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 citing 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 4 November 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
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 63 48
Rank change year-on-year -34 -15 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware 90 81 75
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.25% 3.36% 3.22%
As % of the Vendors category 5.47% 6.73% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 33 32
10th Percentile £295 £400 £401
25th Percentile £310 £409 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £518 £550 £599
90th Percentile £561 £675 £674
England median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £34.44 £66.60 -
25th Percentile £42.59 £67.88 £72.50
Median hourly rate £62.31 £70.38 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.47% -6.16% +71.43%
75th Percentile £81.50 £72.51 £77.50
90th Percentile £86.45 £73.56 -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £40.58
% change year-on-year +102.21% -16.22% -35.58%

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 citing vendor products and services in the North West.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 1,646 1,203 1,002
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 41.19% 49.96% 42.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 810 519
10th Percentile £250 £270 £326
25th Percentile £400 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £599
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 91 51
10th Percentile £14.01 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £19.07 £23.00
Median hourly rate £24.72 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -28.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £48.75 £54.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.00 £74.26 £55.79
England median hourly rate £24.72 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.69% -28.16% -21.35%

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 4 November 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 for jobs citing VMware in the North West over the 6 months to 4 November 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 4 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Merseyside -1 23 £490 +34.25% 7
Manchester -50 21 £500 -2.44% 11
Cheshire +2 18 £325 -35.00% 5
Lancashire -7 17 £305 -44.55% 11
Cumbria -12 11 £505 +25.39%
VMware
England

VMware Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft33.3%30
2Citrix26.7%24
2F526.7%24
4Cisco11.1%10
5Blue Coat10.0%9
5McAfee10.0%9
5NetApp10.0%9
8Nexthink8.9%8
8ServiceNow8.9%8
10CyberArk6.7%6
11Dell5.6%5
12IBM4.4%4
12Perforce4.4%4
14Oracle3.3%3
14Veeam3.3%3
16Palo Alto2.2%2
16Siemens2.2%2
16Splunk2.2%2
19Adobe1.1%1
19Arista1.1%1