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 July 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 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 37 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 314 168 398
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.84% 4.96% 7.11%
As % of the Vendors category 11.36% 9.27% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 120 268
10th Percentile £415 £356 £354
25th Percentile £463 £513 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +8.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £28.95 £26.35
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.39 £32.29
Median hourly rate £48.73 £32.77 £53.08
Median % change year-on-year +48.70% -38.27% -2.71%
75th Percentile £64.19 £96.39 £76.25
90th Percentile £66.16 £134.55 £78.50
England median hourly rate £51.00 £34.71 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.94% -13.23% -22.31%

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 2,765 1,813 2,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.62% 53.53% 47.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,791 1,181 1,556
10th Percentile £285 £214 £250
25th Percentile £420 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 115 181
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £15.31 £18.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.75 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.01% -60.85% +17.78%
75th Percentile £85.00 £42.36 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -32.89%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +8 154 £525 -2.14% 29
Hampshire +6 143 £575 -4.17% 32
Buckinghamshire +22 86 £590 +12.01% 15
Berkshire -20 67 £449 -18.45% 11
Surrey -16 9 £475 -13.64% 17
West Sussex -19 4 £600 +9.09% 4
East Sussex 0 2 £788 - 2
Middlesex -10 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire -30 1 £325 -10.34% 3
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 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Apache
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.64%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (0.64%) nginx
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Houdini
3 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (31.21%) Azure
2 63 (20.06%) AWS
3 23 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.18%) IaaS
6 9 (2.87%) Rubrik
7 8 (2.55%) GCP
8 7 (2.23%) PaaS
9 6 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.59%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.96%) Nutanix
12 3 (0.96%) SaaS
13 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.64%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 82 (26.11%) DNS
2 52 (16.56%) Firewall
3 39 (12.42%) DHCP
4 33 (10.51%) WAN
5 29 (9.24%) VSAN
6 28 (8.92%) VPN
7 26 (8.28%) LAN
8 24 (7.64%) VLAN
9 20 (6.37%) Cisco Firepower
9 20 (6.37%) SD-WAN
10 17 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (5.10%) Network Security
11 16 (5.10%) TCP/IP
12 14 (4.46%) BGP
12 14 (4.46%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (4.14%) IPsec
14 12 (3.82%) OSPF
14 12 (3.82%) SSL
15 10 (3.18%) FTP
15 10 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.96%) GitLab
2 3 (0.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Robot Framework
3 2 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.64%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) MSI
General
1 62 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (5.73%) Public Sector
4 14 (4.46%) Finance
5 12 (3.82%) Military
6 9 (2.87%) Legal
7 8 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.55%) Retail
8 7 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.32%) Advertising
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 67 (21.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (15.29%) Architect
3 47 (14.97%) Senior
4 34 (10.83%) Network Engineer
5 31 (9.87%) VMware Engineer
6 23 (7.32%) Lead
7 22 (7.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 22 (7.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (6.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 19 (6.05%) Support Engineer
10 16 (5.10%) Technical Architect
11 15 (4.78%) VMware Architect
12 13 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
12 13 (4.14%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (4.14%) Senior VMware Engineer
13 12 (3.82%) Administrator
14 11 (3.50%) Citrix Engineer
14 11 (3.50%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.50%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.59%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.27%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.96%) REST
4 2 (0.64%) Kafka
4 2 (0.64%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) LDAP
5 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.78%) Data Centre
2 36 (11.46%) PKI
3 23 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (7.32%) Public Cloud
4 17 (5.41%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.59%) Replication
10 4 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.27%) SCADA
11 3 (0.96%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.64%) Life Science
12 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.64%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.32%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 142 (45.22%) Windows
2 89 (28.34%) Windows Server
3 82 (26.11%) Linux
4 20 (6.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.91%) Debian
8 5 (1.59%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.96%) CentOS
11 2 (0.64%) VMS
12 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (25.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 73 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (18.15%) ITIL
4 41 (13.06%) Technical Leadership
5 39 (12.42%) ITSM
6 38 (12.10%) High Availability
7 33 (10.51%) Agile
8 31 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (9.24%) Change Management
11 28 (8.92%) Migration
11 28 (8.92%) Roadmaps
12 26 (8.28%) CI/CD
12 26 (8.28%) Service Management
13 25 (7.96%) Service Delivery
14 22 (7.01%) Infrastructure as Code
15 21 (6.69%) Network Virtualisation
16 19 (6.05%) DevSecOps
17 18 (5.73%) DevOps
17 18 (5.73%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.92%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.01%) SQL
3 21 (6.69%) Python
4 3 (0.96%) Bash
4 3 (0.96%) Java
5 2 (0.64%) Bicep
5 2 (0.64%) C
5 2 (0.64%) Lua
6 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (72.61%) Security Cleared
2 136 (43.31%) DV Cleared
3 104 (33.12%) SC Cleared
4 22 (7.01%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (7.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 21 (6.69%) CCNP
6 17 (5.41%) Degree
7 14 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.82%) VCAP
9 8 (2.55%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 8 (2.55%) MCSE
10 6 (1.91%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.59%) CCSE
11 5 (1.59%) CCSM
11 5 (1.59%) MCSA
12 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.96%) CCA
13 3 (0.96%) CCIE
13 3 (0.96%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.05%) NIST
2 18 (5.73%) NCSC
3 8 (2.55%) SLA
4 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.27%) QA
6 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.64%) GDPR
7 2 (0.64%) GxP
7 2 (0.64%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 202 (64.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (30.57%) Active Directory
3 76 (24.20%) VMware NSX
4 69 (21.97%) VMware ESXi
5 39 (12.42%) vSphere
6 36 (11.46%) Hyper-V
7 23 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (6.37%) vCloud
9 14 (4.46%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (2.23%) Docker
11 3 (0.96%) Firmware
11 3 (0.96%) UAG
12 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 65 (20.70%) vCenter Server
2 40 (12.74%) SCOM
3 32 (10.19%) Ansible
4 24 (7.64%) Terraform
5 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.78%) SCCM
7 14 (4.46%) Avamar
8 11 (3.50%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (2.87%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.59%) Grafana
10 5 (1.59%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.27%) WMI
12 3 (0.96%) Argo
12 3 (0.96%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.96%) Rancher
12 3 (0.96%) SCSM
12 3 (0.96%) WSUS
13 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 92 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 53 (16.88%) Cisco
3 40 (12.74%) Citrix
4 27 (8.60%) Palo Alto
5 22 (7.01%) SolarWinds
6 20 (6.37%) Red Hat
7 18 (5.73%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.78%) Dell
8 15 (4.78%) F5
9 14 (4.46%) Broadcom
10 13 (4.14%) Fortinet
10 13 (4.14%) Juniper
10 13 (4.14%) Veeam
11 11 (3.50%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.50%) NetApp
11 11 (3.50%) Thales
12 7 (2.23%) Meraki
12 7 (2.23%) Zerto
13 5 (1.59%) Becrypt
13 5 (1.59%) Splunk