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 9 October 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
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 183 123
Rank change year-on-year -17 -60 -30
Contract jobs citing VMware 303 193 346
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 1.44% 2.14%
As % of the Vendors category 3.50% 3.10% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 119 210
10th Percentile £350 £356 £285
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £492
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +5.63% -6.23%
75th Percentile £652 £600 £572
90th Percentile £738 £685 £659
England median daily rate £535 £535 £520
% change year-on-year - +2.88% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £15.55 £23.70 -
25th Percentile £24.13 £24.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £62.00 £26.50 £45.65
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -41.95% -23.92%
75th Percentile £65.25 £28.25 £101.81
90th Percentile £77.50 £29.30 £112.00
England median hourly rate £68.38 £34.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +101.10% -5.99% -45.19%

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 8,667 6,232 7,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.89% 46.39% 43.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,652 4,045 4,445
10th Percentile £340 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £739 £750
England median daily rate £516 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.88% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 118 79
10th Percentile £16.65 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.46 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% -24.93% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.16%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +2 51 £583 +10.95% 35
West London -18 4 £475 -25.49% 5
East London +6 3 £538 +2.38% 4
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 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.31%) Confluence
3 7 (2.31%) JBoss
3 7 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.65%) nginx
5 4 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.32%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.99%) IIS
7 2 (0.66%) Apache
8 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 121 (39.93%) Azure
2 49 (16.17%) AWS
3 33 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (10.56%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.94%) GCP
7 17 (5.61%) GitHub
8 16 (5.28%) IaaS
9 14 (4.62%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.62%) SaaS
10 13 (4.29%) PaaS
11 12 (3.96%) OneDrive
12 11 (3.63%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.63%) Rubrik
13 10 (3.30%) Datadog
14 9 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.64%) Nutanix
16 6 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (1.98%) Cohesity
16 6 (1.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 65 (21.45%) DNS
2 45 (14.85%) DHCP
3 43 (14.19%) Firewall
4 27 (8.91%) SAN
5 19 (6.27%) WAN
6 16 (5.28%) TCP/IP
6 16 (5.28%) VPN
7 15 (4.95%) Network Security
8 14 (4.62%) NAS
9 13 (4.29%) LAN
9 13 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (3.30%) VSAN
11 8 (2.64%) SSL
11 8 (2.64%) VLAN
12 7 (2.31%) HTTP
12 7 (2.31%) Kerberos
13 6 (1.98%) BGP
13 6 (1.98%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 5 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (13.53%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (3.63%) Power BI
4 10 (3.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.97%) Big Data
6 6 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.98%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.98%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.65%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.66%) GIS
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.33%) MySQL
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (4.95%) GitLab
2 13 (4.29%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.63%) Git
4 9 (2.97%) JIRA
5 4 (1.32%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.66%) Subversion
7 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 84 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.41%) Finance
3 29 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.27%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (5.28%) Banking
6 15 (4.95%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.29%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.63%) Legal
9 7 (2.31%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 58 (19.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (12.87%) Senior
3 28 (9.24%) VMware Engineer
4 26 (8.58%) Architect
5 19 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (5.94%) Support Engineer
7 17 (5.61%) Consultant
7 17 (5.61%) Lead
7 17 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.28%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Server Engineer
11 10 (3.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.30%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.30%) VMware Consultant
12 9 (2.97%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 9 (2.97%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (17.49%) Terraform
2 13 (4.29%) REST
3 7 (2.31%) JSON
4 5 (1.65%) .NET
4 5 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.65%) YAML
5 3 (0.99%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.99%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.99%) Middleware
5 3 (0.99%) Pulumi
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.66%) Blazor
6 2 (0.66%) EJB
6 2 (0.66%) Java SE
6 2 (0.66%) JSP
6 2 (0.66%) Kafka
6 2 (0.66%) OAuth
6 2 (0.66%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.48%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.91%) Clustering
4 18 (5.94%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.95%) Enterprise Storage
6 13 (4.29%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.29%) PKI
7 12 (3.96%) Private Cloud
8 10 (3.30%) Replication
9 9 (2.97%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.99%) CMDB
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 153 (50.50%) Windows
2 107 (35.31%) Windows Server
3 76 (25.08%) Linux
4 19 (6.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.96%) VMS
6 12 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.97%) Ubuntu
8 9 (2.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.31%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.65%) Unix
11 4 (1.32%) OpenVMS
11 4 (1.32%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.99%) CentOS
12 3 (0.99%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.99%) Solaris
12 3 (0.99%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (28.05%) Migration
3 63 (20.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 60 (19.80%) ITIL
5 54 (17.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (15.18%) CI/CD
7 44 (14.52%) DevOps
8 42 (13.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.55%) High Availability
11 34 (11.22%) Change Management
12 30 (9.90%) Infrastructure Automation
13 28 (9.24%) Project Delivery
14 26 (8.58%) Platform Engineering
15 25 (8.25%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (8.25%) Service Management
16 23 (7.59%) Configuration Management
16 23 (7.59%) ITSM
17 22 (7.26%) Agile
17 22 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.40%) PowerShell
2 42 (13.86%) Python
3 25 (8.25%) Bash
4 23 (7.59%) SQL
5 12 (3.96%) Java
6 8 (2.64%) Bicep
6 8 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.65%) Go
8 4 (1.32%) C
8 4 (1.32%) C#
9 3 (0.99%) Korn
10 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (32.67%) Security Cleared
2 73 (24.09%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.89%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.57%) Degree
5 13 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.64%) CCNA
8 7 (2.31%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.98%) CCNP
10 5 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.65%) CISSP
10 5 (1.65%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.65%) PMP
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.61%) SLA
2 10 (3.30%) QA
3 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.98%) NIST
5 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.66%) NCSC
6 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) DICOM
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 197 (65.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 103 (33.99%) Active Directory
3 52 (17.16%) vSphere
4 48 (15.84%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (10.89%) VMware NSX
6 32 (10.56%) Hyper-V
7 15 (4.95%) Docker
7 15 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (2.31%) Firmware
11 5 (1.65%) NFS
12 4 (1.32%) KVM
13 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.99%) UAG
14 2 (0.66%) IAG
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 53 (17.49%) Ansible
2 50 (16.50%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.90%) vCenter Server
4 26 (8.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (7.26%) SCCM
6 19 (6.27%) Puppet
7 15 (4.95%) vRealize
8 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (3.30%) Prometheus
9 10 (3.30%) SCOM
10 8 (2.64%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (2.31%) Grafana
11 7 (2.31%) Nagios
12 6 (1.98%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (1.98%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.65%) NetBackup
13 5 (1.65%) PowerCLI
14 4 (1.32%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.99%) Kibana
15 3 (0.99%) vMotion
Vendors
1 104 (34.32%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.17%) Cisco
3 32 (10.56%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.94%) Oracle
5 17 (5.61%) NetApp
6 16 (5.28%) Citrix
6 16 (5.28%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.96%) Dell
8 11 (3.63%) BMC
9 10 (3.30%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.30%) EMC
9 10 (3.30%) Remedy
9 10 (3.30%) Veeam
10 9 (2.97%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (2.97%) Commvault
10 9 (2.97%) Tenable
10 9 (2.97%) WALLIX
11 8 (2.64%) Zscaler
12 7 (2.31%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.31%) HP