VMware NSX Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VMware NSX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 113 105
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +66
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 15 14 34
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.65% 1.29%
As % of the System Software category 6.70% 4.64% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 27
10th Percentile £506 £496 £440
25th Percentile £522 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £511 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% -11.10% +27.25%
75th Percentile £588 £557 £619
90th Percentile £618 £560 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

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 224 302 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.82% 13.98% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 199 257
10th Percentile £190 £312 £163
25th Percentile £255 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £588
90th Percentile £620 £657 £675
South East median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 11
10th Percentile £72.86 £47.76 £19.25
25th Percentile £75.66 £55.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £83.32 £56.75 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year +46.82% +4.00% +319.69%
75th Percentile £87.97 £58.49 £65.88
90th Percentile £88.97 £62.97 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £58.49 £56.95
% change year-on-year +38.49% +2.70% +123.33%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VMware NSX job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware NSX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VMware NSX

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 22 October 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 22 October 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
Berkshire +22 15 £540 - 4
VMware NSX
South East

VMware NSX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) AWS
1 12 (80.00%) OpenShift
2 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) IaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) BGP
1 6 (40.00%) DNS
1 6 (40.00%) LAN
1 6 (40.00%) MPLS
1 6 (40.00%) OSPF
1 6 (40.00%) SNMP
1 6 (40.00%) TACACS
1 6 (40.00%) WAN
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (13.33%) VSAN
3 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Architect
2 6 (40.00%) Designer
2 6 (40.00%) IP Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Architect
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Data Centre
2 7 (46.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 6 (40.00%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (40.00%) RBAC
2 6 (40.00%) Validation
3 5 (33.33%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 6 (40.00%) CCIE
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (40.00%) JNCIE
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (13.33%) VCAP
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (93.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (60.00%) vSphere
3 6 (40.00%) Docker
4 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (80.00%) Ansible
1 12 (80.00%) Terraform
2 7 (46.67%) vCenter Server
3 6 (40.00%) Argo
3 6 (40.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (13.33%) vRealize
5 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (6.67%) PowerCLI
5 1 (6.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 6 (40.00%) F5
2 6 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 6 (40.00%) Juniper
2 6 (40.00%) Pure Storage
3 5 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Veeam