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 23 February 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
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 125 99
Rank change year-on-year -55 -26 +21
Contract jobs citing VMware 231 281 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 2.10% 2.18%
As % of the Vendors category 3.31% 4.74% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 174 261
10th Percentile £404 £254 £275
25th Percentile £475 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £590
90th Percentile £672 £659 £665
England median daily rate £525 £525 £493
% change year-on-year - +6.60% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £31.94 - £22.02
25th Percentile £45.35 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £38.17
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +193.42% -12.46%
75th Percentile - - £57.47
90th Percentile - - £63.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -7.69%

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 6,981 5,926 7,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.93% 44.19% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,606 3,704 5,013
10th Percentile £350 £318 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £673
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 79 145
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.50 £13.59
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.34 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £35.00 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +35.71% +3.16%
75th Percentile £42.14 £61.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.52 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -23.15% +16.28% -19.21%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -13 32 £550 -7.17% 17
South London - 9 £333 - 1
West London -22 2 - - 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 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.87%) nginx
4 2 (0.87%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.87%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.87%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) JBoss
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) Traefik
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.97%) Azure
2 29 (12.55%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (9.09%) AWS
3 21 (9.09%) GitHub
4 12 (5.19%) IaaS
4 12 (5.19%) Nutanix
5 11 (4.76%) OpenShift
6 10 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.33%) Entra ID
7 8 (3.46%) PaaS
8 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.73%) GCP
11 3 (1.30%) Datadog
11 3 (1.30%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.30%) SaaS
12 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.02%) Firewall
2 35 (15.15%) DNS
3 24 (10.39%) SAN
4 21 (9.09%) DHCP
5 17 (7.36%) NAS
6 16 (6.93%) VPN
6 16 (6.93%) VSAN
7 15 (6.49%) LAN
7 15 (6.49%) WAN
8 7 (3.03%) Network Security
9 6 (2.60%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.60%) VLAN
10 4 (1.73%) BGP
10 4 (1.73%) HTTP
10 4 (1.73%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.73%) SMTP
10 4 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.30%) Calico
11 3 (1.30%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.73%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.43%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Redis
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.90%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.60%) GitLab
2 6 (2.60%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.73%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.73%) JIRA
3 4 (1.73%) JMeter
3 4 (1.73%) JUnit
3 4 (1.73%) RStudio
3 4 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.30%) Chocolatey
4 3 (1.30%) Git
5 2 (0.87%) Subversion
5 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) MSI
General
1 51 (22.08%) Finance
2 43 (18.61%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.96%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.63%) Banking
6 10 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.60%) Legal
8 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.73%) Social Science
9 4 (1.73%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.30%) Local Government
10 3 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Electronics
11 2 (0.87%) Front Office
11 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.87%) Marketing
11 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (16.88%) Consultant
2 33 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
3 28 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (11.69%) Architect
5 24 (10.39%) Senior
5 24 (10.39%) VMware Engineer
6 12 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (4.76%) Developer
7 11 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (3.90%) Senior DevOps
8 9 (3.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.46%) Lead
10 7 (3.03%) Administrator
10 7 (3.03%) VMware Architect
11 6 (2.60%) Database Developer
11 6 (2.60%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 6 (2.60%) SQL Database Developer
11 6 (2.60%) SQL Developer
11 6 (2.60%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.16%) Middleware
2 4 (1.73%) Hibernate
2 4 (1.73%) Kafka
2 4 (1.73%) Spring
3 3 (1.30%) Flash
3 3 (1.30%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (1.30%) React
3 3 (1.30%) REST
4 2 (0.87%) .NET
4 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.87%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.87%) Django
4 2 (0.87%) Express.js
4 2 (0.87%) SOAP
4 2 (0.87%) WCF
4 2 (0.87%) Web Services
4 2 (0.87%) WPF
5 1 (0.43%) OpenID
5 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.12%) Replication
2 13 (5.63%) PKI
3 11 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.33%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.46%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.03%) Clustering
6 7 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.60%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.16%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.30%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.30%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.30%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.84%) Windows
2 41 (17.75%) Windows Server
3 34 (14.72%) Linux
4 13 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.90%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.60%) Solaris
8 5 (2.16%) VMS
8 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.73%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.73%) Unix
10 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.87%) AIX
11 2 (0.87%) CentOS
12 1 (0.43%) Android
12 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.30%) Migration
2 39 (16.88%) DevOps
3 34 (14.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 22 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (8.66%) ITIL
8 19 (8.23%) Agile
9 18 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.49%) Runbook
10 15 (6.49%) Validation
11 14 (6.06%) Change Management
12 13 (5.63%) Knowledge Transfer
12 13 (5.63%) Platform Engineering
12 13 (5.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (5.19%) High Availability
14 11 (4.76%) Data Migration
14 11 (4.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.21%) PowerShell
2 41 (17.75%) Python
3 19 (8.23%) JavaScript
4 15 (6.49%) SQL
5 10 (4.33%) Bash
6 8 (3.46%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.60%) Java
8 5 (2.16%) C#
9 2 (0.87%) C
9 2 (0.87%) Go
9 2 (0.87%) Korn
9 2 (0.87%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (32.47%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 18 (7.79%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.19%) Degree
6 8 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.03%) CCNP
8 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.73%) CCNA
10 3 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.30%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.30%) VCAP
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.87%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.87%) PMP
11 2 (0.87%) VCDX
12 1 (0.43%) CBAP
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.60%) NIST
1 6 (2.60%) SLA
2 5 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.87%) GDPR
3 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) COBIT
4 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.43%) MiFID
4 1 (0.43%) NCSC
4 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 128 (55.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (18.61%) Active Directory
3 39 (16.88%) vSphere
4 35 (15.15%) VMware NSX
5 23 (9.96%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.93%) Hyper-V
7 14 (6.06%) Docker
8 12 (5.19%) NFS
9 8 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.16%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (1.73%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.87%) vCloud
12 2 (0.87%) Veritas File System
12 2 (0.87%) Veritas Volume Manager
13 1 (0.43%) Firmware
13 1 (0.43%) KVM
13 1 (0.43%) XenApp
13 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 32 (13.85%) Ansible
2 29 (12.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (10.39%) vRealize
4 22 (9.52%) SCCM
4 22 (9.52%) Terraform
5 20 (8.66%) Kubernetes
6 17 (7.36%) vCenter Server
7 12 (5.19%) vMotion
8 8 (3.46%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (3.46%) SCOM
9 6 (2.60%) Argo
10 5 (2.16%) AirWatch
10 5 (2.16%) Grafana
10 5 (2.16%) Progress Chef
10 5 (2.16%) Puppet
11 4 (1.73%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.73%) PowerCLI
11 4 (1.73%) Rancher
12 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 48 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.23%) Pure Storage
3 18 (7.79%) Citrix
4 17 (7.36%) Red Hat
5 16 (6.93%) Cisco
6 15 (6.49%) Dell
7 11 (4.76%) NetApp
7 11 (4.76%) Oracle
8 9 (3.90%) Commvault
9 8 (3.46%) CyberArk
10 7 (3.03%) Splunk
11 6 (2.60%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.60%) Veeam
12 5 (2.16%) Tenable
13 4 (1.73%) Bloomberg
13 4 (1.73%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.73%) Dynatrace
13 4 (1.73%) F5
13 4 (1.73%) IBM
13 4 (1.73%) Juniper