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 5 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
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 112 97
Rank change year-on-year -81 -15 +31
Contract jobs citing VMware 206 368 481
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.43% 2.33% 2.49%
As % of the Vendors category 3.08% 5.27% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 225 345
10th Percentile £363 £278 £324
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £620 £595 £613
90th Percentile £685 £654 £675
England median daily rate £526 £518 £500
% change year-on-year +1.55% +3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 16
10th Percentile £23.70 - £22.00
25th Percentile £24.75 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £112.00 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -76.34% +139.01% +22.13%
75th Percentile £28.25 - £65.03
90th Percentile £29.30 - £74.38
England median hourly rate £66.50 £55.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +20.91% -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 6,688 6,986 7,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.55% 44.23% 40.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,357 4,403 5,468
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £766
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 63 108
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.79 £16.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% -7.68% +52.29%
75th Percentile £41.75 £65.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £63.32 £90.15 £86.33
England median hourly rate £24.00 £32.13 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.30% -27.80% +71.15%

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 5 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
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 5 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 -21 34 £550 +5.26% 13
South London +1 8 £513 +3.74% 3
West London -12 6 £525 +31.25% 3
East London -1 1 £525 +114.29% 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 19 (9.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.40%) Confluence
3 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.97%) Apache
4 2 (0.97%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.49%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.49%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 57 (27.67%) Azure
2 26 (12.62%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (12.14%) AWS
4 19 (9.22%) Nutanix
5 14 (6.80%) GitHub
6 11 (5.34%) GCP
7 10 (4.85%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.40%) IaaS
8 7 (3.40%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.97%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.97%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.97%) PaaS
12 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.97%) SaaS
13 1 (0.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.50%) DNS
2 30 (14.56%) Firewall
3 20 (9.71%) DHCP
4 17 (8.25%) VPN
5 15 (7.28%) SAN
5 15 (7.28%) WAN
6 13 (6.31%) LAN
6 13 (6.31%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.88%) NAS
7 8 (3.88%) VSAN
8 7 (3.40%) Network Security
9 6 (2.91%) VLAN
10 5 (2.43%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.43%) SSL
11 4 (1.94%) BGP
11 4 (1.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.94%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.46%) MPLS
12 3 (1.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.49%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) Power BI
4 1 (0.49%) Redis
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.37%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.88%) Git
3 6 (2.91%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (2.91%) Subversion
4 4 (1.94%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.94%) JMeter
4 4 (1.94%) JUnit
4 4 (1.94%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.46%) JIRA
5 3 (1.46%) RStudio
6 2 (0.97%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.49%) GitLab
7 1 (0.49%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.49%) Vagrant
General
1 51 (24.76%) Finance
2 50 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.19%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.80%) Banking
5 12 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.91%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.94%) Electronics
8 4 (1.94%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.94%) Local Government
8 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.94%) Marketing
9 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Social Science
10 2 (0.97%) French Language
10 2 (0.97%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 42 (20.39%) Consultant
2 31 (15.05%) VMware Consultant
3 24 (11.65%) Architect
4 22 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (7.28%) Senior
6 13 (6.31%) Administrator
6 13 (6.31%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (5.83%) Windows Engineer
8 11 (5.34%) Developer
9 9 (4.37%) Linux Administrator
10 8 (3.88%) Lead
10 8 (3.88%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.88%) Wintel Engineer
11 7 (3.40%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.40%) Systems Administrator
12 6 (2.91%) Cloud Architect
12 6 (2.91%) Infrastructure Architect
12 6 (2.91%) PowerShell Engineer
12 6 (2.91%) Senior Wintel Engineer
