VMware NSX Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VMware NSX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware NSX over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 120 136
Rank change year-on-year +40 +16 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 22 25 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.46% 0.93% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 11.06% 7.23% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 15
10th Percentile £531 £416 £410
25th Percentile £556 £500 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £583 £455
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +28.02% -8.08%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £458
90th Percentile - £661 £509
South East median daily rate £591 £521 £455
% change year-on-year +13.48% +14.45% -8.96%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

VMware NSX falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 199 346 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.17% 12.88% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 246 265
10th Percentile £250 £175 £230
25th Percentile £363 £310 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +9.25% +6.20%
75th Percentile £638 £608 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 16
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.86
25th Percentile - £46.25 £48.18
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +270.37%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile - - £78.56
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £50.75 £54.03
% change year-on-year +13.30% -6.07% +170.15%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VMware NSX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware NSX in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VMware NSX in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Buckinghamshire +22 14 £628 +15.24%
Berkshire +24 8 £550 - 2
VMware NSX
South East

VMware NSX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) PaaS
2 8 (36.36%) IaaS
2 8 (36.36%) SaaS
3 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 6 (27.27%) Azure
4 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (68.18%) VSAN
2 7 (31.82%) Firewall
3 6 (27.27%) NGFW
3 6 (27.27%) VPN
4 5 (22.73%) BGP
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (22.73%) MPLS
4 5 (22.73%) OSPF
4 5 (22.73%) SD-WAN
4 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (22.73%) VLAN
4 5 (22.73%) WAN
5 4 (18.18%) DNS
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
7 1 (4.55%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Electronics
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Architect
2 13 (59.09%) Technical Architect
3 11 (50.00%) Senior
3 11 (50.00%) Senior Architect
3 11 (50.00%) Senior Technical Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (13.64%) VMware Architect
5 3 (13.64%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Senior VMware Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Lead
7 1 (4.55%) Network Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Principal Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Principal Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (50.00%) PKI
3 6 (27.27%) Public Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Replication
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) CI/CD
2 14 (63.64%) DevSecOps
2 14 (63.64%) TOGAF
3 11 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (50.00%) ITIL
4 10 (45.45%) Containerisation
4 10 (45.45%) Continuous Delivery
4 10 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (45.45%) Microservices
4 10 (45.45%) Zachman Framework
5 9 (40.91%) IT Strategy
5 9 (40.91%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (40.91%) Use Case
6 8 (36.36%) Requirements Management
7 6 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (27.27%) Virtual Environments
8 4 (18.18%) SIEM
9 3 (13.64%) Adaptive Security
9 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (13.64%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (50.00%) MCSE
4 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) CCNP
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (4.55%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (54.55%) NCSC
1 12 (54.55%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (31.82%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.64%) NFS
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
4 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) vRealize
2 3 (13.64%) vCenter Server
2 3 (13.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (4.55%) PowerCLI
3 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (68.18%) Palo Alto
3 14 (63.64%) Cisco
4 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.09%) SAP
6 1 (4.55%) Sophos
6 1 (4.55%) Splunk
6 1 (4.55%) Veeam
6 1 (4.55%) Zscaler