VMware Contract Job Trends in the South East

VMware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 8 December 2025, 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
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 +9
Contract jobs citing VMware 225 263 391
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.30% 6.64% 7.48%
As % of the Vendors category 10.21% 13.19% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 192 231
10th Percentile £269 £332 £294
25th Percentile £447 £410 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +2.19%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £603
90th Percentile £650 £685 £672
England median daily rate £527 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +1.35% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 18
10th Percentile £41.23 £25.04 £20.43
25th Percentile £63.72 £28.99 £37.40
Median hourly rate £87.00 £36.17 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year +140.56% -45.31% +19.16%
75th Percentile £99.63 £59.62 £76.53
90th Percentile £122.20 £73.35 £76.97
England median hourly rate £68.25 £55.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +24.09% -16.64% +1.51%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,204 1,994 2,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.96% 50.34% 52.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,300 1,742
10th Percentile £219 £250 £205
25th Percentile £400 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.55% +3.40%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £609
90th Percentile £675 £688 £678
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 63 125
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.55 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.69 £23.84 £23.63
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.08% -22.02% +121.77%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.38 £66.44
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.63 £44.50
% change year-on-year -24.68% -28.92% +71.15%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the South East

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the South East over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South East

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in the South East over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the South East

VMware
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 VMware within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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 +3 109 £550 -4.35% 46
Thames Valley -20 90 £483 -12.27% 47
Berkshire -10 74 £483 -12.27% 25
Buckinghamshire -19 12 £543 -2.47% 12
Kent +9 10 £290 +21.57% 12
West Sussex -10 7 £513 +9.63% 2
Surrey -17 5 £485 +14.12% 21
Oxfordshire -10 4 £413 - 12
East Sussex +5 3 £170 +4.62% 1
VMware
England

