VMware Contracts in the South West

VMware
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 May 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 30 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 134 165 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 7.99% 5.18% 6.71%
As % of the Vendors category 17.82% 12.96% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 131 175
10th Percentile £442 £180 £289
25th Percentile £514 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £635 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £713 £719
England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 22
10th Percentile - - £22.07
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -36.51% +3.41%
75th Percentile - £70.66 £65.00
90th Percentile - £71.13 £83.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £61.35
% change year-on-year +40.75% -24.73% +47.83%

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 752 1,273 1,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.82% 39.99% 39.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 808 1,059
10th Percentile £218 £193 £250
25th Percentile £382 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -4.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £627
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
England median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.35% -3.18% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 181 79
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.31
25th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £44.27
Median hourly rate £36.00 £47.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -21.75% +32.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.39 £22.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +17.30% -40.00% +75.32%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Wiltshire +14 69 £575 +9.52% 31
Bristol +9 30 £550 +10.00% 17
Gloucestershire +29 24 £615 +23.00% 30
Dorset -5 8 £550 +197.60% 12
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England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 24 (17.91%) Confluence
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.99%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.49%) IIS
4 2 (1.49%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.75%) Apache
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (15.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.40%) Azure
2 24 (17.91%) AWS
3 15 (11.19%) OpenShift
4 10 (7.46%) PaaS
4 10 (7.46%) SaaS
5 6 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.49%) IaaS
8 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.39%) DNS
2 22 (16.42%) DHCP
3 18 (13.43%) TCP/IP
4 16 (11.94%) Firewall
5 15 (11.19%) HTTP
6 12 (8.96%) VoIP
7 10 (7.46%) PBX
8 9 (6.72%) BGP
9 7 (5.22%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (5.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (5.22%) DMVPN
9 7 (5.22%) OSPF
9 7 (5.22%) VSAN
9 7 (5.22%) VXLAN
10 5 (3.73%) SAN
10 5 (3.73%) VPN
11 4 (2.99%) LAN
11 4 (2.99%) VLAN
11 4 (2.99%) WAN
12 3 (2.24%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.48%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (18.66%) JIRA
2 18 (13.43%) Git
3 14 (10.45%) Jenkins
4 11 (8.21%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 26 (19.40%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.66%) Public Sector
3 18 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.21%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.22%) Billing
5 7 (5.22%) Legal
5 7 (5.22%) Military
6 4 (2.99%) Finance
7 2 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (0.75%) Electronics
8 1 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.75%) Marketing
8 1 (0.75%) Police
8 1 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (14.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (11.19%) Architect
3 14 (10.45%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 10 (7.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (6.72%) Automation Engineer
5 9 (6.72%) Network Engineer
5 9 (6.72%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (5.97%) Consultant
7 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Architect
7 6 (4.48%) Linux Engineer
8 4 (2.99%) Administrator
8 4 (2.99%) Senior
8 4 (2.99%) VMware Consultant
8 4 (2.99%) Wintel Engineer
9 3 (2.24%) Lead
9 3 (2.24%) Linux DevOps Administrator
9 3 (2.24%) Linux/Unix DevOps
9 3 (2.24%) Project Leader
9 3 (2.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (2.24%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.45%) Flash
2 11 (8.21%) REST
2 11 (8.21%) SOAP
3 6 (4.48%) Kafka
4 5 (3.73%) Spine.js
5 2 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.75%) .NET
6 1 (0.75%) LDAP
6 1 (0.75%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Clustering
2 10 (7.46%) Blackberry
2 10 (7.46%) PKI
2 10 (7.46%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.24%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.75%) CESG
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.75%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 71 (52.99%) Windows
2 54 (40.30%) Linux
3 41 (30.60%) Windows Server
4 17 (12.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (8.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (5.97%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (2.24%) VMS
9 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.75%) Android
10 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (33.58%) Service Management
2 39 (29.10%) Validation
3 34 (25.37%) NsoIT
4 32 (23.88%) Agile
4 32 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (23.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 29 (21.64%) System Testing
7 22 (16.42%) Containerisation
8 19 (14.18%) Configuration Management
9 18 (13.43%) High Availability
10 16 (11.94%) Critical Thinking
10 16 (11.94%) Network Virtualisation
11 15 (11.19%) DevOps
12 14 (10.45%) Power Management
13 13 (9.70%) Computer Science
13 13 (9.70%) Migration
13 13 (9.70%) Roadmaps
13 13 (9.70%) Root Cause Analysis
13 13 (9.70%) Waterfall
14 12 (8.96%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.33%) Python
2 43 (32.09%) PowerShell
3 36 (26.87%) Bash
4 16 (11.94%) Java
5 5 (3.73%) SQL
6 3 (2.24%) Perl
7 2 (1.49%) VBScript
8 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (91.04%) Security Cleared
2 88 (65.67%) SC Cleared
3 53 (39.55%) DV Cleared
4 50 (37.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 40 (29.85%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (22.39%) CCNP
7 16 (11.94%) Degree
8 13 (9.70%) CCNA
8 13 (9.70%) Master's Degree
9 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (8.21%) OCA
9 11 (8.21%) Oracle Certification
10 10 (7.46%) RHCA
10 10 (7.46%) RHCE
11 8 (5.97%) MCSE
12 7 (5.22%) MCSA
13 2 (1.49%) A+ Certification
13 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.75%) CISSP
14 1 (0.75%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.73%) Def Stans
2 4 (2.99%) NCSC
3 2 (1.49%) SLA
4 1 (0.75%) JSP 440
System Software
1 98 (73.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (21.64%) Active Directory
3 25 (18.66%) Hyper-V
4 24 (17.91%) Docker
5 23 (17.16%) VMware NSX
6 22 (16.42%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (6.72%) vSphere
8 5 (3.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.49%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.75%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.75%) Firmware
10 1 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.75%) vCloud
10 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (35.07%) Ansible
2 35 (26.12%) vCenter Server
3 30 (22.39%) Terraform
4 27 (20.15%) Kubernetes
4 27 (20.15%) Puppet
5 10 (7.46%) Progress Chef
6 7 (5.22%) SCCM
6 7 (5.22%) vRealize
7 4 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.99%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.99%) VxRail
8 3 (2.24%) Grafana
8 3 (2.24%) SCOM
9 2 (1.49%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.49%) Nessus
9 2 (1.49%) PowerCLI
9 2 (1.49%) WSUS
10 1 (0.75%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 45 (33.58%) Cisco
2 27 (20.15%) Microsoft
3 22 (16.42%) Atlassian
4 20 (14.93%) Red Hat
5 13 (9.70%) F5
6 12 (8.96%) Oracle
7 10 (7.46%) Avaya
7 10 (7.46%) Ericsson
7 10 (7.46%) Juniper
7 10 (7.46%) Nokia
7 10 (7.46%) Palo Alto
7 10 (7.46%) Ribbon
8 4 (2.99%) NetApp
9 3 (2.24%) Broadcom
9 3 (2.24%) Citrix
9 3 (2.24%) Infoblox
9 3 (2.24%) Veeam
10 2 (1.49%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.75%) Fujitsu
11 1 (0.75%) Ivanti