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 8 October 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -14 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 297 187 312
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.56% 5.24% 7.20%
As % of the Vendors category 10.33% 10.08% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 151 221
10th Percentile £413 £219 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +9.78%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £613
90th Percentile £725 £650 £675
England median daily rate £536 £544 £520
% change year-on-year -1.34% +4.55% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 2
10th Percentile £33.70 £45.49 £23.72
25th Percentile £52.84 £64.58 £25.70
Median hourly rate £67.24 £96.39 £29.28
Median % change year-on-year -30.24% +229.16% -51.20%
75th Percentile £70.73 £128.19 £33.16
90th Percentile £95.00 £147.28 £35.31
England median hourly rate £68.75 £34.00 £36.17
% change year-on-year +102.21% -5.99% -45.19%

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 2,876 1,855 2,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.20% 52.00% 49.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 1,257 1,297
10th Percentile £263 £204 £251
25th Percentile £425 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £630
90th Percentile £685 £650 £700
England median daily rate £519 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +2.37% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 114 78
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.06 £16.18
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.52 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £21.09 £57.30
Median % change year-on-year +76.58% -63.19% +14.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £34.83 £65.14
90th Percentile £88.00 £76.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.16%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +12 145 £550 +13.99% 49
Hampshire -7 131 £538 -6.52% 43
Buckinghamshire +21 80 £590 +11.64% 9
Berkshire -7 63 £460 -4.66% 24
Surrey -3 16 £475 -13.64% 26
West Sussex -21 4 £613 +19.51% 6
Middlesex -18 2 - -
Oxfordshire -28 2 £363 -4.92% 16
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 (3.03%) Confluence
1 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.68%) Apache
3 5 (1.68%) nginx
4 4 (1.35%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.67%) Houdini
2 2 (0.67%) NUKE
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (26.60%) Azure
2 38 (12.79%) AWS
3 17 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.37%) Entra ID
4 10 (3.37%) Rubrik
5 9 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (2.69%) IaaS
7 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.68%) GCP
9 4 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.01%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.67%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 98 (33.00%) DNS
2 59 (19.87%) Firewall
3 51 (17.17%) DHCP
4 37 (12.46%) VPN
5 30 (10.10%) VLAN
6 28 (9.43%) TCP/IP
7 26 (8.75%) WAN
8 25 (8.42%) LAN
9 22 (7.41%) VSAN
10 16 (5.39%) Cisco Firepower
10 16 (5.39%) SD-WAN
11 14 (4.71%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (4.38%) Network Security
13 12 (4.04%) BGP
14 11 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (3.70%) IPsec
14 11 (3.70%) SSL
15 8 (2.69%) OSPF
15 8 (2.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.03%) JIRA
2 6 (2.02%) GitLab
3 5 (1.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.68%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.67%) Git
5 2 (0.67%) MSI
6 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
General
1 58 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (5.05%) Finance
4 8 (2.69%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.36%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.02%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.68%) Military
7 5 (1.68%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.68%) Retail
8 4 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Back Office
10 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 76 (25.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (16.50%) Senior
3 32 (10.77%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (10.77%) Support Engineer
4 31 (10.44%) VMware Engineer
5 30 (10.10%) Architect
5 30 (10.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (9.76%) Lead
7 28 (9.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 24 (8.08%) Network Engineer
9 21 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.73%) Storage Engineer
11 14 (4.71%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 13 (4.38%) Administrator
13 12 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.70%) Technical Leader
15 10 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
16 9 (3.03%) Citrix Engineer
16 9 (3.03%) Linux Engineer
16 9 (3.03%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.42%) Terraform
2 4 (1.35%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.01%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.01%) REST
4 2 (0.67%) Middleware
4 2 (0.67%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.67%) YAML
5 1 (0.34%) LDAP
5 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.34%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.34%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.34%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.45%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.77%) PKI
3 24 (8.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.71%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.38%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.38%) Private Cloud
5 13 (4.38%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.36%) SCADA
7 6 (2.02%) Data Fabric
7 6 (2.02%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.68%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.68%) Life Science
8 5 (1.68%) Replication
9 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.67%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 170 (57.24%) Windows
2 111 (37.37%) Windows Server
3 66 (22.22%) Linux
4 24 (8.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.69%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.35%) Debian
7 4 (1.35%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.01%) Rocky
9 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.34%) VMS
10 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 77 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (20.54%) Technical Leadership
4 60 (20.20%) ITIL
5 49 (16.50%) ITSM
6 48 (16.16%) Change Management
7 39 (13.13%) Agile
8 30 (10.10%) CI/CD
9 28 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (9.09%) Service Management
11 25 (8.42%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (7.41%) Network Virtualisation
12 22 (7.41%) Project Delivery
13 21 (7.07%) High Availability
13 21 (7.07%) Migration
13 21 (7.07%) Service Delivery
14 20 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (6.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (6.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.25%) PowerShell
2 29 (9.76%) Python
3 25 (8.42%) SQL
4 13 (4.38%) Bash
5 4 (1.35%) Java
6 3 (1.01%) Bicep
6 3 (1.01%) C
6 3 (1.01%) Lua
6 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 212 (71.38%) Security Cleared
2 129 (43.43%) DV Cleared
3 96 (32.32%) SC Cleared
4 29 (9.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 26 (8.75%) Degree
6 18 (6.06%) VCAP
7 14 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.03%) CCNP
10 8 (2.69%) ISTQB
10 8 (2.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.02%) MCSA
13 4 (1.35%) CCNA
14 3 (1.01%) CCA
14 3 (1.01%) CCIE
14 3 (1.01%) CCSE
14 3 (1.01%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (1.01%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.37%) NCSC
2 8 (2.69%) NIST
3 7 (2.36%) SLA
4 4 (1.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.35%) GxP
4 4 (1.35%) QA
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
5 2 (0.67%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 205 (69.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (31.99%) Active Directory
3 89 (29.97%) VMware ESXi
4 72 (24.24%) VMware NSX
5 42 (14.14%) vSphere
6 37 (12.46%) Hyper-V
7 24 (8.08%) vCloud
8 19 (6.40%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (3.70%) Docker
9 11 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.68%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.34%) Firmware
11 1 (0.34%) UAG
11 1 (0.34%) XenApp
11 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 89 (29.97%) vCenter Server
2 61 (20.54%) SCOM
3 31 (10.44%) Ansible
4 23 (7.74%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.72%) Avamar
6 9 (3.03%) SCCM
7 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.69%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (2.36%) Grafana
8 7 (2.36%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.68%) Packer
9 5 (1.68%) WMI
10 4 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.01%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (1.01%) Istio
11 3 (1.01%) Nagios
11 3 (1.01%) Podman
12 2 (0.67%) Argo
12 2 (0.67%) vRealize
12 2 (0.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 87 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 45 (15.15%) Cisco
3 36 (12.12%) SolarWinds
4 27 (9.09%) Citrix
5 21 (7.07%) Dell
6 20 (6.73%) Broadcom
6 20 (6.73%) Palo Alto
7 19 (6.40%) ServiceNow
8 16 (5.39%) Red Hat
9 14 (4.71%) Thales
10 13 (4.38%) Juniper
11 12 (4.04%) NetApp
12 11 (3.70%) Meraki
13 10 (3.37%) Veeam
14 9 (3.03%) CheckPoint
15 8 (2.69%) F5
16 7 (2.36%) Commvault
16 7 (2.36%) Fortinet
17 6 (2.02%) Remedy
18 5 (1.68%) BT