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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 35 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 278 173 358
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.89% 5.77% 6.37%
As % of the Vendors category 11.30% 11.02% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 120 238
10th Percentile £400 £378 £350
25th Percentile £485 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £644 £630 £583
90th Percentile £725 £675 £629
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £57.43 £37.90 £19.57
25th Percentile £73.00 £52.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £87.00 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +23.08% +3.17%
75th Percentile £96.88 £84.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £101.75 £85.50 £78.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year -5.08% +59.70% -28.95%

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 2,460 1,570 2,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.26% 52.39% 47.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 1,052 1,624
10th Percentile £306 £245 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 90 183
10th Percentile £13.44 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.10 £16.95 £17.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -48.08% +5.56%
75th Percentile £86.50 £59.78 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.09 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -40.00%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +8 148 £600 +2.56% 28
Thames Valley -28 105 £523 -5.00% 30
Berkshire -26 62 £441 -17.98% 14
Buckinghamshire -7 41 £605 -3.05% 14
Surrey -6 14 £400 -23.81% 18
West Sussex -10 6 £600 +9.09% 3
Kent -15 3 £575 +27.64% 3
East Sussex +4 2 £788 +384.62%
Oxfordshire -17 2 £425 - 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 14 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) Apache
3 2 (0.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 90 (32.37%) Azure
2 69 (24.82%) AWS
3 24 (8.63%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.27%) OpenShift
5 17 (6.12%) IaaS
5 17 (6.12%) PaaS
6 16 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (4.32%) GCP
7 12 (4.32%) GitHub
7 12 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.16%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.80%) SaaS
10 4 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.36%) Cohesity
12 1 (0.36%) Datadog
12 1 (0.36%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 66 (23.74%) DNS
2 47 (16.91%) Firewall
3 40 (14.39%) DHCP
4 23 (8.27%) VPN
5 20 (7.19%) WAN
6 19 (6.83%) VSAN
7 16 (5.76%) SAN
7 16 (5.76%) TCP/IP
8 15 (5.40%) FTP
9 13 (4.68%) LAN
10 11 (3.96%) NAS
10 11 (3.96%) VLAN
11 10 (3.60%) BGP
11 10 (3.60%) SD-WAN
12 9 (3.24%) Network Security
13 8 (2.88%) OSPF
14 7 (2.52%) BIG-IP
14 7 (2.52%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (2.52%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.40%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.24%) Redis
3 3 (1.08%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Sonatype Nexus
2 10 (3.60%) GitLab
3 7 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.16%) Cucumber
4 6 (2.16%) JMeter
4 6 (2.16%) JUnit
4 6 (2.16%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.36%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 47 (16.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (8.63%) Public Sector
3 11 (3.96%) Finance
4 10 (3.60%) Military
5 9 (3.24%) Legal
6 6 (2.16%) Retail
7 4 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Back Office
10 1 (0.36%) Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Front Office
10 1 (0.36%) Police
10 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (28.42%) Architect
2 41 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (10.79%) VMware Engineer
4 27 (9.71%) Senior
5 26 (9.35%) Infrastructure Architect
6 25 (8.99%) VMware Architect
7 22 (7.91%) Network Engineer
8 17 (6.12%) Technical Architect
9 14 (5.04%) Lead
10 12 (4.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 12 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.60%) Analyst
12 10 (3.60%) Capacity Manager
12 10 (3.60%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (3.60%) Service Manager
12 10 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.60%) Wintel Analyst
13 8 (2.88%) Senior Network Engineer
14 7 (2.52%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.40%) Kafka
2 9 (3.24%) Keycloak
3 6 (2.16%) Spring
4 5 (1.80%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.44%) Loki
5 4 (1.44%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.72%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.36%) JSON
7 1 (0.36%) Middleware
7 1 (0.36%) OAuth
7 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.36%) OpenID
7 1 (0.36%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) SAML
7 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.51%) PKI
2 28 (10.07%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.91%) Public Cloud
4 21 (7.55%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (5.04%) Private Cloud
7 11 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.24%) Replication
9 6 (2.16%) Fat Client
9 6 (2.16%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.16%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.36%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (34.53%) Windows
2 83 (29.86%) Linux
3 63 (22.66%) Windows Server
4 22 (7.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.24%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.16%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.80%) Debian
9 5 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.44%) CentOS
10 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.72%) VMS
12 1 (0.36%) Solaris
12 1 (0.36%) Unix
12 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.94%) Agile
1 61 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (21.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 43 (15.47%) ITIL
4 37 (13.31%) Roadmaps
5 36 (12.95%) CI/CD
6 34 (12.23%) High Availability
7 33 (11.87%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (10.43%) DevSecOps
9 27 (9.71%) DevOps
10 25 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (8.27%) Migration
11 23 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (7.55%) Containerisation
13 20 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (7.19%) Service Delivery
14 19 (6.83%) Observability
14 19 (6.83%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.59%) PowerShell
2 34 (12.23%) Python
3 16 (5.76%) Bash
4 7 (2.52%) Java
5 6 (2.16%) SQL
6 2 (0.72%) Bicep
6 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 199 (71.58%) Security Cleared
2 104 (37.41%) DV Cleared
3 96 (34.53%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.40%) CCNP
4 15 (5.40%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (4.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.60%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.16%) Degree
9 6 (2.16%) MCSE
9 6 (2.16%) VCAP
10 4 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.08%) CCSM
12 2 (0.72%) CCIE
12 2 (0.72%) CCNA
12 2 (0.72%) CCSE
12 2 (0.72%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.36%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.12%) NCSC
2 14 (5.04%) NIST
3 5 (1.80%) SLA
4 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.72%) GDPR
6 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 164 (58.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (28.78%) Active Directory
3 46 (16.55%) VMware NSX
4 34 (12.23%) Hyper-V
5 33 (11.87%) vSphere
6 32 (11.51%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (4.32%) vCloud
8 10 (3.60%) Docker
9 9 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (2.16%) NFS
11 3 (1.08%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.08%) Firmware
11 3 (1.08%) UAG
12 1 (0.36%) KVM
12 1 (0.36%) RHEV
12 1 (0.36%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 44 (15.83%) Ansible
2 36 (12.95%) vCenter Server
3 29 (10.43%) Terraform
4 26 (9.35%) Kubernetes
5 20 (7.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (6.12%) SCCM
7 14 (5.04%) Argo
7 14 (5.04%) Grafana
7 14 (5.04%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (3.24%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.24%) SCOM
10 6 (2.16%) Istio
10 6 (2.16%) linkerd
10 6 (2.16%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.16%) WMI
11 4 (1.44%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.44%) WSUS
12 3 (1.08%) Rancher
12 3 (1.08%) SCSM
Vendors
1 69 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.59%) Red Hat
3 32 (11.51%) Cisco
4 25 (8.99%) Citrix
5 17 (6.12%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.68%) F5
7 11 (3.96%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.24%) Splunk
8 9 (3.24%) Veeam
9 8 (2.88%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.52%) NetApp
11 6 (2.16%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.16%) Zerto
12 5 (1.80%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.80%) Juniper
12 5 (1.80%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.44%) NVIDIA
13 4 (1.44%) SolarWinds
14 3 (1.08%) Meraki
14 3 (1.08%) Rackspace