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 6 May 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
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 160 131
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware 248 221 334
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.76% 1.89%
As % of the Vendors category 3.27% 3.87% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 151 207
10th Percentile £420 £313 £300
25th Percentile £466 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £630 £606 £558
90th Percentile £655 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 11
10th Percentile £28.94 - £22.08
25th Percentile £43.48 - £22.19
Median hourly rate £67.70 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - £71.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -25.92%

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 7,592 5,710 7,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.63% 45.43% 40.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,006 3,753 4,948
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
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 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 93 138
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.97 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.79 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +22.62% -17.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £35.69
90th Percentile £76.67 £67.00 £58.63
England median hourly rate £31.25 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +15.21% +20.56% -43.75%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -16 30 £496 -16.33% 12
South London -12 7 £165 -68.57% 2
West London -30 3 - - 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 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.82%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.42%) nginx
5 4 (1.61%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.21%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.81%) IIS
8 1 (0.40%) Apache
8 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.40%) JBoss
8 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 76 (30.65%) Azure
2 36 (14.52%) AWS
3 31 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.85%) IaaS
5 15 (6.05%) PaaS
6 14 (5.65%) GitHub
7 13 (5.24%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.63%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.23%) Rubrik
11 7 (2.82%) Datadog
11 7 (2.82%) SaaS
12 6 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.42%) GCP
12 6 (2.42%) OpenShift
13 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.61%) Azure Stack
15 3 (1.21%) Cohesity
16 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (21.77%) Firewall
2 42 (16.94%) DNS
3 32 (12.90%) SAN
4 30 (12.10%) DHCP
5 29 (11.69%) VSAN
6 24 (9.68%) NAS
6 24 (9.68%) VPN
7 20 (8.06%) WAN
8 19 (7.66%) LAN
9 11 (4.44%) VLAN
10 8 (3.23%) Network Security
10 8 (3.23%) SMTP
11 7 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (2.42%) BGP
12 6 (2.42%) HTTP
13 5 (2.02%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.61%) MPLS
14 4 (1.61%) OSPF
14 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
15 3 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.82%) Chocolatey
1 7 (2.82%) GitLab
1 7 (2.82%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.61%) JIRA
4 3 (1.21%) Git
5 2 (0.81%) RStudio
6 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.40%) Maven
6 1 (0.40%) MSI
6 1 (0.40%) Subversion
6 1 (0.40%) VersionOne
General
1 43 (17.34%) Finance
2 42 (16.94%) Social Skills
3 17 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.05%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.24%) Banking
5 13 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.23%) Legal
7 7 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.21%) Retail
10 2 (0.81%) Front Office
10 2 (0.81%) Police
10 2 (0.81%) Social Science
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (14.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (13.71%) Senior
3 33 (13.31%) Architect
4 30 (12.10%) Consultant
5 27 (10.89%) VMware Engineer
6 21 (8.47%) VMware Consultant
7 14 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (5.24%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) NetApp Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) VMware Architect
11 9 (3.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.63%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (3.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.23%) Developer
12 8 (3.23%) IT Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Infrastructure Architect
13 7 (2.82%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (2.82%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.61%) Flash
2 3 (1.21%) Middleware
2 3 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (1.21%) REST
3 2 (0.81%) .NET
3 2 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.40%) Bootstrap
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) EJB
4 1 (0.40%) Express.js
4 1 (0.40%) HTML
4 1 (0.40%) JavaBeans
4 1 (0.40%) JSON
4 1 (0.40%) JSP
4 1 (0.40%) React
4 1 (0.40%) SOAP
4 1 (0.40%) Web Services
4 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.50%) Replication
2 19 (7.66%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.45%) Clustering
4 15 (6.05%) Enterprise Storage
5 14 (5.65%) PKI
6 10 (4.03%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.82%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.21%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.21%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.81%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 83 (33.47%) Windows
2 50 (20.16%) Windows Server
3 36 (14.52%) Linux
4 12 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.63%) VMS
6 9 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.82%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.42%) Windows 10
9 5 (2.02%) Solaris
9 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.61%) SUSE
10 4 (1.61%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.21%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.81%) Unix
13 1 (0.40%) CentOS
13 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.45%) Migration
2 46 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (12.50%) DevOps
4 24 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (9.27%) CI/CD
5 23 (9.27%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (8.87%) Validation
7 21 (8.47%) ITIL
8 20 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (7.66%) High Availability
10 17 (6.85%) Agile
10 17 (6.85%) Change Management
11 15 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (5.24%) Capacity Management
13 13 (5.24%) Data Migration
13 13 (5.24%) Platform Engineering
13 13 (5.24%) Runbook
13 13 (5.24%) Storage Management
14 12 (4.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 18 (7.26%) Python
3 15 (6.05%) SQL
4 9 (3.63%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.82%) Bash
5 7 (2.82%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.61%) C#
6 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.21%) Java
8 2 (0.81%) C
8 2 (0.81%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) Bicep
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (36.29%) Security Cleared
2 63 (25.40%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.89%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.84%) Degree
4 12 (4.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (3.63%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.02%) VCAP
7 4 (1.61%) VCDX
8 3 (1.21%) CCNP
8 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.81%) CCNA
9 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.81%) PMP
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.40%) OCP
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.84%) SLA
2 4 (1.61%) NIST
3 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.40%) COBIT
4 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.40%) DICOM
4 1 (0.40%) HL7
4 1 (0.40%) NCSC
4 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.40%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 148 (59.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (22.58%) Active Directory
3 46 (18.55%) VMware NSX
3 46 (18.55%) vSphere
4 37 (14.92%) VMware ESXi
5 29 (11.69%) Hyper-V
6 18 (7.26%) Docker
6 18 (7.26%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (5.24%) NFS
8 9 (3.63%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (3.23%) BitLocker
10 6 (2.42%) Firmware
11 5 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.81%) vCloud
13 2 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.81%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.40%) KVM
14 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.40%) UAG
Systems Management
1 30 (12.10%) vCenter Server
2 28 (11.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (10.89%) Ansible
4 24 (9.68%) Terraform
5 23 (9.27%) Kubernetes
6 21 (8.47%) SCCM
7 16 (6.45%) vMotion
7 16 (6.45%) vRealize
8 8 (3.23%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (3.23%) Puppet
9 7 (2.82%) VxRail
10 5 (2.02%) PowerCLI
10 5 (2.02%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (1.61%) AirWatch
11 4 (1.61%) Argo
11 4 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.61%) Grafana
11 4 (1.61%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.21%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 55 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.87%) Citrix
3 20 (8.06%) Cisco
3 20 (8.06%) Pure Storage
4 19 (7.66%) NetApp
5 17 (6.85%) Dell
6 14 (5.65%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.24%) Oracle
8 10 (4.03%) Commvault
9 7 (2.82%) AppDynamics
9 7 (2.82%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.82%) IBM
9 7 (2.82%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.82%) Tenable
10 6 (2.42%) Broadcom
11 5 (2.02%) Bloomberg
11 5 (2.02%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.02%) Juniper
11 5 (2.02%) Splunk
12 4 (1.61%) Palo Alto