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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 502 561
Rank change year-on-year -92 +59 +155
Contract jobs citing AirWatch 14 18 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.059% 0.063%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% 0.38% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 21
10th Percentile £500 £155 £188
25th Percentile £519 £167 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £239 £250
Median % change year-on-year +130.37% -4.50% -30.51%
75th Percentile £575 £258 £400
90th Percentile - £492 £425
UK excluding London median daily rate - £240 £225
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
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
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 6,323 4,780 5,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 15.62% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,391 3,114 3,884
10th Percentile £313 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £634
90th Percentile £688 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 54 151
10th Percentile £18.38 £16.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.56 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -36.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £65.25 £56.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £73.11 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.00% -48.03% +0.28%

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 5 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 28 February 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 -87 14 £550 +124.49%
London -27 13 £550 +131.58%
Midlands -56 1 - -
UK excluding London -105 1 - -
West Midlands - 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (57.14%) Azure
4 7 (50.00%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) WAAS
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) 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%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) 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 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (35.71%) Data Governance
4 5 (35.71%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (35.71%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Application Packaging
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Identification
5 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
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
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (85.71%) CyberArk
3 7 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (50.00%) Netskope
4 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 1 (7.14%) Apple
5 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.14%) MobileIron