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 1 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
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 78 57
Rank change year-on-year -8 -21 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware 107 50 67
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.71% 2.29% 2.77%
As % of the Vendors category 6.41% 4.61% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 19 35
10th Percentile £287 £313 £213
25th Percentile £325 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £425 £390
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% +8.97% -8.24%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £500
90th Percentile £568 £642 £563
England median daily rate £531 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -3.55% +7.32% +2.50%
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% +74.83%
75th Percentile £75.06 £67.25 £80.59
90th Percentile £83.88 - -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £31.39 £50.00
% change year-on-year +114.98% -37.23% -16.67%

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 1,084 927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 42.29% 49.54% 38.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 704 525
10th Percentile £254 £303 £299
25th Percentile £400 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £663 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 78 64
10th Percentile £16.76 £13.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £22.29 £18.87 £11.07
Median hourly rate £29.96 £24.88 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year +20.41% -5.75% -24.57%
75th Percentile £60.75 £49.28 £43.26
90th Percentile £85.30 £67.25 £55.79
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +27.24% -16.17% -27.71%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -39 25 £500 -1.23% 21
Merseyside -4 23 £350 -4.11% 7
Cheshire +9 22 £425 +30.77% 4
Cumbria - 16 £491 - 1
Lancashire -3 13 £300 +14.29% 8
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 (8.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.61%) Skype for Business
3 4 (3.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.93%) CICS
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.23%) Azure
2 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.28%) AWS
3 11 (10.28%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.74%) GCP
5 3 (2.80%) IaaS
6 2 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.87%) GitHub
6 2 (1.87%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.87%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.93%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.93%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.93%) OCI
7 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (42.06%) DNS
2 28 (26.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 28 (26.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 21 (19.63%) BIG-IP
4 17 (15.89%) TCP/IP
5 16 (14.95%) Wireshark
6 15 (14.02%) HTTP
6 15 (14.02%) SSL
7 11 (10.28%) SAN
7 11 (10.28%) VPN
8 10 (9.35%) DMZ
8 10 (9.35%) Network Security
8 10 (9.35%) VLAN
8 10 (9.35%) WAN
9 9 (8.41%) DHCP
9 9 (8.41%) LAN
10 8 (7.48%) NetScaler
10 8 (7.48%) VSAN
11 7 (6.54%) NAS
11 7 (6.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Fiddler
2 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) GitLab
3 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.89%) Banking
3 15 (14.02%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.21%) Finance
5 8 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.74%) Games
8 3 (2.80%) Legal
9 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (24.30%) VMware Engineer
2 21 (19.63%) Network Engineer
3 15 (14.02%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 15 (14.02%) IP Network Engineer
3 15 (14.02%) Web Engineer
4 14 (13.08%) Senior
5 10 (9.35%) Wintel Engineer
6 8 (7.48%) Support Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Consultant
10 3 (2.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Server Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) VMware Consultant
10 3 (2.80%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) Terraform
2 3 (2.80%) JSON
3 2 (1.87%) Flash
3 2 (1.87%) REST
4 1 (0.93%) Middleware
4 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.93%) XML
4 1 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.43%) Management Information System
2 14 (13.08%) Replication
3 10 (9.35%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (8.41%) Clustering
5 7 (6.54%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.74%) Animation
6 4 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.93%) BYOD
9 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.93%) CMDB
9 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.93%) NHS
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.93%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 52 (48.60%) Windows
2 35 (32.71%) Windows Server
3 19 (17.76%) Linux
4 11 (10.28%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.61%) Windows 7
6 5 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (4.67%) Unix
7 4 (3.74%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.80%) VMS
8 3 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.87%) AIX
9 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.93%) CentOS
10 1 (0.93%) Solaris
10 1 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.17%) Load Balancing
2 21 (19.63%) Migration
3 20 (18.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (17.76%) ITIL
5 18 (16.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (15.89%) Root Cause Analysis
7 16 (14.95%) Capacity Planning
7 16 (14.95%) High Availability
8 15 (14.02%) Data Loss Prevention
8 15 (14.02%) Malware Detection/Protection
8 15 (14.02%) Service Management
9 14 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.15%) Data Protection
10 13 (12.15%) Network Virtualisation
11 11 (10.28%) ITSM
11 11 (10.28%) Project Delivery
12 9 (8.41%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (8.41%) Customer Service
13 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
13 8 (7.48%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.04%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.28%) Python
3 8 (7.48%) Bash
4 6 (5.61%) VB
4 6 (5.61%) VBScript
5 1 (0.93%) Bicep
5 1 (0.93%) COBOL
5 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 26 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.35%) VCAP
3 10 (9.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (7.48%) MCSA
5 8 (7.48%) MCSE
6 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.87%) CCNP
6 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CCIE
7 1 (0.93%) CCNA
7 1 (0.93%) Degree
7 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.93%) OCP
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) SLA
2 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
System Software
1 89 (83.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (24.30%) vSphere
3 24 (22.43%) VMware ESXi
4 20 (18.69%) Active Directory
5 18 (16.82%) Hyper-V
6 17 (15.89%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (14.95%) Firmware
8 15 (14.02%) VMware NSX
9 11 (10.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (7.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 6 (5.61%) BitLocker
12 4 (3.74%) XenApp
12 4 (3.74%) XenDesktop
13 2 (1.87%) GPFS
13 2 (1.87%) NFS
14 1 (0.93%) Docker
14 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (18.69%) Ansible
2 19 (17.76%) vCenter Server
3 9 (8.41%) SCCM
4 6 (5.61%) PowerCLI
4 6 (5.61%) SysTrack
5 5 (4.67%) vRealize
5 5 (4.67%) WSUS
6 4 (3.74%) vMotion
7 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.87%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.87%) Puppet
8 2 (1.87%) VxRail
9 1 (0.93%) Argo
9 1 (0.93%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.93%) Grafana
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.93%) Nessus
9 1 (0.93%) NetApp OnCommand
9 1 (0.93%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 35 (32.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (27.10%) F5
3 20 (18.69%) Citrix
4 17 (15.89%) Cisco
5 15 (14.02%) Blue Coat
5 15 (14.02%) McAfee
5 15 (14.02%) NetApp
6 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow
7 6 (5.61%) CyberArk
7 6 (5.61%) IBM
7 6 (5.61%) Nexthink
8 4 (3.74%) Oracle
8 4 (3.74%) Perforce
9 2 (1.87%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.87%) Splunk
9 2 (1.87%) Tanium
10 1 (0.93%) Arista
10 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.93%) Pure Storage
10 1 (0.93%) Tenable