vRealize Orchestrator Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) formerly vCenter Orchestrator
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring vRealize Orchestrator skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 356 406
Rank change year-on-year -15 +50 +91
Contract jobs citing vRealize Orchestrator 6 15 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.084% 0.084%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 0.66% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 12
10th Percentile £520 £579 £500
25th Percentile £550 £613 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £513
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +21.95% +2.09%
75th Percentile £650 £697 £534
90th Percentile - £725 £609
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £513
% change year-on-year -4.00% +21.95% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
UK median hourly rate - - £66.00

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

vRealize Orchestrator falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,401 2,259 2,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.52% 12.58% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,621 1,590 2,032
10th Percentile £235 £246 £275
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 112
10th Percentile £17.41 £17.09 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.70 £21.00
Median hourly rate £34.39 £39.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.39% -15.01% +114.79%
75th Percentile £67.00 £54.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £82.66 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.08% -30.00% +130.03%

vRealize Orchestrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for vRealize Orchestrator in the UK excluding London

vRealize Orchestrator
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vRealize Orchestrator.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vRealize Orchestrator

vRealize Orchestrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vRealize Orchestrator.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vRealize Orchestrator

vRealize Orchestrator
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 vRealize Orchestrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
South East +6 5 £575 -8.00%
North of England - 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
vRealize Orchestrator
UK

vRealize Orchestrator
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) VCAP
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) VMware NSX
2 5 (83.33%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) vRealize
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (16.67%) Rundeck
2 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware