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 22 April 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
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 33 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 279 172 353
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.86% 5.73% 6.34%
As % of the Vendors category 11.27% 10.91% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 119 240
10th Percentile £400 £377 £350
25th Percentile £485 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £643 £629 £588
90th Percentile £725 £675 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £57.43 £37.90 £33.85
25th Percentile £73.00 £52.75 £53.88
Median hourly rate £87.00 £80.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £96.88 £84.38 £76.25
90th Percentile £101.75 £85.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.67% +62.41% -28.40%

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 2,476 1,576 2,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.17% 52.46% 47.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 1,054 1,621
10th Percentile £306 £248 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £610 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 90 182
10th Percentile £13.43 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.41 £16.95 £17.03
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.83 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -47.73% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.63 £61.16 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.09 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -44.44%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +8 148 £600 +3.45% 28
Thames Valley -20 106 £520 -5.45% 29
Berkshire -29 60 £441 -17.98% 16
Buckinghamshire -9 44 £600 -3.85% 9
Surrey -5 14 £400 -23.81% 15
West Sussex -11 6 £600 +9.09% 3
Kent -15 3 £575 +27.64% 4
East Sussex +3 2 £788 +384.62%
Oxfordshire -18 2 £425 - 4
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 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) Apache
3 2 (0.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 93 (33.33%) Azure
2 68 (24.37%) AWS
3 24 (8.60%) Entra ID
4 20 (7.17%) OpenShift
5 17 (6.09%) IaaS
5 17 (6.09%) PaaS
6 16 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (4.30%) GCP
7 12 (4.30%) GitHub
7 12 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.15%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.79%) SaaS
10 4 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 1 (0.36%) Cohesity
13 1 (0.36%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.94%) DNS
2 45 (16.13%) Firewall
3 40 (14.34%) DHCP
4 23 (8.24%) VPN
5 20 (7.17%) VSAN
5 20 (7.17%) WAN
6 16 (5.73%) SAN
6 16 (5.73%) TCP/IP
7 15 (5.38%) FTP
8 13 (4.66%) LAN
9 11 (3.94%) NAS
9 11 (3.94%) VLAN
10 10 (3.58%) BGP
10 10 (3.58%) SD-WAN
11 9 (3.23%) Network Security
12 8 (2.87%) OSPF
13 7 (2.51%) BIG-IP
13 7 (2.51%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (2.51%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (2.15%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.23%) Redis
3 3 (1.08%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 10 (3.58%) GitLab
3 6 (2.15%) Cucumber
3 6 (2.15%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.15%) JMeter
3 6 (2.15%) JUnit
3 6 (2.15%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.36%) Git
4 1 (0.36%) JIRA
4 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 46 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.60%) Public Sector
4 11 (3.94%) Finance
5 10 (3.58%) Military
6 9 (3.23%) Legal
7 6 (2.15%) Retail
8 4 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Back Office
11 1 (0.36%) Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Front Office
11 1 (0.36%) Police
11 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (27.60%) Architect
2 43 (15.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (10.75%) VMware Engineer
4 29 (10.39%) Senior
5 26 (9.32%) Infrastructure Architect
6 25 (8.96%) VMware Architect
7 22 (7.89%) Network Engineer
8 17 (6.09%) Technical Architect
9 14 (5.02%) Lead
10 13 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.94%) Analyst
13 10 (3.58%) Capacity Manager
13 10 (3.58%) Linux Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Service Manager
13 10 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Wintel Analyst
14 8 (2.87%) Senior Network Engineer
15 7 (2.51%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.38%) Kafka
2 9 (3.23%) Keycloak
3 6 (2.15%) Spring
4 5 (1.79%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.43%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.72%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.72%) Loki
7 1 (0.36%) JSON
7 1 (0.36%) Middleware
7 1 (0.36%) REST
7 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.11%) PKI
2 28 (10.04%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.89%) Public Cloud
4 19 (6.81%) Cloud Native
5 18 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (4.66%) Private Cloud
7 11 (3.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.87%) Replication
10 6 (2.15%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.79%) Fat Client
11 5 (1.79%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.36%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 99 (35.48%) Windows
2 81 (29.03%) Linux
3 64 (22.94%) Windows Server
4 21 (7.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (3.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (3.23%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.79%) Debian
7 5 (1.79%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.43%) CentOS
8 4 (1.43%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.72%) VMS
10 1 (0.36%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Unix
10 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (20.79%) Agile
4 46 (16.49%) ITIL
5 37 (13.26%) Roadmaps
6 34 (12.19%) CI/CD
6 34 (12.19%) High Availability
7 31 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (10.39%) DevSecOps
9 27 (9.68%) DevOps
10 24 (8.60%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.89%) Migration
13 20 (7.17%) Containerisation
13 20 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (7.17%) Service Delivery
14 19 (6.81%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (6.45%) Observability
16 16 (5.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 30 (10.75%) Python
3 13 (4.66%) Bash
4 7 (2.51%) Java
5 6 (2.15%) SQL
6 2 (0.72%) Bicep
6 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 197 (70.61%) Security Cleared
2 105 (37.63%) DV Cleared
3 95 (34.05%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.38%) CCNP
4 15 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.58%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.51%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.51%) Degree
8 7 (2.51%) VCAP
9 6 (2.15%) MCSE
10 4 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.08%) CCSM
12 2 (0.72%) CCIE
12 2 (0.72%) CCNA
12 2 (0.72%) CCSE
12 2 (0.72%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.09%) NCSC
2 14 (5.02%) NIST
3 6 (2.15%) SLA
4 4 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.72%) GDPR
6 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 166 (59.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 81 (29.03%) Active Directory
3 46 (16.49%) VMware NSX
4 36 (12.90%) Hyper-V
5 33 (11.83%) VMware ESXi
6 30 (10.75%) vSphere
7 12 (4.30%) vCloud
8 9 (3.23%) Docker
8 9 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (2.15%) NFS
10 3 (1.08%) DFS Replication
10 3 (1.08%) Firmware
10 3 (1.08%) UAG
11 1 (0.36%) KVM
11 1 (0.36%) RHEV
11 1 (0.36%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 43 (15.41%) Ansible
2 36 (12.90%) vCenter Server
3 28 (10.04%) Terraform
4 23 (8.24%) Kubernetes
5 20 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (6.09%) SCCM
7 12 (4.30%) Grafana
7 12 (4.30%) Prometheus
8 11 (3.94%) Argo
8 11 (3.94%) SCOM
9 9 (3.23%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.15%) Istio
10 6 (2.15%) linkerd
10 6 (2.15%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.79%) WMI
12 4 (1.43%) WSUS
13 3 (1.08%) Rancher
13 3 (1.08%) SCSM
14 2 (0.72%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 72 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.47%) Cisco
2 32 (11.47%) Red Hat
3 25 (8.96%) Citrix
4 17 (6.09%) Palo Alto
5 13 (4.66%) F5
6 12 (4.30%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.23%) Broadcom
7 9 (3.23%) Splunk
7 9 (3.23%) Veeam
8 7 (2.51%) NetApp
9 6 (2.15%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.15%) Zerto
10 5 (1.79%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.79%) Juniper
10 5 (1.79%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.43%) NVIDIA
11 4 (1.43%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.08%) Meraki
12 3 (1.08%) Rackspace