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 3 June 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
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 165 135
Rank change year-on-year -33 -30 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware 249 199 320
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 1.65% 1.83%
As % of the Vendors category 3.25% 3.63% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 132 208
10th Percentile £413 £351 £296
25th Percentile £465 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £578 £550
90th Percentile £670 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 11
10th Percentile £28.94 - £22.08
25th Percentile £43.48 - £23.05
Median hourly rate £67.70 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - £71.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £45.01
% change year-on-year +9.80% +27.75% -24.86%

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 7,650 5,486 7,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.71% 45.46% 41.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,034 3,560 4,935
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.40% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 102 134
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.93
25th Percentile £23.33 £22.33 £17.20
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.55 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +19.96% -13.45%
75th Percentile £51.50 £43.25 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.88 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
% change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.01%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -14 30 £482 -12.45% 25
South London -10 7 £165 -68.57%
West London -34 1 - - 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 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.21%) Tomcat
3 7 (2.81%) nginx
3 7 (2.81%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.41%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.20%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.80%) IIS
7 1 (0.40%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.53%) Azure
2 38 (15.26%) AWS
3 28 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.83%) IaaS
5 15 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.02%) PaaS
6 14 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.82%) Rubrik
8 11 (4.42%) GitHub
9 8 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.21%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.81%) Datadog
10 7 (2.81%) SaaS
11 6 (2.41%) Azure Stack
11 6 (2.41%) GCP
12 5 (2.01%) Cohesity
12 5 (2.01%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (20.48%) Firewall
2 41 (16.47%) DNS
3 31 (12.45%) DHCP
4 30 (12.05%) SAN
5 29 (11.65%) VSAN
6 24 (9.64%) VPN
7 23 (9.24%) NAS
8 20 (8.03%) WAN
9 16 (6.43%) LAN
10 12 (4.82%) VLAN
11 9 (3.61%) Network Security
12 8 (3.21%) SMTP
13 7 (2.81%) BGP
13 7 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.41%) HTTP
14 6 (2.41%) SD-WAN
14 6 (2.41%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.61%) OSPF
15 4 (1.61%) VXLAN
16 3 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.22%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.20%) Power BI
4 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.21%) GitLab
2 7 (2.81%) Chocolatey
2 7 (2.81%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.01%) JIRA
4 4 (1.61%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.40%) Maven
5 1 (0.40%) MSI
5 1 (0.40%) RStudio
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
5 1 (0.40%) VersionOne
General
1 45 (18.07%) Finance
2 41 (16.47%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.42%) Banking
5 11 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.21%) Legal
7 6 (2.41%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.20%) Retail
9 2 (0.80%) Front Office
9 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 42 (16.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (12.45%) Senior
3 28 (11.24%) Architect
4 26 (10.44%) Consultant
5 21 (8.43%) VMware Engineer
6 19 (7.63%) VMware Consultant
7 16 (6.43%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (5.62%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (4.02%) NetApp Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) VMware Architect
12 8 (3.21%) IT Engineer
12 8 (3.21%) Senior DevOps
12 8 (3.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
13 7 (2.81%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 7 (2.81%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.41%) REST
2 5 (2.01%) .NET
3 3 (1.20%) Flash
3 3 (1.20%) JSON
4 2 (0.80%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.80%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.80%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.80%) Blazor
4 2 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.80%) Middleware
4 2 (0.80%) YAML
5 1 (0.40%) Django
5 1 (0.40%) EJB
5 1 (0.40%) HTML
5 1 (0.40%) Java SE
5 1 (0.40%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.40%) JSP
5 1 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.40%) RESTful
5 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.04%) Replication
2 24 (9.64%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.43%) Enterprise Storage
4 15 (6.02%) Clustering
5 14 (5.62%) PKI
6 11 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.81%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (2.41%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.20%) CMDB
10 3 (1.20%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.20%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 94 (37.75%) Windows
2 54 (21.69%) Windows Server
3 44 (17.67%) Linux
4 15 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.81%) VMS
6 7 (2.81%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.81%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.41%) Solaris
7 6 (2.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (2.01%) Unix
9 4 (1.61%) SUSE
10 3 (1.20%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.40%) AIX
12 1 (0.40%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.12%) Migration
2 51 (20.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (13.65%) DevOps
4 27 (10.84%) CI/CD
5 25 (10.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (9.64%) ITIL
6 24 (9.64%) Validation
7 22 (8.84%) Change Management
8 19 (7.63%) Agile
8 19 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (7.63%) High Availability
8 19 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (6.02%) Capacity Management
10 15 (6.02%) Infrastructure Automation
10 15 (6.02%) Platform Engineering
11 14 (5.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.62%) ITSM
12 13 (5.22%) Data Migration
12 13 (5.22%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.08%) PowerShell
2 21 (8.43%) Python
3 15 (6.02%) SQL
4 10 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.61%) Bash
6 6 (2.41%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.61%) C#
7 4 (1.61%) Java
7 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.20%) Bicep
8 3 (1.20%) C
9 1 (0.40%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (33.73%) Security Cleared
2 58 (23.29%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.44%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.02%) Degree
4 10 (4.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (2.81%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.61%) CCNA
7 4 (1.61%) VCAP
8 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.20%) PMP
8 3 (1.20%) VCDX
9 2 (0.80%) CCNP
9 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.40%) MCSE
10 1 (0.40%) OCP
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.02%) SLA
2 5 (2.01%) NIST
3 3 (1.20%) QA
4 2 (0.80%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) COBIT
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) DICOM
5 1 (0.40%) HL7
5 1 (0.40%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 146 (58.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (20.88%) Active Directory
3 47 (18.88%) VMware NSX
4 43 (17.27%) vSphere
5 32 (12.85%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (10.84%) Hyper-V
7 16 (6.43%) Docker
7 16 (6.43%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (5.22%) NFS
9 9 (3.61%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (3.21%) BitLocker
11 5 (2.01%) Firmware
11 5 (2.01%) Oracle RAC
11 5 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.80%) vCloud
13 2 (0.80%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.40%) KVM
14 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.40%) UAG
Systems Management
1 32 (12.85%) Ansible
2 28 (11.24%) Terraform
3 25 (10.04%) vCenter Server
4 22 (8.84%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (7.23%) vRealize
6 17 (6.83%) SCCM
7 16 (6.43%) vMotion
8 8 (3.21%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (3.21%) Puppet
9 7 (2.81%) PowerCLI
9 7 (2.81%) VxRail
10 5 (2.01%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (2.01%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (1.61%) AirWatch
11 4 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.20%) NetBackup
12 3 (1.20%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 52 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.04%) Cisco
3 21 (8.43%) Citrix
3 21 (8.43%) NetApp
4 18 (7.23%) Pure Storage
5 17 (6.83%) Dell
5 17 (6.83%) Red Hat
6 10 (4.02%) Commvault
6 10 (4.02%) Oracle
7 8 (3.21%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.81%) AppDynamics
8 7 (2.81%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.81%) IBM
8 7 (2.81%) Tenable
9 6 (2.41%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.01%) Bloomberg
10 5 (2.01%) Juniper
11 4 (1.61%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.61%) EMC
12 3 (1.20%) Splunk