vCloud Contract Job Trends in the South East

VMware vCloud Suite
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring vCloud skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 171 199
Rank change year-on-year -9 +28 +44
Contract jobs citing vCloud 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.027% 0.040%
As % of the System Software category 0.56% 0.18% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 £463 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £475 £570
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -16.67% +35.71%
75th Percentile £725 £488 £580
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £700 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +47.37% -7.32% +2.50%

All System Software Skills
South East

vCloud 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 533 566 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.09% 15.31% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 394 499
10th Percentile £190 £200 £158
25th Percentile £313 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £640 £675 £638
England median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 57
10th Percentile £45.83 £45.50 £19.13
25th Percentile £70.25 £54.63 £31.25
Median hourly rate £81.00 £57.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.48% -4.58% +135.29%
75th Percentile £88.72 £70.00 £71.90
90th Percentile £101.65 £74.25 £76.92
England median hourly rate £48.11 £29.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year +65.90% -33.84% +75.34%

vCloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vCloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

vCloud job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing vCloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing vCloud

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing vCloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing vCloud

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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 vCloud within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Hampshire - 3 £700 - 2
vCloud
England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware