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 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
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 189 115
Rank change year-on-year -3 -74 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware 307 195 352
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.50% 1.46% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 3.48% 3.14% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 125 215
10th Percentile £350 £344 £292
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £659 £600 £575
90th Percentile £764 £685 £657
England median daily rate £537 £527 £521
% change year-on-year +1.95% +1.06% +4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £16.48 £23.70 -
25th Percentile £26.56 £24.75 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £26.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% +11.34% -60.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £28.25 £112.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £29.30 -
England median hourly rate £67.75 £34.00 £35.58
% change year-on-year +99.26% -4.45% -46.07%

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 8,812 6,216 6,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.97% 46.46% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,746 4,044 4,422
10th Percentile £343 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
England median daily rate £517 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 120 75
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.40 £18.28
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -28.14% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62.94 £37.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.88 £87.80
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.04 £35.18
% change year-on-year +2.85% -28.83% -20.94%

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 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 15 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 15 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 -10 51 £590 +12.38% 33
West London -21 4 £475 -25.49% 9
East London +6 3 £538 +2.38% 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 20 (6.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.28%) Confluence
3 7 (2.28%) JBoss
3 7 (2.28%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.63%) nginx
5 4 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.30%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.98%) IIS
7 2 (0.65%) Apache
8 1 (0.33%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 121 (39.41%) Azure
2 47 (15.31%) AWS
3 33 (10.75%) Entra ID
3 33 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.86%) GCP
5 18 (5.86%) GitHub
6 16 (5.21%) IaaS
7 14 (4.56%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.56%) SaaS
8 13 (4.23%) PaaS
8 13 (4.23%) Rubrik
9 12 (3.91%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.58%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.26%) Datadog
12 9 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.93%) Nutanix
13 7 (2.28%) Cohesity
14 6 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 66 (21.50%) DNS
2 46 (14.98%) DHCP
3 43 (14.01%) Firewall
4 27 (8.79%) SAN
5 18 (5.86%) WAN
6 16 (5.21%) Network Security
6 16 (5.21%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.89%) NAS
7 15 (4.89%) VPN
8 13 (4.23%) LAN
8 13 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (3.26%) VSAN
10 9 (2.93%) VLAN
11 8 (2.61%) SSL
12 7 (2.28%) HTTP
12 7 (2.28%) Kerberos
13 6 (1.95%) BGP
14 5 (1.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 5 (1.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (1.63%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (14.01%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (3.58%) Power BI
4 10 (3.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.93%) Big Data
6 6 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.95%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.95%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.65%) GIS
10 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.65%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.33%) MySQL
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 15 (4.89%) GitLab
2 13 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.58%) Git
4 9 (2.93%) JIRA
5 4 (1.30%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.65%) Subversion
7 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 85 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 80 (26.06%) Finance
3 30 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (5.54%) Banking
6 16 (5.21%) Financial Institution
7 15 (4.89%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.26%) Legal
9 8 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.65%) Retail
13 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.33%) Law
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
13 1 (0.33%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 58 (18.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (12.70%) Senior
3 29 (9.45%) VMware Engineer
4 27 (8.79%) Architect
5 18 (5.86%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (5.86%) Support Engineer
6 17 (5.54%) Consultant
6 17 (5.54%) Lead
6 17 (5.54%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (5.21%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Server Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Wintel Engineer
11 10 (3.26%) Administrator
11 10 (3.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.26%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.26%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (17.92%) Terraform
2 14 (4.56%) REST
3 7 (2.28%) JSON
4 5 (1.63%) .NET
4 5 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.63%) YAML
5 3 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.98%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.98%) Middleware
5 3 (0.98%) Pulumi
6 2 (0.65%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.65%) Blazor
6 2 (0.65%) EJB
6 2 (0.65%) Java SE
6 2 (0.65%) JSP
6 2 (0.65%) Kafka
6 2 (0.65%) OAuth
6 2 (0.65%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) JavaBeans
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.24%) Data Centre
2 31 (10.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (8.79%) Clustering
4 18 (5.86%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.54%) Enterprise Storage
6 13 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.23%) PKI
6 13 (4.23%) Replication
7 12 (3.91%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.93%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.98%) CMDB
11 3 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.65%) Data Fabric
12 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 156 (50.81%) Windows
2 109 (35.50%) Windows Server
3 76 (24.76%) Linux
4 19 (6.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.91%) VMS
6 12 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.93%) Ubuntu
8 9 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.28%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.63%) Unix
11 4 (1.30%) OpenVMS
11 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.98%) CentOS
12 3 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.98%) Solaris
12 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.65%) macOS
14 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (28.01%) Migration
3 66 (21.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 61 (19.87%) ITIL
5 55 (17.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 47 (15.31%) CI/CD
7 46 (14.98%) DevOps
8 43 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.40%) High Availability
11 34 (11.07%) Change Management
12 31 (10.10%) Infrastructure Automation
13 28 (9.12%) Project Delivery
14 27 (8.79%) Root Cause Analysis
15 26 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
15 26 (8.47%) Service Management
16 24 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 23 (7.49%) Configuration Management
17 23 (7.49%) ITSM
18 22 (7.17%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (26.71%) PowerShell
2 43 (14.01%) Python
3 25 (8.14%) Bash
4 23 (7.49%) SQL
5 12 (3.91%) Java
6 9 (2.93%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.61%) Bicep
8 5 (1.63%) Go
9 4 (1.30%) C
9 4 (1.30%) C#
10 3 (0.98%) Korn
11 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (32.25%) Security Cleared
2 73 (23.78%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.75%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.45%) Degree
5 12 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.61%) CCNA
8 7 (2.28%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.63%) CCNP
9 5 (1.63%) CISSP
9 5 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.63%) PMP
10 3 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.65%) CRISC
11 2 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.21%) SLA
2 11 (3.58%) QA
3 7 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.95%) NIST
5 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.65%) NCSC
6 2 (0.65%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.65%) 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
1 199 (64.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 104 (33.88%) Active Directory
3 54 (17.59%) vSphere
4 50 (16.29%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (10.75%) VMware NSX
6 31 (10.10%) Hyper-V
7 17 (5.54%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.89%) Docker
9 9 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (2.28%) Firmware
12 5 (1.63%) NFS
13 4 (1.30%) KVM
14 3 (0.98%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.98%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.98%) UAG
15 2 (0.65%) IAG
15 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 55 (17.92%) Ansible
2 51 (16.61%) Kubernetes
3 29 (9.45%) vCenter Server
4 27 (8.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (7.17%) SCCM
6 19 (6.19%) Puppet
7 16 (5.21%) vRealize
8 12 (3.91%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (3.26%) Prometheus
9 10 (3.26%) SCOM
10 8 (2.61%) Red Hat Satellite
11 7 (2.28%) Grafana
11 7 (2.28%) Nagios
12 6 (1.95%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (1.95%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.63%) NetBackup
13 5 (1.63%) PowerCLI
14 4 (1.30%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
15 3 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (34.53%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.64%) Cisco
3 32 (10.42%) Red Hat
4 19 (6.19%) Oracle
5 17 (5.54%) NetApp
6 16 (5.21%) Citrix
6 16 (5.21%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.91%) Dell
8 11 (3.58%) BMC
8 11 (3.58%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.26%) Commvault
9 10 (3.26%) EMC
9 10 (3.26%) Remedy
9 10 (3.26%) Veeam
10 9 (2.93%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (2.93%) Tenable
10 9 (2.93%) WALLIX
11 7 (2.28%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.28%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.28%) Zscaler