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 29 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 44 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -22 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 301 136 395
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.03% 4.66% 7.07%
As % of the Vendors category 12.19% 8.77% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 97 274
10th Percentile £409 £354 £352
25th Percentile £485 £488 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +4.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £636 £603 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £508
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.37% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £33.08 £66.50
25th Percentile £44.86 £40.69 £68.75
Median hourly rate £48.72 £55.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -26.33% +13.64%
75th Percentile £52.58 £71.69 £78.75
90th Percentile - £80.43 £79.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £57.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +9.80% +24.51% -23.92%

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 2,469 1,551 2,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.22% 53.10% 47.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,677 1,042 1,580
10th Percentile £300 £220 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £660 £688
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 81 188
10th Percentile £15.55 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.56 £16.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -49.42% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83.75 £58.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £69.13
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%

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 29 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
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 29 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 +14 152 £594 +2.37% 18
Thames Valley -7 123 £536 -0.67% 34
Buckinghamshire +11 77 £573 -0.22% 8
Berkshire -34 46 £435 -19.14% 16
Surrey -5 15 £438 -20.45% 14
West Sussex -17 5 £625 +13.64%
Kent -20 3 £575 +53.33% 6
East Sussex -1 2 £788 -
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 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 98 (32.56%) Azure
2 64 (21.26%) AWS
3 20 (6.64%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.98%) IaaS
5 17 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.32%) PaaS
7 12 (3.99%) GCP
8 10 (3.32%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.66%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.66%) SaaS
11 4 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.33%) GitHub
11 4 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.33%) Rubrik
12 3 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.33%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 67 (22.26%) DNS
2 45 (14.95%) Firewall
3 36 (11.96%) DHCP
4 27 (8.97%) VPN
4 27 (8.97%) VSAN
4 27 (8.97%) WAN
5 20 (6.64%) LAN
6 14 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
6 14 (4.65%) VLAN
7 13 (4.32%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (4.32%) Network Security
7 13 (4.32%) SAN
7 13 (4.32%) SD-WAN
8 11 (3.65%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (3.65%) FTP
9 10 (3.32%) BGP
10 9 (2.99%) IPsec
10 9 (2.99%) SSL
10 9 (2.99%) TCP/IP
11 8 (2.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (1.99%) Redis
2 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (2.33%) GitLab
2 6 (1.99%) Robot Framework
3 5 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.33%) Git
4 1 (0.33%) JIRA
4 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 36 (11.96%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 10 (3.32%) Finance
5 9 (2.99%) Legal
5 9 (2.99%) Military
6 7 (2.33%) Retail
7 6 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.33%) Advertising
10 1 (0.33%) Back Office
10 1 (0.33%) Front Office
10 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Police
10 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (21.26%) Architect
2 58 (19.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (13.29%) VMware Engineer
4 39 (12.96%) Senior
5 37 (12.29%) Network Engineer
6 24 (7.97%) VMware Architect
7 22 (7.31%) Infrastructure Architect
8 20 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (5.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 15 (4.98%) Lead
11 15 (4.98%) Linux Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Technical Architect
13 12 (3.99%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Citrix Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Support Engineer
15 10 (3.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.99%) Kafka
1 6 (1.99%) Keycloak
2 5 (1.66%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.33%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.33%) JSON
4 1 (0.33%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.96%) Data Centre
1 36 (11.96%) PKI
2 28 (9.30%) Public Cloud
3 20 (6.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (4.98%) Private Cloud
5 11 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.99%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.66%) Replication
10 3 (1.00%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.66%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.66%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.66%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 114 (37.87%) Windows
2 83 (27.57%) Linux
3 73 (24.25%) Windows Server
4 17 (5.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.99%) Debian
7 9 (2.99%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.33%) CentOS
8 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.00%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.66%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.66%) VMS
11 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (17.94%) ITIL
4 43 (14.29%) Agile
5 35 (11.63%) High Availability
6 31 (10.30%) Roadmaps
7 29 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
8 27 (8.97%) ITSM
8 27 (8.97%) Migration
9 26 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 25 (8.31%) DevOps
11 23 (7.64%) CI/CD
12 22 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (6.98%) Change Management
14 20 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (6.64%) Service Management
15 19 (6.31%) Service Delivery
16 18 (5.98%) DevSecOps
17 17 (5.65%) Load Balancing
18 16 (5.32%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.96%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.98%) Python
3 15 (4.98%) SQL
4 4 (1.33%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) Bicep
5 2 (0.66%) Java
5 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 219 (72.76%) Security Cleared
2 129 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 101 (33.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (5.98%) CCNP
6 14 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (3.65%) VCAP
8 10 (3.32%) Degree
9 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.66%) CCSE
10 5 (1.66%) CCSM
10 5 (1.66%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (1.66%) MCSE
11 3 (1.00%) CCNA
12 2 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.66%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.33%) CCDA
13 1 (0.33%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.31%) NIST
2 16 (5.32%) NCSC
3 10 (3.32%) SLA
4 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 185 (61.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 84 (27.91%) Active Directory
3 67 (22.26%) VMware NSX
4 50 (16.61%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (11.63%) Hyper-V
6 34 (11.30%) vSphere
7 20 (6.64%) vCloud
8 17 (5.65%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.66%) Docker
11 3 (1.00%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.00%) Firmware
11 3 (1.00%) NFS
11 3 (1.00%) UAG
12 1 (0.33%) KVM
12 1 (0.33%) RHEV
12 1 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (17.28%) vCenter Server
2 30 (9.97%) Ansible
3 25 (8.31%) SCOM
4 24 (7.97%) Terraform
5 16 (5.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.98%) SCCM
7 11 (3.65%) Kubernetes
8 9 (2.99%) Avamar
9 8 (2.66%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (2.33%) Argo
10 7 (2.33%) Grafana
10 7 (2.33%) Prometheus
11 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.66%) WMI
13 4 (1.33%) Istio
13 4 (1.33%) linkerd
13 4 (1.33%) WSUS
14 3 (1.00%) SCSM
15 2 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 78 (25.91%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.61%) Cisco
3 33 (10.96%) Citrix
4 26 (8.64%) Red Hat
5 22 (7.31%) Palo Alto
6 14 (4.65%) F5
6 14 (4.65%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.32%) Fortinet
8 12 (3.99%) Broadcom
9 11 (3.65%) CheckPoint
9 11 (3.65%) SolarWinds
9 11 (3.65%) Veeam
10 10 (3.32%) Juniper
11 9 (2.99%) Dell
12 8 (2.66%) NetApp
13 7 (2.33%) Thales
14 6 (1.99%) Meraki
14 6 (1.99%) Splunk
14 6 (1.99%) Zerto
15 5 (1.66%) Becrypt