VMware Contract Job Trends in Swindon

VMware
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Swindon 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 14 March 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
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 12 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 10.26% - 0.82%
As % of the Vendors category 21.43% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.00 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.25 - -
90th Percentile £50.70 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £48.50 - -

All Vendors
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 56 41 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 47.86% 56.94% 49.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 32
10th Percentile £357 £213 £127
25th Percentile £403 £419 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +3.45% +1.50%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £625
90th Percentile £602 £738 £850
Wiltshire median daily rate £560 £550 £545
% change year-on-year +1.82% +0.92% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £27.06 - £12.87
25th Percentile £46.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.21%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £30.25
90th Percentile £50.60 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.59 £14.54
% change year-on-year +90.63% -13.41% -77.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

VMware job vacancy trend in Swindon

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Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing VMware

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Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Swindon over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Swindon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing VMware

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Consultant
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (8.33%) OpenID
1 1 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Runbook
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Stability
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) RBAC
4 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) VMware NSX
2 10 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (58.33%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (41.67%) vSphere
5 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) NetBackup
2 5 (41.67%) vRealize
3 4 (33.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Veritas
2 4 (33.33%) Zerto
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft