VMware NSX Contract Job Trends in the North West

VMware NSX
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VMware NSX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 110 125
Rank change year-on-year -20 +15 +36
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 17 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.65% 0.43% 0.59%
As % of the System Software category 4.11% 3.19% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 13
10th Percentile - £413 £345
25th Percentile £485 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £495 £516 £475
90th Percentile - £597 -
England median daily rate £545 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -0.91% +8.91% -8.18%

All System Software Skills
North West

VMware NSX falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 414 282 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.71% 13.40% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 170 249
10th Percentile £151 £163 £190
25th Percentile £326 £250 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £610 £584 £678
England median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 29
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.73 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.12 £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £22.09 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.86% +22.72% -63.87%
75th Percentile £74.26 £24.18 £42.88
90th Percentile £76.85 £33.85 £46.32
England median hourly rate £37.97 £29.00 £40.13
% change year-on-year +30.93% -27.73% +4.22%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware NSX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

VMware NSX job vacancy trend in the North West

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VMware NSX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VMware NSX

VMware NSX
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Cheshire -10 15 £490 +3.16% 2
Manchester -11 2 - -
VMware NSX
England

VMware NSX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) DNS
2 10 (58.82%) Wireshark
3 9 (52.94%) BIG-IP
3 9 (52.94%) HTTP
3 9 (52.94%) SSL
3 9 (52.94%) TCP/IP
4 5 (29.41%) DMZ
4 5 (29.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (29.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (29.41%) Network Security
5 2 (11.76%) VSAN
6 1 (5.88%) DWDM
6 1 (5.88%) LAN
6 1 (5.88%) MPLS
6 1 (5.88%) Multicast
6 1 (5.88%) VPN
6 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Fiddler
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Network Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Junior
2 9 (52.94%) Junior Network Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Web Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Core Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Django
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Load Balancing
2 9 (52.94%) Data Loss Prevention
2 9 (52.94%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Network Design
5 1 (5.88%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) VCAP
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (58.82%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (82.35%) F5
3 9 (52.94%) Blue Coat
3 9 (52.94%) McAfee
4 5 (29.41%) Computacenter
5 1 (5.88%) Arista
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco
5 1 (5.88%) IBM
5 1 (5.88%) NetScout
5 1 (5.88%) SevOne
5 1 (5.88%) Splunk