vRealize Contract Job Trends in the South West

VMware vRealize Suite
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring vRealize skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 102 149
Rank change year-on-year -29 +47 -12
Contract jobs citing vRealize 13 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.38% 0.41% 0.12%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.32% 2.24% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £281 - £522
25th Percentile £516 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.23%
75th Percentile £600 - £637
90th Percentile £609 - £641
England median daily rate £507 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -7.82% -10.20% +11.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £48.40 - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £51.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
South West

vRealize falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 391 312 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.50% 18.33% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 241 333
10th Percentile £300 £265 £213
25th Percentile £425 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £600
90th Percentile £700 £695 £693
England median daily rate £507 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -2.59% -0.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 15
10th Percentile £46.00 £16.47 -
25th Percentile £48.25 £18.33 -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +75.00% -48.39%
75th Percentile - £79.35 £72.85
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.18 £76.28
England median hourly rate £56.50 £29.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year +94.83% +6.42% -50.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vRealize relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

vRealize job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing vRealize.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing vRealize

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vRealize in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for vRealize in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing vRealize.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing vRealize

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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 vRealize within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Wiltshire -5 13 £566 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) NonStop SQL
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Capacity Manager
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Performance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Capacity Management
1 4 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (23.08%) Service Design
2 3 (23.08%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Runbook
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Stability
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Security Hardening
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) VMware ESXi
1 9 (69.23%) VMware NSX
1 9 (69.23%) vSphere
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (69.23%) NetBackup
2 4 (30.77%) vCenter Server
3 2 (15.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (69.23%) Veritas
3 5 (38.46%) Zerto