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 12 July 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
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 173 120
Rank change year-on-year -19 -53 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 267 211 356
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.34% 1.55% 2.04%
As % of the Vendors category 3.23% 3.38% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 136 241
10th Percentile £380 £363 £313
25th Percentile £459 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £590 £550
90th Percentile £679 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £21.20 - £22.08
25th Percentile £24.13 - £23.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +26.05% -55.07%
75th Percentile £49.35 - £71.25
90th Percentile £60.36 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -22.31%

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 8,275 6,239 7,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.64% 45.84% 42.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,411 4,054 5,082
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% +0.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £765
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 117 121
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £13.87
25th Percentile £22.83 £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +9.60% -21.68%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -32.43%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +5 42 £500 -9.09% 11
South London -16 6 £165 -68.57% 2
West London -24 2 £475 -25.49% 8
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 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.00%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.62%) nginx
5 5 (1.87%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.12%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.75%) Apache
7 2 (0.75%) IIS
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.37%) CloudStack
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 86 (32.21%) Azure
2 39 (14.61%) AWS
3 29 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.49%) IaaS
5 19 (7.12%) Entra ID
6 16 (5.99%) PaaS
7 15 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.12%) GitHub
8 11 (4.12%) Rubrik
9 10 (3.75%) SaaS
10 9 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.00%) Datadog
11 8 (3.00%) GCP
11 8 (3.00%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.62%) Azure Stack
12 7 (2.62%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.87%) Cohesity
14 4 (1.50%) OneDrive
15 3 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 3 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (20.97%) Firewall
2 49 (18.35%) DNS
3 36 (13.48%) DHCP
4 30 (11.24%) SAN
5 28 (10.49%) VPN
6 25 (9.36%) VSAN
7 22 (8.24%) NAS
8 21 (7.87%) WAN
9 18 (6.74%) LAN
10 14 (5.24%) VLAN
11 11 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.75%) Network Security
13 8 (3.00%) SMTP
14 7 (2.62%) BGP
14 7 (2.62%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.62%) TCP/IP
15 5 (1.87%) HTTP
15 5 (1.87%) OSPF
16 4 (1.50%) DMZ
16 4 (1.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.24%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.12%) Big Data
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.12%) Power BI
5 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) GIS
6 1 (0.37%) Metadata
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.00%) Chocolatey
1 8 (3.00%) Git
2 6 (2.25%) GitLab
2 6 (2.25%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.25%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.50%) JIRA
4 3 (1.12%) Subversion
5 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.37%) Maven
5 1 (0.37%) MSI
5 1 (0.37%) RStudio
5 1 (0.37%) VersionOne
General
1 53 (19.85%) Finance
2 51 (19.10%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (4.87%) Banking
5 11 (4.12%) Financial Institution
6 10 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.75%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.00%) Legal
8 3 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.12%) Retail
9 2 (0.75%) Front Office
9 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.37%) Law
10 1 (0.37%) Local Government
10 1 (0.37%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (10.49%) Senior
3 26 (9.74%) Architect
3 26 (9.74%) Consultant
4 23 (8.61%) VMware Engineer
5 19 (7.12%) VMware Consultant
6 18 (6.74%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.12%) Storage Engineer
8 11 (4.12%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.75%) IT Engineer
9 10 (3.75%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.00%) IT Support
10 8 (3.00%) VMware Architect
10 8 (3.00%) VMware Specialist
11 7 (2.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.25%) REST
2 5 (1.87%) .NET
3 3 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.12%) Flash
3 3 (1.12%) JSON
4 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.75%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.75%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.75%) Blazor
4 2 (0.75%) Middleware
4 2 (0.75%) YAML
5 1 (0.37%) Django
5 1 (0.37%) EJB
5 1 (0.37%) HTML
5 1 (0.37%) Java SE
5 1 (0.37%) JavaBeans
5 1 (0.37%) JSP
5 1 (0.37%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.49%) Replication
3 15 (5.62%) Clustering
3 15 (5.62%) Enterprise Storage
4 13 (4.87%) PKI
5 12 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.25%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.25%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.87%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.50%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.12%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 120 (44.94%) Windows
2 70 (26.22%) Windows Server
3 54 (20.22%) Linux
4 16 (5.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.00%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.62%) VMS
8 6 (2.25%) Solaris
8 6 (2.25%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.87%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.50%) SUSE
10 4 (1.50%) Unix
11 3 (1.12%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.37%) AIX
13 1 (0.37%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (28.46%) Migration
2 65 (24.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (13.11%) DevOps
4 33 (12.36%) CI/CD
5 30 (11.24%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (11.24%) ITIL
6 27 (10.11%) Validation
7 26 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (9.36%) High Availability
9 23 (8.61%) Change Management
10 21 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 21 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (7.49%) Agile
11 20 (7.49%) Infrastructure Automation
12 17 (6.37%) Runbook
13 16 (5.99%) ITSM
14 15 (5.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (5.24%) Platform Engineering
15 14 (5.24%) Storage Management
16 13 (4.87%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (22.85%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.74%) Python
3 15 (5.62%) Bash
4 13 (4.87%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.87%) SQL
5 7 (2.62%) Java
6 5 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.50%) C#
7 4 (1.50%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.12%) Bicep
8 3 (1.12%) C
9 1 (0.37%) Korn
9 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (35.21%) Security Cleared
2 68 (25.47%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.24%) DV Cleared
4 22 (8.24%) Degree
5 12 (4.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.37%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.62%) CCNA
9 5 (1.87%) CCNP
10 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.50%) PMP
11 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.12%) VCAP
12 2 (0.75%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.75%) VCDX
13 1 (0.37%) OCP
13 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.37%) SLA
2 4 (1.50%) NIST
3 3 (1.12%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.37%) COBIT
5 1 (0.37%) DICOM
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
5 1 (0.37%) HL7
5 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) NCSC
5 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 160 (59.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (26.22%) Active Directory
3 50 (18.73%) VMware NSX
4 45 (16.85%) vSphere
5 41 (15.36%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (10.49%) Hyper-V
7 19 (7.12%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (6.37%) Docker
9 14 (5.24%) NFS
10 9 (3.37%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (3.00%) BitLocker
12 7 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (1.87%) Firmware
13 5 (1.87%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (1.50%) Terminal Services
14 4 (1.50%) UAG
15 3 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.75%) vCloud
16 2 (0.75%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.37%) KVM
Systems Management
1 38 (14.23%) Ansible
2 35 (13.11%) Terraform
2 35 (13.11%) vCenter Server
3 28 (10.49%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (7.12%) SCCM
5 19 (7.12%) vRealize
6 16 (5.99%) vMotion
7 11 (4.12%) Puppet
8 8 (3.00%) EMC VPLEX
9 7 (2.62%) PowerCLI
9 7 (2.62%) VxRail
10 5 (1.87%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.87%) Nagios
10 5 (1.87%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.50%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 3 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.48%) Cisco
3 24 (8.99%) Citrix
4 19 (7.12%) NetApp
4 19 (7.12%) Red Hat
5 18 (6.74%) Pure Storage
6 16 (5.99%) Dell
7 12 (4.49%) Oracle
7 12 (4.49%) Tenable
8 11 (4.12%) Commvault
8 11 (4.12%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.00%) AppDynamics
9 8 (3.00%) Broadcom
9 8 (3.00%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.62%) IBM
11 6 (2.25%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.25%) EMC
11 6 (2.25%) Juniper
12 5 (1.87%) Google
12 5 (1.87%) Meraki