VMware NSX Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VMware NSX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware NSX over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 355 409
Rank change year-on-year +96 +54 -73
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 134 96 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.40% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 5.46% 2.67% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 78 61
10th Percentile £433 £410 £400
25th Percentile £463 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £570
90th Percentile £665 £677 £665
UK median daily rate £535 £513 £540
% change year-on-year +4.39% -5.09% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £60.75 - £41.98
25th Percentile £61.88 £62.00 £42.33
Median hourly rate £67.50 £63.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.75% +33.12% +17.25%
75th Percentile £74.63 - £48.75
90th Percentile £76.65 £70.89 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £64.62 £47.50
% change year-on-year -1.34% +36.03% +17.25%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

VMware NSX is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,453 3,601 4,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.93% 15.08% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,647 2,606 3,312
10th Percentile £177 £180 £158
25th Percentile £281 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.16%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £561
90th Percentile £650 £680 £648
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 188 242
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.60 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.98 £44.93 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -53.31% +148.01% +2.49%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £71.13 £51.65
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VMware NSX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware NSX in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware NSX in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware NSX in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK excluding London

VMware NSX
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 NSX within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South East +49 53 £529 +16.10% 10
South West +55 50 £525 -12.50% 1
Scotland +37 14 £438 -11.96%
Midlands +35 13 £488 +7.04% 3
West Midlands +30 12 £488 -2.50% 3
North of England +23 4 £513 +20.59% 3
North West +20 3 £513 +20.59% 1
North East - 1 £520 -
VMware NSX
UK

VMware NSX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (8.96%) Confluence
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.49%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.75%) nginx
4 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.96%) Azure
2 9 (6.72%) OpenShift
3 8 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.22%) AWS
5 6 (4.48%) Nutanix
6 5 (3.73%) GitHub
7 4 (2.99%) GCP
8 3 (2.24%) IaaS
9 2 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (35.82%) VSAN
2 31 (23.13%) Firewall
3 21 (15.67%) DNS
4 18 (13.43%) SAN
5 17 (12.69%) WAN
6 15 (11.19%) DHCP
6 15 (11.19%) LAN
7 14 (10.45%) TCP/IP
8 10 (7.46%) Network Security
9 6 (4.48%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (4.48%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (4.48%) FTP
9 6 (4.48%) VPN
10 5 (3.73%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.99%) SNA
11 4 (2.99%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (2.24%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (2.24%) Wireless
13 2 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.24%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.49%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (9.70%) JIRA
2 8 (5.97%) Bitbucket
3 5 (3.73%) Git
4 4 (2.99%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.49%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.49%) GitLab
6 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 42 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.40%) Public Sector
3 16 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.22%) Finance
4 7 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.48%) Legal
5 6 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.73%) Banking
6 5 (3.73%) Billing
6 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.49%) Electronics
7 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.49%) Marketing
7 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (18.66%) Network Engineer
2 24 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (17.16%) VMware Engineer
4 14 (10.45%) Consultant
4 14 (10.45%) VMware Consultant
5 12 (8.96%) Security Engineer
5 12 (8.96%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 11 (8.21%) Senior
7 10 (7.46%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 10 (7.46%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (5.22%) VMware Expert
9 5 (3.73%) Administrator
9 5 (3.73%) Lead
9 5 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Server Administrator
9 5 (3.73%) VMWare Administrator
10 4 (2.99%) Cisco Consultant
10 4 (2.99%) Migration Consultant
10 4 (2.99%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) Flash
1 5 (3.73%) YAML
2 4 (2.99%) REST
3 3 (2.24%) EDI
3 3 (2.24%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.49%) .NET
4 2 (1.49%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.13%) Data Centre
2 21 (15.67%) PKI
3 10 (7.46%) Clustering
4 8 (5.97%) Replication
5 5 (3.73%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.99%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.24%) CCTV
7 3 (2.24%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.24%) SCADA
7 3 (2.24%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.75%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (36.57%) Linux
2 38 (28.36%) Windows
3 30 (22.39%) Windows Server
4 13 (9.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.97%) Unix
6 4 (2.99%) CentOS
6 4 (2.99%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.75%) VMS
9 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (18.66%) Migration
3 22 (16.42%) Agile
4 21 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (14.18%) CI/CD
6 17 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (11.19%) DevOps
7 15 (11.19%) Time Management
8 14 (10.45%) ITIL
9 12 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.21%) Converged Infrastructure
10 11 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (8.21%) Virtual Environments
11 10 (7.46%) Computer Science
11 10 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (6.72%) Containerisation
12 9 (6.72%) NsoIT
13 8 (5.97%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (5.97%) High Availability
13 8 (5.97%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.16%) PowerShell
2 17 (12.69%) Python
3 11 (8.21%) Bash
4 7 (5.22%) C#
4 7 (5.22%) Java
5 4 (2.99%) C
5 4 (2.99%) SQL
6 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 83 (61.94%) Security Cleared
2 50 (37.31%) DV Cleared
3 34 (25.37%) SC Cleared
4 19 (14.18%) Degree
5 16 (11.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (5.97%) CCNA
7 8 (5.97%) VCAP
8 7 (5.22%) Master's Degree
9 6 (4.48%) CCNP
10 4 (2.99%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.75%) RHCE
13 1 (0.75%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.22%) NIST
2 5 (3.73%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (55.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 55 (41.04%) VMware ESXi
3 41 (30.60%) vSphere
4 19 (14.18%) Active Directory
5 14 (10.45%) Hyper-V
6 9 (6.72%) vCloud
7 7 (5.22%) Docker
8 5 (3.73%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.49%) Ceph
9 2 (1.49%) KVM
9 2 (1.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.49%) XenApp
10 1 (0.75%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 48 (35.82%) vCenter Server
2 22 (16.42%) Ansible
3 20 (14.93%) vRealize
4 19 (14.18%) Kubernetes
5 17 (12.69%) VxRail
6 15 (11.19%) Terraform
7 11 (8.21%) SCCM
8 5 (3.73%) vMotion
9 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (2.24%) OPNET
9 3 (2.24%) PowerCLI
10 2 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.49%) Pacemaker
10 2 (1.49%) Podman
10 2 (1.49%) Puppet
10 2 (1.49%) Rancher
10 2 (1.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.75%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.75%) Packer
Vendors
1 130 (97.01%) VMware
2 30 (22.39%) Cisco
2 30 (22.39%) Microsoft
3 26 (19.40%) Dell
4 20 (14.93%) Palo Alto
5 16 (11.94%) Atlassian
5 16 (11.94%) Veeam
6 9 (6.72%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.99%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.99%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.99%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.24%) EMC
8 3 (2.24%) Google
9 2 (1.49%) 3PAR
9 2 (1.49%) Citrix
9 2 (1.49%) Dell Compellent
9 2 (1.49%) F5
9 2 (1.49%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (1.49%) SAP
9 2 (1.49%) Sun