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 12 August 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
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 43 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -22 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 332 165 379
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.96% 4.70% 7.69%
As % of the Vendors category 11.37% 8.89% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 120 255
10th Percentile £420 £350 £360
25th Percentile £463 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +3.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £603
90th Percentile £725 £650 £642
England median daily rate £525 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 3
10th Percentile £33.70 £28.95 £25.04
25th Percentile £37.33 £30.39 £28.99
Median hourly rate £61.11 £32.77 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +86.47% -9.39% -33.72%
75th Percentile £67.47 £96.39 £58.37
90th Percentile £69.59 £134.55 £71.35
England median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +110.45% -55.56% +27.43%

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 2,919 1,855 2,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.63% 52.82% 48.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,827 1,233 1,443
10th Percentile £281 £211 £255
25th Percentile £425 £375 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £628
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 119 139
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £29.07 £15.00 £24.39
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -66.87% +27.44%
75th Percentile £82.37 £35.54 £61.45
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.30
% change year-on-year +35.15% -16.98% -19.21%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +15 163 £536 +1.83% 39
Hampshire +1 147 £555 -7.50% 32
Buckinghamshire +22 97 £590 +12.01% 3
Berkshire -12 64 £455 -17.27% 25
Surrey -11 13 £475 -13.64% 22
Middlesex -16 2 - -
Oxfordshire -24 2 £363 - 11
West Sussex -27 2 - - 5
East Sussex +3 1 £800 - 1
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 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.51%) Apache
3 5 (1.51%) Confluence
3 5 (1.51%) nginx
4 4 (1.20%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.60%) Houdini
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.60%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 104 (31.33%) Azure
2 60 (18.07%) AWS
3 20 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.72%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.31%) IaaS
6 10 (3.01%) Rubrik
7 8 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.11%) GCP
8 7 (2.11%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.51%) PaaS
10 4 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.90%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.60%) SaaS
13 1 (0.30%) Datadog
13 1 (0.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 97 (29.22%) DNS
2 65 (19.58%) Firewall
3 54 (16.27%) DHCP
4 37 (11.14%) VPN
5 34 (10.24%) VSAN
5 34 (10.24%) WAN
6 32 (9.64%) VLAN
7 28 (8.43%) LAN
8 25 (7.53%) TCP/IP
9 22 (6.63%) Cisco Firepower
9 22 (6.63%) SD-WAN
10 20 (6.02%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (5.12%) Network Security
12 16 (4.82%) BGP
12 16 (4.82%) SSL
13 15 (4.52%) IPsec
14 13 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (3.92%) OSPF
15 12 (3.61%) NGFW
16 10 (3.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.90%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (1.81%) JIRA
2 5 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (1.51%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.20%) GitLab
4 3 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.90%) Robot Framework
4 3 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.60%) Git
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) MSI
6 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 69 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (4.52%) Finance
4 13 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.01%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.71%) Military
7 8 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.41%) Retail
8 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.81%) Legal
10 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Advertising
13 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 59 (17.77%) Senior
3 41 (12.35%) Architect
4 38 (11.45%) Network Engineer
5 35 (10.54%) VMware Engineer
6 30 (9.04%) Lead
6 30 (9.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (7.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 26 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (6.93%) Cloud Engineer
9 22 (6.63%) Support Engineer
10 18 (5.42%) Senior VMware Engineer
11 15 (4.52%) Senior Network Engineer
11 15 (4.52%) Storage Engineer
12 14 (4.22%) Technical Architect
13 12 (3.61%) Linux Engineer
13 12 (3.61%) VMware Architect
14 11 (3.31%) Administrator
14 11 (3.31%) Citrix Engineer
14 11 (3.31%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.90%) REST
3 2 (0.60%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.60%) Kafka
3 2 (0.60%) Keycloak
3 2 (0.60%) Middleware
3 2 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.30%) LDAP
4 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.30%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.30%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.30%) YAML
4 1 (0.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.75%) PKI
2 35 (10.54%) Data Centre
3 28 (8.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (7.23%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.12%) Private Cloud
6 9 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.11%) SCADA
8 6 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.81%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.81%) Replication
9 5 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.51%) Life Science
10 4 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.20%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 166 (50.00%) Windows
2 110 (33.13%) Windows Server
3 85 (25.60%) Linux
4 24 (7.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (4.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.11%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.81%) Debian
7 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.51%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.90%) CentOS
9 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (27.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 80 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (19.88%) ITIL
4 53 (15.96%) Technical Leadership
5 45 (13.55%) ITSM
6 42 (12.65%) Change Management
7 39 (11.75%) High Availability
8 38 (11.45%) Agile
9 33 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (9.34%) Service Management
10 31 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (8.43%) Migration
12 27 (8.13%) CI/CD
12 27 (8.13%) Roadmaps
13 26 (7.83%) Service Delivery
14 25 (7.53%) Network Virtualisation
15 24 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
16 23 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
17 21 (6.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 20 (6.02%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 70 (21.08%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.04%) Python
3 22 (6.63%) SQL
4 8 (2.41%) Bash
5 4 (1.20%) Java
6 3 (0.90%) Bicep
6 3 (0.90%) C
6 3 (0.90%) Lua
7 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 244 (73.49%) Security Cleared
2 148 (44.58%) DV Cleared
3 112 (33.73%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 23 (6.93%) Degree
6 21 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.12%) VCAP
8 16 (4.82%) CCNP
9 13 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.71%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.41%) ISTQB
11 8 (2.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 6 (1.81%) MCSA
13 5 (1.51%) CCSE
13 5 (1.51%) CCSM
13 5 (1.51%) MCSE
14 4 (1.20%) CCNA
14 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.90%) CCA
15 3 (0.90%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.12%) NIST
2 16 (4.82%) NCSC
3 8 (2.41%) SLA
4 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (1.20%) GxP
5 4 (1.20%) QA
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 220 (66.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 100 (30.12%) Active Directory
3 85 (25.60%) VMware ESXi
3 85 (25.60%) VMware NSX
4 42 (12.65%) vSphere
5 41 (12.35%) Hyper-V
6 23 (6.93%) vCloud
6 23 (6.93%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (3.31%) Docker
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.60%) UAG
9 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 84 (25.30%) vCenter Server
2 52 (15.66%) SCOM
3 33 (9.94%) Ansible
4 30 (9.04%) Terraform
5 16 (4.82%) Avamar
6 15 (4.52%) Kubernetes
7 11 (3.31%) SCCM
8 10 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (2.41%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (1.81%) Grafana
10 6 (1.81%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.51%) Packer
12 4 (1.20%) Argo
12 4 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (1.20%) WMI
13 3 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.90%) Nagios
13 3 (0.90%) SCSM
13 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (29.52%) Microsoft
2 56 (16.87%) Cisco
3 31 (9.34%) Citrix
3 31 (9.34%) Palo Alto
4 30 (9.04%) SolarWinds
5 22 (6.63%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.42%) Broadcom
6 18 (5.42%) Dell
7 16 (4.82%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.92%) F5
8 13 (3.92%) Juniper
8 13 (3.92%) Thales
8 13 (3.92%) Veeam
9 12 (3.61%) NetApp
10 11 (3.31%) Fortinet
11 10 (3.01%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.71%) Meraki
13 6 (1.81%) Remedy
13 6 (1.81%) Splunk
13 6 (1.81%) Zerto