AirWatch Contract Job Trends

VMware AirWatch
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring AirWatch skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 513 578
Rank change year-on-year -82 +65 +101
Contract jobs citing AirWatch 14 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.048% 0.047%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% 0.30% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 14
10th Percentile £500 - £179
25th Percentile £513 £155 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year +139.13% +2.22% -37.46%
75th Percentile £575 £445 £250
90th Percentile - £525 £410
UK excluding London median daily rate - £195 £220
% change year-on-year - -11.36% -40.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.00

All Systems Management Skills
UK

AirWatch 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,428 4,735 5,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.48% 16.17% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,415 3,208 3,798
10th Percentile £320 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 52 136
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £22.50 £19.45
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +107.94% -13.98% -46.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £69.88 £68.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -19.40% -34.86%

AirWatch
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AirWatch relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

AirWatch job vacancy trend in the UK

AirWatch
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AirWatch.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AirWatch

AirWatch
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AirWatch.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AirWatch

AirWatch
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AirWatch within the UK over the 6 months to 30 March 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
England -103 14 £550 +35.80%
London -43 12 £550 +131.58%
UK excluding London -96 2 - -
Midlands -69 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

AirWatch
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (57.14%) Azure
4 7 (50.00%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) WAAS
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (21.43%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) iPhone
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Migration
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
4 4 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (7.14%) Agile
6 1 (7.14%) Application Packaging
6 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.14%) BCP
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Document Management
6 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) SCCM
3 2 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) CyberArk
3 7 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (50.00%) Netskope
4 5 (35.71%) VMware
5 1 (7.14%) Apple
5 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg
5 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.14%) HP
5 1 (7.14%) MobileIron