GemFire Contract Job Trends

Pivotal GemFire (formerly VMware vFabric GemFire)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring GemFire skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 556 618
Rank change year-on-year - +62 +196
Contract jobs citing GemFire 0 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.014% 0.009%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.12% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £202 -
25th Percentile - £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £475
75th Percentile - £488 £488
90th Percentile - £675 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £456 £475
% change year-on-year - -3.95% -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

GemFire falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,840 4,037 4,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.65% 11.07% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 2,464 3,104
10th Percentile £288 £256 £250
25th Percentile £400 £398 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £720 £785 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £460 £470
% change year-on-year +3.26% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 93 139
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.02 £14.54
25th Percentile £20.36 £21.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +38.16% +35.39%
75th Percentile £69.25 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £23.85
% change year-on-year -26.32% +99.16% +34.59%

GemFire
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GemFire job vacancy trend in the UK

GemFire
Daily Rate Trend

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

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