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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 511 560
Rank change year-on-year -88 +49 +112
Contract jobs citing AirWatch 19 12 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.041% 0.048%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.29% 0.26% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 14
10th Percentile - £155 £179
25th Percentile £500 £204 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £238 £225
Median % change year-on-year +131.58% +5.56% +2.51%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £250
90th Percentile - £525 £410
UK excluding London median daily rate £263 £340 £220
% change year-on-year -22.79% +54.55% -58.10%
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 6,450 4,680 5,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.04% 15.99% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,432 3,206 3,735
10th Percentile £319 £313 £259
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -0.50% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 51 130
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.89 £21.77 £17.73
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.94% -11.83% -47.83%
75th Percentile £69.38 £51.75 £52.88
90th Percentile £79.10 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £25.34 £27.88
% change year-on-year +117.05% -9.12% -39.45%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AirWatch over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AirWatch in the UK

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 13 April 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 -94 18 £550 +35.80% 1
London -46 12 £550 +131.58% 1
UK excluding London -103 5 £263 -22.79% 1
Midlands -66 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
North West - 2 £263 -
North of England - 2 £263 -

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 (5.26%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (63.16%) Azure
3 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (36.84%) Mimecast
5 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.53%) AWS
6 2 (10.53%) GCP
7 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) WAAS
2 1 (5.26%) DHCP
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) LAN
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
2 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Security Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) iPhone
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Mac OS
3 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (21.05%) Android
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Migration
2 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (36.84%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (36.84%) Data Loss Prevention
3 7 (36.84%) Incident Response
3 7 (36.84%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (26.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
5 4 (21.05%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Agile
7 2 (10.53%) Application Packaging
7 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL
7 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 2 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) Time Management
8 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (36.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) BitLocker
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (26.32%) SCCM
3 4 (21.05%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) CyberArk
3 7 (36.84%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (36.84%) Netskope
4 6 (31.58%) VMware
5 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
5 2 (10.53%) MobileIron
6 1 (5.26%) Apple
6 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
6 1 (5.26%) HP