%) HTTP
15 6 (2.29%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.91%) OSPF
17 4 (1.53%) DMZ
17 4 (1.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.40%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.15%) Big Data
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.15%) 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 9 (3.44%) Git
2 8 (3.05%) Chocolatey
3 6 (2.29%) GitLab
3 6 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.53%) JIRA
5 3 (1.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.38%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) MSI
6 1 (0.38%) VersionOne
General
1 53 (20.23%) Finance
2 52 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 19 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.87%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.34%) Banking
6 11 (4.20%) Financial Institution
6 11 (4.20%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.82%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.29%) Legal
9 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Retail
10 2 (0.76%) Front Office
10 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Law
11 1 (0.38%) Local Government
11 1 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (17.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (10.31%) Senior
3 25 (9.54%) Consultant
4 24 (9.16%) Architect
5 23 (8.78%) VMware Engineer
6 18 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (6.87%) VMware Consultant
7 12 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (4.58%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) IT Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) Storage Engineer
9 10 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (3.44%) IT Support
11 8 (3.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) VMware Specialist
12 7 (2.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.67%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.29%) REST
2 5 (1.91%) .NET
3 3 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.15%) Flash
3 3 (1.15%) 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%) RESTful
5 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.45%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.63%) Replication
3 15 (5.73%) Clustering
3 15 (5.73%) Enterprise Storage
4 13 (4.96%) PKI
5 12 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.29%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.91%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.15%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.15%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 119 (45.42%) Windows
2 68 (25.95%) Windows Server
3 54 (20.61%) Linux
4 16 (6.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.05%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.67%) VMS
9 6 (2.29%) Solaris
9 6 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.91%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.91%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.53%) SUSE
11 4 (1.53%) Unix
12 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.38%) AIX
14 1 (0.38%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (28.24%) Migration
2 65 (24.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 36 (13.74%) DevOps
4 35 (13.36%) CI/CD
5 30 (11.45%) ITIL
6 29 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (10.31%) High Availability
8 26 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (9.54%) Validation
10 22 (8.40%) Change Management
10 22 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (8.02%) Infrastructure Automation
11 21 (8.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (7.25%) Agile
13 17 (6.49%) ITSM
14 16 (6.11%) Runbook
15 15 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (5.73%) Storage Management
16 14 (5.34%) Platform Engineering
17 13 (4.96%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 59 (22.52%) PowerShell
2 25 (9.54%) Python
3 15 (5.73%) Bash
4 13 (4.96%) SQL
5 12 (4.58%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.67%) Java
7 5 (1.91%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.53%) C
8 4 (1.53%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.15%) Bicep
9 3 (1.15%) C#
10 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 91 (34.73%) Security Cleared
2 66 (25.19%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.45%) DV Cleared
4 23 (8.78%) Degree
5 11 (4.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.67%) CCNA
8 4 (1.53%) CCNP
8 4 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.53%) PMP
9 3 (1.15%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.15%) VCAP
10 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.76%) VCDX
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.11%) SLA
2 4 (1.53%) NIST
3 3 (1.15%) 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%) GRC
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
1 157 (59.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 68 (25.95%) Active Directory
3 48 (18.32%) VMware NSX
4 44 (16.79%) vSphere
5 42 (16.03%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (10.31%) Hyper-V
7 19 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (6.87%) Docker
9 14 (5.34%) NFS
10 9 (3.44%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (3.05%) BitLocker
12 7 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (1.91%) Firmware
13 5 (1.91%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (1.53%) Terminal Services
14 4 (1.53%) UAG
15 3 (1.15%) KVM
15 3 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.76%) vCloud
16 2 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (14.50%) Ansible
2 36 (13.74%) vCenter Server
3 34 (12.98%) Terraform
4 30 (11.45%) Kubernetes
5 22 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (6.87%) SCCM
6 18 (6.87%) vRealize
7 16 (6.11%) vMotion
8 11 (4.20%) Puppet
9 8 (3.05%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (2.67%) PowerCLI
10 7 (2.67%) VxRail
11 5 (1.91%) FortiGate
11 5 (1.91%) Nagios
11 5 (1.91%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.53%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (1.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.74%) Cisco
3 24 (9.16%) Citrix
4 19 (7.25%) NetApp
4 19 (7.25%) Red Hat
5 18 (6.87%) Pure Storage
6 14 (5.34%) Dell
7 12 (4.58%) Oracle
7 12 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.58%) Tenable
8 11 (4.20%) Commvault
9 8 (3.05%) AppDynamics
9 8 (3.05%) Broadcom
9 8 (3.05%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.67%) IBM
11 6 (2.29%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.29%) EMC
12 5 (1.91%) Google
12 5 (1.91%) Juniper
13 4 (1.53%) Reuters