VMware Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median VMware Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 358 395
Rank change year-on-year -16 +37 +118
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Consultant 14 10 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.059% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.064% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £374 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £421 £420
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% +0.18% -
75th Percentile £588 £482 £528
90th Percentile £631 £493 £588
UK median daily rate £600 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £80.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year - +27.49% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,600 15,575 19,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 92.07% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,000 8,891 13,205
10th Percentile £210 £219 £217
25th Percentile £363 £374 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,388 1,114 1,262
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.52 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +90.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +60.48%

VMware Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VMware Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VMware Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

VMware Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

VMware Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
North West - 6 £600 -
North of England - 6 £600 -
South West +19 4 £550 +10.00%
Scotland +4 2 - - 1
South East +9 1 £650 - 3
Midlands -29 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
VMware Consultant
UK

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, VMware Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring VMware Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) VMware NSX
4 5 (35.71%) VSAN
4 5 (35.71%) vSphere
5 4 (28.57%) Security Hardening
5 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
6 3 (21.43%) Edge Computing
6 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (21.43%) Minimum Viable Product
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (21.43%) Validation
6 3 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (14.29%) Ansible
7 2 (14.29%) PowerCLI
7 2 (14.29%) Terraform
7 2 (14.29%) VCAP
7 2 (14.29%) vRealize
8 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
8 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (7.14%) Azure
8 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
8 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
8 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
8 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 1 (7.14%) Microsoft

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) VSAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 4 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Security Hardening
1 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
2 3 (21.43%) Edge Computing
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (21.43%) Minimum Viable Product
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Validation
3 1 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (14.29%) VCAP
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (64.29%) VMware NSX
3 5 (35.71%) vSphere
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) PowerCLI
2 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) vRealize
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft