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 25 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
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 40 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 0
Contract jobs citing VMware 292 152 413
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.71% 4.97% 7.23%
As % of the Vendors category 11.26% 9.30% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 108 281
10th Percentile £402 £361 £360
25th Percentile £463 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +8.29% +5.00%
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 4
10th Percentile - £28.48 £26.35
25th Percentile - £29.19 £32.29
Median hourly rate - £30.39 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year - -42.76% -9.65%
75th Percentile - £31.58 £76.25
90th Percentile - £32.29 £78.50
England median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.13
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.50% -25.63%

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 2,593 1,635 2,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.80% 53.50% 47.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 1,067 1,577
10th Percentile £283 £220 £250
25th Percentile £414 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.15% +2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £656 £699
England median daily rate £505 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 98 200
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.24
25th Percentile £21.35 £15.28 £17.48
Median hourly rate £47.54 £21.07 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.63% -55.64% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.25 £43.79 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £68.15 £70.00
England median hourly rate £34.62 £27.13 £24.43
% change year-on-year +27.64% +11.03% -34.85%

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 25 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 25 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
Thames Valley +5 145 £525 -1.27% 22
Hampshire +8 130 £575 -4.17% 24
Buckinghamshire +17 85 £583 +10.58% 10
Berkshire -28 60 £437 -19.07% 7
Surrey -13 12 £475 -13.64% 8
East Sussex -2 2 £788 -
West Sussex -21 2 £600 +9.09% 5
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 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (33.56%) Azure
2 65 (22.26%) AWS
3 19 (6.51%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.45%) GCP
6 12 (4.11%) IaaS
7 10 (3.42%) PaaS
8 7 (2.40%) Rubrik
9 6 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.71%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.71%) SaaS
11 4 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.03%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.34%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 68 (23.29%) DNS
2 43 (14.73%) Firewall
3 32 (10.96%) DHCP
3 32 (10.96%) WAN
4 28 (9.59%) VSAN
5 27 (9.25%) VPN
6 25 (8.56%) LAN
7 20 (6.85%) SD-WAN
8 19 (6.51%) Cisco Firepower
8 19 (6.51%) VLAN
9 17 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (5.48%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (4.79%) BGP
11 14 (4.79%) Network Security
12 13 (4.45%) IPsec
13 12 (4.11%) OSPF
14 11 (3.77%) FTP
14 11 (3.77%) SSL
15 10 (3.42%) BIG-IP
15 10 (3.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.03%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.68%) Redis
2 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.37%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.03%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 44 (15.07%) Social Skills
2 29 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.16%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.45%) Finance
5 9 (3.08%) Legal
5 9 (3.08%) Military
6 7 (2.40%) Retail
6 7 (2.40%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (19.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (18.84%) Architect
3 44 (15.07%) Senior
4 35 (11.99%) Network Engineer
5 34 (11.64%) VMware Engineer
6 22 (7.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (5.82%) Infrastructure Architect
8 17 (5.82%) Lead
9 16 (5.48%) Technical Architect
9 16 (5.48%) VMware Architect
10 15 (5.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.79%) Support Engineer
12 13 (4.45%) Linux Engineer
12 13 (4.45%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 12 (4.11%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (3.77%) Citrix Engineer
14 11 (3.77%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.42%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.71%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.37%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.68%) Kafka
3 2 (0.68%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
4 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.01%) Data Centre
2 35 (11.99%) PKI
3 26 (8.90%) Public Cloud
4 23 (7.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (5.82%) Private Cloud
6 12 (4.11%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.37%) Replication
12 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 1 (0.34%) Digital Signage
13 1 (0.34%) Fibre Optics
13 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (40.41%) Windows
2 76 (26.03%) Linux
2 76 (26.03%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (4.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.05%) Debian
7 5 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.03%) CentOS
8 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.68%) VMS
9 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.68%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (24.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (17.47%) ITIL
4 38 (13.01%) High Availability
5 35 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
6 32 (10.96%) Agile
7 30 (10.27%) ITSM
8 29 (9.93%) Roadmaps
9 28 (9.59%) Migration
10 26 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (7.88%) CI/CD
11 23 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (7.19%) Change Management
12 21 (7.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (7.19%) Service Management
13 18 (6.16%) DevSecOps
13 18 (6.16%) Load Balancing
13 18 (6.16%) Service Delivery
14 17 (5.82%) DevOps
14 17 (5.82%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.36%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.19%) SQL
3 16 (5.48%) Python
4 2 (0.68%) Bicep
5 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 216 (73.97%) Security Cleared
2 122 (41.78%) DV Cleared
3 103 (35.27%) SC Cleared
4 22 (7.53%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (7.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 21 (7.19%) CCNP
6 13 (4.45%) Degree
7 12 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.11%) VCAP
8 8 (2.74%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 8 (2.74%) MCSE
9 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.71%) CCSE
10 5 (1.71%) CCSM
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.37%) MCSA
12 3 (1.03%) CCA
12 3 (1.03%) CCIE
12 3 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.51%) NIST
2 18 (6.16%) NCSC
3 8 (2.74%) SLA
4 5 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.37%) QA
6 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.68%) GDPR
7 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 183 (62.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 83 (28.42%) Active Directory
3 75 (25.68%) VMware NSX
4 59 (20.21%) VMware ESXi
5 37 (12.67%) Hyper-V
6 34 (11.64%) vSphere
7 22 (7.53%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (7.19%) vCloud
9 10 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.71%) Docker
11 3 (1.03%) Firmware
11 3 (1.03%) UAG
12 1 (0.34%) NFS
Systems Management
1 55 (18.84%) vCenter Server
2 32 (10.96%) Ansible
3 30 (10.27%) SCOM
4 22 (7.53%) Terraform
5 16 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (4.79%) SCCM
7 11 (3.77%) Red Hat Satellite
8 10 (3.42%) Avamar
9 6 (2.05%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.71%) WMI
11 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.03%) Argo
12 3 (1.03%) Grafana
12 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.03%) SCSM
12 3 (1.03%) WSUS
13 2 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.68%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.68%) Rancher
Vendors
1 82 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 54 (18.49%) Cisco
3 38 (13.01%) Citrix
4 26 (8.90%) Palo Alto
5 18 (6.16%) Red Hat
6 17 (5.82%) SolarWinds
7 15 (5.14%) F5
7 15 (5.14%) ServiceNow
8 13 (4.45%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.77%) Broadcom
9 11 (3.77%) CheckPoint
9 11 (3.77%) Veeam
10 10 (3.42%) Dell
10 10 (3.42%) Juniper
10 10 (3.42%) NetApp
11 8 (2.74%) Thales
12 7 (2.40%) Meraki
13 6 (2.05%) Zerto
14 5 (1.71%) Becrypt
15 4 (1.37%) Remedy