vSphere Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 264 293
Rank change year-on-year +9 +29 +18
Contract jobs citing vSphere 136 199 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.83% 0.80%
As % of the System Software category 5.55% 5.51% 5.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 159 187
10th Percentile £317 £305 £255
25th Percentile £426 £350 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% +1.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £644 £690 £668
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £455
% change year-on-year +4.17% +5.49% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile - £30.05 £21.82
25th Percentile - £36.75 £24.51
Median hourly rate £70.66 £38.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.53% +16.67% -2.94%
75th Percentile - £56.25 £51.88
90th Percentile - £65.25 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £34.38
% change year-on-year +7.06% +92.00% -25.27%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

vSphere 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 2,452 3,613 4,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.93% 15.12% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 2,623 3,311
10th Percentile £177 £181 £158
25th Percentile £281 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £563
90th Percentile £650 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 188 241
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% +2.93%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £71.13 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 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 +29 62 £475 +11.76% 20
South West +33 46 £508 +1.50% 11
Scotland +28 12 £525 +5.00%
Midlands +4 10 £525 +50.00% 12
West Midlands +17 9 £550 +57.14% 7
North of England +13 5 £520 +47.10% 7
North East - 3 £520 - 1
Yorkshire +16 1 £375 +11.11% 1
North West +8 1 £575 +55.41% 5
Wales +2 1 £425 -22.73%
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 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.94%) Confluence
4 3 (2.21%) IIS
5 2 (1.47%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.47%) WordPress
6 1 (0.74%) nginx
6 1 (0.74%) Site Server
Business Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.74%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.18%) Azure
2 14 (10.29%) AWS
3 11 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.62%) GitHub
5 8 (5.88%) IaaS
6 6 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.94%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.47%) GCP
9 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (26.47%) Firewall
2 35 (25.74%) SAN
3 27 (19.85%) VSAN
4 26 (19.12%) DNS
5 21 (15.44%) DHCP
6 18 (13.24%) NAS
7 12 (8.82%) Fibre Channel
7 12 (8.82%) TCP/IP
8 11 (8.09%) iSCSI
9 10 (7.35%) VLAN
10 8 (5.88%) VPN
11 6 (4.41%) LAN
11 6 (4.41%) WAN
12 5 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.94%) SSL
13 4 (2.94%) VoIP
13 4 (2.94%) Wireless
14 2 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (1.47%) Internet
14 2 (1.47%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (6.62%) MongoDB
2 9 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.41%) MySQL
4 5 (3.68%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 15 (11.03%) GitLab
2 10 (7.35%) JIRA
3 7 (5.15%) Git
4 4 (2.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.47%) Subversion
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
General
1 39 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.82%) Public Sector
3 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.41%) Finance
6 5 (3.68%) Banking
6 5 (3.68%) Billing
7 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Front Office
8 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Legal
9 2 (1.47%) Military
10 1 (0.74%) Back Office
10 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 45 (33.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (16.18%) VMware Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) Network Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) Senior
4 15 (11.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (8.09%) Architect
6 11 (8.09%) Linux Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Consultant
9 7 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Database Specialist
10 6 (4.41%) Platform Specialist
10 6 (4.41%) VMware Consultant
10 6 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) Administrator
11 5 (3.68%) Server Administrator
11 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) .NET
2 2 (1.47%) LAMP
2 2 (1.47%) Middleware
2 2 (1.47%) YAML
3 1 (0.74%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.74%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (34.56%) Data Centre
2 22 (16.18%) PKI
3 18 (13.24%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (11.76%) Clustering
4 16 (11.76%) Private Cloud
5 10 (7.35%) Replication
6 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.94%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 3 (2.21%) Smart Meter
9 2 (1.47%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.47%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.47%) Tandem
9 2 (1.47%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.74%) LIMS
10 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 63 (46.32%) Linux
2 45 (33.09%) Windows
3 27 (19.85%) Windows Server
4 17 (12.50%) Unix
5 15 (11.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (8.09%) VMS
7 10 (7.35%) Ubuntu
8 8 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (5.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.94%) CentOS
11 3 (2.21%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.47%) Solaris
12 2 (1.47%) Windows 2000
12 2 (1.47%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.74%) Android
13 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (39.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (19.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 24 (17.65%) Migration
5 22 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (15.44%) Agile
7 19 (13.97%) Resource Management
8 17 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 16 (11.76%) Project Delivery
10 14 (10.29%) ITIL
10 14 (10.29%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (9.56%) Task Automation
11 13 (9.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 12 (8.82%) Capacity Management
12 12 (8.82%) Computer Science
12 12 (8.82%) Converged Infrastructure
12 12 (8.82%) High Availability
12 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (8.09%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.32%) Bash
2 26 (19.12%) PowerShell
3 20 (14.71%) Python
4 12 (8.82%) SQL
5 6 (4.41%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.94%) C
7 3 (2.21%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.47%) C++
8 2 (1.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.74%) C#
9 1 (0.74%) Java
9 1 (0.74%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (57.35%) Security Cleared
2 47 (34.56%) SC Cleared
3 29 (21.32%) DV Cleared
4 25 (18.38%) Degree
5 14 (10.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (5.15%) MCSE
8 6 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.41%) VCAP
9 4 (2.94%) CCNA
10 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.47%) CCNP
11 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.68%) PMO
1 5 (3.68%) SLA
2 3 (2.21%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.47%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 87 (63.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (30.15%) VMware NSX
3 37 (27.21%) Active Directory
4 32 (23.53%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (11.03%) Hyper-V
6 10 (7.35%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.68%) VMware Server
8 4 (2.94%) Firmware
9 3 (2.21%) Docker
10 2 (1.47%) Ceph
10 2 (1.47%) KVM
10 2 (1.47%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.47%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (27.21%) vCenter Server
2 29 (21.32%) Ansible
3 17 (12.50%) Terraform
4 13 (9.56%) vRealize
5 10 (7.35%) Kubernetes
6 9 (6.62%) SCCM
6 9 (6.62%) WSUS
7 8 (5.88%) VxRail
8 7 (5.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 7 (5.15%) Packer
9 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (2.21%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (1.47%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (1.47%) Nessus
11 2 (1.47%) Pacemaker
11 2 (1.47%) Podman
11 2 (1.47%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.47%) SELinux
Vendors
1 127 (93.38%) VMware
2 44 (32.35%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.76%) Oracle
3 16 (11.76%) Red Hat
4 13 (9.56%) SolarWinds
5 12 (8.82%) Cisco
5 12 (8.82%) Dell
6 10 (7.35%) Veritas
7 6 (4.41%) HP
8 5 (3.68%) Arqiva
8 5 (3.68%) Symantec
8 5 (3.68%) Veeam
9 4 (2.94%) Aruba
9 4 (2.94%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.94%) Citrix
10 3 (2.21%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.21%) Juniper
10 3 (2.21%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.21%) Qualys
11 2 (1.47%) Synology