VMware Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 31 34
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware 78 151 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.16% 5.62% 5.94%
As % of the Vendors category 9.82% 11.73% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 103 132
10th Percentile £400 £356 £350
25th Percentile £494 £460 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £630 £608 £600
90th Percentile £694 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £575 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +14.77% -4.57% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
10th Percentile - - £48.40
25th Percentile - - £53.02
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -1.52% +300.00%
75th Percentile - - £76.88
90th Percentile - - £81.26
South East median hourly rate £55.25 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.15% +12.50% +200.00%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 794 1,287 1,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 47.92% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 799 975
10th Percentile £350 £205 £300
25th Percentile £441 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £627 £600 £619
90th Percentile £695 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 71 47
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.59 £23.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.03% +7.14% +276.92%
75th Percentile £46.30 £61.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the Thames Valley

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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 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
Berkshire +5 55 £540 +7.78% 29
Buckinghamshire -7 22 £628 +14.19% 12
Oxfordshire -10 1 - - 15
VMware
South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.41%) IIS
2 4 (5.13%) Apache
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.28%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.05%) Azure
2 17 (21.79%) AWS
3 14 (17.95%) PaaS
4 13 (16.67%) SaaS
5 10 (12.82%) IaaS
6 8 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
8 4 (5.13%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.56%) GCP
10 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (23.08%) DNS
2 15 (19.23%) VSAN
3 11 (14.10%) SD-WAN
4 10 (12.82%) Firewall
4 10 (12.82%) TCP/IP
5 9 (11.54%) DHCP
5 9 (11.54%) SMTP
6 8 (10.26%) NGFW
7 6 (7.69%) MPLS
7 6 (7.69%) NetScaler
7 6 (7.69%) VPN
7 6 (7.69%) WAN
8 5 (6.41%) BGP
8 5 (6.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (6.41%) OSPF
8 5 (6.41%) VLAN
9 4 (5.13%) 3G
9 4 (5.13%) 3GPP
9 4 (5.13%) FTP
9 4 (5.13%) Telnet
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) GitLab
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.97%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Finance
6 2 (2.56%) Electronics
6 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Law
7 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (42.31%) Architect
2 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (19.23%) Technical Architect
3 11 (14.10%) Senior
3 11 (14.10%) Senior Architect
3 11 (14.10%) Senior Technical Architect
4 7 (8.97%) Lead
5 5 (6.41%) Principal Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Administrator
6 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (5.13%) Technical Design Authority
6 4 (5.13%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (3.85%) VMware Architect
7 3 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
8 2 (2.56%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.56%) Network Architect
8 2 (2.56%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) LDAP
2 3 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.08%) PKI
2 14 (17.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 10 (12.82%) Data Centre
4 10 (12.82%) Public Cloud
5 5 (6.41%) Clustering
5 5 (6.41%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (3.85%) Replication
8 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 32 (41.03%) Windows
2 24 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 18 (23.08%) Linux
4 10 (12.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (11.54%) Windows 10
6 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.56%) AIX
7 2 (2.56%) Unix
8 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) TOGAF
2 20 (25.64%) ITIL
3 19 (24.36%) CI/CD
3 19 (24.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (23.08%) DevSecOps
5 16 (20.51%) Microservices
6 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (19.23%) IT Strategy
7 14 (17.95%) Containerisation
7 14 (17.95%) Continuous Delivery
7 14 (17.95%) Continuous Integration
7 14 (17.95%) Zachman Framework
8 13 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
9 11 (14.10%) Agile
10 10 (12.82%) Matrix Organization
10 10 (12.82%) Migration
10 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.82%) Project Management
10 10 (12.82%) Use Case
11 9 (11.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.41%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.56%) SQL
4 1 (1.28%) Bash
4 1 (1.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (60.26%) Security Cleared
2 31 (39.74%) SC Cleared
3 19 (24.36%) DV Cleared
4 17 (21.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (20.51%) MCSE
6 12 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (6.41%) CCNP
7 5 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.56%) CISM
8 2 (2.56%) CISSP
9 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.28%) Degree
9 1 (1.28%) MCP
9 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.28%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (23.08%) NIST
2 16 (20.51%) NCSC
3 12 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.28%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (48.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 22 (28.21%) VMware NSX
3 18 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (12.82%) vSphere
5 7 (8.97%) NFS
6 6 (7.69%) Hyper-V
6 6 (7.69%) XenApp
7 5 (6.41%) XenDesktop
8 4 (5.13%) Samba
9 2 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (12.82%) Ansible
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.69%) yum
4 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (6.41%) WSUS
5 4 (5.13%) NetBackup
5 4 (5.13%) vRealize
6 3 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 3 (3.85%) Puppet
6 3 (3.85%) SCCM
6 3 (3.85%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.28%) PowerCLI
8 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (23.08%) Dell
1 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.79%) Cisco
3 15 (19.23%) Palo Alto
4 14 (17.95%) HP
5 10 (12.82%) Red Hat
6 9 (11.54%) Wyse
7 6 (7.69%) Citrix
8 4 (5.13%) 3PAR
8 4 (5.13%) Veritas
9 2 (2.56%) SAP
10 1 (1.28%) F5
10 1 (1.28%) IBM
10 1 (1.28%) Intel
10 1 (1.28%) NetApp
10 1 (1.28%) Oracle
10 1 (1.28%) Siemens
10 1 (1.28%) Sophos
10 1 (1.28%) Splunk
10 1 (1.28%) Veeam