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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 33 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing VMware 264 193 334
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.57% 6.13% 6.12%
As % of the Vendors category 11.65% 12.22% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 142 203
10th Percentile £350 £350 £317
25th Percentile £425 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £556 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +8.39% -6.39%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £565
90th Percentile £725 £688 £624
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 16
10th Percentile £57.43 £77.63 £20.38
25th Percentile £73.00 £77.81 £52.02
Median hourly rate £87.00 £81.25 £68.63
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +18.39% +0.93%
75th Percentile £96.88 £85.31 £76.53
90th Percentile £101.75 £85.88 £77.27
England median hourly rate £70.00 £68.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -3.85%

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 2,267 1,579 2,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.86% 50.14% 49.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,626 1,013 1,716
10th Percentile £258 £247 £205
25th Percentile £411 £408 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 51 158
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.75 £24.18 £19.21
Median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -37.10% +9.65%
75th Percentile £61.88 £63.13 £63.22
90th Percentile £88.84 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £27.75
% change year-on-year -21.76% +9.73% -14.62%

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 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +5 129 £538 -6.52% 32
Thames Valley -13 101 £483 -12.27% 31
Berkshire -6 86 £475 -11.71% 11
Surrey -6 13 £400 -16.67% 9
Buckinghamshire -23 12 £560 -2.40% 12
West Sussex -9 10 £575 +53.33% 1
Kent -3 7 £550 +22.09% 6
East Sussex +3 4 £180 +10.77%
Oxfordshire -12 3 £425 - 8
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 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.52%) OpenStack
2 4 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.76%) Apache
3 2 (0.76%) WordPress
4 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 80 (30.30%) Azure
2 70 (26.52%) AWS
3 40 (15.15%) OpenShift
4 19 (7.20%) IaaS
5 18 (6.82%) GitHub
5 18 (6.82%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (6.06%) Entra ID
7 14 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (4.92%) GCP
9 12 (4.55%) PaaS
10 7 (2.65%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.14%) SaaS
13 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.38%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.38%) Cohesity
13 1 (0.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 66 (25.00%) DNS
2 44 (16.67%) Firewall
3 40 (15.15%) DHCP
4 24 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 19 (7.20%) VLAN
6 15 (5.68%) SAN
6 15 (5.68%) VPN
7 10 (3.79%) FTP
7 10 (3.79%) VSAN
7 10 (3.79%) WAN
8 9 (3.41%) BGP
8 9 (3.41%) LAN
9 8 (3.03%) NAS
10 7 (2.65%) SNMP
11 6 (2.27%) OSPF
11 6 (2.27%) Wireless
12 5 (1.89%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (1.89%) iSCSI
12 5 (1.89%) MPLS
13 4 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.65%) Redis
3 6 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.14%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.68%) GitLab
1 15 (5.68%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.30%) Sonatype Nexus
3 9 (3.41%) Cucumber
3 9 (3.41%) JMeter
3 9 (3.41%) JUnit
4 4 (1.52%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.14%) Maven
6 1 (0.38%) Git
6 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 50 (18.94%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.47%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.92%) Finance
5 7 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.65%) Military
6 6 (2.27%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.52%) Legal
7 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.14%) Banking
8 3 (1.14%) Retail
9 1 (0.38%) Back Office
9 1 (0.38%) Front Office
9 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (28.41%) Architect
2 45 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (10.23%) Infrastructure Architect
4 26 (9.85%) Support Engineer
5 21 (7.95%) Infrastructure Support
5 21 (7.95%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 21 (7.95%) VMware Engineer
6 19 (7.20%) VMware Architect
7 14 (5.30%) Senior
8 11 (4.17%) Analyst
8 11 (4.17%) Lead
8 11 (4.17%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.79%) Wintel Analyst
10 9 (3.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (3.41%) Developer
10 9 (3.41%) Technical Architect
11 8 (3.03%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (2.65%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.20%) Kafka
