VMware Contracts in the Midlands

VMware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 37 54
Rank change year-on-year -26 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 73 166 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.71% 4.98% 3.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.33% 9.92% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 106 132
10th Percentile £246 £319 £213
25th Percentile £309 £371 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £386
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +24.92% +10.36%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £491
90th Percentile £758 £715 £573
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - £18.50 £12.00
25th Percentile - £28.38 £14.19
Median hourly rate £19.95 £38.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.18% +133.33% -65.26%
75th Percentile - £53.13 £19.19
90th Percentile - £66.00 £20.00
England median hourly rate £46.18 £62.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.52% +49.40% -17.00%

All Vendors
Midlands

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,154 1,674 2,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.88% 50.23% 42.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 1,120 1,468
10th Percentile £207 £205 £190
25th Percentile £350 £350 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £579 £550
90th Percentile £700 £688 £647
England median daily rate £518 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -3.27% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 54 76
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.88 £9.67
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.50 £13.15
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.71 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +21.79% +13.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £40.25 £22.75
90th Percentile £42.94 £65.70 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year -40.00% +75.48% +1.76%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
West Midlands -17 50 £425 -5.56% 61
East Midlands -13 22 £550 +10.00% 53
VMware
England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (15.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.74%) IIS
3 2 (2.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 2 (2.74%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.14%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (28.77%) Azure
3 3 (4.11%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.14%) DNS
2 19 (26.03%) SAN
3 18 (24.66%) DHCP
3 18 (24.66%) TCP/IP
4 17 (23.29%) WAN
5 14 (19.18%) Firewall
5 14 (19.18%) LAN
6 8 (10.96%) VPN
7 7 (9.59%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (9.59%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (6.85%) Internet
9 4 (5.48%) MPLS
9 4 (5.48%) NAS
9 4 (5.48%) SD-WAN
9 4 (5.48%) VLAN
10 3 (4.11%) VoIP
10 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.11%) Wireless
11 2 (2.74%) iSCSI
12 1 (1.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (1.37%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.22%) Finance
4 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Back Office
6 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) Architect
3 9 (12.33%) Administrator
4 5 (6.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (6.85%) Developer
4 5 (6.85%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Python Developer
4 5 (6.85%) Server Administrator
4 5 (6.85%) Support Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Support Officer
4 5 (6.85%) Technical Support
4 5 (6.85%) Technical Support Officer
4 5 (6.85%) VMWare Administrator
5 4 (5.48%) Implementation Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.85%) PKI
3 4 (5.48%) Clustering
4 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.74%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Grid Computing
6 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (64.38%) Windows
2 32 (43.84%) Windows Server
3 21 (28.77%) Linux
4 11 (15.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (15.07%) Ubuntu
5 8 (10.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (10.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (9.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (8.22%) Windows 10
8 5 (6.85%) Debian
8 5 (6.85%) Unix
9 4 (5.48%) CentOS
10 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
10 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (2.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
4 8 (10.96%) ITIL
4 8 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.59%) Virtual Environments
6 6 (8.22%) Agile
6 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
7 5 (6.85%) Configuration Management
7 5 (6.85%) Data Modelling
7 5 (6.85%) Information Management
7 5 (6.85%) Load Balancing
7 5 (6.85%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (6.85%) Prototyping
7 5 (6.85%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (6.85%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (6.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 5 (6.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 5 (6.85%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.85%) C#
2 5 (6.85%) Java
2 5 (6.85%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (34.25%) Security Cleared
2 18 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.44%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.22%) Degree
5 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) NIST
2 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (60.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (42.47%) Active Directory
3 16 (21.92%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (17.81%) Hyper-V
4 13 (17.81%) VMware NSX
5 9 (12.33%) vSphere
6 8 (10.96%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (8.22%) VMware Server
8 3 (4.11%) Docker
9 2 (2.74%) Terminal Services
9 2 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (23.29%) SCCM
1 17 (23.29%) vCenter Server
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.85%) VxRail
4 3 (4.11%) Autotask
4 3 (4.11%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (4.11%) SCOM
5 1 (1.37%) Ansible
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.37%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.37%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.37%) Puppet
5 1 (1.37%) Rancher
5 1 (1.37%) Terraform
5 1 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (46.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) Cisco
2 7 (9.59%) Red Hat
2 7 (9.59%) Veeam
3 3 (4.11%) Apple
3 3 (4.11%) Datto
3 3 (4.11%) Dell
4 2 (2.74%) Aruba
4 2 (2.74%) Bloomberg
4 2 (2.74%) Citrix
4 2 (2.74%) NetApp
4 2 (2.74%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.74%) ProCurve
4 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) Synology
4 2 (2.74%) Zerto
5 1 (1.37%) Commvault
5 1 (1.37%) EMC
5 1 (1.37%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.37%) Sophos