VMware
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 February 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 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 14 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | -7 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing VMware | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Preston | 7.50% | 5.00% | 13.95% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 17.14% | 7.14% | 42.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £550 | £525 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £37.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £74.26 | - | £46.18 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £74.26 | - | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +23.15% |
All Vendors
Preston
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 Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 35 | 42 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 43.75% | 70.00% | 32.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 23 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £292 | £463 | £394 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £513 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £538 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.23% | +19.56% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £673 | £585 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £672 | £506 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.23% | +7.60% | -7.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.24 | £19.96 | £30.81 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.86 | £26.67 | £37.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.29 | £33.70 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.07% | -27.02% | +23.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.26 | £44.79 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £58.82 | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £60.61 | £37.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.81% | -19.88% | +18.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Daily Rate Trend in Preston
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing VMware.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing VMware.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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: