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 15 May 2026, 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
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 38 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 294 147 352
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.99% 4.95% 6.44%
As % of the Vendors category 11.95% 9.39% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 106 238
10th Percentile £400 £363 £350
25th Percentile £479 £502 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £511
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +10.91% -0.92%
75th Percentile £640 £624 £581
90th Percentile £725 £656 £619
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £57.43 £33.08 -
25th Percentile £73.00 £40.69 £65.00
Median hourly rate £87.00 £55.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.47% -21.07% +11.11%
75th Percentile £96.88 £71.69 £77.50
90th Percentile £101.75 £80.43 £79.00
England median hourly rate £68.85 £54.57 £46.18
% change year-on-year +26.16% +18.17% -25.52%

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 2,461 1,565 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.77% 52.75% 46.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,044 1,559
10th Percentile £300 £222 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 87 182
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £26.40 £16.95 £16.81
Median hourly rate £47.54 £24.66 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.78% -49.42% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85.44 £58.72 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.25 £66.82
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%

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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 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 +14 151 £600 +4.35% 32
Thames Valley -8 116 £514 -6.55% 45
Buckinghamshire 0 57 £568 -5.22% 15
Berkshire -22 57 £404 -25.00% 21
Surrey -3 16 £475 -9.52% 13
West Sussex -15 5 £625 +13.64%
Kent -20 3 £575 +35.29% 6
East Sussex 0 2 £788 +384.62%
Oxfordshire -17 2 £425 - 9
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 13 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) WordPress
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 103 (35.03%) Azure
2 69 (23.47%) AWS
3 24 (8.16%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.78%) IaaS
4 17 (5.78%) PaaS
5 16 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.08%) GCP
7 11 (3.74%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.70%) GitHub
9 5 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.70%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.70%) SaaS
10 4 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.34%) Datadog
12 1 (0.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 71 (24.15%) DNS
2 49 (16.67%) Firewall
3 43 (14.63%) DHCP
4 25 (8.50%) VPN
5 24 (8.16%) WAN
6 22 (7.48%) VSAN
7 17 (5.78%) LAN
8 16 (5.44%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.44%) VLAN
9 15 (5.10%) FTP
10 13 (4.42%) SAN
10 13 (4.42%) SD-WAN
11 11 (3.74%) Network Security
12 10 (3.40%) BGP
12 10 (3.40%) Cisco Firepower
12 10 (3.40%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (3.06%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (2.72%) NAS
14 8 (2.72%) OSPF
15 7 (2.38%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (2.72%) Redis
2 4 (1.36%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.02%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (3.40%) GitLab
2 7 (2.38%) Robot Framework
3 6 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.34%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 40 (13.61%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.82%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.06%) Legal
4 9 (3.06%) Military
5 7 (2.38%) Finance
6 6 (2.04%) Retail
7 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Back Office
10 1 (0.34%) Front Office
10 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Police
10 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (24.83%) Architect
2 51 (17.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (10.88%) Senior
3 32 (10.88%) VMware Engineer
4 31 (10.54%) Network Engineer
5 25 (8.50%) VMware Architect
6 22 (7.48%) Infrastructure Architect
7 18 (6.12%) Technical Architect
8 14 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (4.42%) Lead
10 12 (4.08%) Analyst
10 12 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.74%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (3.40%) Capacity Manager
12 10 (3.40%) Service Manager
12 10 (3.40%) Wintel Analyst
13 9 (3.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 9 (3.06%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.72%) Kafka
1 8 (2.72%) Keycloak
2 4 (1.36%) Software Packaging
3 3 (1.02%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
4 1 (0.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.90%) PKI
2 32 (10.88%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.82%) Public Cloud
4 17 (5.78%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.42%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.70%) Replication
9 4 (1.36%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.36%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.34%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 112 (38.10%) Windows
2 77 (26.19%) Linux
3 73 (24.83%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.06%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.04%) Debian
9 4 (1.36%) CentOS
9 4 (1.36%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.36%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (23.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (18.03%) Agile
4 50 (17.01%) ITIL
5 36 (12.24%) Roadmaps
6 32 (10.88%) High Availability
7 31 (10.54%) CI/CD
8 30 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (9.52%) DevSecOps
10 27 (9.18%) DevOps
11 25 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (7.82%) ITSM
12 23 (7.82%) Migration
13 22 (7.48%) Platform Engineering
13 22 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.46%) Containerisation
15 19 (6.46%) Service Management
16 18 (6.12%) Change Management
16 18 (6.12%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.52%) Python
3 15 (5.10%) SQL
4 9 (3.06%) Bash
5 2 (0.68%) Bicep
5 2 (0.68%) Java
5 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 215 (73.13%) Security Cleared
2 120 (40.82%) DV Cleared
3 102 (34.69%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.12%) CCNP
4 18 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (4.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.72%) Degree
8 7 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.38%) VCAP
9 5 (1.70%) CCSM
9 5 (1.70%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.70%) MCSE
10 4 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.36%) CCSE
10 4 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CCIE
11 2 (0.68%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.78%) NCSC
2 16 (5.44%) NIST
3 9 (3.06%) SLA
4 5 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 180 (61.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (29.93%) Active Directory
3 53 (18.03%) VMware NSX
4 41 (13.95%) VMware ESXi
5 37 (12.59%) Hyper-V
6 31 (10.54%) vSphere
7 17 (5.78%) vCloud
8 16 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (3.40%) Docker
10 7 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (1.70%) NFS
12 3 (1.02%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.02%) Firmware
12 3 (1.02%) UAG
13 1 (0.34%) KVM
13 1 (0.34%) RHEV
13 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 43 (14.63%) vCenter Server
2 37 (12.59%) Ansible
3 30 (10.20%) Terraform
4 20 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (6.46%) SCOM
6 17 (5.78%) Kubernetes
6 17 (5.78%) SCCM
7 9 (3.06%) Argo
7 9 (3.06%) Grafana
7 9 (3.06%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.72%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.04%) Avamar
10 6 (2.04%) WMI
11 5 (1.70%) Istio
11 5 (1.70%) linkerd
12 4 (1.36%) WSUS
13 3 (1.02%) Rancher
13 3 (1.02%) SCSM
14 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 79 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.65%) Cisco
3 29 (9.86%) Citrix
4 28 (9.52%) Red Hat
5 19 (6.46%) Palo Alto
6 14 (4.76%) F5
6 14 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.08%) Fortinet
8 11 (3.74%) CheckPoint
8 11 (3.74%) Veeam
9 9 (3.06%) Broadcom
10 8 (2.72%) Splunk
11 7 (2.38%) Juniper
11 7 (2.38%) NetApp
11 7 (2.38%) SolarWinds
12 6 (2.04%) Dell
12 6 (2.04%) Meraki
12 6 (2.04%) Zerto
13 4 (1.36%) Thales
13 4 (1.36%) Xerox