Senior VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior VMware Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior VMware Engineer daily rate in the South East is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 - 206
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior VMware Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.020% - 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £475
75th Percentile - - £481
90th Percentile - - £493
England median daily rate £425 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +2.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 4,471 2,851 5,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.66% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,857 1,807 3,181
10th Percentile £273 £237 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £609 £606
90th Percentile £690 £667 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 119 416
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £12.84
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £46.30 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +8.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.59 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year - +2.31% -15.53%

Senior VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior VMware Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Senior VMware Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Senior VMware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Senior VMware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior VMware Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £610 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £610 - 2
Senior VMware Engineer
England

Senior VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Senior VMware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Senior VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN

Senior VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) VMware