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 March 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
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 131 111
Rank change year-on-year -48 -20 +6
Contract jobs citing VMware 247 272 377
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.52% 2.05% 2.09%
As % of the Vendors category 3.41% 4.65% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 167 243
10th Percentile £403 £270 £263
25th Percentile £475 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £588
90th Percentile £673 £666 £667
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £31.94 - £22.02
25th Percentile £45.35 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £67.70 £112.00 £38.17
Median % change year-on-year -39.55% +193.42% -12.46%
75th Percentile - - £57.47
90th Percentile - - £63.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -7.69%

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 7,243 5,849 7,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.57% 44.07% 39.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,777 3,720 4,915
10th Percentile £350 £325 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -0.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £669
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £506 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 79 144
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.45 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.99 £16.97
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +36.00% -1.40%
75th Percentile £41.75 £59.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.49 £80.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.35 £25.25
% change year-on-year -23.43% +24.14% -27.86%

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 March 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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -20 33 £550 -7.17% 21
South London - 9 £333 - 1
West London -24 2 - - 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 15 (6.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.02%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) nginx
4 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) JBoss
5 1 (0.40%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.40%) Traefik
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.72%) Azure
2 35 (14.17%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (10.12%) AWS
4 20 (8.10%) GitHub
5 17 (6.88%) IaaS
6 14 (5.67%) Nutanix
7 12 (4.86%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.45%) OpenShift
8 11 (4.45%) PaaS
9 10 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.43%) Rubrik
11 5 (2.02%) Datadog
11 5 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.02%) SaaS
12 4 (1.62%) GCP
13 3 (1.21%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.81%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.81%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.81%) Firewall
2 38 (15.38%) DNS
3 28 (11.34%) SAN
4 24 (9.72%) DHCP
5 19 (7.69%) NAS
5 19 (7.69%) VPN
5 19 (7.69%) VSAN
6 16 (6.48%) LAN
6 16 (6.48%) WAN
7 8 (3.24%) VLAN
8 7 (2.83%) Network Security
9 6 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.02%) BGP
10 5 (2.02%) SMTP
10 5 (2.02%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.62%) HTTP
11 4 (1.62%) MPLS
11 4 (1.62%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.21%) Calico
12 3 (1.21%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.07%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.62%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.40%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) Redis
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.43%) GitLab
2 6 (2.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (2.02%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.62%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.62%) JIRA
4 4 (1.62%) JMeter
4 4 (1.62%) JUnit
4 4 (1.62%) RStudio
4 4 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.81%) Git
6 1 (0.40%) MSI
6 1 (0.40%) Subversion
6 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (22.27%) Finance
2 49 (19.84%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.31%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.07%) Banking
5 11 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.83%) Legal
7 4 (1.62%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.62%) Social Science
7 4 (1.62%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.21%) Local Government
8 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Electronics
9 2 (0.81%) Front Office
9 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.81%) Marketing
9 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (16.60%) Consultant
2 33 (13.36%) VMware Consultant
3 30 (12.15%) Architect
4 29 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 26 (10.53%) Senior
6 24 (9.72%) VMware Engineer
7 12 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.45%) Developer
8 11 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.45%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (3.64%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (3.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.64%) VMware Architect
10 8 (3.24%) Lead
11 7 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.83%) NetApp Engineer
12 6 (2.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (2.43%) SQL Database Developer
12 6 (2.43%) VMware Specialist
12 6 (2.43%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.02%) Middleware
2 4 (1.62%) Flash
2 4 (1.62%) Hibernate
2 4 (1.62%) Kafka
2 4 (1.62%) Spring
3 3 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (1.21%) React
4 2 (0.81%) .NET
4 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.81%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.81%) Django
4 2 (0.81%) Express.js
4 2 (0.81%) REST
4 2 (0.81%) SOAP
4 2 (0.81%) WCF
4 2 (0.81%) Web Services
4 2 (0.81%) WPF
5 1 (0.40%) OpenID
5 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.74%) Replication
2 17 (6.88%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.07%) PKI
4 11 (4.45%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.45%) Enterprise Storage
5 10 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.64%) Clustering
6 9 (3.64%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.83%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.43%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.02%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.21%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.21%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.21%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 72 (29.15%) Windows
2 44 (17.81%) Windows Server
3 38 (15.38%) Linux
4 12 (4.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.05%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.02%) Solaris
8 5 (2.02%) VMS
9 4 (1.62%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.62%) Unix
10 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.81%) AIX
11 2 (0.81%) CentOS
11 2 (0.81%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.40%) Android
12 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.98%) Migration
2 38 (15.38%) DevOps
3 35 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (11.34%) CI/CD
6 24 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (9.31%) ITIL
8 20 (8.10%) Agile
9 19 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (7.29%) Validation
11 16 (6.48%) Change Management
12 15 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.07%) Runbook
13 14 (5.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
14 13 (5.26%) Platform Engineering
14 13 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (4.86%) Data Migration
15 12 (4.86%) High Availability
16 11 (4.45%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (21.86%) PowerShell
2 40 (16.19%) Python
3 19 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 16 (6.48%) SQL
5 9 (3.64%) Bash
6 8 (3.24%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.43%) Java
8 5 (2.02%) C#
9 2 (0.81%) C
9 2 (0.81%) Go
9 2 (0.81%) Korn
9 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) Perl
10 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (31.98%) Security Cleared
2 52 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 21 (8.50%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.45%) Degree
6 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.83%) CCNP
8 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.62%) CCNA
10 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.21%) VCAP
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.81%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.81%) PMP
11 2 (0.81%) VCDX
12 1 (0.40%) CBAP
12 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.24%) SLA
2 7 (2.83%) NIST
3 4 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.81%) NCSC
4 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) COBIT
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.40%) MiFID
5 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 137 (55.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 51 (20.65%) Active Directory
3 41 (16.60%) vSphere
4 39 (15.79%) VMware NSX
5 24 (9.72%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (6.88%) Hyper-V
7 16 (6.48%) Docker
8 13 (5.26%) NFS
9 9 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (2.43%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (2.02%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.81%) Firmware
13 2 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.81%) vCloud
13 2 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.81%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.40%) KVM
14 1 (0.40%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (13.36%) Ansible
2 32 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (10.12%) SCCM
4 24 (9.72%) vRealize
5 23 (9.31%) Terraform
6 22 (8.91%) Kubernetes
7 20 (8.10%) vCenter Server
8 13 (5.26%) vMotion
9 8 (3.24%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (3.24%) SCOM
10 6 (2.43%) Argo
10 6 (2.43%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.43%) Puppet
11 5 (2.02%) AirWatch
11 5 (2.02%) Grafana
11 5 (2.02%) PowerCLI
12 4 (1.62%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.62%) Rancher
13 3 (1.21%) Istio
13 3 (1.21%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 55 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.91%) Citrix
3 21 (8.50%) Pure Storage
4 18 (7.29%) Cisco
5 16 (6.48%) Dell
5 16 (6.48%) NetApp
5 16 (6.48%) Red Hat
6 11 (4.45%) Oracle
7 10 (4.05%) Commvault
8 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.83%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.83%) Splunk
10 6 (2.43%) Bloomberg
10 6 (2.43%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.43%) Tenable
10 6 (2.43%) Veeam
11 5 (2.02%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.62%) F5
12 4 (1.62%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.62%) Reuters