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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 520 550
Rank change year-on-year -134 +30 +89
Contract jobs citing AirWatch 13 26 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.079% 0.055%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.19% 0.51% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 15
10th Percentile £241 £202 £279
25th Percentile £317 £372 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £447
Median % change year-on-year - +11.86% +103.64%
75th Percentile - £550 £494
90th Percentile £594 - £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £256 £450 £473
% change year-on-year -43.06% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.33 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.33 -

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 7,026 5,106 5,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 15.59% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,767 3,366 3,741
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £501 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% -3.75% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 75 83
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £25.07 £19.56 £22.16
Median hourly rate £61.00 £37.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.67% +20.97% -46.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.37 £55.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +7.94% +56.77% -24.03%

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 28 July 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 9 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 July 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 -114 12 £500 -
UK excluding London -102 7 £256 -43.06%
London -71 4 £500 -9.09%
North West - 3 £263 -
North of England - 3 £263 -
Midlands -52 2 - -
South East - 2 £250 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
Work from Home -66 1 £250 -54.55%

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 2 (15.38%) IIS
2 1 (7.69%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) LAN
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) WAAS
3 2 (15.38%) WAN
4 1 (7.69%) Internet
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
4 1 (7.69%) Police
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Security Specialist
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
1 3 (23.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Network Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Network Support Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) iPhone
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Signage
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Mac OS
3 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
4 4 (30.77%) Android
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) BCP
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Document Management
3 2 (15.38%) Line Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Content Management
4 1 (7.69%) Validation
4 1 (7.69%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (15.38%) SLA
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 3 (23.08%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Apple
2 3 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (23.08%) CyberArk
2 3 (23.08%) Netskope
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
3 2 (15.38%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.69%) Meraki
4 1 (7.69%) MobileIron