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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 - 175
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs citing vCloud 25 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.37% - 0.083%
As % of the System Software category 3.19% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £725 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £700 £700 £475
% change year-on-year - +47.37% +1.56%

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 783 459 741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.71% 13.02% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 326 482
10th Percentile £263 £200 £230
25th Percentile £414 £321 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £663 £652
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 12 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £28.48 £17.69
25th Percentile £43.81 £46.49 £21.14
Median hourly rate £52.50 £67.25 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +22.55% +4.52%
75th Percentile £67.47 £81.50 £69.77
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.97 £70.00
England median hourly rate £60.33 £37.50 £23.99
% change year-on-year +60.88% +56.32% -39.42%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCloud in the South East over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for vCloud in the South East

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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 21 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
Hampshire - 25 £700 - 1
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 5 (20.00%) IaaS
1 5 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) DNS
General
1 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 13 (52.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Lead
2 6 (24.00%) Technical Leader
3 5 (20.00%) VMware Architect
4 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Lead Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (80.00%) Windows
1 20 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
3 14 (56.00%) Software Distribution
4 13 (52.00%) ITSM
5 12 (48.00%) Change Management
6 11 (44.00%) Service Management
7 5 (20.00%) Agile
7 5 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
7 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 2 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (56.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 20 (80.00%) VMware ESXi
2 19 (76.00%) VMware NSX
3 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 20 (80.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (4.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft