VMware Contracts 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 18 August 2025, 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing VMware 170 379 473
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.80% 7.84% 8.51%
As % of the Vendors category 9.16% 16.15% 16.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 258 332
10th Percentile £350 £360 £294
25th Percentile £489 £450 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £607 £588
90th Percentile £650 £645 £675
England median daily rate £550 £515 £508
% change year-on-year +6.80% +1.48% +4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 13
10th Percentile £28.95 £25.04 £35.00
25th Percentile £30.39 £28.99 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.77 £36.17 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% -33.72% +172.80%
75th Percentile £96.39 £58.37 £60.00
90th Percentile £134.55 £71.35 £61.13
England median hourly rate £31.39 £67.50 £54.56
% change year-on-year -53.50% +23.72% +34.47%

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 1,856 2,347 2,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.36% 48.54% 52.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,435 1,927
10th Percentile £208 £251 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 136 129
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £15.45
25th Percentile £14.88 £25.21 £18.08
Median hourly rate £18.94 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.98% +27.44% +125.00%
75th Percentile £37.88 £61.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £72.00 £70.00 £70.26
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.41% -16.04% +55.56%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VMware in the South East

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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 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the South East

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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 18 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the South East

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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 18 August 2025. 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 -11 78 £600 +9.09% 64
Thames Valley -25 57 £532 +1.29% 35
Berkshire -14 46 £550 - 16
Kent +13 23 £375 +138.72% 14
Buckinghamshire -13 9 £527 +0.33% 9
West Sussex -20 5 £550 +22.22% 3
Surrey -16 3 £550 +49.15% 19
East Sussex -1 2 £190 -60.00% 5
Oxfordshire -15 2 £363 -27.50% 10
Middlesex - 1 £500 - 2
VMware
England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (10.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.71%) Apache
3 7 (4.12%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.53%) Confluence
5 4 (2.35%) IIS
6 3 (1.76%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.59%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.59%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.06%) Azure
2 22 (12.94%) AWS
3 17 (10.00%) IaaS
4 16 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (7.65%) GCP
5 13 (7.65%) PaaS
6 11 (6.47%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.88%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.76%) Asana
9 2 (1.18%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (21.76%) DNS
2 33 (19.41%) Firewall
3 27 (15.88%) DHCP
4 21 (12.35%) Fibre Channel
5 19 (11.18%) VPN
6 18 (10.59%) iSCSI
7 17 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 15 (8.82%) SAN
9 12 (7.06%) SMTP
10 8 (4.71%) VSAN
11 7 (4.12%) VLAN
12 6 (3.53%) LAN
12 6 (3.53%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (3.53%) SD-WAN
12 6 (3.53%) WAN
12 6 (3.53%) Wireless
13 5 (2.94%) BGP
13 5 (2.94%) MPLS
13 5 (2.94%) OSPF
13 5 (2.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.71%) Big Data
1 8 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.29%) JIRA
2 6 (3.53%) GitLab
3 5 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (2.35%) MSI
4 4 (2.35%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.18%) Git
6 1 (0.59%) Subversion
General
1 34 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.18%) Public Sector
3 7 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (2.94%) Law
4 5 (2.94%) Legal
5 4 (2.35%) Finance
6 3 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.76%) Military
6 3 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.59%) Back Office
7 1 (0.59%) Front Office
7 1 (0.59%) Local Government
7 1 (0.59%) Retail
7 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (20.59%) Architect
3 27 (15.88%) Infrastructure Architect
4 25 (14.71%) VMware Architect
5 23 (13.53%) VMware Engineer
6 14 (8.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 13 (7.65%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
8 10 (5.88%) Support Engineer
9 9 (5.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 9 (5.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 9 (5.29%) Senior
10 8 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (4.71%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.53%) Support Officer
11 6 (3.53%) Windows Engineer
11 6 (3.53%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.35%) YAML
2 3 (1.76%) Middleware
2 3 (1.76%) Swagger
3 2 (1.18%) JSON
3 2 (1.18%) Kafka
3 2 (1.18%) REST
3 2 (1.18%) RESTful
4 1 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.59%) LDAP
4 1 (0.59%) OAuth
4 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.29%) Data Centre
2 20 (11.76%) PKI
3 11 (6.47%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.88%) Clustering
5 5 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.76%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.76%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.59%) FlexPod
8 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.59%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 99 (58.24%) Windows
2 64 (37.65%) Windows Server
3 44 (25.88%) Linux
4 28 (16.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (13.53%) Windows 10
6 17 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (7.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (5.88%) Ubuntu
9 9 (5.29%) CentOS
10 8 (4.71%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (3.53%) Mac OS
12 5 (2.94%) Debian
13 3 (1.76%) Solaris
13 3 (1.76%) Unix
13 3 (1.76%) Windows 7
14 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (1.18%) VMS
15 1 (0.59%) Rocky
15 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (33.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (14.71%) Agile
4 24 (14.12%) DevOps
5 23 (13.53%) ITIL
6 16 (9.41%) Migration
7 13 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.06%) Edge Virtualization
8 12 (7.06%) Performance Analysis
8 12 (7.06%) Validation
9 11 (6.47%) Prototyping
9 11 (6.47%) Roadmaps
10 10 (5.88%) Project Management
10 10 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (5.29%) CI/CD
11 9 (5.29%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.29%) Decision-Making
11 9 (5.29%) Identity Access Management
12 8 (4.71%) Infrastructure as Code
12 8 (4.71%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (28.24%) PowerShell
2 27 (15.88%) SQL
3 26 (15.29%) Python
4 10 (5.88%) Bash
5 8 (4.71%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.35%) Go
6 4 (2.35%) Java
6 4 (2.35%) PHP
7 1 (0.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 103 (60.59%) Security Cleared
2 75 (44.12%) DV Cleared
3 34 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 23 (13.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (10.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 17 (10.00%) MCSE
7 16 (9.41%) Degree
8 13 (7.65%) VCP5
8 13 (7.65%) VCP6
9 5 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.35%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.35%) VCAP
11 3 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.76%) CCIE
11 3 (1.76%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (1.76%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.18%) MCP
13 1 (0.59%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.59%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.47%) GDPR
2 6 (3.53%) QA
3 5 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.94%) SLA
4 2 (1.18%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.59%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.59%) RMADS
System Software
1 109 (64.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 58 (34.12%) Active Directory
3 56 (32.94%) VMware ESXi
4 51 (30.00%) vSphere
5 28 (16.47%) Hyper-V
6 17 (10.00%) NFS
7 13 (7.65%) Terminal Services
7 13 (7.65%) VMware NSX
8 9 (5.29%) Docker
9 8 (4.71%) BitLocker
9 8 (4.71%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (2.94%) DFS Replication
11 5 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.76%) Firmware
13 2 (1.18%) UAG
14 1 (0.59%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (18.24%) Ansible
2 16 (9.41%) vCenter Server
3 15 (8.82%) Terraform
4 10 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.88%) SCCM
5 9 (5.29%) Puppet
6 8 (4.71%) Nagios
6 8 (4.71%) vMotion
6 8 (4.71%) vRealize
7 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.94%) Tivoli
8 4 (2.35%) Rundeck
8 4 (2.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (2.35%) VxRail
8 4 (2.35%) WMI
9 3 (1.76%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.76%) Salt
10 2 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.18%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 65 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 36 (21.18%) Citrix
3 25 (14.71%) Veeam
4 20 (11.76%) NetApp
5 18 (10.59%) Red Hat
6 17 (10.00%) Splunk
7 14 (8.24%) Dell
8 11 (6.47%) Cisco
9 10 (5.88%) HP
10 9 (5.29%) Symantec
11 8 (4.71%) Google
11 8 (4.71%) Wyse
12 6 (3.53%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.94%) F5
14 4 (2.35%) Juniper
14 4 (2.35%) Oracle
15 3 (1.76%) EMC
15 3 (1.76%) Fortinet
15 3 (1.76%) Veritas
16 2 (1.18%) 3PAR