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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 42 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 -24 0
Contract jobs citing VMware 331 170 374
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.95% 4.82% 7.76%
As % of the Vendors category 11.29% 9.23% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 127 253
10th Percentile £420 £350 £360
25th Percentile £463 £490 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £608
90th Percentile £725 £650 £645
England median daily rate £530 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 3
10th Percentile £33.70 £28.95 £25.04
25th Percentile £40.97 £30.39 £28.99
Median hourly rate £63.48 £32.77 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +93.71% -9.39% -33.72%
75th Percentile £67.47 £96.39 £58.37
90th Percentile £71.06 £134.55 £71.35
England median hourly rate £63.31 £31.39 £67.50
% change year-on-year +101.71% -53.50% +23.72%

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 2,931 1,841 2,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.80% 52.18% 48.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,843 1,233 1,423
10th Percentile £282 £208 £250
25th Percentile £425 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 117 136
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.75 £25.21
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.87 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +178.22% -67.10% +27.44%
75th Percentile £77.50 £38.42 £61.38
90th Percentile £88.00 £76.65 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 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
Thames Valley +17 161 £536 +1.50% 35
Hampshire -2 148 £555 -7.50% 25
Buckinghamshire +21 95 £575 +9.16% 3
Berkshire -5 64 £455 -17.27% 23
Surrey -13 13 £475 -13.64% 7
Middlesex -18 2 - -
West Sussex -22 2 - - 5
Oxfordshire -29 2 £363 - 9
East Sussex -1 1 £800 +321.05% 2
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 9 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.81%) Confluence
3 5 (1.51%) Apache
3 5 (1.51%) nginx
4 4 (1.21%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.60%) Houdini
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.60%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (30.21%) Azure
2 58 (17.52%) AWS
3 18 (5.44%) Entra ID
3 18 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.32%) IaaS
5 10 (3.02%) Rubrik
6 8 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.11%) GCP
8 6 (1.81%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.51%) PaaS
10 4 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.91%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.30%) Datadog
13 1 (0.30%) GitHub
13 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (29.00%) DNS
2 65 (19.64%) Firewall
3 54 (16.31%) DHCP
4 37 (11.18%) VPN
5 34 (10.27%) WAN
6 33 (9.97%) VSAN
7 32 (9.67%) VLAN
8 28 (8.46%) LAN
9 25 (7.55%) TCP/IP
10 22 (6.65%) Cisco Firepower
10 22 (6.65%) SD-WAN
11 20 (6.04%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (5.14%) Network Security
13 16 (4.83%) BGP
13 16 (4.83%) SSL
14 15 (4.53%) IPsec
15 13 (3.93%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (3.93%) OSPF
16 12 (3.63%) NGFW
17 10 (3.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (2.11%) JIRA
2 5 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (1.51%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.51%) GitLab
3 3 (0.91%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.91%) Robot Framework
3 3 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.60%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) MSI
5 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (4.53%) Finance
4 13 (3.93%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.02%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.42%) Retail
7 7 (2.11%) Military
7 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.51%) Legal
9 4 (1.21%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Advertising
12 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (25.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 59 (17.82%) Senior
3 40 (12.08%) Architect
4 38 (11.48%) Network Engineer
5 36 (10.88%) VMware Engineer
6 32 (9.67%) Lead
7 30 (9.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (7.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (7.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.25%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (6.95%) Support Engineer
11 18 (5.44%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 16 (4.83%) Storage Engineer
13 15 (4.53%) Senior Network Engineer
14 13 (3.93%) Technical Architect
15 12 (3.63%) VMware Architect
16 11 (3.32%) Administrator
16 11 (3.32%) Citrix Engineer
16 11 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
16 11 (3.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.76%) Terraform
2 4 (1.21%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.91%) REST
4 2 (0.60%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.60%) Kafka
4 2 (0.60%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.60%) Middleware
4 2 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.30%) LDAP
5 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.30%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.30%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.30%) YAML
5 1 (0.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.48%) PKI
2 34 (10.27%) Data Centre
3 27 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (6.65%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.14%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.11%) SCADA
9 6 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.81%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.51%) Life Science
10 5 (1.51%) Replication
11 4 (1.21%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.21%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 167 (50.45%) Windows
2 111 (33.53%) Windows Server
3 81 (24.47%) Linux
4 24 (7.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.11%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.81%) Debian
7 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.30%) VMS
11 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (19.94%) ITIL
4 56 (16.92%) Technical Leadership
5 46 (13.90%) ITSM
6 43 (12.99%) Change Management
7 38 (11.48%) Agile
8 36 (10.88%) High Availability
9 33 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (9.67%) Service Management
11 31 (9.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (8.16%) CI/CD
13 26 (7.85%) Service Delivery
14 25 (7.55%) Migration
14 25 (7.55%) Network Virtualisation
15 24 (7.25%) Roadmaps
16 23 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 22 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
18 21 (6.34%) DevOps
18 21 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.45%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.06%) Python
3 23 (6.95%) SQL
4 8 (2.42%) Bash
5 4 (1.21%) Java
6 3 (0.91%) C
6 3 (0.91%) Lua
7 2 (0.60%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 246 (74.32%) Security Cleared
2 151 (45.62%) DV Cleared
3 111 (33.53%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 23 (6.95%) Degree
6 21 (6.34%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.14%) VCAP
8 16 (4.83%) CCNP
9 13 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.42%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.42%) ISTQB
10 8 (2.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 6 (1.81%) MCSA
12 5 (1.51%) CCSE
12 5 (1.51%) CCSM
12 5 (1.51%) MCSE
13 4 (1.21%) CCNA
13 4 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.91%) CCA
14 3 (0.91%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.83%) NIST
2 15 (4.53%) NCSC
3 8 (2.42%) SLA
4 4 (1.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.21%) GxP
4 4 (1.21%) QA
5 2 (0.60%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 217 (65.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (29.61%) Active Directory
3 87 (26.28%) VMware ESXi
4 86 (25.98%) VMware NSX
5 42 (12.69%) vSphere
6 39 (11.78%) Hyper-V
7 25 (7.55%) vCloud
8 23 (6.95%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (3.32%) Docker
11 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.60%) UAG
11 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.60%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (25.98%) vCenter Server
2 54 (16.31%) SCOM
3 33 (9.97%) Ansible
4 16 (4.83%) Avamar
5 15 (4.53%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.32%) SCCM
7 9 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.42%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (1.81%) Grafana
9 6 (1.81%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.51%) Packer
11 4 (1.21%) Argo
11 4 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.21%) WMI
12 3 (0.91%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.91%) Nagios
12 3 (0.91%) Rancher
12 3 (0.91%) SCSM
12 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 94 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 55 (16.62%) Cisco
3 30 (9.06%) Citrix
3 30 (9.06%) Palo Alto
3 30 (9.06%) SolarWinds
4 22 (6.65%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.44%) Broadcom
5 18 (5.44%) Dell
6 15 (4.53%) Red Hat
7 13 (3.93%) F5
7 13 (3.93%) Juniper
7 13 (3.93%) Thales
7 13 (3.93%) Veeam
8 12 (3.63%) NetApp
9 11 (3.32%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.02%) CheckPoint
11 9 (2.72%) Meraki
12 6 (1.81%) Remedy
12 6 (1.81%) Splunk
13 5 (1.51%) Becrypt