2 9 (3.41%) Spring
3 8 (3.03%) Hibernate
3 8 (3.03%) Loki
4 7 (2.65%) Keycloak
5 4 (1.52%) Software Packaging
5 4 (1.52%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.14%) Swagger
7 2 (0.76%) REST
7 2 (0.76%) RESTful
8 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.38%) JSON
8 1 (0.38%) Middleware
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.38%) OpenID
8 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.98%) PKI
2 24 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 19 (7.20%) Data Centre
4 16 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (4.17%) Fat Client
6 11 (4.17%) Thin Client
7 10 (3.79%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.79%) Public Cloud
8 8 (3.03%) Replication
8 8 (3.03%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.14%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.76%) NHS
12 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 99 (37.50%) Linux
1 99 (37.50%) Windows
2 50 (18.94%) Windows Server
3 31 (11.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.17%) Windows 7
5 7 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.27%) Ubuntu
6 6 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.52%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.14%) CentOS
8 3 (1.14%) Debian
8 3 (1.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.38%) Solaris
9 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (23.11%) Agile
2 61 (23.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (17.80%) ITIL
4 43 (16.29%) CI/CD
5 33 (12.50%) DevSecOps
6 31 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (10.61%) Containerisation
8 25 (9.47%) DevOps
8 25 (9.47%) Observability
9 23 (8.71%) Platform Engineering
9 23 (8.71%) Roadmaps
10 19 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (6.82%) Prototyping
12 17 (6.44%) Service Management
13 16 (6.06%) High Availability
13 16 (6.06%) Migration
14 15 (5.68%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.21%) Python
2 36 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 30 (11.36%) Bash
4 16 (6.06%) Java
5 11 (4.17%) SQL
6 4 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.14%) Go
7 3 (1.14%) Perl
8 2 (0.76%) Bicep
8 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 168 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 89 (33.71%) SC Cleared
3 75 (28.41%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.20%) Azure Certification
4 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.30%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (4.17%) Server+ Certification
6 11 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (2.65%) CCNP
8 6 (2.27%) CCIE
8 6 (2.27%) MCSE
9 4 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.52%) JNCIE
9 4 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.52%) VCAP
9 4 (1.52%) VCDX
10 2 (0.76%) RHCE
10 2 (0.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.79%) NCSC
2 4 (1.52%) NIST
2 4 (1.52%) SLA
3 3 (1.14%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.76%) GDPR
4 2 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 153 (57.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 74 (28.03%) Active Directory
3 40 (15.15%) vSphere
4 37 (14.02%) Hyper-V
5 31 (11.74%) VMware NSX
6 19 (7.20%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (5.30%) Docker
8 13 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (3.41%) NFS
10 7 (2.65%) vCloud
11 3 (1.14%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.14%) KVM
12 2 (0.76%) Firmware
12 2 (0.76%) UAG
12 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.38%) RHEV
13 1 (0.38%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (22.73%) Ansible
2 38 (14.39%) Kubernetes
3 36 (13.64%) Terraform
4 32 (12.12%) vCenter Server
5 21 (7.95%) Argo
6 19 (7.20%) Grafana
6 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (7.20%) Prometheus
7 16 (6.06%) Red Hat Satellite
8 14 (5.30%) SCCM
9 11 (4.17%) Progress Chef
9 11 (4.17%) WMI
10 8 (3.03%) Kustomize
10 8 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (2.27%) Istio
11 6 (2.27%) linkerd
11 6 (2.27%) SCOM
11 6 (2.27%) vRealize
12 5 (1.89%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (1.52%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 73 (27.65%) Microsoft
2 50 (18.94%) Red Hat
3 24 (9.09%) Citrix
4 21 (7.95%) Cisco
5 10 (3.79%) F5
6 9 (3.41%) Splunk
7 8 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 8 (3.03%) Juniper
7 8 (3.03%) NetApp
7 8 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.27%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.27%) Pure Storage
9 5 (1.89%) Dell
9 5 (1.89%) Veeam
10 4 (1.52%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.52%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.14%) Aruba
11 3 (1.14%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.76%) Arista
12 2 (0.76%) HP