vSphere Contract Job Trends in Somerset

VMware vSphere
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring vSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing vSphere 19 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 4.21% - 0.53%
As % of the System Software category 31.15% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £624 - -
25th Percentile £674 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £708 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £654 £521 £538
% change year-on-year +25.42% -3.02% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £83.77 - -
25th Percentile £94.10 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £99.41 - -
South West median hourly rate £51.00 - -

All System Software Skills
Somerset

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 61 22 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 13.53% 12.29% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 19 8
10th Percentile £156 £210 £173
25th Percentile £406 £225 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £275 £306
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -10.20% -15.52%
75th Percentile £670 £440 £518
90th Percentile £800 £649 £649
South West median daily rate £540 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +7.95% -6.98% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile £76.00 - £12.80
25th Percentile £88.75 £57.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £95.68 £65.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.19% +348.28% -68.54%
75th Percentile £99.12 £72.50 £15.75
90th Percentile £100.00 - £16.20
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £80.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% +2.56% +49.76%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vSphere relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

vSphere job vacancy trend in Somerset

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing vSphere.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing vSphere

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in Somerset over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in Somerset

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Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing vSphere.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing vSphere

vSphere
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vSphere in Somerset over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for vSphere in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Yeovil - 18 £708 - 4
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (94.74%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) VSAN
2 18 (94.74%) Firewall
2 18 (94.74%) TCP/IP
3 15 (78.95%) DHCP
3 15 (78.95%) DNS
4 3 (15.79%) BGP
4 3 (15.79%) OSPF
4 3 (15.79%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (15.79%) VLAN
4 3 (15.79%) VPN
5 2 (10.53%) Network Security
General
1 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Platform Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior VMware Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (100.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 14 (73.68%) Data Centre
1 14 (73.68%) PKI
2 5 (26.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Linux
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Technical Leadership
2 17 (89.47%) Network Virtualisation
3 16 (84.21%) Platform Engineering
3 16 (84.21%) SIEM
4 15 (78.95%) DevSecOps
4 15 (78.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (78.95%) Mentoring
5 14 (73.68%) Converged Infrastructure
5 14 (73.68%) Systems Engineering
6 13 (68.42%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (52.63%) CI/CD
7 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (26.32%) Agile
10 5 (26.32%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (26.32%) Feasibility Study
10 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Automation
10 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
10 5 (26.32%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) PowerShell
2 15 (78.95%) Bash
2 15 (78.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (63.16%) VCAP
3 7 (36.84%) AWS Certification
4 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 19 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 18 (94.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (73.68%) Active Directory
4 10 (52.63%) Docker
4 10 (52.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (100.00%) Ansible
2 15 (78.95%) Kubernetes
3 14 (73.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) CyberArk
2 3 (15.79%) Thales