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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 37 26
Rank change year-on-year -10 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing VMware 68 120 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.08% 4.61% 7.47%
As % of the Vendors category 7.08% 9.94% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 77 163
10th Percentile £350 £353 £268
25th Percentile £419 £458 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +2.94% +3.55%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £590
90th Percentile £645 £608 £675
South East median daily rate £569 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +8.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £48.13
25th Percentile - £35.58 £48.40
Median hourly rate - £36.17 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year - -33.72% +230.67%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £61.97
90th Percentile - - £70.61
South East median hourly rate £32.77 £53.08 £54.56
% change year-on-year -38.27% -2.71% +172.80%

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 961 1,207 1,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 57.68% 46.37% 50.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 694 990
10th Percentile £313 £218 £275
25th Percentile £406 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £620
90th Percentile £675 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 66 54
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.86 £14.68
25th Percentile £14.20 £18.62 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.87 £47.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -60.27% +47.06% +104.43%
75th Percentile £42.36 £61.60 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.50 £64.28 £71.63
South East median hourly rate £20.33 £55.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -63.09% +22.39% +125.00%

VMware
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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +6 57 £550 +7.21% 28
Buckinghamshire -13 9 £527 +0.33% 20
Oxfordshire -12 2 £363 -27.50% 20
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 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.88%) IIS
3 1 (1.47%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.47%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.06%) Azure
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.35%) AWS
4 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.88%) PaaS
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.47%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.12%) DNS
2 9 (13.24%) TCP/IP
3 8 (11.76%) DHCP
3 8 (11.76%) Firewall
3 8 (11.76%) SAN
4 6 (8.82%) SD-WAN
5 5 (7.35%) NetScaler
5 5 (7.35%) VSAN
6 4 (5.88%) SMTP
7 3 (4.41%) NAS
8 2 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (2.94%) iSCSI
8 2 (2.94%) MPLS
8 2 (2.94%) VLAN
9 1 (1.47%) BGP
9 1 (1.47%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.47%) Internet
9 1 (1.47%) OSPF
9 1 (1.47%) TACACS
9 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Retail
6 1 (1.47%) Finance
6 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (20.59%) VMware Engineer
3 9 (13.24%) Architect
4 8 (11.76%) Lead
5 5 (7.35%) Developer
5 5 (7.35%) Senior
6 4 (5.88%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.88%) Senior Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Python Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Administrator
8 2 (2.94%) Coordinator
8 2 (2.94%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Linux Administrator
8 2 (2.94%) Project Coordinator
8 2 (2.94%) Solutions Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Technical Coordinator
8 2 (2.94%) Technical Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) Middleware
2 1 (1.47%) LDAP
2 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) Data Centre
2 11 (16.18%) Onboarding
3 7 (10.29%) PKI
4 6 (8.82%) Clustering
5 4 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.94%) Fat Client
7 2 (2.94%) Thin Client
8 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.47%) FlexPod
8 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.47%) Life Science
8 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.47%) Replication
8 1 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (60.29%) Windows
2 29 (42.65%) Windows Server
3 20 (29.41%) Linux
4 13 (19.12%) Windows 10
5 7 (10.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (10.29%) Ubuntu
6 6 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (7.35%) Debian
8 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (4.41%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.94%) CentOS
10 2 (2.94%) Unix
10 2 (2.94%) VMS
11 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.47%) Rocky
11 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (16.18%) Agile
2 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (14.71%) ITIL
4 8 (11.76%) Project Management
4 8 (11.76%) Validation
5 7 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (10.29%) High Availability
5 7 (10.29%) Roadmaps
6 6 (8.82%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.35%) Data Modelling
7 5 (7.35%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (5.88%) Business Analysis
8 4 (5.88%) Data Engineering
8 4 (5.88%) DevSecOps
8 4 (5.88%) Product Management
8 4 (5.88%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.82%) Python
3 4 (5.88%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.94%) SQL
5 1 (1.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 39 (57.35%) Security Cleared
2 27 (39.71%) DV Cleared
3 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.94%) Degree
6 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.47%) CCNA
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.47%) MCP
6 1 (1.47%) MCSE
6 1 (1.47%) VCAP
6 1 (1.47%) VCP5
6 1 (1.47%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) IEC 61131
1 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.47%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (45.59%) VMware ESXi
2 27 (39.71%) Active Directory
3 26 (38.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (27.94%) vSphere
5 7 (10.29%) Hyper-V
6 5 (7.35%) VMware NSX
6 5 (7.35%) XenApp
7 4 (5.88%) XenDesktop
8 3 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (1.47%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.88%) NetBackup
1 4 (5.88%) vCenter Server
1 4 (5.88%) WSUS
2 3 (4.41%) Ansible
2 3 (4.41%) SCCM
3 2 (2.94%) SCVMM
3 2 (2.94%) yum
4 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.47%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.47%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.47%) Puppet
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (1.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Dell
2 17 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.65%) Red Hat
4 11 (16.18%) Wyse
5 9 (13.24%) HP
6 6 (8.82%) Citrix
7 5 (7.35%) Cisco
8 4 (5.88%) 3PAR
8 4 (5.88%) Veritas
9 3 (4.41%) NetApp
9 3 (4.41%) Veeam
10 2 (2.94%) F5
10 2 (2.94%) IBM
10 2 (2.94%) Intel
10 2 (2.94%) Oracle
10 2 (2.94%) Splunk
11 1 (1.47%) Dynatrace
11 1 (1.47%) Meraki
11 1 (1.47%) MuleSoft
11 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto