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 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
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 41 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -20 +1
Contract jobs citing VMware 310 165 408
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.79% 4.92% 7.22%
As % of the Vendors category 11.23% 9.19% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 118 276
10th Percentile £405 £356 £353
25th Percentile £463 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +8.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £588
90th Percentile £725 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.64% -3.57%
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% -24.76%

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 2,761 1,796 2,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.62% 53.55% 47.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,789 1,172 1,575
10th Percentile £283 £215 £247
25th Percentile £419 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £698
England median daily rate £510 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -0.49% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 114 187
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £24.81 £15.28 £18.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.33 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.24% -61.64% +17.78%
75th Percentile £85.00 £38.42 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.90 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -31.51%

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 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 10 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 10 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 +10 154 £525 -2.14% 28
Hampshire +4 137 £575 -4.17% 29
Buckinghamshire +21 85 £590 +12.01% 17
Berkshire -20 68 £447 -18.73% 8
Surrey -15 11 £475 -13.64% 14
West Sussex -21 4 £600 +9.09% 3
East Sussex 0 2 £788 - 2
Middlesex -10 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire -27 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 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) Confluence
3 2 (0.65%) FactoryTalk
3 2 (0.65%) nginx
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Houdini
3 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (32.26%) Azure
2 64 (20.65%) AWS
3 24 (7.74%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.90%) GCP
5 9 (2.90%) IaaS
5 9 (2.90%) Rubrik
6 7 (2.26%) PaaS
7 6 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (1.61%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.97%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.97%) SaaS
11 2 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.65%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 82 (26.45%) DNS
2 51 (16.45%) Firewall
3 40 (12.90%) DHCP
4 32 (10.32%) WAN
5 29 (9.35%) VPN
6 28 (9.03%) VSAN
7 25 (8.06%) LAN
8 23 (7.42%) VLAN
9 20 (6.45%) SD-WAN
10 19 (6.13%) Cisco Firepower
11 17 (5.48%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (5.16%) Network Security
12 16 (5.16%) TCP/IP
13 14 (4.52%) BGP
13 14 (4.52%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (4.19%) IPsec
15 12 (3.87%) OSPF
15 12 (3.87%) SSL
16 11 (3.55%) FTP
17 10 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.97%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.97%) GitLab
2 3 (0.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.97%) Robot Framework
3 2 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.65%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) MSI
4 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
General
1 59 (19.03%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (5.81%) Public Sector
4 15 (4.84%) Finance
5 11 (3.55%) Military
6 9 (2.90%) Legal
7 8 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.58%) Retail
8 7 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.32%) Advertising
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (20.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (15.81%) Architect
3 45 (14.52%) Senior
4 33 (10.65%) Network Engineer
5 32 (10.32%) VMware Engineer
6 22 (7.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.77%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 20 (6.45%) Lead
9 19 (6.13%) Support Engineer
10 18 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (5.16%) Technical Architect
12 15 (4.84%) VMware Architect
13 13 (4.19%) Linux Engineer
13 13 (4.19%) Senior VMware Engineer
14 12 (3.87%) Administrator
14 12 (3.87%) Senior Network Engineer
15 11 (3.55%) Citrix Engineer
15 11 (3.55%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.55%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.61%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.29%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.97%) REST
4 2 (0.65%) Kafka
4 2 (0.65%) 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 36 (11.61%) Data Centre
2 35 (11.29%) PKI
3 24 (7.74%) Public Cloud
4 23 (7.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (5.48%) Private Cloud
6 10 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.90%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.94%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.61%) Replication
12 4 (1.29%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.29%) SCADA
13 3 (0.97%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.65%) Life Science
14 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
15 1 (0.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 1 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 139 (44.84%) Windows
2 87 (28.06%) Windows Server
3 82 (26.45%) Linux
4 17 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.94%) Debian
7 5 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.97%) CentOS
10 2 (0.65%) VMS
11 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (25.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 72 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (17.74%) ITIL
4 39 (12.58%) Technical Leadership
5 38 (12.26%) High Availability
6 37 (11.94%) ITSM
7 31 (10.00%) Agile
8 30 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (9.35%) Migration
9 29 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (9.03%) Roadmaps
11 27 (8.71%) Change Management
12 26 (8.39%) CI/CD
13 25 (8.06%) Service Management
14 24 (7.74%) Service Delivery
15 22 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code
16 20 (6.45%) Network Virtualisation
17 19 (6.13%) DevSecOps
18 18 (5.81%) DevOps
18 18 (5.81%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.10%) SQL
3 20 (6.45%) Python
4 3 (0.97%) Bash
5 2 (0.65%) Bicep
5 2 (0.65%) Java
6 1 (0.32%) C
6 1 (0.32%) Lua
6 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (71.94%) Security Cleared
2 129 (41.61%) DV Cleared
3 103 (33.23%) SC Cleared
4 22 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (7.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 21 (6.77%) CCNP
6 16 (5.16%) Degree
7 13 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.87%) VCAP
9 8 (2.58%) ISTQB
9 8 (2.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 8 (2.58%) MCSE
10 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.61%) CCSE
11 5 (1.61%) CCSM
12 4 (1.29%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.29%) MCSA
13 3 (0.97%) CCA
13 3 (0.97%) CCIE
13 3 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.13%) NIST
2 18 (5.81%) NCSC
3 8 (2.58%) SLA
4 5 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.29%) QA
6 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.65%) GDPR
7 2 (0.65%) GxP
7 2 (0.65%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 198 (63.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 94 (30.32%) Active Directory
3 75 (24.19%) VMware NSX
4 67 (21.61%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (12.26%) vSphere
6 37 (11.94%) Hyper-V
7 22 (7.10%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (6.45%) vCloud
9 15 (4.84%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.94%) Docker
11 3 (0.97%) Firmware
11 3 (0.97%) UAG
12 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 61 (19.68%) vCenter Server
2 38 (12.26%) SCOM
3 32 (10.32%) Ansible
4 24 (7.74%) Terraform
5 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.84%) SCCM
7 12 (3.87%) Avamar
8 11 (3.55%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (2.90%) Kubernetes
10 5 (1.61%) Grafana
10 5 (1.61%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.29%) WMI
12 3 (0.97%) Argo
12 3 (0.97%) Rancher
12 3 (0.97%) SCSM
12 3 (0.97%) WSUS
13 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 90 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.77%) Cisco
3 41 (13.23%) Citrix
4 26 (8.39%) Palo Alto
5 21 (6.77%) SolarWinds
6 20 (6.45%) Red Hat
7 19 (6.13%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.84%) F5
9 13 (4.19%) Broadcom
9 13 (4.19%) Dell
9 13 (4.19%) Fortinet
10 12 (3.87%) Juniper
10 12 (3.87%) Veeam
11 11 (3.55%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.55%) NetApp
12 10 (3.23%) Thales
13 7 (2.26%) Meraki
14 6 (1.94%) Zerto
15 5 (1.61%) Becrypt
15 5 (1.61%) Splunk