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 13 June 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
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 40 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 -18 0
Contract jobs citing VMware 302 152 412
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.98% 5.03% 7.16%
As % of the Vendors category 11.97% 9.48% 15.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 107 281
10th Percentile £403 £370 £363
25th Percentile £475 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +4.95% +1.16%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £33.08 £66.50
25th Percentile - £40.69 £68.75
Median hourly rate - £55.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.33% +19.05%
75th Percentile - £71.69 £78.75
90th Percentile - £80.43 £79.50
England median hourly rate £51.00 £57.50 £42.05
% change year-on-year -11.30% +36.76% -29.69%

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 2,523 1,603 2,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.57% 53.08% 46.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 1,060 1,586
10th Percentile £300 £220 £243
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £689 £660 £689
England median daily rate £505 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -1.94% -0.52% -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 91 192
10th Percentile £15.80 £14.20 £12.03
25th Percentile £21.30 £15.50 £17.09
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -51.88% +4.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £50.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £69.88
England median hourly rate £33.99 £27.21 £24.00
% change year-on-year +24.92% +13.38% -37.66%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +10 146 £575 -4.17% 23
Thames Valley -1 131 £525 -0.33% 37
Buckinghamshire +15 79 £575 +9.52% 11
Berkshire -27 52 £443 -17.75% 19
Surrey -14 14 £475 -13.64% 13
West Sussex -19 5 £625 +13.64% 4
Kent -16 3 £575 +27.07% 3
East Sussex -2 2 £788 - 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 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 106 (35.10%) Azure
2 66 (21.85%) AWS
3 21 (6.95%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.30%) IaaS
6 14 (4.64%) PaaS
7 13 (4.30%) GCP
8 9 (2.98%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.99%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.66%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.66%) SaaS
11 4 (1.32%) GitHub
11 4 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.99%) 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 71 (23.51%) DNS
2 42 (13.91%) Firewall
3 38 (12.58%) DHCP
4 27 (8.94%) VSAN
4 27 (8.94%) WAN
5 24 (7.95%) VPN
6 20 (6.62%) LAN
7 15 (4.97%) SD-WAN
8 14 (4.64%) Cisco Firepower
8 14 (4.64%) VLAN
9 13 (4.30%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (3.97%) FTP
10 12 (3.97%) Network Security
11 11 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (3.64%) SSL
12 10 (3.31%) BGP
12 10 (3.31%) SAN
13 9 (2.98%) IPsec
14 8 (2.65%) OSPF
15 7 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (1.99%) Redis
2 3 (0.99%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.32%) GitLab
2 5 (1.66%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.33%) Git
4 1 (0.33%) JIRA
4 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 40 (13.25%) Social Skills
2 29 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.62%) Public Sector
4 12 (3.97%) Finance
5 9 (2.98%) Legal
5 9 (2.98%) Military
6 6 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.99%) Retail
7 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
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%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (20.20%) Architect
1 61 (20.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (13.91%) Senior
3 41 (13.58%) VMware Engineer
4 35 (11.59%) Network Engineer
5 23 (7.62%) Infrastructure Architect
5 23 (7.62%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (6.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (6.95%) VMware Architect
7 17 (5.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 15 (4.97%) Lead
9 14 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (4.64%) Support Engineer
10 13 (4.30%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 13 (4.30%) Technical Architect
11 12 (3.97%) Linux Engineer
11 12 (3.97%) Senior Network Engineer
12 11 (3.64%) Citrix Engineer
12 11 (3.64%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.31%) 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 (1.32%) 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 (11.92%) PKI
2 35 (11.59%) Data Centre
3 27 (8.94%) Public Cloud
4 19 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.97%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.99%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.32%) Replication
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.66%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.33%) Fibre Optics
12 1 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.33%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (40.40%) Windows
2 80 (26.49%) Windows Server
3 73 (24.17%) Linux
4 15 (4.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.99%) Debian
7 6 (1.99%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.32%) CentOS
8 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.66%) VMS
9 2 (0.66%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (14.90%) ITIL
4 37 (12.25%) High Availability
5 35 (11.59%) Agile
6 32 (10.60%) Technical Leadership
7 31 (10.26%) ITSM
8 29 (9.60%) Roadmaps
9 27 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (8.94%) Migration
10 26 (8.61%) CI/CD
11 25 (8.28%) DevOps
12 22 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (6.95%) Change Management
13 21 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (6.95%) Service Management
14 19 (6.29%) Load Balancing
15 17 (5.63%) Service Delivery
16 16 (5.30%) Network Virtualisation
16 16 (5.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.62%) SQL
3 19 (6.29%) Python
4 4 (1.32%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) Bicep
5 2 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 221 (73.18%) Security Cleared
2 123 (40.73%) DV Cleared
3 103 (34.11%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.63%) CCNP
5 17 (5.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.64%) VCAP
7 10 (3.31%) Degree
8 8 (2.65%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 8 (2.65%) MCSE
9 5 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.66%) CCSE
9 5 (1.66%) CCSM
10 4 (1.32%) MCSA
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.99%) CCA
11 3 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.29%) NIST
2 16 (5.30%) NCSC
3 11 (3.64%) SLA
4 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.32%) QA
6 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 191 (63.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 89 (29.47%) Active Directory
3 70 (23.18%) VMware NSX
4 58 (19.21%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (12.58%) Hyper-V
5 38 (12.58%) vSphere
6 23 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (6.95%) vCloud
8 9 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.66%) Docker
10 3 (0.99%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.99%) Firmware
10 3 (0.99%) UAG
11 2 (0.66%) NFS
Systems Management
1 56 (18.54%) vCenter Server
2 30 (9.93%) SCOM
3 28 (9.27%) Ansible
4 25 (8.28%) Terraform
5 18 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (5.63%) SCCM
7 11 (3.64%) Kubernetes
8 10 (3.31%) Avamar
9 7 (2.32%) Argo
9 7 (2.32%) Grafana
9 7 (2.32%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.66%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.66%) WMI
11 4 (1.32%) Istio
11 4 (1.32%) linkerd
12 3 (0.99%) SCSM
12 3 (0.99%) WSUS
13 2 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 83 (27.48%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.23%) Cisco
3 38 (12.58%) Citrix
4 21 (6.95%) Palo Alto
5 17 (5.63%) Red Hat
6 16 (5.30%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.30%) Fortinet
7 13 (4.30%) SolarWinds
8 12 (3.97%) F5
9 11 (3.64%) Broadcom
9 11 (3.64%) CheckPoint
9 11 (3.64%) Veeam
10 10 (3.31%) Dell
10 10 (3.31%) Juniper
11 9 (2.98%) NetApp
12 8 (2.65%) Thales
13 6 (1.99%) Meraki
13 6 (1.99%) Splunk
13 6 (1.99%) Zerto
14 5 (1.66%) Becrypt