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 24 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
24 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 42 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -22 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 326 172 366
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.89% 4.84% 7.67%
As % of the Vendors category 11.19% 9.34% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 128 244
10th Percentile £418 £350 £360
25th Percentile £463 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £608
90th Percentile £725 £650 £645
England median daily rate £527 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -4.18% +6.80% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 2
10th Percentile £33.70 £28.95 £23.72
25th Percentile £44.61 £30.39 £25.70
Median hourly rate £65.24 £32.77 £29.28
Median % change year-on-year +99.08% +11.91% -43.99%
75th Percentile £68.23 £96.39 £33.16
90th Percentile £83.22 £134.55 £35.31
England median hourly rate £63.48 £31.39 £58.75
% change year-on-year +102.26% -46.58% +0.65%

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 2,913 1,842 2,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.67% 51.87% 48.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,824 1,230 1,400
10th Percentile £280 £208 £254
25th Percentile £425 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £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 240 116 133
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £20.88 £15.13 £26.03
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.94 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +177.26% -66.98% +19.60%
75th Percentile £77.75 £38.98 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.24%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the South East over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South East

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in the South East over the 6 months to 24 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 24 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 +18 156 £536 +1.50% 30
Hampshire +2 148 £550 -8.33% 16
Buckinghamshire +19 92 £575 +9.16% 2
Berkshire -12 62 £450 -18.18% 21
Surrey -12 13 £475 -13.64% 8
Middlesex -16 2 - -
Oxfordshire -25 2 £363 - 7
West Sussex -25 2 - - 5
East Sussex +1 1 £800 +321.05% 2
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England

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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 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.15%) Confluence
3 5 (1.53%) Apache
3 5 (1.53%) nginx
4 4 (1.23%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.61%) Houdini
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.61%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 97 (29.75%) Azure
2 57 (17.48%) AWS
3 17 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.91%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.07%) IaaS
5 10 (3.07%) Rubrik
6 8 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.15%) GCP
8 6 (1.84%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.23%) PaaS
10 4 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.92%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.61%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.31%) Datadog
13 1 (0.31%) GitHub
13 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (28.83%) DNS
2 65 (19.94%) Firewall
3 51 (15.64%) DHCP
4 37 (11.35%) VPN
5 34 (10.43%) WAN
6 32 (9.82%) VLAN
7 31 (9.51%) VSAN
8 28 (8.59%) LAN
9 25 (7.67%) TCP/IP
10 22 (6.75%) Cisco Firepower
10 22 (6.75%) SD-WAN
11 20 (6.13%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (5.21%) Network Security
13 16 (4.91%) BGP
14 15 (4.60%) IPsec
15 14 (4.29%) SSL
16 13 (3.99%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (3.99%) OSPF
17 12 (3.68%) NGFW
18 10 (3.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.92%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (2.45%) JIRA
2 6 (1.84%) GitLab
3 5 (1.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (1.53%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.61%) Git
5 2 (0.61%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 66 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (4.60%) Finance
4 11 (3.37%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.07%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.45%) Retail
7 7 (2.15%) Military
7 7 (2.15%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.53%) Legal
9 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (25.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 57 (17.48%) Senior
3 39 (11.96%) Architect
4 38 (11.66%) Network Engineer
5 35 (10.74%) VMware Engineer
6 33 (10.12%) Lead
7 30 (9.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (7.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 26 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (7.67%) Cloud Engineer
10 24 (7.36%) Support Engineer
11 17 (5.21%) Senior VMware Engineer
12 16 (4.91%) Storage Engineer
13 15 (4.60%) Senior Network Engineer
14 12 (3.68%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.68%) Technical Leader
15 11 (3.37%) Administrator
15 11 (3.37%) Citrix Engineer
15 11 (3.37%) Linux Engineer
15 11 (3.37%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.59%) Terraform
2 4 (1.23%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.92%) REST
4 2 (0.61%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.61%) Kafka
4 2 (0.61%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.61%) Middleware
4 2 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.31%) LDAP
5 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.31%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.31%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.31%) YAML
5 1 (0.31%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.74%) PKI
2 34 (10.43%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (6.75%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.21%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.76%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.15%) SCADA
9 6 (1.84%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.53%) Life Science
10 5 (1.53%) Replication
11 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.61%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 165 (50.61%) Windows
2 109 (33.44%) Windows Server
3 79 (24.23%) Linux
4 23 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (3.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.15%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.84%) Debian
7 6 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (27.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (19.94%) ITIL
4 59 (18.10%) Technical Leadership
5 47 (14.42%) ITSM
6 44 (13.50%) Change Management
7 36 (11.04%) Agile
8 34 (10.43%) High Availability
9 32 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (9.82%) Service Management
10 30 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (8.28%) CI/CD
12 25 (7.67%) Migration
12 25 (7.67%) Network Virtualisation
12 25 (7.67%) Service Delivery
13 24 (7.36%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (7.06%) Roadmaps
15 22 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (6.44%) DevOps
16 21 (6.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 72 (22.09%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.90%) Python
3 24 (7.36%) SQL
4 8 (2.45%) Bash
5 4 (1.23%) Java
6 3 (0.92%) C
6 3 (0.92%) Lua
7 2 (0.61%) Bicep
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 243 (74.54%) Security Cleared
2 150 (46.01%) DV Cleared
3 109 (33.44%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 23 (7.06%) Degree
6 21 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.21%) VCAP
8 16 (4.91%) CCNP
9 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.45%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.45%) ISTQB
10 8 (2.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 6 (1.84%) MCSA
12 5 (1.53%) CCSE
12 5 (1.53%) CCSM
12 5 (1.53%) MCSE
13 4 (1.23%) CCNA
13 4 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.92%) CCA
14 3 (0.92%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.60%) NIST
2 14 (4.29%) NCSC
3 8 (2.45%) 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
6 2 (0.61%) GDPR
6 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.61%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 213 (65.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (29.14%) Active Directory
3 86 (26.38%) VMware ESXi
4 85 (26.07%) VMware NSX
5 41 (12.58%) vSphere
6 37 (11.35%) Hyper-V
7 26 (7.98%) vCloud
8 21 (6.44%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (3.37%) Docker
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.61%) UAG
11 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.61%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (26.38%) vCenter Server
2 56 (17.18%) SCOM
3 33 (10.12%) Ansible
4 16 (4.91%) Avamar
5 15 (4.60%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.37%) SCCM
7 9 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.45%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (1.84%) Grafana
9 6 (1.84%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.53%) Packer
11 4 (1.23%) Argo
11 4 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.23%) WMI
12 3 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.92%) Nagios
12 3 (0.92%) Rancher
12 3 (0.92%) SCSM
12 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 54 (16.56%) Cisco
3 30 (9.20%) Citrix
3 30 (9.20%) SolarWinds
4 29 (8.90%) Palo Alto
5 22 (6.75%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.52%) Dell
7 17 (5.21%) Broadcom
8 15 (4.60%) Red Hat
9 13 (3.99%) F5
9 13 (3.99%) Juniper
9 13 (3.99%) Thales
9 13 (3.99%) Veeam
10 12 (3.68%) NetApp
11 11 (3.37%) Fortinet
12 10 (3.07%) CheckPoint
13 9 (2.76%) Meraki
14 6 (1.84%) Remedy
14 6 (1.84%) Splunk
15 5 (1.53%) Becrypt
101 VMware jobs in the South East