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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 113 145
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 +13
Contract jobs citing vRealize 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% 0.17% 0.095%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.99% 0.94% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £537 - £512
25th Percentile £556 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.48%
75th Percentile £605 - £557
90th Percentile £613 - £564
England median daily rate £470 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -10.48% -4.55% -

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 403 319 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.24% 18.20% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 228 315
10th Percentile £376 £341 £300
25th Percentile £463 £472 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £734 £712
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 15
10th Percentile £72.00 £24.00 -
25th Percentile £81.00 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £89.00 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% +75.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £119.00 £72.22 £75.35
90th Percentile - £73.55 £77.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £26.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +107.69% -35.00% -23.27%

vRealize
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

vRealize
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

vRealize
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 1 March 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 -15 4 £591 -
vRealize
England

vRealize
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Manager
2 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Performance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware