VMware Contract Job Trends in the North West

VMware
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 15 September 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 80 51
Rank change year-on-year +2 -29 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 102 50 70
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.60% 2.33% 2.95%
As % of the Vendors category 6.12% 4.65% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 19 35
10th Percentile £285 £313 £213
25th Percentile £316 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -12.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £609
90th Percentile £568 £642 £673
England median daily rate £530 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £33.83 - -
25th Percentile £41.06 £65.75 £70.20
Median hourly rate £56.75 £66.50 £75.40
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% -11.80% +64.65%
75th Percentile £75.06 £67.25 £80.59
90th Percentile £83.88 - -
England median hourly rate £68.00 £34.00 £43.08
% change year-on-year +100.00% -21.08% -31.62%

All Vendors
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,668 1,076 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 42.49% 50.23% 38.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 691 511
10th Percentile £263 £304 £276
25th Percentile £400 £380 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £662 £671 £675
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 79 44
10th Percentile £14.86 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.08 £17.44 £24.48
Median hourly rate £29.96 £22.63 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +32.39% -36.58% +1.94%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.12 £46.18
90th Percentile £87.50 £67.25 £58.74
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the North West

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the North West over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the North West

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in the North West over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the North West

VMware
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Manchester -47 24 £500 +5.26% 32
Merseyside -4 21 £350 -4.11% 6
Cheshire +6 19 £375 +15.38% 11
Cumbria - 17 £485 -
Lancashire -5 16 £300 +71.43% 12
VMware
England

VMware
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.88%) Skype for Business
3 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.98%) CICS
4 1 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.51%) Azure
2 13 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.78%) AWS
4 10 (9.80%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.92%) GCP
6 3 (2.94%) IaaS
7 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.96%) GitHub
7 2 (1.96%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.96%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.98%) IBM Watson
8 1 (0.98%) OCI
8 1 (0.98%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (42.16%) DNS
2 26 (25.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 26 (25.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 19 (18.63%) BIG-IP
4 16 (15.69%) TCP/IP
5 14 (13.73%) Wireshark
6 13 (12.75%) HTTP
6 13 (12.75%) SSL
7 12 (11.76%) VPN
8 11 (10.78%) NetScaler
8 11 (10.78%) SAN
9 10 (9.80%) DMZ
9 10 (9.80%) Network Security
9 10 (9.80%) VLAN
9 10 (9.80%) WAN
10 9 (8.82%) DHCP
10 9 (8.82%) LAN
11 8 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (6.86%) NAS
13 6 (5.88%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Fiddler
2 2 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.98%) Git
3 1 (0.98%) GitLab
3 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.71%) Banking
3 13 (12.75%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.76%) Finance
5 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Games
7 4 (3.92%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (21.57%) VMware Engineer
2 19 (18.63%) Network Engineer
3 13 (12.75%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 13 (12.75%) IP Network Engineer
3 13 (12.75%) Web Engineer
4 12 (11.76%) Senior
5 10 (9.80%) Wintel Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Analyst
8 4 (3.92%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Consultant
9 3 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) Terraform
2 3 (2.94%) JSON
3 2 (1.96%) Flash
3 2 (1.96%) REST
4 1 (0.98%) Middleware
4 1 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.98%) XML
4 1 (0.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.57%) Management Information System
2 14 (13.73%) Replication
3 10 (9.80%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (8.82%) Clustering
5 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.92%) Animation
6 4 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.98%) BYOD
9 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.98%) CMDB
9 1 (0.98%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.98%) NHS
9 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.98%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 52 (50.98%) Windows
2 37 (36.27%) Windows Server
3 16 (15.69%) Linux
4 15 (14.71%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.88%) Windows 7
6 5 (4.90%) Unix
7 4 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.94%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.96%) AIX
9 2 (1.96%) VMS
9 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.98%) Solaris
10 1 (0.98%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.49%) Load Balancing
2 23 (22.55%) ITIL
3 20 (19.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (19.61%) Migration
4 17 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 17 (16.67%) Service Management
5 16 (15.69%) High Availability
5 16 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (13.73%) Capacity Planning
7 13 (12.75%) Data Loss Prevention
7 13 (12.75%) Data Protection
7 13 (12.75%) Malware Detection/Protection
7 13 (12.75%) Network Virtualisation
8 12 (11.76%) Customer Service
9 11 (10.78%) ITSM
10 10 (9.80%) Project Delivery
10 10 (9.80%) User Experience
11 9 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.47%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.78%) Python
3 7 (6.86%) Bash
4 6 (5.88%) VB
4 6 (5.88%) VBScript
5 1 (0.98%) Bicep
5 1 (0.98%) COBOL
5 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 30 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.80%) VCAP
3 10 (9.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (7.84%) MCSA
5 8 (7.84%) MCSE
6 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.96%) CCNP
6 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.98%) CCIE
7 1 (0.98%) CCNA
7 1 (0.98%) Degree
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.98%) OCP
7 1 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
System Software
1 86 (84.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 22 (21.57%) vSphere
4 20 (19.61%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (17.65%) Hyper-V
6 15 (14.71%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (13.73%) Firmware
8 13 (12.75%) VMware NSX
9 11 (10.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 11 (10.78%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (5.88%) BitLocker
10 6 (5.88%) XenApp
10 6 (5.88%) XenDesktop
11 2 (1.96%) GPFS
11 2 (1.96%) NFS
12 1 (0.98%) Docker
12 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (16.67%) Ansible
1 17 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 10 (9.80%) SCCM
3 7 (6.86%) SysTrack
4 5 (4.90%) vRealize
4 5 (4.90%) WSUS
5 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.92%) PowerCLI
5 4 (3.92%) vMotion
6 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.96%) VxRail
7 1 (0.98%) Argo
7 1 (0.98%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.98%) Grafana
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.98%) Nessus
7 1 (0.98%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.98%) Puppet
7 1 (0.98%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 27 (26.47%) F5
3 24 (23.53%) Citrix
4 17 (16.67%) Cisco
5 13 (12.75%) Blue Coat
5 13 (12.75%) McAfee
5 13 (12.75%) NetApp
6 9 (8.82%) ServiceNow
7 7 (6.86%) Nexthink
8 6 (5.88%) CyberArk
8 6 (5.88%) IBM
9 4 (3.92%) Oracle
9 4 (3.92%) Perforce
10 2 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.96%) Splunk
10 2 (1.96%) Tanium
11 1 (0.98%) Arista
11 1 (0.98%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.98%) Pure Storage
11 1 (0.98%) Tenable