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 10 September 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
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 32 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 325 183 348
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.90% 5.23% 7.51%
As % of the Vendors category 11.17% 10.17% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 141 238
10th Percentile £426 £267 £350
25th Percentile £463 £479 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £536
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.56% +7.25%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £608
90th Percentile £725 £650 £647
England median daily rate £530 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -3.64% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 2
10th Percentile £33.70 £28.95 £23.72
25th Percentile £52.84 £30.39 £25.70
Median hourly rate £67.24 £32.77 £29.28
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +11.91% -46.33%
75th Percentile £70.73 £96.39 £33.16
90th Percentile £95.00 £134.55 £35.31
England median hourly rate £67.50 £33.39 £43.08
% change year-on-year +102.19% -22.51% -31.07%

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 2,909 1,799 2,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.83% 51.44% 49.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,799 1,206 1,366
10th Percentile £280 £205 £255
25th Percentile £431 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £516
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.15% +3.25%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 107 123
10th Percentile £14.46 £14.20 £16.05
25th Percentile £16.76 £15.31 £27.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £20.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +93.60% -65.13% +10.37%
75th Percentile £70.06 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £92.50 £81.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +15 159 £550 +13.99% 34
Hampshire -3 144 £538 -10.42% 25
Buckinghamshire +21 89 £575 +8.80% 4
Berkshire -10 68 £460 -4.66% 20
Surrey -10 12 £475 -13.64% 16
West Sussex -23 4 £613 +19.51% 4
Middlesex -18 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire -25 2 £363 - 10
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 (2.77%) Confluence
2 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.54%) Apache
3 5 (1.54%) nginx
4 4 (1.23%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.62%) Houdini
2 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.62%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 97 (29.85%) Azure
2 54 (16.62%) AWS
3 18 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.62%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.08%) IaaS
5 10 (3.08%) Rubrik
6 9 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.15%) OpenShift
8 6 (1.85%) GCP
9 5 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.92%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.92%) PaaS
12 2 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.62%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.31%) Datadog
13 1 (0.31%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 97 (29.85%) DNS
2 65 (20.00%) Firewall
3 52 (16.00%) DHCP
4 37 (11.38%) VPN
5 31 (9.54%) VLAN
5 31 (9.54%) WAN
6 30 (9.23%) VSAN
7 27 (8.31%) LAN
8 26 (8.00%) TCP/IP
9 21 (6.46%) Cisco Firepower
10 20 (6.15%) SD-WAN
11 19 (5.85%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (4.92%) BGP
12 16 (4.92%) Network Security
13 14 (4.31%) IPsec
13 14 (4.31%) SSL
14 13 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (3.69%) OSPF
16 11 (3.38%) NGFW
17 10 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (3.08%) JIRA
2 7 (2.15%) GitLab
3 5 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.54%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.62%) Git
6 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 65 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (4.31%) Finance
4 10 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 8 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (2.46%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.46%) Retail
6 7 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.54%) Military
9 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Legal
11 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 56 (17.23%) Senior
3 40 (12.31%) Architect
4 36 (11.08%) VMware Engineer
5 35 (10.77%) Network Engineer
6 33 (10.15%) Lead
7 32 (9.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (8.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (8.92%) Support Engineer
9 25 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 23 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.85%) Storage Engineer
12 15 (4.62%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 13 (4.00%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.69%) Linux Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) Senior Network Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) Technical Architect
15 11 (3.38%) Administrator
15 11 (3.38%) Citrix Engineer
15 11 (3.38%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.62%) Terraform
2 4 (1.23%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.92%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.92%) REST
4 2 (0.62%) Middleware
4 2 (0.62%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.62%) YAML
5 1 (0.31%) Kafka
5 1 (0.31%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.31%) LDAP
5 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.31%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.31%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.31%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.08%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.46%) PKI
3 29 (8.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (6.15%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.23%) Private Cloud
6 13 (4.00%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.08%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.15%) SCADA
9 6 (1.85%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.54%) Life Science
10 5 (1.54%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.54%) Replication
11 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
13 2 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 170 (52.31%) Windows
2 111 (34.15%) Windows Server
3 76 (23.38%) Linux
4 24 (7.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (4.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.15%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.85%) Debian
8 3 (0.92%) Rocky
8 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (26.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 83 (25.54%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (21.23%) ITIL
4 66 (20.31%) Technical Leadership
5 51 (15.69%) ITSM
6 46 (14.15%) Change Management
7 39 (12.00%) Agile
8 33 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (10.15%) Service Management
9 30 (9.23%) CI/CD
9 30 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (8.62%) High Availability
11 27 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (8.31%) Migration
11 27 (8.31%) Service Delivery
12 26 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (8.00%) Network Virtualisation
13 23 (7.08%) DevOps
14 19 (5.85%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (5.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 74 (22.77%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.23%) Python
3 25 (7.69%) SQL
4 13 (4.00%) Bash
5 4 (1.23%) Java
6 3 (0.92%) Bicep
6 3 (0.92%) C
6 3 (0.92%) Lua
6 3 (0.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 237 (72.92%) Security Cleared
2 153 (47.08%) DV Cleared
3 103 (31.69%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 25 (7.69%) Degree
6 21 (6.46%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.23%) VCAP
8 16 (4.92%) CCNP
9 14 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.77%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.46%) ISTQB
11 8 (2.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 6 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.85%) MCSA
13 5 (1.54%) CCSE
13 5 (1.54%) CCSM
13 5 (1.54%) MCSE
14 4 (1.23%) CCNA
15 3 (0.92%) CCA
15 3 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.62%) NIST
2 14 (4.31%) NCSC
3 9 (2.77%) SLA
4 4 (1.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.23%) GxP
4 4 (1.23%) QA
5 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.92%) GDPR
6 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 210 (64.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (30.15%) VMware ESXi
3 95 (29.23%) Active Directory
4 86 (26.46%) VMware NSX
5 45 (13.85%) vSphere
6 37 (11.38%) Hyper-V
7 27 (8.31%) vCloud
8 22 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (4.00%) Docker
10 12 (3.69%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (1.54%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.62%) UAG
12 2 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 93 (28.62%) vCenter Server
2 61 (18.77%) SCOM
3 35 (10.77%) Ansible
4 16 (4.92%) Avamar
5 15 (4.62%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.38%) SCCM
7 8 (2.46%) Grafana
7 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.46%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.46%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.54%) Packer
9 4 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.23%) WMI
10 3 (0.92%) Argo
10 3 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.92%) Istio
10 3 (0.92%) Nagios
10 3 (0.92%) Podman
10 3 (0.92%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 88 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 54 (16.62%) Cisco
3 34 (10.46%) SolarWinds
4 30 (9.23%) Citrix
5 28 (8.62%) Palo Alto
6 22 (6.77%) ServiceNow
7 21 (6.46%) Broadcom
8 18 (5.54%) Dell
9 16 (4.92%) Red Hat
10 14 (4.31%) Juniper
11 13 (4.00%) Thales
12 12 (3.69%) F5
12 12 (3.69%) NetApp
13 11 (3.38%) Veeam
14 10 (3.08%) CheckPoint
14 10 (3.08%) Fortinet
15 9 (2.77%) Meraki
16 6 (1.85%) Remedy
17 5 (1.54%) Becrypt
17 5 (1.54%) Splunk