VMware Consultant Contract Job Trends

VMware Consultant
UK

The median VMware Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 529 580
Rank change year-on-year +17 +51 +229
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Consultant 59 24 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.065% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.070% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 32
10th Percentile £550 £374 £358
25th Percentile £563 £461 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile - £513 -
90th Percentile £631 £600 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £421 £420
% change year-on-year +30.72% +0.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £77.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year - +27.49% -
75th Percentile - £82.50 £64.88
90th Percentile - - £65.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £80.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,564 34,233 44,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.88% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,313 20,627 30,523
10th Percentile £279 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,698 1,333 1,531
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +60.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.51 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +90.25%

VMware Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VMware Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

VMware Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK

VMware Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Consultant over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Consultant in the UK

VMware Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Consultant job vacancies in the UK

VMware Consultant
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 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 +23 41 £600 +23.08% 6
London +19 24 £600 +20.00% 4
Work from Home +22 15 £600 +9.09% 3
UK excluding London -16 14 £550 +30.72% 4
North of England - 6 £600 -
North West - 6 £600 -
South West +19 4 £550 +10.00%
Scotland +4 2 - - 1
South East +9 1 £650 - 3
Midlands -29 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -

VMware Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, VMware Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring VMware Consultant in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 44 (74.58%) Security Cleared
3 42 (71.19%) SC Cleared
4 21 (35.59%) VMware NSX
5 19 (32.20%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (30.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (30.51%) vRealize
7 17 (28.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (27.12%) vSphere
9 14 (23.73%) Python
10 13 (22.03%) PowerShell
11 11 (18.64%) JavaScript
12 7 (11.86%) VSAN
13 6 (10.17%) PowerCLI
13 6 (10.17%) VCAP
14 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
14 5 (8.47%) Terraform
14 5 (8.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 4 (6.78%) Ansible
15 4 (6.78%) Azure
15 4 (6.78%) Capacity Planning
15 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
15 4 (6.78%) Knowledge Transfer
15 4 (6.78%) Security Hardening
15 4 (6.78%) Test Automation
15 4 (6.78%) Zero Trust
16 3 (5.08%) Edge Computing
16 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
16 3 (5.08%) Kalman Filter
16 3 (5.08%) Migration

VMware Consultant Skill Set
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 (1.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 1 (1.69%) AWS
2 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) VSAN
2 2 (3.39%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (3.39%) VPN
2 2 (3.39%) WAN
3 1 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.69%) Network Security
General
1 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Banking
4 1 (1.69%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Data Centre
1 6 (10.17%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (10.17%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.39%) Private Cloud
2 2 (3.39%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Unix
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (6.78%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (6.78%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (6.78%) Security Hardening
3 4 (6.78%) Test Automation
3 4 (6.78%) Zero Trust
4 3 (5.08%) Edge Computing
4 3 (5.08%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (5.08%) Migration
4 3 (5.08%) Minimum Viable Product
4 3 (5.08%) Refactoring
4 3 (5.08%) Storage Management
4 3 (5.08%) Unit Testing
4 3 (5.08%) Validation
4 3 (5.08%) Workflow
5 2 (3.39%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (3.39%) Observability
5 2 (3.39%) Project Delivery
5 2 (3.39%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) Python
2 13 (22.03%) PowerShell
3 11 (18.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (74.58%) Security Cleared
2 42 (71.19%) SC Cleared
3 17 (28.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (10.17%) VCAP
5 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) VCDX
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (35.59%) VMware NSX
2 18 (30.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (27.12%) vSphere
4 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (30.51%) vRealize
2 6 (10.17%) PowerCLI
3 5 (8.47%) Terraform
3 5 (8.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 4 (6.78%) Ansible
5 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.39%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (3.39%) vCenter Server
6 2 (3.39%) vMotion
7 1 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.69%) Packer
7 1 (1.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (1.69%) Cisco
2 1 (1.69%) Dell
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) Splunk