VMware Specialist Contracts

VMware Specialist
UK

The median VMware Specialist daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 673 829
Rank change year-on-year +100 +156 -114
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Specialist 12 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.028% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.030% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 7
10th Percentile - £345 £358
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £513 £610
Median % change year-on-year +31.71% -15.98% +35.56%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £639
90th Percentile - £600 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +35.00% +25.00% -8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,738 53,234 84,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,861 37,175 59,182
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,475 2,018
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +87.50% +6.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

VMware Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured VMware Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Specialist.

Daily rate trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Specialist over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +38 12 £675 +35.00%
England +101 11 £675 +31.71%
South East +18 9 £675 +92.86%
Work from Home +105 4 - -
South West +8 4 £475 -5.00%
Midlands +23 2 - -
West Midlands +10 2 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, VMware Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring VMware Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
5 3 (25.00%) vSphere
5 3 (25.00%) Commvault
5 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (25.00%) Oracle
5 3 (25.00%) High Availability
5 3 (25.00%) Oracle Database
5 3 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 3 (25.00%) VMware NSX
5 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
6 2 (16.67%) Terraform
6 2 (16.67%) vRealize
6 2 (16.67%) Ansible
6 2 (16.67%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) SaltStack
6 2 (16.67%) Salt
6 2 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Progress Chef
6 2 (16.67%) VCAP

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) High Availability
1 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Kanban
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) VCAP
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) VMware NSX
2 3 (25.00%) vSphere
3 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Ansible
1 2 (16.67%) Progress Chef
1 2 (16.67%) Puppet
1 2 (16.67%) Salt
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
1 2 (16.67%) vRealize
1 2 (16.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Commvault
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 2 (16.67%) SaltStack
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) SAP