12 6 (2.91%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) REST
1 6 (2.91%) RESTful
2 5 (2.43%) JSON
2 5 (2.43%) XML
3 4 (1.94%) Hibernate
3 4 (1.94%) Kafka
3 4 (1.94%) Middleware
3 4 (1.94%) Spring
4 3 (1.46%) .NET
4 3 (1.46%) React
5 2 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (0.97%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.97%) EDI
5 2 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.97%) Express.js
5 2 (0.97%) SOAP
5 2 (0.97%) WCF
5 2 (0.97%) Web Services
5 2 (0.97%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.74%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.25%) Replication
3 11 (5.34%) PKI
4 10 (4.85%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.37%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.40%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.40%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.91%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.43%) Clustering
10 4 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.46%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.46%) CMDB
11 3 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.97%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 73 (35.44%) Windows
2 54 (26.21%) Linux
3 44 (21.36%) Windows Server
4 25 (12.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.34%) Windows 10
6 9 (4.37%) Ubuntu
7 8 (3.88%) CentOS
8 7 (3.40%) Solaris
9 6 (2.91%) Unix
9 6 (2.91%) VMS
10 5 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.46%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.97%) AIX
12 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.49%) Android
13 1 (0.49%) Debian
13 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (16.99%) Migration
3 30 (14.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (11.65%) CI/CD
5 24 (11.65%) DevOps
6 22 (10.68%) ITIL
7 20 (9.71%) High Availability
8 17 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (7.28%) Agile
10 12 (5.83%) Data Protection
11 11 (5.34%) Business Continuity
11 11 (5.34%) Knowledge Transfer
12 10 (4.85%) Containerisation
12 10 (4.85%) Project Delivery
12 10 (4.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (4.85%) Task Automation
13 9 (4.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (4.37%) Patch Management
13 9 (4.37%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (27.18%) Python
2 49 (23.79%) PowerShell
3 23 (11.17%) Bash
4 17 (8.25%) JavaScript
4 17 (8.25%) SQL
5 11 (5.34%) Java
6 7 (3.40%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.91%) Perl
7 6 (2.91%) VBA
8 4 (1.94%) Go
8 4 (1.94%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.46%) C#
9 3 (1.46%) C++
9 3 (1.46%) PHP
10 1 (0.49%) C
10 1 (0.49%) Korn
10 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 56 (27.18%) Security Cleared
2 43 (20.87%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 15 (7.28%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (6.31%) CCNP
5 13 (6.31%) Degree
6 10 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.88%) CCNA
8 7 (3.40%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.46%) CCIE
10 3 (1.46%) VCAP
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.97%) CCDP
11 2 (0.97%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.97%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.97%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.43%) GDPR
3 4 (1.94%) NIST
4 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.97%) QA
4 2 (0.97%) SLA
5 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.49%) MiFID
5 1 (0.49%) NCSC
5 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 117 (56.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 50 (24.27%) Active Directory
3 24 (11.65%) vSphere
4 23 (11.17%) Hyper-V
5 21 (10.19%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (7.77%) VMware NSX
7 12 (5.83%) Docker
8 11 (5.34%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.43%) KVM
11 4 (1.94%) NFS
11 4 (1.94%) Veritas File System
11 4 (1.94%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 4 (1.94%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.49%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.49%) etcd
12 1 (0.49%) Firmware
12 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.49%) Postfix
12 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (16.99%) Ansible
2 24 (11.65%) SCCM
3 22 (10.68%) Terraform
4 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (9.71%) vRealize
6 16 (7.77%) vCenter Server
7 13 (6.31%) Kubernetes
8 9 (4.37%) SCOM
9 7 (3.40%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.91%) Puppet
10 6 (2.91%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (2.43%) Grafana
12 4 (1.94%) Argo
12 4 (1.94%) Control-M
12 4 (1.94%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.94%) QRadar
13 3 (1.46%) NetBackup
13 3 (1.46%) Prometheus
13 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.46%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 53 (25.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.65%) Cisco
2 24 (11.65%) Red Hat
3 20 (9.71%) Citrix
4 13 (6.31%) Oracle
5 12 (5.83%) Dell
6 10 (4.85%) CyberArk
7 9 (4.37%) NetApp
7 9 (4.37%) Splunk
8 8 (3.88%) EMC
9 7 (3.40%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.91%) F5
10 6 (2.91%) Qualys
10 6 (2.91%) Veeam
11 5 (2.43%) Google
11 5 (2.43%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.94%) McAfee
12 4 (1.94%) SaltStack
12 4 (1.94%) SAP
12 4 (1.94%) Symantec