VMware
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.67%) Apache
3 6 (2.67%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.89%) IIS
4 2 (0.89%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (26.67%) AWS
2 55 (24.44%) Azure
3 34 (15.11%) OpenShift
4 17 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.22%) GitHub
5 14 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (5.33%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.89%) IaaS
8 8 (3.56%) GCP
9 5 (2.22%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.33%) PaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.44%) Cohesity
12 1 (0.44%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.44%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (22.22%) DNS
2 42 (18.67%) Firewall
3 32 (14.22%) TCP/IP
4 31 (13.78%) DHCP
5 19 (8.44%) SAN
5 19 (8.44%) VLAN
6 15 (6.67%) iSCSI
7 14 (6.22%) Fibre Channel
8 13 (5.78%) VSAN
9 10 (4.44%) LAN
9 10 (4.44%) VPN
10 9 (4.00%) NAS
10 9 (4.00%) WAN
11 8 (3.56%) Wireless
12 7 (3.11%) BGP
12 7 (3.11%) MPLS
12 7 (3.11%) SNMP
13 6 (2.67%) OSPF
13 6 (2.67%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (2.67%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.33%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.33%) Redis
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.33%) GitLab
2 12 (5.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (4.00%) Cucumber
3 9 (4.00%) JMeter
3 9 (4.00%) JUnit
4 3 (1.33%) Maven
4 3 (1.33%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.89%) Git
5 2 (0.89%) MSI
6 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 58 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.22%) Finance
5 12 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.67%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.67%) Legal
7 5 (2.22%) Law
7 5 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.33%) Banking
8 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.33%) Military
8 3 (1.33%) Retail
9 1 (0.44%) Back Office
9 1 (0.44%) Front Office
9 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (26.67%) Architect
2 40 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
4 24 (10.67%) Support Engineer
5 23 (10.22%) VMware Architect
6 21 (9.33%) Infrastructure Support
7 20 (8.89%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 19 (8.44%) Senior
9 14 (6.22%) Developer
10 13 (5.78%) VMware Engineer
11 8 (3.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (3.56%) Java Developer
12 7 (3.11%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.11%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 7 (3.11%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (3.11%) Lead
12 7 (3.11%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (2.67%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.67%) Kafka
2 9 (4.00%) Spring
3 8 (3.56%) Hibernate
3 8 (3.56%) Loki
4 4 (1.78%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.33%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.33%) Swagger
6 2 (0.89%) OAuth
6 2 (0.89%) RESTful
6 2 (0.89%) SAML
6 2 (0.89%) YAML
7 1 (0.44%) JSON
7 1 (0.44%) LDAP
7 1 (0.44%) Middleware
7 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.44%) OpenID
7 1 (0.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.11%) PKI
2 17 (7.56%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 13 (5.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (5.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.44%) Fat Client
6 10 (4.44%) Thin Client
7 8 (3.56%) Virtual Team
8 7 (3.11%) Replication
9 6 (2.67%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.89%) NHS
11 1 (0.44%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.44%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 98 (43.56%) Windows
2 85 (37.78%) Linux
3 53 (23.56%) Windows Server
4 24 (10.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (7.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (6.22%) Windows 10
7 12 (5.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (4.89%) Ubuntu
9 10 (4.44%) Windows 7
10 8 (3.56%) Debian
10 8 (3.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (2.22%) CentOS
11 5 (2.22%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.78%) Unix
13 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.44%) Rocky
13 1 (0.44%) Solaris
13 1 (0.44%) VMS
13 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (23.56%) Agile
3 50 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (19.11%) ITIL
5 41 (18.22%) CI/CD
6 22 (9.78%) Containerisation
7 20 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (8.89%) DevSecOps
7 20 (8.89%) Observability
7 20 (8.89%) Prototyping
8 19 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (8.00%) DevOps
9 18 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (7.11%) Preventative Maintenance
11 16 (7.11%) Roadmaps
11 16 (7.11%) Validation
12 15 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
13 14 (6.22%) Mentoring
13 14 (6.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 59 (26.22%) Python
2 41 (18.22%) PowerShell
3 31 (13.78%) Bash
4 22 (9.78%) SQL
5 16 (7.11%) Java
6 8 (3.56%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.33%) Go
7 3 (1.33%) Perl
8 2 (0.89%) PHP
8 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 134 (59.56%) Security Cleared
2 71 (31.56%) DV Cleared
2 71 (31.56%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 18 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (6.67%) AWS Certification
6 13 (5.78%) MCSE
7 11 (4.89%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (4.89%) Server+ Certification
8 7 (3.11%) CCIE
8 7 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.67%) Degree
9 6 (2.67%) JNCIE
9 6 (2.67%) VCP5
9 6 (2.67%) VCP6
10 5 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.78%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.78%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.33%) GDPR
2 5 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.22%) QA
3 3 (1.33%) Def Stans
3 3 (1.33%) NCSC
4 2 (0.89%) SLA
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.44%) RMADS
5 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 132 (58.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 63 (28.00%) Active Directory
3 50 (22.22%) vSphere
4 30 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
5 29 (12.89%) Hyper-V
6 28 (12.44%) VMware NSX
7 17 (7.56%) NFS
8 14 (6.22%) Docker
9 7 (3.11%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (2.22%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.89%) Firmware
12 2 (0.89%) KVM
12 2 (0.89%) UAG
12 2 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.44%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.44%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.44%) vCloud
13 1 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 52 (23.11%) Ansible
2 32 (14.22%) Kubernetes
3 29 (12.89%) Terraform
4 22 (9.78%) vCenter Server
5 17 (7.56%) Argo
6 14 (6.22%) Grafana
6 14 (6.22%) Prometheus
7 12 (5.33%) SCCM
8 11 (4.89%) Progress Chef
8 11 (4.89%) WMI
9 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (4.00%) Red Hat Satellite
11 8 (3.56%) Kustomize
12 7 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (3.11%) vRealize
13 4 (1.78%) Rundeck
13 4 (1.78%) SCOM
13 4 (1.78%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (1.78%) VxRail
14 3 (1.33%) Salt
Vendors
1 82 (36.44%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.22%) Red Hat
3 22 (9.78%) Citrix
4 21 (9.33%) NetApp
5 19 (8.44%) Cisco
6 16 (7.11%) Veeam
7 15 (6.67%) Splunk
8 9 (4.00%) F5
9 8 (3.56%) Fortinet
9 8 (3.56%) Juniper
10 7 (3.11%) Dell
11 6 (2.67%) Pure Storage
12 5 (2.22%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.33%) EMC
13 3 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.33%) Zscaler
14 2 (0.89%) McAfee
14 2 (0.89%) NetIQ
14 2 (0.89%) Oracle
14 2 (0.89%) Symantec