vSphere Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 257 264
Rank change year-on-year +14 +7 +22
Contract jobs citing vSphere 92 131 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.64% 0.81%
As % of the System Software category 5.11% 5.44% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 100 153
10th Percentile £430 £314 £305
25th Percentile £513 £419 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% +4.40% +1.11%
75th Percentile £623 £538 £550
90th Percentile £652 £638 £673
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.01% +7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - - £28.38
25th Percentile - - £36.75
Median hourly rate - £70.66 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - +83.53% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - £67.00
UK median hourly rate - £70.66 £66.00
% change year-on-year - +7.06% +92.00%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,801 2,406 3,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.09% 11.81% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 1,626 2,564
10th Percentile £190 £178 £181
25th Percentile £313 £284 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £481
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -3.76% +6.79%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £588
90th Percentile £657 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 191 184
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.16 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.32 £19.18 £39.80
Median % change year-on-year +68.52% -51.81% +122.63%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £78.00 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £22.40 £54.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -58.52% +170.00%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

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 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

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 14 May 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 +29 42 £575 +21.05% 73
North of England +43 27 £488 +2.63% 67
Yorkshire +26 15 £475 +26.67% 26
North West +24 12 £510 -11.30% 36
East of England - 8 £550 - 31
South West +5 7 £530 +4.43% 26
Midlands +8 5 £543 +3.33% 43
West Midlands +7 4 £543 -1.36% 25
Scotland -1 3 £709 +35.10% 18
East Midlands - 1 - - 13
vSphere
UK

vSphere
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 16 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.61%) IIS
3 5 (5.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.09%) Apache
4 1 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.09%) Confluence
4 1 (1.09%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.09%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 40 (43.48%) Azure
2 22 (23.91%) IaaS
3 20 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (15.22%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.70%) PaaS
6 6 (6.52%) AWS
7 5 (5.43%) OpenShift
8 4 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.35%) GitHub
8 4 (4.35%) SaaS
9 2 (2.17%) OCI
10 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.09%) Cohesity
10 1 (1.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 31 (33.70%) Firewall
2 29 (31.52%) DNS
3 18 (19.57%) Network Security
4 15 (16.30%) DHCP
4 15 (16.30%) SAN
4 15 (16.30%) VSAN
5 13 (14.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (9.78%) iSCSI
7 8 (8.70%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (7.61%) NetScaler
9 6 (6.52%) SMTP
10 5 (5.43%) NAS
10 5 (5.43%) VLAN
11 2 (2.17%) Skype
11 2 (2.17%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
12 1 (1.09%) LAN
12 1 (1.09%) SSL
12 1 (1.09%) VPN
12 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.09%) GIS
3 1 (1.09%) MSDE
3 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Jenkins
2 7 (7.61%) Git
3 5 (5.43%) GitLab
4 2 (2.17%) Subversion
5 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.22%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.78%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.43%) Finance
5 3 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.26%) Billing
5 3 (3.26%) Local Government
6 1 (1.09%) Banking
6 1 (1.09%) Electronics
6 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (19.57%) VMware Engineer
3 12 (13.04%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 11 (11.96%) Architect
5 10 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (8.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.70%) VMware Architect
7 7 (7.61%) Infrastructure Architect
8 6 (6.52%) Analyst
8 6 (6.52%) Database Engineer
8 6 (6.52%) Oracle Database Engineer
9 5 (5.43%) Consultant
9 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (5.43%) Senior
9 5 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Support Engineer
10 4 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) Middleware
2 1 (1.09%) .NET
2 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.09%) LDAP
2 1 (1.09%) SOAP
2 1 (1.09%) XML
2 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (11.96%) Clustering
3 9 (9.78%) PKI
4 5 (5.43%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.35%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.26%) Replication
7 1 (1.09%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.09%) NHS
7 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.09%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 49 (53.26%) Windows
2 40 (43.48%) Windows Server
3 23 (25.00%) Linux
4 11 (11.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (8.70%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (6.52%) Ubuntu
6 6 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (5.43%) CentOS
8 3 (3.26%) Windows 10
9 2 (2.17%) Solaris
9 2 (2.17%) Unix
9 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.09%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (18.48%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (16.30%) Project Delivery
5 14 (15.22%) Agile
5 14 (15.22%) CI/CD
6 12 (13.04%) Business Continuity
6 12 (13.04%) High Availability
6 12 (13.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 11 (11.96%) Change Management
7 11 (11.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (11.96%) Infrastructure Automation
8 9 (9.78%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (8.70%) BCP
9 8 (8.70%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (8.70%) Information Security
9 8 (8.70%) Network Virtualisation
9 8 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (7.61%) DevOps
10 7 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 38 (41.30%) PowerShell
2 17 (18.48%) Python
3 13 (14.13%) Shell Script
4 7 (7.61%) SQL
5 4 (4.35%) Bash
6 2 (2.17%) Perl
7 1 (1.09%) Java
7 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.26%) DV Cleared
3 18 (19.57%) SC Cleared
4 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (17.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (13.04%) Azure Certification
7 6 (6.52%) VCAP
8 5 (5.43%) MCSE
8 5 (5.43%) VCP5
8 5 (5.43%) VCP6
9 4 (4.35%) OCP
9 4 (4.35%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (3.26%) CCNA
10 3 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (3.26%) Degree
11 2 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.09%) A+ Certification
12 1 (1.09%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) GDPR
2 2 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (63.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (46.74%) Active Directory
3 18 (19.57%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (18.48%) VMware NSX
5 8 (8.70%) Hyper-V
6 7 (7.61%) XenApp
7 6 (6.52%) DFS Replication
7 6 (6.52%) XenDesktop
8 5 (5.43%) NFS
9 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (3.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (27.17%) Ansible
2 22 (23.91%) vCenter Server
3 21 (22.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (11.96%) WSUS
5 10 (10.87%) vRealize
6 9 (9.78%) Kubernetes
6 9 (9.78%) VxRail
7 8 (8.70%) Terraform
8 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (7.61%) SCCM
9 5 (5.43%) Nessus
9 5 (5.43%) PowerCLI
10 3 (3.26%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (3.26%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (3.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 2 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (2.17%) SCOM
11 2 (2.17%) SELinux
12 1 (1.09%) Perfmon
12 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 83 (90.22%) VMware
2 40 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.13%) Dell
3 13 (14.13%) Red Hat
4 12 (13.04%) Veeam
5 9 (9.78%) Oracle
6 8 (8.70%) Citrix
7 7 (7.61%) HP
8 6 (6.52%) NetApp
9 5 (5.43%) Cisco
9 5 (5.43%) SolarWinds
9 5 (5.43%) Splunk
9 5 (5.43%) Symantec
10 3 (3.26%) Infoblox
10 3 (3.26%) Meraki
10 3 (3.26%) Palo Alto
10 3 (3.26%) Veritas
11 2 (2.17%) Juniper
11 2 (2.17%) NETGEAR
11 2 (2.17%) TP-LINK