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 December 2025, 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 108 94
Rank change year-on-year -82 -14 +37
Contract jobs citing VMware 209 351 475
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.46% 2.32% 2.51%
As % of the Vendors category 3.09% 5.23% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 210 340
10th Percentile £364 £277 £300
25th Percentile £475 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £602
90th Percentile £685 £651 £675
England median daily rate £525 £512 £500
% change year-on-year +2.49% +2.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 16
10th Percentile £24.40 - £22.00
25th Percentile £26.50 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £112.00 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -73.21% +139.01% +22.13%
75th Percentile £48.85 - £65.03
90th Percentile £60.16 - £74.38
England median hourly rate £68.85 £55.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +25.18% -16.64% +1.51%

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 6,759 6,706 7,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.06% 44.29% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,407 4,201 5,329
10th Percentile £338 £313 £300
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 67 107
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.37 £16.94
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £23.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -8.27% +48.41%
75th Percentile £42.98 £64.38 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.34 £85.45 £86.35
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.43% +73.88%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in London

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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 December 2025. 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 -12 34 £550 +7.84% 14
South London +1 6 £506 -5.90% 5
West London -14 6 £525 +31.25% 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 19 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.35%) Confluence
3 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.96%) Apache
4 2 (0.96%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.48%) JBoss
5 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.48%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.48%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.48%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 56 (26.79%) Azure
2 26 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.96%) AWS
4 19 (9.09%) Nutanix
5 15 (7.18%) GitHub
6 11 (5.26%) GCP
7 10 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.83%) IaaS
8 8 (3.83%) OpenShift
9 7 (3.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.44%) PaaS
13 2 (0.96%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.96%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.96%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.96%) SaaS
14 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.27%) DNS
2 33 (15.79%) Firewall
3 19 (9.09%) DHCP
4 17 (8.13%) VPN
5 16 (7.66%) SAN
6 15 (7.18%) WAN
7 12 (5.74%) LAN
8 11 (5.26%) TCP/IP
8 11 (5.26%) VSAN
9 9 (4.31%) NAS
10 7 (3.35%) Network Security
11 5 (2.39%) BGP
11 5 (2.39%) SSL
11 5 (2.39%) VLAN
12 4 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.91%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.91%) VXLAN
13 3 (1.44%) DKIM
13 3 (1.44%) DMARC
13 3 (1.44%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.83%) Git
3 6 (2.87%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (2.87%) Subversion
4 4 (1.91%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.91%) JIRA
4 4 (1.91%) JMeter
4 4 (1.91%) JUnit
4 4 (1.91%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.44%) RStudio
6 2 (0.96%) GitLab
6 2 (0.96%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.48%) Vagrant
General
1 50 (23.92%) Finance
1 50 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (10.05%) Public Sector
3 14 (6.70%) Banking
4 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.87%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.91%) Electronics
7 4 (1.91%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.91%) Local Government
7 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.91%) Marketing
8 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Social Science
9 2 (0.96%) French Language
9 2 (0.96%) Police
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (18.66%) Consultant
2 29 (13.88%) VMware Consultant
3 27 (12.92%) Architect
4 21 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (8.13%) Senior
6 14 (6.70%) VMware Engineer
7 13 (6.22%) Administrator
8 12 (5.74%) Developer
8 12 (5.74%) Windows Engineer
9 9 (4.31%) Linux Administrator
10 8 (3.83%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (3.83%) Wintel Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Lead
11 7 (3.35%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (3.35%) Technical Architect
12 6 (2.87%) Azure Architect
12 6 (2.87%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.87%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.87%) REST
1 6 (2.87%) RESTful
2 5 (2.39%) JSON
2 5 (2.39%) XML
3 4 (1.91%) Hibernate
3 4 (1.91%) Kafka
3 4 (1.91%) Middleware
3 4 (1.91%) Spring
4 3 (1.44%) .NET
4 3 (1.44%) React
5 2 (0.96%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.96%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.96%) EDI
5 2 (0.96%) Express.js
5 2 (0.96%) Node.js
5 2 (0.96%) SOAP
5 2 (0.96%) WCF
5 2 (0.96%) Web Services
5 2 (0.96%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.05%) Replication
2 19 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.22%) PKI
4 10 (4.78%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.31%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.83%) Private Cloud
7 7 (3.35%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.87%) Clustering
8 6 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.87%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.44%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.44%) CMDB
10 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (33.01%) Windows
2 51 (24.40%) Linux
3 43 (20.57%) Windows Server
4 23 (11.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.78%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.83%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.35%) CentOS
7 7 (3.35%) Solaris
8 6 (2.87%) Unix
8 6 (2.87%) VMS
9 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.96%) AIX
10 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.48%) Android
11 1 (0.48%) Debian
11 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.14%) Migration
2 37 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (13.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (13.40%) DevOps
5 26 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (11.96%) CI/CD
7 23 (11.00%) ITIL
8 19 (9.09%) High Availability
9 17 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (7.18%) Agile
11 12 (5.74%) Data Protection
12 11 (5.26%) Business Continuity
12 11 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (4.78%) Containerisation
13 10 (4.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (4.78%) Project Delivery
13 10 (4.78%) Task Automation
13 10 (4.78%) Technical Leadership
14 9 (4.31%) Knowledge Transfer
14 9 (4.31%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (27.27%) Python
2 51 (24.40%) PowerShell
3 22 (10.53%) Bash
4 18 (8.61%) JavaScript
4 18 (8.61%) SQL
5 11 (5.26%) Java
6 8 (3.83%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.87%) Perl
7 6 (2.87%) VBA
8 4 (1.91%) C#
8 4 (1.91%) Go
8 4 (1.91%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.44%) C++
9 3 (1.44%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) C
10 1 (0.48%) Korn
10 1 (0.48%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 41 (19.62%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 14 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.22%) CCNP
6 12 (5.74%) Degree
7 11 (5.26%) DV Cleared
8 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.35%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.35%) CCNA
10 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.91%) VCAP
12 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.44%) CCIE
12 3 (1.44%) VCDX
13 2 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.96%) CCDP
13 2 (0.96%) HP ASE
13 2 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.96%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.39%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.39%) GDPR
3 4 (1.91%) NIST
4 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.96%) QA
4 2 (0.96%) SLA
5 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.48%) MiFID
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
System Software
1 120 (57.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (22.97%) Active Directory
3 27 (12.92%) vSphere
4 23 (11.00%) Hyper-V
4 23 (11.00%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (9.57%) VMware NSX
6 13 (6.22%) Docker
7 10 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (2.39%) KVM
10 4 (1.91%) NFS
10 4 (1.91%) Veritas File System
10 4 (1.91%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 4 (1.91%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.48%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.48%) Firmware
11 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.48%) Postfix
11 1 (0.48%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (16.75%) Ansible
2 24 (11.48%) SCCM
3 22 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (10.53%) vRealize
4 21 (10.05%) Terraform
5 16 (7.66%) vCenter Server
6 15 (7.18%) Kubernetes
7 9 (4.31%) SCOM
8 7 (3.35%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.87%) Puppet
9 6 (2.87%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (2.39%) Grafana
11 4 (1.91%) Argo
11 4 (1.91%) Control-M
11 4 (1.91%) QRadar
12 3 (1.44%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.44%) NetBackup
12 3 (1.44%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.44%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 49 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.48%) Red Hat
3 22 (10.53%) Cisco
4 21 (10.05%) Citrix
5 13 (6.22%) Dell
5 13 (6.22%) NetApp
5 13 (6.22%) Oracle
6 10 (4.78%) CyberArk
7 8 (3.83%) EMC
7 8 (3.83%) Splunk
8 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.87%) F5
9 6 (2.87%) Qualys
9 6 (2.87%) Veeam
10 5 (2.39%) Google
11 4 (1.91%) McAfee
11 4 (1.91%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.91%) SaltStack
11 4 (1.91%) SAP
11 4 (1.91%) Symantec