vSphere Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring vSphere skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 299 | 270 | 243 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | -27 | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing vSphere | 195 | 112 | 124 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.69% | 0.70% | 0.72% |
| As % of the System Software category | 6.41% | 5.30% | 5.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 126 | 77 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £338 | £375 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £465 | £380 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.82% | +10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £603 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £650 | £673 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £537 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.89% | +9.04% | -6.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.00 | - | £22.68 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £24.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.75 | - | £29.33 |
| 75th Percentile | £95.68 | - | £33.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £98.82 | - | £35.45 |
| UK median hourly rate | £68.75 | - | £74.08 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.84% |
All System Software Skills
UK excluding London
vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 3,043 | 2,114 | 2,220 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 10.77% | 13.20% | 12.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,937 | 1,402 | 1,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £190 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £300 | £340 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £475 |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £573 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £638 | £656 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 232 | 86 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £15.42 | £14.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £16.00 | £20.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £54.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.74% | +8.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.32 | £80.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £91.50 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £60.33 | £27.50 | £38.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +119.38% | -27.63% | -22.37% |
vSphere Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vSphere relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
vSphere Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vSphere.
vSphere Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
vSphere Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing vSphere.
vSphere Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
vSphere 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 vSphere within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands | -3 | 49 | £425 | +54.55% | 11 |
| South East | -85 | 41 | £475 | -13.64% | 23 |
| North of England | -53 | 38 | £484 | +4.09% | 9 |
| South West | -1 | 37 | £683 | +23.11% | 20 |
| West Midlands | -29 | 33 | £425 | +54.55% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 25 | £525 | +27.27% | 3 |
| East of England | - | 21 | £588 | - | 4 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 16 | £425 | +304.76% | 9 |
| North West | -49 | 13 | £472 | -27.80% | 3 |
| Scotland | -16 | 12 | £400 | +3.23% | 9 |
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vSphere Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 86.2% | 168 |
| 2 | VMware ESXi | 47.2% | 92 |
| 3 | Active Directory | 36.4% | 71 |
| 4 | VMware NSX | 25.1% | 49 |
| 5 | Hyper-V | 17.9% | 35 |
| 6 | Virtual Machines | 16.9% | 33 |
| 7 | Docker | 7.2% | 14 |
| 8 | Virtual Desktop | 6.7% | 13 |
| 9 | NFS | 3.6% | 7 |
| 10 | GPFS | 2.6% | 5 |
| 11 | VMware Server | 2.1% | 4 |
| 12 | Firmware | 1.5% | 3 |
| 12 | UAG | 1.5% | 3 |
| 14 | DFS Replication | 1.0% | 2 |
| 14 | KVM | 1.0% | 2 |
| 16 | EMC RecoverPoint | 0.5% | 1 |
| 16 | etcd | 0.5% | 1 |
| 16 | Microsoft Virtual Server | 0.5% | 1 |
| 16 | SRDF | 0.5% | 1 |
| 16 | Virtual Servers | 0.5% | 1 |