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 27 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
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 169 138
Rank change year-on-year -29 -31 -23
Contract jobs citing VMware 253 205 324
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 1.61% 1.84%
As % of the Vendors category 3.20% 3.55% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 138 215
10th Percentile £406 £359 £309
25th Percentile £463 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £638 £584 £550
90th Percentile £664 £696 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 11
10th Percentile £21.20 - £22.08
25th Percentile £24.13 - £23.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £49.35 - £71.25
90th Percentile £60.36 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.13
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.50% -25.63%

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 7,915 5,774 7,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.30% 45.34% 41.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,200 3,741 5,024
10th Percentile £350 £325 £312
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -0.37% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £766 £775
England median daily rate £508 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -0.98% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 110 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.60 £17.78
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.55 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +19.96% -16.49%
75th Percentile £58.92 £48.44 £36.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.13 £24.50
% change year-on-year +29.03% +10.71% -34.67%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -7 39 £513 -6.82% 10
South London -12 6 £165 -68.57% 1
West London -30 2 £475 -17.39% 2
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 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.16%) Tomcat
3 7 (2.77%) nginx
4 4 (1.58%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.19%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.79%) Apache
6 2 (0.79%) IIS
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.40%) CloudStack
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 83 (32.81%) Azure
2 39 (15.42%) AWS
3 29 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.91%) IaaS
5 16 (6.32%) PaaS
6 15 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.93%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.35%) GitHub
7 11 (4.35%) Rubrik
8 9 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.56%) Nutanix
9 8 (3.16%) GCP
9 8 (3.16%) SaaS
10 7 (2.77%) Azure Stack
10 7 (2.77%) Datadog
10 7 (2.77%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.98%) Cohesity
12 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (22.13%) Firewall
2 47 (18.58%) DNS
3 36 (14.23%) DHCP
4 28 (11.07%) SAN
4 28 (11.07%) VPN
5 25 (9.88%) VSAN
6 22 (8.70%) WAN
7 21 (8.30%) NAS
8 20 (7.91%) LAN
9 13 (5.14%) VLAN
10 11 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.56%) SMTP
12 8 (3.16%) Network Security
12 8 (3.16%) SD-WAN
13 7 (2.77%) BGP
14 6 (2.37%) TCP/IP
15 5 (1.98%) HTTP
15 5 (1.98%) OSPF
16 4 (1.58%) DMZ
16 4 (1.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.53%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.19%) Big Data
4 3 (1.19%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.19%) Power BI
5 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) GIS
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Chocolatey
2 6 (2.37%) Git
2 6 (2.37%) GitLab
2 6 (2.37%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.58%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.40%) Maven
4 1 (0.40%) MSI
4 1 (0.40%) RStudio
4 1 (0.40%) Subversion
4 1 (0.40%) VersionOne
General
1 47 (18.58%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.18%) Finance
3 16 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.95%) Banking
6 9 (3.56%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.16%) Legal
7 8 (3.16%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.19%) Retail
9 2 (0.79%) Front Office
9 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Local Government
10 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 49 (19.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (10.67%) Senior
3 26 (10.28%) Architect
3 26 (10.28%) Consultant
4 22 (8.70%) VMware Engineer
5 19 (7.51%) VMware Consultant
6 17 (6.72%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (4.74%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.35%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.56%) IT Engineer
12 8 (3.16%) NetApp Engineer
12 8 (3.16%) VMware Architect
12 8 (3.16%) VMware Specialist
13 7 (2.77%) IT Support
13 7 (2.77%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.37%) REST
2 5 (1.98%) .NET
3 3 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.19%) Flash
3 3 (1.19%) JSON
4 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.79%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.79%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.79%) Blazor
4 2 (0.79%) Middleware
4 2 (0.79%) 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%) RESTful
5 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.07%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.91%) Replication
3 16 (6.32%) Clustering
4 15 (5.93%) PKI
5 14 (5.53%) Enterprise Storage
6 11 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.77%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.37%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.58%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.58%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.19%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.19%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (42.29%) Windows
2 63 (24.90%) Windows Server
3 47 (18.58%) Linux
4 15 (5.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.16%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.77%) VMS
8 6 (2.37%) Solaris
8 6 (2.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.98%) Unix
10 4 (1.58%) SUSE
11 3 (1.19%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (1.19%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.40%) AIX
13 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.40%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.85%) Migration
2 63 (24.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 36 (14.23%) DevOps
4 30 (11.86%) CI/CD
5 28 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
6 27 (10.67%) ITIL
7 26 (10.28%) Validation
8 22 (8.70%) Change Management
9 21 (8.30%) Agile
10 20 (7.91%) High Availability
10 20 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (7.51%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (7.51%) Infrastructure Automation
11 19 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (5.53%) Capacity Management
12 14 (5.53%) ITSM
12 14 (5.53%) Runbook
13 13 (5.14%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (5.14%) Data Migration
14 12 (4.74%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.13%) PowerShell
2 23 (9.09%) Python
3 14 (5.53%) SQL
4 13 (5.14%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.56%) Bash
6 5 (1.98%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.58%) C#
7 4 (1.58%) Java
7 4 (1.58%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.19%) Bicep
8 3 (1.19%) C
9 1 (0.40%) Korn
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 86 (33.99%) Security Cleared
2 61 (24.11%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.67%) DV Cleared
4 17 (6.72%) Degree
5 11 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.16%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.77%) CCNA
9 5 (1.98%) CCNP
10 4 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.58%) PMP
11 3 (1.19%) VCAP
12 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.79%) VCDX
13 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.40%) MCSE
13 1 (0.40%) OCP
13 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.32%) SLA
2 5 (1.98%) NIST
3 3 (1.19%) QA
4 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) COBIT
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
1 155 (61.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 61 (24.11%) Active Directory
3 44 (17.39%) VMware NSX
4 41 (16.21%) vSphere
5 34 (13.44%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (11.46%) Hyper-V
7 19 (7.51%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (7.11%) Docker
9 13 (5.14%) NFS
10 10 (3.95%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (3.56%) BitLocker
12 6 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (1.98%) Firmware
13 5 (1.98%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (1.58%) Terminal Services
15 3 (1.19%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.79%) vCloud
16 2 (0.79%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.40%) KVM
17 1 (0.40%) UAG
Systems Management
1 37 (14.62%) Ansible
2 32 (12.65%) Terraform
3 29 (11.46%) vCenter Server
4 25 (9.88%) Kubernetes
5 22 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (7.91%) vRealize
7 19 (7.51%) SCCM
8 17 (6.72%) vMotion
9 9 (3.56%) Puppet
10 8 (3.16%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (2.77%) PowerCLI
11 7 (2.77%) VxRail
12 5 (1.98%) FortiGate
12 5 (1.98%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (1.98%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (1.58%) AirWatch
13 4 (1.58%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (1.58%) Nagios
13 4 (1.58%) Progress Chef
14 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 60 (23.72%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.44%) Cisco
3 25 (9.88%) Citrix
4 18 (7.11%) Pure Storage
5 16 (6.32%) Dell
5 16 (6.32%) NetApp
5 16 (6.32%) Red Hat
6 11 (4.35%) Commvault
7 10 (3.95%) Oracle
7 10 (3.95%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.56%) Tenable
9 8 (3.16%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.77%) AppDynamics
10 7 (2.77%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.77%) IBM
11 6 (2.37%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.37%) Juniper
12 5 (1.98%) Google
12 5 (1.98%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.58%) Reuters