VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

VMware Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median VMware Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 2 0 20
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% - 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £725 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -8.16%

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 1,066 975 1,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 93.66% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 588 1,048
10th Percentile £310 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £565 £577
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 33 63
10th Percentile £17.59 £15.93 £12.90
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.97 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% +8.33% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £60.00 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £41.37 £29.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year +42.66% -22.00% +51.26%

VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

VMware Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

VMware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, VMware Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) OpenStack
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure

VMware Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
1 1 (50.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto