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 15 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
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 196 115
Rank change year-on-year +16 -81 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 306 182 357
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.52% 1.35% 2.21%
As % of the Vendors category 3.57% 2.93% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 112 238
10th Percentile £380 £363 £324
25th Percentile £455 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £638 £598 £559
90th Percentile £730 £700 £656
England median daily rate £526 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.36% +6.80% +1.23%
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% +27.43%

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 8,576 6,219 6,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.47% 46.01% 43.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,045 4,736
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% -3.41%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £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 134 126 88
10th Percentile £18.28 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.59 £22.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.56 £60.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.15% -16.17% -20.00%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +18 56 £550 +4.76% 18
West London -24 4 £475 -25.49%
East London +1 2 £538 +2.38% 5
South London -17 1 £413 -21.43% 3
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 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.29%) nginx
3 7 (2.29%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.96%) Confluence
4 6 (1.96%) JBoss
4 6 (1.96%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.98%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) Apache
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.33%) Azure
2 55 (17.97%) AWS
3 32 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.17%) IaaS
6 21 (6.86%) PaaS
7 18 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (5.88%) SaaS
8 15 (4.90%) GCP
9 13 (4.25%) GitHub
10 12 (3.92%) Datadog
11 11 (3.59%) Power Platform
11 11 (3.59%) Rubrik
12 10 (3.27%) OneDrive
13 9 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.61%) Nutanix
15 7 (2.29%) Azure Stack
15 7 (2.29%) OpenShift
16 6 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
17 5 (1.63%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 64 (20.92%) DNS
2 55 (17.97%) Firewall
3 46 (15.03%) DHCP
4 26 (8.50%) VPN
5 25 (8.17%) SAN
6 22 (7.19%) VSAN
7 20 (6.54%) WAN
8 18 (5.88%) LAN
9 17 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (4.90%) Network Security
10 15 (4.90%) VLAN
11 13 (4.25%) NAS
11 13 (4.25%) TCP/IP
12 9 (2.94%) BGP
13 7 (2.29%) SMTP
14 6 (1.96%) HTTP
14 6 (1.96%) Kerberos
14 6 (1.96%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.96%) VXLAN
15 5 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (14.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.59%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (3.59%) Power BI
2 11 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (3.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 10 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.61%) Big Data
5 5 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.63%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.33%) GIS
8 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.33%) Metadata
8 1 (0.33%) MySQL
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 12 (3.92%) GitLab
2 11 (3.59%) Git
3 10 (3.27%) JIRA
4 9 (2.94%) Chocolatey
4 9 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.98%) Subversion
6 2 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.33%) Maven
7 1 (0.33%) MSI
7 1 (0.33%) VersionOne
General
1 71 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 69 (22.55%) Finance
3 31 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.56%) Banking
5 16 (5.23%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.92%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.61%) Legal
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Retail
11 2 (0.65%) Front Office
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
Job Titles
1 58 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (13.73%) Senior
3 28 (9.15%) VMware Engineer
4 24 (7.84%) Architect
5 23 (7.52%) Consultant
6 20 (6.54%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (5.56%) Support Engineer
8 16 (5.23%) VMware Consultant
9 14 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (4.58%) Network Engineer
10 13 (4.25%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.59%) Lead
12 10 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.94%) DBA
13 9 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
13 9 (2.94%) IT Support
13 9 (2.94%) SQL DBA
13 9 (2.94%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.94%) REST
2 6 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.96%) JSON
3 5 (1.63%) .NET
4 4 (1.31%) YAML
5 3 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.98%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.65%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.65%) Blazor
6 2 (0.65%) Middleware
6 2 (0.65%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) EJB
7 1 (0.33%) Flash
7 1 (0.33%) HTML
7 1 (0.33%) Java SE
7 1 (0.33%) JavaBeans
7 1 (0.33%) JSP
7 1 (0.33%) Kafka
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.32%) Data Centre
2 33 (10.78%) Clustering
3 18 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.90%) Enterprise Storage
5 15 (4.90%) PKI
6 9 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.94%) Replication
7 7 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.96%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.98%) CMDB
11 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 155 (50.65%) Windows
2 90 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 79 (25.82%) Linux
4 21 (6.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.25%) VMS
7 11 (3.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (2.94%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.96%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.96%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.63%) Solaris
12 4 (1.31%) SUSE
12 4 (1.31%) Unix
12 4 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.98%) OpenVMS
13 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (28.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (27.45%) Migration
3 53 (17.32%) ITIL
4 43 (14.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (13.73%) CI/CD
6 41 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (13.07%) High Availability
7 40 (13.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.75%) DevOps
9 31 (10.13%) Change Management
10 29 (9.48%) ITSM
10 29 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (8.82%) Infrastructure Automation
12 24 (7.84%) Agile
12 24 (7.84%) Incident Management
13 23 (7.52%) Service Management
14 21 (6.86%) Project Delivery
15 20 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (6.21%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (6.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.12%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.78%) Python
3 25 (8.17%) Bash
3 25 (8.17%) SQL
4 12 (3.92%) Java
4 12 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.63%) Bicep
6 4 (1.31%) C#
7 3 (0.98%) Go
7 3 (0.98%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.65%) C
8 2 (0.65%) Korn
8 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.33%) C++
9 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (35.95%) Security Cleared
2 82 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.09%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.48%) Degree
5 14 (4.58%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.29%) CCNA
10 6 (1.96%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.63%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.63%) PMP
12 4 (1.31%) CCNP
12 4 (1.31%) 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 23 (7.52%) SLA
2 11 (3.59%) QA
3 4 (1.31%) 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
1 186 (60.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (31.05%) Active Directory
3 52 (16.99%) VMware ESXi
4 49 (16.01%) vSphere
5 40 (13.07%) VMware NSX
6 33 (10.78%) Hyper-V
7 20 (6.54%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (5.88%) Docker
9 9 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (2.29%) BitLocker
11 7 (2.29%) Firmware
12 6 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (1.31%) NFS
13 4 (1.31%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.31%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.31%) UAG
14 3 (0.98%) KVM
14 3 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (0.65%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 52 (16.99%) Ansible
2 48 (15.69%) Terraform
3 38 (12.42%) vCenter Server
4 37 (12.09%) Kubernetes
5 28 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (7.52%) SCCM
7 18 (5.88%) vRealize
8 17 (5.56%) Puppet
9 15 (4.90%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (2.94%) SCOM
11 7 (2.29%) vMotion
11 7 (2.29%) VxRail
12 6 (1.96%) FortiGate
12 6 (1.96%) NetBackup
12 6 (1.96%) PowerCLI
12 6 (1.96%) Prometheus
12 6 (1.96%) Red Hat Satellite
13 5 (1.63%) Nagios
13 5 (1.63%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 89 (29.08%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.36%) Cisco
3 27 (8.82%) Red Hat
4 22 (7.19%) Citrix
5 20 (6.54%) NetApp
6 17 (5.56%) Oracle
6 17 (5.56%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.58%) Dell
8 13 (4.25%) Tenable
9 10 (3.27%) BMC
9 10 (3.27%) Remedy
10 9 (2.94%) AppDynamics
10 9 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (2.94%) CyberArk
10 9 (2.94%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.94%) WALLIX
11 8 (2.61%) Broadcom
11 8 (2.61%) Commvault
11 8 (2.61%) EMC
11 8 (2.61%) HP