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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 35 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware 295 154 359
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.00% 5.10% 6.52%
As % of the Vendors category 11.84% 9.71% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 111 245
10th Percentile £400 £363 £353
25th Percentile £478 £503 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +10.39% -0.15%
75th Percentile £640 £625 £583
90th Percentile £725 £675 £619
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £57.43 £33.08 -
25th Percentile £73.00 £40.69 £65.00
Median hourly rate £87.00 £55.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.47% -21.07% +16.67%
75th Percentile £96.88 £71.69 £77.50
90th Percentile £101.75 £80.43 £79.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -25.92%

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 2,492 1,586 2,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.26% 52.53% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,735 1,062 1,581
10th Percentile £282 £241 £213
25th Percentile £413 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £603 £606
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 88 183
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £26.63 £16.95 £16.87
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.83 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.44% -50.34% +11.11%
75th Percentile £88.00 £60.47 £61.30
90th Percentile - £72.00 £66.62
England median hourly rate £32.00 £27.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +18.52% +20.00% -43.75%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +14 156 £600 +4.35% 23
Thames Valley -7 114 £514 -6.55% 42
Berkshire -21 58 £419 -22.17% 20
Buckinghamshire 0 54 £575 -6.88% 15
Surrey -2 14 £400 -20.00% 14
West Sussex -13 5 £625 +13.64%
Kent -20 3 £575 +27.07% 6
East Sussex +1 2 £788 +384.62%
Oxfordshire -20 2 £425 - 7
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 13 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) WordPress
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 101 (34.24%) Azure
2 72 (24.41%) AWS
3 24 (8.14%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.76%) IaaS
4 17 (5.76%) PaaS
5 16 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.42%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.07%) GCP
7 10 (3.39%) GitHub
7 10 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.03%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.69%) SaaS
10 4 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.34%) Cohesity
12 1 (0.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 68 (23.05%) DNS
2 46 (15.59%) Firewall
3 41 (13.90%) DHCP
4 25 (8.47%) VPN
5 22 (7.46%) WAN
6 21 (7.12%) VSAN
7 16 (5.42%) TCP/IP
8 15 (5.08%) FTP
8 15 (5.08%) LAN
9 13 (4.41%) SAN
9 13 (4.41%) VLAN
10 11 (3.73%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.39%) BGP
11 10 (3.39%) Network Security
12 9 (3.05%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (2.71%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (2.71%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (2.71%) NAS
13 8 (2.71%) OSPF
14 7 (2.37%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.05%) Redis
3 3 (1.02%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.73%) GitLab
2 10 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (2.37%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.36%) JMeter
4 4 (1.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.34%) Git
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 42 (14.24%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 10 (3.39%) Finance
5 9 (3.05%) Legal
5 9 (3.05%) Military
6 7 (2.37%) Retail
7 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Back Office
10 1 (0.34%) Front Office
10 1 (0.34%) Police
10 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (24.75%) Architect
2 48 (16.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (10.85%) Senior
3 32 (10.85%) VMware Engineer
4 28 (9.49%) Network Engineer
5 25 (8.47%) VMware Architect
6 22 (7.46%) Infrastructure Architect
7 18 (6.10%) Technical Architect
8 15 (5.08%) Lead
9 14 (4.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (4.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Analyst
12 11 (3.73%) Linux Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Capacity Manager
13 10 (3.39%) Service Manager
13 10 (3.39%) Wintel Analyst
14 9 (3.05%) Senior Network Engineer
15 8 (2.71%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.41%) Kafka
2 9 (3.05%) Keycloak
3 4 (1.36%) Software Packaging
3 4 (1.36%) Spring
4 3 (1.02%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.02%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.34%) JSON
5 1 (0.34%) Middleware
5 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.34%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.86%) PKI
2 30 (10.17%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.80%) Public Cloud
4 18 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (5.76%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.41%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.03%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.69%) Replication
11 4 (1.36%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.36%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 1 (0.34%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 109 (36.95%) Windows
2 80 (27.12%) Linux
3 71 (24.07%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.05%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.03%) Debian
9 4 (1.36%) CentOS
9 4 (1.36%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.36%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (22.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 57 (19.32%) Agile
4 49 (16.61%) ITIL
5 36 (12.20%) Roadmaps
6 35 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 32 (10.85%) High Availability
8 31 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (9.83%) DevSecOps
10 28 (9.49%) DevOps
11 25 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
12 23 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (7.46%) Migration
13 22 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (7.12%) ITSM
15 20 (6.78%) Containerisation
15 20 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (6.78%) Service Delivery
16 18 (6.10%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.90%) PowerShell
2 29 (9.83%) Python
3 13 (4.41%) SQL
4 10 (3.39%) Bash
5 6 (2.03%) Java
6 2 (0.68%) Bicep
6 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 212 (71.86%) Security Cleared
2 118 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 101 (34.24%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.76%) CCNP
4 17 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.39%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.71%) Degree
8 7 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.37%) VCAP
9 5 (1.69%) MCSE
10 4 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.36%) CCSM
10 4 (1.36%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 4 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.02%) CCSE
12 2 (0.68%) CCIE
12 2 (0.68%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.10%) NCSC
2 16 (5.42%) NIST
3 8 (2.71%) SLA
4 5 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 179 (60.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 87 (29.49%) Active Directory
3 53 (17.97%) VMware NSX
4 38 (12.88%) Hyper-V
4 38 (12.88%) VMware ESXi
5 28 (9.49%) vSphere
6 16 (5.42%) vCloud
7 13 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (3.39%) Docker
9 8 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.69%) NFS
11 3 (1.02%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.02%) Firmware
11 3 (1.02%) UAG
12 1 (0.34%) KVM
12 1 (0.34%) RHEV
12 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 42 (14.24%) Ansible
2 41 (13.90%) vCenter Server
3 31 (10.51%) Terraform
4 20 (6.78%) Kubernetes
4 20 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.76%) SCOM
6 16 (5.42%) SCCM
7 10 (3.39%) Argo
7 10 (3.39%) Grafana
7 10 (3.39%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.71%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (2.03%) Istio
10 6 (2.03%) linkerd
10 6 (2.03%) WMI
11 4 (1.36%) Avamar
11 4 (1.36%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.36%) WSUS
12 3 (1.02%) Rancher
12 3 (1.02%) SCSM
Vendors
1 78 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.56%) Cisco
3 29 (9.83%) Red Hat
4 28 (9.49%) Citrix
5 20 (6.78%) Palo Alto
6 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.41%) F5
8 11 (3.73%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.39%) Veeam
10 9 (3.05%) Broadcom
10 9 (3.05%) Splunk
11 8 (2.71%) CheckPoint
12 6 (2.03%) Juniper
12 6 (2.03%) Zerto
13 5 (1.69%) Dell
13 5 (1.69%) NetApp
13 5 (1.69%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.69%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.36%) Meraki
14 4 (1.36%) NVIDIA