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 30 January 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
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 122 103
Rank change year-on-year -60 -19 +26
Contract jobs citing VMware 214 294 423
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.45% 2.12% 2.29%
As % of the Vendors category 3.13% 4.80% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 181 289
10th Percentile £362 £263 £298
25th Percentile £475 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £665
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 16
10th Percentile £31.94 - £22.04
25th Percentile £45.35 - £29.01
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +155.47% +0.54%
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £74.38
England median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -3.85%

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 6,828 6,124 7,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.11% 44.09% 40.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,480 3,775 5,092
10th Percentile £340 £313 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 73 150
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.50 £13.81
25th Percentile £21.23 £23.80 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.50 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +5.88% +19.00%
75th Percentile £42.35 £58.75 £44.13
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £30.88
% change year-on-year -22.50% -2.83% -4.26%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 33 £550 +5.77% 15
South London -1 7 £333 -38.20% 4
West London -23 3 - - 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 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.80%) Confluence
3 4 (1.87%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.47%) Traefik
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 53 (24.77%) Azure
2 25 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (9.81%) AWS
4 18 (8.41%) GitHub
5 12 (5.61%) Nutanix
6 9 (4.21%) OpenShift
7 8 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.27%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.27%) IaaS
9 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.34%) GCP
10 5 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.40%) PaaS
12 2 (0.93%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.47%) Datadog
13 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.47%) Slack
13 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.02%) Firewall
2 28 (13.08%) DNS
3 17 (7.94%) SAN
4 15 (7.01%) DHCP
5 14 (6.54%) WAN
6 13 (6.07%) LAN
6 13 (6.07%) VPN
7 12 (5.61%) NAS
7 12 (5.61%) VSAN
8 7 (3.27%) Network Security
9 6 (2.80%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.34%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.87%) BGP
11 4 (1.87%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.40%) Calico
12 3 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (1.40%) SMTP
12 3 (1.40%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.93%) HTTP
13 2 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.27%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.87%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.87%) Git
3 4 (1.87%) JMeter
3 4 (1.87%) JUnit
3 4 (1.87%) RStudio
3 4 (1.87%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.40%) GitLab
4 3 (1.40%) JIRA
4 3 (1.40%) Subversion
4 3 (1.40%) TeamCity
General
1 49 (22.90%) Finance
2 45 (21.03%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.67%) Banking
6 7 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.87%) Legal
7 4 (1.87%) Social Science
7 4 (1.87%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.40%) Local Government
8 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Police
10 1 (0.47%) Billing
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (16.82%) Consultant
2 31 (14.49%) VMware Consultant
3 26 (12.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.28%) Architect
5 21 (9.81%) VMware Engineer
6 20 (9.35%) Senior
7 12 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Windows Engineer
9 9 (4.21%) Administrator
9 9 (4.21%) Developer
9 9 (4.21%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (4.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Lead
10 8 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.27%) PowerShell Engineer
12 6 (2.80%) DevOps Specialist
12 6 (2.80%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.80%) Senior Wintel Engineer
12 6 (2.80%) VMware Architect
12 6 (2.80%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) Hibernate
1 4 (1.87%) Kafka
1 4 (1.87%) REST
1 4 (1.87%) Spring
2 3 (1.40%) .NET
2 3 (1.40%) Middleware
2 3 (1.40%) React
3 2 (0.93%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.93%) Bootstrap
3 2 (0.93%) Django
3 2 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.93%) Express.js
3 2 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (0.93%) SOAP
3 2 (0.93%) WCF
3 2 (0.93%) Web Services
3 2 (0.93%) WPF
4 1 (0.47%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.21%) Replication
2 14 (6.54%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.54%) PKI
3 10 (4.67%) Hedge funds
4 9 (4.21%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.74%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.27%) Clustering
6 7 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.40%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.93%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (27.10%) Windows
2 40 (18.69%) Windows Server
3 36 (16.82%) Linux
4 14 (6.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.14%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.80%) Solaris
7 5 (2.34%) Unix
7 5 (2.34%) VMS
7 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.87%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.40%) CentOS
10 2 (0.93%) AIX
11 1 (0.47%) Android
11 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.70%) Migration
2 35 (16.36%) DevOps
2 35 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (10.75%) CI/CD
5 21 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (9.35%) ITIL
7 18 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (7.48%) Agile
9 13 (6.07%) Knowledge Transfer
10 12 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (5.61%) High Availability
10 12 (5.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (4.67%) Platform Engineering
12 9 (4.21%) Configuration Management
12 9 (4.21%) Runbook
12 9 (4.21%) Technology Transformation
12 9 (4.21%) Validation
12 9 (4.21%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.43%) PowerShell
2 47 (21.96%) Python
3 18 (8.41%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.01%) SQL
5 13 (6.07%) Bash
6 9 (4.21%) Java
7 6 (2.80%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.34%) C#
9 4 (1.87%) Perl
9 4 (1.87%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.40%) C
11 2 (0.93%) Go
11 2 (0.93%) Korn
12 1 (0.47%) C++
12 1 (0.47%) Rust
12 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (31.31%) Security Cleared
2 47 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 15 (7.01%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.61%) Degree
6 9 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.74%) CCNP
8 7 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.87%) CCNA
9 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.40%) VCAP
11 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.93%) CCIE
11 2 (0.93%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.93%) RHCE
11 2 (0.93%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.93%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.34%) NIST
3 3 (1.40%) GDPR
3 3 (1.40%) SLA
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) COBIT
5 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.47%) MiFID
5 1 (0.47%) NCSC
5 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 120 (56.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (18.22%) Active Directory
3 33 (15.42%) vSphere
4 31 (14.49%) VMware NSX
5 19 (8.88%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (7.94%) Hyper-V
7 11 (5.14%) Docker
8 9 (4.21%) NFS
8 9 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.34%) KVM
11 4 (1.87%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (1.40%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (1.40%) Veritas File System
12 3 (1.40%) Veritas Volume Manager
13 2 (0.93%) vCloud
14 1 (0.47%) etcd
14 1 (0.47%) XenApp
14 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (15.89%) Ansible
2 23 (10.75%) SCCM
3 22 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (10.28%) vRealize
4 19 (8.88%) Terraform
5 18 (8.41%) Kubernetes
6 11 (5.14%) vCenter Server
7 9 (4.21%) SCOM
8 7 (3.27%) vMotion
9 6 (2.80%) Progress Chef
10 5 (2.34%) AirWatch
10 5 (2.34%) EMC VPLEX
10 5 (2.34%) Grafana
10 5 (2.34%) Puppet
10 5 (2.34%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.87%) Argo
11 4 (1.87%) Rancher
12 3 (1.40%) Istio
12 3 (1.40%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.41%) Cisco
2 18 (8.41%) Citrix
3 17 (7.94%) Dell
3 17 (7.94%) Red Hat
4 10 (4.67%) CyberArk
4 10 (4.67%) NetApp
4 10 (4.67%) Oracle
5 9 (4.21%) Pure Storage
6 7 (3.27%) Splunk
7 6 (2.80%) Veeam
8 5 (2.34%) Arista
8 5 (2.34%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.87%) Commvault
9 4 (1.87%) F5
9 4 (1.87%) Qualys
9 4 (1.87%) Symantec
10 3 (1.40%) Altiris
10 3 (1.40%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.40%) Ivanti