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 14 March 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
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 48 55
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -17
Contract jobs citing VMware 115 83 87
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.86% 4.09% 3.06%
As % of the Vendors category 8.65% 7.65% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 40 63
10th Percentile £311 £347 £211
25th Percentile £407 £366 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £510
90th Percentile £575 £540 £605
England median daily rate £525 £533 £488
% change year-on-year -1.52% +9.36% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile - £70.66 -
25th Percentile - £71.35 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £75.40 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.51% +63.26% +8.66%
75th Percentile - £83.18 -
90th Percentile - £84.74 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £48.14
% change year-on-year -6.67% +55.81% -24.79%

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 1,329 1,085 1,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 44.57% 53.42% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 678 736
10th Percentile £213 £250 £273
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £684 £665 £675
England median daily rate £503 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 55 156
10th Percentile £18.39 £21.05 £10.95
25th Percentile £21.75 £25.26 £12.00
Median hourly rate £25.94 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% +102.37% -45.19%
75th Percentile £60.61 £60.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.90% +21.80% -28.57%

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 14 March 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
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 14 March 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
Merseyside +10 35 £238 -47.22% 3
Cheshire -10 26 £458 +10.91% 8
Manchester -29 25 £464 +6.06% 16
Cumbria -2 13 £456 -13.14% 1
Lancashire -10 9 £550 +25.71% 10
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 8 (6.96%) CICS
2 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.48%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.87%) IIS
4 1 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.91%) Azure
2 13 (11.30%) AWS
3 11 (9.57%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.96%) GCP
6 5 (4.35%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.87%) GitHub
7 1 (0.87%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.87%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 52 (45.22%) DNS
2 38 (33.04%) TCP/IP
3 33 (28.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 33 (28.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 32 (27.83%) SSL
5 31 (26.96%) Wireshark
6 30 (26.09%) BIG-IP
6 30 (26.09%) HTTP
7 28 (24.35%) Firewall
8 15 (13.04%) DMZ
8 15 (13.04%) Network Security
9 7 (6.09%) DHCP
10 6 (5.22%) VPN
10 6 (5.22%) VSAN
11 5 (4.35%) WebEx
12 4 (3.48%) BGP
12 4 (3.48%) NetScaler
12 4 (3.48%) SNMP
12 4 (3.48%) VLAN
13 3 (2.61%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.96%) DataStage
2 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (26.09%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 28 (24.35%) Banking
2 27 (23.48%) Investment Banking
3 26 (22.61%) Social Skills
4 15 (13.04%) Finance
5 12 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.96%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (6.09%) Legal
7 7 (6.09%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.87%) Advertising
8 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (33.91%) Network Engineer
2 30 (26.09%) Web Engineer
3 19 (16.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 19 (16.52%) IP Network Engineer
4 17 (14.78%) Platform Engineer
5 11 (9.57%) Junior
5 11 (9.57%) Junior Network Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) Wintel Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Designer
7 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Designer
7 8 (6.96%) Operations Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) VMware Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Architect
9 5 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Analyst
10 4 (3.48%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
11 3 (2.61%) Consultant
11 3 (2.61%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.96%) Middleware
2 5 (4.35%) XMPP
3 1 (0.87%) Django
3 1 (0.87%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.48%) Management Information System
2 15 (13.04%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.70%) Replication
4 9 (7.83%) Clustering
4 9 (7.83%) Product Ownership
5 8 (6.96%) BYOD
5 8 (6.96%) Mainframe
5 8 (6.96%) VSAM
6 6 (5.22%) Private Cloud
7 4 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.74%) PKI
9 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (37.39%) Windows
2 34 (29.57%) Linux
3 28 (24.35%) Windows Server
4 11 (9.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (7.83%) Solaris
5 9 (7.83%) Unix
5 9 (7.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (6.96%) AIX
7 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.61%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.61%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.87%) CentOS
10 1 (0.87%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (49.57%) Load Balancing
2 31 (26.96%) Data Loss Prevention
3 30 (26.09%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 22 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (16.52%) Platform Engineering
6 16 (13.91%) Design Patterns
7 14 (12.17%) Containerisation
7 14 (12.17%) High Availability
8 13 (11.30%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.43%) Business Strategy
9 12 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (9.57%) Capacity Planning
10 11 (9.57%) DevOps
10 11 (9.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
11 9 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.83%) Incident Response
11 9 (7.83%) Network Virtualisation
12 8 (6.96%) Business Case
12 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.70%) Python
2 32 (27.83%) PowerShell
3 25 (21.74%) Bash
4 13 (11.30%) Perl
5 8 (6.96%) COBOL
6 2 (1.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.26%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.70%) VCAP
3 10 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (6.96%) CCDP
4 8 (6.96%) CCNA
4 8 (6.96%) CCNP
4 8 (6.96%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (6.96%) MCSA
4 8 (6.96%) MCSE
4 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.09%) Degree
6 1 (0.87%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.87%) CISM
6 1 (0.87%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) GDPR
2 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.74%) SLA
4 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 73 (63.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (25.22%) vSphere
3 21 (18.26%) Active Directory
3 21 (18.26%) VMware NSX
4 19 (16.52%) Firmware
5 16 (13.91%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (13.04%) Docker
7 11 (9.57%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (6.09%) Hyper-V
9 5 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.87%) GPFS
10 1 (0.87%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (21.74%) Ansible
2 13 (11.30%) vCenter Server
3 12 (10.43%) Kubernetes
4 9 (7.83%) SCCM
5 8 (6.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (6.96%) Terraform
6 2 (1.74%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.87%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.87%) Puppet
7 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.87%) SCOM
7 1 (0.87%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.87%) vRealize
7 1 (0.87%) VxRail
Vendors
1 56 (48.70%) F5
2 34 (29.57%) Blue Coat
2 34 (29.57%) McAfee
3 20 (17.39%) Cisco
4 19 (16.52%) Microsoft
4 19 (16.52%) NetApp
5 13 (11.30%) Citrix
6 10 (8.70%) IBM
6 10 (8.70%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.35%) Computacenter
7 5 (4.35%) Veeam
8 4 (3.48%) Juniper
8 4 (3.48%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.61%) Google
10 1 (0.87%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.87%) Arista
10 1 (0.87%) NetScout
10 1 (0.87%) Oracle
10 1 (0.87%) Qualys
10 1 (0.87%) SolarWinds