VMware Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

VMware Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median VMware Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 70 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £694 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - -
75th Percentile £731 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £713 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,616 832 1,367
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.06% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 579 952
10th Percentile £319 £300 £307
25th Percentile £400 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £491
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.40% -1.75%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 44 84
10th Percentile £22.50 - £12.07
25th Percentile £36.31 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £56.25 £24.83 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +126.59% -12.89% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76.00 £66.25 £63.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.38 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £31.50
% change year-on-year +73.91% -8.73% +3.14%

VMware Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

VMware Consultant job vacancy trend in Manchester

VMware Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in Manchester

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, VMware Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring VMware Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) OpenText
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) vRealize
2 1 (50.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) XML

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) vRealize
1 1 (50.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) OpenText
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow