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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 514 569
Rank change year-on-year -59 +55 +179
Contract jobs citing AirWatch 17 20 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.060% 0.072%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.29% 0.41% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 23
10th Percentile £342 £153 £178
25th Percentile £506 £230 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £245 £250
Median % change year-on-year +124.49% -2.00% -31.03%
75th Percentile - £300 £400
90th Percentile £578 £415 £438
UK excluding London median daily rate £283 £240 £218
% change year-on-year +17.71% +10.34% -40.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.33 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.33 - £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 5,900 4,935 5,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.95% 14.82% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,033 3,179 4,141
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £502
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.84% -4.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 65 162
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.33 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.05 £22.19
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +34.83%
75th Percentile £64.50 £50.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.20 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.25 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +111.95% -47.64% +37.85%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 -53 10 £550 +124.49% 5
UK excluding London -63 8 £283 +17.71% 1
London -14 7 £550 +37.50% 4
Work from Home -12 6 £550 +124.49%
Northern Ireland -7 5 - -
South East -18 1 £365 +48.98%
North West -26 1 - -
North of England -55 1 - -
South West - 1 £200 -

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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (11.76%) ShareGate
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) VoIP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) Intranet
2 1 (5.88%) WebEx
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) ICT Support
1 4 (23.53%) ICT Support Technician
1 4 (23.53%) ICT Technician
1 4 (23.53%) Mac Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Support Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Smartphone
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Digital Signage
2 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) FMCG
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Mac OS
3 3 (17.65%) Android
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.88%) Mac OS X
5 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Fault Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.76%) Email Migration
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) Change Control
4 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.88%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (5.88%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Apple
2 6 (35.29%) Citrix
3 5 (29.41%) Avaya
4 2 (11.76%) CyberArk
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco
5 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (5.88%) HP
5 1 (5.88%) Meraki
5 1 (5.88%) Netskope
5 1 (5.88%) Samsung
5 1 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.88%) VMware